Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Which Genius Came Up With This Idea?

Her shout was like a thunderclap out of a clear sky. The whole group fell silent.

A moment later, Du An Rao looked surprised, Xi Jing Yue looked thoughtful, and Chen Pei Lin pushed up his glasses, his eyes narrowing in a dangerous way.

Only Li Zhao Yang stood there with a blank face. He had no idea what Du Yu Xi was talking about.

“Straight? Straight what?”

Du Yu Xi choked. Only then did she realize that, in her shock, she had blurted out what she was thinking.

“Uh… I mean, if you have something to say, just say it straight. I don’t like people beating around the bush when they talk to me.”

The suspicion that had just risen in Du An Rao’s heart was instantly swept away by this bold and sharp reply from Du Yu Xi.

[Wow, my fourth sister really says whatever is on her mind. She does not hold back at all. She is completely different from Li Qian Xi, that little green tea who always clutches her chest and pretends to be innocent so other people will stand up for her.]

Seeing that Du An Rao did not suspect anything, Du Yu Xi quietly let out a breath of relief.

Li Zhao Yang had not expected Du Yu Xi to be so blunt, but maybe because he had already put a “little sister filter” on her, President Li did not get angry at all even after being snapped at.

“Next week, my mom wants to hold a small private party. I wonder if Miss Yu Xi would be interested in attending?”

The moment he asked this, everyone was stunned again.

“Your mom’s party, and you are inviting me?”

Li Zhao Yang did not explain. He kept smiling and asked back: “Yes. Is there a problem?”

Du Yu Xi: “…”

[There is a huge problem, okay? Is this big cousin always this forward? If I did not know the truth, I would really think he had fallen for my fourth sister. No wonder the assistant is so jealous his eyes are turning red. He has followed you for so long and has never met your family, but you want to take my sister to meet your parents right away. Tsk tsk tsk…]

[Too bad, this love rival is someone he will never be able to pin down. Li Zhao Yang’s true love is his long lost first girlfriend. They dated for a year and a half, then broke up because of a misunderstanding. Even so, after they split up, Li Zhao Yang stayed faithful to her for years and never forgot her.]

[And that first love really is his white moonlight. Even though she misunderstood Li Zhao Yang as a scumbag who dated several girls at once, she still gave birth to their son alone and raised him by herself. If I remember right, their son should already be in kindergarten now.]

Xi Jing Yue’s face changed slightly. Just now, Du An Rao’s words had been a bit vague, so he thought he had heard wrong.

Now that he heard her bring up his cousin’s first love again, Xi Jing Yue finally realized that his cousin really had become a father without even knowing it.

Du Yu Xi was also stunned by this huge piece of news. She had only planned to come today to take a look at her legendary blood relative. How had she ended up finding out such a shocking secret by accident?

Are people in the entertainment industry all this fond of suddenly discovering secret children, big and small, everywhere they go? Even the company boss is no exception!

The reason Du An Rao knew so much about Li Zhao Yang and his first love was that later, when Li Qian Xi and Jiang Yi Ming tried to swallow Xisheng Entertainment whole, they had thought of using a honey trap on him.

The two of them arranged for several beauties, all different types, to get close to Li Zhao Yang, but not a single one succeeded.

They even started to suspect that Li Zhao Yang was a monk reincarnated, totally uninterested in women.

Just when they had no idea what to do next, Li Qian Xi accidentally learned the truth behind Li Zhao Yang’s breakup with his first love from one of his old classmates. From there, she dug up the existence of that unknown child.

In the end, they used that child to completely control Li Zhao Yang and easily took most of the assets belonging to the First Branch of his family.

Thinking of this, Du An Rao’s face also darkened.

[These two really are low. If you have the ability, then fight fair and square. If you win, you can at least say the winner is king and the loser is a bandit. But going after someone’s child, what is that supposed to be? It makes me suspect this kid is a bug the author left behind just for these two pieces of trash.]

[That little guy was already weak in the womb. Even though his mom raised him with great care, he is still more fragile than ordinary children. After being tossed around by them like this, who knows if he will end up with some lasting illness.]

Now it was not just Du An Rao. Xi Jing Yue and Du Yu Xi both looked very upset.

Especially Xi Jing Yue. He had never had a good impression of that walking disaster Li Qian Xi. Now he wished he could make her disappear from the country without a trace.

When he saw that Du Yu Xi had stayed silent for a long time and her face was getting darker and darker, Li Zhao Yang started to waver.

“Is the timing not convenient for you?”

“Shut up!”

Xi Jing Yue and Du Yu Xi turned their heads and shouted at him at almost the same time. After they yelled, they glanced at each other and saw surprise in each other’s eyes.

“…Oh.” Startled, Li Zhao Yang shut his mouth at once.

Thinking of what Du An Rao had just revealed, Du Yu Xi still could not swallow her anger. She shot a fierce glare at Li Zhao Yang and did not explain anything.

Xi Jing Yue felt both angry and helpless toward this cousin who did not even know he had somehow become a dad. But Du Yu Xi’s reaction also made him think of Du He Xuan, who had guarded against him so strictly not long ago. His eyes flashed, and in the end he chose to stay calm and say nothing.

“It is just a small private party, inviting some close friends and relatives to sit and talk. Besides a few friends of the same age, most of them are close relatives. If Miss Du can help Zhao Yang solve his problem today, then you will be a mutual friend of both our families. That is why Zhao Yang wants to invite you over to meet everyone. In the future, when you are out in the world, we can also look out for each other.”

Even though Xi Jing Yue’s explanation still sounded a bit forced, it was much better than the blunt way Li Zhao Yang had invited them just now.

Du An Rao glanced at her fourth sister and did not agree right away. She said: “We need some time to think about it. For now, let’s look at the company first.”

Maybe because he had felt a bit embarrassed after being yelled at, Li Zhao Yang behaved himself for the rest of the way. He led them downstairs to the nearest Finance Department.

The moment they walked in, Du An Rao was stunned by the giant hourglass decoration placed beside the front desk.

[Unbelievable, unbelievable. Which genius came up with the idea of putting an hourglass at the door of the Finance Department? Look at all that sand flowing down. Doesn’t it look like stacks of cash flowing out? The supervisor of this Finance Department is not an assassin too, right?]

Xi Jing Yue shivered all over, feeling as if he had been stabbed in Li Zhao Yang’s place. His sharp gaze flew toward his cousin again.

“…He really can’t say a word. Who did he offend this time?”

Li Zhao Yang’s eyelid twitched hard. He quickly looked at Du An Rao with a fawning smile and asked: “Grandmaster, is there something wrong with this front desk?”

“There is a huge problem. Who put this hourglass here? Sand is like water. It flows. When you use it in feng shui arrangements, you have to be even more careful. If you are not, living water will turn into dead water, and gathered wealth will turn into leaking wealth.”

Du An Rao pointed at the department sign hanging above their heads and said: “Your Finance Department is supposed to be the place where the company’s money gathers. When you plan the feng shui here, you should be thinking about how to create wealth and keep wealth. But you, you put such a big hourglass here, like you are afraid the money inside will not flow out fast enough.”