Chapter 31 In a family, being a younger brother means having no status! ...
He covered his face and yelled, "Did you cheat?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Miaomiao immediately threw her phone away.
"I didn't renege on my debt! Can't I just raise a reasonable question?"
With his vital point targeted, Jiang Jiezhi, choking back tears, demanded a rematch, "I won't lose the next round!"
Jiang Miaomiao said, "If you lose, you lose. Does it have to be a fight until you win before it ends?"
Jiang Jiezhi grinned: "You said it was a fight, but you didn't say it would be decided in one round. Important matches are always best of three!"
"..." She rolled her eyes.
Jiang Jiezhi said urgently, "Best two out of three! If you don't agree, then your previous wins don't count."
Jiang Miaomiao remained unmoved: "If it doesn't count, it doesn't count. Anyway, I refuse to waste any more time with a deadbeat like you."
Jiang Jiezhi protested, "I'm not a deadbeat! I just didn't explain the rules clearly beforehand. It's you who lacks common sense and doesn't know that the game is decided in three rounds." But his tone still sounded somewhat guilty.
Eager to save face, he was willing to back down: "If I win, the bet remains the same; if you win, the bet doubles!"
Jiang Jiezhi was unconvinced. "You think you're guaranteed to win? In the second round, we'll switch to Contra, a two-player challenge match."
Jiang Miaomiao paused and said, "You chose the game in the first round, so it should be my turn in the second round, right?"
"Then what do you want to fight?" Jiang Jiezhi panicked again.
Well, seeing his expression of joy and anger, Jiang Miaomiao suddenly changed her mind: "Fine, let's play Contra. Anyway, with your intelligence, you'll always be the loser!"
"Don't make promises so early. Be careful, or you'll be the one who reneges on your bets if you lose!"
The game "Pesticides" is popular all over the world. Maybe Jiang Miaomiao is a game enthusiast and that's how she managed to win!
Jiang Jiezhi chose the old game Contra because he was certain that someone like her, a country bumpkin who grew up with her grandparents in the countryside, would never have had the chance to play it! And after he said "Contra," Jiang Miaomiao did look a little confused, which further convinced him that he had the upper hand. "Everyone only has three lives! Let's see who dies first!"
"Oh." Jiang Miaomiao looked at him with an ambiguous expression.
This brat thinks he's got a brilliant plan, but he doesn't realize that Contra, a game suitable for all ages, isn't just a game for wealthy families in their childhood, but also exists in rural areas where you can buy five coins for one yuan.
As the familiar music began, instead of Jiang Jiezhi charging into battle, Jiang Miaomiao stayed behind him from the start, dodging whenever possible, and even letting the enemy pass by to attack him from both sides and kill him.
Jiang Jiezhi died on the spot, his anger boiling over: "Damn it, how could you be so despicable?"
Jiang Miaomiao said in a low voice, "My opponent is you, not them."
Before Jiang Jiezhi could even argue, he discovered that Jiang Miaomiao had disappeared again while crossing the bridge.
Attack Jiang Jiezhi from every angle.
Bang~~~
Poor thing, his second life was blown up like that.
"Jiang Miaomiao!" His anger was already rising in his throat, and he was barely clinging to life.
Jiang Miaomiao glanced sideways: "Don't idolize me too much, your sister is still your sister!"
"Fuck!" Jiang Jiezhi couldn't win with words, so he had to humiliatingly abandon his individualism.
But beset by enemies both inside and outside, he eventually had no way out and began to imitate Jiang Miaomiao's way of surviving.
Jiang Jiezhi: "..."
I have never seen such a shameless person.
"You either hide behind others or scheme against them, what kind of skill is that?"
"I just think you're a hindrance and a burden, so I want to get rid of you first!" After Jiang Miaomiao finished speaking, her fingers flew off in an instant, and her whole body seemed to be fully buffed, accelerating straight ahead.
Kill gods and Buddhas alike.
As Jiang Jiezhi's pupils widened in astonishment, he made unstoppable progress, clearing the level with only one life!
Ring out the victory bells!
Cheers rained down everywhere!
This is speed and ability that Jiang Jiezhi has never shown before!
Jiang Jiezhi silently put down the keyboard, lay flat on the sofa, clasped his hands on his stomach, and peacefully closed his eyes.
He decided to become withdrawn.
Jiang Miaomiao casually pulled out a piece of paper, unfolded it, and covered his face with it, saying regretfully, "May you rest in peace."
...
He came back to life on the spot!
Startled, he scrambled backward.
Jiang Jiezhi, who had just been mentally tormented, was so frightened that he quickly helped Jiang Zhengye, whose body was being ravaged.
Jiang Zhengye was so angry that he rubbed his leg while slapping his forehead repeatedly: "You brat, why did you pretend to be dead to scare people for no reason!"
"Dad, I didn't! This was purely an accident!" Jiang Jiezhi hurriedly explained.
Jiang Zhengye pointed directly at Jiang Miaomiao, "What accident? Her specialty is creating accidents!"
Jiang Miaomiao tilted her head and smiled, "Old Jiang, don't praise me like that. I'll get shy. He only lost two games to me in video games."
"Playing video games?" Jiang Zhengye then noticed that the wall was projecting a victory screen of a game. He breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't a family tragedy!
He said to Jiang Miaomiao, "You're lucky tonight. I happen to need a female companion to take you to see the charity gala in Hong Kong."
"I won't go." A firm refusal.
Jiang Zhengye scolded, "You have to go! If it weren't for the fact that you've been making money for me lately, I wouldn't bother bringing you along to introduce young talents."
"You should be thanking God you didn't sell me to a dead man, do you expect me to introduce you to some promising young men?" Jiang Miaomiao sneered, then got up and went back to her room.
Jiang Zhengye stopped her again: "I'm your biological father! Everything I do is for your own good, for everyone's good! Anyway, I've already made it clear that you have to go, whether you like it or not, otherwise, where will I put my face in the future?"
"Back then, you even wanted to sell me to those two half-dead people in the Song family. Didn't you know where to put your pride then?"
Jiang Jiezhi, who was mourning nearby, suddenly paused: What the hell? Who did Dad want to sell this devil to in the Song family?
Jiang Zhengye frowned: "Business marriages are commonplace. If you hadn't accidentally made money and gained fame for the group this time, even the slightly younger powerful figures wouldn't have been interested in you! Marriage is like a rebirth for a woman. Now there's a ready-made catch for you to climb. Countless women outside would beg and plead for you. Don't be ungrateful! Do you really want to be with a poor, self-made man, buying a house on a mortgage and living paycheck to paycheck? Nonsense! Relationships without a material foundation are like glass; they shatter at the slightest touch."
"Wow." Jiang Miaomiao raised an eyebrow: "Old Jiang, you can actually say something so philosophical?"
Jiang Zhengye boasted shamelessly: "I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. The cheapest thing in this world is so-called love!"
Is this a trap set up for her to fall into?
But opportunities and risks go hand in hand!
Even Jiang Zhengye had to be cautious about the charity gala, so there were various potential partners for her.
Jiang Miaomiao couldn't help but laugh and said, "But I don't have a dress."
Jiang Zhengye stared in disbelief: "What are you doing? How come you don't even have a dress? What happened to the 30 million I just transferred to you a while ago?"
“I’ve already invested in fixed-term financial products, so I definitely can’t withdraw them now. But the attendees at these charity galas are all rich and powerful. If I dress cheaply, ill-fittingly, or in an outdated style, wouldn’t that embarrass you?”
"Of course!" Just to be on the safe side, Jiang Zhengye decided to personally take Jiang Miaomiao out to buy a dress.
She smiled and turned back to remind Jiang Jiezhi, waving the evidence on her phone: "You owe me 20 lashes, I'll collect them in installments depending on my mood."
Jiang Jiezhi, who had just begun to feel a little doubt and sympathy for Jiang Miaomiao, couldn't help but give her the middle finger.
Jiang Miaomiao's right thumb swept across her neck in an instant.
One moment his eyes were playful, the next they were filled with murderous intent, which directly intimidated the ignorant brat!
***
The driver took Jiang Zhengye and Jiang Miaomiao to a dress shop on the city's brand street.
Jiang Zhengye was clearly a regular customer. When he strode in, there were six young and pretty waitresses in the store. Apart from two who were standing at the door of the changing room with customers, the remaining four immediately greeted him with smiles and called him "General Manager Jiang" cheerfully.
He skillfully sat down on the sofa next to him, pointed at Jiang Miaomiao, and gestured for them to pick out clothes for her.
Then, Jiang Miaomiao saw the four waiters exchange glances and subtly push each other, until two of them lost and walked towards her with forced smiles, asking in a formulaic manner, "What color does this young lady like? What style of clothes would you like?"
The remaining two surrounded Jiang Zhengye like stars around the moon, serving him tea and water, perfectly demonstrating what it means to be at home.
Jiang Miaomiao couldn't bear to look at the resentful eyes of the two waiters accompanying her.
She walked straight to the dazzling array of clothes racks, picked out four different colored dresses, and handed them to the sales assistant to carry.
She then picked up one of the pure white strapless dresses and went into the dressing room to try it on. She found it too fitted, which restricted the movement of her legs, so she changed into another simple black slip dress. It was still not perfect, so she decided to try on the remaining two dresses, especially the blue one with a few feathers.
When she walked out of the dressing room this time, she found that the blue dress she had chosen had been handed directly to someone else by the sales assistant.
Jiang Miaomiao asked doubtfully, "Is this the dress I picked out?"
"Oh, that was our famous actress Sun, a renowned movie star in our port city," the waitress replied, as if she were incredibly fortunate to have had her chosen dress taken away by this actress.
So Jiang Miaomiao frowned: "She's a movie queen, what does that have to do with the dress I chose?"
Upon hearing this, the waiter also frowned.
But it was a silent condemnation of Jiang Miaomiao's lack of tact.
Jiang Miaomiao said, "Do you expect your customers to be treated differently based on gender or social status?"
The two waiters choked up.
They were already unhappy about having to serve Jiang Miaomiao, so one of them said directly, "It's actress Sun who took a liking to this dress and wants to try it on. If you still want to try it on, then you should go and tell her yourself! We don't want to upset her."
Jiang Miaomiao coldly replied, "So you can make me unhappy, is that it?"
They remained silent. This was clearly tacit agreement.
Because Jiang Zhengye brought Jiang Miaomiao in without explaining much, they regarded Jiang Miaomiao as Jiang Zhengye's new love. They didn't bother to hide their contempt for Jiang Miaomiao in their eyes and on their faces, but in reality, they were jealous and resentful that the person who was with Jiang Zhengye was not them!
This kind of double standard is truly laughable.
Jiang Miaomiao couldn't help but chuckle softly, "They're just hired people to watch the shop, yet they insist on playing this game of flattery and belittling. Do they really think that just because they've seen many distinguished guests, they've become superior to others?"
The two waiters instantly became furious.
"This young lady probably isn't a local from Hong Kong, is she?" a local sneered with an air of superiority. "Don't you know Sun Yinghou's reputation, and that she's the goddess that President Jiang is currently fervently pursuing?!"
Another person chimed in with sarcasm: "It's common knowledge that President Jiang is a womanizer. So far, only Actress Sun has been worthy of his pursuit for months. As for a low-class woman like you, I suggest you shut up and keep quiet. Just make money quietly when you have the chance, and don't try to act all high and mighty like others!"
Sun Yinghou?
Jiang Zhengye's goddess?
Could it be that actress who made Old Jiang eat vegetarian food and refrain from killing with her?
Jiang Miaomiao couldn't help but take a closer look at the woman standing in front of the mirror. Although she was older, she was well-maintained and looked young. Her face and posture were youthful, but her eyes were not as bright as those of a young person.
However, it seems that the actress's scarf is made of mink fur?
Both out of courtesy and reason, Jiang Miaomiao had to go over and say hello.
Actress Sun is looking in the mirror at the blue feather dress, which is light and novel, making her look even younger.
The dress was in the hands of a sales assistant next to the dressing room. She knew it was someone else's dress, but so what? If she liked it, countless people would be eager to offer it to her.
She was about to ask the waiter to pack it up and take it away when the mirror reflected a young and radiant woman walking towards her.
In that instant, she almost instinctively felt displeasure.
The entertainment industry is full of beautiful women, who are constantly vying for attention.
The person walking towards her was not as beautiful as her, but she was younger and possessed an innate and deeply ingrained wisdom that she lacked!
Jiang Miaomiao stopped and smiled slightly, "Hello."
“I don’t know you. If you want my autograph, please don’t bother me during my private time!” Sun Ying replied coldly, haughtily handing her blue dress to the waiter next to her.
In their first encounter, this tone was far from friendly.
Jiang Miaomiao then withdrew some of her goodwill, "I'm sorry, it's just because you took the dress I picked out first."
Sun Ying didn't seem to care: "This is the dress you picked out? You do have some taste. I'll take it now, you can pick something else."
Jiang Miaomiao's tone remained polite: "There is a first-come, first-served order in everything. This is the dress I chose."
"Have you paid? If not, I'll pay first, it's mine." Sun Ying's tone became increasingly impatient. After adjusting her collar and jewelry in front of the mirror, she prepared to leave.
Jiang Miaomiao blocked her way, "If you're not blind, you should have seen the store rules when you entered. Whoever takes the dress down first to try it on has the right of first refusal! I took this dress down first. If you had spoken politely, I might have let you have it, but you had such a self-righteous tone... Why should I let you have it?"
Moreover, at a closer distance, Jiang Miaomiao could clearly tell that the scarf around Sun Ying's neck was made of real mink, not fake fur!
This actress, who advocates vegetarianism and refrains from killing, privately wears mink coats and is adorned with jewels and jade...
No wonder when Jiang Miaomiao returned to Hong Kong, she was surprised to hear that Jiang Zhengye was pursuing a movie queen who was said to have the heart of a bodhisattva... She felt conflicted at the time, wondering if someone who could have a romantic relationship with someone like Jiang Zhengye was a good person.
Now she understands: this actress is indeed kind, but it's all hypocrisy.
"So what? This brand store has collected the works of countless designers, and they all wish I would wear their dresses on the red carpet to enhance their reputation in the industry."
Sun Ying was always adored by celebrities, so if a country bumpkin tried to steal her dress, he'd be asking for trouble! "Believe me, with one phone call, not only will you not be able to buy a single dress at this store today, but you won't even be allowed to step foot inside again!"
The two waiters who were originally with Jiang Miaomiao, seeing that Sun Ying was determined to provoke them, fawned over her.
They fawned over her, saying, "Miss Sun, we don't know where this country bumpkin came from. We just told her that the dress you chose must mean she has some taste, but she still cursed at us! But she's a customer, and we in the service industry can only grit our teeth and endure the insults, otherwise we're afraid she'll complain about us if she gets upset."
"We don't mind, but Miss Sun, you're different! You're a VIP customer of our establishment, a renowned actress. If you don't have a good experience today, it would be our fault! However, this young lady is also one of President Jiang's people..."
Sun Ying caught a sensitive word: "What Jiang's people?"
The two deliberately provocative waiters said, "This young lady is the woman that General Manager Jiang just brought. He's waiting for her at the front desk."
Upon hearing this, Sun Ying's gaze towards Jiang Miaomiao became even more hostile. Clearly, she had also misunderstood, wondering if Jiang Miaomiao's open defiance was actually a form of provocation.
However, Sun Ying, who considered herself famous and of noble status, was too lazy to bother with Jiang Miaomiao, lest she embellish the reputation of such an unknown person.
She went straight to the front desk and wanted to talk to Jiang Zhengye.
So, whether they were the waiters following Sun Ying or Jiang Miaomiao, they all carried their bags and skirts and followed Sun Ying away.
The bag that the waiter was carrying looked familiar to Sun Ying!
Suddenly, Jiang Miaomiao remembered that on the day she first arrived at Dajiang Group, she specifically checked the financial reimbursement details and found that one of the reimbursement items was for the purchase of a limited edition women's handbag in Hong Kong.
Using company funds to buy limited-edition handbags? Even the company's business operations department has never heard of such a thing!
So, out of sheer curiosity, Jiang Miaomiao went online to look up the handbag that cost over a million yuan, and there it was—the bag right in front of her. Only three were made worldwide, and only Hong Kong was authorized to sell one of them in China.
Jiang Miaomiao then recalled other strange and numerous expense reports: designer clothes, luxury restaurants, sports cars, and so on.
The sports car expense reimbursement is clearly related to Jiang Zhongming, but since Jiang Zhongming dared to openly use public funds for reimbursement, someone must have set a precedent by breaking the rules! Considering Sun Ying's limited edition handbag, it can only be Jiang Zhengye.
...
Jiang Miaomiao quickly called Jiang Si, "Help me log into the company's financial website to check some things, see which details are related to Lao Jiang?"
"Now?" Jiang Si was busy applying a face mask at home, trying to look like a fairy.
Jiang Miaomiao nodded and said, "Now, right away."
Jiang Si pouted: "Okay, give me twenty minutes."
Jiang Miaomiao refused: "Five minutes at most."
Jiang Si: "..." Hmph, my niece is getting more and more outrageous.
Jiang Miaomiao also walked closer to the front desk and saw Sun Ying, who was originally furious, chatting and laughing with Jiang Zhengye.
She listened carefully to their conversation and discovered that Sun Ying was very clever in questioning Jiang Zhengye, occasionally interjecting with coquetry, which made the chauvinistic Jiang Zhengye unable to resist and willing to swallow his pride and coax her a few words.
This actress definitely has a knack for manipulating men!
Sun Ying was indeed coaxed by Jiang Zhengye into covering her mouth and laughing, especially after learning that she was still the empress, she felt a great sense of relief.
Because she was looking to marry into a wealthy family, and Jiang Zhengye was one of her more satisfactory suitors. He not only had a lot of wealth and resources, but was also very willing to spend money on her! Even if she didn't like him, she wouldn't allow anyone else to snatch Jiang Zhengye away first.
She was confident that she could be picky, but little did she know that Jiang Zhengye was indeed generous to women in the entertainment industry, but he would coldly abandon them when he lost interest, let alone marry them!
[Jiang Si: There are quite a few details. For example, those expensive and limited-edition designer bags and clothes were all swiped through his supplementary credit card.]
[Jiang Miaomiao: Did Lao Jiang give the supplementary card to someone else?]
[Jiang Si: He gives a supplementary credit card to whoever he's dating, and once they break up, he has the bank freeze the supplementary card. This is standard practice.]
[Jiang Miaomiao: Soga~~~]
[Jiang Si: I have a feeling you're planning something?]
Jiang Miaomiao raised an eyebrow. "Is that not allowed?"
Just then, Jiang Zhengye, who was being surrounded by the movie queen and six young and beautiful waitresses, suddenly received a call from Jiang Si: "Brother, I need to talk to Miaomiao. But no one answers the phone, so she might not have her phone with her. I asked other people and they said you took her out. Is it convenient for you to call Miaomiao now?"
"What urgent matter could you possibly have with her?" Jiang Zhengye always treats women outside the family better than his own, showing favoritism based on their relationships.
Jiang Si chuckled on the other end of the phone, "Some of our company's partners met Miao Miao by chance and wanted me to introduce them. After all, she's an important client of the company, so I'll put in a good word for her regardless of whether it works out or not. If Miao Miao can marry someone of high status, it would be very beneficial to our Jiang Group, wouldn't it?"
These words hit Jiang Zhengye's nail on the head.
He directly abandoned Sun Ying and the others who were covering their mouths and laughing to go find Jiang Miaomiao, causing Sun Ying's gentle and proper smile to suddenly crack!
Sun Ying turned her head, trying to call Jiang Zhengye back, but saw Jiang Miaomiao standing not far away, looking at her with a half-smile.
She could see the disdain in Jiang Miaomiao's eyes! And Jiang Zhengye's decision to leave her behind to find her only fueled that disdain!
Sun Ying felt utterly humiliated, especially after the chattering waiter next to her fell silent.
"Here, your aunt is on the phone. Have a good chat." Jiang Zhengye handed her the phone, and as soon as she put it to her ear, her expression changed, and she turned and walked into the dressing room.
He mistakenly thought that Jiang Miaomiao's impatience with blind dates was purely because she was willing to save face and argue in private because the matchmaker was Jiang Si.
At the same time, Sun Ying realized that Jiang Miaomiao might become an obstacle to her, so she stuck to her and started talking to her again, causing Jiang Zhengye to forget to keep his phone out of his sight for a moment.
In the locker room, Jiang Miaomiao immediately hung up on Jiang Si and used Jiang Zhengye's phone to call the bank's customer service. At the same time, she quickly found a photo of the Jiang family's household registration book on her own phone.
...Thank you, Tu Jiaojiao.
Jiang Miaomiao dialed the bank's customer service hotline: "Hello, I am the daughter of credit card xxxxxx, ID number xxxx, and name Jiang Zhengye. My father's supplementary card has been lost, but he is currently busy in a meeting and asked me to contact the bank to disconnect this supplementary card."
Because Jiang Zhengye is a top VIP at the bank, Jiang Miaomiao's call, made from her own number and accompanied by accurate personal information, directly connected her to Jiang Zhengye's personal service.
Considering Jiang Zhengye's history of repeatedly terminating secondary SIM cards, the customer service team had no suspicions and directly terminated the secondary SIM cards.
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