Hao Jian chuckled and nodded, "I already know who did it, and soon I'll be able to send him to the dungeon."
"Enough with the chitchat, okay? We still have a lot of work to deal with," Zhao Kuangyi interrupted Hao Jian.
Zhao Yating glared at her brother dissatisfiedly before turning her head towards Hao Jian, "Teacher, shall we go?"
"Kid, let tell you, the match my dad found for Zhao Yating isn't just anyone—he's Liang Jiankun from the Four Young Masters of Hua City. But with your status, I guess you wouldn't know who Liang Jiankun is, right?" Zhao Kuangyi said mockingly.
Upon hearing this, Hao Jian was also sowhat surprised. He hadn't expected that Liang Jiankun would actually be Zhao Yating's arranged date. Was this so kind of cursed fate?
It seed that his own entanglent with Liang Jiankun really was inextricable. If Liang Jiankun knew that he was about to spoil his opportunity again, Hao Jian wondered what his feelings would be.
However, Hao Jian was more than willing to do so!
"I've heard a thing or two," Hao Jian humbly replied.
"So you know who Liang Jiankun is, yet you still dare to go?" Zhao Kuangyi asked teasingly.
"Liang Jiankun and I are old friends. I believe that if I just talk to him, he will change his mind," Hao Jian said confidently.
"Keep dreaming. With your status, you could actually know soone like Liang Jiankun? I don't buy it!" Zhao Kuangyi looked at Hao Jian with contempt, convinced the guy was bluffing.
"If you don't believe , you'll see once we get there. Liang Jiankun will definitely give face and give up on marrying Zhao Yating," Hao Jian replied, not the least bit angry, confident in his ability to make Liang Jiankun change his mind—at the cost of Liang Jiankun hating him even more.
"What if you can't do it?"
"Then I'll kneel down and lick your shoes. But if I do, then you'll strip naked, run three laps around the place where you live, and yell 'I am a pervert' three tis. Do you dare?" Hao Jian asked provocatively.
"No problem. If you can get Liang Jiankun to give up thoughts of marrying my sister, I'll play the pervert once!" Zhao Kuangyi snorted coldly. He just didn't believe that Hao Jian could actually know Liang Jiankun.
Zhao Yating panicked when she heard this, urging, "Brother, no!"
Zhao Kuangyi might not understand Hao Jian, but she knew him all too well. To her, Zhao Kuangyi's actions were tantamount to courting death!
"What are you afraid of? Do you actually think this guy really knows Liang Jiankun? Anyway, I don't believe it!" Zhao Kuangyi said with disdain. He knew that Liang Jiankun didn't have friends; he had made inquiries about it.
With that, Zhao Yating had no more to say and let it be.
"What are we waiting for then? Hurry up," Hao Jian said, eager to watch the show unfold.
anwhile, outside of the Zhao Family's gates.
"Young Master, why do you want to be in-laws with the Zhao Family? The Zhaos have had developnt issues in recent years, and they've reportedly been losing money. If we join them in marriage, won't we be dragged down too?" a confidant asked Liang Jiankun, puzzled.
Liang Jiankun imdiately let out a chuckle, "Who told you that marrying into their family ans we have to help them? Right now it's old Zhao Hanlin who's buttering up, so he should be the one to show enough sincerity first to persuade to marry into his family. Only then might I consider helping them solve their company's financial crisis."
Suddenly, Liang Jiankun's eyes flashed with an ambitious glint as he continued, "I've always been interested in the engineering team controlled by the Zhao Family. It's said to include so of the world's most famous engineers. If I can rge with it, it will be a great boon for the Liang Family."
The Zhao Family was renowned in construction, with many excellent engineers working for them, and it was these engineers that Liang Jiankun coveted.
If he could marry into the Zhao Family, he would have the chance to acquire these engineers and the building technology controlled by the Zhao Family. Once he had completely stolen all of the Zhao Family's technology, he could kick the Zhao Family to the curb, and there would be nothing they could do about it.
"Brilliant! Just brilliant! By doing this, Young Master, you'll have both wealth and a beautiful woman! I heard that even though Zhao Hanlin looks like a pig, his treasured daughter Zhao Yating is quite a beauty. I also heard she has never had a boyfriend—maybe even a virgin!" the confidant said with a lewd smirk.
"Oh? That's quite the treat," Liang Jiankun was taken aback. In this day and age, virgins were as rare as pandas.
"If that girl is willing to behave, I might allow her to beco my mistress," Liang Jiankun said indifferently. However, he did not want Zhao Yating to be his primary wife because, in his view, she did not have the qualifications.
His woman had to be from a family as influential as his own, soone who could benefit his clan.
"Now, be quiet!" Liang Jiankun ordered his subordinate, as they had arrived at Zhao Hanlin's doorstep.
Liang Jiankun pressed the doorbell, and soon the door was opened.
The man who opened the door was a portly balding middle-aged man who, like all successful middle-aged n, boasted a beer belly and had the look of a boss—this was Zhao Hanlin.
His hair had so gray and his face showed a few wrinkles, making him look not so young anymore. Perhaps it was the recent business operations wearing him down, but he appeared fatigued, his eyes filled with blood vessels and slightly sunken.
"Jiankun, you finally made it. If you hadn't co soon, I would have had to personally co looking for you," Zhao Hanlin laughed heartily. True to a businessman, he was adept at socializing and quickly made himself familiar.
Liang Jiankun, however, sneered inwardly upon seeing this. It seed that the Zhao Family's situation was even more severe than the exaggerated rumors outside. Otherwise, Zhao Hanlin wouldn't have personally co out to et him. From this, Liang Jiankun could guess that Zhao Hanlin must have been pacing anxiously at ho, eagerly awaiting his arrival.
Liang Jiankun was indeed a clever man, detecting the hidden ssage in Zhao Hanlin's subtle gesture.
But on the surface, Liang Jiankun still wore a smile and responded calmly, "Uncle Zhao, I don't think I've arrived late, have I? Or have you already had dinner?"
"Of course not, we wouldn't dare start eating without our honored guest!" Zhao Hanlin joked, then gestured to Liang Jiankun, "Co in, co in, please! My daughter is also on her way now. She should arrive shortly."
Liang Jiankun said nothing and led his people inside.
Not long after Liang Jiankun entered the house, Zhao Hanlin saw Zhao Kuangyi's car return.
Zhao Hanlin's expression remained joyful because he believed that if he could successfully arrange a marriage with Liang Jiankun, their company's crisis would be resolved. He also was convinced that given Zhao Yating's beauty, it was absolutely impossible for Liang Jiankun to refuse her.
Naturally, Liang Jiankun would not refuse, but Zhao Hanlin was unaware that Liang Jiankun had ulterior motives.
Soon, Zhao Hanlin's smile stiffened when he saw a man standing beside Zhao Yating.
The man was chewing bubblegum, dressed in plain clothes, with a sowhat mischievous look in his eyes, glancing here and there, clearly not looking like soone decent. Moreover, he walked with a swagger, exuding a carefree air.
Before Zhao Yating and her group approached, Zhao Hanlin said unhappily, "What is this? Didn't I tell you we have an important guest today? Why did you bring a beggar inside?"
"Dad, how can you speak like that? He is my friend, not so beggar!" Zhao Yating imdiately grew angry at Zhao Hanlin's words.
No matter what, Hao Jian had been invited by her, and for Zhao Hanlin to treat Hao Jian with such disrespect embarrassed Zhao Yating as well.
Hao Jian also sneered inwardly at Zhao Hanlin's attitude, which revealed to him the kind of person Zhao Hanlin was.
"Friend? Since when did you beco so poor in judging character? Don't you know many people harbor ill intentions and plot against our Zhao Family's estate?" Zhao Hanlin said sternly. Although he did not na nas, the insinuation pointed directly at Hao Jian.
"Dad, if you keep talking nonsense, I will leave!" Zhao Yating's pretty face was livid with anger, her delicate body trembling slightly. She had never known her father to be such a rcenary person.
As a businessman, Zhao Hanlin naturally was more cunning, and with that ca more suspicion. When interacting with others, he would often ponder if they harbored any ulterior motives.
Clearly, Hao Jian's low profile and understatent were construed by Zhao Hanlin as poverty.
Since he perceived poverty, Zhao Hanlin looked down upon it.
"Fine, fine, if you must bring him, then do so. But you better keep your friend in check. Don't let him say anything reckless that might offend Liang Jiankun, or else I will never forgive him!" Zhao Hanlin huffed coldly.
Zhao Kuangyi also stood on the sidelines, watching the drama unfold. Most people insulted by Zhao Hanlin like that would likely be provoked into standing up for themselves and storm out in anger.
But to Zhao Kuangyi's disappointnt, Hao Jian just crossed his arms over his chest, looking serene and unfazed.
Then Zhao Kuangyi concluded that this bastard had incredibly thick skin!
By then, Zhao Hanlin couldn't be bothered to pay Hao Jian any more attention and turned to walk back into the house.
"Teacher Hao Jian, I'm sorry. I didn't expect my dad to act like this. If I had known he would be this way, I wouldn't have called you here!" Zhao Yating said, feeling guilty. It was because of her invitation that Hao Jian was insulted.
"It's fine, shortly I will make him bow his proud head and beg !" Hao Jian replied with a detached smile.
Then, Hao Jian confidently strode into the house, leaving Zhao Yating and Zhao Kuangyi standing there, dumbfounded. They didn't understand where his confidence ca from.
Upon entering the house, Zhao Hanlin promptly went to attend to Liang Jiankun, but when Liang Jiankun saw that Hao Jian had also co in, he was taken aback.
He hadn't expected to et Hao Jian here. Was this so kind of bad joke? Why was this guy everywhere, like a lingering spirit?
"Yo, Liang Jiankun, I didn't expect us to have such fate, eting again so soon." Hao Jian laughed boisterously and waved cheerfully at Zhao Hanlin, acting as if he belonged there.
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