Chapter 7


    Looking at her parents ridiculing Charlie, ire sighed and said, "Dad, Mom, don’t me Charlie for


    this. It was my idea, I just don''t want our family to be looked down on anymore. Haven’t we suffered


    enough all these years?"


    ire''s mother blurted, "But still, you can''t take on such a task. It''s not just you-even if your


    grandma goes in person, they wouldn''t entertain her!"


    Charlie managed a bitter smile as he watched the bickering. He bet that his snobbish inws would


    never believe that he was the real owner of Emgrand Group.


    At this exact moment, there was a knock on the door.


    “I''ming..."


    ine heaved a distressing sigh as she walked to the door and opened it.


    Charlie shifted his gaze to the door and saw a young man donning an Armani suit standing at the


    door.


    The man looked very charming and alluring with a Patek Philippe watch on his wrist, which seemed


    to b e worth at least four million dors.


    ine shrieked excitedly, "Hey, Wendell! Why are you here?"


    The man was Wendell Jones, the young man of the


    Jones family who had been pursuing ire relentlessly.


    Wendell donned a smile and said, "Auntie, I heard about ire''s negotiation with the Emgrand


    Group, so I''m here to give her some ideas.”


    "Wow, you really are our family''s life savior!"


    ine was very excited and thrilled, and she looked at him like she was looking adoringly at her


    son-inw. She quickly weed him into the house and said," Wendell, could you help ire to


    win Emgrand Group''s contract?"


    Wendell nodded with a polite smile. He ignored Charlie entirely, treating him like a lowly ant. He


    walked straight to ire and said gently, "ire, why didn’t you tell me anything about this? This is


    huge. Anyway, don''t worry, my family has some connections with Emgrand Group. I''ll speak to my


    father, let''s see how we can help you with this."


    Frankly, Wendell''s father wasn’t as influential as he imed to be, but he was simply trying to win


    ire''s heart by saying so.


    ire knew that Wendell had feelings for her all along, so she said indifferently, "Wendell, I


    appreciate your kind offer, but no thanks, I''ll find a way myself.”


    ine gaped in bewilderment and chided, "ire, are you crazy? Mr. Jones is kind and generous


    enough to pay you a visit and help you, how could you say such things?"


    ire remained quiet, but Charlie asked Wendell intriguingly, "Mr. Jones, I’m curious, how can you


    help ire? Emgrand Group is so big and I don''t think you''re much of an influence to them, right?


    And now you im that you have a way to help ire win the contract?”


    Wendell sneered contemptuously and said, "What do you know? The Jones family and Emgrand


    Group have always been cooperating partners for years. This time, our family can get at least one-


    third of their two billion dor project! Until then, I''ll ask my father to allocate ten million dors as a


    subcontract to ire-mission aplished, isn''t it?"


    Charlie gaped in surprise, "Wow! I didn’t know that the Jones family has such an intimate


    rtionship with Emgrand Group!"


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    Wendell sneered. "Of course! Everyone in Aurous Hill knows about that!"


    He then red at Charlie disdainfully and uttered," Charlie Wade, let me offer you a piece of advice.


    A frog in the well like you had better leave ire now. A hopeless man like you can’t bring her


    happiness, you’ll only be her burden." 3


    ire said coldly, "I''m sorry, Mr. Jones, I don''t need your help and please watch your mouth!"


    Dumbfounded, Wendell said in disbelief, "ire, I''m helping you, why are you still taking this loser''s


    side? Why are you so protective of him?"


    ire said in a serious tone, "He’s not a loser, he''s my husband!” 2


    A gloomy cloud hovered over Wendell''s face. He growled furiously, "Okay! You asked for it, do as


    you please! I want to see how you’re going to solve this problem! Don''te crying at me for not


    giving you a chanceter on when you fail!"


    Then, Wendell turned around, mmed the door, and left.


    ine went after Wendell hurriedly, but he was long gone. She pped her thighs indignantly,


    pointed at Charlie''s nose, and screamed, "You! How dare you!


    What else can you do besides being ire''s burden? M r. Jones had kind-heartedly lent a hand but


    you chased him away!"


    Charlie said tly, "Mom, he’s all talk. He can''t even win a contract with Emgrand, how can he help


    ire?"


    "Bullsh*t!" ine scolded, "What do you know, you ignorant fool! The Jones family can get one-third


    of the two billion dor contract!"


    Charlie was inexpressive but deep in his heart, he was grinning as he thought, ''I don''t know how


    powerful the Jones family is, but I know that my Emgrand Group will never have any connection


    with them anymore! Even if they did work together on many projects previously, from now on, all of


    this will be terminated!''


    Of course, ire couldn’t read her husband''s mind.


    She turned to her mother and said, "Mom, don’t me


    Charlie. Just wait until I return from Emgrand Group!" "Huh!" ine sighed in great dismay, feeling


    that God was unfair to her. She had married a useless husband, while her daughter had married an


    even more useless man!


    What had she done to end up like this!