But Yang Hao’s brother-in-law, Kang Zhi Chao, was different; he lived in Xiangyang City.
“Your second sister and brother-in-law have also arrived, come sit for a bit, we were just discussing going out to eat.”
“Huixin and I went home to get some stuff, we’ll come back later.”
As Kang Zhi Chao replied, his gaze kept circling around the Wenjie M9, he had only seen it once in a video, and now he was seeing the actual car.
And it was from this car that brother-in-law Li Baojun had alighted.
“Brother-in-law, did Yang send you this car?”
“Or is it just a loan?”
Kang Zhi Chao asked curiously.
“Of course he sent it to me!”
“Been driving it for over two months now, this car really is a joy to drive!”
Li Baojun leaned one hand on the car door, his reply brimming with smiles.
He had been fussing around in the car for quite a while, waiting for just this moment!
Li Baojun stood tall, determined to let the people of Kang Family know that he was living well!
And it all started with this Wenjie M9!
“A car worth over five hundred thousand.”
“Just giving it away like that??”
Kang Zhi Chao was shocked, his face a picture of disbelief.
“Just over five hundred thousand dollars!”
“To us, that’s a lot of money, but in Yang’s eyes, it’s just pocket change!”
Li Baojun shrugged his shoulders smugly, showing off a bit of borrowed glory.
No wonder he was like this; the son-in-law of Kang Family had been looked down upon for over twenty years. Now, at last, he could hold his head high, and inevitably, he was a bit full of himself.
Hearing this, Wang Huixin, who was standing nearby, frowned and said, “Didn’t Yang and Manshu get divorced?”
“How come he’s still giving her such an expensive car?”
Ever since Wang Huixin learned of Li Manshu and Yang Hao’s divorce, she had been criticizing Manshu for being materialistic. Of course, she herself wasn’t any nobler; she simply liked to revel in her relatives’ misfortunes.
There are such people who get jealous when their relatives do well and look down on them when they’re doing poorly!
And Wang Huixin was one of those people.
So later, when she heard that Yang Hao had become wealthy again, she gloated over Manshu’s misfortune, commenting that Li Manshu wasn’t destined for a life of great wealth and luxury!
She even connected this to Li Baojun and Kang Huizhi, saying that they too didn’t have a destiny of wealth and honor!
But now, Li Baojun was claiming that Yang Hao has given him a Wenjie M9 valued at over five hundred thousand!
This was even more painful for Wang Huixin than if she had lost five hundred thousand herself.
When Wang Huixin brought this up, Li Manshu’s face suddenly turned sour. The divorce from Yang Hao had long become a thorn in her side.
It was the thing she regretted most!
Although she kept telling herself to let go and stop dwelling on it,
she just couldn’t do it.
She couldn’t help but look for news about Yang Hao.
Then she found out that her ex-husband’s business was growing bigger and bigger, his wealth getting higher and higher.
Now, it seemed, he had a fortune of over ten billion.
Currently, Yang Hao’s identity as the chairman of Hucheng Cultural Broadcasting Film and Television Group had not been revealed.
The outside world only knew him as the boss of Tianmei Media and Maetian Entertainment, and the combined market value of these two companies was around fifteen billion.
So, in Li Manshu’s eyes, her ex-husband Yang Hao was a billionaire!
Even though she didn’t know that Yang Hao was actually a super-rich tycoon with a net worth of hundreds of billions.
For her, ten billion was already unattainable. Therefore, the thought that she could have been the wife of a billionaire caused her immense heartache.
So much so, that she tried her best not to think about Yang Hao, and tried not to follow any news about him.
But her ignoring him didn’t mean he would disappear.
For instance, at this very moment, Aunt Wang Huixin brought up Yang Hao again.
“Manshu, are you guys planning to remarry?”
Seeing Li Manshu not responding, Wang Huixin pressed on.
But in her heart, she hoped for a negative answer; after all, Yang Hao was now a billionaire.
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If Li Manshu had such a husband, wouldn’t he be rubbing their daughter against the floor vigorously!
Then, there would be no way to have a pleasant conversation.
“No!”
Li Manshu shook her head; she actually wanted to remarry Yang Hao, but he was unwilling!
Moreover, what made Li Manshu more frustrated was that, in order to completely sever ties with Yang Hao, she deliberately announced their divorce in the family group chats of both families after the divorce.
She was afraid that the relatives didn’t know they had already divorced!
Of course, Li Manshu did this at the time just to quickly cut off relations with Yang Hao and pursue her beautiful life.
As a result, she is now quite passive, unable to even pretend in front of the relatives.
“Not remarried?”
“Then why did Yang give such an expensive car?”
Li Manshu’s answer made Wang Huixin very satisfied and even somewhat secretly delighted as she continued to probe with a smile.
“Married or not, Yang is still our son-in-law, and that can’t be changed!”
“What’s wrong with giving me a car!”
Li Baojun took over the conversation; he hadn’t spoken directly about the issue between Yang Hao and his younger daughter Li Manni.
Even though Yang Hao and his older daughter Li Manshu had already obtained their divorce papers and legally had no relationship.
Still, talking about it could cause controversy, so Li Baojun didn’t mention it explicitly.
“Is that so!”
Wang Huixin shook her head and sighed with a smile, “It can only be said that Yang is loyal and righteous!”
“Even after the divorce, he still respects you as a father-in-law, Brother-in-law!”
“I wonder if our Xiao Xiao will be able to find us such a good son-in-law in the future!”
“Of course she can, Xiao Xiao won’t fall short.”
Kang Huizhi nodded with a smile, politely responding.
At this point, Kang Zhichao was rubbing his hands together and said to Li Baojun, “Brother-in-law, since Huixin and I need to go back home, could I borrow the car to drive?”
“I’ve heard that the Wenjie M9 is really nice to drive and even has an autopilot system; I really want to give it a try!”
While speaking, Kang Zhichao had already placed one hand on the car door, his eyes filled with longing.
There are hardly any men who don’t like cars.
Kang Zhichao is no exception, only his current ride is a Corolla.
It’s not in the same league as the Wenjie M9, not even considered a product of the same era.
It’s like the difference between a keypad phone and a later-generation smartphone!
“Zhi Chao, if you need to go home, I’ll drive you there,”
Li Baojun was well aware of the principle that one doesn’t lend out their car, after all, accidents and disputes caused by lending cars are all too common.
If nothing goes wrong, it’s all fine.
But once an accident happens, it’s all complicated messes!
And disputes over borrowed cars always occur among friends and relatives, often resulting in feuds.
So, while Li Baojun could drive them home, he wouldn’t agree to lend the car!
Li Baojun always maintained an image of a good-natured person in the Kang Family, was very easy-going, hence Kang Zhichao didn’t expect him to refuse.
He frowned and looked towards his sister Kang Huizhi, “Big sis, I just want to take a spin in this car, can’t even that be done?”
Kang Zhichao knew that his big sister Kang Huizhi was the one calling the shots at home, so since Li Baojun wasn’t giving face, he directly addressed Kang Huizhi, the head of the household.
While asking, he gave Li Baojun a glare, silently grumbling to himself: You think you can just say no and that’s it?
Your family doesn’t revolve around you!
“Uncle, my dad doesn’t want you to drive it also for your sake, first off, you’re not familiar with this car, secondly, the car is only covered by compulsory insurance, if there’s an accident, you’d still have to pay…”
At this moment, Li Manshu joined in, knowing her mother Kang Huizhi would find it hard to turn down Uncle’s request.
“This…”
After hearing Li Manshu’s words, Kang Zhichao was suddenly at a loss, he grumbled after a moment, “Brother-in-law, you’re driving a car worth over half a million, don’t you even buy commercial insurance for it?”
“You know that the more expensive the car, the more costly the insurance!”
“When Yang gave me the car, it only had compulsory insurance; I can’t afford to buy such expensive insurance either!” Stay connected through My Virtual Library Empire
Li Baojun of course knew that his daughter had come up with an excuse, and he immediately went along with it, though the car was indeed fully insured.
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