Chapter 431 - 431 Do I Look Like an Idiot?

Words : 1918 Updated : Oct 16th, 2025

One hundred billion? Even a celestial being could be bought with that, let alone a woman? Although I told you to name your price, that doesn't mean you should just blurt out any absurd number, okay? "He can't afford it, but I can. Work well here, and I'll give you one hundred billion, paid in installments!" Hao Jian declared with grandiose generosity. Meanwhile, Yuan Shanshan was rolling her eyes because she knew Hao Jian was talking about a salary! Damn, it's the Chairman of Shu Ya Group who pays my salary, okay? How dare you take credit for this? Have you no shame? How can you have the face to say that? And Dong Xingui was so amused that he said, "If you have one hundred billion, I'll chop off my head and give it to you!" "What would I want with your head? Use it as a soccer ball?" Hao Jian scoffed disdainfully. "You... which department are you from? Do you still want to keep working here?" Dong Xingui glared and lost his patience, commanding Hao Jian, "Be smart and take ten million to get lost immediately. Otherwise, I'll have you pack up and leave for good!" Ten million, that was the only bargaining chip he could accept. "How about I give you a choice instead, give me one billion, and you can continue to stay in this company, otherwise you'll have to pack up and leave." Hao Jian said with a smirk as he looked at Dong Xingui. "What? Are you trying to make me laugh?" Dong Xingui was stunned, Hao Jian actually suggested that he wouldn't be able to stay in this company? How dare an insignificant employee talk to him, a director, like that? Dong Xingui had not been with the company for very long and didn't know that Hao Jian was the Chairman's husband. Seeing his simple clothes, he had taken him for just another low-level employee. "You don't believe what I'm saying?" Hao Jian feigned surprise but looked at Dong Xingui with the eyes one reserves for an idiot, enjoying the sensation of seeing someone else act arrogantly and then knocking them down a peg. "Believe, I believe my ass!" Dong Xingui roared with a contemptuous expression, "Ha, no ability, but the bravado is certainly big." But just as Dong Xingui finished speaking, footsteps were heard from outside; the employees who had gone out for lunch were returning. Upon seeing Hao Jian there, each of the employees approached him with tense expressions and then bowed their heads in unison, "Mr. Hao Jian!" Seeing this, Dong Xingui was dumbfounded. Why were these employees greeting Hao Jian before him? Were they blind? Thinking this, Dong Xingui was instantly enraged, "Are you blind?" "Ah? Director Dong, you're here too." Only then did the employees notice Dong Xingui and greeted him. Dong Xingui's face darkened; only after he reminded them did these fools realize something that for Dong Xingui was a blatant insult. It really wasn't their fault; between the Chairman's husband and Dong Xingui, they naturally greeted the Chairman's husband first. "You all know this man?" Dong Xingui asked the employees, looking at their reaction it seemed as if they recognized Hao Jian. The employees exchanged glances, all of them with a puzzled and confused expression. Was Dong Xingui playing a joke on them? Hao Jian was the Chairman's husband, how could they not recognize him? They had thought Dong Xingui would surely know him as well. "I'm talking to you all, have you all suddenly become mute?" Dong Xingui was getting angry seeing these employees silent. "They haven't become mute, they just find your question laughable," Hao Jian said with a slight smile, then turned to the employees, "Tell him, who am I?" At that moment, a female employee stepped forward and explained to Dong Xingui, "This is our Chairman's husband, Mr. Hao Jian." "The Chairman's husband?" Hearing this, Dong Xingui's eyes nearly popped out of his head. Was this guy really Shu Ya's husband? The man who with his own strength turned the tide and saved the entire group? Dong Xingui was like a man who had seen a ghost, scrutinizing Hao Jian up and down, his shock escalating beyond measure. Wasn't it said that the Chairman's husband rarely came to the company? Why then was he here? Quickly, Dong Xingui's complexion turned green with the realization that he had dared to challenge the Chairman's husband. Wasn't that simply courting death? Because Dong Xingui knew that Hao Jian was even more formidable than Chairman Shu Ya, for he had once merely said a word and made the business tycoon Xu Donghe cough up twenty billion to help Shu Ya Group go public. Although Hao Jian had no actual power within the group, everyone inside knew he was wealthier than Shu Ya. Dong Xingui felt like crying; this fellow had such a beautiful and capable wife as Chairman Shu Ya, so why did he go after Yuan Shanshan, a department head? Wasn't that bullying? How were they, the others, supposed to live? However, Dong Xingui also understood why Yuan Shanshan had rejected him, it turned out she had already been involved with Hao Jian. If that was the case, why didn't you say so sooner? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have dared to harbor any inappropriate thoughts towards you even if I had the gall of a leopard. "Now do you believe I have one hundred billion?" Hao Jian chuckled, teasingly speaking. "Mr. Hao Jian, there seems to be some misunderstanding here, I didn't know it was you earlier," Dong Xingui hurriedly laughed and tried to appease him. In front of Hao Jian, he dared not be arrogant because he had no capital for arrogance. Previously, several major shareholders in the group had been crushed by Hao Jian, let alone a newcomer like him. "Are you apologizing to me?" Hao Jian asked, feigning confusion. "Yes, I was reckless, please forgive me." Dong Xingui hurriedly nodded, then bowed deeply to Hao Jian in front of everyone. The employees were all stunned, as they didn't know what had happened in advance and why Dong Xingui was apologizing to Hao Jian. "Oh, so that's what this is about." Hao Jian said meaningfully as he glanced at Dong Xingui, then took a step forward, approached Dong Xingui, and without any courtesy, slapped him right across the face. "Slap!" A crisp slap landed on Dong Xingui's face, sending him staggering almost to the point of falling to the ground. Several teeth fell from the corner of his mouth in an instant, and Dong Xingui looked up at Hao Jian in disbelief: "Mr. Hao Jian, you..." Dong Xingui never expected that after he had already apologized, Hao Jian would still strike him. Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire "Sorry, I don't think I can forgive you. Let me tell you something, not every 'sorry' can be met with 'it's okay'. The way you mocked me just now, it made me very angry," Hao Jian said seriously, then patted Dong Xingui's shoulder: "So, I want to make you angry too!" "Slap!" Another backhanded slap, and this time Dong Xingui staggered in the opposite direction, losing several more teeth. The employees were dumbfounded, seeing the big bully Hao Jian beginning to pick on someone again. He had already driven away many senior executives, and now his target was set on Dong Xingui. However, they felt no pity for Dong Xingui, as he usually relied on his father being a shareholder of the company and on having some achievements of his own. He constantly exploited them, assigning all the dirty and tiring tasks to them, while he did nothing. The hard work was theirs, the credit his, so they had long harbored a dislike for Dong Xingui. Seeing him being taught a lesson by Hao Jian now, they couldn't contain their glee. Dong Xingui's face turned ashen with shame and rage. In all his life, even his father had never hit him like this. But this was not the most humiliating part. The worst came when Hao Jian stepped forward, wiped his hand on Dong Xingui's clothes as if cleaning it, and sneered, "Pay up, one billion, or get out of the company!" "I don't have that much money," Dong Xingui, his face ashen, uttered through gritted teeth, suppressing the fury within him. "No money? So you're planning to pack up and scram?" Hao Jian wasn't buying his act. "No, it's because I've just started working and don't have much in terms of savings," Dong Xingui pleaded. "I only have thirty million. How about I give you that first, and then the rest later?" If his father found out he had offended Hao Jian, he'd probably be beaten to a pulp when he got home. S~eaʀᴄh the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Hao Jian pointed to his own face, "See this face?" "Ah? Yes, I see it," Dong Xingui uttered, confused by Hao Jian's intentions. "Handsome, isn't it?" "Huh? This... Yes, handsome!" Dong Xingui was utterly baffled. Was this guy here to joke around? "Slap!" Hao Jian slapped him again and scolded, "Hesitated for three seconds, and you dare question my good looks?" "Pfft." Yuan Shanshan and the others couldn't help but laugh. Hao Jian was obviously just looking for an excuse to mess with him. Dong Xingui felt his face burning, not with pain, but with embarrassment. As Director, to be publicly disciplined like this, Dong Xingui wished he could die. "Now look at my face again. Do I look like an idiot?" Hao Jian asked again. "No!" This time, Dong Xingui did not dare hesitate and quickly shook his head to avoid being hit again. But, as it turned out, he was still too naïve; Hao Jian's hand swung back for another slap. "Since I don't look like one, how dare you give me that look?" Hao Jian said with an angry laugh, thinking that he couldn't be sure if Dong Xingui would pay up later. It was only real when the money was in his hands. "So what do you want me to do?" Dong Xingui asked, his face darkening. He knew that without meeting Hao Jian's demands, Hao Jian would never let things slide. "Is that even a question? Call your dad right now and have him bring the money!" Hao Jian commanded. "Isn't that a bit too much?" Dong Xingui said with a wry smile, thinking how embarrassing it was to call his parents over a problem like this. "Too much? Would getting fired by me be better? Cut the crap; if I don't see the money in half an hour, get ready to write your resignation letter!" Hao Jian retorted coldly. Left with no alternative, Dong Xingui gritted his teeth and called his father. Within minutes of the call, Dong Wantong arrived at the scene and, seeing Dong Xingui standing off against Hao Jian, approached Dong Xingui with anger on his face and, without a word, slapped him across the face. ............

Chapter 431 - 431 Do I Look Like an Idiot?

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