A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

After finishing negotiations with Herman Su, Jacob breathed a sigh of relief. Unfortunately, there was no time to waste, so he headed back to the HT Group's headquarters to ask how their presales were going. When he arrived there, he saw that their sales were decent, but it was still not enough to compete with the KING Group. But since it had only been a few days since their promotions started, Jacob didn't know whether to feel satisfied or not with their progress.

Suddenly, Sam appeared behind Jacob and told him about his findings. His report clearly stated that their pre-sale had successfully split the consumers' attention evenly between the HT Group and KING Group. And when they asked the consumers about how the HT Group's products stack up against the KING Group's, their answers stated that they were even in quality as well.

With this in mind, Jacob worries disappeared. He was more than satisfied with the results compared to earlier, even if the plan was only half successful.

Shortly after, he walked to a quiet corridor, and then took out his phone to dial Darren's number.

Inside the CEO office of the KING Group, Darren had just finished speaking to Herman's subordinate through the phone. He was infuriated when he found out that the factory decided to work with the HT Group even though he had put so much effort into securing a deal with them. To make matters worse, he saw Jacob's name on his phone and instantly knew the latter was only calling him to rub salt on his wounds.

The only thing that Darren wanted to do was to smash his phone on the ground and stomp on it repeatedly. But doing so would be an admittance of defeat, and his inherent arrogance would never allow him to do that. There was no chance he could let Jacob savor this victory.

After taking multiple deep breaths, Darren answered his phone.

“Mr. Xu.“

The moment Darren heard Jacob's voice, he knew his assumptions were right. His rival was only calling to tease and make fun of him. Despite that, Darren tried his best to control his anger and respond casually.

“Jacob, what do you need? Get to the point because I still have a lot of things to do.“ Darren tried his best to come across as normal. That was why he even called Jacob by his first name.

“I'm sure you already know about my deal with Herman. I called because I feel a little bit guilty about taking him from you. I know business is business. But still, I hope you don't mind, Mr. Xu,“ Jacob answered in a slightly teasing tone. But he still wasn't done making fun of Darren, so he added, “By the way, Herman told me that when we're done with our deal, he'll still be willing to work with you. I hope there are no hard feelings between us, Mr. Xu. Okay?“

Darren's blood was at a boiling point but he still managed to keep his composure. “Don't worry about it, Jacob. And besides, I don't like working with people who change their minds even though we've already come to an agreement. I can assure you that I don't feel any ill will towards you, especially since Herman's factory doesn't deserve to be in business with the KING Group.“

This excuse to take the moral high ground was Darren's last attempt to save face.

was no use since Jacob couldn't stop chuckling at him. Shortly after, he said, “That's good to hear, Mr. Xu. I'll talk to you later then.“ After that, Jacob didn't even wait for

believe this bastard still has the

in his palm. 'Jacob, just wait and see! I'll teach you a lesson someday!' Darren bitterly promised to

a couple of hours, Darren managed to calm himself down. But right after that, he felt extremely exhausted. He knew he needed to rest, so he walked to his desk and slumped down into a leather chair. With a frown, he rubbed his temples to find some

big success, was made in that particular factory. Darren couldn't figure out whether a spy had told Jacob about it or if it was just pure coincidence. The only thing that Darren could think of at that moment was how successful the KING Group would've been already if

knew he wouldn't be able to

working with was being taken away. Filled with concern, he rushed over to the CEO's

going to do now, Mr. Xu?“ Darren was still so upset at that point that he couldn't help but smash his fist on the table as a response. After that, he replied in a dejected voice, “The only thing we can do right now is to go to our

the Li

such a huge mess in the kitchen last time, the Li Family didn't allow her to do it on her own. It wasn't that they didn't want her to make a mess again, they just didn't want anything

couldn't bear to let her down, so she had no choice but to teach her daughter-in-law. On the bright side, Leah knew this was a good way to deepen her

day was shredded potatoes and minced meat porridge. Under Leah's keen gaze, Cherish carefully chopped up some

how easy her tasks were, Cherish still did it with the utmost

all the ingredients they needed. To make matters worse, her lack of knife skills and desire for perfection caused her to waste a lot of the vegetables, to the point that they didn't have enough potatoes to feed the entire family. Fortunately, Leah had expected this to happen, so she had bought extra ingredients for that day. But in the

mashed potatoes today.“ Leah said while helplessly shaking her head. Seeing Cherish's skills in the kitchen, she had no choice but to make something easy, the kind of food that even a child

chunks, and then immediately place them in a pot of water. If you just leave them be,

big

Cherish immediately asked herself.

on luck, Cherish just aligned her knife in the middle of each potato

the kitchen for more than an hour, her bladder was about to burst. Thinking that Cherish could easily handle cutting up potatoes into chunks by herself, she took this chance to go to the

Leah came back to the kitchen, she

them. But each individual piece varied in

so they all cook at the same rate,