Chu Hengyuan gave a disdainful look at this unlucky kid who was the same age as him. "Bring her to CY to take the elevator?" In his little girl's eyes, his persona could never get rid of the label of being poor. He could find various ways to give her money, but he couldn't let her know that the reason he seemed broke was so absurd.
Seth shrank his neck timidly. "Isn't it good for sister - in - law to know that you're a wealthy man, bro?"
"Not really!" Chu Hengyuan was afraid he would act recklessly, so he told him uneasily, "Don't suddenly run in front of your sister - in - law and talk nonsense. I haven't figured out what to do after I turn 30."
"Okay. It's a pity you won't allow it, bro. Otherwise, we could just find an excuse to transfer your shares to sister - in - law. Then you two could live a better life, and you wouldn't be affected by that so - called fate."
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. Transferring his shares to Rong Lan would make that little fox the richest fox in the world overnight.
It was a good idea, but it was too early for that now.
Rong Lan, who had no idea that she had a chance to become the richest fox in the world, covered her mouth and sneezed, then pushed the two empty plates on the table a bit farther away.
Bai Rongran glanced at her, put down her fork, and said, "I'm full too."
Rong Lan turned to look at the half - eaten salad. "You only ate so little? Aren't you afraid of getting hungry?"
She had finished a plate of chicken and a whole Wellington steak by herself, while Bai Rongran's salad seemed hardly touched.
Bai Rongran picked up a tissue and wiped the corner of her mouth. "I'm not hungry now. I'll eat when I get hungry."
"Alright." Rong Lan nodded, stood up, and said, "Come on, let's walk around the living room a couple of times to digest. Otherwise, you might feel nauseous and vomit when I show you something later."
Bai Rongran: "???"
Although she had no idea what Rong Lan was up to, she still obediently followed Rong Lan and strolled around the living room for a couple of laps.
After the post - meal digestion activity, the two poured themselves some water, sat on the sofa, and were about to have a heart - to - heart talk.
Rong Lan picked up her phone. "Are you ready, my dear sister Rongran?"
Bai Rongran scanned Rong Lan's phone suspiciously. "Is what you want to tell me related to Chu Chuan? Am I right?"
Rong Lan's fox - like ears drooped a bit. "You're so smart, Rongran."
The implication was that she was right.
Bai Rongran took a deep breath and said expressionlessly, "You got evidence of his cheating?"
Rong Lan never expected that one day her sister Rongran would guess so calmly about Chu Chuan's infidelity. If it were a month or two ago, Bai Rongran would probably have cried and made a fuss.
"Yes and no." Rong Lan directly opened the photo album with Chu Chuan's pictures. "Take a look for yourself."
Bai Rongran took the phone Rong Lan handed her and carefully flipped through the pictures one by one.
Rong Lan quietly waited for her to finish.
After Bai Rongran finished looking, her face only paled a little. She neither cried nor doubted the authenticity of the photos. "What is he up to? Is he using his own body to secure business projects for the Chu Group?"
"Who knows." Rong Lan wasn't interested in investigating such sordid matters. "I originally planned to sell these photos to you at a good price, but then I thought of the baby in your belly, so I decided to wait until the little one was born to show them to you. I didn't expect the photos wouldn't last that long." Chu Chuan was much more ruthless than she had imagined.
Bai Rongran took a deep breath and remained calm throughout. "Send the photos to me. I'll ruin his reputation as soon as I get back to China. It would be a waste not to make good use of these photos with such perfect angles."
"Sure." Rong Lan replied with a smile.
The reason she chose to show Bai Rongran these photos at this time was that she was afraid Bai Rongran would fantasize about forgiving Chu Chuan in a few days. She was happy to see Bai Rongran go against Chu Chuan, which meant Bai Rongran would never fall into Chu Chuan's trap again.
Bai Rongran picked up her water cup. "Rong Lan, do you want to know why I was so infatuated with Chu Chuan?"
Rong Lan tilted her head and looked directly into Bai Rongran's empty eyes. "Yes." She wasn't very interested in the past between Bai Rongran and Chu Chuan, but since Bai Rongran asked like this, she probably just needed someone to talk to. She didn't mind being that person.
Bai Rongran took a sip of warm water. "I met Chu Chuan when I was in high school. At that time, I had no idea that I was a girl from the Bai family. When Chu Chuan first chased me under the pretext of love at first sight, I was terrified because in my social circle, it was said that the Chu family was wealthy, but no one knew that he was just an illegitimate child."
"He pursued me for about a year and was always very nice to me. He knew my personality so well. When I was annoyed, he wouldn't show up in front of me, and when I needed someone to accompany me, he would just appear. He remembered clearly what I liked and what I disliked. At first, I wasn't really into him when we got together. It was just my vanity. But in the later days of our relationship, I gradually became inseparable from him."
Rong Lan listened quietly. She didn't have a similar experience, but she could understand why Bai Rongran was so deeply involved. Because the situation was exactly the same as that of her aunt. At first, her aunt married the emperor just because it was fun to be a femme fatale, but after really getting along, her aunt even considered sharing her lifespan with the emperor.
Of course, her aunt was calmer than Bai Rongran, and the emperor her aunt met was far less scumbag than Chu Chuan.
"We had a sweet relationship for several years. Even after he joined the Chu Group, our relationship remained unchanged. After he started working at the Chu Group, I was very self - deprecating because I heard from my friends that if he wanted to stabilize his position, it would be best for him to date a well - matched young lady. But he was still the same as before, only wanting me. When I was sensitive and wanted to break up, he patiently comforted me and told me not to think too much."
Bai Rongran took a deep breath and looked expressionless.
"But after I was recognized as a member of the Bai family, everything changed. He started to deliberately distance himself from me. After I returned to the Bai family, I found out that he wasn't a legitimate young master of the Chu family but just an illegitimate child. I thought he was afraid of delaying my future and might feel inferior in front of me because of his sensitive status. So I endured his tantrums and sarcasm."
"The baby was an accident, but before I knew I was pregnant, I had thought about it. I thought that if I was pregnant with our child and then coaxed my parents, would my mother, who felt deeply indebted to me, be willing to let us be together?" But in the end, she didn't have the courage. After she found out she was pregnant, she just wanted to go abroad to hide and give birth to the child.
Seeing that Bai Rongran didn't cry while telling the whole story, Rong Lan knew that her dear sister Rongran would never take him back. She sighed and said, "Have you ever thought that you were being PUA'd?"