"Xiao San, it's rare to see you at the racecourse. Hey, you brought the girl Ruan Ruan here with you. How can you be a brother? Be careful that the old man will punish you if he finds out." When Jiang Yilu was wondering what Ruan Congzhao was up to, a sarcastic voice suddenly came from the side.
Four or five men in their early twenties, about the same age as Ruan Congzhao, walked over, followed by several burly bodyguards wearing black uniforms and black sunglasses.
The man who was speaking looked arrogant. He was wearing a white shirt with only the bottom few buttons buttoned, revealing a large wheat-colored chest. He was also wearing a leather coat and a large gold chain. He was quite handsome, but his hair was greased with oil and he looked a little disgusting, as if he thought he was the most handsome man in the world.
There were two young men standing next to him who were dressed similarly to him. They seemed to be just his followers, standing obediently half a step behind him, but their restless eyes revealed a bit of lust as they looked Ruan Ruan up and down.
Jiang Yilu frowned, moved a step to the right, and stood in front of Ruan Ruan.
"Whose young master is this? Why have I never seen him before? Xiaosan, how about introducing him to your fifth uncle?" The man was Ruan Yuanan, the fifth son of Ruan Jingguo's second concubine Cai Shaoyun. He was a dissolute and insidious person, and was most at odds with the first branch of the Ruan family.
They spoke Cantonese, and Jiang Yilu could only understand a little. Most of the time, he was at a loss.
"Don't pay attention to him. Ruan Ruan Xiaobao, let's go." Ruan Congzhao frowned. The other party obviously brought more people than him today. He was not stupid, and there was no need to quarrel with the other party when he was obviously at a disadvantage.
Jiang Yilu also understood this, nodded, and pulled Ruan Ruan away.
"He's a mainland boy, mistress. You're going backwards as you get older. You actually make friends with such an inferior person." Ruan Yuanan saw them communicating in Mandarin and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.
Having lived in Gangcheng since birth, he naturally did not have the kind of nostalgia for his hometown that his elders had. What's more, from the information he received since he was a child, the mainland was a poor and remote place where people were hungry and cold. Countless people on the other side of the sea risked their lives to swim to Gangcheng just to become Gangcheng people. He was so arrogant that he naturally regarded his compatriots on the other side of the strait as ants that could be crushed to death at any time.
"Ruan Congzhao, what's with your attitude? Brother An is your elder. Do you have any manners if you ignore our Brother An like this?" The two lackeys behind Ruan Yuanan jumped out and pointed at Ruan Congzhao's nose and scolded him.
"What a joke! How dare the bastard born by my concubine claim to be my elder. I, Ruan Congzhao, have only one uncle and one aunt in my life. I never paid any attention to other people."
Ruan Congzhao had a bad temper, and the other party's words obviously angered him. He stopped and turned around to take off his sunglasses, looked at Ruan Yuanan and said disdainfully, "Of course, I don't care about those dogs. I naturally won't take them seriously."
Ruan Congzhao smiled and looked at the two people standing behind Ruan Yuanan. The two lackeys were the two younger generations of Cai Shaoyun's maternal family. The Cai family was in decline and their descendants had no future. These people could only follow the butts of Cai Shaoyun's two sons and make a living by relying on the power of others to bully others.
When it comes to quarreling, the third master is not afraid at all.
"you--"
Cai Gan and Cai Kun could not stand such ridicule, so they rolled up their sleeves and prepared to take action, but before they could take a step, they were stopped.
"Xiao San, your fifth uncle was too harsh, but we are a family, why should we make a scene in front of outsiders?" A man with a refined appearance and gentle temperament walked out from behind the crowd and stopped Cai Gan and Cai Kun. "You must be the godson of your third uncle, right? I'm really sorry that I couldn't go to the checkpoint to pick up your third uncle because of something at school today. Please apologize to your third uncle for me."
The man's sincere attitude made him more popular than those who were arrogant and deliberately provoked Ruan Yuanan and others. However, Jiang Yiliu did not make a decision easily. Judging from the expressions of Ruan Congzhao and Ruan Ruan, the seemingly sensible man opposite him did not seem to be a pushover.
"Okay, I don't have time to act with you today. We were destined to be at odds since birth. The best thing is to keep out of each other's way. Otherwise, haha..." Ruan Congzhao sneered, glanced at them, turned around and took Jiang Yilu and Ruan Ruan to the racecourse.
"How does it feel to be treated coldly?" Ruan Yuanan felt bad when he was humiliated by the junior of the first wife. However, when he saw the moralist of the third wife who always talked about benevolence and morality being frustrated, his anger immediately disappeared.
Ruan Yuantai is the youngest son of Ruan Jingguo, but he was born like his grandfather, the university president, and does not like the intrigues in the business world. He is now teaching at Hong Kong City University, and his wife is a colleague at the school. The couple has no children yet, and they are obsessed with education and seem to have no interest in the huge business empire of the Ruan family.
Because of his obedience, he was the one the old man loved the most, except for the children from the eldest wife.
"Fifth brother, Xiao San is a junior, how could I take his angry words to heart." There was a darkness in Ruan Yuantai's eyes. When he turned around, he looked handsome again. He was wearing a well-tailored suit, which made his posture more upright, overshadowing Ruan Yuanan's gangster look.
"Hmph..." Ruan Yuanan snorted coldly. Now that the eldest branch was powerful, the old man handed over most of the family business to the eldest branch. In the hands of the second and third branches, there was only some meat soup. Even Ruan Kenan, the woman, had a much higher status in the old man's heart than his sons who carried on the family line. People fight for a breath, and Buddhas fight for a stick of incense. What's more, the Ruan family had such a large industry, and everyone was the descendants of the Ruan family. It didn't make sense that the eldest branch could eat meat while they could only drink soup.
So over the years, as they all got married and had children, the second and third branches of the Ruan family put aside their grudges over the years and began to form an alliance in private to fight against the first branch.
Ruan Yuanan looked at Ruan Yuantai like a fool. It was good for him to be a nerd. At least there was one less competitor, and he could get a bigger share of the family property. Thinking of this, Ruan Yuanan looked at Ruan Yuantai with a gentler look. He waved his hand, called the younger brother behind him, and walked towards the racecourse in a swagger.
"idiot--"
Ruan Yuantai looked at Ruan Yuanan's back. His original elegance and gentleness were gone. The cold light in his eyes made people who accidentally saw it feel creepy from the bottom of their hearts, as if they were being stared at by a poisonous snake.
*******
"That man just now was very dangerous." Ever since he learned that Grandpa Ruan's second brother was the financial tycoon Ruan Jingguo, Jiang Yilu has been thinking about one question, that is, the future of the Ruan family in Gangcheng.
Although they had only been together for a short time, he could see that Mr. Ruan cared about the first wife's lineage. But why, more than a decade later, in that century-long battle for inheritance, it was the third wife who had the last laugh? The news was all over the place at the time, and even Jiang Lai Di, who was far away in the United States in her previous life, had heard about it. At that time, the main forces fighting for inheritance were the second and third wives. Ruan Jingguo was already 99 years old at the time. A stroke paralyzed this old man who had been a powerful figure for nearly a century and had no ability to express himself. He was regarded as a mascot by the second and third wives in the inheritance dispute. He usually accompanied the second wife for dinner in the morning and drank tea with the third wife in the afternoon, and his body became thinner and thinner.
Jiang Yilu was not very clear about the specific process of the property dispute. He only knew that the shadow of the eldest wife seemed to have never appeared in the dispute at that time. This was also the reason why he was so unfamiliar with the name Ruan Yuanqing and did not associate it with Ruan Jingguo.
Something must have happened in the past twenty years. Thinking of this, Jiang Yilu looked at the energetic young man in front of him with a solemn look in his eyes.
"You have good taste!" Ruan Congzhao raised his eyebrows. "Only those idiots in the second house thought Ruan Yuantai was a harmless rabbit. Even though he was eaten to the bone that day, he was probably still cheering for him."
Ruan Congzhao patted Jiang Yilu's shoulder, and the look in his eyes suddenly became much more pleasing. "During your time in Gangcheng, you should have less contact with the other two families, especially the third family." Ruan Congzhao shook his head, a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
A barking dog never bites. The third wife likes to pretend to be a good person in front of the old man, but in fact she is more cunning than anyone else. It's just that the old man is old and soft-hearted, so he really takes the false kindness as true love.
"When you go back, keep an eye on Third Uncle. People from that family love to cheat people. Third Uncle has never had any contact with them, so don't be fooled by them." The old man had deep feelings for Third Uncle. If Third Uncle was fooled by the third branch of the family and spoke well of them, it would be troublesome.
"My grandfather is not that stupid." Ruan Ruan glared at Ruan Congzhao and said, she also didn't like the two concubines of her second grandfather. Although Feng Wu had always concealed that she was better than Cai Shaoyun, the subtle disgust could not be hidden from Ruan Ruan, a sensitive girl.
"Okay, okay, Third Grandpa is the smartest and Third Brother is the dumbest." Ruan Congzhao said with a grin, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he made the little girl laugh.
"By the way, Third Brother, what is this place for? Why have I never been here before?" Ruan Ruan looked around curiously. Sha Tin Racecourse can accommodate 35,000 people. It is the weekend now. At a glance, it is crowded with people. Ruan Ruan has never seen such a scene before.
"Hehe, this is a good place, but Ruan Ruan must not tell grandma when she goes back. This is our secret." Ruan Congzhao was just confused for a moment. Normally, he would not dare to bring Ruan Ruan to such a place. If his grandma knew that he brought Ruan Ruan to gamble on horses, her father would skin him alive.
Thinking of this, Ruan Congzhao glared at Jiang Yilu again. It was all this brat's fault. If he didn't want to show off in front of this bumpkin, would he have been so crazy as to bring Ruan Ruan here? Thinking of this, the good impression that he had just had because of Ruan Yuantai and the others suddenly dropped to the bottom.
"Mr. Ruan, you are here. Come, come, I will take you to the private room on the top floor."
They had just walked in for a while when a man in a suit and tie came up to them with a smile. From his familiar look, it was obvious that Ruan Congzhao was a frequent visitor to the racecourse.
But this is normal. There are few entertainment facilities nowadays. Horse racing is an activity that is enjoyed by all men, regardless of their social status. The Ruan family is a well-known figure in Hong Kong City, so it is not surprising that the manager of the racecourse remembered Ruan Congzhao.
"I still want my old seat. Please ask someone to bring some drinks and snacks." Ruan Congzhao ordered very naturally and glanced at Jiang Yilu with a smug look. However, Jiang Yilu did not seem to notice their conversation. His eyes stayed on the stands of the racecourse, which made Ruan Congzhao's desire to show off suddenly wilted.
Is this kid from the countryside? Doesn't he think he is cool and domineering? Ruan Congzhao straightened his chest, thinking that the drug must not be enough to let the other party see his strength clearly. He just couldn't believe that he, the third master of Hong Kong, couldn't tame a country boy.
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