Chapter 37 Wen Jiadong

Unlike Wen Jialiang who looks like his mother, Wen Jiadong is obviously the son of Wen Rongsheng. His facial features are at least 80% similar to his, but he is taller, about 1.8 meters.

He is wearing a gray suit, and his hair is oiled and combed back, revealing his broad forehead and slanted eyebrows. Just looking at his face, he does look a bit like a handsome young man.

But it is hard to say what he is really like.

Wen Yue's gaze was so obvious that Wen Jiadong would naturally notice it, but he didn't ask anything. He nodded to her and said, "Second sister." He turned his head to look at Yi Huai, smiled slightly and said, "Second brother-in-law." After

just one encounter, Wen Yue knew that Wen Jiadong was much smarter than Wen Jiaqi. With a flash of thought, she turned her head and asked Wen Rongsheng, "When is dinner?"

"You came back just to eat?" Wen Rongsheng asked with a frown.

Wen Yue answered very confidently, "Didn't you ask me to come back for dinner?"

Wen Rongsheng thought to himself, didn't I ask you to come back just for dinner? More importantly, I want the family to get together, especially for you two siblings to get in touch.

But when the words came to his lips, he remembered that Wen Yue's temper had been getting worse and worse recently. Not to mention the people in the second room, she didn't even give him face. If this were really said, I'm afraid there would be another big fight.

Wen Rongsheng didn't want to quarrel today, so he had to hold back his anger and said, "Let's have dinner now." After that, he strode to the living room and asked the housekeeper to prepare dinner.

After Wen Rongsheng left, Wen Yue and Yi Huai also left, leaving Wen Jiadong in shock.

Although he had heard from Chen Baoqin about Wen Yue's drastic change in personality, and also heard Wen Jiaqi complain that Wen Rongsheng was becoming more and more partial, but when he really saw Wen Yue scolding Wen Rongsheng and not being angry with the latter, he still felt shocked.

You know, although he is a son and is very spoiled at home, Wen Rongsheng also has high requirements for him and has never been so indulgent to him.

But Wen Jiadong was only surprised, and

he was not jealous of Wen Yue, because he knew very well that no matter how much Wen Rongsheng doted on Wen Yue, he would not be able to give her too much of the family property in the future. Among all the brothers and sisters in the family, he was only jealous of Wen Kai, because he was the legitimate son born to the first wife.

It is a bit ridiculous to talk about legitimate and illegitimate children in modern society, and few of the wealthy families in Hong Kong care about legitimate, illegitimate and illegitimate children. The mother's favor is more important than anything else.

But their family is different. Wen Rongsheng has old ideas. He pays more attention to the son born to the first wife.

Maybe this is also related to the fact that Chen Baoqin is not so favored.

In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Baoqin is the fuse that caused the disintegration of the relationship between Wen Rongsheng and his wife Peng Lifen. She must have a high weight in Wen Rongsheng's heart.

But the fact is not so.

Peng Lifen is smart, beautiful, and Wen Rongsheng's first love. She accompanied him from living in a shanty town with nothing to becoming rich and living in a mansion. Her position in his heart is unmatched.

However, when a man has money, he will inevitably have philandering thoughts, hiding his white moonlight in his heart, and looking for a cinnabar mole outside. It was at this time that Chen Baoqin came to Wen Rongsheng.

Chen Baoqin was of ordinary background, and was not as good as Peng Lifen in terms of appearance or knowledge, so she was not favored after following Wen Rongsheng. Fortunately, she was pregnant not long after following Wen Rongsheng.

At that time, Wen Rongsheng and Peng Lifen had been married for eight years, but they still had no children. When Wen Rongsheng learned that Chen Baoqin was pregnant, he was overjoyed. In order to give the child a complete family, he proposed to Peng Lifen to take Chen Baoqin as a concubine.

Chen Baoqin entered the family like this, and within less than half a year, she gave birth to Wen Jiaqi, and the next year she gave birth to him.

Although Chen Baoqin was a concubine at that time, she was the most popular.

However, such a good life did not last long. Soon after Wen Jiadong was born, Peng Lifen became pregnant, and gave birth to Wen Kai the next year.

Originally, Wen Rongsheng wanted to name his legitimate son Wen Jiakai, but Peng Lifen said that her children should follow the character lineage of the concubine's children, and she would rather not have this child.

Wen Rongsheng failed to persuade Peng Lifen, so the two children born in the main branch of the Wen family were both named with single characters, while the children in other branches were named with the character "Jia".

In Wen Jiadong's childhood memory, his father was serious and indifferent. He never smiled at him, never hugged him, was always very strict with him, and was always dissatisfied, thinking that he was inferior to his younger brother in every way.

But in front of Wen Kai, Wen Rongsheng was an absolutely loving father. He would carefully select gifts for him and put him on his shoulders to play, which made people envious and jealous.

So when the news of Wen Kai's death came, even though Wen Jiadong was still young, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When Wen Jialiang was just born, Wen Jiadong was also nervous. The power of having a child in old age is too great, not to mention that Zhou Baoyi is young and beautiful, and is spoiled much more than his mother.

But Wen Jiadong soon felt relieved.

I don’t know whether it is because his power is greater than before, Wen Rongsheng began to pay attention to his image, or he doesn’t think so much of this son born in old age. Although Wen Rongsheng loves Wen Jialiang, he obviously doesn’t treat him as well as Wen Kai.

He has never shown disappointment in Wen Jiadong because of Wen Jialiang.

Daughters should be kept at a distance. This is not to say that Wen Rongsheng is not good to his daughters. Of course he loves them. The Wen family is so rich, and his daughters will not lack anything in life.

But Wen Rongsheng is old-fashioned and would never pass on the family business to his daughter, so Wen Jiadong never felt that he had to compete with his sisters, and naturally he would not complain about Wen Rongsheng's favoritism like Wen Jiaqi did.

...

Wen Yue, who walked into the restaurant before Wen Jiadong, also felt that Wen Rongsheng was biased.

When she came back to eat before, the food at the Wen family looked good, and many of the ingredients were airlifted from abroad, but it was nothing compared to Wen Jiadong's welcome banquet today.

In addition to the side dishes such as scallions, ginger, and garlic, the cheapest thing for tonight's meal was the locally produced double-headed abalone.

And judging by the dishes, it was obvious that all the dishes today were made by the chef.

Well, like many wealthy families, the Wen family also has a team of chefs, among which the head chef is of Michelin grade. The dishes they make are not only delicious, but also look like works of art when presented on the plates.

However, bigwigs are usually more particular. For example, the head chef of the Wen family, even though he is paid by the Wen family, is not willing to cook a full banquet every day. He cooks according to his mood, and usually does not cook more than three dishes per meal.

So what is an extraordinary situation?

To sum it up in one sentence, it is a situation that Wen Rongsheng has specifically explained.

In other words, except for Wen Rongsheng, no one else in this family can really get him to do anything.

Even Wen Rongsheng would not order the head chef around all the time. He would usually only ask him to come out to entertain distinguished guests. Wen Yue was not quite sure about the standards for distinguished guests. She only knew that she and Yi Huai had not received such treatment when they visited the house before.

Wen Jiaqi was obviously very proud of the grandness of this meal. As soon as she sat down, she began to introduce which ingredients were flown in from where, and praised the chef's cooking skills. She also deliberately said to Wen Yue: "I heard that your chef was hired from a roadside restaurant. Not only has he never worked in a Michelin restaurant, he doesn't even have a senior certificate. You should have a hard time eating such delicious food normally, right?"

Wen Yue asked the system in her mind: [Doesn't the Yi family chef have a senior certificate? ]

[No, he didn't take the exam. ]

Wen Yue didn't feel inferior after hearing this, but was very surprised. She had lived in the Yi family for nearly two months and didn't know about this, but Wen Jiaqi even found out about it.

Wen Yue looked at Wen Jiaqi and said, "Tell me, are you secretly in love with me or Yi Huai?"

Hearing this, everyone at the dinner table raised their heads in surprise.

Wen Jiaqi blushed even more: "Wen Yue, what are you talking about! Who has a crush on you!"

"Oh~ That means I have a crush on Yi Huai," Wen Yue deliberately dragged out the word "oh" and said earnestly, "Although our relationship is not very good, I have to advise you that being a mistress will be struck by lightning!"

Although Hong Kong society laughs at poverty but not at prostitution, being a mistress will always be a stain on Chen Baoqin. She has always been very sensitive in this regard. Hearing this, she suspected that Wen Yue was making indirect accusations and her face could not help but sink.

However, before Chen Baoqin could say anything, Wen Jiaqi started yelling, "Who has a crush on your husband? He's a poor boy from the mainland. I wouldn't even give him up even if he was offered to me..."

Before Wen Jiaqi could finish her words, Wen Rongsheng slammed the table and roared, "Wen Jiaqi! Shut up!" Wen Jiaqi

was frightened and quickly shut her mouth, but she was unwilling to give up. She lowered her head and muttered softly, "He is a poor boy from the mainland, and he doesn't allow people to talk about him."

The Wen family's dining table was also rectangular. Wen Rongsheng sat at the head, Wen Yue and Yi Huai sat on one side, and Chen Baoqin, Wen Jiadong and Wen Jiaqi sat in order on the other side.

Wen Jiaqi was the farthest from Wen Rongsheng. When she was mumbling, Wen Rongsheng could only see her talking but couldn't hear the sound clearly. He felt that she had something else to say, so he asked with a serious face: "What are you talking about?"

"No..."

Chen Baoqin was about to speak to smooth things over, but Wen Yue answered: "I know, she said that Daddy, you are a poor boy from the mainland, and you don't let people talk about it."

"You are lying! When did I ever talk about daddy!" Wen Jiaqi raised her head instantly, glared at Wen Yue and shouted, "I was talking about your husband!"

Wen Yue threw up her hands and said, "Aren't they the same? My husband came to Hong Kong with his parents from the mainland when he was ten years old. He lived in a shanty because of poverty. He had no money so he didn't have much education and he went out into society in his teens. Daddy came to Hong Kong with his parents when he was twelve years old. He was also poor at the beginning, lived in a shanty and couldn't go to school. He joined my company as a salesman in his teens. What a similar experience!"

Wen Rongsheng's expression was a little touched. The similar experience was indeed one of the reasons why he valued Yi Huai.

But when Wen Jiaqi was born, Wen Rongsheng had already made a fortune. She was born into Hong Kong and had always looked down on people from the mainland, thinking they were unsophisticated and poor.

Therefore, it was difficult for her to resonate with Wen Yue's words, and it was also difficult for her to connect the dignified father in her heart with Yi Huai, the

peasant whom she had always looked down upon. After hearing this, she said without hesitation: "How can he compare with Daddy!" Hearing this, Yi Huai, who had been silent, spoke: "Since Miss Wen looks down on me, a mainlander, you can refuse to eat at the same table with me."

Wen Jiaqi said disdainfully: "I didn't want to eat at the same table with you."

"Wen Jiaqi!" Wen Rongsheng couldn't bear it anymore, raised his hand and threw the chopsticks at Wen Jiaqi, "If you don't want to eat, get out!"

Wen Jiaqi, who was hit on the forehead by the chopsticks, screamed, stood up and shouted: "Daddy! I am your daughter, why should I get out?"

"Pa!"

Afraid that her husband would say something that he didn't recognize his daughter, Chen Baoqin stood up in front of Wen Rongsheng and slapped Wen Jiaqi, and asked painfully, "Wen Jiaqi, you are already over 30 years old, can you be more mature? No matter where Yi Huai is from, since he married your sister, we are a family! Your dad is the head of the family, you just need to listen to what he says, and don't give me your opinions! If you don't want to eat this meal, go back to your room, no one is forcing you to eat!"

Wen Jiaqi covered her face and shouted, "Mommy!"

But Chen Baoqin's face did not move at all, she only said in a deep voice: "Go back to your room!"

Wen Jiaqi sniffed, feeling aggrieved and unwilling, she looked away and looked at Wen Jiadong, hoping that he could say something for her, but he avoided her gaze.

Seeing his father's gloomy face, Wen Jiaqi angrily said, "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat," and hurried out of the restaurant.

Chen Baoqin breathed a sigh of relief, smiled slightly and said, "Jiaqi has been spoiled by me and her father, and she is ignorant. I will definitely talk to her about the truth later. Don't mind it, Yi Huai."

Just like Wen Jiaqi looked down on Yi Huai, he never took this kind of idiot seriously. He didn't say that because he was angry, but because his ears hurt from the noise.

However, after listening to Chen Baoqin's words, Yi Huai smiled and said, "It's useless to talk about reason with a person in her thirties, but it doesn't matter. Marry her off early and she won't harm the Wen family."

Wen Rongsheng really wanted to marry Wen Jiaqi off early. Two days ago, he told Chen Baoqin to pay more attention to young men of the right age from wealthy families in Hong Kong. After a while, when the shadow of divorce fades, he will arrange for her to meet someone.

But Yi Huai's words reminded him.

Although the marriage of wealthy families in Hong Kong emphasizes the matching of family backgrounds, personal qualities are not so important, but families with slightly better family backgrounds will definitely not have no requirements when choosing daughters-in-law. It's okay if they are smart, but if the woman is stupid, at least she should be obedient.

But Wen Jiaqi is not only stupid, but also has her own ideas and won't listen to people's reasoning.

If she was unmarried and young a few years ago, perhaps these shortcomings would not be a problem, but she is 31 years old this year, and has had a failed marriage experience. With so many problems, it is difficult for her to find a husband even if he is the daughter of the richest man.

Unless he looks down.

But looking at Wen Jiaqi's arrogant look, it is obvious that she looks down on ordinary rich people, not to mention the new nobles, she even looks down on Yi Huai.

If he continues to let this daughter go, he might really be in trouble.

If it were any other daughter, Wen Rongsheng would not be afraid of being hurt, because his family is rich, and raising an extra daughter is not a big deal. But Wen Jiaqi is too troublesome. When Wen Yue doesn't come back, she makes him feel a headache, and he can't stay at home when she comes back.

Thinking of this, Wen Rongsheng said to Chen Baoqin: "Find some teachers for her to change her temper. Stop her pocket money from the fund before she comes and don't let her go out."

As a mother, Chen Baoqin certainly hopes for the best for Wen Jiaqi and has thought about doing so for a long time, but she has never made up her mind. Wen Rongsheng's instructions saved her from hesitation.

But he only said these things in private. When he said these things in front of Wen Yue and his wife, Chen Baoqin felt a little unhappy, but she didn't want to show it and upset Wen Rongsheng, so she had to perfunctorily respond, "Okay, I know."

Seeing the awkwardness between his parents, Wen Jiadong tried to smooth things over and said, "Actually, I have some good news to tell everyone today."

Chen Baoqin also hoped that this matter would be over as soon as possible, and asked quickly, "What good news?"

"I'm dating, and I came back with her this time."

"Dating?" Chen Baoqin's heart tightened.

It's not that she didn't want her son to date, but just like she wanted her daughter to marry into an equally wealthy family, she also had high hopes for her son, hoping that he could marry a wealthy daughter who was not inferior to the Wen family.

In addition, Wen Jiadong had been staying in the UK for the past six months, and she was very worried that his girlfriend was a foreigner.

Although Hong Kong is under British jurisdiction, foreigners have a high status in Hong Kong and are flattered wherever they go. But a wealthy family like theirs does not want their children to marry foreigners at all. The

Wen family has not been rich for long, but in this regard, Chen Baoqin has the same idea as other wealthy ladies.

Wen Rongsheng also does not want his son to find a foreigner, but he is more sensitive and noticed the second half of Wen Jiadong's sentence, and asked: "Is she from Hong Kong?"

"No, but her father works in Hong Kong." If she

is not from Hong Kong, then she may still be a foreigner. Wen Rongsheng showed disappointment and asked: "What does her father do? Do you have any further plans?"

Wen Jiadong did not mention his girlfriend's father's job, but only mentioned the other party's Chinese name.

Even though Wen Yue has not been here for a long time and does not care much about politics, she has heard of this name. Wen Rongsheng, who often had to deal with high-ranking government officials, naturally knew the identity of Wen Jiadong's girlfriend. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Is your girlfriend the daughter of Governor Peng?"

"Yes." Wen Jiadong smiled embarrassedly, "I only found out that her father was the governor before I returned home."

Wen Rongsheng's expression became serious.

Of course, he didn't like his son to marry a foreigner, but the other party was the daughter of the Governor of Hong Kong...

Although he was the richest man and a gentleman of the peace awarded by the Queen of England, the Governor of Hong Kong himself had to treat him with courtesy when he went out. But since ancient times, businessmen are not as good as officials. No matter how rich he is, he has to bow to those officials at some point.

From this perspective, Wen Jiadong's girlfriend's family background is really good. If the two really get together, it will definitely be of great benefit to the family business.

But it is hard to say how long this benefit will last, as Hong Kong will not be returned to China for many years.

After the return, the British will definitely withdraw from the government, and the British-created position of Governor of Hong Kong will also be abolished.

Wen Rongsheng was suspicious of the relationship between the two, and Chen Baoqin was indeed overjoyed. She did not like foreigners, but that was for ordinary people.

The fact that the other party was the daughter of the Governor was naturally a different matter.

She felt that her two children, apart from other things, were quite opinionated about marriage. It was a pity that the eldest daughter was unlucky and found a fake young master who had taken over her husband's nest. Otherwise, her son-in-law was the eldest son of a shipping magnate, and her daughter-in-law was the daughter of the Governor. Who would dare to look down on her?

Although thinking this in her heart, Chen Baoqin looked very reserved and said, "That's right. It is said that rich families marry daughters and poor families marry women. When a family like ours looks for a daughter-in-law, we value the woman's personal conditions, and family is secondary. What is her personality like? Are you going to settle her down this time?"

"Kelly has a good personality, she is lively and cheerful, and she loves me very much," Wen Jiadong said with a smile, "We are planning to settle down, and we have agreed to meet her parents in a few days."

"Is it settled?" Wen Rongsheng came back to his senses, saw the smile on his son's face, and sighed, "It's good to be settled. I'll ask someone about Governor Peng's preferences these days. You can pick out some gifts. It's your first visit, so don't be impolite."

Wen Jiadong's smile deepened: "Thank you, Dad."

Because her son had good news, Chen Baoqin's smile never faded during the second half of the meal, and her eyes were friendly when she looked at Wen Yue and his wife.

However, Chen Baoqin was still thinking about her daughter in her heart. After dinner, she went upstairs to tell her daughter the good news.

Wen Jiaqi, who had been crying in her room for a long time, felt that she was fine after hearing the good news. While Chen Baoqin was busy with other things, she wiped her tears and ran downstairs.

Wen Yue had just come out of the study at that time.

Wen Rongsheng and Yi Huai are both businessmen, and the two companies have cooperation, so every time they meet, they inevitably talk about business matters. Today, because Wen Jiadong came back, there was one more person involved in the conversation.

Wen Yue was not particularly interested in these things, although both of them were big men and had many accurate guesses about the future situation. But no matter how accurate their guesses were, they were not as accurate as Wen Yue, who came from the future, not to mention that she had a system plug-in.

So usually, she could listen to their conversation or not.

But today, seeing that Wen Rongsheng specifically called Wen Jiadong and let her move freely to pass the time, she was not very happy in her heart, so she squeezed into the study.

As a result, Wen Yue regretted it within five minutes of entering.

This is not a meeting of the bosses, this is a rookie bragging.

Well, Wen Jiadong has been working in Lirong for so many years, he is not a rookie, but his business insights are indeed not as good as Yi Huai and Wen Rongsheng, so empty that Wen Yue couldn't stand it.

After enduring for ten minutes, Wen Yue couldn't stand it anymore and decided to go out for some fresh air.

As soon as she walked into the living room, Wen Jiaqi came over. There was no anger or depression on her face when she left the table for dinner. If you look closely, she even looks a little proud. Wen Yue raised her eyebrows and waited for her to speak.

"You are very proud now, right?"

Wen Jiaqi did not disappoint Wen Yue. She could not hold back for more than three seconds, and said with pride in her eyes, "But I tell you, it is useless for you to be proud. My brother is going to marry the governor's daughter soon. When they get married, Daddy will not consider giving the position of heir to anyone else. From now on, the Wen family will belong to my brother."

"I understand," Wen Yue nodded, and then asked, "But I don't quite understand, what does your brother inheriting the family property have to do with you? Why are you so silly?"

Wen Jiaqi raised her head and chest, and said proudly: "Of course it is related, he is my biological brother."

Wen Yue asked back: "So what? Can he give you half of the family property after inheriting it? Or can he give you money after he makes money?"

Of course, Wen Jiadong would not give half of the property he got to Wen Jiaqi. He could give her a small amount of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, but he couldn't give her more. Brothers and sisters should settle accounts clearly.

Although Wen Jiaqi was stupid, she also knew this, and the joy in her heart faded a little.

But soon she found a sense of superiority from the comparison, and said to Wen Yue with a sidelong glance: "No matter what, Jiadong is my brother, he will definitely not treat me badly, and you will definitely not live as well as me in the future." "

That's right." Wen Yue nodded seriously, "After all, I don't have a brother who is the heir of 10 billion. I only have 5% of Lirong's shares and a husband with 10 billion assets. Oh, I'm so miserable!"

Wen Jiaqi, who has a brother who is the heir of 10 billion, but no shares of 10 billion assets, and who is in jail with her ex-husband who just divorced, was instantly broken when she heard this.

The system in Wen Yue's mind corrected: [Host, Wen Jiaqi does not have a brother who is the heir of 10 billion. ]

[Huh? What do you mean? 】

Wen Jialiang lost his inheritance because he was not his biological son, but Wen Jiadong should not. You can tell from his face that he is definitely Wen Rongsheng’s son.

Unless Chen Baoqin is having an affair with Wen Rongsheng’s younger brother.

Wen Yue asked in her mind: [How many years has Wen Rongsheng’s younger brother been dead? ]

[Ten years, that’s not right.] The system reacted and almost got misled, explaining that [Wen Jiadong has no relationship with Wen Rongsheng’s younger brother. ]

[Then how did he lose his inheritance? ] Given Wen Rongsheng’s preference for boys over girls, this shouldn’t have happened!

The system replied: [Wen Jiadong’s sperm is weak, and he played too hard with several male models in the UK for half a year, so his sperm lost its fertility. ]

[Weak sperm? ? Male models!! Wen Yue was shocked .

Although she knew that Wen Jiadong was pregnant, she didn't expect that the pregnancy was so big!

Yes, Wen Jiadong is a homosexual, but Wen Rongsheng deprived him of his inheritance rights not because of his sexual orientation, but because he couldn't have children.

Wen Rongsheng favors boys over girls because he thinks that sons can continue the family line. Well, never mind whether men can continue the bloodline scientifically, in the eyes of these old-fashioned people, only men can.

With this background, it doesn't seem strange that Wen Rongsheng decided to deprive Wen Jiadong of his inheritance rights after learning that he had lost his fertility.

Thinking of this, Wen Yue came back to her senses and looked at Wen Jiaqi, whose eyes were red because of the breakdown of defense. She reached out and patted her shoulder. Finally, she decided to be kind for once and did not tell her that the brother of the billionaire heir was gone.

Well, let her be happy for a while.