The Hidden Dragon In-Law

The crowd returned to the banquet hall, and Old Madame Xiao pulled Mary Xiao onto the stage.

With an affectionate demeanor, she began, "I apologize for the earlier confusion. It was my mistake. Actually, we owe a lot to Mary. She is the outstanding younger generation of our Xiao Family, and she played a significant role in our cooperation with the Dihao Group."

Margaret Wang, standing beside her, gave her a disdainful glance and waved her hand to stop her from continuing. She interjected, "Let me correct you. This cooperation was entirely facilitated by Miss Mary Xiao alone and has nothing to do with anyone else."

Her words were blunt, but everyone was used to it. Given Dihao Group's status, even if Margaret Wang slapped Old Madame Xiao in public, she wouldn't dare say anything.

Old Madame Xiao quickly nodded, "Vice Chairman Wang is right. Everything is thanks to Mary. From now on, Mary will be the director of our Xiao Family, fully responsible for our cooperation with Dihao Group!"

Only then did Margaret Wang smile slightly, shaking hands with Mary Xiao and saying, "I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

Mary Xiao was still a bit dazed and could only nod.

The audience erupted in applause, their gazes towards Mary Xiao filled with admiration.

Who exactly is this woman? How did she gain such favor from Dihao Group?

Mary Xiao herself was also confused. She turned to look at James Ye. The current scene was exactly as James had predicted. Old Madame Xiao had returned the director position that should have belonged to her.

Even after the banquet ended and they returned home, Mary Xiao was still in a state of bewilderment.

Recalling what James had said before, she couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious. Over the past few days, James seemed to have changed somehow.

It was as if there were many things about him that she didn't understand, shrouded in layers of mystery.

That night, Mary Xiao's name spread far and wide in Jinling!

Everyone knew that the Xiao Family had an outstanding younger generation who could even gain the strong support of Dihao Group!

With her around, the revival of the Xiao Family seemed just around the corner.

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Early the next morning, Mary Xiao woke up early and headed to the company in high spirits.

Today was her first day as director, and she hoped to give it her all and do a good job.

James Ye, on the other hand, started his day as usual, doing household chores.@@novelbin@@

After finishing the chores and preparing to go to the market to buy groceries for lunch, he suddenly received a call from his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Ma.

As soon as he answered, her anxious voice came through, "James, you must come to Ping'an Road within ten minutes, or I won't let you off when I get home!"

With that, she hung up the phone.

James was puzzled. His mother-in-law had been missing since early morning, and now she suddenly called, sounding like something urgent had happened.

Although James was quite annoyed with his mother-in-law, he didn't dare to delay. He quickly tidied up and took a taxi to Ping'an Road.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a group of elderly men and women angrily gathered in front of a tightly closed insurance company.

His mother-in-law was at the front of the crowd, holding a banner and shouting angrily, "Trash Bruce, scam platform, we want justice, return our hard-earned money!"

James hurriedly walked up and asked, "Mom, why did you call me here?"

As he spoke, the protest slogans echoed in his ears, the elderly men and women shouting at the top of their lungs, making his eardrums ache.

Elizabeth Ma pulled James over to take her place and instructed, "Here, you shout the slogans for me. I've been shouting all morning, and my throat is hoarse."

James didn't understand but had no choice but to join the elderly in protesting. While shouting the slogans, he occasionally asked an elderly man beside him what was going on and finally understood the situation.

It turned out that this Bruce Insurance Company operated high-return insurance products.

Attracted by the high returns, these elderly people had bought a lot of insurance products from the company and became their customers.

Normally, it was time for dividends now, but when these elderly people came to withdraw their money, they found the company doors tightly closed, with only a few employees at the entrance giving poor excuses.

The elderly people then realized they had been scammed.

No wonder his mother-in-law urgently called him to join the protest.

Thinking of this, James felt a headache and couldn't help but ask his mother-in-law, "Mom, how much insurance did you buy?"

Elizabeth Ma said anxiously, "They said buying insurance would give dividends, a huge profit. I got carried away and bought all their products with our savings..."

James was shocked, "What? You spent all our savings on insurance?"

Elizabeth Ma, hearing this, became furious and scolded, "Do you have to be so loud? Are you trying to embarrass me even more?"

She continued to berate James, "If you had any capability, would I have needed to buy their insurance products? If I can't rely on insurance for retirement, should I rely on you, a useless son-in-law?"

This guy couldn't even support his family, and now he dared to make things worse?

She then told James, "Keep shouting the slogans for me, don't stop for a moment!"

James had no choice but to nod, "Okay, Mom."

At this moment, a few elderly women walked over, sizing up James, and asked Elizabeth Ma, "Sister Lan, is this your son-in-law?"

They looked at James's attire and mocked, "He looks so shabby, not even as good as my son-in-law."

"Yeah, his clothes are so poor! Even worse than mine!"

Their mocking words were particularly harsh.

James didn't mind. They were just a bunch of elderly women who had lost their life savings. There was no need to argue with them.

Elizabeth Ma was also furious, the more she looked at James, the more displeased she became. She blurted out, "Just wait, I'll have my daughter divorce him in a few days and find a better son-in-law!"

James sneered inwardly. A better son-in-law? Even if you gathered all the rich second-generation heirs in Jinling, they wouldn't compare to a single finger of mine.

Elizabeth Ma was anxious, knowing that James was useless and could only help shout slogans.

To get her investment back, she needed someone truly capable to help.

Unfortunately, Matthew Zhang, who had been pursuing her daughter, had gone bankrupt. Otherwise, she could have asked him for help!

Wait!

Elizabeth Ma suddenly remembered Eric Wang, the brother of Daniel Wang, whom she met at the family banquet yesterday.

Judging by his attentiveness towards her daughter, he probably had some interest in her.

Although the Wang Family wasn't as prominent as the Zhang Family used to be, they were still a notable family. If she called him, he might have a solution.

Fortunately, Eric Wang had given her his business card yesterday. She immediately took out her phone and dialed his number.