Published at 28th of November 2020 03:40:11 AM
Chapter 1168: 1168
Xia Ruya and Uncle Yu were shocked out of their wits .
They had paid the Wen Family a visit with the intention of humiliating them and asserting their dominance . Who would have known that Old Mr . Wen would fall ill after being provoked by them? If others were to find out about it, the Li Family would be utterly embarrassed .
Old Mr . Wen recovered from the discomfort after a long time .
Wen Xinya was finally in the mood to acknowledge Xia Ruya and Uncle Yu’s presence . Glowering at them in exasperation, Wen Xinya snapped . “Xia Ruya, I didn’t expect you to be so ungrateful . You were Grandpa’s granddaughter for twelve years . Yet, you humiliated him so blatantly . Your family is being such a bully . I know the Li Family is affluent and prestigious in Harbor City, but the Wen Family is also wealthy and powerful in Capital city . What you’ve done today is really petty . My grandpa raised you, the only heir of the Li Family, and you guys owe him a huge favor . We’re not asking for anything in return, but you can’t be so heartless . ”
Wen Xinya was taking the moral high ground and criticizing Wen Xinya and the Li Family for what they had done to the Wen Family, in a bid to make them feel ashamed .
This is what the world is like . Regardless of what you say or do, you ought to stay true to your morals and ethics which are valued greatly by the Chinese . Otherwise, you would be criticized for all of your actions .
Reputation was very important to businessmen .
Even Old Mr . Wen still faced criticism for his ruthlessness during his younger years . Later on, Old Mr . Wen retired for the sake of preventing the Wen Corporation’s progress from being hindered by his reputation .
If word about the incident were to be spread to the public, the Li Family’s reputation would be ruined and they would be criticized for being ingrates . Not to mention… the Li Family’s business was still surviving because of Old Mr . Li’s individual effort . Xia Ruya was the only heiress, could she really manage such a huge business?
The Li Family was still going strong in Harbor City, solely because of Old Mr . Li’s tyranny .
Hence, the Li Family could not afford to suffer any damage to their reputation at this point, because reputation was a double-edged sword which could also ruin their everything . The incident about Xia Ruya’s virginity test was a good example . Of course, it could also destroy someone slowly like a slow-acting poison . Her fate in the previous lifetime was evidence of that fact .
Reputation mattered greatly in the upper-class society .
No one dared to belittle the power of reputation .
“You guys, get lost immediately . You’re not welcome in the Wen Family mansion . Weren’t you guys planning to insult us? Fine… We’ll take this sum of money and the humiliation . ”
At this moment, Wen Xinya looked extremely gaunt and pale, especially because of how flustered she was about Old Mr . Wen’s sudden relapse . However, her dark and gloomy eyes were rather terrifying and she looked cold, fierce and intimidating . It seemed she did not see anyone as a threat at all .
She was just giving in to them just now so as to change their perspective . However, Wen Xinya had never been one to give in too much, for she was no pushover .
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For example, Xia Ruya indeed managed to win everyone’s sympathy by playing weak . However, if she were to overdo it, others would simply think that she was bringing it upon herself .
“Grandpa Wen…” Xia Ruya murmured in a bid to explain . However, she dared not continue after seeing how pale Old Mr . Wen was .
At last, Uncle Yu and Xia Ruya left the Wen Family home in dejection .
As soon as Xia Ruya and Uncle Yu left, Wen Xinya burst into laughter and stuck her thumbs up at Old Mr . Wen . “Grandpa, you’ve got really superb acting chops . I almost got frightened by you . ”
That’s right, it was all just an act staged by Old Mr . Wen and Wen Xinya . The pills that she had fed to him just now were just some health supplements concocted by Du Ruo .
Their intentions were to teach the Li Family a lesson . Since they were so haughty and disrespectful, Old Mr . Wen decided to teach them a lesson openly and let Xia Ruya’s plans backfire . Doesn’t the Li Family want to use money to cut off all ties with the Wen Family?
In that case, the Wen Family shall deal with the Li Family using reputation .
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Old Mr . Wen, who had just been acting like he was incredibly agitated, sat up straight and burst into laughter . “You’re not too bad yourself . If you didn’t cooperate with me, my plan wouldn’t have been executed so seamlessly . ”
If the Wen Family were to take the insult, they would seem like weak pushovers . The Wen Family’s authority was not to be challenged and this was already his bottom line . However, if they were to deal with the Li Family using some harsh methods, they would fall into the Li family’s trap . ”
The Li Family’s behavior angered the Wen Family by pretending like they could not be heartless towards the Wen Family even though they were cruel to Xia Ruya .
They wanted the Wen Family’s reputation to be ruined .
If their plan were to work out, they would have killed two birds with one stone .
However, all of their plans were ruined because of Wen Xinya .
Wen Xinya laughed out loud and said, “Grandpa, the health supplements seem to be rather effective . I’ll get Ruoruo to make some more for Xia Ruya . Didn’t she say that Old Mr . Li’s health has deteriorated? We shall pay them back for their kindness . ”
I wonder how Xia Ruya would feel if she were to find out that we were just acting . The Wen Family has never been pushovers .
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Old Mr . Wen applauded and guffawed . “My thoughts exactly . ”
Since Old Mr . Li had given them such a great “gift”, they ought to return the kind gesture . After all, the Chinese were known for their good etiquette .
Wen Xinya glanced at the items on the coffee table and asked, “Grandpa, what do you plan to do with this money?”
Given Old Mr . Wen’s character, he definitely wouldn’t want to keep the money . Neither did Wen Xinya .
Old Mr . Wen said calmly, “Didn’t we just establish the charity fund? Since we’ve already been given the money, we might as well donate it to the fund . We’ll be able to help more people with it . It’d be good for the reputation of the Wen Family and the Wen Corporation . Since the Li Family has given us money, we ought to put it to good use . ”
Wen Xinya had mistaken Old Mr . Wen . Although he had his boundaries, he wasn’t that high as to decline the money . Otherwise, he wouldn’t have accepted those 500,000 yuan from that woman and used it to establish the Wen Corporation back then .
After hearing his words, Wen Xinya was dumbfounded . Grandpa is really cunning . That old fogy Li is going to be fuming if he finds out .
Old Mr . Wen had no idea how valuable of a lesson he had given his granddaughter today .