Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Shen Junyu was surprised to receive Wen Xiyao’s dinner invitation, “Be your male companion at the banquet?” Shen Junyu raised his eyebrows, put down the signature pen in his hand, and leaned back on the chair.
“Yes, this dinner is quite important, but I don’t have a male companion, and I can’t go to the banquet alone, so I wonder if Mr. Shen has the time?”
“When?” This was considered an agreement.
Wen Xiyao smiled and said, “At half past seven tonight, in the imperial court.”
“Okay, I’ll pick you up at five o’clock.”
Wen Xiyao said bye, hung up the phone, and looked at the secretary, “I’ll leave the afternoon meeting to the Vice President, I’m leaving first.”
The secretary nodded to show that she understood. Wen Xiyao processed the last few documents and left the office. Just as she walked downstairs of the company, she ran into Du Nan, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time. After the first meeting in the market, Du Nan really didn’t appear by Wen Xiyao’s side for a long time. She almost forgot that this person existed.
“Xiyao.” Du Nan waved to Wen Xiyao from a distance, smiling with bright eyes. Fortunately, it was not the time to get off work, otherwise it would be strange for him to be so inconspicuous.
Wen Xiyao wanted to pretend she didn’t see him, but thinking of Du Nan’s clinginess, she walked over and asked, “Why are you here?”
Du Nan smiled gently, “Of course I’m here to see you, these past few days I have been busy taking over my family’s company, and I didn’t even have time to spend time with you. Xiyao, you won’t blame me, right?”
Wen Xiyao vaguely felt that her headache was coming again, and blinked, “Du Nan, didn’t I tell you last time that I have a boyfriend, and we should keep a certain distance from each other in the future. I don’t want him to misunderstand.”
“Xiyao, don’t be angry. I have really been busy with company affairs recently. I didn’t mean to ignore you. Yes, you see, I came to the capital to see you as soon as I had time.” Du Nan seemed not to hear Wen Xiyao’s words.
Wen Xiyao rolled her eyes. She almost wondered if Du Nan was from Earth. Why couldn’t he understand human speech?
“Du Nan, I believe you understand what I mean. You have been hanging around me for more than twenty years and I have not fallen in love with you. You should understand that it is impossible for us.”
The gentle smile on Du Nan’s face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Wen Xiyao steadily, with hurt eyes, “Xiyao, do you have to be so cruel to me? Would you rather find a non-existent man to deal with me than give me a chance?”
“No, you are wrong.” Wen Xiyao corrected, “My boyfriend does exist. The last time you saw him, he was Shen Junyu, the president of Junlan Group. I am dating him.”
“Du Nan, we grew up together. You should understand my character. I will not do things I don’t like even if others force me to do them. This is not the first time I told you this, but it is the last time. I don’t like you. If you don’t keep entangling me, then we can still be friends. If you continue like this, we won’t even be friends. You can stay as far away from me as you want. I won’t even give face to uncle and aunt, and I won’t let my parents give you face either.”
Wen Xiyao walked around him and was about to leave, “Xiyao.” Du Nan called after her.
Wen Xiyao paused.
“Are you really not willing to give me any chance?”
“Yes.” She said firmly without any hesitation.
“How is he better than me?” Du Nan asked.
“Du Nan, you are not the kind of person I like. If possible, I would also like the person I like to be you.” This would not waste the deep love he had had for her for so many years.
Wen Xiyao left, and Du Nan stood there with sadness on his face. He was also a proud man, but for a woman named Wen Xiyao, he gave up his pride and followed her shamelessly. He was stalking her, hoping that she could turn her eyes to look at him, but in the end, Wen Xiyao was stingy with that glance, and then fell in love with a man who had only appeared in her life for a few days.
When Shen Junyu came to pick up Wen Xiyao, he noticed that she didn’t seem to be in a very good mood. He raised his eyebrows and asked, “Are you unhappy to see me?”
Wen Xiyao was putting on makeup. She glanced at Shen Junyu in the mirror and saw that he was wearing a dark blue suit, which matched the dark blue evening dress she was wearing. She couldn’t help but feel happy. Should she sigh that the two of them had a good understanding?
“Your joke is not funny at all.” Wen Xiyao replied.
Shen Junyu sat down on the sofa on the side, picked up a magazine and started flipping through it without any impatience. It was not until an hour later that Wen Xiyao finished finishing her makeup. Shen Junyu stood up, put the magazine aside, “Let’s go.”
Wen Xiyao glanced sideways at him, “Are you always so patient with women?”
Shen Junyu curled his lips, “In order to prevent some people from saying that I am not gentlemanly enough.”
Wen Xiyao curled her lips, was this man so fussy about everything?
“By the way, next weekend happens to be Qinglan’s birthday. I want to hold a birthday party for her. Do you have time to come together?”
Wen Xiyao asked sideways, “Qinglan’s birthday is next weekend?” After thinking about it, “Next weekend,, isn’t it Children’s Day?”
Shen Junyu smiled, “Well, her birthday is Children’s Day. When she was a child, she told my mother that she was at a loss because other people’s birthdays and Children’s Day were celebrated separately. But she had to spend them together. It’s not fair.”
Wen Xiyao couldn’t help but laugh. She didn’t expect Shen Qinglan to have such a cute side when she was a child, “I think I will definitely go to Qinglan’s birthday.”
Shen Junyu saw the smile on her face and his eyebrows spread. A smile flashed across his eyes that he didn’t even notice.
“I will give you the invitation letter then.”
“Is it so formal? I thought it would be just a private party.”
“It’s not a formal occasion. All the people there will be relatives and friends. But this will be her first birthday she will spend with her family after coming back, so I always want to make it grand.”
The date for Shen Qinglan and Fu Hengyi’s wedding had been set. It was September 9th, which was only three months away. The two families had already begun to prepare for it in full swing. In preparation, Mr. Shen and Mr. Fu often got together to discuss the details of the wedding. On the other hand, the two parties were still living their own lives leisurely, as if they were not the ones getting married.
“Okay, I will attend on time and I will not be late.”
When they arrived at the destination, Shen Junyu got off the car first, then walked around to the other side and helped Wen Xiyao open the car door, showing his gentlemanly demeanour. Wen Xiyao had a slight smile on her lips, then holding Shen Junyu’s arm, she walked into the banquet hall.
This was just a very ordinary banquet. Even if you don’t attend, it won’t matter. Just like Shen Junyu, he received the invitation but had no intention of attending. This time he came just to accompany Wen Xiyao.
Wen Xiyao was newly appointed as the general manager of Xinhe International. Many people in the capital didn’t know her yet. She still needed to attend such an occasion at this stage.
After chatting with some old foxes, Wen Xiyao felt bored.
These old foxes were just pretending to be chatting with her, in fact they were actually asking about her relationship with Shen Junyu. Only some of them could be said to be interested in the new general manager. After all, Wen Xiyao could be said to be parachuted in.
It wasn’t Wen Xiyao’s first day hanging with these old foxes. She said everything flawlessly. Seeing that they couldn’t find out anything, those old foxes naturally gave up. Wen Xiyao could finally took a breath.
She found an inconspicuous corner and secretly pinched her cheeks. She had been smiling all night, and her face almost froze into a smile.
“I didn’t expect that Shen Junyu would like a woman like you.” A strange female voice came from the side. Wen Xiyao looked over and slightly raised the corners of her mouth, “Who did I think it was? It turned out to be the famous Miss Li Xitong.”
She could also bite hard. After hearing the word “Li”, looking at Li Xitong’s sudden change of expression, a trace of amusement finally appeared in her eyes.
“Huh.” Li Xitong snorted coldly, “You are just a woman who relies on men to get to the top. What’s so great about it? One day, Shen Junyu will be disgusted with you and your wish to marry into the Shen family through Shen Junyu.” Li Xitong said bitterly.
Wen Xiyao leaned on the pillar behind her, trying to reduce the pressure on her feet. In order to match her clothes today, she wore a pair of shoes that were not suitable, which made her heels hurt.
“That’s better than being kicked out after some people have already entered the Shen family.”
“You…” Li Xitong gritted her teeth.
Wen Xiyao raised her eyebrows, “What about me?” Come and bite me if you can, see if I’m afraid of you.
Wen Xiyao’s attitude was full of irony and provocation towards her. She gritted her teeth. Ever since she was kicked out by the Shen family, she became filled with hatred whenever she saw the Shen family. However, she did not dare to look for trouble with Shen Junyu. This was not necessarily the case for the woman who came with him.
She had recognized Wen Xiyao a long time ago. She had met this woman when they were in Linshi. She didn’t expect that she would come to the capital to chase after Shen Junyu.
Wen Xiyao had a bad mouth, and Li Xitong couldn’t talk to her, otherwise she would be pissed to death. Li Xitong turned to leave, “Wait a minute.” Wen Xiyao said.
“Miss Li Xitong, please clean yourself up before you blame others next time, otherwise it will be annoying and ridiculous for others to see.”
Li Xitong’s face was ashen, probably because she did not expect Wen Xiyao to be so powerful in combat, and as she had failed to find trouble on her own. On the contrary, she was made to be very angry. Li Xitong walked very fast. She felt that she must have had a brain twitch to come over and humiliate herself today.
“Tch, her fighting ability is so weak. She is obviously destined to be a maid, but she has princess disease. Who could spoil her?” Wen Xiyao curled her lips.
“Haha.” There was a chuckle from the side. Wen Xiyao looked up and saw Shen Junyu looking at her with a smile on his face. “I didn’t expect that Ms. Wen could be so witty.”
Wen Xiyao smiled softly, “I didn’t expect Mr. Shen to have the hobby of eavesdropping in the corner.”
Shen Junyu smiled and said nothing. He had just finished greeting people and Wen Xiyao seemed to have disappeared from his sight. Seeing that she drank a lot tonight, he was afraid that something might have happened so he planned to look for her, but after searching around, he couldn’t find her. When he came in, he found her in the corner.
Listening to her arguing with Li Xitong, Shen Junyu couldn’t help but feel happy.
Wen Xiyao did drink a lot in the evening, but she had a good drinking capacity. Her face was just a little pink, which made her look a little more good-looking.
“It’s almost time, let’s go back.” Shen Junyu said.
Wen Xiyao nodded. The relationships that should be maintained had been maintained just now, and it was almost time to leave. She stood up straight and walked out of the banquet hall with Shen Junyu.
As soon as she reached the door, Wen Xiyao stopped. She didn’t feel it just now. After resting for a while, she felt her feet hurt even more. She frowned and thought that she could just endure it.
“Wait for me here, I’ll drive the car over.” Shen Junyu said warmly.
Wen Xiyao had no objection.
Shen Junyu drove the car over. Wen Xiyao got into the passenger seat and had just fastened her seat belt when she saw Shen Junyu lean over and pick up her feet. Wen Xiyao was startled, “What are you doing?”
Shen Junyu lifted her feet. He took off the shoes on her feet, “Sometimes I really don’t understand you women. It’s obviously a pair of shoes that don’t fit your feet, but you still choose to wear them for the sake of beauty. In the end, you are the one who suffer.”
“What do you know? Sometimes women can make certain sacrifices in order to look beautiful.” Wen Xiyao whispered.
A piece of skin had been scratched on her heel and it was bleeding. Shen Junyu frowned and took out a band-aid. “There is nothing else in the car right now. Let’s use this to bandage it first.”
Wen Xiyao watched silently. She watched him bandage her, then took off her other shoe and bandage it as well.
The space in the car was small, and Shen Junyu was a little close to her. She could clearly smell the scent of shower gel on him. She didn’t know what the scent was. It was very light, but it smelled good.
Shen Junyu helped Wen Xiyao bandage the wound, and then looked at Wen Xiyao. Seeing that she was just looking at him without speaking, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes, “Are you stupid?”
Wen Xiyao came back to her senses and looked at Shen Junyu, her eyes a little strange, “Are you always so gentle to women?”
Shen Junyu glanced at him lightly, “Why do you ask?”
“Otherwise, why would you have these things in your car?” And he also knew about her high heels grinding her feet.
“It’s just a habit to keep some in the car.” Shen Junyu said.
Wen Xiyao stopped talking. Shen Junyu’s car stopped halfway and said, “Wait for me here. I’ll go in and buy something.”
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