lcionline Chapter 609 Deliberate Sarcasm
Chapter 609 Deliberate Sarcasm
Ou family mansion, second floor of the banquet hall.
Ou Dechu was wantonly belittling Xia Shumei with words that could have easily hurt her in the past.
But Xia Shumei has decided to let go of the past for herself and Ou Jinghuan.
Therefore, Ou Dechu's harsh words were met with Xia Shumei's cold and indifferent expression, which also contained a hint of contempt.
Xia Shumei's reaction made Ou Dechu realize something instantly. He found that Xia Shumei seemed to no longer love him.
This was something Ou Dechu had never thought of, because Xia Shumei's love for him was well known.
Xia Shumei loved him almost madly before, and his words would affect Xia Shumei's mood for several days.
He didn't believe that Xia Shumei didn't care at all, and he didn't believe that Xia Shumei didn't love him.
This made his self-esteem, which was already at the bottom, seem to be stepped on again, and his vanity as a man was also deeply hurt.
Although, among the many women in Ou Dechu's life, Xia Shumei was the one he cared least about.
But the way Xia Shumei loved him before made her the woman who could give him the greatest sense of superiority.
At this moment, seeing that Xia Shumei was not affected at all, he, who was extremely vain, immediately lost his arrogance.
In order to see that Xia Shumei still loved him, Ou Dechu suddenly praised Xia Shumei for the first time in a long time.
But he found that Xia Shumei didn't react at all, so he just left.
His praise for Xia Shumei also made his wife Luo Yajie angry. After Xia Shumei left, she questioned him unhappily:
"What's going on? Didn't you say you hated your ex-wife the most?
You also said that the relationship between you and Ou Jinghuan is so bad now. Is it your ex-wife who instigated it because of the love-hate relationship between you and Ou Jinghuan?
Now you are praising her for her beauty. Could it be that you haven't seen each other for a long time and you have developed feelings for her as soon as you see her?
How about I leave and make room for her so you two can rekindle your old love?"
Luo Yajie directly exposed the lies that Ou Dechu had told her before. She was angry and questioned him in a low voice.
However, Luo Yajie understood Ou Dechu's temperament. He liked women to show some temper, but he didn't like women to be too pretentious.
Therefore, when she was angry and questioned someone, she always used a coquettish tone and her expression was obviously jealous and angry.
While she was angry, she was always careful not to annoy Ou Dechu. This habit seemed to have become a particularly simple thing for her to do.
Sure enough, the hot-tempered Ou Dechu did not show any displeasure after being angrily questioned by Luo Yajie, but instead smiled.
He laughed happily, holding Luo Yajie's shoulders, and said soothingly with a hint of pampering in his tone:
"Of course I hate her for the son she gave birth to who always opposes me.
What I said just now is all nonsense. You are younger and more beautiful than her. How could I leave you and like a yellow-faced woman?
And where do you want to go? Do you think you can escape from my grasp?
When Luo Yajie heard Ou Dechu's low opinion of Xia Shumei, she secretly rejoiced, but began to become shy and said:
"Well, you might be talking nonsense now!
I don't believe it unless you can prove it to me!"
Hearing this, Ou Dechu looked at Luo Yajie with eyes full of interest and a sly smile on his face.
He thought of something and turned to look at the increasing number of guests he didn't recognize coming up the stairs.
He thought that these guests must have come for Ou Jinghuan. If he continued to stand there, it would mean that he would definitely have to hear those people mention Ou Jinghuan again.
So, Ou Dechu, who didn't plan to continue welcoming guests, turned around and looked at Luo Yajie, who was acting coquettishly towards him and making him happy.
Then, he didn't care whether it was his father's birthday party or what the occasion was.
He took Luo Yajie's hand and hurried to the third floor, entered his own bedroom in the Ou family mansion, and closed the door instantly.
After a while, a deliberately raised voice was heard in Ou Dechu's room.
When Ou Dechu and Luo Yajie were leaving, they were seen by Xu Zhishan who was coming up from another spiral staircase.
She looked at the direction where Ou Dechu and Luo Yajie left, patted Ou Junli's shoulder, and said:
"Junjun, why did your parents rush up to the third floor? They're so old, they wouldn't...
But this is fine! I stand on the side of Aunt Meimei and Brother Jinghuan.
Your parents have left, so don’t blame me for not saying hello! Hehehehe! "
Xu Zhishan didn't treat Ou Junli as an outsider at all and told her all her little thoughts.
Just like when she was a child, she expressed her position in front of Ou Junli and made some complaints about Ou Junli's parents.
Ou Junli was not surprised. She had been living abroad and had only recently returned to see her parents.
She watched Ou Dechu and Luo Yajie go upstairs and leave. There was no helpless yet happy expression in their eyes that she would have if her parents had a good relationship.
She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes covering the fleeting look in her eyes, and she did not respond to Xu Zhishan.
Seeing this, Xu Zhishan thought that Ou Junli was a little unhappy because she complained about her parents.
After all, Xu Zhishan and Ou Junli haven't seen each other for many years, and Xu Zhishan is not sure whether Ou Junli still advises her not to speak her mind as she did when they were children.
So, when she grew up and became more sensible, she decided to be more careful with her words in the future.
In order to ease any possible misunderstanding, she patted Ou Junli's shoulder, laughed, and said:
"I was just joking. As a junior, I will still greet my elders when I see them.
If I am impolite and don’t say hello, I will definitely be scolded by my mom, hahaha!
Let’s go! Let’s go celebrate Grandpa Ou’s birthday together now!”
After Xu Zhishan finished speaking, she took Ou Junli and Dai Jinyao's hands and continued to go up the stairs.
Suddenly, when Xu Zhishan and the others just raised their feet to step onto the stairs, a voice with a particularly bad tone was heard.
The man's words were full of disdain for Dai Jinyao. He immediately stopped Dai Jinyao who was about to go upstairs together and said:
"Dai Jinyao! What are you doing up there?!
Is the second-floor banquet hall a place for a small executive like you?!
You're wearing a cheap dress, so don't go up there and embarrass Honglan Group. Get down here right now!"
Dai Jinyao heard the voice that had been mocking her recently. She didn't need to look back to know who was calling her from behind.
It was Cheng Kangrui, the current president of Honglan Group who had been scolding her every day in the company recently and who came to the birthday party with her.
Although she had just seen many subordinates who came with their leaders, they would stay in the banquet hall on the first floor and would not go up to the second floor with them.
But Cheng Kangrui raised his voice and complained about her in front of so many people, obviously not caring whether it would have an impact on Honglan Group.
Dai Jinyao knew clearly that she was an executive promoted by Li Chuyue, and everything Cheng Kangrui did to her was intentional.
She turned and looked at the bottom of the stairs, where Cheng Kangrui was standing with other group leaders, pretending to be angry.
She really wanted to retort, but she saw that the people standing next to Cheng Kangrui were all bosses who had business dealings with Honglan Group.
So, for the sake of Honglan Group and Li Chuyue, Dai Jinyao did not refute a single word.
However, Dai Jinyao's silence does not mean that Cheng Kangrui will let Dai Jinyao go.
Cheng Kangrui saw that Dai Jinyao refused to go downstairs, and was frightened by her sudden stubbornness for a moment.
With a wary attitude, he glanced at the person standing next to Dai Jinyao.
As a result, he found out that the young girl, whose hair had not even grown out yet, was not a big shot who could support Dai Jinyao.
Cheng Kangrui, who was originally a little intimidated by Dai Jinyao's aura, suddenly became arrogant again.
He looked up at Dai Jinyao, who was silent at the moment, and scolded:
"Why are you still standing there like an idiot? What? You don't even listen to me, right?
Well then! Since you don't want to work in the company anymore, go home in that cheap dress!"
When Dai Jinyao heard that Cheng Kangrui was going to use this incident to fire her, she immediately frowned.
She was always gentle, but when Cheng Kangrui grabbed her dress for no reason, she felt helpless and angry enough to want to curse.
But she thought of the task Li Chuyue had given her. She didn't want to be fired, and she didn't want to disappoint Li Chuyue, so she decided to swallow her anger.
Then, Dai Jinyao turned around to look at Xu Zhishan and Ou Junli, smiled gently, and said in a relaxed tone:
“If my leader doesn’t allow me, I won’t go up with you.
I'll stay on the first floor and wait for you to come down and take me to the place you mentioned earlier~"