Xia Qiuyan had gone a bit too far with her words, but Xia Xinxin did not think so.
She had heard before that her father seemed to have offended someone in Yanjing that he should not have offended, which led to suppression and caused the Xia family to fall to its current state.
From what was said, it seemed related to Luo Chen’s father?
If that was the case, then Xia Xinxin might dislike Luo Chen even more.
“Qiuyan, what nonsense are you saying in front of a group of children?” Xia Yuanwu looked a little angry.
“What is wrong, brother? Can I not even say it?” Xia Qiuyan clearly would not back down an inch.
“Which of the several young masters from the Chu family is not a future outstanding talent?”
“Which of the children from the Han Group is not a business genius?”
“Those few young grandsons from the Yang family are said to have two studying at Harvard and Yale right now, and one young master has always liked our Xinxin very much. People outside have been talking about it.”
“Among all those people above, which one is not worthy of Xinxin, or which one is not stronger than this young man?”
“Why do you insist on letting Xinxin be with him?” Xia Qiuyan made this comparison and directly made Luo Chen seem worthless.
“Although we have fallen on hard times, we were once a prominent family. Xinxin has never had to cook her own meals or wash her own clothes since she was young. She has always been served by others. Do you really want Xinxin to follow someone else, wash clothes, cook, and endure hardship?” Xia Qiuyan questioned again.
“Qiuyan, shut your mouth. These words cannot be said in front of the children.” Xia Yuanwu scolded.
“Why can they not be said in front of him?”
“These are all issues we have to face. We look down even on ordinary rich second-generation heirs, let alone ordinary families.”
“Besides, since he has come, he has to face these real problems.”
“Being a phoenix man is not that easy to do.” Xia Qiuyan snorted coldly.
“Qiuyan, you have gone too far.” This time Xia Yuanwu was truly angry, with a huge suppressed rage in his tone.
“You all eat. I am going back to my room to sleep.” Xia Qiuyan threw her chopsticks onto the table and turned to leave directly.
She would definitely oppose this matter strongly. She would not let her brother do as he pleased and hand her niece over to an ordinary family.
If that happened, all the families in Haidong would probably laugh at their Xia family. Their Xia family could not afford to lose this face.
Moreover, the most important thing was that she was the kind of person who would rather go without than settle for less. If no prominent family was willing to marry her, then even if she remained single or lonely until old age, she would not marry.
“Little Chen, I am sorry. Xinxin’s aunt may be in a bad mood today.” Xia Yuanwu stood up and seriously apologised to Luo Chen.
“It is fine. Actually I do not really mind.” Luo Chen acted very indifferent.
Xia Xinxin, however, gave Luo Chen a contemptuous look.
Did not mind?
There would only be ghosts if he did not mind. If he did not mind, why did he come to her house?
It was obvious he wanted to be a phoenix man.
Luo Chen really did not mind. If one talked about arrogance and vision, who could compare to him, the Limitless Immortal Venerable?
He had only come to repay a favour. Once the favour was repaid, he would leave.
As for the marriage?
Luo Chen really did not care.
However, Luo Chen did not say this out loud or explain it. After all, explaining such things would only make them darker the more one tried.
The more one explained, the less others would believe.
Sometimes, when facts were placed in front of them, it was better than saying anything at the moment.
After a few more simple words of chat, Luo Chen planned to stand up and leave.
Even without Xia Xinxin’s opposition, Luo Chen would not stay at the Xia family. He still had an appointment, and the other party had already sent him several messages.
“Little Chen, are you really not considering staying at our house?” Xia Yuanwu kept escorting Luo Chen all the way to the door and was still trying to persuade him.
Luo Chen shook his head firmly.
Xia Xinxin had no choice but to escort Luo Chen out to the main gate.
“Thank you for today, but you should still be careful outside. There are still many scammers in this society.” Xia Xinxin’s words naturally referred to Luo Chen being deceived at the airport today.
Although she herself had been deceived, Xia Xinxin still felt that Luo Chen had also been deceived, right?
Moreover, it was such a clumsy scam. The facts proved that Luo Chen was not much smarter than her.
Just as she finished saying this, Luo Chen’s phone rang.
Seeing Luo Chen answer the phone, Xia Xinxin was also about to go back, but the voice on the phone was still heard by Xia Xinxin.
“Where are you? I will come find you right away to return the money.”
Xia Xinxin’s footsteps suddenly stopped. Her face turned red all at once. She had just been mocking Luo Chen, but in the blink of an eye the other party was coming to return the money.
At this moment Xia Xinxin felt like she was an idiot.
“There are indeed many scammers, but one just needs a bit of brains.” After Luo Chen hung up the phone, he said this, which immediately made Xia Xinxin’s face even redder.
After Luo Chen left, Xia Xinxin finally breathed a sigh of relief, then walked back into the house and looked at her father with confusion.
“Dad, why do you value him so much?”
“Value him?”
“Your dad rarely misjudges people, but with him, your dad has never been able to see through him.”
“Xinxin, I do not care what attitude you have, but dad wants to tell you one thing. You had better put away that look of contempt towards him.”
“If you still have this attitude, then I will give you a piece of advice. You will regret it sooner or later!” Xia Yuanwu spoke very seriously at this time.
He was not just saying it casually. Leaving aside the feeling Luo Chen gave him, just that steady, grand, and unshowy aura made Xia Yuanwu feel that Luo Chen would definitely achieve great things in the future.
If it were an ordinary young man, he would probably have started arguing at the dinner table just now.
But Luo Chen did not. It was not that Luo Chen was enduring it. Xia Yuanwu had observed carefully that no matter what Xia Qiuyan said, Luo Chen showed no emotional fluctuation at all and kept eating calmly the whole time.
This was true calm and composure.
This was definitely the bearing that only so-called big shots possessed.
The more important point was that Xia Yuanwu had not mentioned it, or he could not mention it.
Luo Chen’s mother was from the Shen family. According to some rumours, Luo Chen’s mother had not been idle in the Shen family all these years.
Instead, she had single-handedly built an extremely huge business empire. Perhaps the business empress who shocked all the major prominent families in the country was Luo Chen’s mother.
According to the original agreement, if there had been no turning point, Luo Chen’s father would never have sent Luo Chen to Haidong.
Since he had sent Luo Chen to Haidong, it meant that things had already taken a turn.
If Luo Chen returned to the Shen family in the future and the Xia family formed a marriage alliance with him, then what more needed to be said?
After all, compared to the Shen family, the so-called top ten prominent families of Haidong were nothing!
Xia Yuanwu, whether in politics before or in business later, had always been very far-sighted.
Moreover, he really liked this child Luo Chen very much.
He always felt that perhaps one day Luo Chen could make the Shen family regret their decision back then!
“Dad, times have changed now. It is no longer the era where you could climb up just by working hard.”
“Besides, I do not think Luo Chen is working very hard either.” Xia Xinxin snorted disdainfully at Xia Yuanwu’s words.
She would regret it?
Was that possible?
What great ability could Luo Chen have?
Prominent families were not achieved by one generation working hard.
There were cases, but they were only exceptions, extremely rare, and not everyone was that lucky.
If it was not a prominent family, Xia Xinxin really looked down on it.
“Alas, remember the advice your dad gave you.” Xia Yuanwu sighed and also went back to his room to rest.
Xia Xinxin, however, gave a disdainful smile.
As for arranging a job for Luo Chen tomorrow?
Hmph, tomorrow she would arrange for him to be a security guard. If he wanted to do it, he could do it. If not, he could get lost!
Anyway, Xia Xinxin could not wait for Luo Chen to get lost.
After Luo Chen walked out, he looked at the stars in the night sky. This scene was somehow similar to the one in Tongzhou.
The only difference was that this was Haidong.
But it did not matter. Haidong was the second city that he was about to conquer!
“Handsome guy, where are you going?” Suddenly a white Audi A3 slowly stopped in front of Luo Chen. “Get in the car first. Today you helped me a lot. I have to treat you to a meal to thank you properly.” Jiang Tongran said with a smile.