Nan Xing had never dropped his guard toward Ouyang Duo.

While he was unaware of the Ouyang family's designs on their family, he knew Ouyang Duo was hardly a gentleman.

Ouyang Duo had forced the Nan family into a corner over the Vietnam project. If not for Nan Chen's help, Nan Xing would have been in hot soup as the actual manager of that project.

I'm not as shrewd as Chen when it comes to business, but I'm hardly naïve in the ways of the world.

Nan Xing could sense that something was amiss from the minute he set foot in the room.

Ouyang Duo had met Nan Xing several times as their families ran in the same circles. Nan Xing would bet money that his private meeting with Ouyang Duo today was far more complicated than an interview for a future son-in-law.

Consequently, he politely refused the liquor that Ouyang Duo offered and cautioned himself to think carefully before answering any questions.

Ouyang Duo took a puff of his cigar and frowned. He asked, “Is my question so difficult to answer?”

Nan Xing scrunched his nose at the offending smell of the cigar.

Feigning ignorance, he countered, “What do you mean?”

“I asked you about your plans. It's a simple question,” Ouyang Duo repeated himself.

Letting out a smile, Nan Xing replied, “I don't plan that far ahead into the future. You know me; I'm just winging it one step at a time.”

Ouyang Duo began to sound impatient as he questioned, “You're a member of the Nan family. Nan Chen can't possibly take charge of your family's entire business alone. Aren't you helping him to shoulder the burden?”

An ambitious man himself, Ouyang Duo held no little contempt for unambitious good-for-nothings like his son, Ouyang Qi.

Hearing about Nan Xing's ambiguous plans disappointed him immensely.

I guess the similarity between Nan Xing and Nan Chen ends in their looks.

sensed Ouyang Duo's disdain and was secretly

Ask your daughter to leave me alone from

dumb was the best strategy in

piped up, “I don't need to share any burdens. Chen can manage Nanshi Corporation on

his words, Ouyang Duo's heart sank even

mind. All he needs to do is to sign

advised, “You are a descendant of the Nan family. Surely, you must have the ambition to

working. Our family is stinking rich. I can swim in money without working a day in my life, so what's

that, Ouyang

face, for heaven's sake! Why is Nan Chen soaring like an eagle while his brother

think?” Ouyang Duo did not even

hoping that it would be easier to convince Nan Xing to join forces, but he hardly wished to find a lazy bum who

closely and witnessed the disappointment

glee over the

it. Chen, bless his soul, has been encouraging me to join the family business, but it's so boring. My eyes start drooping before I can even get through a

give me all the money I'll ever need? Even if I were hard-pressed

of “hotties” was the

Duo's expression soured

he's even worse than I imagined. My daughter will be humiliated in the Nan family

he bellowed at Nan Xing, “How can you behave like a lazy bum at your age? You should be stepping up to bear more

outburst, Nan Xing muttered,

then that he had overstepped. After all, he was still talking to someone from the Nan family, even if

son-in-law in the future. I can't scare him off before he's

one day? How will you fill

mean when Chen's gone? We're the same age and perfectly healthy men. What is he

be gone so soon, though I thank you for your kind concern,” came

Duo realized with a start that he had unknowingly offended Nan Xing

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