Chapter 66 - Xiong Family (III) (1/2)

”How was my cousin, Ryu'er?” Xiong Zhi asked.

Xiong Nuen Zai was a little bit stunned as he did not expect Xiong Zhi knew his eight year old son.

”He is doing fine. He is a bit sickly but he was very cheerful and intelligent.” Xiong Nuen Zai could not help but be proud.

He only had one child and that was his son, Xiong Nuen Ryu. His son was sickly since he was born. Nevertheless his cheerfulness hide it all. Probably his son wanted them, his parents, to be happy and burden free.

”It's good to know. Maybe one of these days I will visit Ryu'er and Aunt (Nuen's wife) in Paris. Ryu has never meet me.” Xiong Zhi wanted to be close with those good people in the Xiong family. That was the family of his Uncle Nuen and her Aunt Xiong Mai.

Xiong Nuen Zai smiled. He did not ask how Xiong Zhi knew of his son. He was not a socialized person so no one outside of his circle knows that he got married and had a son. But it was Xiong Zhi. And Xiong Nuen Zai trusted her and that he knew she meant no harm but sincerely wanted to bond with them as a family.

”Sure. I will escort you to my home.”

They talked more of their well being not minding the crowd's gazes to them.

Some of them knew Xiong Nuen Zai as someone from the third branch. They have just discovered today that the Young Miss of Xiong was actually close to the third branch.

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Xiong Mai was having difficulty to enjoy this banquet. Everywhere she goes, be it in the hall, in the dining area or even at comfort room people would try to converse to her and proclaim their name and distribute their business card. In fact her purse right now was full of business cards. That's why every year she dreaded to attend the anniversary.

'It's because of that one percent ..'

Xiong Mai calmed her self because she felt she would lash out on this people. She had one percent of shares of the entire Xiong Empire. She got it as an inheritance when her father died. And because of that one percent, she needed to attend this horrible anniversary. She was a woman who don't have any patience to play honeyed words to these people. In the first place, she did not get where she was through that, it was all by her hard work and talent.

She actually wanted to sell this one percent. But the problem was to whom. The elders did not buy any more shares as it was part of the rule. She could only sell it to the first or second branch. There's no one to sell to in the first branch as there was no son. In the second branch, the people there were full of greed. Full of schemes. And Xiong Mai doesnt want anything to do with them. Lastly, it was his father's will to left that one percent to her. For his father knew she had a stubborn personality and would not just sell it to anyone. Her father clearly wants the third branch to own at least a bit of Xiong Empire.

But she...clearly didn't want anything to do with it.

She just wanted to do everything in her own. She was independent and talented. Even with or without the surname Xiong she could fare herself well.

Without even touching that one percent, she managed to be a sensational business woman in Europe. Making her a great figure in business industry. That's why she had a guts to act mightier like the second branch. And the people around her revered her and curry favor to her even she came from the third branch.

Xiong Mai was getting irritated bit by bit when she heard a soft yet cold voice.