She Took Back Her Children and Got a Husband

Xuanxuan shook his head, remembering that his aunt told the servant she was Mommy's friend earlier, indicating she didn't want to reveal her identity. So, naturally, he didn't tell Daddy, just pretended he didn't know anything.

"Since you're not familiar, you should avoid contact in the future." Mr. Shen, holding Duoduo and pulling Xuanxuan, went inside.

"What about Mommy? Are you really not letting her come home?" Xuanxuan tilted his little head up, staring intently at Daddy.

Xuanxuan always felt that Daddy's heart was made of stone.

"It's her own choice not to come back," Mr. Shen said indifferently.

**

Jiang Mansion!

Jiang Xiaorou and her father, along with her stepmother, were sitting on the living room sofa, eating fruit and chatting about family matters. It was possibly because she hadn't been back in five years that everyone seemed very enthusiastic towards her, but Jiang Xiaorou knew that most of this warmth was probably fake, and at best, she just laughed it off.

"By the way, Xiaorou, now that you've returned, what are your plans?" the stepmother held Jiang Xiaorou's hand and asked all sorts of questions.

Behind her insincere smile hid countless blades, all aimed at Jiang Xiaorou. They probably weren't genuinely worried about her having no job, but afraid that Jiang Xiaorou had come back to fight for the inheritance!

"I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll go work at Dad's company? After all, Jiang Group is big enough; surely it can support even me!" Jiang Xiaorou said facetiously.

Her implication was clear – she was challenging Jiang Yufei for the inheritance rights of Jiang Group. The stepmother immediately started laughing.

"Working at Jiang Group is fine, but since you didn't finish college and lack work experience, I'm afraid there might not be a suitable high-level position for you. How about starting from a junior staff position? Work your way up for a few years. What do you think, Zhiguo?" the stepmother suggested.

A junior staff?

Jiang Xiaorou burst into laughter!

"Mom, Jiang Yufei is the vice president at the company, and she doesn't have the authentic Jiang Family blood in her veins. Now you're asking me, the genuine Ms. Jiang, to be a junior staff member in the company. What's your reasoning? Do you think that the children your husband fathered aren't as good as your Jiang Yufei? Or do you think that I'm only suited to be a lowly employee, slacking off until I die? You can't be serious!"

Jiang Xiaorou mimicked the stepmother's smile with hidden knives, her words neither warm nor bland, choking the stepmother with her retort. Daddy was a man who cared about face, and he definitely wouldn't tolerate anyone looking down on the Jiang Family, especially his own daughter, which naturally upset him.

"Daddy, what do you think? Surely you don't agree with Mom and think that a daughter of the Jiang Family should only be a junior staff member, right?" Jiang Xiaorou said with a smile, gazing at her father.

Beneath that mask of innocence hid a venomous nature, deadly to the touch. She was no longer the kind and lovely girl from back then, and no one was going to plot against her.

"Xiaorou is right. How about this: you be a vice president like Yufei. Having one more person can also help share the load, and I'd worry less," Jiang Zhiguo said.

After Jiang Xiaorou deliberately compared herself with Jiang Yufei, Daddy naturally wouldn't assign her a position lower than vice president. After all, Daddy cared about his image!

"But Zhiguo, if there are two vice presidents in the company, who will they listen to? And Xiaorou truly has no work experience. We don't even know what she has been doing in the five years she was missing. Just giving her a vice president role might cause concerns in the board of directors' side! I'm not saying Xiaorou is incapable, but we have to consider the bigger picture, as this concerns the future of Jiang Group!" The stepmother wielded her self-righteous reasoning, putting up a facade of integrity, which was her true skill.

Jiang Xiaorou has seen too much of it all her life.

"Listening to Mom, could it be that if I join Jiang Group as a vice president, I could actually bring the company down? Do I, Jiang Xiaorou, really have such capabilities? I had no idea. You're really holding me in too high regard!" said Jiang Xiaorou.

"Xiaorou, I..." The stepmother was left speechless and embarrassed by Jiang Xiaorou.

How strange, Jiang Xiaorou wasn't like this before. Back then she was so naive, believing anything pleasing she heard. Why has it become so difficult to deal with her now? She had run out of strategies.

Seeing that the situation was not in her favor, the stepmother knew that if she continued to argue with Jiang Xiaorou here, she likely wouldn't gain any advantage. So, she turned her gaze to Jiang Zhiguo, still wearing that motherly smile on her face.

"Zhiguo, Xiaorou does make some sense, but running a company isn't just for ourselves. We must consider the employees, the board members, and the shareholders. If we casually place people in the company, I fear it may set a bad precedent. Of course, we can't treat Xiaorou unfairly either. Why don't we hold a board meeting in a few days? Let the directors decide. I think it would be good both for Xiaorou and for the company. If Xiaorou really can get through the board meeting, it would prove her capabilities and she'd naturally be able to stand on her own two feet in the company in the future, right?"

Jiang Zhiguo, however, frowned deeply. He was no fool and knew all about Jiang Xiaorou's capabilities, or lack thereof. And those board members weren't just there for show; they valued individual abilities, and it was likely that no one would vote for Xiaorou.

"Do you have confidence?" asked Jiang Zhiguo to Jiang Xiaorou.

"Let's give it a shot! It doesn't matter to me anyway! The worst outcome is that no one votes for me, and I'm out without a single vote! But hey—who knows, maybe there will be a miracle, right?" Jiang Xiaorou laughed with seeming indifference, as if she had a plan up her sleeve.

The stepmother, naturally, had nothing to say in response, and she laughed even happier than Jiang Xiaorou.

"Be serious. This is about joining the company, not stepping into a public restroom," Jiang Zhiguo was almost driven mad by his precious daughter. She didn't take anything seriously—did she really think the board meeting was a joke?

"Prepare properly. You'll need to introduce yourself, get your resume ready. As for the rest, that's up to you!" Jiang Zhiguo sighed, stood up, and went upstairs. Neither of his daughters was like him.

As soon as Jiang Zhiguo went up, Jiang Yufei came back, fuming. She wasn't even in the house when she started ranting loudly, like thunder.

Coming back late obviously meant no good. Mrs. Jiang, Qin Ning, quickly went over to pull her beloved daughter aside.

"Why are you back so late? What's going on? Yufei, how many times have I told you? You must focus on Mr. Shen; he's your man, your everything. As long as you hold onto him, your life will be good. Why won't you listen? Go back there, and you're not allowed to come back at night anymore." Qin Ning was on the verge of being driven crazy by her precious daughter.

"They locked me out, where can I go back to?" Jiang Yufei said with an annoyed expression.

She had rushed home as soon as she was done with work at the company, not daring to delay even a minute. And yet, there was no one to open the door for her. Jiang Yufei stood in the pouring rain for half an hour, completely soaked, with nobody paying any attention to her. She had no choice but to return to her parent's house.

"Why would they lock you out? Did you have a fallout with Mr. Shen again?" asked Qin Ning.

"Fallout? I haven't even seen him for days, okay? It's not my problem. Forget it, I don't want to talk about it. I'm going to change my clothes," Jiang Yufei said.

"You better wise up! Just now, your father was talking about letting Jiang Xiaorou join the company as a vice president. If even the Shen Family doesn't support you, what will you do? Remember, focus more on Mr. Shen, hold on to your man, got it?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yufei's anger surged immediately and she stormed over to face Jiang Xiaorou, looking down on her.

"You want to join the company? And even become a vice president?" Jiang Yufei was a hundred percent unconvinced!

"If you, who are not even Dad's biological daughter, can join, why can't I, the legitimate Ms. Jiang?" Xiaorou crossed her legs, sitting comfortably on the sofa, pressing the lighter in her hand lightly, and the cigarette lit up.