Chapter 254 Poor Relatives in the Rich Circle 1
Chapter 254 Poor Relatives in the Rich Circle 1
"Who's your best friend? I'm hanging up!"
"No, no, no, Brother Xing, my best male friend, is this right now?"
"Okay, get to the point."
"Brother, Ayi said you're selling mobile phones, is that true? Yaomei has been showing them off everywhere, and I've never even heard of it. I'm so wronged. Aren't you being too fickle? I'm so pitiful, I..."
Gu Jinxing, on the other end of the phone, frowned and moved the mobile phone away from his ear.
Once the incessant chatter of a grown man stopped coming from the mobile phone, Gu Jinxing finally put the phone back to his ear.
Then he said to Liang Muchao, "I'll save one for you."
"Thank you, Brother Xing. You're practically my brother, even more than I am..."
"Beep...beep..."
Gu Jinxing hung up the phone immediately.
But Liang Muchao was still delighted, raising an eyebrow at Shen Yao across the table.
"How about that? I've got a mobile phone now."
Shen Yao twitched the corner of her mouth.
It's unbearable to look at.
"Give me back my old mobile phone."
"Wait a minute, let me make another call."
The waiters had already started serving the dishes.
Shen Yao had never tried Thai food before, and at this moment she became genuinely more interested in the food.
Let Liang Muchao continue playing; she'll eat first.
Liang Muchao then called his father.
He was just about to show off that he was using a mobile phone to call his dad.
His father replied, "I just had my assistant buy three mobile phones, one for me, one for your mother, one for your grandfather, and one for yourself. Given your relationship with Jinxing, you should already have one, so I didn't buy one for you. Write down my mobile phone number..."
Liang Muchao's boastful words caught in his throat, and he couldn't say them.
He had only just found out about this; he had only just received his own and hadn't even gotten his hands on it yet, but his dad already had it and the phone number.
He's not even bragging about it.
Liang Muchao hung up the phone in frustration.
Shen Yao vaguely heard the voice coming from the mobile phone and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She was eating a spicy Tom Yum soup, and this choked her quite badly.
Shen Yao took out a tissue and wiped away the tears that had welled up from choking.
Then he shrugged and asked for his mobile phone back.
“Give me back my cell phone. If you keep making these calls, I’m afraid I’ll be laughed to death.”
Liang Muchao returned the mobile phone to Shen Yao.
Shen Yao carefully put the mobile phone back into her bag.
Liang Muchao noticed the bag Shen Yao was carrying and asked a question.
"So you brought this bag today just to carry this mobile phone?"
"Yeah, otherwise why would I carry a bag?"
Okay, he's overthinking it.
Seeing Shen Yao peeling shrimp with her hands and eating with gusto, it was clear that Shen Yao still didn't care about her image in front of him, just like before.
Liang Muchao sighed in frustration.
Another day has passed, and the world where only he is injured has been achieved.
*
In the evening, Shen Wancheng and Gu Jinxing went back to the He Mansion for dinner, as they had agreed on the day before.
When Shen Wancheng arrived at the He Mansion, she heard a child's voice reciting something as soon as she got out of the car.
"No gifts this Chinese New Year, but if you must give a gift, give a mobile phone... the Oriental mobile phone, connecting all directions."
Shen Wancheng and Gu Jinxing exchanged a glance, and then both smiled.
"I didn't expect that a child would be able to read it already."
"This shows that your advertising slogan is really excellent."
Gu Jinxing couldn't help but wonder, is there anything Shen Wancheng can't do?
Such an outstanding woman is actually his wife.
Gu Jinxing felt a strange sense of pride, but also a deep sense of urgency.
His wife is so outstanding, he can't let her down.
Shen Wancheng and Gu Jinxing walked into the living room and, sure enough, saw a boy of about six or seven years old.
The two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, who were talking to Xu Pingtao, also stood up and turned around to look.
The middle-aged woman had a smile plastered on her face and spoke in a deliberately gentle tone.
"Wan Cheng is back."
Shen Wancheng recognized the two people's appearances; they were from the He family, distant relatives of He Lin, and surnamed He. However, because the He family had only one son per generation for several generations, the kinship ties within the He family were now extremely distant.
Therefore, Shen Wancheng only met him twice, at the family recognition banquet and the wedding banquet.
Shen Wancheng momentarily forgot what to call the two of them.
Xu Pingtao noticed Shen Wancheng's dazed expression and spoke up to remind her.
“These are your great-aunt’s Uncle Zhou and Aunt Li.”
Shen Wancheng greeted them politely, "Uncle Zhou, Aunt Li."
Gu Jinxing nodded to the two of them and then called for help from Shen Wancheng.
Shen Wancheng originally thought that since the relatives of the He family were still family members, no matter how far away they were, it wouldn't be a big deal for her to accompany Xu Pingtao to deal with them.
Xu Pingtao, however, gave Shen Wancheng a chance to leave.
"Wancheng, you've been busy all day and didn't even come home for lunch. Go to your room and rest for a while. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."
Shen Wancheng casually rubbed her lower back.
“I didn’t realize it until Grandpa said it, but now that you mention it, my back is starting to ache.”
Xu Pingtao looked concerned.
"Then hurry up and go rest. Jinxing, help Wancheng back to her room."
Gu Jinxing obediently nodded, "Okay."
Gu Jinxing then helped Shen Wancheng leave the living room.
As they turned to leave, they could still hear the middle-aged woman's voice.
"Sigh, Wan Cheng is so pregnant and she still went to organize a press conference. It must have been really hard work. Uncle Tao, I think you could arrange for some of your nephews and nieces to help Wan Cheng. The He family can trust you with that, and Wan Cheng won't have to work so hard."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wancheng and Gu Jinxing left the living room in silence.
Shen Wancheng spoke after they left the main villa.
"So they came here for the big mobile phone. It's only the first day of the press conference, and they're already trying to squeeze people in. They're trying to steal the fruits of others' labor halfway through."
Shen Wancheng was somewhat displeased.
No one can covet what belongs to her.
"If you don't want to, they can refuse for me. As one of the directors, no one can say anything if I refuse, because it's not worth getting angry at these insignificant people."
Shen Wancheng's mood inexplicably improved after hearing Gu Jinxing's words.
Shen Wancheng glanced sideways at Gu Jinxing.
Gu Jinxing asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"So you're willing to be the bad guy?"
Gu Jinxing chuckled lightly, then immediately stopped smiling and said with a serious face.
"I'm notoriously ruthless at work."
Shen Wancheng was immediately amused.
"Fortunately, my grandfather knew I wouldn't offer to help anyone, so he didn't give them a chance to bring it up."
"But if they're shameless enough, they'll probably stay for dinner at the He mansion tonight. If you don't want to see these people, we can find an excuse to leave now?"
"Forget it, the chef at home should be cooking, and Grandpa must have told the kitchen to make my favorite dishes. Besides, if these people are really that shameless, there's no way to avoid them. If they don't appreciate our kindness, then let's just confront them directly. It won't cost me anything."
Gu Jinxing nodded.
"Anyway, your mood is the most important thing, so do whatever makes you happy."
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