Chapter 150 – Disdained Son-in-Law, Destined Riches

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Joe laughed helplessly after hearing Jasmine’s words. “It seems as though you do not want to be bound to the rules of the Moore family.”

Jasmine nodded before she said, “I really do not want to be bound by the rules of the Moore family but I have no other way out of this.”

“Why?” Joe asked in a serious manner. “I think your grandfather might change his mind after this near-death experience because of his critical illness. Furthermore, you’re the reason his life was saved and he’s able to live healthily for a few more years. If he’s really grateful towards you, you can take advantage of this opportunity to ask him for the freedom to love and decide on the man you’d like to be married to. I believe he’ll definitely give you the freedom to choose your own husband.”

Jasmine smiled bitterly and she shook her head before she said, “That’s impossible. Even if Grandpa really loves me and feels bad for me, he wouldn’t dare agree to that.”

“Why?” Joe asked with a puzzled expression on his face. “Isn’t your grandfather the head of the Moore family? He’s the one in control of the entire Moore family and anything that he decides on would be the final decision. What would he ever be afraid of?”

At this time, Jasmine replied in a serious manner, “The Moore family has developed over the years before finally becoming what it is today. All the members of the Moore family are bound by the rules set for the family. As long as everyone obeys the rules, the Moore family will always be united and indestructible. If anyone is given the freedom to break any of the rules, then the Moore family will definitely crumble and suffer a huge loss as no one would abide by the rules anymore.”

After that, Jasmine continued speaking, “The Moore family has had to endure so much hardship before growing to become the powerful and wealthy family it is today. The reason why we could do it is because every one of us had the interest of the family at heart and none of the members of the Moore family has ever broken the rule.”

Joe sighed before he said, “Jasmine, I’ve always thought that you were a very strong and powerful woman. I really did not expect you to be bound at the mercy of others too.”

“That’s right!” Jasmine replied as she sighed. “There’s no way out of this as long as I am a member of the Moore family.”

As she spoke about it, Jasmine shook her head before she raised her wine glass and said, “Mr. Smith, let’s not talk about all these unhappy things anymore. Come on, drink up! I’ll toast you again!”

Joe smiled before he raised his wine glass and said, “Alright then. This glass of red wine is to celebrate freedom!”

Jasmine was slightly startled at this time.

For freedom?

She did not have any freedom at all.

Even though she was very depressed, Jasmine forced a smile before she nodded and said, “Yes! Let’s drink to our freedom!”

Jasmine was already starting to get drunk after drinking this glass of wine. She stared at Joe before she sighed and said, “Do you know how many times I wished that I was born into an ordinary family instead? I feel that my life would not be so difficult if that was the case. I wouldn’t have to face so many rules and constraints in my life and I think I’d be so much happier. Even though I hold such a high position and have endless wealth because of my family, I don’t have the chance to feel any real happiness.”

Joe smiled slightly and said, “Do you also know that there are also many ordinary people who are actually more envious of people who are as rich as you are? This is because they wouldn’t need to worry about money or how they are going to make ends meet. Haven’t you heard people saying that they’d rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle? You might think that you’d feel very happy and content to be born into an ordinary family but this kind of ordinary life is precisely what many people are trying to get rid of! At the end of the day, isn’t making more money the reason why everyone is hustling and working hard?”

At this time, Jasmine looked at Joe with a serious expression on her face before she said, “Mr. Smith, you don’t seem to care about making money at all! You weren’t even interested in the twenty million dollars that they were offering you just now. In fact, you could’ve already made a lot of money if you would just sell the pills for ten million dollars each. However, you chose to give the pills away for free instead. Why does it seem like money means nothing to you at all?”

Joe smiled indifferently as he thought to himself. He did not care about money because he was not short of money at all.

However, Jasmine did not know about the times he needed money desperately in the past.

In the past, Joe had actually asked Lady Wilson to lend him some money during her birthday banquet so that he would be able to pay for some medical expenses.

Initially, Joe thought that Lady Wilson would definitely lend him the money since she believed in Buddhism and it was a Buddhism teaching that stated there would definitely be good karma for every good deed done in this lifetime.

Who would have known that Lady Wilson was just a believer in Buddhism on the surface, but she was actually an extremely greedy and shameless person within!

At that time, he would have been willing to kneel down in front of anyone if that person offered to give him one million dollars.

No one can resist the attraction of money when they are in need.

Those who are able to really treat money as dirt are those people who have more than enough money to spend.

What was ten or twenty million dollars to Joe now? He had tens of billions of dollars in his bank account and Emgrand Group made tens of billions of dollars in profits every year. He did not know what else he could spend his money on anymore.

Therefore, what was the point of him accepting the twenty million dollars from them now? He would rather not take the money, but instead allow them to pay homage to him and to treat him as their benefactor just so they would show him more respect in the future.

That was what he really wanted.

But how could he tell Jasmine what he was thinking?

Right now, Jasmine feels that he was a saint who could actually treat money like dirt.

If that was the case, then he would simply allow her to continue thinking that way, then.

At this time, Jasmine continued drinking her red wine as she muttered to herself, “Actually, I can tolerate everything else but I really don’t want to be manipulated and controlled by the Moore family when it comes to matters involving my own marriage. I don’t want to be a pawn that is controlled and used to advance the Moore family business. I don’t want to give my youth and happiness away. I don’t want to follow in my mother’s footsteps and repeat all her mistakes…”

Joe asked out of curiosity, “Was your mother’s marriage also arranged?”

“Yes.” Jasmine nodded before she said, “After marrying my father, my mother was never happy in her life. She was so depressed for so many years until she finally passed away at a very young age.”

Joe vaguely remembered Albert telling him that Jasmine’s mother had given her the diamond necklace before she passed away more than ten years ago.

Since Jasmine should be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, Joe estimated that her mother had probably died when she was around ten years old. In that case, her mother must have been really young when she passed away.

Jasmine took another sip of red wine and she played with the wine glass in her hand before she said apologetically, “Mr. Smith, I’m sorry that you had to listen to me talk so much nonsense.”

Joe hurriedly replied at this time, “Jasmine, please don’t say that. I’m glad that you can confide in me because this shows that you trust me.”

Jasmine nodded before she wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes. After that, she said, “Mr. Smith, I really want to thank you for everything that you have done for me today. You didn’t only save my grandfather’s life but you also listened to me complaining and spewing so much nonsense about my life. Thank you for being such a good friend!”

Joe smiled and said, “You don’t have to be so polite with me if you regard me as your own friend! If friends are too polite, then it seems as though the friendship isn’t real.”

“Yes!” Jasmine replied as she nodded. “It is already getting late, Mr. Smith. I will send you home.”

Joe waved his hand immediately. “You don’t need to send me off. I don’t think that you should be driving in this condition so you should also find a driver to take you home.”

Jasmine nodded and said, “Don’t worry about me! The female manager here can drive me home later. I need to send you home first!”

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