Wang Xiaoyan held Chen Jie's hand and they sat on her couch to chat for a while.
"It's still early, let's play for a bit longer before you go back," Wang Xiaoyan wanted to spend more time with Chen Jie.
Chen Jie nodded, "That's what I was thinking! I'll borrow your bed for a moment."
"Ah?" Wang Xiaoyan exclaimed, her face flushing. Borrow her bed? Did he mean sleep in her bed?
Even though she had decided to be Chen Jie's girlfriend, this was only their second meeting. Having him in her bed made her feel flustered.
Moreover, Jiang Xue was waiting outside.
Chen Jie knew she had misunderstood but didn't explain. Instead, under Wang Xiaoyan's blushing gaze, he directly sat cross-legged on the bed.
Chen Jie embraced his core and concentrated, channeling his qi from his qi sea to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
"What are you doing?" Wang Xiaoyan asked, confused when she saw he wasn't going to sleep.
Chen Jie replied, "The spiritual energy here is abundant, I want to use it to cultivate."
"Spiritual energy? Alright, your body was ruined. If you have a chance to recover your strength, you should indeed work hard."
Wang Xiaoyan didn't think much of it. "Then I won't disturb your cultivation. I'll go chat with Jiang Xue."
Saying that, she walked out, closing the door behind Chen Jie.
Jiang Xue felt a pang of displeasure when she saw the two of them staying in the room and no longer paying attention to her.
Ever since Wang Xiaoyan had invited her to the Wang family's residence, she had been a mere spectator, feeling like an outsider.
Had she been invited just to see her?
Thinking this, she decided to leave.
She thought to herself, she was a young lady with a net worth of tens of billions. Why should she be treated with such coldness?
Just then, Wang Xiaoyan came out. Seeing Jiang Xue about to leave, she quickly called out, "Jiang Xue, wait."
"Miss Wang, you go and play with Chen Jie. I have to go home," Jiang Xue said expressionlessly.
Wang Xiaoyan stepped forward and took Jiang Xue's hand, saying, "I haven't told you the main reason for inviting you here yet. Come, let's talk."
Jiang Xue's heart trembled. So she had indeed invited her for a reason.
She thought it was about Chen Jie and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Wang, are you really going to be Chen Jie's girlfriend?"
Wang Xiaoyan smiled, "Just call me Xiaoyan."
She then added, "What? Do you like him too?"
"Like him? How could I? I can't stand him!" Jiang Xue scoffed.
Wang Xiaoyan's eyes curved into crescent moons, "Why is that?"
Jiang Xue sneered, "To me, he's just a bumpkin trying to climb the social ladder. He'll never amount to anything!"
"Wang... Xiaoyan, I don't mean to belittle him, but I've observed him through various events. I advise you to reconsider before accepting him..."
Then, she recounted how Chen Jie had encountered the Poisonous Dragon today, threatened the dragon with his illness, and how Chen Jie, despite having the option to preserve his strength and deal with the Zhou family gradually, had instead destroyed his own future by fighting the Zhou family to the death.
"Xiaoyan, Chen Jie is brave but foolish, losing sight of the bigger picture. He's destined for no great achievements. You should think about it again," Jiang Xue said coldly.
Wang Xiaoyan's eyes were thoughtful. "I don't think so. Perhaps Chen Jie has his reasons for doing so."
Recalling Chen Jie sitting in her room cultivating, she added, "Perhaps he has a way to recover his strength."
"Even if that's true, so what? In the end, he's still brave but foolish."
Jiang Xue shook her head and said no more. She and Wang Xiaoyan weren't particularly close, so there was no need to advise her so earnestly.
Besides, Chen Jie would no longer have anything to do with her.
Wang Xiaoyan suddenly asked, "Chen Jie gave all the Zhou family's assets to your Jiang family. Did Chen Jie not propose any conditions?"
Jiang Xue sneered, "If he had asked for some conditions then, it would have shown he was ambitious, and I would have respected him more. But he didn't ask for anything..."
Midway through her sentence, she was shocked and suddenly realized. She looked at Wang Xiaoyan suspiciously.
Wang Xiaoyan had invited her over for a serious matter.
She wouldn't ask such a question for no reason.
Then, as if remembering something, she explained to Wang Xiaoyan, "Xiaoyan, he didn't propose any conditions, but my father did. He asked me to marry him!"
"But don't misunderstand, my father did this because he didn't want to accept the Wang family's assets. And Chen Jie agreed to date me first because he wanted my father to accept the Wang family's assets. In reality, our relationship is just a game, not to be taken seriously!"
Wang Xiaoyan chuckled and said, "One party didn't want to accept, and the other found a way to make them accept. Your family is quite interesting."
"I..."
"Don't worry, I'm not pursuing your relationship with Chen Jie, nor am I interested in the Zhou family's assets. Since Chen Jie has decided to give the Zhou family's assets to your family, I support it unconditionally." Wang Xiaoyan said.
Jiang Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She was worried about these two points. Now that Chen Jie was Wang Xiaoyan's fiancé, it was only natural that the Zhou family's assets should go to the Wang family.
This way, her family would get nothing.
No one dislikes wealth.
Especially Jiang Long's family. They had been financially controlled by the patriarch since they were young, and the feeling of living under someone else's roof was not pleasant.
Now that they possessed the Zhou family's wealth, no one would want to give it away.
Jiang Xue believed that if Wang Xiaoyan were in the same situation, she would not be willing to give up such a good opportunity.
Moreover, since Chen Jie had done it voluntarily, Jiang Xue felt at ease.
"Chen Jie gave all the wealth to you, which shows that your family is worthy of the Zhou family's wealth. I invited you here today to discuss cooperation." Wang Xiaoyan said with a serious expression.
"Cooperation?" Jiang Xue looked confused.
Wang Xiaoyan nodded, "Indeed. Even the entire Jiang family, upon suddenly receiving all the wealth of Pingcheng's local emperor, might not be able to hold onto it. How can your family of three, without power or connections, hold onto half of the empire that the Zhou family spent a hundred years building?"
"To put it bluntly, you're like a three-year-old child walking around with millions in cash. Do you think that's safe?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xue felt a chill down her spine.
Fortunately, Wang Xiaoyan reminded her, otherwise, their family of three might die without knowing the reason.
At the same time, she felt that the Zhou family's assets were like a hot potato.
"Therefore, what I mean is that our Wang family will be responsible for helping you establish a company to manage the Zhou family's wealth! Don't worry, our Wang family has no intention of annexing it, but merely to help you quickly strengthen your power."
"And my condition is very simple, which is that our two families will become close friends in the future and face difficulties together."
"Originally, our Wang and Zhou families were at odds with each other, which prevented us both from progressing. But if our two families join forces, we will dominate the region."