Chapter 6: A Masterclass in Losing Both the Lady and the Army

When a person puts money first, she doesn’t care about dignity.Zhao Feifei hurriedly crawled to Yang Chen’s feet, begging, "Chen, I know I was wrong. Will you forgive me this time? I only just got involved with him, we only held hands, he didn’t touch me. I still completely belong to you. Chen, let’s live well from now on, I’ll cut ties with Chen Xinyi. I’ll give you lots of children, I promise to take good care of you and the kids. Is that okay?"

Birds of a feather flock together.

Chen Xinyi immediately stepped forward and said, "Zhao Feifei, how can you say that? I often advised you to live well with Yang Chen, but you are the one who loves vanity, dreaming of branded bags and luxury cars and houses every day. You’re the one who asked me to introduce you to a rich man, and you were unhappy when I didn’t. Now you say these things, don’t you feel guilty? Yang Chen, this has nothing to do with me. She kept forcing me to introduce her to a rich man, I really couldn’t stand her persistence and had to reluctantly agree to her request."

Zhao Feifei immediately retorted, "If it weren’t for you flaunting your wealth in front of me every day, instilling materialistic ideas in me every day, how could I become like this?"

"Oh, so if I tell you to kill someone, you’d go and do it? If I tell you to do drugs, would you do it? You’re an adult, you have discernment. If you weren’t willing, could my few words change your mind? Don’t be a whore while trying to maintain a virtuous facade!" Chen Xinyi angrily retorted.

What’s the saying about dogs biting each other? Just look at Zhao Feifei and Chen Xinyi and you’ll know.

The money bags, Li Cheng, quickly approached Yang Chen and offered him a cigarette, but Yang Chen didn’t even look at him.

Li Cheng quickly humbled himself and said, "Mr. Yang, this is all a misunderstanding. I just confirmed my relationship with her today, oh, no, it’s not even confirmed yet, we’re just trying out a blind date. I didn’t know she was Mr. Yang’s girlfriend, otherwise, even if I had a hundred times the courage, I wouldn’t have dared to get involved with her at all. Mr. Yang, please be magnanimous and forgive me for this one time on account of my ignorance."

Yang Chen put down his chopsticks, took a napkin and wiped his mouth, then turned to Cheng Dawu and said, "Manager Cheng, I was just praising you for being sensible. How come you’ve become muddle-headed now? Don’t you know what you’re supposed to do? In this environment, do you think I have the mood to continue eating?"

Cheng Dawu instantly understood, and quickly called the waiters and security guards over to forcibly remove Zhao Feifei and the others.

After all, for a large group, they don’t mind the cost of a meal, they can always offer some compensation.

But displeasing the second boss is definitely a no-go.

The waiters and security guards wouldn’t be polite to Zhao Feifei and the others, dragging and pulling them out.

Cheng Dawu also reminded Li Cheng not to deliver ingredients tomorrow, as he had already lost his supplier qualification.

As confident and arrogant Li Cheng was a moment ago, he now felt just as regretful and embarrassed.

Yang Chen turned to look at the women from the boxing ring earlier, scaring them into tension.

"Handsome, we misunderstood earlier, which is why we said bad things about you. Once we knew the truth, we corrected ourselves immediately."

"Right! You see, we even helped you scold them earlier, please don’t blame us."

...

Yang Chen chuckled, ignoring them.

A bunch of brainless boxers, no need to bother with them.

Yang Chen turned to look at Zhang Long.

Cheng Dawu quickly leaned over and whispered in Yang Chen’s ear, "Mr. Yang, he’s the son of the Sky Curtain Investment boss. Our group has indeed been negotiating investment with Sky Curtain Investment recently. What do you think..."

"Investment? As long as I vote against it, they can forget about getting it approved. So, what are you afraid of him for?" Yang Chen said disdainfully.

Cheng Dawu understood Yang Chen’s meaning, immediately gestured for security to come over.

"Take him away, also cancel his membership and refund his money, even offer compensation for this meal. Our Peninsula Hotel is always fair and won’t take advantage." Cheng Dawu ordered loudly.

The security nodded and immediately went to escort Zhang Long out.

Zhang Long, furious, shouted, "Try touching me once! Cheng Dawu, understand your position, he’s just a minority shareholder, shouldn’t you consult with the major shareholder?"

As the son of the Sky Curtain Investment CEO, Zhang Long certainly wouldn’t easily submit to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen immediately said, "I’ll bear any consequences. I hold 28% of the group’s shares, and even if the major shareholder has any decisions, they need my approval to pass. Whether Manager Cheng consults or not doesn’t matter, I certainly won’t let your family’s funds enter the Peninsula Group."

Zhang Long was enraged, slamming his hand on the table in front of Yang Chen, threatening, "You better think it through, if you break with me today, I guarantee you’ll end up suffering. A mere minority shareholder of the Peninsula Hotel is insignificant to Sky Curtain Investment."

Yang Chen stood his ground, "Whether you care or not, I don’t. I only know one thing, without my consent, your family can forget about investing in the Peninsula Group. Can’t accept it? Come back when you can join forces with the major shareholder to dilute my shares to something negligible and then talk to me about this nonsense."

Zhang Long, enraged, clenched his fists and threatened, "Fine! Let’s see how it goes, I guarantee before long, you’ll be crying in rhythm!"

He then turned to Wang Jiayi beside him and said, "Miss Wang, let’s go, let’s eat somewhere else!"

Damn, if you’re leaving, just leave, why so much bullshit?

A blind date, huh?

I’ll take your date away, let’s see how smug you are then!

If I can’t get over it, I’ll sleep with her tonight, see if you, you idiot, still want to be the rebound guy.

Yang Chen immediately said to Wang Jiayi, "Miss Wang, going on a blind date is the same as eating with anyone, isn’t it? Look, I’m single right now too. Flowers and everything are ready, why don’t we sit down and chat? I’m really sorry for scaring you and making you call me ’dad’ in the car. Give me a chance to apologize and make it up to you."

Yang Chen gave Wang Jiayi a reason to sit down, which was to express his apology to her.

This way, she had a reason to convince herself to sit down.

If there wasn’t a suitable reason, she would certainly feel embarrassed to sit down because she would worry about others mocking her for being materialistic.

Wang Jiayi didn’t know much about Sky Curtain Investment.

But her gut feeling was that Yang Chen was clearly more impressive than Zhang Long.

The most important point was that Yang Chen was handsome, far outshining Zhang Long.

Women, oh no, men too, aren’t we all visual creatures?

Who doesn’t like good-looking members of the opposite sex?

Wang Jiayi’s biggest dream was to settle down and build a family in Hai City. If she could be with a handsome and wealthy man, that would be even better.

Sigh...

Women really do have a lot of drama. She was even thinking about the child’s name already.

"Alright! Seeing how sincere you are, I’ll give you a chance to apologize and make it up to me," Wang Jiayi said with a smile.

Zhang Long’s eyes widened instantly, and his previously feigned elegance vanished completely, replaced by a sinister expression.

"Wang Jiayi, do you know what you’re doing? I damn well offended him for your sake, and you’re not insulting me, are you?" Zhang Long said angrily.

Wang Jiayi quickly countered, "It wasn’t for me, but for your own pride. Didn’t you just want to show off in front of me? I didn’t ask you to clash with Mr. Yang, you insisted on coming over to show off. Didn’t you?"

This was truly a great humiliation.

In some ways, Zhang Long did want to show off in front of his blind date, Wang Jiayi, to highlight his impressive status as the Crown Prince of Sky Curtain Investment.

However, at the end of the day, it indeed started because of Wang Jiayi, and if she completely absolved herself, that wouldn’t seem fair.

Zhang Long’s face twisted with anger, and he threatened, "I might not dare touch him for now, but I can still deal with you. Don’t make things difficult for yourself! Even if you leave the hotel with me and come back to have dinner with him after saying goodbye, that’s fine. But if you dare sit down and have dinner now, that’s insulting me. Think about what consequences you’ll face!"

Yang Chen smiled, stood up, picked up the flowers, handed them to Wang Jiayi, and politely pulled out the chair, inviting her, "Miss Wang, please feel at ease and have dinner. If there’s a fly buzzing around, I’ll have someone chase him away. I might not have any great skills, but the shares I hold can stop their family from investing in Peninsula Group. Even if he’s got ten thousand reasons to be dissatisfied, there’s nothing he can do about me."

Simply put, Yang Chen wasn’t interested in Wang Jiayi; he was just trying to mess with Zhang Long.

Originally, they could have left each other alone, but Zhang Long deliberately provoked trouble to show off in front of Wang Jiayi, so could Yang Chen let him have an easy time?

After all, he couldn’t finish all the food alone, and it would be a waste to throw it away, so why not use it to disgust Zhang Long a bit?

Wang Jiayi nodded and calmly sat down with a smile.

Zhang Long became furious and reached out to hit Wang Jiayi.

Yang Chen grabbed his hand, glaring at him fiercely.

Seeing the situation was bad, Cheng Dawu quickly called security to drag Zhang Long away.

No matter how much Zhang Long shouted or cursed, it was all in vain.

The security guards still took him away, and the cashier over there also refunded the remaining money from his membership card back to him.

Zhang Long used his own strength to demonstrate what "losing both the wife and the army" meant.

Yang Chen sat down cheerfully, poured a glass of red wine for Wang Jiayi, and said, "Miss Wang, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Yang Chen. I’m very pleased to have dinner with you."

Wang Jiayi smiled gently and quickly said, "My name is Wang Jiayi. But whether I’m happy or not, I’ll only know after dinner."

"Haha... I think Miss Wang will definitely be very happy after dinner. Come, let’s drink to this," Yang Chen said with a smile, raising his glass.

Wang Jiayi smiled, raised her glass, gently clinked it with Yang Chen’s, and said, "Cheers."

The diners nearby were all stunned by Yang Chen’s actions.

This was what it meant to be arrogant with money, wasn’t it?

He directly took the blind date partner of the person provoking him!

Being rich, what a wonderful thing!