Chapter 194

Chapter 194: So Many Brothers

Du An Rao stared hard at that Du Brother for a long time. Then she suddenly turned her head and asked Jiang Chang Bin: “Brother, besides the few brothers in my own family and you two cousins, when did I get another brother? I didn’t even know.”

As soon as Jiang Chang Bin heard this, he knew what she was up to, so he played along: “I’m not very sure either. Maybe he is a relative from Ninth Master’s side?”

Du An Rao looked suddenly enlightened. She turned to ask A Wen: “Uncle A Wen, are they relatives from Grandfather’s side?”

“They used to be. Now they are not.”

Du An Rao didn’t ask why they were not anymore. She simply nodded calmly and said: “Oh. If that’s the case, then, Mr., we should keep some distance. My Grandfather doesn’t like me randomly recognizing relatives outside.”

As soon as she said this, the eldest young master of the Du family turned green.

Du Wei Shuai was even angrier. His hands shook as he pointed at Du An Rao, but he could not get a single word out for a long time.

[Blood really is thicker than water. The way this father and son are furious looks exactly the same.]

Jiang Chang Bin and Xi Jing Yue: “…”

So you do know you are about to anger them to death.

The people in the crowd around them listened to Du An Rao’s explanation and also started to feel that something was off.

“Is that father and son really a relative of Ninth Master? Why do they look like they are not very welcome?”

“They really are relatives, and the blood tie is quite close. But a few years ago they cut ties with Ninth Master Du. Now, never mind being relatives, they are almost enemies.”

“N-no way, right? No matter what, they are still family…”

“How is it impossible? You don’t know this. Back then, those relatives from Ninth Master’s family, their President wanted to stuff a child under his knees. They said it was so he would have someone to rely on in his old age. But who didn’t know what they were really thinking? They saw he was getting old, with no one in his home, and wanted to swallow up his estate.”

The auntie who said this was clearly a proper gossip lover. She quickly spilled everything she knew in one go.

“Because of that, Ninth Master put a notice in the newspaper to cut ties with all those close-blood relatives. This Mr. Du here, whether he is the adoptive father or the birth father of that Young Master Du from just now, is one of them.”

“Wow, if he even put it in the paper, it can’t be fake. Since they already cut ties, how could those two still be calling him Brother and elder just now? They really have no shame.”

“These people haven’t been shameless just for a day or two. A few years ago Ninth Master already announced in the paper that he cut ties with them, yet they still shamelessly pretended not to see it. In private, they used the title of being Ninth Master’s relatives to grab quite a lot of things. In the whole B City upper circle, there are hardly any people who don’t know about their dirty behavior.”

As she spoke, the auntie even rolled her eyes in a very vivid way: “When they rushed over to look for this little girl just now, I could tell at a glance what they wanted. Isn’t it just because they saw the little girl has caught Ninth Master’s eye? They are jealous and greedy but have no solution, so they can only act like elders and pretend to be close to the little girl to get more benefits for themselves. Like I wouldn’t know them. It’s like they say, if a tree loses its bark, it will surely die. If a person has no shame, they are invincible in the world!”

Listening to the auntie’s blunt and accurate roast, Du An Rao almost could not hold back from clapping for her.

When she looked again, Father and son Du Wei Shuai had faces as dark as iron, and their hands were trembling slightly. Du An Rao was really afraid the two of them would run out of breath, fall straight to the ground, and fake an accident to blame her.

In the end, after trembling with anger for a while like they had a serious tremor, they turned around and ran off, just like Du Tian Ci had earlier.

Du An Rao: “…”

[That’s it?! That’s it?! I thought a certain person’s stupidity was a matter of chance, but I never expected it to be a genetic problem. This whole family doesn’t look very smart. No wonder in the original story they never knew who harmed them even when they died.]

If Du Qi Chang managed to survive to the end by watching people’s faces and switching sides like a fence-sitter, then the whole Du Wei Shuai family only crawled into the final round by relying on their blood tie and being pushed along by someone with an agenda.

When she read the story before, Du An Rao had always thought the person behind the scenes chose their family because their blood relationship with Du De Sheng was the closest. Even though Du De Sheng had a terrible relationship with them, in terms of bloodline, after Du De Sheng passed away, they would indeed be the most legitimate and hopeful candidates to inherit his estate.

Now it seemed the other side might have just thought this family was stupid enough that with a little push they could become a handy knife, easy to control and very useful.

Just like today. That eldest young master Du had thought he was using the illegitimate son to test the waters, but he never knew that their whole family was only an unremarkable little stone used by others to test the road.

Thinking of how she had just behaved, Du An Rao could not help proudly sticking out her chest.

[I must have looked especially arrogant and overbearing just now. After today, the great Miss of Ninth Master’s family will be known all over City B as arrogant, overbearing, and looking down on everyone. Then no one will dare to come and bother me easily. Plan complete?]

Jiang Chang Bin and Xi Jing Yue: “…”

Though, the way things would develop might be completely different from what she hoped. At least in their eyes, the series of actions Du An Rao had just done had nothing to do with being arrogant and overbearing. Instead, she was like a little cat. Whoever provoked her, she would scratch them twice. It was very… cute.

Du An Rao had no idea what the two were thinking. After what had just happened, many people in the hall already knew a bit about Du An Rao’s identity, and there were more hidden, sizing-up looks. But most people still were not sure how favored she was by Du De Sheng, so for now they only watched and did not hurry to come over and talk to her. The only one who was not affected by this at all was…

“Mr. Xi!”

Suddenly running into someone she knew in a different city, Du An Rao’s eyes lit up. “Why are you here too? Did you come especially to hunt for treasures?”

When Xi Jing Yue met Du An Rao’s bright eyes, the corners of his lips could not help rising a little.

“I happened to come to City B with Manager Qiu to talk business. I heard him say there was a rather grand auction in City B recently, so I came to take a look. I didn’t expect to meet you here.”

In fact, it was because the day Du An Rao called Qiu Ji Chen, he had happened to be right next to Qiu Ji Chen.

Afterward, when he learned the whole story and also heard that Qiu Ji Chen planned to send an invitation to the auction to Du An Rao as an apology gift, he had specially asked Qiu Ji Chen for another invitation and came here on purpose to have a “chance” encounter with her.

“An An, why are you here too? Did you come to hang out with… a friend?”

Not knowing the inside story, Du An Rao only thought it was a real coincidence. She held Jiang Chang Bin’s hand and said: “I came out with my cousin to see the world. This is my cousin, Jiang Chang Bin. Cousin, this is Mr. Xi, Xi Jing Yue.”

Jiang Chang Bin raised an eyebrow, and his first impression of Xi Jing Yue was not good at all. There are so many countries in the world, so many provinces in the country, so many cities in the province, and so many places in the city. How could they just happen to bump into each other like this?

This man was not honest!

Sensing the hostility from the other man, Xi Jing Yue: “…”

First an older brother, then a cousin, and now another cousin. Where did this girl get… so many older brothers!

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