Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Beat Them Every Time We Meet

Ji Yanli’s parents had died early, but Lin Xu’s parents were still alive.

Even if she and her husband had died, her parents would never let her children end up in an orphanage. They would adopt them immediately and without a doubt, the children would have a better life with them than with his family.

But in the end, it was their aunt who took them in, and the reason behind this wasn’t hard to guess.

Lin Xu and Ji Yanli passed away, leaving behind a vast Ji Family fortune.

Even though their aunt could get some of the money, most of the inheritance belonged to Ji Tingyang and the others.

However, since all three children were minors, the inheritance would be managed by their guardian until they came of age and could handle it themselves.

So their aunt did everything she could to fight for guardianship.

“Both of you are in your fifties or sixties already, how could you have the energy to raise three young children?”

“If anything happened to you two, who knows if in the end it will be you taking care of these three kids or them taking care of you.”

“But our family is different. My husband and I are young, and we have experience raising children.”

“Besides, when Tingyang and the others come over, they could keep company with my son, which is good for a child’s development.”

During the court battle for guardianship, the aunt spoke in such a manner.

As expected, the guardianship of the three children, along with the inheritance, fell into the aunt’s hands.

At first, they treated Ji Tingyang and his siblings quite well, and Mr. and Mrs. Lin would occasionally come to visit them.

Not long after, Mr. and Mrs. Lin passed away one after another due to excessive grief.

Lin Xu was an only child, and after her death, the Lin Family’s inheritance went to their grandchildren.

After getting more money, the aunt didn’t just switch to a luxury house and cars but also hired several more maids and butlers.

Gradually, their attitude towards the three siblings got worse and worse until they even started treating them as burdens and directly handed them off to other distant relatives.

Those distant relatives, having not received any inheritance, were naturally unhappy with three more dependents added to their household.

Disdain filled their hearts and showed plainly on their faces.

It wasn’t long before they passed the children to the next distant relative.

Everyone played hot potato with them until Ji Tingyang became an adult…

Hearing the sarcasm in Lin Xu’s words, Wu Yanghui’s expression suddenly turned cold.

“What do you mean? Wasn’t my mother kindheartedly taking you in? What else could it be? I told my mom back then not to bother with this thankless task. Sure enough, no one appreciated her efforts, and now she’s been turned into the bad guy.”

Especially Ji Tingyang.

The moment he came of age, he came asking his mom for money and even wanted to take back the company.

He had no idea who had been managing everything for them for the past decade. They’ve got no merit but have the toil, and when he was asked just to give some share dividends, he was unwilling.@@novelbin@@

“You’ve really got some nerve, haven’t you? Able to spin black into white, that skin of yours…” Lin Xu paused, glancing at him with disdain, “it wouldn’t happen to be from a pig, would it?”

“You!”

Wu Yanghui’s expression turned ugly.

Perhaps the volume of their argument had risen too high, drawing the attention of someone nearby.

“Little Wu, why aren’t you back in the private room having dinner? What are you doing here?” A portly middle-aged man in a suit approached, his round eyes exuding a sense of authority, and with an air of leadership.

Upon seeing him, Wu Yanghui’s ashen complexion immediately broke into a smile, “Manager Qian, how did you get here? I just saw my cousin outside, so I came to say hello.”

“So, you’re Wu’s cousin, huh? Why don’t you join us for dinner then?” Manager Qian looked Lin Xu up and down, his smiling eyes narrowing slightly.

“Sure, sure.” Wu Yanghui promptly agreed.

Then he lowered his voice and whispered in Lin Xu’s ear, “Manager Qian is a very important client for our family. Do me a favor for now, and I won’t hold past issues against you.”

Their small company had been struggling lately and was on the verge of shutting down.

The last time they met Ji Zeqiu, they had thought that with his high profile, it would be good if he could endorse their company’s products.

But Ji Zeqiu didn’t give them any face and rejected them so flatly.

Thinking of this, Wu Yanghui’s expression grew colder.

Just as he was about to grab Lin Xu, she shook off his hand.

Manager Qian looked puzzled, “What’s the matter?”

“Oh, Manager Qian.” Wu Yanghui sighed, his face full of worry, “My cousin here, she lost her parents early on and had no one to discipline her, which has led to some rebellious behavior. She doesn’t even listen to me, she…”

Before he could finish.

A cup of cold water was splashed on Wu Yanghui’s face, running down his cheeks and dripping onto his clothes, soaking a large patch.

“Ji Lanyue!” He spoke her name with such spacing as if he wanted to tear her to pieces, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Lin Xu.

“Sorry, my cousin here always likes to spout nonsense. I just wanted to wake him up a bit.” Lin Xu’s eyes curved into a smile as she handed the empty glass back to a passing waiter, “Actually, our relationship is not good at all. If you happen to see me again, please pretend you haven’t, otherwise I can’t guarantee if the water I splash next time will be cold or hot.”

With a look of anger on his face, Wu Yanghui’s hand had just lifted into the air.

A man with a straight posture walked up beside Lin Xu.

Seeing the man’s mocking smile, Lin Xu paused, “Why did you come out?”

“I was worried you might fall into the restroom, so I came out to check,” Xie Changyan chuckled softly.

Lin Xu retorted in a low voice, “I’m not that clumsy.”

The smile on Xie Changyan’s lips deepened, his gaze flicking over Wu Yanghui’s frozen hand, carrying a subtlety that was not easily detected.

“Your friend?” Xie Changyan asked.

“Don’t know him. We better not stick around to hear a dog bark,” Lin Xu said.

Xie Changyan understood and led Lin Xu away.

Wu Yanghui’s neck was red with anger, but due to the presence of clients, he didn’t dare to make a scene and could only speak to Manager Qian with a hint of sarcasm, “Kids with no discipline are all like this. If their parents were still around, they’d be infuriated to death by now. Don’t be angry, Manager Qian, I’ll sort it out later…”

Suddenly, a fierce slap landed on his face.

It made a crisp slapping sound.

Wu Yanghui’s ears rang, and he heard nothing.

It took him a while to recover, his cheek burning. He looked incredulously at Lin Xu who had returned.

“If I ever hear you speak ill of my family or parents again, I’ll hit you every time I see you,” Lin Xu’s eyes were icy cold.

“You…” Wu Yanghui was about to explode when he was interrupted by a sneer.

“Manager Qian, is this how you vet your business partners?”

Xie Changyan’s eyes were cold.

Wu Yanghui didn’t realize that ever since Xie Changyan had appeared, Manager Qian beside him had already been sweating profusely and trembling with fear.