Chapter Thirty: The Siblings' Scheme

  Joanna's home had a black Ferrari parked outside, and several men in suits with black wooden glasses came to pick her up. As the car drove away, a Porsche followed behind, which was Chen Sen. Ever since Chen Sen saw some strange people at Joanna's door last time, he would send someone to protect Joanna every day, worried that something might happen to her. The scene just now was seen clearly by Sen, feeling that the people who picked up Joanna were very suspicious, and his heart kept thinking, but couldn't figure out what these people were doing, but they must not be good people.

  On the bus, Joanna's phone rang. "Hello, Auntie." "Anna, are you free tonight? Come over to my place for dinner." "Auntie, I have something on tonight and might not be able to make it, let's do it another time." "Your brother is arriving in China today, probably around 3 pm. You and Feng haven't come home for a meal in a long time, so everyone can get together at the same time." "He's not my brother, I don't have a brother. Auntie, I'm busy. If I have time tonight, I'll go over. Bye for now."

  As for Joanna's brother, his name is Park Zuo, a Chinese who studied in the UK and joined the Qiao family's Wanxing Group after graduation. He was appreciated by Chairman Qiao and adopted as his godson, becoming the group's deputy general manager. He has never gotten along with Joanna, but this time he came to China because of a private transaction.

  That day, Ruan Lingfeng came to Jiang Xue'er's home. In the Jiang family's main hall, "Auntie," Ruan Lingfeng called out.

  "Ling Feng, how did you have time to come over today?" Chen Feng said with a smile.

  "My mom said she's inviting everyone to our house for dinner today, so I came to bring Jiang Xue'er along."

  "I haven't seen Jiang Xue'er all morning, she should be upstairs, you go take a look."

  "Okay."

  Chen Feng sat in the hall, while Ruan Lingfeng went upstairs to find Jiang Xue'er. Jiang Xue'er was alone at home with nothing to do, and when she got up early to clean her room, she saw the photo that Qiao Anna had given her again, and stared blankly at it. Since the door wasn't closed, Ruan Lingfeng, out of curiosity about what Jiang Xue'er was doing alone in her room, didn't knock on the door and walked right up to Jiang Xue'er, startling her.

  "What are you doing alone?" asked Ruan Lingfeng.

  "Nothing much, oh, I'm cleaning my room, how did you come?"

  "What were you just looking at?" Jiang Xueer accidentally let Yan Lingfeng take the photo.

  "How can you still be looking at this? I've said it's synthetic, I'll never do anything to wrong you in my life, just throw it away." Rong Lingfeng picked it up and threw it into the trash can.

  "Hey, Ran Lingfeng, this is mine, how did you throw it away without my consent?"

  Ran Lingfeng said: "These are all trash, looking at them will make you feel bad."

  "Is it? You wouldn't be feeling guilty about something, would you?"

  "How could I? I was thinking about your mood, if you're not in a good mood, my mood will also be affected. If you're not in a good mood, you'll ignore me and that would break my heart." Ruan Lingfeng said with grievance.

  "Alright, I'll just throw it away then, hehe." Jiang Xue'er tidied up the books on the desk and sat back down on the bed to fold clothes.

  Ran Lingfeng was rummaging through Jiang Xue'er's closet, flipping through it again and again. Jiang Xue'er saw this and said: "Ran Lingfeng, what are you doing? Why are you going through my closet?"

  "Let me see if there's any nice clothes, you're so old-fashioned with your clothes." "Enough, I just folded them and you messed them up again. As long as the clothes fit well, isn't that enough?" "Who says that? Haven't you heard 'Buddha relies on gold, people rely on clothes', dressing up is very important." "What's the point of dressing up at home? Besides, I'm already beautiful even without dressing up." "What? With a husband as handsome and excellent as me, you still want to go on blind dates? It's because you're too pretty, so usually you don't need to dress up, but sometimes you should. I think it won't work if we keep going like this, I have to hurry up and marry you first, or else you'll be daydreaming every day." "I wasn't daydreaming! What event were you talking about earlier?" "Today my mom called and wants us to go home for dinner, so you should dress up a bit." "Your mom already knows me, why are you being so pretentious?" "In front of my future mother-in-law, I still want to make a good impression, it'll be easier for me to marry you if I do."

  Jiang Xue'er was speechless about Rang Lingfeng, the fiancée he had arranged for himself had flown away, and...and this was his mother-in-law marrying an old wife or him marrying an old wife, why did he need to win over his mother-in-law's heart? Jiang Xue'er thought that Rang Lingfeng was really childish.

  Joanna and her group arrived at the Rose Terminal, got off the car and made a deal with the other party. When the leaders of the two gangs met face to face, they were both surprised. Joanna never expected that the person who came for the transaction today was actually his sworn brother. What made Park Jae-yi even more surprised was that the young lady of the Wanxing Group, a dignified and respectable group, was actually in cahoots with the underworld. Park Jae-yi felt that today was really a good match, and the play would be even more fun in the future.

  During the transaction, Park Soo-young and Jo Anna didn't have any conversation. After the transaction was completed, they each went their separate ways. Following behind them, Sun didn't know what they were trading, quietly sitting in the car watching. And Jo Anna had known early on that her brother-in-law wasn't a good person, but she hadn't expected him to be the leader of the opposing party in the transaction. It seemed that Park Soo-young's entry into Wanxing Group was also premeditated.

  In the Rong family's large mansion, Rong Lingfeng and Jiang Xue'er helped Mrs. Rong with cooking after they arrived, waiting for others to come. Sen followed Joanne all the way, and when Joanne got off at a clothing store, she went in to change into another outfit. Sen called Anna, "Anna, where are you?"

  "I'm at a clothing store."

  "Ling's mom said to go to his house for dinner, I heard you're going too. Where are you? I'll come pick you up."

  "I'm at a clothing store on Nan Song Road."

  "I just so happen to be nearby, come out."

  "Okay."

  After Joanna changed her clothes, she got into Sen's car and arrived at Rang's house together. Pu Zuo pretended to have just gotten off the plane and had Rang's car come pick him up, arriving a bit later.

  "Today's dishes were all made by Ling Feng, and they're really good." Mrs. Ruan brought a plate of food out from the kitchen.

  "What? These dishes were made by Ling Feng? I really can't tell." Sen said in surprise.

  "Yes, if it weren't for Ai Ying telling me last time she came back from the Jiang's house, I really wouldn't have dared to believe it," said Mrs. Ruan.

  "Brother-in-law's cooking, I must eat a bit more tonight." Joanna said happily.

  At this time, Rang's family car brought Pu Zuo to the door. "Madam, Young Master Pu has arrived."

  At this time, Park Zuo walked in, "Zuo, you're here, it's been a long time since I saw you, and you've grown taller." Madame Ruan was delighted to hold Park Zuo's hand, "Today, Ling Feng personally made many dishes. You took a plane all day, you must be hungry, come and eat quickly."

  Qiao An, who was standing aside, couldn't help but feel stifled by Pu Zuo's behavior and walked over to sit at the dinner table. At this time, Jiang Xue'er and Ruan Lingfeng brought out the final dish and also sat down.

  "It's rare for everyone to gather together today, okay, let me introduce you, this is Jiang Xue'er, she's Ling Feng's future wife." Madame Ruan looked at Jiang Xue'er and said: "Xue'er, this is Anna's older brother, his name is Zuo Yi, he just returned from the UK."

  "Recently I saw in the news that Ling Feng is about to get engaged, didn't expect the future bride to be so beautiful," said Pu Zuo Yi.

  "Yes, this is Ling Feng's good fortune. Alright, everyone must be hungry by now, let's eat quickly." said Madame Ruan.

  During dinner, Park Zuo often glanced at Jiang Xue'er, but was discovered by Qiao Anna. Sen, who sat next to Qiao Anna, occasionally served Anna dishes and didn't say much. The whole table had a strange atmosphere, with Park Zuo and Qiao Anna each lost in thought, while Ruan Lingfeng and Jiang Xue'er showed affection on the side. This meal made Sen feel a bit tasteless, thinking about Qiao Anna and Park Zuo's behavior during the day, he couldn't figure out what these two siblings were doing, their actions were mysterious and unpredictable. After dinner, Sen said he had something to do and left first. Ruan Lingfeng also sent Jiang Xue'er home.

  Outside Ruan's house, Pu Zuo said: "My good little sister, long time no see."

  "Who is your sister, don't call her randomly." Joanna said.

  "Really? Haha, indeed, in your heart, I will never be your brother. However, today... it's really unexpected, if the people of Wanxing Group find out that the future heir is actually colluding with the underworld, who knows what kind of situation it would be?"

  In Joanna's eyes, Park Soo-young was just a small fry who didn't count for anything. "You dare to threaten me?"

  Park Zuo said with a sly smile: "How dare I threaten my own sister? I'm just telling the truth."

  "Are you interested in Jiang Xue'er?" Joanna asked.

  "Whether I'm interested in Jiang Xue'er or not has nothing to do with you, but it seems like you're also interested in Rang Lingfeng? So, you like him?"

  "That's right, I like older male cousin, what's wrong with that? Who doesn't know I like him?"

  "Haven't you noticed that he's very close to Jiang Xue'er? You should know his personality, he wouldn't normally like someone. But just now, I could tell that Sen likes you?"

  "This is none of your business."

  Joanna no longer cares about Park Zuo Yu. When she wants to go home, Park Zuo Yu says: "Why don't we cooperate, I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

  "Cooperation? You think you're worthy?" Joanna said

  "Suitable or not, as long as you're happy, I'll help you chase after Ran Lingfeng. What do you think?" Pu Zuo said as he walked to Qiao Anna's side.

  "What can you do?" Joanna asked.

  "When the time comes, you'll know." Park Zuo's mysteriousness made Joanne feel very curious. Park Zuo inexplicably helped him pursue Ruan Lingfeng, and there must be a ghost in this. Seeing Park Zuo's figure made Joanne feel even stranger.