Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 472 - 454: Highly Self-Opinionated

Chapter 472: Chapter 454: Highly Self-Opinionated

"Xiaoman, how old are you now, and why are you still making rough motions like you did back in school? You have absolutely no femininity at all,"

Jenny looked at Ye Man rolling her eyes in frustration and felt enormously satisfied.

With a flirtatious smile, she threw a seductive glance at her boyfriend, "Darling, I haven’t even introduced you guys yet. Look, this is Ye Man, my high school deskmate I’ve mentioned to you. Ye Man—this is my boyfriend, Huang Chenghou, the general manager of Huang’s Building Materials and the sole heir for three generations. The chairman is my boyfriend’s father."

Jenny smiled triumphantly, emphasizing the words "sole heir for three generations."

"Miss Ye, it is such an honor to finally meet you,"

Huang Chenghou greeted Ye Man with a reserved nod and a smile, without offering his hand.

Ye Man casually nodded back, her face wearing a polite professional smile. She searched her brain but couldn’t recall a "Huang’s Building Materials" among the top twenty enterprises in S City.

"May I ask Miss Ye, where do you work at?"

To Huang Chenghou, who always thought highly of himself, Ye Man’s indifference seemed like a slight. The feeling of being overlooked instantly kindled a sense of dissatisfaction within him, accompanied by a desire to conquer.

He, who normally paid little attention to Jenny’s classmates and friends who fawned over him to the point of lavishing exaggerated praise on his very feet, condescended to speak up for once.

"Oh, her? She studied secretarial work and went straight into Lu Group as a little secretary after graduation—" Seeing the interested look on her boyfriend’s face, Jenny immediately felt regretful, so she didn’t wait for Ye Man to answer and blurted out the response.

"Miss Ye is a secretary at Lu Group?" Huang Chenghou’s eyes suddenly brightened, and he immediately spoke more earnestly.

Is just a little secretary worth such a reaction?

Jenny felt like she had just shot herself in the foot.

Huang Chenghou gave her a discreet glare and then turned to Ye Man with a dashing smile, "Since Miss Ye was Jenny’s deskmate, it’s fate that we’ve met. If there’s any clothing you like, feel free to pick out a couple of sets, consider it a welcome gift from me."

"No, thank you,"

Ye Man glanced at Huang Chenghou and quickly lowered her eyelids, as if she couldn’t bear to look directly at him. Unbeknownst to him, what he considered his "dashing" smile was, in Ye Man’s exceptionally picky eyes regarding male attractiveness, almost unbearably pitiful, even more cringe-worthy than the utter lack of charm.

Being short was one thing, but he was also overweight, his chubby cheeks so greasy looking that it seemed like a good half-pound of oil could be fried from them. She couldn’t fathom how Jenny could bring herself to kiss such an unsightly face that seemed to have no friends, and still manage to smile so "tremblingly delightful."

"Miss Ye, please don’t be polite. A couple of sets of clothes are nothing to me—I’m sure I can afford them... If you don’t fancy clothes, let’s check out some jewelry. Pick anything you like up to ten thousand yuan,"

When Huang Chenghou heard Ye Man refuse, he was taken aback at first. Then he quickly caught on, as if he had figured something out, and started to smile. He stepped forward, his eyes revealing a well-hidden disdain—he had seen this kind of playing hard to get before. It must be a ploy to ask for more.

How much money are two outfits worth? Women, of course, prefer jewelry—the kind that’s valuable.

Thinking of Ye Man working as a secretary at Lu Group, he figured that if he could keep her happy, he might find a use for her in the future. He had been looking for an opportunity to get involved with Lu Group, and having someone to provide insider information would always be beneficial.

Huang Chenghou thought to himself that it was just a matter of spending a little money. He was unwilling to resort to seduction, as Ye Man was not exceptionally beautiful—just the girl-next-door type. Her only advantage was her position as a secretary at Lu Family, and it wasn’t even clear if she was a secretary in an important department.

But it didn’t matter. Even if she wasn’t very useful to him, what was the harm in spending a little money?

"Really, there’s no need. My husband doesn’t like others giving me clothes or jewelry," Ye Man said, stepping back in fright and firmly declining.

"Ye Man, it’s just a welcoming gift. What’s the big deal? Could it be that your boyfriend can’t afford to give you gifts and also doesn’t want others to? He can’t be that narrow-minded, can he?" she mocked, as if she were some virtuous heroine for all to see?

While Jenny laughed and said this, she was actually seething with jealousy. Clenching her teeth in secret, she didn’t understand why Huang Chenghou suddenly wanted to treat Ye Man so nicely, but she didn’t dare go against his wishes and, even unwillingly, she strived to facilitate it.

The relationship between her and Huang Chenghou was, to put it nicely, that of boyfriend and girlfriend, but she knew the likelihood of him actually marrying her was slim. The Huang family held high standards and wouldn’t consider someone from her modest background.

Jenny’s thought was to take advantage of her youth, to get as much as she could while Huang Chenghou was still interested in her, which is why she was usually willing to lower her standards to please others.

And it was because of her pragmatism that Huang Chenghou favored her over his many "girlfriends" and was most generous to her.

"Yes, Miss Ye, the most important thing for a man is to be magnanimous. How could someone as charming as you not have some nice jewelry and clothes to adorn yourself? If you’re embarrassed, you can have Jenny help you pick, her taste is commendable, as I often praise her, and you’ll know once you see."

Huang Chenghou gave Jenny a wink, and with a quick turn of her eyes, she moved forward with a smile, gripping Ye Man’s arm tightly, strong-arming her with the pretense of friendship: "Let’s go, let’s go. If you don’t like the clothes, we can just pick some jewelry. It’ll be a memento of our time together as desk mates if we each get a matching set."

"I really don’t need it."

Ye Man persisted in her refusal. She didn’t want to be beholden to someone for a little bit of jewelry or whatever. She shouldn’t take what she hadn’t earned.

Huang Chenghou was obviously only showing such enthusiasm after learning she was a secretary at Lu Group. If she couldn’t see that he had ulterior motives, she would have wasted all her years of experience.

And from Jenny’s actions, she could tell that the two were not truly "boyfriend and girlfriend."

If it were the old Jenny, and this man was truly her boyfriend offering clothes and jewelry, she probably would have slapped him just for politeness’ sake. At the very least, she would have put on an angry air; how could she possibly be helping to "pimp" him out?

Ye Man felt revolted by the description she’d thought of.

It’s hard to change one’s nature. She didn’t believe that Jenny could have changed so drastically in the years since graduation.

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