The Substitute Bride: Indulged by the Obsessive CEO

Chapter 277: Jiang Jingchen, You Should Watch Your Manners!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The birthday banquet was lively, and many guests crowded around Jiang Xing to wish him well. Jiang Xing was extremely busy.

Jiang Minglang intentionally approached Wen Sang to engage her in conversation.

Wen Sang had just started talking to Jiang Jingchen when she casually asked about some of the guests at the party. Jiang Minglang immediately fawned over her and took her to meet them.

Although Wen Sang was taking over the Wen family business, she was in an awkward position because Old Master Wen was seriously ill and could not socialize with important people in the upper echelons of society.

Having Jiang Minglang introduce her to these people was much better than her walking up to them awkwardly and introducing herself.

When Jiang Minglang and Wen Sang, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, walked around together at a party like this, people couldn’t help but wonder if the two of them were together.

If the Jiang and Wen families became in-laws, an extremely powerful alliance would be formed. Everyone would give Wen Sang face, give her their business cards with a smile, perhaps even attend events hosted by the Wen family.

Jiang Jingchen kept his phone and looked around the banquet coldly. He walked through the crowd up to Jiang Xing.

“Dad, happy birthday.”

Jiang Xing was chatting with someone and laughing heartily. Tension rose in his face when he suddenly heard Jiang Jingchen’s voice.

“Thanks.”

“Dad, there’s something 1 need to tell you.”

“Hmm?”

Jiang Xing wasn’t keen to talk to him but he did not want to make a scene. He could only step away from the crowd with his son.

Jiang Jingchen asked, “Dad, about the shares of Jiang Corporation…”

Jiang Xing’s eyes turned sharp. Was Jiang Jingchen trying to tell people that he didn’t own all the shares of Jiang Corporation and create chaos by bringing this up suddenly?

“I will give you what’s yours.”

“To be honest, I’m not in a hurry. It’s just that it’s a little difficult to support my family.”

Jiang Jingchen let out a pitiful sigh.

“My monthly salary in the company is too low. 1 can’t even support my wife. You’ve probably also heard that 1 was in a car accident recently. My car was scrapped and my wife, my assistant were both badly injured. I’ve spent a lot of money and I don’t have much savings. So, money is a little tight for me.”

Jiang Xing sneered. “Didn’t 1 give you some assets? They’re worth a lot of money.”

“Sigh, but I don’t know how to deal with them. That’s why 1 came to your birthday party to borrow some money from you. I’ll pay you back once I sell those things.”

Jiang Xing looked at his son’s greedy face and felt disappointed.

“Jiang Jingchen, what happened to you? Asking me for money with such thick skin? Didn’t you use to be quite proud?”

When Jiang Jingchen was young, his self-esteem was very high. He regarded money as dirt and did not care about it at all.

However, after his car accident, he started a business so he could support himself and grew it. That was when he understood that money wasn’t at fault, but a person was at fault when he needed money and couldn’t get any.

There was no point defending his self-esteem in the face of money.

That would be asking for humiliation and being stupid.

He sighed helplessly and replied, “I also don’t want to be like this. I’ve been recuperating for so many years, and money has always been tight. I had to be really prudent.”

Jiang Xing sensed in these words that Jiang Jingchen was mocking him for not giving him enough money to recuperate and then deliberately cutting off his income.

“I’ll get the butler to give you a car later and another 500,000 yuan. Jiang Jingchen, you’ve recovered. Work hard to earn your keep and stop behaving like a beggar!” Jiang Xing’s tone was filled with impatience.

Jiang Jingchen said with a smile, “As you wish, Dad.”

Song Kai watched Jiang Jingchen’s act from not far away and his mouth twitched.

Was Jiang Jingchen a person who lacked money?

Only an idiot would believe that!

However, he was still puzzled. Since it was a conflict within the Jiang family, why did Jiang Jingchen annoy Jiang Xing and then tolerate his impatience? What was he trying to achieve?

Song Kai could not be blamed for being puzzled. He still did not know that Jiang Jingchen had a list of inheritance from his mother. Usually, when a wife died, the husband, in this case, Jiang Xing, would inherit everything that the couple owned.

However, Jiang Jingchen’s mother had made a will. Jiang Xing had agreed to her will and had placed the assets that had been certified as hers into the custody of an international bank. Jiang Jingchen was the only person with access to these assets.

Why would the wife in a loving marriage do such a thing?

Jiang Jingchen’s mother passed away not long after she made the will. Jiang Xing was probably the only person who knew why the will was made.

Jiang Jingchen’s revenge against him wasn’t only to destroy Jiang Corporation, but also to find out what actually happened.

He looked at Jiang Xing with a smile. “Dad, please introduce me to the many uncles here today too. I’m your eldest son, but I’m not as famous as your second son.”

His words sounded jealous, but also a little shameless.

Jiang Minglang joined Jiang Corporation after he graduated from university. His achievements in the business field over the years had been average but he had established a strong network.

Jiang Jingchen had been recuperating abroad and he used to have ugly scars on his face. He was scary to look at, let alone introduced to business partners and acquaintances of the family.

Jiang Xing wanted to tell Jiang Jingchen to behave, but Jiang Jingchen had already walked away to talk to guests at the party without a care. Jiang Xing was so angry that he clenched his fists, but he couldn’t lose his temper in front of so many people.

Jiang Jingchen walked up to Song Yan with a smile. He smirked when he saw Song Kai.

“Oh my. Isn’t this the illegitimate son of the Song family? Since when has the Jiang family been so undiscerning to let in a person of such status?”

Song Kai cursed angrily before he could even catch a breath, “Jiang Jingchen, if you don’t know how to speak, then shut up. I’m not an illegitimate child!”

Jiang Jingchen put on an innocent face. “1 heard that your parents left the Song family very early in their relationship and never held a wedding. Doesn’t that make you a child born outside of wedlock?”

Song Kai gritted his teeth and wanted to punch him.

Jiang Jingchen smiled when he saw Song Kai so angry that he was about to explode. He then looked at Song Yan and widened his smile.

“The Song family doesn’t have very good family ethics and values. Auntie Song Yan, right?”

Song Yan’s face turned black with anger. She said through gritted teeth, “Jiang Jingchen, you should watch your manners at a party like this!”

Jiang Jingchen chuckled shamelessly. “Auntie Song Yan, why didn’t you watch your manners in Jiang Xing’s bed back then?”

“You!”

“Sigh, you’re now Mrs. Jiang Xing, a wealthy and reputable woman and a representative of noble ladies. If word gets out that you beat up your husband’s ex-wife’s child, you will be known as the evil stepmother.”

Song Yan was so angry that she wanted to strangle him, but she kept a tight smile and said, “Jiang Jingchen, what do you want?”

Jiang Jingchen said to her in a low voice, “1 don’t know how much you’ve paid to hire those people, but it’s a pity.”

Song Yan’s expression changed. She looked at him in shock, but she quickly restrained her expression.

“What are you talking about? Why don’t 1 understand?”

Jiang Jingchen raised three fingers. “I’ve caught three of them and interrogated them. One of them has escaped but when I catch him, 1 will file a lawsuit. Not only will you lose your position as Mrs. Jiang, but you’ll also be thrown in jail!”

“…” Song Yan gritted her teeth nervously.

“Song Yan, you’d better pray that 1 don’t find that person soon. Otherwise, well…”

He didn’t tell her the consequence and let her imagine it herself.

It would be some kind of unsettling and unspeakable danger.

Jiang Jingchen sneered and turned to eat.

“All!” There was a sudden commotion in the banquet hall.

A man with a foul stench suddenly rushed out and knocked over a bottle of wine and a table of food.

The hot soup on the table spilled everywhere. Everyone stood up in surprise and kept a distance from the man..