newbobooks Chapter 607 Sowing discord
Chapter 607 Sowing discord
The birthday banquet officially began, and the music in the banquet hall sounded again. The guests in the banquet hall on the first floor walked towards the banquet hall on the second floor while listening to the music.
At this time, Ou Dechu and Luo Yajie stood at the top of the stairs, doing things that he would never do when attending a banquet for the first time in his life.
That is to lower his proud head, bend down, and greet the guests respectfully and politely.
Ou Dehui saw his elder brother suppressing his shame and greeting every guest warmly, but he did not feel as distressed as Ou Hongxin.
On the contrary, I feel particularly refreshed. After all, Ou Dechu is very self-righteous and has a bad temper.
He doesn't take people who have dealings with the Ou family seriously at all, and even thinks that these people are trying to curry favor with him.
Therefore, things that Ou Dechu did not do were handed over to his younger brother Ou Dehui, who would treat the guests with special care.
As he grew older, Ou Dehui gradually got used to putting a smile on his face, in contrast to the bad-tempered Ou Dechu.
But Ou Dechu is not stupid. He will fight for things that are beneficial to him, such as the position of heir.
In particular, when Ou Dehui learned that Ou Hongxin was beginning to intend to let Ou Dechu inherit, he could hardly keep his good temper.
He thought about how he greeted his partners with a smile every day, while Ou Dechu, who was unwilling to do many things, became the heir.
Although he knew that he was not as good as Ou Dechu in managing the group, Ou Dechu could accomplish the task that had been bothering him before with just a raise of his head and a gesture of his finger.
But this is what makes Ou Dehui particularly annoyed. He worked hard, but was outdone by someone who only knew how to have fun.
At that moment, Ou Dehui became a real smiling tiger, his smile full of viciousness, and his resentment towards his elder brother increased.
At this time, Ou Dehui smiled and patted Ou Dechu on the shoulder to express his encouragement, but the next second he grasped what Ou Dechu cared about and began to alienate the relationship between Ou Dechu and Ou Jinghuan.
Upon hearing this, Ou Dechu remained calm on the surface, but his anger was slowly rising and his face gradually turned red.
He wanted to rely on his father's identity to scold Ou Jinghuan as he did before.
But he noticed that everyone coming up the stairs wanted to talk to Ou Jinghuan, so he quickly held back.
However, Ou Dechu did not intend to say anything good about Ou Jinghuan. He lowered his voice and replied:
"He wouldn't dare! After all, I gave birth to him, how dare he do anything rash?!
Even if he is the richest man now, he is still my son. How dare he do evil to me? I don’t believe he dares!
But...that guy has been sitting in the CEO position for too long, and he's become more and more outrageous. He even dared to be late for the old man's birthday party!
"Second brother, you can talk a little better. Go over and talk to the old man and ask him to take care of Ou Jinghuan, who is becoming more and more outrageous!"
Ou Dehui saw that Ou Dechu didn't lose his temper when provoked like before, and he thought that Ou Dechu was really anxious this time.
But when he heard Ou Dechu ask him to go and complain to the old man, he was so angry that he almost laughed.
Seeing that Ou Dechu looked somewhat unhappy, he immediately guessed that Ou Dechu must have complained to the old man before.
I must have been scolded by the old man afterwards, so I couldn’t stay with him and talk to others.
So now I can only come to the stairs by myself and greet the guests while enduring the embarrassment.
Ou Dehui narrowed his eyes, laughed heartily, and nodded in agreement:
"Hahaha, okay! Then I'll take the risk of getting scolded and help you speak up!
However, the old man now likes Ou Jinghuan very much and treats him like a baby. We sons are no match for him!
So if you want the old man to take care of Ou Jinghuan's affairs, forget it! "
While Ou Dehui spoke his most sincere words, he once again stirred up trouble in front of him.
Ou Dehui knew his elder brother very well. Ou Dechu was indeed dissatisfied with Ou Jinghuan after Ou Dehui's repeated instigation.
"..." Ou Dechu didn't know what he was thinking. He lowered his eyes and said nothing.
But Ou Dehui knew that Ou Dechu was really angry now. He thought that when Ou Jinghuan came, he would definitely see the scene of father and son making sarcastic remarks again as before.
That’s right! He was the one who caused all the hostile encounters between Ou Jinghuan and Ou Dechu at previous banquets.
For example, when Ou Dehui held his own birthday party at the Xinghuan Hotel last time, Ou Dehui knew that Ou Jinghuan would arrive halfway through the party.
He said a few words in front of Ou Dechu in advance that would make Ou Dechu feel that his father's authority was undermined.
Then, before Ou Jinghuan arrived, Ou Dechu was already filled with anger.
Finally, as soon as Ou Jinghuan arrived, the hot-tempered Ou Dechu was bound to explode after seeing Ou Jinghuan's indifferent look.
Therefore, every time Ou Jinghuan arrived at a banquet, Ou Dechu would be on edge.
He always couldn't help but put pressure on Ou Jinghuan as an elder, as if only in this way could his self-esteem be satisfied.
At this time, Ou Dehui saw that Ou Dechu was holding back his anger, so he laughed and walked towards the center of the banquet hall on the second floor.
After Ou Dehui left, Ou Dechu's mood for welcoming guests was obviously much lower, and his mind was full of thoughts that he was worse than his son.
Suddenly, when Ou Dechu was about to continue greeting the guests with a stiff smile, a cold female voice came:
"Oh! My dear brother, I really understand your utterly shattered pride! You don't even know you're being used as a pawn..."
Ou Dechu looked up when he heard the voice. When he saw the person who was speaking, he was amazed and his eyes lit up instantly.
But when he recalled what the woman in front of him said, his face suddenly darkened and he replied:
"Don't you usually not come to the Ou family's banquet? Why are you here?"
At this time, a woman wearing a Chinese emerald green, sleeveless cheongsam and nude pointed stiletto heels stepped onto the highest step.
The tight cheongsam worn by women shows off their enviable and perfect figures.
The woman whose figure is not inferior to that of young people is Ou Dechu's ex-wife, Ou Jinghuan's mother, Xia Shumei.
Xia Shumei's hair was casually tied up with a high-quality jade hairpin, and she wore pink and white pearl earrings with a hint of silver pearls on her ears.
She held the handrail of the spiral staircase with one slender arm, and naturally let go when she stepped onto the highest step.
Her other arm hung naturally, and as she swayed it, it looked like a willow swaying in the breeze, very graceful.
Xia Shumei held a pearl-encrusted handbag in her hand, which looked like dewdrops hanging on the tips of willow branches in the early morning, which was a perfect match.
At this time, Xia Shumei heard Ou Dechu's words, and her slender and beautiful willow-shaped eyebrows raised slightly.
When she looked at Ou Dechu, there was no longer the deep affection in her eyes that was so crazy that she was willing to die for him. Instead, there was only a coldness as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
She looked at Ou Dechu, a familiar yet strange person in front of her, with a sarcastic tone, snorted coldly, and replied:
"Humph! You don't know why I didn't come before...
Let me be clear, Mr. Ou invites me every year.
I just didn’t come because I didn’t want to see some people who disgusted me.”
Hearing this, Ou Dechu frowned unhappily. He deliberately looked Xia Shumei up and down and asked:
“…Then why are you here again now?
Don't tell me you're here to show your filial piety, and you're not... also thinking of coming to my Ou family, right?"
Xia Shumei was not angry. After all, she came to the birthday party today specifically for a purpose.
She knew that today's birthday party was very important, and she came here to support her future daughter-in-law Li Chuyue.
She looked at Ou Dechu, who had always wanted to compete with Ou Jinghuan but was never able to do so, and she just wanted to laugh.
Xia Shumei recalled that when Ou Jinghuan was still young but was already called a genius child, Ou Dechu was very dissatisfied.
At that time, she thought Ou Dechu was unhappy because he didn't want his son to be labeled a genius too early and was worried that his son would be affected in the future.
Now that she thinks about it, she realizes that Ou Dechu was unhappy because he was jealous of his son's excellence.
Ou Dechu considered himself to be the most respected and admired person in the Ou family besides Ou Hongxin.
He saw the young Ou Jinghuan bursting with genius that surpassed his own, and instead of feeling proud, he felt threatened.
At this time, after Xia Shumei knew everything, she was only disappointed with the man in front of her, and she was able to calm herself down more and more.