The Lady of the Prestigious Family is a Big Boss-Chapter 138. A beauty with a dagger hidden behind her smile (first update)
Watching Xiang Tian and his entourage being besieged by reporters, Ye Jiuliang turned to leave.
Just as she took a step, the man’s long iron arm blocked her path.
"Where are you going?"
Ye Jiuliang looked up at him, tugged at the corner of her lips, and said with an amused smile, "To the restroom, do you want to join me?"
"Pfft."
A cold glance shot her way, and Feng Yi covered his mouth, turned away, and his shoulders kept shaking.
Ye Jiuliang was toxic.
Pushing aside Li Mochan’s hand, Ye Jiuliang hummed a tuneless ditty and left.
Feng Yi walked up beside Li Mochan, lowering his voice, "The crew member who sabotaged the engine has been caught, should we hand him over to her for handling?"
Who "she" referred to went without saying.
Li Mochan’s eyes were indifferent, "Let them handle it themselves." He didn’t want others to take too much of his little wolf cub’s attention.
Feng Yi nodded.
"Bring me the car keys," Li Mochan said.
Feng Yi chuckled teasingly, "Let me remind you, old man, that today is the end of the month; you need to make a trip to the Li Family."
As if he didn’t know what he was thinking, he just wanted to whisk Ye Jiuliang away, and have others play third wheel.
It’s just that he was so preoccupied with pursuing his wife that he had forgotten what today was. The Li Family had many and intricate rituals for their ancestor worship, which occurred once every three months, and today just happened to be one of those days.
The Li family patriarch always took these rituals seriously, and on such days the younger generation usually had to stay for a couple of days.
Clearly, this big boss had forgotten about today.
"With so many reporters watching today, and they all know you and Ye Jiuliang are here, you know how the Li family patriarch is. For Ye Jiuliang’s more peaceful days, you should still make the trip," Feng Yi said.
Li Mochan frowned displeased.
**
"Miss Ye."
A delicate voice called out to her from behind.
Ye Jiuliang turned to look, raising an eyebrow.
It was her.
"I thought I recognized the wrong person for a moment there." Su Yishan trotted up, her face adorned with exquisite makeup and a beaming smile.
"Miss Ye, what a coincidence."
Ye Jiuliang’s eyes were indifferent, "Do we know each other?"
"We met once at Mohan’s birthday party," Su Yishan said in a gentle and soft voice.
"I wanted to greet you earlier, but you seemed busy, so I didn’t disturb you. My grandfather and Mr. Ye have been friends for many years. That makes our families old friends."
Ye Jiuliang just watched her lips moving, babbling away, not really listening to what she was saying.
After Su Yishan finished, Ye Jiuliang simply responded with an "Oh."
"Are you done?"
"I heard from Grandpa Ye that you’ve only recently returned to Beijing, how about I treat you to a casual meal?" Su Yishan asked with an enthusiastic tone.
Ye Jiuliang, "No need."
Su Yishan was taken aback, her smile warming even more, "Miss Ye, I mean no harm. I just thought, since our families are old friends, I’d like to treat you to a meal."
"No need, I’m not hungry." Her tone remained cool and detached.
A beautiful woman with a smile that hides knives is the most troublesome.
She had no interest in dealing with Li Mochan’s rotten peach blossoms.
At this moment, Gao Yang came looking for her excitedly.
"Boss, the press conference is over. The coaches have arranged a celebration banquet, why don’t you join us?"
Ye Jiuliang shook her head, "Not going, it’s too noisy."
As soon as he heard she wasn’t going, Gao Yang immediately played up his glib tongue, "The celebration banquet is arranged at the hotel where we’re staying, in two private rooms. Our team has a room to ourselves, just us people. Come on, boss, the captains are all waiting. If you don’t go..."
"Enough, stop nagging." Ye Jiuliang’s ears were about to develop calluses, "I’ll go."
A grown man nearly rivaling an old woman in nagging.
Gao Yang’s eyes creased into a smile, "Then let’s go; the captains are waiting for us in the car."
Forgetting the presence of Su Yishan beside her, Ye Jiuliang followed Gao Yang and left.
Once she was far away, the smile on Su Yishan’s face instantly vanished cleanly.
She snorted coldly, with hints of jealousy flitting through her eyes.
An orphan girl, she really wanted to see how long this brat could stay arrogant.
The tallest tree catches the most wind, and she was sure to have a tough time ahead.
Before leaving the competition venue, Ye Jiuliang first went to greet Li Mochan.
As soon as he heard she was going to the celebration banquet with Xiang Tian and his companions, a twinge of jealousy surfaced in his heart, "No drinking, and you must maintain a distance from other men."
Hearing the latter part, Ye Jiuliang pursed her lips.
Baona, who was beside her, covered her mouth to hide her giggles.
This was the first time she had seen anyone able to tame their boss.
One sentence to express the mood: Please accept their kneeling admiration.
"Remember to call me after you finish eating. I’ll come to pick you up." His long fingertips pressed against her downturned lips, his deep voice carrying a unique tenderness.
Ye Jiuliang slapped his hand away, proudly raising her head, "I’m not a three-year-old child, I won’t get lost."
Having said that, she turned and got on the car.
Baona restrained her laughter and plucked up the courage to say, "Sister-in-law, I’ll keep an eye on the boss for you, and make sure she doesn’t drink too much."
Finding the boss’s soft and cute side was rare, and the person in front of her was undoubtedly the sister-in-law.
Don’t ask, it’s a woman’s magical sixth sense.
Intuition.
Although he wasn’t entirely pleased with the title, Li Mochan rarely showed a positive expression since it was an indirect acknowledgment of his status.
"Give her some juice, no ice, don’t let her drink anything cold."
Baona took note of all this, made an OK gesture, then turned and squeezed into the car.
On the way to the hotel, the car was noisy.
The reason still connected to whether Li Mochan was the "sister-in-law" or not.
In the end, Ye Jiuliang simply couldn’t stand these gossiping men.
She gave each of them a knuckle on the head, which finally made them behave.
...
In the locker room, dark clouds loomed.
Yake and the others stood in a row, heads bowed, looks dejected, a far cry from the vigor they had before the match.
"Anders, regarding this lost match, don’t you have anything to say?" Coach William asked with a stern face.
Sitting on the sofa, Anders remained silent.
But the tight clenching of his fists betrayed his unwillingness to accept the situation.
Losing to Xiang Tian was the ultimate embarrassment for him.
How could a once-defeated cur win against him?
He was not satisfied, nor was he willing to accept this.
William slammed his hand on the desk, reproaching them like they were useless, "Before the match, I already told you not to underestimate Xiang Tian and his team. Now that you’ve lost the match, have you recognized your mistakes?"
"Coach, the fact that Xiang Tian and his team won the match was purely luck," Yake said unwillingly, trying to argue.
"Enough, Yake, shut your mouth," William scolded, "even now you don’t admit your faults."
He walked around the table to stand in front of him, hands on hips, "I’ll tell you this, the fact that you were bribing the staff has been found out. Xiang Tian has already provided evidence to the organizers, and starting from today, you are banned from competing."
