Chapter 14
"Then I'll have to trouble my aunt!" Ren Ran said. "Oh right, you have to carry the Buddha pendant with you at all times for it to have any luck effect, right?"
"That's right, only then can it protect you and bring you good fortune," Ren Shuyun said with a smile.
"My friend wants to take a look, but I didn't have my Buddha pendant on me. Auntie, could you lend me yours for a moment so I can take a picture of it?"
Ren Shuyun was taken aback. She wasn't even wearing one of those things.
Seeing her hesitation, Ren Ran smiled. "Auntie, you wouldn't be that petty right? You wouldn't refuse to lend it to me, would you?"
"Oh no, of course not," she awkwardly smiled in response.
Xu Zhengyang, seeing his wife's awkward predicament, took out a Buddha pendant from his pocket. "Here, you can borrow mine."
"Thank you, uncle," Ren Ran said as she accepted it.
As soon as she got up, Ren Shuyun discreetly elbowed her daughter Xu Ying, signaling her to follow along.
Noticing the little tail behind her, Ren Ran completely ignored it and headed straight for the bathroom. She closed the door behind her.
She began taking apart the Buddha pendant, surprised to find that it was solid all the way through, completely different from the ones they had.
She took out her phone and snapped a few pictures.
When Ren Ran opened the bathroom door, she noticed Xu Ying standing not too far away, pretending as if Ren Ran didn't exist. As Xu Ying walked away, she put on a show of talking on her cellphone.
"Did you see the photo I sent you? It looks just like that. Don't get them mixed up later."
"Okay, sounds good. Thanks again, I'll be in touch."
After ending the fake call, Ren Ran stood in front of Xu Ying and handed her back the pendant, smiling as she said "Here you go, make good use of it and pass it back to your dad for me."
Xu Ying nodded.
"Aren't you going to use the restroom?" Ren Ran asked with a smile, looking at Xu Ying just standing there motionless.
The corner of Xu Ying's mouth twitched a few times before she reluctantly went into the bathroom.
Back in the living room, Ren Ran sat down next to her grandmother again.
Xu Zhengyang spoke in an ingratiating tone, still putting on airs. "Uncle, we're just short of 50 million yuan. It's not a lot of money."
Just listen to that tone, saying it's not a lot of money.
Not a lot? Then don't come asking to borrow!
Thinking of that money going down the drain, Ren Ran wanted to speak up again.
But suddenly, her grandmother took her hand and gently patted the back of it.
Ren Ran understood her grandmother's meaning, and obediently kept her mouth shut.
"Uncle, I'll really need your help with this matter," Xu Zhengyang said.
"I even saw the mistress's daughter calling him 'Dad'. She looks about the same age as me."
Those simple two sentences carried tremendous meaning.
Not only did he cheat right after getting married, it meant he likely never had any faithfulness to begin with. That was a huge amount of information to take in.
Her grandfather had never looked favorably on Kong Liji to begin with. Now, upon hearing about something like this, even someone with excellent self-control would find it hard to remain calm and collected.
"Does your mother know?"
That's parents for you. Their first thought is always their child.
"She's likely had her suspicions," Ren Ran conservatively reported.
Her grandfather had built up their corporation with his own two hands, nurturing it into prosperity.
She absolutely could not let her father snatch it away, turning the Ren family's assets into the Kong or Ruan family's possessions.
In her last life, Ruan Ling entered the entertainment industry riding on the coattails of being touted as the "heiress" of the Ya Star Corporation. She used that title to establish an image in the industry as a rich, beautiful socialite, gaining herself countless fans.
While Ruan Ling enjoyed extravagant clothes and lifestyle, the real heiress of Ya Star Corporation, her, was dumpster diving for bottles.
Even if the corporation was handed over to outsiders in this life, she would never let it fall into her father or the Ruan mother and daughter's hands.
Her grandfather looked at the girl before him who he had watched grow from babbling baby to adulthood, taking care of her parents and worrying for them. She really had matured.
"The corporation will be handed over to you. Grandpa will guard it for you."
With those words, Ren Ran felt assured.
Her grandfather would no longer gradually hand over power bit by bit to her father.
That night, Ren Ran stayed at the villa up in the hills.
Inside the master bedroom, the elderly couple took their supplements and leaned against the headboard.
"What did Ran Ran say to you?"
Ren Hongru took off his reading glasses and held his wife's hand. "Liji is having an affair. He has a child with his mistress, around the same age as Ran Ran."
This meant Kong Liji was already cheating before he even married their daughter.
"That despicable scum!" The old lady was furious.
"Don't get angry! Don't let Ran Ran see you upset."
Seeing her partner wasn't angry at all, Madam Ren was puzzled.
Ren Hongru held her hand, gently patting it. "Ran Ran is more outstanding than her mother. Even knowing her own father did something like that, she didn't act rashly. She knows to protect us, and she has vision for the long term rather than just the present."
It was best not to poke holes in this paper window. There was a lot of room to maneuver this way.
Once poked through, it would ruin not just Ren Suya, but the Ren family's reputation as well.