Taking advantage of the beauty being poor, fooling her into being my girlfriend

“Their true purpose, actually, was for my cousin.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Xu frowned slightly. “What do you mean?”

“They came to propose a match,” An Nuonuo sighed. “The suitor is the son of the Lanhai Group’s CEO, Wang Cong.”

Jiang Xu was familiar with the Lanhai Group.

Having been established for several decades, its main business was providing parts for numerous well-known car brands, both domestic and international.

It was not listed on the stock market.

However, several institutions had appraised it, and once it went public, its market value would easily exceed a trillion.

It was a true behemoth.

But because they operated in different fields, Jiang Xu didn’t know too much about it.

However, the fact that over a dozen members of the Hundred Flowers Club would personally come to act as matchmakers showed just how powerful they were and how extensive their connections were.

“What else did they say?” Jiang Xu asked.

“They conveyed the chairman of Lanhai’s words, saying that if my cousin was willing to marry over there, the bridal gift would be quite generous.”

“A villa in the center of Magic City, a large supermarket, twelve sports cars, ninety-nine kilos of gold, and 1.8 billion in cash.”

“Hehe, they really are willing to spend money,” Jiang Xu chuckled somewhat inexplicably.

All those things added together would probably exceed even two billion.

He asked curiously, “Your cousin shouldn’t know Wang Cong, right? How did he take a fancy to her?”

“Based on what those sisters said earlier, it was during a chance encounter that Wang Cong fell in love with my cousin at first sight.”

“But at the time, he didn’t approach her, claiming he was too shy and socially anxious to dare.”

Jiang Xu took out his phone from the bedside table and sent a message to Liu Dahai.

The son of a CEO from a trillion-market-value company claiming to have social anxiety was something Jiang Xu found hard to believe.

And besides, the sudden desire to marry Chu Youwei seemed suspicious in itself.

After putting down his phone, Jiang Xu asked again, “Did you tell your cousin about this?”

“Not yet,” An Nuonuo said softly. “I don’t think she would like to marry into a wealthy family.”

That was indeed true.

With Chu Youwei’s character, marrying into a wealthy family would probably lead her to be miserably bullied.

Liu Dahai sent a message back.

That guy was getting more and more efficient at his work.

Jiang Xu had come to rely on him completely.

“So that’s how it is,” Jiang Xu understood after reading the message.

“One of Lanhai Group’s subsidiaries is preparing for an IPO, and they’re crazily building momentum recently.”

“They’re probably trying to make a big move, which is why they want to marry my cousin.”

Having been with Jiang Xu for so long, An Nuonuo had also learned quite a bit.

She quickly had an epiphany, “Are they trying to use the marriage proposal to my cousin as a way to create the illusion of an alliance with Nuomi Group for the outside world?”

“That’s right,” Jiang Xu pinched her nose. “Clever.”

Lanhai seemed very ambitious.

They were essentially investing over two billion to form an alliance with Nuomi Group through marriage.

Given this, the company Lanhai was looking to take public must be no small fish.

Perhaps they were planning to make a big splash and then leave the stock investors to pick up the tab?

Eight or nine out of ten times, Lanhai had set their sights on Nuomi Group right after Jiang Xu had released its annual financial report.

“Oh, and they also said…” An Nuonuo got up, her waterfall-like long hair cascading down. “If my cousin isn’t willing, Sister Xiaoya is also an option.”

“They’re really asking for it!” Jiang Xu’s eyes grew cold. “With so many precedents, they still dare to covet people close to me?”

If it was a normal pursuit, love, and marriage, Jiang Xu would naturally not intervene and would even offer his blessings.

But this was clearly treating the people around him as stepping stones and pawns; of course, Jiang Xu wouldn’t stand for it.

“So, what do you plan to do about it, Brother Xu?”

“Let’s talk about it tomorrow, it’s not a big deal,” Jiang Xu replied.

Draping his arm over An Nuonuo’s shoulder, he said, “Lie down, I’ll give you a little rubdown.”

An Nuonuo said in a melancholy tone, “Brother Xu, are you treating me like a fool? You obviously just want to take advantage of me.”

Jiang Xu said righteously, “I’m not, I didn’t.”

An Nuonuo replied, “Then let’s go to sleep.”

Jiang Xu offered, “Your muscles and joints are not loose, let me help you loosen them up.”

An Nuonuo was speechless.

At over three in the morning, the bedroom light was still on.

That was because Jiang Xu, while massaging An Nuonuo’s muscles, had ‘accidentally’ torn off the pocket of An Nuonuo’s clothes.

An Nuonuo looked at Jiang Xu with silent resentment and had him find a needle and thread to sew it back on.

Jiang Xu held the needle in one hand and the thread in the other, “This is really hard to thread.”

Nuonuo instructed, “First moisten it with some saliva, straighten the thread gently, don’t let it twist, aim carefully.”

“Why does this sound a bit strange?”

…

The next morning at ten o’clock.

Jiang Xiaoyan had intended to sleep in.

But she was rudely awoken.

She exuded a chilling aura that threatened to kill anyone in her wake.

The several visitors trembled at her icy gaze.

Jiang Xiaoyan plopped down on the sofa and coldly regarded the several women dressed like ladies of status across from her.

“You’d better have something worthwhile, or I’ll make sure you do.”

The ladies were speechless.

Terrifying.

Did this woman consume gunpowder or something, feeling like she could snap at them any moment?

“Um…” One of the women, who seemed more composed, forced a smile and tentatively began:

“This time, we are representing the Blue Sea Group to propose a marriage match to Miss Jiang.”

“A marriage proposal?” Jiang Xiaoyan tilted her head, “Go on.”

Seeing that Jiang Xiaoyan wasn’t angry, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they repeated the entire proposition they had made to An Nuonuo yesterday.

After listening, Jiang Xiaoyan didn’t get angry, nor did she agree.

She simply stood up and said, “Wait here for a moment, I’ll go get something.”

After Jiang Xiaoyan left, the women whispered among themselves.

“This Jiang Xiaoyan doesn’t seem as scary as the rumors suggest.”

“Indeed, she just seems a little low on emotional intelligence.”

“Do you think she will agree?”

“It’s hard to say; she is rumored to be in unrequited love with Jiang Xu, so it could go either way.”

“If she doesn’t agree, we’ll have to persuade her further.”

…

After all, they had received quite a lot of benefits for coming together to make this marriage proposal.

Jiang Xiaoyan returned to the living room.

Everyone was stunned.

She was holding a long plastic spear in her hand.

The tip of the spear was smeared with a yellowish-white substance.

A foul stench began to spread.

“You dogs, you’ve set your sights on me?” At that moment, Jiang Xiaoyan resembled an ancient general.

Furious, she declared, “I’ll put an end to you all today.”

Point the spear at someone, and they’re done for!

A series of screams erupted in the room.

The women, panicked and pale, scattered in all directions.

Jiang Xiaoyan completely lost it, determined to make these people understand the consequences of provoking her.