Next to Liu Ruyan, her second uncle, cousins... and "the aunts were all glaring at Zhang Qian, "Go ahead, jump! Once you jump, we can grab those red envelopes!"
"..." Zhang Qian was speechless. These relatives were indeed a bunch of ungrateful wolves. Hesitating still, Zhang Lan pushed him abruptly, sending Zhang Qian tumbling into the river below with a splash.
The river wasn't deep, but it was filled with stinky mud. Mud splattered all over Zhang Qian, blinding his eyes and clogging his nostrils, "Aunt, how could you do this to me?"
But Zhang Lan ignored him and turned to Zhang Lin, "Big Brother, it's your turn! Everyone heard what you said earlier. If you call Xu Hao 'Daddy' for releasing red envelopes!"
"Yeah, Big Brother, just do it. A man keeps his word! Everyone is waiting, do it for us all... Xu Hao has sent out another one hundred thousand, and I can buy a bottle of makeup!" Liu Ruyan's third aunt also chimed in to spur him on.
Zhang Lin was so enraged his face reddened and his neck thickened, "You... you... "
Thinking that everyone was in it together, he was surprised to find out that his own sisters were so self-serving. Zhang Lin really wanted to back out, but with so many eyes on him, he begrudgingly glared at Xu Hao, "I dare call it, do you dare accept it?"
"As long as you call it, of course I'll accept!" Xu Hao quivered his large thigh, not feeling any guilt at all since this Zhang Lin never treated him like a person to begin with. Taking advantage without any burden of conscience.
Zhang Lin hesitated for quite a while, "Daddy!"
"Ah! Good boy, obedient son, daddy will buy you candy, ha!" Xu Hao loudly agreed on purpose, so much so that people from the neighboring cemetery stuck their heads out to look this way.
Zhang Lin glanced at his son still floundering in the stinky ditch below, his face as black as the bottom of a pot, "You son of a bitch, Xu Hao, you just wait, I'll show you!"
As he finished speaking, Zhang Lin stormed off with a flick of his sleeves, heading towards the cemetery's exit.
Xu Hao also started to walk away, but Zhang Lan and others called out to him, "Xu Hao, what about the one hundred thousand red envelope you mentioned? Hurry up and send it!"
Xu Hao's lips curled up, "The red envelope? I sent it oh!"
"Sent it? Where is it? I didn't see it. Did you guys see it?" Everyone began checking their phones, searching through the family group chat but found no trace of the red envelope.
"Didn't see it, where did you send the red envelopes?"
Xu Hao turned with a devilish smile, "Of course, it's not in the group. I sent the red envelope directly to Ruyan, one hundred thousand, see for yourselves!" As he spoke, Xu Hao turned on his phone and waved it in front of everyone.
Zhang Lan and the third aunt trembled with rage, "Xu Hao, you little bastard, are you playing us?"
"Haha, dear aunt... it's not that I'm playing you, but you... are just too naive!" Xu Hao pocketed his phone, saying indifferently.
Having reached the entrance, Zhang Lin, upon hearing Xu Hao's words, seethed with anger but also felt somewhat vindicated. Serves you right for making my son jump into the river, for forcing me to call Xu Hao 'Daddy'. Now it's your turn to be embarrassed.
When Zhang Lan saw Xu Hao about to leave, a group rushed to stop him. But at the cemetery entrance, a line of red Ferraris stood.
A middle-aged man in a tailcoat, accompanied by a dozen young men in sunglasses, stood respectfully in front of Xu Hao, "Young Master, the cars are ready! The company is also making moves, 50 billion of Wu Corporation's stocks have already evaporated..."
Huh?
What's going on?
Zhang Lan, Liu Fei, Zhang Lin, and others were all stunned. Each of these Ferraris was a limited edition, worth at least 8 million each—11 in total, weren't these cars worth about a billion altogether?
Were they here to pick Xu Hao up?
And, hearing the middle-aged man's tone, was Xu Hao planning to bring down Wu Corporation? Did Xu Hao really have that much money? A rich tycoon's illegitimate son?
"Well done, head straight to Di Hao Hotel! I'm going to pick up my wife and head home..." Xu Hao nodded, turned, and got into one of the Ferraris, with the entire fleet speeding towards Di Hao Grand Hotel.
Zhang Lan and Liu Fei stood there, dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Does Xu Hao really have money?" Zhang Lan glanced at her sister Zhang Ya, "I find it hard to believe!"
"You all don't know, but car fleets can be rented these days, that guy must have rented them! Who knows, maybe he won the lottery!" Zhang Ya scornfully chuckled, "At the rate he's spending money, in a few days, he'll be broke again!"
"So that's it!" Everyone seemed to uncover a great secret, congratulating themselves on their intelligence!
...
When Xu Hao sent the red envelope in the social media group, Liu Ruyan naturally noticed. Seeing the figure of one hundred thousand, Liu Ruyan furrowed her brow, wondering where Xu Hao got so much money.
Xu Hao was just about to call Liu Ruyan when Liu Ruyan's call came in, "Xu Hao, where did you get so much money?"
"Ruyan, don't worry about it too much! I have money now, I can invest in the company... don't agree to be with Wu Yu, I'm bringing the cars to take you home right away..." Xu Hao spoke in a hurried tone.
On the other end of the phone, Liu Ruyan hesitated for a moment, her heart still somewhat unwilling. After all, she and Xu Hao were still nominally husband and wife, and her going to a hotel with Wu Yu would indeed hurt Xu Hao deeply.
"Forget it, Xu Hao, stop making trouble, let's leave it at this, find a good woman and live a good life!" With that, Liu Ruyan hung up the phone. Today's actions by Xu Hao had truly moved Liu Ruyan, and she was afraid she might hesitate if the conversation continued.
Di Hao Grand Hotel was the most luxurious hotel in Jing'an City, owned by the Wu Yu family's business empire.
Ten minutes later, Xu Hao's fleet arrived at the hotel ahead of schedule. Upon enquiring at the reception, room 8001 had not yet been checked into, so Xu Hao and his fleet waited at the hotel's main entrance.
Just as Wu Yu's BMW arrived at the hotel entrance, he saw a line of Ferraris and couldn't help but exclaim, "Fuck, who is this, putting on such a show? What's going on? A line of Ferraris costs at least eight million!"
Wu Yu had always dreamed of buying one, but his father, Wu Zhongcai, had never agreed. And now, Wu Yu saw 11 cars right at his own hotel!
Of course, Wu Yu didn't know that these cars were brought by Xu Hao.
Wu Yu parked the car, and just as Liu Ruyan got out, Xu Hao emerged from a Ferrari and grabbed her wrist, "Ruyan, come home with me!"
Liu Ruyan hadn't even spoken when Wu Yu, alighting from the car, said angrily, "Xu Hao, why are you everywhere? Don't you know this is my turf? Someone, finish him off for me!"
Following Wu Yu's signal, four security guards from the hotel rushed towards Xu Hao.
Xu Hao's sudden appearance made Liu Ruyan feel both joy and a touch of grief, "Xu Hao... stop making trouble, just go!"
Deep down, Liu Ruyan certainly didn't want to betray herself. But Liu Ruyan had too many responsibilities on her shoulders, including her family's honor. For her family, Liu Ruyan had to make sacrifices.
"I'm not making trouble! Ruyan, trust me, I really have money, see, this is the fleet that came to take you home! I can invest in the company, the money will be in the account tonight, we don't need to beg like this!" Xu Hao earnestly said to Liu Ruyan.
But Liu Ruyan was not easily fooled, "You have money? This is your fleet? Stop joking, renting such a fleet costs at least tens of thousand yuan, right? I haven't even asked you about sending one hundred thousand in the chat group, are you out of your mind? With that money, why didn't you just save it?"
Chastised by Liu Ruyan, Xu Hao really found no words to argue back, "Ruyan, it's too complicated to explain right now! Just come home with me!"
Before Liu Ruyan could reply, the bodyguards flanking her swung their fists at Xu Hao, "You little beast, sabotaging Young Master Wu's plans? You're asking for it!"
The Wu Family's bodyguards were obviously trained, their punches fast like the wind.
Seeing the situation unfold in front of her, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but yell out, "Be careful!"
Xu Hao hadn't moved when a man in a tailcoat nearby shouted sharply, "Protect the young master!"
The next instant, beside the Ferrari, two young men in sunglasses and suits struck like lightning!
Bang, bang, bang!
Without even seeing how they made their move, the bodyguards under Wu Yu collapsed unconscious on the ground. By the Ferrari, several other suited young men also started to gather.
With the four bodyguards easily dealt with, Wu Yu's face twitched, and the next moment, he quickly pulled out his phone, dialed as he retreated towards the hotel, "Dad, I've just been beaten up by Xu Hao at our hotel, come and save me..."
In the CEO's office, Wu Zhongcai was already overwhelmed with anxiety, "General Manager Wu, the company's stocks are still falling, we've already lost 60 billion..."
Just then, Wu Zhongcai heard his son got beaten, enraged, he smashed the items on his desk, "All security, on command, get to the entrance right now, protect the young master!"
The Di Hao Grand Hotel was indeed a property of Wu Yu's own family and a stronghold of the Wu Corporation. The news that his son got beaten up at his own stronghold mobilized all the hotel's security personnel, each grabbing sticks, steel pipes, and the like, hurrying urgently towards the main entrance!
Meanwhile, Xu Hao, oblivious, saw Wu Yu attempting to escape and kicked him in the rear, "Dammit, you want to sleep with my wife? Why don't you just fly to the sky? To hell with it!"
After knocking Wu Yu down, Xu Hao, still not pacified, stepped forward and kicked him harshly a couple more times.
In pain, stars in his eyes, Wu Yu touched the blood at the corner of his mouth and darkly said, "Xu Hao, you're still too naive! If I were you, I would've thought of escaping by now... Don't forget, this is my territory!"
Xu Hao was startled, suddenly remembering, Di Hao Grand Hotel was indeed Wu Family's property. He had no idea if his side, even with over a dozen bodyguards, could handle so many people!
From the hotel lobby, four or five people, armed with sticks and such, charged towards the door and surrounded Xu Hao and Liu Ruyan in a blink of an eye…