Chapter 44: A Mistress Is A Mistress, No Matter How Grand You Make It Sound
The night breeze was slightly cool, and it felt very comfortable on the face.
Jiang Chuzhou hummed a song, his hands behind his head, as he strolled leisurely along the small path in the hotel’s back garden.
He had finally gotten rid of that nagging old father of his.
Once away from Jiang Tianyang, even the air felt fresher.
Jiang Chuzhou inhaled contentedly, but at the thought of what happened at the banquet just now, his good mood vanished.
If you want to toast, just toast; if you want to socialize, just socialize. Why did he have to drag him along and constantly scold him in front of everyone!
Did he not care about his son’s dignity?
“Old man, when you’re lying on your deathbed one day, I’ll definitely pull the plug on your oxygen!”
Jiang Chuzhou cursed under his breath. He suddenly lifted his foot and kicked a small stone on the ground.
With a “thwack” and a muffled sound, followed by someone hissing, did he hit someone?!
Jiang Chuzhou’s heart skipped a beat. He tiptoed over and peeked from behind the wall at the corner.
The man who had been hit bent down to pick up the stone, then turned around with a cold face, barking:
“Who is it?!”
Crap, I hit Bodyguard Qin!
Jiang Chuzhou sucked in a breath and quickly turned around.
No way.
I kicked a stupid stone and managed to hit Qin Lou?!
If he went and told the old man, Jiang Chuzhou, who had worked so hard to escape, would just be dragged back.
Jiang Chuzhou’s heart cried out.
What bad luck…
He turned to run, but Qin Lou was already chasing him. Seeing him acting so suspiciously, Qin Lou thought he was some spy trying to sneak into the gala and shouted sternly, “Stop!”
“Tch, who’s going to listen to you…”
Jiang Chuzhou muttered and sprinted away, a playful, rebellious smile on his face. Confident that Qin Lou couldn’t match his speed, he quickened his pace.
But as he turned the corner, Qin Lou was already leaning against the wall ahead, waiting for him. He was tossing the stone up and down in his hand, looking at him with indifferent eyes.
Jiang Chuzhou felt guilty and wanted to run back.
In a few steps, Qin Lou blocked him. His tall frame loomed over him, giving him no chance to escape.
“What are you doing! You dare block my path? Are you tired of living?”
Jiang Chuzhou put on an act of being calm and arrogant. “Move!”
Qin Lou frowned and threw the stone at him, his gaze cold and somewhat puzzled. “You hit me?”
Jiang Chuzhou chuckled and scratched his face.
“If I said it wasn’t intentional, would you believe me?”
“No.”
Qin Lou answered without hesitation.
“If you don’t believe me, then forget it. So what if I did it on purpose? You’re going to hit me?”
Jiang Chuzhou threw the stone aside and puffed out his chest defiantly, bringing his face close to the man’s, signaling for him to hit him.
The sudden proximity caused a flash of panic in Qin Lou’s eyes. He quickly retreated and turned to leave decisively. Since it wasn’t a suspicious person, there was no need to waste words with him.
Seeing himself ignored again, Jiang Chuzhou was very unhappy. He didn’t care if the man would catch him and bring him back to his father; he rushed forward and stood aggressively in front of him. “Hey, you’re not allowed to leave!”
Qin Lou pushed him aside with zero effort.
Jiang Chuzhou pursued him relentlessly. “Since you insisted on stopping me, I’m going to pester you!”
He had never seen a bodyguard who disregarded him so much! How was he even more arrogant than him!
“President Shen told me to patrol around the hotel. Young Master Jiang should not interfere with my work.”
Qin Lou interrupted Jiang Chuzhou’s incessant chatter impatiently. If he had known it was this playboy young master, he wouldn’t have stopped him at all! He had truly invited trouble…
“Brother Yu won’t say anything. I’m bored; entertain me for a bit! There’s a salary involved~”
Jiang Chuzhou approached with a grinning face. “I’ll give you three million. How about you spend the night with me?”
“Not interested.”
Qin Lou’s attitude was cold. Hearing such shallow and vulgar words, he looked down on this person even more.
“It’s always ‘not interested.’ What are you interested in? As expected, someone as boring as Brother Yu would pick such a boring bodyguard.”
Jiang Chuzhou curled his lip in disdain, then a thought struck him. “But then again, people like you, with that stinky face all day, how could you have any desires?”
As they walked briskly, Qin Lou finally couldn’t stand Jiang Chuzhou’s non-stop talking. He looked back at him, his brow furrowed, his eyes filled with warning: “Enough. Do not speak ill of President Shen.”
“Hey, I can’t even talk about it! I’ll say it, I’ll say it. Although Brother Yu looks boring on the surface and always acts like he has no worldly desires, he actually plays quite hard behind the scenes. Even though he’s married, he’s still hugging and cuddling with his secretary! Are you just like your President Shen in private!”
The more Jiang Chuzhou spoke, the more excited he became, completely oblivious to Qin Lou’s darkening face and the anger in his eyes.
“Shut up!”
Qin Lou barked and walked away quickly. He wanted peace and quiet, and he especially couldn’t stand such foul talk.
Jiang Chuzhou was stunned for a moment. Seeing him angry, he chased after him, a bit lost.
“Hey, I was joking! You’re not actually angry, are you? I thought you wouldn’t get angry!”
Qin Lou ignored him. Just as he returned to his post, he saw someone making a scene at the hotel entrance.
“Madam, you really can’t go in. If we let you in without an invitation, President Shen will fire us.”
“What are you afraid of! My son is President Shen’s right-hand man; he won’t blame you!”
A middle-aged woman dressed in flashy, gaudy clothes kept pushing against the bodyguards guarding the hotel entrance.
No matter how the bodyguards tried to persuade her, it was useless.
Unable to get in, the woman turned pale with anger and pointed at the bodyguards, cursing: “You little brats, are you all deaf? Can’t you understand human speech? My son is a highly-valued executive at the Shen Group now. I’m telling you, if you dare stop me from going in today, I’ll make you regret it!”
Qin Lou immediately recognized her as Su Nian’s mother.
After Su Mu’s various harassments of Liang Sheng last time, he had no good impression of her. He walked over with a grim face. “What’s going on?”
The bodyguard said helplessly, “Brother Qin, this lady keeps shouting that she wants to go in and find her son. But she doesn’t have an invitation, and President Shen didn’t give any special instructions about a special guest. We don’t dare let her in.”
Seeing it was Qin Lou, Su Mu immediately plastered on a smile. “Oh! It’s Bodyguard Qin! Remember me?”
“I don’t.”
Qin Lou coldly spat out those two words.
Jiang Chuzhou snickered. Anyone Qin Lou treated with such coldness was definitely not someone good.
Su Mu was momentarily embarrassed. She rubbed her hands like a fly and continued eagerly, “I’m Su Nian’s mother! He asked me to come to the gala, but these people refuse to let me in!”
“Apologies. Without an invitation, no one is allowed entry.”
Qin Lou looked at her with a hard, cold gaze.
“You…!”
Su Mu was furious, her face wrinkled and her makeup caked. She pointed her finger angrily at the people at the door:
“You’re going to be the death of me! I’ll have my future son-in-law fire all you idiots later!”
“Hiss, your future son-in-law? Who’s that?”
Jiang Chuzhou became interested.
He leaned slightly against Qin Lou, rubbing his chin. The next second, the man moved away, and he nearly fell, glaring at Qin Lou.
“President Shen! Shen Xingyu! The future heir of the Shen family is my son-in-law, hehe…”
Su Mu grinned widely.
Jiang Chuzhou was surprised. He hadn’t expected someone to be even more shameless than him. He suddenly slapped his leg and laughed out loud:
“Did I hear that right? President Shen is your future son-in-law? Hahaha! This is hilarious!”
Su Mu thought he was being weird. Her greedy eyes glared at him as she spoke boastfully:
“What are you laughing at? I’m right! President Shen is my future son-in-law. He and my son, Niannian, are in love. He even took us to buy clothes recently!”
“Auntie, please get your facts straight, okay? Brother Yu is already married. Mrs. Shen is Liang Sheng. If the Old Master heard you say that, tsk tsk tsk…”
Jiang Chuzhou looked at her with disdain and even made a throat-slitting gesture, sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes in a comical way.
Qin Lou twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, which counted as a mock.
He truly had never seen a young master as frivolous as Jiang Chuzhou.
Su Mu was displeased. “Who are you calling ‘Auntie’? Anyway, our Niannian is favored by President Shen. So what if that Liang Sheng is the Young Master? He’s still disliked!”
“A mistress is a mistress, no matter how grand you make it sound.”
Jiang Chuzhou crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow lazily as he watched her fuming.
“You! You’re crazy! I’m not talking to you!”
Seeing she couldn’t win the argument, Su Mu turned back to push the bodyguards. “Hurry up! Let me in!”
“Take her to the security room.”
Qin Lou ordered indifferently.
Hearing this, Su Mu simply threw caution to the wind. She plopped down on the ground, slapping her thighs and wailing:
“Oh, everyone, come and see! These people are bullying a defenseless old lady! They pushed me to the ground and won’t let me attend my son’s wedding! They even want to call security to kill me!”
Passersby stopped to watch.
“Whose bodyguards are these? So unreasonable?”
“Why won’t they let a mother attend her son’s wedding? What’s going on?”
Seeing she had succeeded, Su Mu wailed even harder. “Woo~ Someone save this poor old lady! I raised my son for so long, and I finally get to see him married, but these people are bullying me!”
Evil people can usually be dealt with by force, but this was the first time Qin Lou had faced such a stubborn, irrational situation. He couldn’t hit her, and he couldn’t out-argue her.
Truly a fool.
Looking at Qin Lou’s helplessness, Jiang Chuzhou muttered a curse. Then he ruffled his hair, squeezed out some tears, and sat down in front of Su Mu, wailing to the onlookers:
“Mother! I know you hate me! You only like Brother! To raise Brother, you sold me to human traffickers! My life has been so bitter all these years! I finally found my family, and Mother is forcing me to sell my kidney to give Brother money for a house and a car! We’re both your sons! How can you be like this!”
“What are you doing?”
Qin Lou was confused by his sudden actions.
“Don’t mind me.”
Jiang Chuzhou shot him a look, then grabbed Su Mu’s hand and wailed, “My dear Mother! I’ve already sold my kidney; please look at your poor younger son!”
“How can there be such a mother? Too malicious!”
“Even a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs! This person doesn’t deserve to be a mother!”
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