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Chapter 397: Unwilling Su Meng
Hong Kong, The Peninsula Hotel.

Miss Zhou invited Suning's three girlfriends to sit together by the window of the Peninsula Hotel, looking out at the beautiful Victoria Harbour in the distance, but the four did not speak at the first time.

"Ms. Zhou, I wonder if there is something that made you invite us to the Peninsula Hotel today?" Nancy took a sip of coffee elegantly, then looked at Miss Zhou with a smile.

"Sister Nancy, Sister Hong, Sister Guan, I have a troublesome matter and need your help." Miss Zhou looked at the three of them seriously.

"Oh?" Nancy, Cherie Chung, and Guan Xiaoguan all looked at each other in surprise, and they all saw the surprise in each other's eyes. "Ms. Zhou, what exactly is it?"

"My three sisters, I'm sure you've heard about this," Miss Zhou explained with a wry smile, "My father wants me to marry the playboy from the Xu family, but I really don't want to be a victim of this arranged marriage, so I need your and Suning's help."

"This..." Nancy and the other two had heard about it. After all, Hong Kong's paparazzi were quite well-developed, and they certainly knew who Miss Zhou's real boyfriend was. "We sympathize with Miss Zhou's situation. Although Suning and Mr. Zhou have a good relationship, he can't interfere in your family affairs."

"My three sisters, this is what's going on." Miss Zhou had to speak in a polite tone when asking for favors, and then she explained with a wry smile, "Among the younger generation, my father favors those with a distinguished family background. Although Su Ning doesn't have a dazzling family background, he is a self-made hero. So as long as Su Ning marries me, my father will no longer force me."

"What? Miss Zhou, are you crazy?" The three women were stunned.

"I know what I said today was too sudden, but after thinking about it, this is the only solution I can come up with."

"Hmph! The three of us have fought for so many years for this position, and you just took it away with just one sentence." Guan Xiaoguan has always had a hot temper and immediately couldn't help but sneer, "Miss Zhou, there's no such thing as a free lunch."

“Xiao Guan!” Nancy quickly stopped Guan Xiao Guan, because she was very clear about the strength of the Zhou family, “Miss Zhou, don’t mind it, Xiao Guan is just like that.

What you said happened too suddenly, and we are really confused."

"Sister Nancy, I'm not a stingy person and I won't lose my temper easily." Seeing the three people's unanimous attitude towards the outside world, Miss Zhou revealed her heavy betrothal gift, "If the Zhou and Su families are successful in getting married, I will bring a dowry of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

I just need a title, it doesn't really have any impact on you."

"Tsk! Is ten billion Hong Kong dollars a lot?" Guan Xiaoguan retorted disdainfully. "In 1982, Suning donated a thousand Hongtu cars to mainland China, which were worth a hundred million US dollars."

"Cough!" Nancy and Cherie Chung both noticed that Miss Zhou was very embarrassed at the moment, and hurriedly stopped Guan Xiaoguan by coughing.

Miss Zhou felt very embarrassed at this moment, but she calmed down after a while. After all, this was all she had expected. She smiled again and said, "Since you don't like the betrothal gift, then I have a way to solve the embarrassment of the three of you."

"Huh? What?"

"Haha, I know you are just Suning's girlfriend now, and your status is very embarrassing. I have a way to solve all your problems."

"Oh? Miss Zhou, please go ahead."

"Haha, before we talk about solutions, you have to agree to my conditions."

At this time, Su Meng, Hou Su'e and Jin Changsheng returned to the capital again, but they received news that the cotton mill project had been won by Longdu Real Estate.

"Damn it!" Su Meng was furious. Her trip to Hong Kong had made her even more eager for success. "We didn't miss anything during our trip to Hong Kong, so how come Longdu Real Estate won the cotton mill project?"

"Mengmeng, forget it!" Jin Changsheng was now very open-minded. "We are not strong enough, so let's not force ourselves to do anything."

"But I really can't swallow this. We worked so hard to raise funds, but in the end, the project was still handed over to Longdu Real Estate." Su Meng had long forgotten that the cotton mill had rejected them many times. It was she who was unwilling to give in and was jumping around to find connections. "Isn't this just playing tricks on me? If they really thought we didn't have the ability, why didn't they just reject us directly in the first place?"

"Hey! I think running a restaurant is more stable. I don't want to deal in antiques anymore." After this life-or-death crisis, Jin Changsheng seemed to have figured out a lot of things. "Su'e, I will live a good life with you from now on. I won't mess around like before."

"Well, it's great that you figured it out." Hou Su'e was undoubtedly the most surprised to hear Jin Changsheng's explanation, "If you really like antiques, you can go to private museums often.

With my dad’s connections, I might not even need a ticket.”

"Haha, that's fine!" Jin Changsheng was pleasantly surprised by Hou Su'e's suggestion. "It's just right that I can spend more time with your father. Maybe I can even learn some antique knowledge from him."

Su Meng felt very sick of being force-fed a wave of "dog food", but the two were her uncle and aunt, so she couldn't express any resentment in her heart.

"Uncle, have you decided to give up just like that?" Su Meng looked at Jin Changsheng with eyes full of disbelief.

"Yes! This incident has taught me a lot. Money is only a thing of the body, and the family members around us are the most important." "But..."

"Mengmeng, don't ask about business matters anymore." Looking at his niece, Jin Changsheng said earnestly, "Just focus on your work at the Education Bureau."

Su Meng found it very difficult to understand why her uncle suddenly became indifferent to the world. Han Chunming, whom she had always looked down upon, suddenly became a wealthy man in Hong Kong. She had wanted to use her uncle Jin Changsheng's financial resources to catch up with Han Chunming's career, but she didn't expect that her uncle himself would retreat.

Looking at her sweet uncle and Hou Su'e, Su Meng could only suppress her unwillingness in her heart, and then returned to the slum in a daze. Looking up at the Han family's house without lights, Su Meng sighed helplessly.

"Mengmeng, you're back?" Grandma Su's surprised voice came.

"Well, grandma, are my parents back?" Su Meng looked at Grandma Su with a forced smile.

"Haha, they've already returned and are waiting for you to come back for dinner."

"Ah? Then let's eat!" Su Meng said with all her strength, then looked at her parents in the inner room, "Mom and Dad, it's time for dinner."

"Haha, Mengmeng is back! Let's eat!"

The Su family came to the dinner table and talked about recent events while eating. Su Meng's grandmother said with deep emotion, "I don't know what happened this year?
Everything goes wrong!

Looks like I need to go to the temple and burn some incense."

"Mom, that's feudal superstition!" Teacher Su said jokingly with a laugh.

"It's better to believe it than not to believe it! There are some things you still don't understand." Grandma Su shook her head disapprovingly.

"Mengmeng, I heard that it was Chunming who helped you find your uncle in Hong Kong this time?" Teacher Su certainly would not argue with her mother, and suddenly looked at her daughter who was silent beside her.

"Well, he does business in Hong Kong and knows a lot of people."

"Oh! This favor is really huge." Teacher Su and Su Meng's mother said with deep emotion, "It seems that when Chunming's mother comes back, we have to thank her properly."

"You know what! Chunming is so filial. He brought his mother to Hong Kong to live a good life. Unlike his elder and second brothers, they would quarrel over trivial matters." Grandma Su also praised Suning.

Teacher Su and Su Meng's mother both noticed that Su Meng was not in a good mood. Of course, they knew why Su Meng was upset, so they deliberately smiled and said, "Chunming is a very filial person, but his relationship situation is quite chaotic. I think I heard that he has three girlfriends now?"

"Well, three girlfriends and four kids."

"Huh? Chunming is only in Hong Kong. If he were in the mainland, he would definitely be drowned in spit by others." Su Meng's mother said with a surprised smile.

"Hmph! What's so great about this? There were many men who married concubines before the founding of the People's Republic of China." Grandma Su said disapprovingly.

Su Meng's mind is now full of Suning. She can't understand why the young man she looked down upon suddenly turned into a wealthy man, and he is beyond her reach.

Su Meng has always been arrogant and can never tolerate others suppressing her. In the original drama, Li Yuan was promoted to deputy director, while she was only a section chief. Then she couldn't stand it and resigned from the Education Bureau to go into business.

But now, no matter how unwilling Su Meng was, she could no longer influence Su Ning, because Suning had already reached a height that was far beyond her reach. Su Meng could only look up at Su Ning who was high above.

If her uncle Jin Changsheng was willing to continue to make efforts, Su Meng would have some chance of catching up with Suning. But now her uncle Jin Changsheng has retreated, and she, Su Meng, can only hide this unwillingness deep in her heart.

"Mengmeng, how are you and Xiaoye doing?" Teacher Su suddenly looked at Su Meng again.

"Huh? We're fine!"

"Mengmeng, you two have been dating for quite some time now. Xiaoye is a retired soldier and is already quite old. It's time for you to get married."

"Huh? Okay!"

(End of this chapter)