Chapter 7: He Is My Husband!

Xiao Churan sighed as she saw her parents constantly targeting Ye Chen. "Dad, Mom, this has nothing to do with Ye Chen. I just don't want them to look down on us anymore. Haven't we endured enough humiliation over the years?"

Xiao Churan's mother retorted, "Even so, you shouldn't have accepted this task. It's impossible! Even if your grandmother went, they wouldn't pay attention to her!"

Ye Chen watched the scene unfold and smiled bitterly. His snobbish in-laws would never believe that he was actually the owner of the Emgrand Group.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"I'm coming..."

Xiao Churan's mother, Ma Lan, opened the door with a sigh. Ye Chen looked over and saw a young man in an Armani suit, looking stylish and handsome, with a Patek Philippe watch on his wrist worth at least three to five million yuan.

Ma Lan immediately became excited and said, "Oh my, Wenhao! What brings you here?"

The visitor was Zhang Wenhao, a young man from the Zhang family who had been pursuing Xiao Churan.

Zhang Wenhao smiled and said, "Auntie, I heard that Churan has taken on a project with the Emgrand Group, so I came over to offer some advice."

"Oh, you're a lifesaver for our family!"

Ma Lan was overjoyed and looked at Zhang Wenhao as if he were her son-in-law. She quickly invited him in and said, "Wenhao, do you have a way to help Churan get the contract from the Emgrand Group?"

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Zhang Wenhao smiled confidently, ignoring Ye Chen completely, and walked straight to Xiao Churan. "Churan, you should have told me about such a big thing. But don't worry, my family's company collaborates with the Emgrand Group. I'll ask my father to put in a good word and do our best to help you."

In reality, Zhang Wenhao's father didn't have that much influence, but he said this to impress Xiao Churan.

Xiao Churan, knowing Zhang Wenhao's interest in her, replied coldly, "Zhang Wenhao, I appreciate your kindness, but I'll figure it out myself."

Ma Lan couldn't believe her ears. "Churan, are you crazy? Zhang Wenhao is kindly offering to help you, and this is how you speak to him?"

Xiao Churan remained silent, but Ye Chen, interested, asked Zhang Wenhao, "Mr. Zhang, I'm curious. How exactly can you help Churan? The Emgrand Group is huge. How can you influence them to sign a contract with her?"

Zhang Wenhao sneered and said, "You have no idea. Our Zhang family has a deep partnership with the Emgrand Group. This time, they have a 2 billion yuan project, and our family will get at least one-third of it. I'll ask my dad to subcontract a few million yuan worth of it to Churan, and she'll have completed her task."

Ye Chen feigned surprise. "Wow, I didn't know the Zhang family had such a deep connection with the Emgrand Group!"

Zhang Wenhao snorted, "Of course! In Jinling, everyone knows about our close cooperation with the Emgrand Group."

He then turned to Ye Chen and said disdainfully, "Ye Chen, I advise you, as a frog in a well, to leave Churan voluntarily. You can't make her happy and will only hold her back."

At this point, Xiao Churan coldly said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, but I don't need your help, and please don't speak ill of my husband."

Zhang Wenhao was stunned. "Churan, I'm helping you, yet you still side with this loser? What does he have that's worth defending?"

Xiao Churan said seriously, "He's not a loser. He's my husband!"

Zhang Wenhao's face darkened with anger. "Fine! Refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! I want to see how you solve this problem. If you can't, don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"

With that, Zhang Wenhao stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Ma Lan wanted to chase after him to explain, but Zhang Wenhao was already gone. She angrily pointed at Ye Chen and yelled, "You're killing me! What else can you do besides dragging Churan down? Zhang Wenhao was so kindly offering to help, and you drove him away!"

Ye Chen calmly said, "Mom, he was just talking. He can't even secure a deal with the Emgrand Group himself. How could he help Churan?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Ma Lan was furious. "The Zhang family can get one-third of the Emgrand Group's project. What do you know?"

Ye Chen smirked inwardly. He didn't know what power the Zhang family had, but he knew that his Emgrand Group wouldn't cooperate with the Zhang family. Even if there were existing collaborations, he would stop them all now.

Xiao Churan, unaware of Ye Chen's thoughts, said to her mother, "Mom, don't blame Ye Chen. Let's wait until I come back from the Emgrand Group."

"Ugh!" Ma Lan sighed deeply, feeling that fate was unfair. She married a useless husband, and her daughter married an even more useless man. What did she do to deserve this?