Pei Jun, who had been enjoying himself watching the fun while fanning the flames, had even marveled at Jiang Dai’s actions. Leaning close to Huo Rongshen, he whispered into his ear, “President Huo, I am now increasingly impressed by this ex-wife of yours. She is generous and exceptionally efficient. As a matter of fact, this favor that you are offering is deemed quite subtle. Since the patient is your ex-father-in-law, she would appear rather narrow-minded and unreasonable if she were to decline your help. If she were to accept, it would do her no good. After all, both of you have divorced recently, so it would give others a false impression that both of you have parted, yet still long for each other. Look at her, she practically threw five million dollars at you. As a commission for being the middle person, this amount does seem just right. If this gets out, no one would dare to mutter dissent.”
It was just that Huo Rongshen was ignorant when it came to the relationships between men and women. On the other hand, he was well adept at the interpersonal and social aspects after being immersed in the business world for so many years.
He knew what Jiang Dai’s words actually meant even if Pei Jun did not say so.
His intention was, of course, to help his father-in-law. Even if he was now his ex-father-in-law, they were still a family.
However, Jiang Dai used the five million dollars as a barrier between them. In the eyes of outsiders, they could pick up that she was indeed trying to sever ties with the Huo family. Therefore, they were not considered as fair-weather friends, let alone family.
When it came to one’s family’s health, it was the least any ordinary partner would do to help out, so there was no reason for her to give remuneration.
At this juncture, Pei Jun was quite serious as admiration transformed his face. “I’ll have to take back all those muddled words that I have said in the past. When both of you were still married, those rumors of her merely an eye candy were too misleading. How could I have thought that she is such a diamond-encrusted eye candy?”
He continued, “If you ask me, should you ever get her back, you must definitely ride on her coattails. She has the wealth and the techniques, while you have connections, so both of you should join forces. I mean she was even able to revive a half-dead Bao Li into a thriving business. If you were to let her manage the Huo family’s business, tsk…… At this rate, President Huo, you would be able to retire in advance.”
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Upon hearing that, Jiang Dai raised her eyebrows, as she probably did not expect the other party to react so calmly.
He seems to not have any objections to this at all???
Just as she was thinking of an excuse to leave……
The tall man standing before her struggled to say, “Jiang Dai, you were amazing at the racecourse. You are indeed adept at horse riding and looked rather valiant.”
After he said so, numerous question marks surrounded Jiang Dai’s head.
At this moment, his little brother’s earnest instructions still echoing in his ears.
“Big Bro, why did you say inappropriate words again?”
“Haven’t I taught you that you need to praise Sister-in-law frequently? Who on earth doesn’t like to hear compliments? Especially when it comes to someone as beautiful as Sister-in-law! You can’t go wrong if you just praise her to death.”
Huo Rongshen somehow managed to force himself to say those compliments. Regardless of how true they were, a sense of discomfort welled up in his heart.
In the next second, the conversation topic suddenly changed. “However, for the sake of bets, it was unwise for you to simply take risks without thinking things through, especially when you had once been frightened and had suffered from psychological stress when it comes to violent-tempered horses. You ought to have been extra careful.”
After saying so, he probably felt that it was not good for him to say these again, so he could only add on, “You rode very steadily today. It was brilliant.”
“…………” Is this to disparage someone once and then compliment them twice?
After a while, Jiang Dai responded helplessly, “As a matter of fact, ever since I went to the racecourse with you when I was a sophomore, I had not been experiencing much major psychological stress.”
That was during the late autumn season. Regardless of the temperature or landscape, that was the most suitable time to go horse riding.
At that time, she had just begun pursuing Huo Rongshen, so they had yet to establish a relationship. However, Huo Rongshen probably already knew of her intentions, and everyone around him also knew the existence of this name, Jiang Dai.
The racecourse that they went to was the Royal Racecourse, where the bigwigs in Yanjing would gather.
At that moment in time, Huo Rongshen was probably unaccustomed to being inseparable from a young girl. As such, he rarely talked and kept silent most of the time, maintaining an aloof demeanor, as usual.
Since Jiang Dai had yet to succeed in “taking her position,” she would always be the subject of the socialite circle’s ridicule and mockery.
For some unknown reason, her story of being startled from falling off the horse during junior high had gotten out. As such, several ladies from wealthy families had begun poking fun at her at the racecourse.
Some were so brazenly sarcastic as well.
“Horse riding was originally a noble sport. Aren’t we just asking for the impossible if we were to ask a daughter whose family sells facial cream to be adept at horse riding?”
“That’s right. All of us have racecourses and horse groomers. Meanwhile, the spaces in Jiang Dai’s family are used for farming, isn’t it?”
“Hahaha! What farming? Growing medicinal herbs is more like it. Don’t their facial creams contain Traditional Chinese Medicine ingredients?”
“It’s a 3-No Brand1 三无品牌: It’s a brand that doesn’t have a registered name, address, and a manufacturing sanitation license code. . I do not even dare to apply it on my leg, let alone my face.”
Jiang Dai was used to being proud since young. Regardless it was inside or outside school, she would be praised by everyone constantly.
On top of that, Huo Rongshen was present when this had occurred, so she was unsure whether he heard these words, causing anger and frustration clogged in her chest.
With no further thought, Jiang Dai chose the fastest horse and brought it along to challenge that girl who had taken the lead in provoking her.
With such an interesting catfight, onlookers grew and stood in a row. Of course, Jiang Dai refused to show weakness, so she charged exceptionally fast. Also, she felt that her cooperation with the horse beneath her was not too bad, so she was given free rein to urge the horse on continuously with a whip.
No one was sure whether the horse was in a rebellious mood, or it had been irritated in some way, as it refused to stop even after crossing the finishing line.
Memories of sustaining injuries from the fall during her second year in junior high flashed before her eyes, as her mind turned blank instantly from her rising psychological stress. Her reins were nearly yanked out of her hands, and her body jolted violently, looking as if she could be thrown off the horse at any moment.
At such a critical juncture, the crowd of onlookers was already letting out screams in fear.
It never occurred to anyone that Huo Rongshen would have ridden hard to catch up and keep a pace with her. Stretching his arm out, he managed to control her horse’s reins and was finally able to force it to come to a halt after charging for a short distance.
Getting off the horse, Jiang Dai was weak in the knees, and the colors were also drained out of her face.
However, she still kept her emotions in check, refusing to show any weakness and make a fool of herself.
Drawing his brows together, Huo Rongshen lowered his head to check the wounds on her palm before he began to lecture her. “Don’t you think you are foolish to risk your life for the sake of others’ deliberate provocation?”
Upon hearing that, Jiang Dai took a deep breath. Sure enough, he had heard everything and probably heard everything down to the last letter.
For no apparent reason, she felt anger welled up in her, so she vented all the rage she garnered from those socialites onto him and rebuked harshly, “You are the heir to the wealthiest family clan, so you are worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Surely, there must be some sort of risk when you get on the horse to chase me desperately? Don’t you find yourself foolish when you take on stupid actions for the sake of others’ stupidity?”
At that time, Huo Rongshen’s complexion was very ugly as he stared at her with a strange gleam in his eyes.
seriously that now he’s going to play like a good boy? stop forcing a relationship that doesn’t exist. there is no love, Huo (idk the name) just feels his ego hurt by having his possession inflicted. when he had it, he didn’t care, now that he doesn’t have it anymore, he feels attraction, it’s always like that.