Chapter 538 Deeply Rooted Ideas

“If you really don’t want to have any emotional entanglement with him, you can be more decisive,” Jiang An told her. “Otherwise, they’ll always think they still have a chance.”

Jiang Ruan paused for a moment.

Jiang An added, "Their way of thinking is different from ours, so don't try to understand them using your own mindset."

"Then what about you and Uncle Li?" Jiang Ruan asked.

“He can’t affect me, and he’s afraid of me.” Jiang An pointed out the problem. “If I ever find him really annoying, I can make him get lost and I have the ability to make him never dare to show his face again.”

The reason he's still keeping it is because he's too lazy to deal with it, and also because of the special relationship between Ruan Ruan and him.

It's not a bad thing to use it occasionally.

"I understand." Jiang Ruan suddenly realized.

She understood why her mother allowed Uncle Li to come here, and why she felt annoyed and repulsed when Huo Zhizhou shamelessly showed up at their door.

It is the decision-making power.

Mom can decide everything.

She was unable to interfere with Huo Zhizhou's various actions.

Although she was reluctant to admit it, she was still some distance from Huo Zhizhou in terms of manipulative tactics and the pursuit of fame and fortune. If he really wanted to be as shameless as Uncle Li, there was nothing she could do about it.

She is now a director of the Qin Group.

It's not appropriate to call the police for trivial matters.

"Try to solve it first. If you can't, Mom can help you," Jiang An told her, wanting only to be her source of confidence.

Jiang Ruan felt a warmth in her heart: "Okay."

Jiang An pinched her cheek: "Go have fun, it's rare for you to take a break."

Jiang Ruan hummed in agreement.

She started her car and drove away, then called Chi Qian after leaving the small manor.

The other side responded very quickly.

"Want to go out and have some fun?" Jiang Ruan asked directly.

"I can't get out." Chi Qian looked at the scene in front of her and sighed silently. "My mother is brainwashing me again."

Madam Tao pretended to be angry and scolded her: "You silly girl, I'm only doing this for your own good!"

"Did you hear that?" Chi Qian blew on her newly done manicure and said slowly.

Jiang Ruan: "Cough."

Chi Qian: "Want to come over?"

"Let's forget it," Jiang Ruan refused. "You two can talk it over."

"Look, Jiang Ruan finally wanted to hang out with me, and you ruined it." Chi Qian said in her usual casual tone, deliberately taking the phone away from her ear. "What if she stops being with me because of this..."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Madam Tao asked anxiously, "What should we do then?"

Chi Qian: "The phone call has already ended, what can we do?"

"You should call her." Mrs. Tao had a good impression of Jiang Ruan.

Chi Qian said slowly, "Didn't you want to have a heart-to-heart talk with me?"

"We can talk about our feelings anytime." Madam Tao knew what was important in such matters. "We should play when it's time to play."

Chi Qian curled her lips: "Your expression changes faster than turning the pages of a book."

Madam Tao: "Aren't you going yet!"

Chi Qian took the car keys and left.

After getting into the car, he said into the phone, "Where should we meet?"

Jiang Ruan: "Ms. Chi is amazing."

Chi Qian: "I can't compare to Director Jiang."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Chi Qian: "Where are you now?"

"Just stepped out." Jiang Ruan stopped at the traffic light and said casually, "Is there anywhere you want to go?"

Chi Qian: "Not for now."

Jiang Ruan: "Shall we talk about it when we meet?"

Chi Qian: "Okay."

The two arranged to meet at a shopping mall and then drove there separately.

Upon seeing Jiang Ruan, Chi Qian jokingly said, "It's rare that you have time to look for me."

"I'm just afraid of neglecting you." Having known her for a while, Jiang Ruan had also learned her way of speaking.

Chi Qian: "It seems I hold a pretty important place in your heart."

Jiang Ruan: "Just a little bit."

"I'm all a little bit, who's number one?" Chi Qian said as they walked.

"Su Zhu," Jiang Ruan introduced her friends with great confidence, "my eldest daughter."

Chi Qian smiled.

Jiang Ruan: "?"

"Introduce her to me sometime? Let's see if I can steal her away." Chi Qian still spoke in that casual tone.

"That's impossible." Jiang Ruan was confident in that much.

The two walked aimlessly, chatting casually as they went.

This conversation...

It was already noon.

During the meal, Chi Qian said, "You're quite good at holding back; it's been so long and you still haven't gotten to the point."

"Hmm?" Jiang Ruan asked, puzzled.

"I don't believe you called me out just to chat and have a meal," Chi Qian said, subconsciously assuming she was just shy about saying it. "Go ahead, what is it?"

Jiang Ruan: "It's nothing, we're just chatting and eating."

Chi Qian: "Really?"

Jiang Ruan nodded: "Of course."

“I thought you needed my help,” Chi Qian said.

Jiang Ruan was a little confused: "What kind of help?"

Chi Qian: "It's nothing."

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Jiang Ruan was even more puzzled, but she didn't say much and naturally changed the subject to talk about other things: "How did your mother brainwash you again?"

"Let me hurry up and secure my marriage with Xie Yi," Chi Qian said nonchalantly. "Don't let Chi Jing steal it from me."

"Didn't we talk about this before?" Jiang Ruan still remembered the content of their last conversation.

After analyzing the situation, Aunt Tao didn't interfere any further.

What now?

“Chi Jing has created a sense of crisis for my mother.” Chi Qian saw it clearly. “In just over a month, she has completely integrated into this circle, learned etiquette and manners very well, and now even my father praises her highly.”

"Most importantly, Xie Yi's mother suddenly liked her a lot."

Dad has always been a person who values ​​profit.

It doesn't matter if he's his biological son or not, as long as he's not born to his mother.

This is why her mother is so anxious.

"I misjudged her." Jiang Ruan recalled her interactions with Chi Jing. "From those few meetings, I always thought she was the kind of stupid person."

Whether it was that banquet or Chi Qian's birthday party.

Chi Jing and her brother Chi Baixuan both acted very stupidly.

“She’s the kind of person who’s stupid but also a little cunning.” Chi Qian knows Chi Jing and her brother very well. “She knows she can’t beat me with tricks, so she’s changed her approach.”

"But she made the change very successfully," Jiang Ruan said.

Chi Qian nodded: "I would say she's been incredibly successful. I never expected her to be so hardworking and diligent in order to establish herself in this industry. I'm really impressed with her now."

"Have you figured out how to persuade your mother?" Jiang Ruan asked.

She understood Madam Tao's concerns, but didn't think they were valid.

Her thoughts were the same as Chi Qian's.

“I didn’t intend to persuade her.” Chi Qian’s tone was gentle. “Her mindset is deeply ingrained, and no matter what I say, it won’t sway her in the slightest. I might as well be a deaf listener.”

She tried to reason with her, but failed.

I'm beginning to understand that ideas can't be easily persuaded, just as she couldn't persuade her either.

“Or…” Chi Qian looked at Jiang Ruan with a hint of amusement, “I’ll tell her I like women, and you can pretend to be my girlfriend.”