I Became Super Rich After Resigning

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Yanyan is the True Young Miss of the Chu Family

After Huo Shiyuan stepped out of the bathroom, he saw Yuan Xi’s gaze fixed on the photo on the bedside table.

“Sorry, I came back a bit late today. I won’t return so late in the future and wake you up.”

Yuan Xi snapped back to reality, “I wasn’t really asleep anyway.”

After Huo Shiyuan got into bed, Yuan Xi shifted a bit closer to the edge.

Huo Shiyuan’s large hand reached out and drew Yuan Xi into his embrace.

Smelling the fragrance of the man’s body wash, Yuan Xi whispered, “Do you really like the girl in the photo that much?”

Though she knew she shouldn’t ask, Yuan Xi still wanted to know why Huo Shiyuan hadn’t ended up with his puppy love but instead chose a stand-in.

Huo Shiyuan said, “I like her very much.”

Hearing the expected answer, Yuan Xi calmly asked, “If you like her that much, why didn’t you end up together?”

Huo Shiyuan replied, “Because she despises me and doesn’t like me…”

Huo Shiyuan looked into Yuan Xi’s eyes, recalling her words that not everyone will fall for their childhood sweetheart; she didn’t like Brother Zhuangzhuang…

Huo Shiyuan held Yuan Xi tighter in his arms, grateful that she was now married to him.

Huo Shiyuan was also glad that two months ago, after a drinking party, he acted unethically, taking advantage of the situation.

That night was initiated by Yuan Xi, but she was drunk, and he was not. He could have refused, but he didn’t want to, so he pretended to be drunk and sank into oblivion with her.

Huo Shiyuan gently caressed Yuan Xi’s still-flat belly.

Yuan Xi gazed intently at Huo Shiyuan’s face—whether it was in terms of looks, family background or capabilities, Huo Shiyuan was exceptional. How could his childhood sweetheart not have liked him?

As sleepiness overtook her, and not wanting to make Huo Shiyuan sad, Yuan Xi asked no further questions and fell asleep in Huo Shiyuan’s arms.

The next morning.

Yuan Xi had not been up for long when she received a message from Yang Ying, asking her and Huo Shiyuan to come over to the Chu’s Mansion for lunch.

Without Chu Yan around, Yuan Xi felt no aversion to having lunch at the Chu’s Mansion.

Before visiting the Chu’s, Yuan Xi stopped by her grandfather’s house and took two baskets of Chinese bayberries to give to the Chu Family.

Upon arriving inside Chu’s Mansion.

Before Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyuan, holding Xiao Shihuo’s hand, even entered, they could hear Grandma Chu’s voice from inside.

Granny Chu: “I don’t care; you must find my Yanyan! Yanyan married into the Bo Family! You must be out of your minds to sever ties with Yanyan and give up the connection with the Bo Family.”

Second Aunt Chu: “Big brother, sister-in-law, the Bo Family and the Fu Family in A City both have dealings with us. How can you sever ties with Yanyan just because of Yuan Xi?”

“After all, Yuan Xi is just Mi Chen’s vice-president, not to mention her rural husband who is dragging down our Chu Family.”

Chu Qing frowned and said, “Xinxin’s husband seems to treat her pretty well now; that’s enough. The Chu Family doesn’t need to rise through the ranks by selling our daughter.”

Chu Li said, “Uncle, it’s not about selling your daughter. It’s just that Sister Yan Yan has always been cheerful and generous. Mention the top socialite in Jiang City, and everyone knows it’s Sister Yan Yan.

When it comes to Yuan Xi, the first impression people in this circle have of her is as Gu Hanchen’s secretary. For Yuan Xi to be the daughter of the Chu Family… it’s a disgrace.”

Yang Ying, furious on the side, said, “If you find my Xinxin so disgraceful, then cut ties with us, and continue being relatives with Chu Yan.”

Chu Li said, “Aunt…”

Nanny Zhang, seeing Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyuan entering through the doorway, greeted them: “Miss, Mr. Shi.”

Yuan Xi entered and, holding a bunch of Chinese bayberries, approached Chu Qing, “Dad, Mom, these are Chinese bayberries grown by ourselves, freshly picked this morning—very fresh.”

Chu Li scoffed with disdain, “Can these homegrown Chinese bayberries even be eaten? The bayberries we eat at home are all top-grade, not just any bayberries.”

Granny Chu frowned in disdain at Yuan Xi, “You have the nerve to come home, all because you insisted on forcing us to cut ties with Yanyan. Do you know that those wealthy ladies outside are all laughing at the Chu family for being fools? Cutting ties with the Young Madam of the Bo family is like throwing away a watermelon to pick up a sesame seed!”

“Every time you return, there’s never any good news. Now that you’ve driven Yanyan away and made us enemies with the Bo Family, you’re happy, aren’t you?”

“I’m nearing eighty, and it’s the first time I’ve seen such a spiteful daughter who can’t stand to see her family do well. The Chu and Bo families had a marriage alliance that was mutually beneficial, yet you insist on making enemies of the two families!

Yuan Xi, how can your heart be so malicious?”

“My granddaughter is only Chu Yan, and my grandson-in-law is Bo Fan, not just anyone who works as a secretary or a migrant farmer can be considered part of the Chu family.”

Yang Ying stood up to defend Yuan Xi, “Cutting ties with Chu Yan was my decision, and you can’t blame Xinxin for it. If you only acknowledge Chu Yan as your granddaughter, then go find Chu Yan now. Nanny Zhang, please show our guest out!”

Granny Chu spoke to Chu Qing with indignation, “I am your biological mother. Am I really to be driven out from my son’s home now?”

Chu Qing replied to Granny Chu, “Mom, please, let’s end this now. You should go.”

Granny Chu burst into tears, “I slaved away to raise you, and now that you’ve become a big boss, Jiangcheng’s Richest Man, you don’t need your mother anymore, do you?”

Chu Qing said helplessly, “Mom.”

Granny Chu slapped her own legs, crying out, “Oh, the agony. I raised you for nothing! When you were a child, if there was an egg to eat at home, I gave it to you. Your brother and sister went without. Now that you’re Jiangcheng’s Richest Man, you can just discard your mother.”

“I didn’t mean it like that.”

“If that’s not what you meant, then bring my Yanyan back to me!”

Granny Chu said, “I raised Yanyan for so many years; she was my responsibility as a child. How could you be so heartless as to abandon Yanyan just for Yuan Xi?”

Now Yuan Xi began to understand how Chu Yan, despite having grown up in a top-tier affluent family, could still be so superficial, disdainful towards the poor, arrogant, and uneducated.

It was clear now—the problem lay with Old Lady Chu.

Granny Chu sneered at Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyan, “Chu Qing, to think you would forsake Yanyan for this disgraceful daughter who brings ridicule upon our family. Is it worth it?”

“Chu Qing, if you still consider me your mother, then quickly coax Yanyan back! Yanyan is the true jewel of the Chu family.”

Yang Ying shouted in anger, “Nanny Zhang, show them out!”

Caught in the middle, Chu Qing felt awkward as Yang Ying would not tolerate such behavior. “If you feel guilty towards your mother, then leave with her!”

As Yang Ying got angry, Chu Qing quickly came to coax her, not stopping Nanny Zhang from seeing out the unwelcome.

Once Old Mrs. Chu had left, Yang Ying turned to Chu Qing, “Your mother’s getting senile with age. Don’t you forget who you owe today’s success to.”

Chu Qing placed a hand on Yang Ying’s shoulder, “Alright, don’t be angry.”

Yang Ying shrugged off Chu Qing’s hand, then said to Yuan Xi, “Xinxin, don’t listen to your Granny’s nonsense. We’ve cut ties with Chu Yan, and there’s no possibility of her coming back.

However, it’s true that John has been idling in the village and not working, and it indeed doesn’t look good compared to Bo Fan. Outside, many people are making comparisons. It’s about time he gets a proper job.

Chuneng Group’s Jiangcheng Subsidiary needs a deputy general manager. Let John go and gain some experience first, to see his capability. If he does well, he could move to the headquarters as a deputy general manager in a few years.”

Yuan Xi said, “No need, Mom, he has a proper job.”

Yang Ying glanced at Huo Shiyan, “What proper job?”

Xiao Shihuo said, “My brother works as Mr. Shi’s president.”

Chu Qing and Yang Ying were stunned, “Mr. Shi’s president?”@@novelbin@@

Huo Shiyan nodded, “Previously, due to Bo Fan, I didn’t formally introduce myself. My name is Huo Shiyan.”