Although Du Yuanzhe's love affair was not an issue for the time being, Chen Rongshan was still angry. When Du Yuanzhe said goodbye to her before going to the airport, Chen Rongshan was indifferent and did not show any concern or nagging as before.
Du Yuanzhe sighed but said nothing, he had to catch the plane.
In the car
Liu Xu wondered, "You just won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Spring Festival Gala yesterday, and your relationship with CEO Xia hasn't been exposed, so you should be happy. Why do you look so listless?"
Before Du Yuanzhe could say anything, Wu Xing, who was driving, was stunned: "Was everything the marketing number said yesterday true?"
As it concerns his boss, Wu Xing had been watching the trending searches last night and learned about the online speculations about the relationship between Du Yuanzhe and Xia Ningmi. He had previously scoffed at the marketing account's speculations, thinking that the marketing account was confidently stating something that he, the driver, didn't even know, which was simply nonsense.
I didn't expect to be slapped in the face by Liu Xu today.
Liu Xu patted his forehead and said, "I was so happy that I forgot about you. Just keep this to yourself and don't spread it around."
Wu Xing was still in shock and nodded mechanically.
Xiao Pang smiled and said, "It's good that Brother Wu knows this. From now on, you don't have to let me be the driver all the time."
Wu Xing knew nothing before, and whenever it came to Xia Ningmi's affairs, Du Yuanzhe would look for Xiaopang.
Liu Xu looked at Du Yuanzhe: "You didn't say a word. Are you in a bad mood?"
Du Yuanzhe leaned lazily on his chair and said weakly, "I confessed to my mother that I was in love, and she was very angry."
Xiao Pang was surprised: "No way, Brother Zhe, you are already over 20 years old, and Mrs. Du still doesn't allow you to have a relationship?"
Liu Xu's mouth twitched: "You are so stupid, how could Mrs. Du not let Yuanzhe fall in love...Mrs. Du is not satisfied with President Xia?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded.
Xiao Pang was even more shocked: "That's President Xia!"
In his heart, whoever marries Xia Ningmi would be very lucky.
Du Yuanzhe said: "Sometimes I really think my mother is very strange. Qiqi is obviously good in every way, but my mother has to find fault with her. I remember that my mother didn't treat my eldest sister-in-law like this."
It would be fine if Chen Rongsan was born a wicked mother-in-law, but she had a very good relationship with Zhao Zhimeng. Although it was also because Zhao Zhimeng could talk, when Zhao Zhimeng first married Du Yuanwen, Chen Rongsan was very kind to her, and the number of times the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had quarrels was very few.
But when it comes to him, everything goes wrong. He is just in love with Xia Ningmi, but Chen Rongsan is dissatisfied in every way. What will happen if they really get married in the future?
Liu Xu noticed that Du Yuanzhe had a headache, patted him on the shoulder to express his sympathy, but didn't say much.
This was Du Yuanzhe's family affair, and neither Chen Rongsan nor Xia Ningmi had anything to say in it.
Even Xiaopang didn't dare to say anything more.
After returning to the crew, Du Yuanzhe once again immersed himself in the intense filming and temporarily put other things behind him.
......
A few days later, Qianying Entertainment
Xia Yiyao appeared in the company lobby again, and the receptionist immediately stood up and greeted her when he saw her.
Xia Yiyao asked, "It's been a month, why haven't I received a meeting date notification?"
The receptionist smiled and said politely, "I'm sorry, Ms. Xia, the president has been very busy and has no time for the time being."
Xia Yiyao asked, "When will she have time?"
The front desk said: "Mr. Xia's schedule is arranged by the secretariat, we have no right to know."
Xia Yiyao sneered: "Does that mean you know nothing?"
"Yes."
"Then find someone who knows and come to see me."
The front desk clerk apologized, "I'm sorry, the secretary's office is only responsible to the president and has no obligation to receive guests."
Xia Yiyao was furious when she heard this, and said angrily, "Have you forgotten that I am a shareholder of the company? What's wrong with letting a secretary come to see me?"
The receptionist remained calm and said, "Ms. Xia, you forgot one thing. This is Qianying Entertainment, not the headquarters of the Xia Group."
Xia Yiyao only has shares in Xia Corporation and has nothing to do with Qianying Entertainment.
Xia Yiyao clenched the bag in her hand and almost threw it at the receptionist's face out of anger, but after looking at the people coming and going in the hall, she finally did not do it. She knew that she would not see Xia Ningmi today, so she snorted coldly and turned away.
As soon as she left, the front desk staff immediately called the secretariat and repeated the conversation word for word.
Cheng Yu said: "You did a good job. If Ms. Xia comes again, continue to treat her in this way."
"OK."
If it weren't for the order from the secretariat, the front desk wouldn't have dared to speak to Xia Yiyao like that.
After hanging up the phone, Yueyue asked, "Ms. Xia is here again?"
Cheng Yu nodded: "The president doesn't want to see her, no matter how many times she comes, it's useless."
She is no longer the newbie who knows nothing when she first joins the company. At the beginning of her job, she was shocked when Xia Yiyao saw Xia Ningmi need to make an appointment. Now she has become accustomed to it and thinks it should be so.
As Xia Ningmi's chief secretary, she had dealt with Xia Yiyao many times in the past few years. No matter what the reason was for Xia Yiyao to come to Xia Ningmi, the ultimate purpose was undoubtedly to get money.
She doesn't care whether her daughter eats well or gets a good rest. She only thinks about money. Such a mother is the same as having no mother at all.
Especially when she thought of her mother who would call her every now and then to check on her, Cheng Yu disliked Xia Yiyao more and more. Although they, as secretaries, had no right to say anything, everyone in the secretariat disliked Xia Yiyao.
Yueyue pouted: "I guess I'm out of money again."
Cheng Yu thought so too.
However, she reported the matter to Xia Ningmi as usual, and Xia Ningmi just said "continue as usual" and ignored the matter.
......
Remote shopping mall
Xia Yiyao was very angry at Qianying Entertainment and was in a very bad mood, so she came to the mall to shop to change her mood.
She has never lacked money since she was a child, and she spends lavishly on shopping. She buys bags and clothes in rows, without caring whether she needs them or not.
When the salesgirl saw the big customer, she was so sweet-talking that she praised Xia Yiyao from head to toe, even her hair.
Xia Yiyao felt relieved when she heard that. She waved her hand and bought another row of bags. She asked someone to pack them and send them home. Then she turned and walked into a clothing store.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Chen Rongshan choosing clothes.
The two of them belonged to the same upper class circle and had met countless times at various banquets. When Chen Rongsan married Du Yongliang, Xia Yiyao was still the apple of Mr. Xia's eye. She was the only daughter of the Xia family and had countless suitors. She was very glorious.
A few years later, Xia Yiyao ignored many suitors and married a penniless boy. She also had a quarrel with Old Man Xia and became the biggest joke in Yancheng.
Du Yongliang's initial assessment of Xia Yiyao was brainless, and Chen Rongshan agreed with him.
However, the two have never met privately over the years, and today is the first time.
Chen Rongshan cursed inwardly.
Xia Yiyao also didn't want to see people from that circle. She initially thought that she was brave enough to pursue true love, unlike those people who only cared about money. Later, Zhou Heng cheated on her and had an illegitimate child.
The two looked at each other, then looked away tacitly, pretending not to see each other, and went on their own.
Until five minutes later
Chen Rongshan said: "I want this dress."
Xia Yiyao said: "I want all the clothes in this row."
They both spoke at the same time.
After the words fell, both of them were stunned, and then looked at each other with a determination in their eyes.
Xia Yiyao said sarcastically, "The Du family is a wealthy family after all. Madam Du has been shopping for a long time and just wants this one piece of clothing. It's too shabby. It's better not to buy it."
Chen Rongshan sneered: "Old Du in our family has made a lot of money, but this money did not come from the wind, unlike Mrs. Zhou... Oh no, I almost forgot that you are Ms. Xia now, how can you squander it as freely as Ms. Xia."
Xia Yiyao's face turned very ugly in an instant. What she hated most was someone mentioning her past with Zhou Heng.
"Mrs. Du is not very old, how could she have Alzheimer's disease so early that she can even misremember things that happened ten years ago?"
Chen Rongshan pretended to be helpless and said, "You can't blame me for this. Who made Ms. Xia not attend our gatherings for a long time? My perception of Ms. Xia is still stuck at the stage of Mrs. Zhou. When we called you Miss Xia, you were always unhappy and insisted that we call you Mrs. Zhou."
"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Mrs. Zhou has turned back into Miss Xia, and we have all grown old."
Chen Rongsan looked like she was reminiscing about the past, but calling her "Mrs. Zhou" again and again was like stabbing Xia Yiyao in the heart, making her furious.
"Chen Rongshan!"
Xia Yiyao said angrily, "You were just lucky enough to marry Du Yongliang, and only then did you become a phoenix. What qualifications do you have to be compared with me?"
Chen Rongshan's face turned cold: "My two sons are both excellent and filial, but your daughter doesn't even want to see you."
Xia Yiyao was already angry about this incident, and Chen Rongsan's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire. She was so angry that she lost her mind and directly grabbed Chen Rongsan's hair with one hand and hit her in the face with the other hand.
Chen Rongsan didn't expect Xia Yiyao to attack her just because she couldn't convince her. She came to her senses when she felt pain in her scalp and hurriedly stopped Xia Yiyao's hand from hitting her.
Chen Rongsan is not one to take a loss, so without saying a word she grabbed Xia Yiyao's hair and started to fight back.
The shopping guide next to her was stunned. She had just happily welcomed two big customers, but how come a fight broke out in the blink of an eye? She wanted to step forward to separate the two people, but she couldn't intervene at all.
The salesperson quickly looked at another older salesperson, who said, "Go find the person in charge of the store. I'll call the manager."
It was obvious that these two people were wealthy ladies, and they were not people that small workers like them could afford to offend. The right thing to do was to find someone qualified to deal with them.
After the older salesperson finished the call, he was thankful that there was no one else in the store and he didn't have to worry about someone taking a picture of his face and posting it online, causing trouble for the store.
Just in case, she stood guard at the door and would not let anyone in until someone who could solve the problem came.
......
When Du Yuanwen received the call from Chen Rongshan, he almost thought he had misheard: "You said you are at the police station now?"
After confirming again that he had heard correctly, Du Yuanwen hurriedly got up and rushed over.
As soon as he entered the police station, Du Yuanwen saw Chen Rongsan, who looked extremely disheveled. Her hair was messy, the necklace around her neck had been ripped off and only the bare chain was left, her clothes were wrinkled, and she looked extremely disheveled.
Of course, Xia Yiyao next to her looked even more shaggy. Not only was her hair very messy, but there were also several red marks on her face. It was easy to tell how that happened.
Du Yuan was relieved when he saw that Chen Rongshan had no injuries on her body.
When Chen Rongshan saw him coming, she immediately stood up and said, "Yuan Wen, take Mom home quickly."
She was very unhappy because the police insisted that her family come to pick her up, as it was not like she couldn't go home.
But Du Yuanwen didn't understand the whole story yet, so he asked hurriedly, "Mom, what's going on?"
The more Chen Rongshan thought about it, the angrier she got: "It's all Xia Yiyao's fault. She was the first to start it."
Xia Yiyao heard her words and gritted her teeth and said, "If you hadn't held me tightly and refused to let go, would we have been taken to the police station?"
The mall manager and the clothing store manager both tried to persuade them to stop fighting in a gentle manner, but the two men continued to fight. They had no choice but to call the police.
Chen Rongshan snorted coldly: "Who asked you to provoke me? If you provoke me, don't even think about getting away with it."
Du Yuanwen looked at the red marks on Xia Yiyao's face again.
I silently gave a thumbs up to Chen Rongshan's fighting ability.
At the same time, the door of the police station was opened again, and Xia Ningmi walked in wearing a professional suit.
She only glanced at the three people, then walked up to the police and said, "I am Xia Yiyao's daughter. Where do I sign?"
The police didn't expect that Xia Ningmi came without understanding the situation or caring about her mother's condition. She only asked about the signature, as if she was just there to sign.
But the police didn't say much. He handed Xia Ningmi a form and said, "Sign here. If you have any problems in the future, talk to us nicely and don't resort to violence at every turn."
At this time, Du Yuanwen also came over to sign, and did not forget to greet Xia Ningmi: "Mr. Xia."
Xia Ningmi nodded slightly.
Seeing that she had no intention of greeting her, Chen Rongshan said angrily, "Boss Xia, can't you see that there are elders here?"
Du Yuanwen couldn't help sweating.
My dear mother, you just had a fight with someone else's mother and you act like an elder. You take yourself too seriously.
After Xia Ningmi signed, she looked at Chen Rongshan before turning around and leaving, and said lightly, "Aunt."
Chen Rongshan remembered that Xia Ningmi had the same expression in the Far Eastern Mall before, and couldn't help but take a step back: "What do you want?"
“Greetings to the elders.”
After saying that, she left the police station. She didn't say a word to Xia Yiyao from beginning to end.
But Xia Yiyao just wanted to see her, and didn't care about her own embarrassment, so she quickly chased after Xia Ningmi and left.
After Du Yuanwen finished signing, Chen Rongshan and the others left the police station. They got into the car in silence. After driving for a while, Chen Rongshan couldn't help but ask, "Yuanwen, wasn't Mom's performance a little off just now?"
Du Yuanwen knew what Chen Rongshan meant, and suppressed his laughter as he said, "Boss Xia has a strong aura, so it's normal for Mom to be scared."
Chen Rongshan denied it: "I'm not scared. I'm the elder, how could I be afraid of her? I just don't want to bother with her."
Du Yuanwen immediately changed his words: "I was wrong."
Chen Rongshan probably knew that her words were a bit dull, so she changed the subject and said, "Don't tell your father about this, or he will lecture you again."
Du Yuanwen nodded: "I definitely won't tell Dad."
But if Du Yongliang knew it himself, it would not be his fault.
......
After Xia Ningmi and Xia Yiyao got in the car, Cheng Yu started the car and left.
Xia Ning asked: "Why don't you let your boyfriend pick you up?"
Xia Yiyao snorted coldly: "How can I face him in this state? Besides, my daughter is so cold-hearted that she doesn't even want to see her own mother. I can only rely on the police for help."
Xia Ning looked at her ferocious appearance and said, "Fighting in public, it seems that you don't even want to maintain your dignity anymore."
The Xia family is a wealthy family in Yancheng. As a little princess who grew up being pampered by the Xia family, Xia Yiyao naturally looks down on those noisy women who only know how to yell, pull hair and fight. She has expressed her disgust for those people in front of Xia Ningmi more than once.
At that time, she probably didn't expect that one day she would become such a person.
Xia Yiyao's expression changed: "So what? As long as I still hold Xia's shares, as long as you are still the president of Xia, others still have to be respectful when they see me."
Xia Ningmi said coldly: "Grandpa didn't teach you nothing. At least he taught you to be thick-skinned."
The few shares of Xia Corporation that Xia Yiyao has are not worth mentioning at all. The reason why she can live such a good life now is all because of Xia Ningmi.
Xia Yiyao's face turned red and pale at Xia Ningmi's words, and she said angrily: "How can you talk to my mother like that!"
She felt inexplicably uneasy. Xia Ningmi had always been too lazy to talk to her in the past and would never say such harsh words.
Xia Ning turned her head and looked at her: "Do you think you are a qualified mother?"
This is something she had always wanted to ask but never dared to ask. But when she really opened her mouth, she found that it was not that difficult to ask.
Xia Yiyao sneered: "I know you must think that I don't count. But don't forget, from childhood to adulthood, I have never lacked you for anything. Everything you use is the best. Compared with those children who can't even afford clothes, you don't know how many times happier you are. This is all given by me. Now you keep blaming me. What's the difference between you and an ungrateful person?"
Xia Ningmi could not see the slightest trace of guilt on Xia Yiyao's face, and she always felt that Xia Ningmi owed her.
After a moment of silence, Xia Ningmi said, "I have always felt that if everything can be measured in terms of money, things will become much simpler."
"I will send someone to contact you tomorrow to calculate all my expenses from birth to the age of sixteen. After deducting your expenses over the past few years, do you think the total will be positive or negative?"
"After I pay you back for all the money you spent on me, don't ask me for money again. According to you, I don't owe you anything."
"Compared to those elderly people whose children are unfilial and whose survival is in jeopardy, I am still willing to pay you dividends every year. You are so many times happier than them."
Xia Ningmi repeated everything she had said just now.
Xia Yiyao didn't believe that Xia Ningmi dared to do this to her, and said sternly, "You are talking nonsense! Without me, you can't inherit the Xia family at all. You will never be able to repay me for what you owe me."
Xia Ningmi's expression remained unchanged: "Without you, there would be no me. Without Grandpa, there would be no you either. I only owe Grandpa, not you."
Cheng Yu laughed in his heart, thinking that with Xia Yiyao's low IQ, she wanted to argue with the president. She was really overestimating herself.
Soon, they arrived at the Xia family's old house. Cheng Yu stopped the car, got out to help Xia Yiyao drive, and said, "Ms. Xia, you can get out now."
Xia Yiyao glared at her: "Get lost! I'm talking to my daughter."
Xia Ning looked at her coldly: "Get out of the car!"
Xia Yiyao choked, looked at Xia Ningmi's face with some fear, and got out of the car reluctantly.
Xia Yiyao's expression changed slightly until Xia Ningmi left. She had been so focused on arguing with Xia Ningmi that she forgot to tell Xia Ningmi what she wanted her to do.
On the way back to Huahu Apartment
Xia Ningmi said, "Send the treasurer to meet her tomorrow."
Cheng Yu nodded: "Okay."
Xia Ningmi looked out the window. After struggling for such a long time, the sky outside had already darkened and the gorgeous neon lights in the city were flashing.
This city remains as prosperous as ever and will not change because of one person's departure.
People should be the same!
Jingle Bells——
Xia Ningmi's cell phone suddenly rang. It was Du Yuanzhe calling.
"Qiqi, I heard from my elder brother that my mom and your mom had a fight?"
Du Yuanzhe was stunned when he heard the news. Chen Rongsan and Xia Yiyao had a fight and were taken to the police station. This sounded fantastic no matter how he heard it.
Xia Ning said: "It's just a small matter."
Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief silently. She was very grateful to Du Yuanzhe for his call, which helped Xia Ningmi return to normal. The atmosphere in the car just now was too depressing.
Du Yuanzhe wondered: "Why did they start fighting?"
Xia Ningmi had already asked Cheng Yu to investigate the whole thing and told Du Yuanzhe the whole process.
Du Yuanzhe couldn't help but laugh: "My mother has a pretty sharp tongue."
But it also proves that Xia Yiyao is inexperienced and stupid, and even Chen Rongshan can't argue with her.
Xia Ningmi said, "She hates others mentioning Zhou Heng. If your mother had mentioned something else, it might not have come to this."
She had never seen Xia Yiyao fight with anyone in her entire life. Even when Zhou Heng cheated on her, she maintained the dignity of a young lady and only asked her bodyguards to beat Zhou Heng half to death, but did not do it herself.
To put it bluntly, the three words "Mrs. Zhou" hit Xia Yiyao hard.
There was a gleam of sarcasm in her eyes.
Du Yuanzhe was sensitive enough to notice that Xia Ning was feeling a little upset, and said with concern, "Qiqi, this is just a dispute between my mother and her husband. It's over now. Don't let it affect your mood."
"Yuanzhe!"
"Um?"
"I just talked to her a lot."
Xia Ningmi told Du Yuanzhe about the conversation she had just had with Xia Yiyao.
Du Yuanzhe was very happy after hearing this. He had always disliked Xia Yiyao, but he couldn't understand Xia Ningmi's current mentality. He just said, "Do whatever you want. I will always support you."
Xia Ningmi's eyes were gentle and she said, "Okay."
Everyone said Xia Ningmi was cold and heartless, as if she cared about nothing except profit.
Only Xia Ningmi knew that she was not that strong. She always indulged Xia Yiyao, not only because she had unrealistic expectations of her, but also because Xia Yiyao was her only relative.
She doesn't want to be alone.
But things are different now. There is a new person named Du Yuanzhe in her life, and Xia Yiyao occupies a smaller and smaller share in her heart.
The question she asked Xia Yiyao just now was her last chance.
Chatting with Du Yuanzhe, Xia Ningmi's determination became stronger and stronger.
Du Yuanzhe said, "I will probably finish in half a month. Let's go out and play then, shall we?"
Xia Ningmi raised her eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid of being recognized?"
With Du Yuanzhe's current fame, there is a high possibility that he will be recognized.
Du Yuanzhe had already made plans, and said with a smile: "We can go abroad, and then we can have fun as we please, without worrying about this or that."
Xia Ningmi did not refuse: "It's up to you."
"You'll have to make time for it then."
Xia Ningmi said: "My schedule is very easy to arrange."
Cheng Yu, who was sitting in the driver's seat, really wanted to retort, "Your schedule is not easy to arrange," but unfortunately she didn't dare to say it.
But she dares to post on Weibo.
@一小 Orange: Ever since the boss started dating, our secretariat has become noticeably busier. The boss has to leave on time, so we have to work overtime. The boss has to go out and play, so we still have to work overtime. I feel sorry for myself.
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