The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius

Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Zhou Ge, you’ve been cheated on Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Zhou Ge, you’ve been cheated on Jiang Man chewed the food in her mouth and raised her sharp eyes.

“Oh no, sister-in-law, what exactly is your relationship with Dr. M? This painting is worth over a hundred million; you can’t just give it away!”

“Our relationship isn’t convenient to say,” Jiang Man said indifferently.

At least for now, it wasn’t convenient to reveal her secret identity.

Whether or not she would reveal it in the future depended on her mood.

“Why make it so mysterious?” Song Xiao had an attitude like he wouldn’t rest until he got to the bottom of it.

But Jiang Man ignored him, and he could only deal with the awkwardness by himself.

A good while later, Lu Xingzhou spoke indifferently, “Then let’s follow the doctor’s wishes, the painting goes to Jiang Man.”

Having said that, he gave Zhao Huai a look.

Zhao Huai nodded his head and respectfully handed the painting to Jiang Man.

Jiang Man took a lingering look but did not accept it. “Send it to Rong Mansion, it’s inconvenient for me to carry it.”

“Yes, Madam.”

“With today’s matter considered finalized, the subsequent agreement will be discussed by someone from the institute with Lu’s company,” Colonel Xia summarized, glancing at his watch. “I have another meeting this afternoon.”

“Zhao Huai, see Colonel Xia out,” Lu Xingzhou instructed.

“Yes.”

After Colonel Xia left, Lu Xingzhou’s eyes were fixed tightly on Jiang Man, as if trying to see right through her, wishing he could fathom her depths.

But after looking for quite some time, he couldn’t figure out why.

After winning three rounds of games in a row, Jiang Man stretched and stood up. “Mr. Lu, I’m full.”

She implied that she was ready to leave as well.

“No rush.” Lu Xingzhou elegantly wiped his hands clean with a damp towel. “I have nothing this afternoon, I’ll take you to buy a car.”

“Grandma already knows about how you and Song Xiao crashed yesterday. She insisted repeatedly that I must take you to buy a car.”

Hearing about the car crash, Song Xiao shrank his head and gave a shameless laugh. “Then I won’t be the third wheel and disturb your time together! I have a card game this afternoon, hmm, I’m going to be late!”

With that, he took off as if his feet were greased.

“You shouldn’t have anything this afternoon, right?” Lu Xingzhou also stood up and looked earnestly at Jiang Man. “Playing games doesn’t count.”

Jiang Man was momentarily at a loss for words and pulled at the corner of her mouth. “Then let’s go.”

As the group was leaving the private room, Jiang Rou and Zhao Peng had just finished their meal and were at the checkout desk.

When the bill showed they spent 30,000 yuan, Zhao Peng felt the sting.

Jiang Rou, looking at the five-figure bill for food, was over the moon. She took out her phone and started taking all sorts of selfies.

She even photographed the receipt and posted it in her social circle along with the selfies.

“Zhao Brother, shall we go watch a movie?”

Zhao Peng put the card into his wallet, just about to put his arm around Jiang Rou to leave.

His eyes shifted and landed on the impressive entourage passing by.

He didn’t get a close look, only seeing Zhao Huai beside Lu Xingzhou, which scared him into quickly turning around with Jiang Rou in another direction.

“Zhao Brother, the exit isn’t that way.”

“My stomach hurts; I need to go to the restroom, wait for me.”

“Oh,” Jiang Rou didn’t suspect a thing.

Zhao Peng pulled at the corner of his mouth and made a run for it.

Jiang Rou waited there, playing with her phone and continuously checking her social circle to see friends blowing her rainbow farts in admiration.

When she heard a series of leather shoes hitting the ground, she abruptly looked up and saw a group of people in suits heading toward the main entrance.

Two luxury cars had already been parked at the entrance.

One was a Maybach valued at tens of millions, and the other, a Bentley worth several million.

She was incredibly envious and picked up her phone, wanting to capture a picture of the Maybach to show Zhao Peng later and urge him to buy one too.

But as soon as she lifted her phone, she became unsettled.

The distance was a bit far, but the girl’s outfit was very eye-catching.

She wore flip-flops, a baseball cap, and a white T-shirt, wasn’t that her beggar sister Jiang Man?

“Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao, I just saw my sister getting into a limited edition Maybach! There were so many people crowding around her, anyone who didn’t know better would think she’s some rich heiress going out!”

Jiang Rou ran over to Zhao Peng after he ‘came back from the restroom.’
“Could it be that my sister has married some rich guy?”

“So many people crowding around?” Zhao Peng frowned.

“Yeah, you know, when you went to the restroom, that group of guys in suits came out, those were the ones.”

“What?” At this, Zhao Peng raised his voice in surprise, his eyeballs nearly popping out of their sockets.

“…What’s wrong?” Jiang Rou felt a bit scared because she noticed that Zhao Peng’s look was somewhat frightening.

“Nothing.” Zhao Peng clenched his fists, took a moment, and then immediately changed to a different expression, “Let’s go, watch the movie.”

“Yep!” Jiang Rou, not thinking too much, snuggled up against Zhao Peng like a content little bird.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

On the way to the 4S shop, Lu Xingzhou’s phone kept chiming with notifications.

Song Xiao sent several messages in a row.

[Bro Xingzhou, the little sister-in-law’s background isn’t simple. Have you checked it out?]

Although Song Xiao’s imagination was rich and his stories were too dramatic, the possibility couldn’t be eliminated.

He always felt that there was something extraordinary about Jiang Man; this incident with Dr. M only made him more certain of his original suspicion.

[Let’s wait and see.] After a long while, he replied to Song Xiao with these four words.

Arriving at the 4S shop, Lu Xingzhou didn’t get out of the car, but instructed Zhao Huai to accompany Jiang Man in choosing a car, whatever Jiang Man wanted to buy, just pay for it.

Jiang Man had always hated shopping; whatever she bought, she did so very decisively, only trusting her first impression.

Upon entering the 4S shop, she immediately took a liking to a red Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

The G-Class was ostentatious and eye-catching, just like Jiang Man’s personality.

“This one.” She pointed it out to Zhao Huai.

Zhao Huai blinked, surprised at how straightforward the lady was with her shopping.

This was buying a car, not vegetables!

A two million yuan car, yet the lady bought it as if it were a mere twenty yuan’s worth.

“Madam, wouldn’t you like to look around some more, listen to a sales pitch?”

“No need, it’s this one.” Jiang Man spoke assertively, her expression leaving no room for dissent.

Zhao Huai nodded without further ado, and waved to a salesperson, “We’ll take this one.”

The salesperson loved such decisive customers and immediately warmly invited Zhao Huai to proceed with the paperwork.

Having nothing to do, Jiang Man sat down on a sofa nearby, crossing her legs, and began playing a game on her phone.

She had just started a game when she heard voices arguing nearby.

“Isn’t there a first-come-first-served policy? I was here first, so how did this car just get sold? It’s only been a few minutes, right?”

“I’m really sorry, but that lady claimed this car as soon as she walked through the door.”

“Her?”

Jiang Man felt someone approaching her, seething with anger.

The person’s figure blocked the light in front of her, casting her phone screen into darkness.

“Dressed like that, are you sure you can afford that G-Class?”