"You turned him down?" Shu Ya's face broke into a smile. Hao Jian's candidness meant he had nothing to hide.
"I accepted," Hao Jian said leisurely.
"What?" Shu Ya's smile froze on her face.
"How could you agree to him? You had already promised me!"
Hearing that Hao Jian had agreed to her own father, Shu Ya's pretty face turned red with anger!
She never expected Hao Jian to be so mercenary!
"If I hadn't agreed, where would the ten million reward come from? Who would turn down free money?"
Hao Jian looked at Shu Ya. Why did it seem girl just couldn't figure it out?
"So what you're saying is, you deceived him?" Shu Ya stared blankly.
"No shit, he's only offering me ten million, but you're giving me thirty million. Would I help him if I were fool?"
Hao Jian curled his lip, thinking you really underestimate me, don't you? Am I the sort of person to choose less over more?
"Bastard." Shu Ya glared at Hao Jian, a bit angry. She had really thought Hao Jian was about to betray her.
This guy, he can't even speak clearly. He's making her emotions bounce all over the place.
"Oho, I'm on your side and still get called a bastard. Maybe I should just go over to Shu Yuntu's side," Hao Jian said jokingly.
"Fine, go ahead then, if you don't want that thirty million," Shu Ya said with a cold laugh. Now she was getting a read on Hao Jian's personality.
After thinking it over carefully, Hao Jian sighed, "Fine, curse me if you want, just as long as the money comes through!"
"What else did you tell him?"
Shu Ya knew that Shu Yuntu was no fool; otherwise, he wouldn't have managed to deceive her mother. There was no way he would trust Hao Jian so easily. Hao Jian must have promised him something else.
"I also told him I'd work together with him, stay undercover by your side, delay but not marry you, so the corporation would naturally fall into his hands."
Hao Jian shrugged and lay comfortably on the couch.
"That makes more sense." Shu Ya gave a cold laugh. Her father was indeed cunning.
To get the company, he was actually willing to spend so much, and what irked Shu Ya the most was that the money was what she had provided.
Using the money she had given to go against her felt exceptionally lousy.
"Hao Jian, let's get married." Suddenly, Shu Ya looked up, her gaze intense as she watched Hao Jian.
Meanwhile, at the Liang Family's home.
Dressed casually, Liang Jiankun sat at his desk on the balcony, reading—a habit of his to enjoy a little drink while reading in the afternoon.
Just then, a bodyguard in a black suit walked in. Before he could get close, Liang Jiankun asked:
"Have you found the Seven Brothers?"
Since last night, he hadn't been able to contact them. He had thought they were dead, but when he sent people to check, there were no bodies.
This left even Liang Jiankun puzzled; if they weren't dead, why hadn't they killed Hao Jian, and why hadn't they reported back to him?
"We found them, but—" The bodyguard hesitated.
"Hmm?" Liang Jiankun closed his book, his gaze sharpening as he stared at the bodyguard and demanded:
"We discovered that the Seven Brothers not only failed to kill Hao Jian, but they also became sworn brothers with him, and now they are working within a corporation."
Liang Jiankun suddenly stood up, his expression turning cold. He had ordered those Seven Brothers to kill Hao Jian, but they had become brothers with him instead?
What the hell is this situation?
"It's true, we heard Excellent Li and that Hao Jian arm in arm, even calling him something. 'Master. Master!'" the bodyguard said with a wry smile:
"That Hao Jian looked even younger than the seven brothers, no idea why they would call him Master."
With that, Liang Jiankun's expression darkened completely. Calling Hao Jian Master? What could Hao Jian teach them? Wasn't he just a broken driver?
"You must get to the bottom of this for me! From which elementary school he attended when he was little to how many moles he has on his body, I want it all clear! As one of Hua City's Four Young Masters, there's no way I can swallow this indignity!"
Liang Jiankun said with resentment in his eyes. From childhood to adulthood, he had never been played .
The key point was that the seven brothers had already taken nearly ten million in advance from him, yet they had turned to someone else. How could this not anger Liang Jiankun?
Just as Liang Jiankun was fuming, someone came to report, "Young Master, Excellent Li has returned."
"He has the face to come back?" Liang Jianbin was taken aback, then anger surged on his face:
Not long after, the expressionless Excellent Li walked in, but didn't say a word, like a block of wood.
Seeing this, Liang Jiankun glared furiously:
"Excellent Li, you think you're really something, huh? Daring to take my money and do nothing, do you think I, Liang Jiankun, am easy to bully?"
Excellent Li's mouth curled into a slight smile: "Young Master Liang, I came here today to return the check to you. My brothers and I will not be taking on this job."
Saying this, he directly threw the check onto the table.
Seeing this, Liang Jiankun was stunned. Then, rage filled his eyes:
"You say you're not taking the job just like that, do you think this is child's play? Dare to play me? Do you believe I can ensure your seven brothers can't leave Hua City?"
But there was not a hint of panic on Excellent Li's face, his expression full of mocking amusement:
"First off, I don't go by Excellent Li anymore, I'm called Big Baby."
Liang Jiankun and the others were all stunned. Big Baby? What kind of name was that?
"Secondly, I've returned the check to you, whether you want it or not is up to you. You think I'm playing you, or bullying you, that's your business! Not my concern, and I don't want to manage."
"Then, as for your claim that you can make sure our seven brothers can't leave Hua City, if this were before, you certainly could have done it, but now..."
Big Baby didn't continue, but revealed a meaningful smile, filled with amusement and mockery.
Liang Jiankun and the others were already stunned. Was this still the same Excellent Li?
How dare he talk to himself ? Had he eaten the gall of a leopard?
In the past, he would never dare to speak to Liang Jiankun , but now things were different. His master was far more formidable than Liang Jiankun.
And Big Baby believed, his master would definitely not let Liang Jiankun touch the seven brothers.
Having Hao Jian backing him, he feared nothing.
"I've delivered the message. As for what you want to do, that's up to you." Saying that, he turned around and strode off.
But just at that moment, Liang Jiankun's two bodyguards stood in front of him, their gazes vicious. Big Baby had caused such embarrassment to Liang Jiankun, so they, as subordinates, naturally had to vent their master's anger.
At this moment, a trace of mockery crossed Big Baby's lips.
The two bodyguards were directly flung out, crashing against the wall, and fell to the ground coughing up blood.
"Overestimating yourselves," Big Baby said with a cold laugh.
His master bullying him was one thing, but even these nobody cats and dogs wanted to dig at his head?