The Hidden Dragon In-Law

In that instant, a wild thought suddenly sprang into Mary Xiao's mind.

Could the Young Master Ye that Margaret Wang spoke of be her own husband, James Ye?

But then she quickly dismissed the idea as too fantastical.

How could it be!

James Ye was just an orphan who grew up in an orphanage!

Yet, who else in the world would treat her so well?

Thirty million was already a dream, but he had given her sixty million without hesitation...

She couldn't help but ask Margaret Wang, "Vice Chairman Wang, may I ask if your chairman's name is James Ye?"

Margaret's heart skipped a beat. The young master had instructed her not to reveal his identity, only to say her surname was Ye. If the young lady guessed it, wouldn't she be to blame?

So she hastily replied, "Ms. Xiao, please don't inquire further. Our chairman comes from a noble Yanjing family, and his identity is highly confidential. I'm not at liberty to disclose it."

Mary nodded slightly. The mention of a noble Yanjing family by Margaret Wang snapped her back to reality.

James Ye was an orphan; he couldn't possibly be from a noble Yanjing family. It seemed she had indeed let her imagination run wild.

***

When Mary Xiao left Margaret Wang's office, she was still in a daze.

In her hand was the sixty million cooperation agreement between the Xiao Family and Dihao Group.

It all felt like a dream.

At the entrance of Dihao Group, Mary saw James Ye and excitedly ran up to him, saying, "James, I actually managed to seal the deal."

James chuckled inwardly, thinking, how could you not succeed when your husband is the boss of Dihao Group?

However, he feigned surprise and said, "You managed to close such a difficult deal, wife, you're amazing!"

Mary replied, "Oh, it's not that I'm amazing. It's practically like Dihao Group just gave it away."

"Why?" James asked deliberately, "Why do you say that?"

Afraid that talking about the chairman of Dihao Group might make James jealous, Mary quickly said, "Oh, it's a long story. Let's go to the company now and share the good news with everyone."

James laughed heartily, "Alright! That son of a bitch Robert Xiao will have to keep his bet and kneel before me!"

Mary nodded and said, "He's always so arrogant and dismissive. It's time he learned a lesson!"

In truth, Mary had her own temper. People like Robert Xiao looked down on her and her husband, and now that she had secured the cooperation, it was indeed time for them to be more restrained.

***

Ten minutes later, the couple arrived at Xiao Group.

In the conference room, every member of the Xiao Family wore a strange expression.

They all knew Mary had gone to Dihao Group early in the morning, but no one believed she could pull it off and were waiting to mock her.

Unexpectedly, she returned so quickly.

When Mary and James entered the conference room, everyone looked at them with mockery.

Robert Xiao said unkindly, "Oh Mary, back in just half an hour? Don't tell me you couldn't even get through the doors of Dihao Group! Hahaha!"

His sister, Barbara Xiao, also sneered, "Oh dear Mary, declaring failure in less than an hour? That's got to be a record, right?"

Old Madame Xiao's face darkened as well. The Dihao Group project was indeed very challenging, and even if Mary couldn't close the deal, she should at least have been more serious about it. Giving up so quickly infuriated her.

So, Old Madame Xiao stared at her and said coldly, "Mary Xiao, you've disappointed me greatly."

James frowned upon hearing this.

How disgusting could these people be? They mocked without even asking about the outcome.

Especially that son of a bitch Robert Xiao, fuck you, you're going to kneel before me soon!

Mary had come with excitement, but the cold remarks from everyone were like a bucket of cold water, filling her with anger. She said, "I'm sorry to disappoint everyone, but Margaret Wang from Dihao Group has already agreed to the project cooperation with me!"

"What? You closed the deal?"

"Impossible! How could you? You couldn't have even met with Margaret Wang!"

Everyone was stunned.

"Mary Xiao, do you think we'd believe that?"

Robert Xiao snapped back to reality and slammed the table, shouting, "Dihao Group's Vice Chairman Wang is a well-known business elite in the city. How could she possibly meet you? Do you have any idea of your own status?"

Faced with the skepticism and accusations, Mary simply pulled out the contract and handed it to Old Madame Xiao, "This is the project contract with Dihao Group, please take a look."

The contract was like a bomb, exploding the atmosphere in the room!

Robert Xiao still didn't believe it and yelled, "This must be a forged contract! I don't believe she could secure a deal with Dihao Group!"

"That's right!" Barbara added fuel to the fire, "How could she secure a contract with Dihao Group? It's a thirty million project! If she could do it, I would have done it long ago!"

Mary sneered, "Cousin, you're mistaken. This contract is not for thirty million, it's for sixty million!"

"Get lost!" Barbara scoffed, "A sixty million contract? You really have the nerve to say that! Do you think we're fools? If you can sign for sixty million, I might as well say I can sign for a billion!"

Robert Xiao also said with a cold face, "Mary, are you taking grandma and all of us for fools?"

Then, he turned to Old Madame Xiao and said, "Grandma! Mary is being utterly disrespectful! You can't let her off!"

Old Madame Xiao was also seething with anger. She had thought there was a ninety percent chance of failure for thirty million, and now Mary had come back in half an hour claiming to have signed for sixty million...

Wasn't this making a fool of her in front of so many people?

Did she think the head of the family was a figurehead?@@novelbin@@

Such an unworthy descendant had to be driven out, or how could she maintain her authority in the family?

Old Madame Xiao, furious and agitated, slammed the table and shouted, "Mary Xiao! Go to HR and process your resignation immediately!"

Mary was stunned. Had these people gone mad? Couldn't they just open the contract and see for themselves, would it kill them?

Just then, someone suddenly shouted, "Holy shit! Dihao Group's official account just posted an announcement! The sixty million contract is real!"

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