“Tsk.”
When Nie Qingru heard her sarcastic laugh, her nerves snapped and she was easily provoked: "What are you laughing at?"
Qiao Nian said calmly, "I was wondering how much benefit could make the noble queen come to call me to show her goodwill."
Nie Qingru felt as if she had been slapped in the face. She became more angry and her face became even gloomier.
She clenched the bottom of the wine glass tightly: "I heard that you didn't even invite many people from the Ji family to your birthday party this time, and only invited Ji Nan?"
Nie Qingru had heard that Qiao Nian was going to have a birthday.
She originally thought that the other party would take this opportunity to build a close relationship with the Ji family, but Qiao Nian did not invite several elders of the Ji family as she expected, but only invited Ji Nan, who was insignificant.
She still couldn't figure this out, so she called to test the waters.
Nie Qingru took a very high attitude.
She always puts herself in the position of an elder and a superior. Even if she has an ulterior motive in making this call, her tone reveals her arrogance and dominance.
"Why don't you call the rest of the Ji family?"
"Who I invite to dinner has nothing to do with you?" Qiao Nian did not answer her question directly, nor did he mock her anymore. Instead, he was extremely indifferent.
Her cold attitude towards strangers seemed to hurt Nie Qingru's self-esteem.
Nie Qingru had a stern face and sinister eyes. She said coldly, "Don't forget, I am your grandmother after all. We are connected by blood. The blood I gave you flows in your body!"
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Qiao Nian originally wanted to see what she wanted to talk to him about, but after hearing this, he no longer had the desire to continue chatting with her.
"That was given to me by my mother. It has nothing to do with you."
She finished her words quickly, then thought of something and lowered her eyes again, using her own method to fight back: "If you have time, you should pay more attention to the successor you have been training for more than 30 years."
"I thought the person you've been hiding and protecting for thirty years was so outstanding, but I didn't expect your vision is just this good."
"You probably never thought that he would be involved in these businesses without telling you, right?"
Qiao Nian always knew that this sentence was enough to drive her crazy, so she said in a mocking tone, "So, people's hearts are not as easy to control as you think. At least you haven't been able to control their hearts."
Anyone who plays with eagles will have his eyes pecked by an eagle one day.
She said calmly, "If you have time to care about who I eat with, you might as well care about Nie Qixing. Didn't you use your connections to get him out? Ask him what other businesses he's involved in without telling you. Stop bragging about how great your hidden family is in front of me all day long, when the business you do privately is something even the lowest class people in F Continent wouldn't bother to do."
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"Qiao Nian! Is this your upbringing?!" Nie Qingru was so angry at her words that his blood pressure soared. His face turned red and purple. It was a rare moment when the elegant and graceful mask on his face was torn off, revealing his true face.
Unfortunately, she was so angry that her heart was about to burst. She gasped and scolded the girl loudly, but the person on the other end didn't take her seriously.
With just one word "Hang up", he hung up the phone on her.
When Nie Qingru heard the busy tone on the other end of the phone, she was stunned for three seconds before accepting the fact that someone hung up on her.
Veins popped out on her forehead and she slammed the phone against the wall. With a loud bang, the phone broke into pieces and hit the ground.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Nie Qingru had long lost the mood to drink red wine. With a stern face, he took the wine glass and turned back to the living room, saying expressionlessly, "Come in."
(End of this chapter)