"Long time no see, sister." As soon as they entered the hotel, a handsome young man in an evening gown, with red hair and golden eyes, looked at Chelinina who walked in and greeted her with a smile.

He is Celinina's second brother, Lawrence Bonaventura.

"Well, long time no see, second brother." Chelinina forced a smile.

At this time, a pot-bellied man came over from a distance, smiled kindly and looked at the two of them.

"Brother, sister." The man in front of him was the eldest son of the Bonaventura family, Mark Bonaventura. "Long time no see, how have you been doing recently?"

Having said that, before the two of them could reply, Mark continued, "Ah, I've been very busy lately. You don't know how much work there is in Prussia."

"Our Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce has a lot of business in Prussia. I have to travel to different places every day to do business. I am really exhausted. Sigh... It is a rare opportunity that my father called us back this time, so I can have a chance to rest."

Seeing Mark being so busy, Chelinina smiled and said, "Brother, you are so busy every day, the revenue of the Prussian branch must be very high."

"Oh, of course." Mark nodded. "After all, Prussia's economy is the best in the region besides the royal territory. The branch I'm in charge of has Prussia as its backing. Even if we don't do anything, the revenue we generate is higher than some remote places."

At this point, Mark seemed to have thought of something and waved his hand hurriedly.

"Ah, sorry, Chelinina, I'm not talking about the Duchy of Antica, I'm talking about the Duchy of Lucia in the northeast. Don't get me wrong, you've tried very hard, and we all see it."

Looking at Mark's poor performance, Chelinina just sneered and said nothing.

What about the Duchy of Lucia? Even if Lucia is bad, it has developed much better than Antica. Isn't this just pointing out that the economic performance of the area under his charge is poor?

As if realizing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Lawrence hurried out to mediate.

"Alright, alright, big brother, you also know that the place my younger sister is in charge of is not a good place to begin with. She is very responsible for taking over there."

"Hmph, you want to be responsible, right?" Mark snorted when he heard this. "I think if my little sister wants to be responsible, she might as well find a good family to marry into so that our family can have a backer."

Sure enough, the reason why Mark was dissatisfied with Chelinina was because of this incident.

According to the inheritance law, Mark is the one with the greatest hope of inheriting the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce after Louis' death. He has already regarded the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce as his own, and therefore, he is eager for his sister to get married as soon as possible so that the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce can benefit from the marriage as soon as possible.

After saying those words, Mark walked towards the banquet hall.

Lawrence looked at Chelinina and said worriedly, "Little sister, don't take what big brother said seriously."

"But did you really make that bet with your father? To make the Antica branch rank first in revenue within two years."

"Yes." Chelinina nodded. "It is true."

"If you ask me, why not just give up?" Lawrence said, with a worried tone. "Little sister, you know that it's too late to start there. Even if you can really do it, it will take more than just two years."

"Why don't you take this opportunity to look for sons from other duke families? If you meet one you like, you can marry him off."

"Second brother." Chelinina looked at Lawrence, and the respect she had just shown was gone. "You also want me to withdraw from the position of succession, right?"

"No, little sister, I'm just worried about you..." Lawrence was about to explain when Chelinina turned and walked away.

"Oh." Lawrence stared at Chelinina's back and sighed.

……

An hour later, the banquet started as scheduled. After Louis finished his opening speech, the upper-class people present each looked for someone to talk to and began to act with purpose.

The so-called banquet is to give these people an opportunity, an opportunity to communicate and trade.

At this time, Chelinina came to Louis with a glass of wine.

Louis looked at Chelinina, and although he was unhappy with her previous contradiction to him, he still raised his glass to respond to her.

The two clinked their glasses, and Chelinina then drank the wine in her glass in one gulp.

"Father, long time no see."

"Yeah." Louis nodded. "It's been half a year since we last met. How have you been in the past six months?"

"Thanks to my father, I am living a good life." Chelinina smiled.

Louis knew she was mocking him, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he asked, "You haven't given up yet?"

"Give up what?" Chelinina asked.

"It is almost impossible to bring Antica's branch's income to the first place. You have to know that the second-ranked Prussian branch has a monthly income six times that of your branch."

"Oh, so it's doubled now." Chelinina said this, took out a monthly financial report and handed it to Louis.

Louis took the financial report, took a look at it, and frowned.

Chapter 60: Sudden Intrusion

"Cherinina..." Louis said in a deep voice after reading the financial report: "I have thought of many possibilities, but I never thought..."

"I never thought that you would cheat for this matter!" Louis said this, pointing at Celinina, his fingers trembling slightly.

"Do you think I can't see it? In that financial report, the revenue of local chambers of commerce has increased threefold."

"In just one month, I have tripled the revenue of almost all the chambers of commerce in the cities. Who do you think you are? The goddess of wealth?!"

"But what if I say that all this is true?" Chelinina looked at Louis, her expression did not change because of Louis' anger.

"I can afford the money. At the same time, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to the Dukedom of Antica to verify whether I have cheated or not."

"Hmph." Louis snorted coldly. Although Chelinina looked fearless, who knew if she was pretending to be like this on purpose to fool him.

"I will naturally send someone to check on this matter later. If there is really a problem, then you should prepare to be dismissed and return home."

Louis said this and snorted coldly.

At this time, Donnie politely came up with a glass of wine.

"Uncle Louis, I toast to you." Donnie said, raising his glass with a smile.

"Yeah." Louis also smiled again at this time.

No matter what, Tony is the son of the Duke after all, and he may very well be her future husband, so she must give him some face.

At the same time, he winked at Chelinina.

"Chellinina, Mr. Donny is so polite, why don't you give him a toast in return?"

"..." Chelinina said nothing, silently filled her glass with wine, suppressed her disgust towards Donny, forced a smile, and then toasted him with a glass of wine.

"I heard that your uncle's Naples branch's business seems to be a little bit difficult recently. Do you need me to help you talk to your father?"

"Haha, that's great." Louis said this, as if he really had a good relationship with Tony. He patted Tony's shoulder and laughed.

"Okay, I won't bother you young people anymore." Louis said this and prepared to leave, leaving Donny and Chelinina alone here.

Donnie looked at Chelinina with greed in his eyes.

And at this moment, a figure appeared beside Chelinina.

"Miss Chelinina, I wonder if I would be lucky enough to dance with you?"

The three people present were stunned when they saw the person coming.

The handsome young man with black hair and purple eyes is Orson.

"Orson..." Donnie murmured Orson's name.

When Louis heard the name, he immediately knew the other party's identity.

"Oh, I was wondering who it was." Louis turned back and snorted coldly at the look of Orson and Chelinina standing together, a handsome couple.

"It turns out that you are so confident talking to me, Chelinina, because you have found another backer for yourself."

Donny also came up at this time.

"Mr. Orson, I didn't expect you to know Cherylina." He looked at Orson with a fake smile and held out his hand. "Long time no see, Mr. Orson."

"Long time no see." Orson stretched out his hand and shook hands with Donnie. "You are still the same as always, Mr. Donnie."

"Haha, can I take this as a compliment?"

"Of course." Orson nodded, then looked at Chelinina. "So, can you answer my first question, Miss Chelinina?"

"Yeah." Chelinina nodded. She could see that Orson wanted to help her out.

"Wait a minute." Louis came up at this time. "Mr. Orson, I don't know what benefit Chelinina gave you to make you help her."

"But I hope you can understand one thing. No matter how powerful a noble is, they cannot interfere in other people's family affairs."

"Yes." Orson nodded. "So I'm just inviting Miss Cherylina to dance with me, and I don't have any other intentions. Or, President Louis, do you think I have feelings for your daughter and want to interfere in your family's inheritance?"

"..." Louis was silent. He didn't know how to answer. Then, Donny walked up.

"Mr. Orson, if I remember correctly, you are already engaged. At this time, don't you feel sorry for your fiancée by inviting a girl of your age to dance with you?"

"Besides, Chelinina will be my future wife. Don't you think that what you did is inappropriate?"

"Oh?" Orson raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then looked at Chelinina.

"Cherinina, when did he become your fiancé?"

"Never." Chelinina shook her head.

"Look." Orson looked at Donnie. "Cherinina is not your fiancée, and..."

"If you ask me, Mr. Tangni, compared with the romantic affairs you left behind in the Imperial City, what I have is nothing."

Donnie stood there, too angry to speak.

At this time, Louis also got angry, which was rare.

"Orson! Your family only became dukes a dozen years ago. Before that, you were not even worthy of entering such social occasions!" Louis said, pointing at Orson's nose. "Your family is nothing more than a nouveau riche!"

"Oh? Because it has hundreds of years of history, it is noble?" Orson said, looking at Louis with disdain. "And, President Louis, if I remember correctly, your Bonaventura family also became rich during your father's generation, right? It hasn't been that many years since then?"

"If you ask me, your family is nothing more than a nouveau riche."

The situation on the field became tense in an instant.

At this time, Chelinina's two brothers also came over.

"you you!"

"Mr. Orson." At this time, Mark came up and said, "I know you are a little dissatisfied with my situation, but there is nothing we can do. We were born in a merchant family and no one is in politics."

"Moreover, compared to the Duchy of Antica, the Duchy of Naples is indeed a better marriage partner in every aspect..."

"So we have to ignore Miss Chelinina's personal wishes and let her marry someone she doesn't like, right?" Orson asked back.

"..."

"Orson! Do you think Cherylina likes you?!" Louis shouted angrily at this time. "She just wants to use your identity to fight against me and make me cancel this marriage!"

"You're just the one being used!"

Chapter 61: The whole family is evil

As Louis finished speaking these words loudly, the field fell into silence for a moment.

Then, Chelinina walked forward and looked at Louis.

Tears welled up in her eyes and her body was shaking slightly with anger.

"Father, since you know this, why don't you ask me why I do this?"

"You have always treated me like a commodity since I was a child. No matter how hard I try, in your eyes, I am just a woman and will never be as good as my two brothers!"

"Even if they are just sitting there doing nothing and can't do anything for the development of the Chamber of Commerce, it's because they are your sons! And I am just your daughter!"

"I don't want to marry him at all!" Chelinina pointed at Donnie and said loudly. "Yeah, besides being the eldest son of the Florence family, what else is he!?"

"Do you value his character? Or his ability?!"

"You only care about Duke Giovanni and the entire Duchy of Naples behind him!"

"You don't care about your daughter's happiness at all!"

After she said this, she turned around and left the banquet hall angrily.

Louis stayed where he was, too angry to speak.

As the saying goes, family disgrace should not be made public, but Chelinina went crazy and revealed all the family affairs.

Louis Now

He had no remorse towards Celinina at all. On the contrary, if Celinina came back, he would slap her twice to let her know who raised her.

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