Chapter 20.1

On the fourth day of her leisurely stay on a snow-white private beach, fair, rich and beautiful Han Yanyan awaited a guest.

The guest was a handsome young man. His face had some similarity to Qiao Wenxing, but there was no trace of Qiao Wenxing’s wealthy, pampered naivete.

Although they were blood brothers, one was a young gentleman sought after and constantly in the spotlight. Engaged to the daughter of a wealthy family, though he had no achievements he was boasted of as a young elite. The other was an unrecognized and dishonorable illegitimate child, ridicule and contempt thrown in his face both openly and behind his back; though he had never wanted for anything, he had only had his mother. The place of his father had always been vacant.

Unlike Qiao Wenxing, Liu Chengyu’s eyes were calm and determined. Qiao Wenxing could not have mimicked the look.

His last name was Liu, his mother’s name. Though his biological father had generously granted him a good life, the stingy man hadn’t even given him his last name. He was only a few months younger than his blood brother, an accident created by Father Qiao while Qiao Wenxing’s mother was pregnant.

Though his arrival was unexpected, he had grown up to be a better young man than his father’s beloved son.

Han Yanyan had sent him an invitation before leaving, and now, just as promised, here he was.

At the moment, Han Yanyan was lying on a beach chair in a bikini, seductive and gorgeous with her snow-white skin and exquisite curves. When she took off her sunglasses to examine Liu Chengyu, her eyes narrowed and a smile spread across her rosy lips. She looked as lazy as a cat, without a trace of nervousness, the confidence of a wealthy daughter steeped into her bones since childhood.

Liu Chengyu put his hands into his pockets calmly and let her look.

While Han Yanyan looked at him, he looked at Han Yanyan. His prospective eldest sister-in-law in name was a flamboyant and ostentatious beauty, worthy of the name ‘Eldest Miss’.

In his heart, he couldn’t help but feel unwilling. Although his biological father had fed and clothed him, he would never give him the same resources as Qiao Wenxing. This woman in front of him was one that he could never hope to marry all his life.

“You invited me to meet you here. What’s going on?” He had been surprised to receive her invitation. Although he was brothers with Qiao Wenxing by blood, he would never have been invited to the wedding, and felt like he shouldn’t be in contact with Qiao Wenxing’s fiancée. When he had received a phone call from her the day before yesterday, he had hesitated before finally coming out of curiosity.

“Nothing at all,” Han Yanyan said with a smile. “I just wanted to meet the future heir of the Qiao family.”

Liu Chengyu frowned. “Did you call me up just to humiliate me?” He added a little sarcasm to his words, “Eldest sister-in-law.”

“Whoa there!” Han Yanyan shook her finger at him. “Don’t call me that. I may still end up as the daughter-in-law of the Qiao family, but I might not be your sister-in-law.”

Liu Chengyu looked at her. “What do you mean?”

Han Yanyan smiled, stood and put her sunglasses back on.

“Your dear brother Qiao Wenxing has fallen in love with a little white flower from a poor background and wishes to break off our engagement. He doesn’t understand the  true meaning behind the marriage between the Qiao Family and the Han family. I’m very much in doubt of whether or not your father is going to keep such a foolish son in the position of heir. He isn’t your father’s only option, after all. The Qiao Family still has… you,” she eyed the outstanding, composed young man before her, “Qiao Chengyu.”

“My surname is Liu,” Liu Chengyu said quietly. “He won’t even give me his surname, how could I be heir?”

“I’ve had someone look into you,” Han Yanyan shrugged. “You’ve excelled academically ever since you were a child, and skipped a few grades along the way. At the age of 22, you got a master’s degree in business administration from M country. When you returned to China, you started working at a branch company under the Qiao Group, starting from the bottom. You are now a department manager and the leader of two projects, both very successful. However, everyone else only knows you as Liu Chengyu. No one knows your true identity. With your academic excellence and obvious talent, you must have had many offers to choose from upon returning home, but you chose the Qiao Family company. You said your father didn’t want you to be heir, but… you haven’t said that you don’t want to be.”

Han Yanyan was very observant, and she noticed how Liu Chengyu licked his lips imperceptibly as she spoke. In fact, she hadn’t had him investigated at all. What she had just said was all the information the robotic voice had given her at the beginning of this mission. It wasn’t difficult to put the pieces together. Liu Chengyu was exceptional, yet suppressed and unacknowledged by his father thanks to his identity as an illegitimate child. It was impossible for him to be content with the situation.

He had a calm and decisive character, and he was extremely talented. All he needed was a little help, and Han Yanyan was happy to give it.

“Your father is biased against you, so you work harder. But at most, he’ll just add a little more to the inheritance that he’s already prepared for you. It will be very difficult to get from him the identity and status that you truly want,” she said. “But if you marry me, the only heir of the Han Group, and become my father’s son-in-law, I think your father might be quite happy to give you a surname and accept you into the Qiao family. It might not be unthinkable for you to become heir.”

Liu Chengyu’s expression finally changed. He stared at this beautiful, ostentatious woman before him, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. “What do you want?” he asked.

Han Yanyan smiled sweetly. “I’m going to go change. Let’s talk about it at dinner.”

Tomorrow my fiancé and I are going on a road trip, so here is a chapter early. Road trip! Road trip! ????