After a while of silence, Eva changed the topic.
"Essie, can I ask you something?"
"What?" Essie took a sip of coffee.
"The next leader of the Xu family hasn't been decided yet. What do you think?" Eva asked cautiously.
An imperceptible sharp look swept over the dark eyes of Essie. She smiled and said in a joking tone, "Young hostess, you start to care about your family matters so soon?"
"We have to face this matter sooner or later. The rich family is a small kingdom. With many children, yet they are not born by different mother. There is bound to be a struggle." Eva sighed. She could see that Vinton really wanted to be the leader. She wanted to be a good wife and didn't want to be a drag on him.
Essie stirred the coffee in her cup. Although Eva was an actress and good at acting, her mind was written on her face when she didn't act. She saw through it at a glance.
Baron had long appointed the crown prince of the Xu family, but he hadn't announced it because of her suggestion. She didn't want to hurt her bestie and brother, but the reality was cruel.
"Your husband is my brother, and Holy is my brother. If I want to support you, I'm sorry for Holy. If I want to support Holy, I'm sorry for brother. Besides, it doesn't matter whether my brother or Holy will be in charge. So I have to remain neutral on this matter. I won't give Mr. Baron any advice or opinion. It's all up to him," she expressed her stand.
This was what Eva wanted to hear. She came here to convey this to her.
She nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, "That's the best. I don't want you to be caught in a dilemma."
Essie shook her head and smiled, "Eva, with your evil mother-in-law around, it's impossible for me to stay out of it. She will definitely get me involved in this family competition. If Mr. Baron gives the position to my brother, she will definitely tell Holy about my dirty deeds, saying that it is all my credit and my suggestion to Mr. Baron. If Mr. Baron gives the position to Holy, my situation will be even worse. She will definitely say that this is my conspiracy. I'm pretending to please my brother and win him over, in order to paralyze him and push Holy to the position of crown prince. It's all my fault that I have influenced Mr. Baron's decision to pass the throne to Holy. "
Eva patted the table gently and said, "Essie, you're right. That's what she said to us. She's trying to alienate you from us."
With a sneer, Essie said, "In fact, my brother's biggest drag is Elizabeth. He is the eldest grandson of the Xu family. If he is not the son of Elizabeth, he will be the leader of the Xu family. "
"Why?" Eva was slightly stunned.
"Elizabeth succeeded in driving my mother away with her brother's son. On the surface, she won, but in fact, she had never won Mr. Baron's heart. Mr. Baron only went back to the Xu family's villa once a week. He lived in the villa outside the villa for the rest of the time, with a lot of lovers around him. Elizabeth was so lonely that she had an affair with uncle Bles and had an illegitimate child. Although they have hidden this bastard and we don't have evidence to testify against the two of them, it's strange that Mr. Mr. Baron doesn't feel uncomfortable. After the crisis of the Xu family and the exposure of Elizabeth's ambition, Mr. Baron saw her more clearly and always kept an eye on her. "
After taking a sip of coffee to moisten her throat, Essie continued, "The reason why Mr. Baron is hesitant and doesn't dare to give his position to my brother is that he is afraid that he will be controlled by Elizabeth. In the future, the Xu group will fall into the hands of Elizabeth and uncle Bles. They had an illegitimate child. When the Xu family was in danger, she and uncle Bles conspired to be the chairman, preparing to leave this position to their illegitimate child in the future. She never thought about leaving it to my brother. "
"This old fox is so cunning." Eva clenched her fist angrily.
"What my brother needs to do now is to let Mr. Baron know that he has his own judgment and decision, and will not be instigated and manipulated by Elizabeth," Essie said.
When she proposed to let Vinton be the second largest shareholder to assist Holy, Baron expressed his concern clearly.
He wouldn't allow the second Bles to exist. If Vinton couldn't do that, he would probably only let Vinton be an idle shareholder and couldn't even get the position of the second major shareholder.
She didn't want to see this result. She saw the efforts of Vinton. She didn't want him to be implicated by Elizabeth.
Hearing her words, Eva nodded heavily. "Essie, there is one more thing I want to tell you..." She stirred the coffee in her cup and her voice became very low.
On the eve of the New Year, the young talents of the upper class held a party to welcome the new year and bid farewell to the old in Mount Kirin.
Since Vinton came back, Jim hadn't seen Eva. He had a bad temper recently, and his appetite was also very bad.
When Eva and Vinton walked in arm in arm intimately, he was extremely depressed.
Essie and Zac asked them to sit together, and the waiter served them a cocktail.
"Jim, I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to lose weight. Is there really something unclean following you?" Essie teased, picking up a cup of Summer Flowers and looking at Jim.
With a gloomy face, Jim glared at Eva and said, "You have a big mouth, heaven pepper!"
Eva stuck out her tongue at him and said, "I and Essie talk with each other about everything."
"I would rather believe its existence than deny everything." With a mysterious look on her face, Essie lowered her voice and said, "Weren't you pestered by the ghost in red in the Rong family before? It can be seen that you have the physique of being entangled by ghosts. You'd better be careful."
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