“Are you that afraid of the company going under and losing your position? Throwing your authority around at someone like me, you really are something.”
“I’m just not letting you. Call someone to arrest me right now if you have the guts. If you don’t find some crime to pin on me today, we’re not done!”
With that, she decided not to get into the elevator at all, hugging her laptop as she returned to Hu Jiasheng.
“I watched you report me, now report! Report!”
Stubborn and unreasonable.
She really didn’t know how someone like her could become friends with Jiang Nan Fang.
Hu Jiasheng glanced at her, bold and fiery, and took a step to the side.
“Don’t push me. I hate women like you who are so unreasonable. I’ll let you off this time.”
“If you dare show your face at the company again, I won’t be so lenient.”
After speaking, he strode confidently towards his office.
Chen Jiaojiao snorted and cursed him from behind.
What kind of person is he? A show-off who likes to flaunt himself, disgusting.
Even Zhan Bei Jue isn't as pretentious or ostentatious as you, how sickening.
With that, she stormed out of Zhan Corporation.
Back home, she was bored and idly scrolling through her phone.
Suddenly, an old classmate messaged her.
“You haven’t come home in so long, and you don’t even contact your family. Your father is going crazy looking for you.”
“He’s been hospitalized due to excessive worry. Go back and see him.”
Chen Jiaojiao heard this news and, rather than being happy, why would she go back?
“Didn’t he hit me because of that cheap woman? What does he want from me now? I think he’d rather I die out here.”
“Now that he’s sick, he remembers me? Did that woman run off? Tell him it’s all his karma. I’m not going back to see him!”
“If you like daughters so much, find another woman to give you one. Stop pretending to be a loving father in front of me, I’m not buying it!”
Her classmate tried to persuade her.
“Don’t just mouth off to me. You’re such a smart person, how can you be so foolish about such an important matter?”
“Think about it, that woman your father is with is now his legal wife. If something happens to him, she’s the legal heir to his estate.”
“Getting revenge on your father is a minor issue, but having all the inheritance taken by her is a big deal.”
“Are you willing to see everything your father worked his entire life for go to her? Are you willing to see her live a life of luxury while you starve on the streets?”
Chen Jiaojiao suddenly understood.
Right!
Normally, when she argued with her father, she didn’t spend his money, and it was one thing for him to spend it on that woman!
But at this critical juncture, if anything were to happen to him…
No matter what, she couldn't let her father's wealth fall into that woman's hands.
Therefore, Chen Jiaojiao sat up from her bed like a carp leaping.
“Tell my father to hang in there! I’m booking a flight back to see him now!”
Chen Jiaojiao appeared in Jin City.
Her father wasn’t seriously ill, just the common ailments of middle-aged men who frequently drank at business functions – the three highs.
Entering the hospital room, she saw that woman dressed to the nines sitting beside him.
Her father could talk and eat, even flirt with her.
Instantly, she was filled with righteous indignation.
“Putting on a filial father act outside, just to trick me into coming back to watch you two flaunt your affection?”
“What is it? Not happy that I didn’t bless you both, and now you’re looking at me with resentment because I’m not touched by your deep affection?”
“Do you want everyone to curse me and praise your new wife for her noble character?”
In the past, upon hearing such rebellious words, her father would have definitely argued with her.
But the situation was different now.
His daughter had grown up, her wings had strengthened, and she could leave whenever she pleased.
Moreover, she had been gone for so long without contacting the family, and he could lose his daughter at any moment, so her father didn’t dare to be forceful anymore.
He could only coax her with kind words.
“If you don’t want to go to school anymore, then don’t. A diploma is not important to our family anyway.”
“But your father is getting old, and his health will only decline. You need to learn some survival skills.”
“Come back. I’ve arranged a position for you at the company. Starting tomorrow, you’ll begin learning. If you manage it well, the company will be yours in the future.”
Leaving the company to her? And letting her manage it herself?
Although Chen Jiaojiao knew nothing about running a company, she felt it was somewhat reliable.
“Who else would you be but my father? Your family fortune should naturally be mine. If I don’t inherit it, who will?”
“That’s more like it. Then I’ll come back. But you have to let me have a couple of days to deal with some personal matters. After I’m done, I’ll start working.”
“What personal matters? What personal matters could you possibly have? Don’t tell me you’re dating a boyfriend out there?”
“Do I need to date? Wasn’t I promised to the Lu family in Nan City by my grandfather since I was little? Do I have the right to date?”
Speaking of the Lu family, her father sighed again.
“You’re not young anymore. If you don’t plan on studying further, you should settle down. The Lu family…”
“No, no, no, that’s not necessary. How old am I? Just reached the legal age, let me play for a couple more years.”
Her father could only indulge her.
Chen Jiaojiao sat beside her father, fed him some fruit, and reached into his pocket.
Her father swatted her hand, “What are you doing?”
“I’ve been adrift alone for so long, and you haven’t even unblocked my card. Aren’t you afraid I’ll starve to death?”
“You haven’t starved to death, have you? You came back perfectly fine and glowing. My daughter is so clever, I knew you wouldn’t starve.”
Chen Jiaojiao pouted.
“That’s because I was born at a good time and could use credit cards.”
“I don’t care. You can’t possibly be living luxuriously every day while your daughter is struggling to pay off debt outside, can you? Give me the supplementary card!”
So, all this time her daughter had been living by swiping credit cards?
Her father felt a pang of guilt and quickly took out the supplementary card and handed it to her.
Chen Jiaojiao took her phone and the card and left the room. Soon after, Lu Mingzhe received a large transfer.
Chen Jiaojiao informed him that she had returned to Jin City.
“Why the sudden return?”
Chen Jiaojiao: “My father was feeling a bit unwell. I don’t want to upset him anymore, so I won’t be returning to Nan City.”
“Thank you for your trouble during this time. Please accept the money.”
Lu Mingzhe felt too embarrassed to accept the money.
“With our relationship, do we need to say such things?”
“As long as we’re not married, we’re not a couple. Your money isn’t from heaven, take it. Otherwise, if I need your help again, I won’t have the nerve to ask.”
Then she sent messages to Zhou Jinbei and Jiang Nan Fang respectively.
Both of them expressed their understanding.
Chen Jiaojiao said, “I won’t be meeting up for now. When I have time, I’ll come to Nan City to see you. You can also come visit. My treat.”
That evening, her father was discharged from the hospital.
He said there was a very important corporate exchange banquet in Jin City that he absolutely had to attend.
Chen Jiaojiao’s eyes almost rolled to the back of her head.
“You’re coming out of the hospital and you’re already going to a banquet? Do you want me to die so badly? So you can pass on the inheritance to your new wife and she can remarry quickly?”
“Alright, stop acting pitiful in front of me. I know your work is hard. I’ll go in your place tonight.”