Chapter 5: Cruel Family Ties (2)

  "So you're saying I haven't raised you guys at all?!" The voice on the phone suddenly thundered.

  Next to her, Li Xinping hastily pulled at her clothes and advised her, "Tongtong, how can you be so disobedient to Dad? Listen carefully to what he has to say."

  "Over the phone, Wen Xiong yelled again, 'I didn't raise you, so how did you grow up? Could you work when you were a kid? Could your mom support you? You owe me for giving birth to you and raising you, my kindness is something you can never repay in this lifetime. And yet you're still ungrateful after reading books and not even understanding basic principles? Listen clearly, I've already arranged for the CEO of Gu's company to meet us at Lido Hotel for lunch, so be there on time and dress nicely. If this works out, I'll bring your mom back home...'"

  "This is the last time, just dinner, and I hope you can keep your promise to take mom back home." Wen Cui said before hanging up the phone. She knew that going back to Wen Xiong's side was her mother's long-held wish, but she didn't care, as she didn't like that family anyway.

  Li Xinpeng saw that she agreed and was also very delighted, "Tongtong, why don't you thank Daddy for his concern? Look at the good family he found for you."

  A faint, imperceptible bitter smile played on her lips as she thought to herself: a blind date? What a euphemism - they just want to throw her into the wolves' den.

  She didn't know that her kind mother, when she was still in school, Wen Xiong would often take her to dinner with those bosses, and every time they went out for a meal, he would give her some living expenses, not because of her appearance but hoping to bring benefits. But since he sent her to a strange man's bed, she never went out to dinner with Wen Xiong again...

  And Wen Xiong also cut off their living expenses from then on.

  That's her ruthless father.

  His daughter is a tool for making money, of course, except for his precious little daughter, Wen Rou.

  That Gu's president, Gu Xicheng, often appears in magazines, noble and handsome, cold and ruthless, is A city's richest and most influential single young man, living as if to remind people of their humble existence. With such a goal for blind dating, why did her half-sister, Wen Rou, who was equally eager for opportunities, let her go?

  Intuition told Wen Tong that nothing good would happen.

  That Saturday, Wen Tong went to the flower shop where she worked part-time at noon and took a two-hour leave. She then headed to the Lido Hotel with a bouquet of flowers given by her boss.

  "Excuse me, does Mr. Wen have a reservation?"

  The waiter politely pointed in a direction, "Miss, the fourth private room on the left hand side of the second floor."

  "Thank you." Wen Yu turned around and went upstairs.

  On the wall opposite hung a large clock, with its hour and minute hands converging perfectly, right on time. Although she knew nothing good would come of it, wasn't this just about having a meal? For her poor mother's sake, there was nothing she couldn't compromise on.

  At the end of the corridor, which was paved with a beautiful carpet, a young man stood by the window making a phone call. He wore a tailored handmade suit, and his shirt collar had two unbuttoned buttons, looking not so formal. His figure was slightly thin, tall and straight, giving off an air of cleanliness and nobility. On his cool and expressionless handsome face, a pair of deep and dark eyes stared at people, giving them infinite pressure.

  But compared to his cold eyes, his handsome face was more attractive.

  He hung up the phone and walked in this direction too.

  There was no doubt that this man's temperament was exceptional, and just by looking at him, Wen Tong's heart rippled with a hint of disturbance.

  The man also looked at her, narrowed his eyes, and revealed a smile that was not quite a smile, with a fatal charm that made people's breathing slow down by half a beat...

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