89: Chapter 89 cannot be compared.

Li Yi considered himself to be exceptionally handsome.

And he also possessed considerable family wealth.

Pursuing any girl was as easy as pie for him.

Today would be no exception.

He walked up to Zhang Tao with what he thought was a graceful, dashing air, and extended his hand.

A refined smile remained on his face.

"Sister Zhang Tao, let me help you over."

Zhang Tao only thought he was mentally unstable.

She was already in a wheelchair; why was he trying to help her walk over?

Was he that afraid of her recovering?

Having extended his hand without receiving a response, Li Yi felt a bit awkward.

He said again, "Sister Zhang Tao, our grandpas are waiting. Don't be temperamental. Be a good girl and come with me."

These words made Zhao Jian's whole body go cold.

Goosebumps rose all over him.

It had quite the vibe of a domineering CEO from an ancient-style romance novel.

It was a pity he didn't pull it off well.

"Brother, how about I let her stand up and you sit in the wheelchair instead?"

Zhao Jian finished speaking and patted Zhang Tao on the shoulder.

"Taoer, give up your seat for the disabled person."

Li Yi frowned.

He glanced at Zhao Jian with displeasure and ignored him, instead complaining to Zhang Tao:

"Sister Zhang Tao, this nanny of yours is very ill-mannered."

Actually, Li Yi could recognize the brand of the clothes Zhao Jian was wearing and knew that someone capable of wearing such clothes—even if they were rented—

was definitely not a nanny for the Zhang family.

But in order to belittle Zhao Jian, he did it on purpose.

Zhang Tao immediately retorted, "He's better-mannered than you. If you Zhang Family Members want to stay for a meal, then eat; if you don't want to, then leave!"

Her voice was not quiet.

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhang's expression became rather unpleasant.

After all, today was his birthday, and an old friend had brought his grandson to celebrate it for him.

How could she make someone lose face right in front of everyone!

He couldn't help but scold, "Zhang Tao! Is that any way to speak? Come over here and greet your Grandpa Li."

Zhao Jian pushed her over.

Seeing that the old geezer was about to scold her again, he hurriedly said, "Hello, Grandpa Zhang. I'm a friend of Sister Tao. I heard it's your birthday today, and I wish you…"

He had intended to say some well-wishes to ease the atmosphere.

But the old geezer didn't appreciate the gesture and interrupted him:

"Since you are a guest, go sit to the side for a while. We need to handle family business."

This was an attempt to shoo him away.

But the reason was sufficient, and Zhao Jian really had no reason to refuse.

He gestured to the old geezer from the Li family, saying, "Let's go, old sir. Why are you still standing here when they need to handle family business?"

Li Tiezhu's beard twitched; he clearly hadn't expected Zhao Jian to point the finger at him.

Before he could speak,

Grandpa Zhang blew his beard and stared with wide eyes. "I told you to leave! Old Li is my friend; he doesn't need to avoid anything!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tao immediately said, "Zhao Jian is my partner; he definitely doesn't need to avoid anything even more!"

"He is your partner? Who agreed to that? Let me tell you, Zhang Tao, I do not agree! If you two want to get married, it'll be over my dead body!"

While roaring, Grandpa Zhang clutched his chest.

Zhao Jian thought to himself, it wouldn't be that effective, would it?

Fortunately, he didn't die.

At this moment, following Grandpa Zhang's roar, the Zhang Family Members had already gathered around.

A woman with a harsh tone said to Zhang Tao, "Taoer, it's not that I want to lecture you, but you're not young anymore and should be sensible. How can you help an outsider anger your grandpa?"

"I heard everything you just said; you are in the wrong. Hurry up and apologize to your grandpa and Grandpa Li."

Others also chimed in:

"Exactly! You haven't even married out yet and you're already siding with outsiders. You ungrateful wretch!"

"That boy is your boyfriend? He looks human enough but doesn't know how to speak like one. Didn't you hear what he just said? Today, either you make him leave, or you both get out together."

"Taoer, don't you know why your Grandpa Li came here? He's here to introduce Li Yi as your husband. The Li family is so great, wealthy and cultured. Don't be stubborn, okay?"

Zhang Tao looked at all the aunts and relatives, her head about to explode.

She thought to herself, what kind of monsters and demons are these?

No wonder her parents didn't want to visit relatives and didn't keep in touch.

As expected, the older generation had foresight.

Just as the fire pent up inside her grew stronger and stronger, and she wanted to make these people shut up,

Zhao Jian gently rubbed her shoulder and whispered comfortingly, "It's okay, I'll handle it."

He lifted his eyes and scanned these Zhang Family Members.

Everyone was dressed ordinarily.

In fact, since he entered the villa, he had also noticed that the interior decoration was perhaps minimalist.

It didn't look like the style of a wealthy family.

Instead, it looked like that of people who had been relocated due to demolition.

The kind where they sold off a few apartments they received as compensation and scraped together enough money to barely afford a villa.

But since this was Grandpa Zhang's house after all, he naturally didn't want to ask too much.

To avoid embarrassing them.

Now seeing this bunch of Zhang family relatives,

he was even more convinced of his guess.

They were just a boisterous bunch of ordinary people.

As for the Li family,

the old geezer wasn't wearing more than 100,000 worth of goods, and the young one was even cheaper.

He would believe they had some money.

But saying they were some wealthy, noble family was nonsense.

How rich could someone be if they were friends with Old Zhang?

He wasn't bragging, but in the entire Xiong City, people who could whip out 600 million in cash at any moment like him

numbered no more than a hundred.

And that definitely did not include the so-called Li family right in front of him!

"You all seem to have a lot of opinions about me. That's fine, I forgive you."

Zhao Jian recalled some cool lines from domineering CEO novels.

But unfortunately,

he wasn't a domineering CEO either, so his imitation wasn't much better than Li Yi's.

"But Grandpa Zhang and everyone else, there should at least be a reason for targeting me."

"In terms of looks, I think I have quite a bit of authority."

He really didn't look bad.

Some among the Zhang Family Members nodded secretly.

But soon someone retorted:

"What's the use of being good-looking? There are plenty of good-looking actors. In this society, you need money!"

"How do you know I don't have money?"

Zhao Jian looked at the person who retorted.

Their attire was very ordinary.

They weren't even rich themselves, yet they stood from the perspective of a tycoon looking down on the masses.

Don't know who spoiled them into having such a bad habit.

Zhao Jian cast his gaze toward Grandpa Zhang.

If the upper beam isn't straight, the lower ones will be crooked.

It was likely that this old geezer hadn't set a good example.

Upon hearing his question, before others could speak,

Li Tiezhu laughed first.

He didn't directly mock Zhao Jian, though.

Instead, he shook his head and advised:

"Young man, I don't know how much money your family has that gave you the confidence to pretend to be rich."

"But no matter how much money you have, you cannot be compared to us. This is not the place for you to pretend to be rich."

Someone from the Zhang family chimed in with a loud laugh.

Zhao Jian didn't have any emotional fluctuations because of this.

He finally knew who Li Yi had learned his pretentious lines from.

It turned out to be a family tradition.

"Of course, I cannot be compared to you all," Zhao Jian nodded.

At this moment, Li Tiezhu wore an expression of "the child can be taught."

The other Zhang Family Members were also quite pleased with themselves.

They thought Zhao Jian was backing down.

Of course, this was normal; they were people who could afford to live in a villa, and the Li family operated a traditional Chinese medicine wholesale business, with a net worth of nearly 100 million!

They had annual net profits of over a million.

For ordinary people, this was already the kind of wealth they couldn't catch up to in a lifetime.

Just when they wanted to mock him a few times and kick Zhao Jian out,

Zhao Jian continued:

"You are all too poor; if I were to be compared with you, it would be too degrading for me."

What!

Everyone was shocked!

They had thought Zhao Jian might talk nonsense.

Or perhaps speak sarcastically.

But they hadn't expected this kid to dare to brag!