Old Mrs. Chang Lan had already made up her mind. If she really could form an in-law relationship with the Chen Family, even if it ant forcing Qiu Qianyu to get a divorce, she'd go through with it.
So, Old Mrs. Chang Lan imdiately put on a smiling face and addressed Chen the Third.
"May I ask which young master in the Chen Family you're proposing for? Rest assured, getting Xiaoyu divorced is just a word from ."
Chen the Third nodded, very satisfied.
He laughed heartily and said, "Very good. Since Patriarch Chang Lan is so sincere, then I'll just say it straight."
"I, Chen the Third, have been single lately, so, I want to marry your granddaughter. What do you think, Patriarch Chang Lan?"
Chen the Third didn't try to hide his intentions at all, and a lot of people heard this.
That one sentence imdiately earned him a bunch of eye rolls.
This Chen the Third really is shaless!
How old is he? Over fifty, face full of wrinkles.
And with such a rotten reputation on top of that.
They say he's fooled around with countless won.
This kind of scum actually wants to marry a fresh young girl like Qiu Qianyu?
Even Chang Lan herself felt a bit annoyed, so she started hesitating.
"Well…"
"What? You don't agree?" Chen the Third's face turned dark imdiately.
"Patriarch Chang Lan, don't forget, my Chen Family is one of the Qiu Family's biggest clients. If I'm not mistaken, a quarter of your business depends on us, doesn't it?"
"If the Qiu Family becos in-laws with my Chen Family, I don't need to spell out the benefits, right?"
"Of course, you're free to refuse. Just, in the future, if our families run into any…unpleasantness during business, don't bla , Chen the Third, for not doing the Qiu Family any favors."
This was a naked threat from Chen the Third. Old Mrs. Chang Lan looked absolutely livid.
Still, no matter how bad she felt, she had to swallow it.
After all, the Chen Family was soone the Qiu Family simply couldn't cross.
Of course, it wasn't that Chang Lan didn't want Qiu Qianyu to get a divorce—she couldn't wait for her to dump Jiang Chuan, in fact.
Chang Lan just wanted to marry Qiu Qianyu into real high society, to bring even more benefits to the Qiu Family.
This Chen the Third was clearly not good enough. If it was his older brother, Second Master Chen, that would be more like it.
But now that Chen the Third was pushing so hard, no matter how much Chang Lan hated it, she could only hold back.
And suddenly, an idea struck her.
So, she gave a cold laugh.
But that cold laugh just turned into a helpless smile on her face.
"Um… Third Master Chen, it's not that I disagree."
"Honestly, you and Xiaoyu—what a natural pair, destined to be together. If you two beca husband and wife, it'd be a perfect match made in heaven."
Old Mrs. Chang Lan tried hard to cover her disgust, and deliberately said, "It's just, Xiaoyu's man, Jiang Chuan, looks like just so farr, a country bumpkin, but he's not easy to ss with."
"So, maybe you should give it so careful thought, Third Master Chen?"
Chen the Third's face imdiately darkened, and he sneered, "Patriarch Chang Lan, are you mocking ?"
"A country bumpkin, a dirt farr—and you think I, Chen the Third, can't deal with him? Then I'd be a damn loser, wouldn't I?"
"I wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare! I'm just explaining the situation."
"Of course, for soone like you, it's nothing at all!"
Old Mrs. Chang Lan was ecstatic. This whole 'use a borrowed knife to kill' trick—she thought, damn, it's brilliant.
That bumpkin Jiang Chuan, once he learns soone's after his wife, will definitely go ballistic. But Chen the Third isn't soone a re farr can ss with!
So, without lifting a finger, Chen the Third would deal with this troublemaker for her!
Of course, Jiang Chuan's tough, if he and Chen the Third could fight each other to the death, both end up wrecked—well, that'd just be perfect.
Then, she could offer Xiaoyu to a real wealthy family, and get even greater benefits for the Qiu Family.
Thinking about this, Old Mrs. Chang Lan's lips curled with a smug smile.
The two of them spoke quietly, so the Qiu Family mbers over there didn't hear a thing.
Old Mrs. Chang Lan glanced back, then lowered her voice further, whispering right next to Chen the Third's ear: "Third Master Chen, I'm absolutely in favor of you and Xiaoyu being together."
"It's just… about Jiang Chuan… to be honest with you, I've suffered at his hands before, so…"
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