Chapter 298: Face-slapper Comes Knocking
Lin Lei couldn’t just watch this anymore too, and he directly shouted, “Dad, this round doesn’t count! My sis diverted my brother-in-law’s attention.”
“What are you talking about? Losing is losing. Now, these shares of the company are yours, Xu Cheng,” Lin Guiren said as he handed a document to Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng passed the document to Lin Chuxue. “Honey, you take care of this for me.”
Lin Guiren: “No, you little brat, hurry up and sign.”
Lin Chuxue went through the document as she curiously asked, “What is this? An equity transfer agreement?”
She looked at Xu Cheng and asked, “How can a man not have a main business? Aren’t you lucky to be able to get such a huge share of the company? Is your lieutenant’s salary enough for you to eat? Just hurry up and sign it.”
Lin Guiren: “Yeah, you heard that? Even you wife has spoken, are you going to not listen?”
Xu Cheng turned to look at Lin Chuxue and bitterly smiled. “But the thing is, I don’t participate in managing and I’m also not in the country for most of the time, what use would I be for the company?”
“Of course you will be useful.” Lin Guiren said, “From now on, you will be responsible for sourcing raw materials into the company from Asia. This isn’t difficult to do, right?”
Lin Chuxue chuckled and explained to Xu Cheng, “The job Dad is talking about is indeed not difficult to do. Normally, you just need to go to jade exhibitions with some money and be responsible for buying some medium to high-end stone materials for the head office from time to time, and that’s all.”
Xu Cheng said, “Then that’s not difficult, I will just help out. Why are you giving me the shares for?”
Lin Guiren: “You little brat, you really think you are going to toss me 3 billion euros like it’s some spare change? If I don’t do anything after taking the money, I will feel very sorry towards your dad.”
Xu Cheng: ‘What’s there to be sorry about? Dad, you and my dad are best buds, and now that my dad’s not here, you raised me up and I also married your daughter. If I don’t treat you and Mrs. Lin like my dearest family members, who else am I going to do that to? Just don’t worry about the money with me, you don’t know how easy it is for me to make money.”
Lin Guiren immediately began scolding him, “Lin Lei already told me where this money came from. I heard that you got a pretty good beating. Stop doing risky businesses like that in the future. If you lose your life, are you going to just let Chuxue just be a widow?”
Lin Chuxue’s face immediately became red. “Dad, what are you saying! Saying these words is bad luck!”
Xu Cheng: “I know right!”
Lin Chuxue glared back at Xu Cheng: “You too! From now on, don’t do anything that will raise my heartbeat by that much. You know what I’m talking about. If you do things like that again, then we will just go back to living separately again.”
“Okay, I promise you. Let’s go back and live a peaceful life,” Xu Cheng obediently replied.
Lin Chuxue smiled and then placed her hand on his face. “Does it still hurt?”
Xu Cheng shook her head. “It’s fine, much better now.”
Just then, a maid quickly walked over and said in a little strange of a tone, “Master, Miss Yali is here for Madam.”
Yali was Lin Chuxue’s aunty, and Mommy Lin immediately frowned and felt appalled upon hearing that name.
Then, they just saw Yali already walking into the hall and acting all pitiful, looking at Mommy Lin.
“Sis, Sis, you can’t just abandon me like this… Dad already kicked me out of the house, and now I can only live with you.”
“What are you doing here?” Mommy Lin’s face immediately turned cold. “I already said everything that needs to be said. Now, the Lin Family is completely unrelated to the Owen Family (Mommy Lin’s family). Please respect our boundaries, you can go back now.”
Seeing her sister being this merciless, Yali suddenly felt a bit awkward. She then turned to look at Lin Chuxue and then said passionately, “Chuxue, Auntie liked you the most since you were a baby girl. Look, your auntie got kicked out of the family by your grandpa and now Auntie has nothing on her. Since the company was able to come back from the dead, can I come back too?”
Lin Chuxue thought she heard wrong or something, and she actually laughed from being a little angry. “Auntie, for that title I call you by, can you at least act like an elder? Can you not give me anymore reasons to despise you? Life is a gamble, and you have to accept the consequences.”
Yali then immediately look to Xu Cheng, knowing that this man was now the one that wore the pants in this house. “Oh hello, my dearest nephew-in-law, now everyone’s talking about how the Lin Family found themselves a reliable son-in-law, and the entirety of London is talking about you. I’m even telling everyone I know how great you are to the elders in the family.”
And what she meant to say was, she was also his elder, so he should be nice to her.
Xu Cheng faintly smiled. “Auntie Yali, I grew up here since I was young, but I only have two elders, and that doesn’t include you. Also, my words don’t hold much weight in this household, I’m afraid there’s no use for you to ask me for favors.”
Then, the maid came back again and said, “Master, a guest has arrived and he said he’s here for Mr. Xu.”
Xu Cheng was a bit surprised.
Then, a young man in British aristocratic attire walked in, looked at Xu Cheng, and said, “You are Xu Cheng, right?”
“Yes,” Xu Cheng replied.
“I’m Kalan, and I want to challenge you to a fight.”
“Kalan!” Lin Guiren and Lin Lei were both a bit shocked upon hearing the name.
Xu Cheng looked at the guy and said, “I’m sorry, but why do I have to accept your challenge.”
Kalan arrogantly replied with his nostrils towards Xu Cheng, “I think Mr. Xu forgot those words you said at the Queen’s banquet yesterday. You said all aristocrats are garbage, but I’m not, and as a member of the aristocratic society, I express my objection in what you said. Of course, I’m not here to argue with you. I just want Mr. Xu to say to the media that the words you said that night was just trash talk, meant nothing, and then apologize. If you don’t want to do that, that’s fine too, then please accept my challenge to you for a fair match. I will represent the aristocracy of Britain, and if you feel like you can’t represent the Huaxia military, you can get someone else to come too. This is the letter of challenge, don’t misplace it.”
As Kalan said that, he took out a gold-bordered letter from his sleeve and placed it onto the table. Then, he politely greeted Lin Chuxue in silence with a slight bow and said, “I believe in the Rose of Britain’s taste. A man that’s worthy of your love mustn’t be someone that’s just all talk. I came to challenge you after I heard that you injured over a hundred royal guards. I hope you can attend the fight tomorrow.”
Then, he left.
Xu Cheng sat down, picked up the letter on the table, and mumbled. “Who the hell is this guy? I’ve never heard of him before.”
Lin Chuxue also wondered, “Lin Lei, do you know?”
Lin Lei was still dumbfounded. “Damnit, how did we end up provoking that guy?”
Lin Guiren: “You two weren’t in the country for a while so it’s natural that you don’t know him. This is the rising number 1 martial arts star in recent years.”
Mommy Lin nodded. “He’s really famous for his accomplishment in martial arts in Europe. I heard that in his record, he hasn’t lost a single fight yet, and even the Queen personally gave him the hereditary peer title, praising his contribution to the British martial arts culture.”
Xu Cheng: “Dad, have you fought against him before?”
Lin Guiren nodded. “After all, I was also a big martial arts guy in the past. He came to challenge me two years ago after his debut, and I lost within 20 strikes. I don’t know if he got even better over the years.”