Before Jiang Tingzhou could respond, Yang Xinrui extended her hand first, "Hello, President Jiang, I am Yang Xinrui. I invited your family to my 18th birthday party. I remember you have a younger brother who is very young."

Although Yang Xinrui is already twenty-one years old, she looks very young.

Her long, curly chestnut hair was styled into a single ponytail, and she wore a white dress, revealing her fair and slender limbs.

Her cheeks still had baby fat, and she looked like an innocent little princess.

Jiang Tingzhou didn't want to shake hands with her at first, but when he saw the girl extend her hand, he hesitated for a moment before extending his hand as well.

The two people's hands did not grip each other tightly; they merely touched at the knuckles before separating.

Although the man extended his right hand to shake hands, he also symbolically raised his left hand.

Yang Zhihai glanced down and noticed the ring on the man's left ring finger, but completely ignored it. "I heard President Jiang is still single, right? Rui Rui is of marriageable age this year. She's been with you ever since her coming-of-age ceremony..."

“Mr. Yang, excuse me for interrupting you.” Jiang Tingzhou interrupted Yang Zhihai and raised his left hand. “I got married half a year ago, but we haven’t held a banquet yet. My wife and I have a very good relationship and plan to hold the banquet next year. I will invite you and your family to attend. Please do me the honor of attending.”

Jiang Tingzhou's words were a tactful way of rejecting Yang Zhihai's subsequent requests.

Yang Zhihai didn't react, but Yang Xinrui, standing to the side, showed a dissatisfied expression. "What is your wife's status? Is her father as powerful as mine? Can she help the Jiang family?"

Yang Zhihai wasn't angry at his daughter's anger. Instead, he went along with her and said, "Yes, what is Mrs. Jiang's status? We are business people. We need to know how to weigh the pros and cons of such important life decisions."

The Yang family's business is very large.

Jiang Tingzhou had no intention of offending Yang Zhihai.

He turned to look at Yang Xinrui and smiled, "I'm more than ten years older than Miss Yang. When she started elementary school, I was already about to go to university. It's not too much for her to call me uncle." Then he looked up at Yang Zhihai and said, "I think President Jiang is right. Marriage is a major life event and should be taken seriously. I won't get married unless I meet someone I'm willing to spend my life with."

Yang Xinrui had never been rejected before. She bit her lip tightly and waited for the man to finish speaking before speaking, "Don't you men all like younger women?"

"My love for someone has nothing to do with age. Even after we've been together for fifty years, she will still be the most beautiful in my eyes."

As Jiang Tingzhou spoke, a smile played on his lips, and his dark eyes were filled with tenderness and affection.

Yang Xinrui dropped the pretense and said directly, "Actually, I've heard that your wife is just an ordinary person. She's only with you because of your money and status. She doesn't deserve your support at all..."

“Miss Yang,” Jiang Tingzhou interrupted Yang Xinrui, “Today is your father’s 70th birthday. I don’t want to say anything that would spoil the mood. I love my wife, I know her character, and I don’t want anyone to speak ill of her.”

"you……"

"RuiRui! It's ready."

Yang Xinrui wanted to say something, but Yang Zhihai stopped her.

-

When Jiang Tingzhou was called away by Yang Zhihai, Su Ziyu and Gong Yanli wisely did not follow.

The two of them originally wanted to find a discreet place to wait for Jiang Tingzhou.

After taking only two steps, they ran into Miao Miao, an old acquaintance of Gong Yanli.

"Miss Miao, it's been a long time," Su Ziyu greeted first.

Miao Miao smiled slightly, "What a coincidence, it's been a long time."

She was looking at Miyazaki when she said this, so it was clear that she was speaking to Miyazaki as well.

The woman held a champagne glass in her left hand. She wasn't wearing a ring on her ring finger, but there was a slight indentation at the base of her finger, clearly a result of wearing her wedding ring for a long time.

Now that the wedding ring is off, the mark is hard to erase.

Standing face to face like this, Gong Yanli could only manage a perfunctory "Long time no see."

Miao Miao's gaze also fell on Gong Yanli's left hand holding the wine glass, and she asked with a slight smile, "Mr. Gong, are you still single after all these years? I heard that the Gong family introduced you to a fiancée, but she is staying abroad and does not want to come back, so the two families have already amicably negotiated to annul the engagement."

Gong Yanli: "..."

"Miss Miao is still so concerned about my brother?" Su Ziyu broke the silence, put her hand on Gong Yanli's shoulder, and said cheerfully, "You don't need to worry about it, my brother already has a girlfriend."