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In fact, the idea to pressure that model company Siyu signed with wasn"t just from Duan Rulan"s alone.
Duan Rulan didn"t achieve what she had wanted when she went to visit Siyu. She returned home, closed the door, and lost her temper. After being freed from her previous unlucky marriage, her life had been smooth-sailing in the past twenty years. Ji Family"s business was very big and was the tyrant of Jiang City"s business circle. She was the dignified madam of the Ji family. Everywhere she went, people would crowd around her and they would pay careful attention to her expression. So, she"s never been this angry nor so humiliated!
To add oil to the fire, it was the sickly daughter who she has always hated who did this to her! Duan Rulan felt that she had lost her face and was enraged. Who does Zhou Siyu think she is? She crawled out from her belly and still dared to challenge her own mother like this. She was truly an ill-mannered and unlucky money-losing commodity!
At this moment, Duan Rulan didn"t remember at all that it was she who left the family and abandoned her daughter first, failing to fulfill the responsibility of a mother. Duan Rulan even thought gladly, fortunately, she was decisive at that time and wasn"t tied to Zhou Siyu"s family. Otherwise, now she might have wasted her time and couldn"t be the wealthy and carefree madam that she is today.
Immediately, Duan Rulan"s anger subsided a bit. She didn"t even care about the blue and white porcelain that was smashed when she was venting her anger just now. She sat down and repaired her makeup. At this moment, Ji Wenhao heard the ruckus and came down from his study room upstairs. His gaze swept across the pieces on the ground and frowned at the mess. He looked at his wife and asked: "What"s the matter with you? I was discussing business just now."
"Wenhan——" Duan Rulan saw her husband and her eyes lit up. That"s right, Zhou Siyu dared to not give her face. She refused to give in. In that case, she (DR) wouldn"t hold back either. There were many ways to make Zhou Siyu leave Jiang City.
"Wenhan, you should pay more attention to your son and rein him in. Look at what kind of people Ah Lin has befriended outside! Do you know that he is currently chasing after a little model? That girl doesn"t have any fame nor family background, isn"t she just using her face to bewitch him? Ah-Lin is too young. With his status, how could he hang around with such a woman?" Duan Rulan complained with half-lie half-truth, "I told you before that the entertainment circle is a mess. You didn"t listen to me and let him go. If you controlled him at that time, perhaps right now he would be working with you in the company."
Ji Wenhao had thought she would talk about some important issue, but after listening to Duan Rulan, he unconcernedly said: "He"s young. Young people are impulsive and immature. It"s fine if he plays, as long as he paid attention to his conduct in public."
Hearing her husband say this, Duan Rulan couldn"t help biting her lower lips. That"s right, their family was exactly like this. The husband kept a bunch of lovers outside, but he never brought them back to upset her. As for her, she only needs to properly act as the legal wife. She does not need to get involved nor does she need to know any specifics, and she will enjoy a high position and great wealth. Since she originally rushed to be married because of his status and his rich and powerful family, she had never expected much love. Moreover, Ji Wenhao had a physical problem. In this life, he could only have Ji Lin as his successor. Wouldn"t the Ji family be hers completely in the future?
It"s a pity that her son was also rebellious. No matter how many times she warns him about the unwritten rules of the upper-cla.s.s society¹ and the games that they play, he didn"t listen. After he entered the entertainment circle, he moved out to live alone. Since then, he doesn"t come home for even half a year. Duan Rulan couldn"t understand, how could Ji Wenhan be so unfazed?
Ji Wenhan clearly understood what Duan Juran was conflicted about, rea.s.suring her: “I know Ah Lin"s temperament. The more he is not allowed to do something, the more he will do it. Instead of forcing him to listen to me and make him quarrel with his family, it"s better to go along with him first. Anyway, he will come back sooner or later.”
He paused, then added meaningfully: “Even if Ah -Lin does not cooperate, I have my ways to make him obediently submit. As for the little model you mentioned, if you"re really concerned, then you should think of a way to make her back out. Which company did she sign with? “
Duan Rulan immediately understood.
The Ji family"s connection network in Jiang City was very wide. Without much effort, Duan Rulan successfully found the boss of that model company. She, directly and indirectly, let them think of a way to get rid of Zhou Siyu.
How could the little boss dare to offend this Madam Ji? He immediately nodded fervently and agreed. Later, he searched for Siyu"s contract. Well, well. The girl signed the lowest level contract, the one with the despot clause. The company could find any random reason to terminate the contract. Not only could Siyu not refuse, but she also had to pay the compensation fee.
Just like this, when the model company called Siyu, she only got a verbal notice of her terminated contract as well as a twenty million yuan debt.
1: usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging connections to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for s.e.xual favors