Chapter 52 Marriage Between Two Rich and Powerful Families


    After E spoke, all looks were then set on J.


    ... J choked on the piece of rib she was eating, spat it out, and then gulped a ss of juice.


    ''What''s wrong with them these days? Why do both Daniel and mother think I''m pregnant?'' thought


    J, even more puzzled by each passing moment.


    She also felt very offended. How could she ever get pregnant during her period?


    With a snap, Samuel put down his chopsticks on his te.


    "Jane, are you pregnant?" Sally asked. When she heard this, Sally, who was sitting opposite to J,


    was bewildered, and looked at J, who was starting to choke on her food.


    Daniel was also eating his food, but slowed down and eventually stopped.


    When she could speak again, J said to her mother, "Mother, I''m your daughter. How can you think


    that I''m pregnant? You make me feel ashamed of myself and will also ruin my reputation. Have you


    forgotten already that I''ve been to the hospital a couple of days ago because of my period?"


    Both Samuel and E felt relieved when they heard her. ''That''s right. How could she get pregnant


    during her period?'' thought E.


    "But what''s wrong with you? Isn''t the food I cooked not delicious?" In fact, E was good at cooking, so


    she was even more puzzled at her daughter''s response.


    J felt even more upset and didn''t know how to exin to them that she felt ill because of what had


    happened in Daniel''s bathroomst night.


    "No. The food you made is, as always, very delicious, mom. Look, " spoke J.


    With these words, she picked up some braised prawns with her chopsticks from a te ced in front


    of her, and thought, ''I''ll eat whatever I want and like.''


    When they saw J enjoying the food, the others continued eating and soon the overall atmosphere


    around the dining-table was back to normal again.


    Daniel, who never spoke during the meal, didn''t utter a single word and finished his lunch inplete


    silence.


    After the lunch, J and Sally were holding John and ying with him on the creeping mat in the


    living room.


    "Sally, how are you and my brother getting on?" asked J. Since Jerry had caught Sally and had


    taken her back homest time, they had never talked about their wedding ceremony.


    Sally blushed a little, and then whispered in J''s ear, "Jerry said that it was all my fault and there


    would never be a wedding ceremony for me."


    "He can''t do this to you! I must get a chance to reason with him!" said J. A marriage was not


    entirelyplete without a proper wedding ceremony. After all, two of the most important things in a


    woman''s life are to find the man who truly loves her and have a happy wedding.


    The two women kept whispering to each other. Samuel, when he looked at J, asked Daniel, who


    was sitting next to him, "Are you still going on the business trip with Jane this afternoon?"


    J, while she was chatting with Sally, heard her father''s words. She immediately turned around to


    face him, and said, "Father, I don''t need to go on a business trip anymore because I''ve already quit my


    job."


    "You''ve quit your job?" asked Samuel. He was a little surprised when he learnt of her resignation all of


    a sudden. Even E, who was helping the servant clear the table, also stopped for a moment and


    walked up to J.


    Everyone started to look at Daniel and J.


    When she saw that Daniel didn''t utter a single word in reply, J had to take the lead, and said,


    "That''s right, father. I''m going to find a space for my pastry shop this afternoon. I''ll run my own pastry


    shop and pursue the life I really want."


    "Father and mother*, I should go now; I need to return thepany to deal with something, " said


    Daniel. While he was speaking, he suddenly stood up from his chair, said his goodbyes to Jerry, and


    then immediately left.


    (*TN: Here father and mother mean sworn father and sworn mother)


    Getting a little angry, J, who saw him just leave, put John down, and said, "Father, mother, Jerry


    and Sally, I''m sleepy, and I have to go to bed now! Excuse me!"


    ...


    They saw the two of them, who were very odd, leave the room with confusion in their eyes.


    The following days, J finally found a suitable shop all by her own.


    The shop was in the pedestrian street which was not that far away from The Royal Mansion


    Neighborhood. In order to support his daughter and her dream, Samuel hired a famous pastry master


    to help J along with things.


    As for the funding, Samuel had directly transferred ten million dors to his daughter''s bank ount


    before J even had the chance to ask him to do that.


    With this kind of funding in her hands, J decorated the shop, purchased some essential, necessary


    stuff, and hired six employees.


    Now J had be a pastry chef and the boss of her own business.


    Although she was busy decorating her shop in the first few days, J took some time off to have a


    western meal with Brian.


    The following day, both J and Brian were all over the entertainment news.


    The news headlines read "Something good is going to happen with J Shao, Samuel Shao''s


    daughter"


    The content was speaking about Jane''s dating with Brian. Also, the news of Brian''s powerful family


    background had also reached the public. The news revealed that he was a Major, that his grandfather


    was a retired General, that his uncle was the current Lieutenant General, and that his father had been


    a prominent member of the Public Security Department before his untimely death.


    And to J''s astonishment, she also found some photos with Brian entering the hotel with her in his


    arms that fateful evening.


    She also saw photos of them leaving the hotel together the following morning.


    But J was morose when she read the onlinements, "Mr. Han is very handsome and Miss Shao


    is beautiful. They are, indeed, a match made in heaven!"


    "Indeed, Miss Shao is just like Mr. Si''s sister. Keyboard men, your predictions were horribly urate!"


    "Their rtionship grew very fast. But, with their strong family background and so much money on their


    hands, why did they still have to stay in that hotel room?"


    "Will this end in a marriage between two rich and powerful families? Or do they just want to prove the


    media wrong by posting the news on Weibo?"


    ...


    She was now wondering that, if she wasn''t neither a star or a public figure, why did she have to appear


    in the entertainment news.


    ''Don''t these news agencies have anything else to report on? Or do they want to be closed down?''


    thought J.


    She was so angry that she immediately asked Jerry to help her write an official statement on Weibo: "I


    am J Shao, " it read, "Samuel Shao''s daughter, but not a public figure. So I, hereby, appeal to the


    media who shot those furtive photographs to respect the privacy of ordinary people."


    The statement was finally posted on Weibo with Jerry''s seal stamped at the end of the text''s main


    body.


    As for Han family''s response, Brian''s grandfather asked someone to help delete all of the news at


    once.


    They wereing from a military family after all and couldn''t afford to let the bad news affect them in


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    any way.


    After the news had been deleted, he immediately called Brian back.


    In the study


    Charles Han stared at his excellent older grandson, and said, "Brian, are you in a rtionship with


    J now?"


    Through his troops, Brian had already learned about the news on the Inte.


    "No. I''m chasing her, to be honest, but she hasn''t epted me yet, " replied Brian. Charles began to


    look morose.


    "Is it true that they shot your photograph while entering the hotel with her?" asked Charles.


    "Yes, it''s true, but nothing happened between us. In order to protect her reputation, I didn''t bring her to


    my house, but took her to the hotel instead and then directly left. The media is just stirring up trouble,


    not exining that I returned to the hotel the following morning, " said Brian.


    The media had just wrote some fantastic news drafts to attract people''s attention, without caring about


    another''s reputation.


    After he listened to Brian''s words, Charles went silent for a while, and then, with his hands behind his


    back, he looked out the window in the night, and said, "J, indeed, has superior tastes. First she


    turned down my younger grandson, and now she also refused my outstanding older grandson. What on


    earth does she want?"


    He could see that J was a careful and considerate girl, but he still wondered why she turned down


    his outstanding older grandson.


    "Grandfather, she, in fact, already has a crush on someone, " spoke Brian. He told Charles all about it;


    there was no need for him to hide.


    When he heard this, Charles got curious, and turned around to ask Brian, "Who?"


    ''Could he be...'' thought Charles.


    Brian, when he nced at his grandfather''s expression, knew that his grandfather perhaps had


    guessed who the crush was, and replied, "Yes, grandfather, that''s him; Daniel Si."


    With his arms crossed over his chest, Charles sat on the sofa and seemed to be thinking about


    something.