“That’s…” Chen Chen also saw them, “the old lady of the Jiang family?”
Jiang Rui glanced at her.
“You remember everything, except for the truth that I love you…”
“Stay in the car first.” Jiang Rui opened the door, and Bear also jumped out of the car. Ah Zi looked outside with her body against the window. “Is she Jiang Rui’s grandma? Why does she seemingly want to quarrel?”
Chen Chen sighed. “She doesn’t seem to like me. Well, she likes the daughter of the Bai family.” After that, she turned to complain to Ah Zi. “I didn’t stop Brother Xiao Rui from marrying anyone else. Why does she hate me? If it hadn’t been for Tuan Zi, I wouldn’t have come here!”
“If Jiang Rui falls in love with another woman, what would you do?” Ah Zi asked tentatively.
“What should I do?” Chen Chen asked her in surprise. “Obviously, we’ll just live our respective lives. Of course, he can come to see Tuan Zi, who must live with me. If he doesn’t agree, I’ll ask Auntie Qing for help.”
After being quiet for a few seconds, Chen Chen said to herself again, “How much alimony should I ask for at that time?”
With the corner of her mouth twitching, Ah Zi ignored her words.
On the roadside, Song Chunli was trembling again due to being angry with Jiang Rui.
“Do you really want to be with the daughter of a great munitions merchant?”
Jiang Rui said impatiently, “You know more about the Wan family than I do. There is no need to find fault with her family.”
“Have you forgotten how your parents died? Those terrorists…”
“Enough!” Jiang Rui interrupted her. “Grandma, I have already said that it’s not I that was eager to go back to the Jiang family, but it’s the Jiang family that eagerly asked me to go back. If you don’t care, then just announce that I’m not the grandson of the Jiang family anymore. From then on, I will be Ying Rui and have nothing to do with the Jiang family.”
Immediately, Song Chunli looked pale. Jiang Rui was threatening her. Without him, the Jiang family would not be able to establish itself in the military less than five years later. What’s more, she was not qualified to kick Jiang Rui out. Jiang Min had not been talking to her for a long time, and if they were not so old, he might have divorced her.
“You… you are such an unfilial grandson. My poor son died distressingly for you, but now you’re treating me like this!” Song Chunli burst into tears. “My son, open your eyes and look at him!”
This street was in the downtown area. Although Jiang Rui tried to park in a relatively secluded area, they were still on the busy street. Many passersby were seeing what was happening. Bear found more and more people gathering around them.
“Boss.”
Jiang Rui glanced at her. “Take Chen Chen in first.”
Song Chunli also felt embarrassed. She stopped crying, calming down and whispering, “Xiao Rui, what I have said is for your sake. Any other woman would be better than her!”
“If you have to control me to satisfy your inner desire for a son, I advise you to see a doctor or to adopt an orphan.” Jiang Rui looked at her. “Song Chunli…”
“How… how did you address me?” Song Chunli couldn’t believe it.
Jiang Rui repeated it. “Song Chunli, if you dare to do something harmful to Chen Chen, even if I won’t get back at you, the Wan family will not let you go. If you think there is someone who can make the Wan family forgive you, just do it.”
Song Meiyu, who had been afraid to speak next to them, couldn’t help saying, “Cousin Jiang, how can you say that?”
“Shut up. Don’t show up in front of me again. Otherwise, I’ll put you in jail for obstructing military affairs.” Jiang Rui looked at her coldly.
Song Chunli trembled with anger again. “How dare you!”
“You know well whether or not I’d dare to do it.” Jiang Rui saw Chen Chen come over. He did not want to waste time and turned to leave.
“Chen Chen!” Song Chunli shouted suddenly, then rushed toward her.
Bear stopped her. “Mrs. Jiang, this is the street.”
Jiang Rui pulled Chen Chen aside. “Let’s go in.”
“Stop! What qualifications do you have to be part of our Jiang family? Your dad is a terrorist, killing so many people. Even your family is full of murderers,” Song Chunli shouted.
Jiang Rui suddenly looked back, and Song Meiyu was so scared by his piercing eyes that she sat directly on the ground. Song Chunli was also startled, but she still clenched her teeth and stared at Chen Chen.
“Do you want to give it a try?” Chen Chen suddenly turned around. “Try my family’s methods of murder?”
Song Chunli probably did not expect that Chen Chen would dare to talk to her like that, being stunned for a moment.
Chen Chen felt wronged and angry. She didn’t have a romantic relationship with Jiang Rui at all, and she stayed with him just for the sake of Tuan Zi. However, for the Jiang family, she was not in the way. The Jiang family could have anyone else as a granddaughter-in-law.
Jiang Rui roughly knew what Chen Chen was thinking, but Song Chunli didn’t know about her memory loss, so Chen Chen’s words drove her crazy.
“Do you know that what you just said will cause a terrorist incident?” Chen Chen looked really angry, and continued, “You have signed an agreement with the Wan family. If you insult my family again, we will tear up the agreement and a lot of people will really die at that time.
“Moreover, their deaths will be all your fault. My dad will announce to the whole world that because of you, the Wan family commits treason.” After slowly finishing her words, Chen Chen saw Song Chunli looking pale, and then turned away with satisfaction, only to look in Jiang Rui’s eyes.
Her momentum was gone in a flash. She looked at the man in a panic.
“Well done!” Jiang Rui took her hand. “Let’s go in!”
Song Chunli left with the support of Song Meiyu. In spite of Song Meiyu trembling with fright, she stumbled away with Song Chunli. She felt that she simply went to ask for an insult today. Jiang Rui had totally disregarded the ties of kinship. She was afraid that she would not be able to approach this man in the future, and at least Song Chunli had failed to help her…
Chen Chen was originally afraid that Jiang Rui would criticize her. After all, she had just threatened his grandma, but she was all eyes as soon as she entered the store.
“Dammit, what is this? It looks so expensive.” Ah Zi touched the row of counters, which gave off a faint fragrance.
Bear said proudly, “It’s padauk! The yellow one over there is Phoebe zhennan S. Lee.” He walked over and stood behind a quaint table, pointing at the table and chairs. “This set of furniture is even more amazing, made of authentic scented rosewood!”
“Damn it!” Ah Zi couldn’t wait to carve a piece of scented rosewood. “How much are they? How many goods do we have to sell to get the money back?”
Chen Chen fairly liked the decorative box on the table made of scented rosewood. She touched it and then sniffed it, saying, “Is this… aloeswood?”
“No.” Seeing that she liked it, Jiang Rui smiled. “It’s aloes.”
Aloes is different from aloeswood. A small piece of aloes would occur in the bulky aloeswood. A piece of unbroken aloeswood is not as valuable as a small piece of aloes.
Ah Zi’s drool almost ran down her chin, and she picked up that piece of aloes, put it in her mouth, and took a bite. “Tell me about all the antiques and treasures here in one breath.”
“Okay!” Bear pulled her aside. “Look, that ornament over there is an authentic imperial blue and white porcelain. Besides, that one over there, as well as those paintings, is all authentic works!”
Chen Chen looked at Jiang Rui gratefully. “Brother Xiao Rui, these… these things are too expensive. I can’t afford them…”
Hearing her words, the man was actually so depressed and frustrated, but he still pretended to smile as he said, “Liuliu, didn’t I tell you to take these things as my investment? Only superior decoration and ornaments can give birth to a higher price. Besides, I have bought them at auctions in recent years, and they have been stored in a warehouse. Thanks to you, they have a chance to be appreciated again!”
“The God of War has done a good job!” Ah Zi gave a thumbs-up to him. “Chen Chen, do you know how expensive the rent here is? In order to pay the rent, we have to sell the goods at more than several times the cost price. But now we can sell them at more than 10 times the cost price!”
Chen Chen was shocked. “So unscrupulous!”
“How silly you are!” Ah Zi gave her a mean look. “The handicrafts are priceless, OK?”
Jiang Rui glanced at Ah Zi, displeased to hear she say that Liuliu was silly. Ah Zi immediately got close to Chen Chen flatteringly. “Chen Chen, listen to me. You can go to the shops nearby to see if their goods are sold at more than 10 times or dozens of times the cost price.”
Chen Chen agreed and asked, “How much is the rent?”
The other three people looked at each other, as they had reached an agreement on hiding the fact that the store had been bought.
Bear held up five fingers.
“50,000 yuan?”
Ah Zi rolled her eyes. “Half a million yuan!”
Being shocked, Chen Chen opened her eyes widely. “So expensive!”
“It’s not really expensive. After all, our store has a large area. If it were on the street ahead, it would cost one million yuan,” Ah Zi explained to her. “You are the child from a rich family, simply not realizing how expensive things are now.”
Seeing that she was still worrying about the rent payment, Ah Zi patted her and said wonderingly, “Well, your dad should be on the rich list. Moreover, your island is probably worth hundreds of millions of yuan. It’s too unpromising of you to care about half a million yuan!”
Chen Chen pouted. “I didn’t ask my family for money. I used my own money.”
“Forget it!” Jiang Rui did not like how she looked now. “I’ll receive dividends regularly. You’d better think about how to sell more goods. I don’t want to receive no money in the future!”
“I will work hard to make money, and I won’t let you lose money!” Chen Chen clenched her fist. Seeing that, the other three people did not know what to say to her.
Of course, Boss Wan would not give her money as an investment because Jiang Rui was bound and also pleased to spend money on his own wife. But obviously, his woman was unwilling to accept his money. He felt helpless but relieved. After all, she could stay with him every day. As for sleeping with him, he had to make more effort!
After looking through the shop, Bear suggested wandering through the streets nearby and having lunch on the way. Also, Chen Chen and Ah Zi could get more familiar with the surroundings. When walking to the end of the street, a lot of people were gathering together. Ah Zi asked a passerby about the reason, and learned that a crew was shooting a film there.
“Because this street is full of shops of various styles, many crews would shoot films here.” Bear saw both of them get excited, clicking his tongue and saying, “Rest assured, the decoration of our store will definitely attract some crews. But if you want to see the stars, just tell me. I’ll arrange for them to have dinner with you!”
Jiang Rui glanced at him, and Bear quickly added, “Just with female stars!”
The two women didn’t listen to him at all and were looking at the crowd with their heads forward! At that point, a little girl with glasses pushed her way through the crowd and suddenly came up to them.
“Hello? I… I…” She failed to say it completely after a long time.
Chen Chen looked at her and asked, “What are you going to say?”
“It is Miss Zhou who asked me to invite you.” She looked at Jiang Rui. “It’s Zhou Yiting. She said that she would like to thank you and invite you to dinner.”
Jiang Rui frowned, and Bear hurriedly reminded him. “It’s the star who met you at the top of the mountain.”
“No, I don’t have time.” After finishing that, he took Chen Chen away.