So he also knew Gu Xijue's friends?

This world is so small! How can we run into the same friend like this?

"Hey, I know that guy."

From the garden, one can see the scene in the hall. Following Lu Zheng's gaze, Qiao Zhen saw a middle-aged man with a large belly embracing a woman and greeting the guests.

Upon seeing the man, she realized they didn't share the same friend.

Gu Xijue knew his son, while Lu Zheng knew his father.

No wonder he was able to get in.

Qiao Zhen nodded, not wanting to talk to Lu Zheng, and then looked up at the moon in the sky.

His eyes were on the moon, but his mind was preoccupied with Lu Zheng's reaction when he saw Jiang Qing.

Lu Zheng noticed that Jiang Qing showed no reaction whatsoever. Had she forgotten, or was she feigning composure?

She was finding it increasingly difficult to understand what Lu Zheng was thinking.

"President Gu," Jiang Qing said quietly as she returned to the lobby and approached Gu Xijue.

"I ran into Lu Zheng."

At first, Gu Xijue didn't react, and said nonchalantly, "So what if we bumped into each other?"

Jiang Qing was a little anxious and kept looking towards the back garden: "No, I saw Lu Zheng here. He and Qiao Zhen are in the back garden!"

Upon hearing this, a sinister glint flashed in Gu Xijue's eyes.

It's Lu Zheng again! He really is a persistent ghost!

He underestimated him; he never expected that he could even get into this place.

"Don't run into him again, especially where Qiao Zhen is." After saying that, he casually put the blanket on the salesperson's tray and hurriedly walked towards the back garden.

Watching Gu Xijue's retreating figure, Jiang Qing gave a bitter smile.

What will he do then? If Lu Zheng comes over, he'll definitely be the center of attention. How will he connect with those rich people then?

That's right, he was able to attend this party today thanks to Gu Xijue.

The goal is simple: to expand one's network and get to know more wealthy people.

Now it seems the plan is going to fall through.

In the back garden, Gu Xijue went out and saw Lu Zheng holding Qiao Zhen, looking very affectionate, the atmosphere was just right.

"What a coincidence, I never expected to run into President Lu here."

This scene was extremely irritating to Gu Xijue. He looked at Lu Zheng with a sinister gaze and said in a cold voice.

Upon hearing Gu Xijue's voice, Lu Zheng put his arm around Qiao Zhen's waist and pulled her to his side.

"What a coincidence." He smiled faintly, but his eyes were icy cold.

"Zhenzhen, you've said your goodbyes, right? Let's go back." Gu Xijue ignored Lu Zheng, looked at Qiao Zhen, and said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng's smile deepened, and his gaze grew colder.

The hand around Qiao Zhen's waist tightened considerably.

Feeling the force coming from her waist, Qiao Zhen forced out a smile that looked worse than crying.

"I'm sorry, Xijue, you go in first, I'll go in later." Seeing Gu Xijue's face fall, she felt very guilty.

He was the one who invited her to the party, but she ended up with Lu Zheng.

But she couldn't refuse Lu Zheng; in fact, Lu Zheng didn't give her the chance to refuse.

Gu Xijue nodded slightly and left somewhat forlornly.

Seeing him like this, Qiao Zhen felt even more embarrassed and kept staring at his back.

"The person is nowhere to be seen, and you're still looking." Ever since Gu Xijue left, Lu Zheng has been watching Qiao Zhen.

He noticed that the woman's gaze was fixed on Gu Xijue, even though he had been watching her for a long time without noticing.

"Let go." Hearing Lu Zheng's voice, Qiao Zhen suddenly woke up from her dream, frowned at him, and a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes.

"I won't let you go, what can you do about it?" Lu Zheng said, somewhat irritatingly, seeing that she was getting a little angry.

"Lu Zheng, can't you be reasonable? We..."

"Mr. Lu, so you've been here all this time! I was wondering why I couldn't find you after looking for so long."

Qiao Zhen was about to emphasize that they had broken up when she was interrupted.

She looked up and saw the pot-bellied middle-aged man from before walking towards her with a glass of wine in his hand.

Seeing that Lu Zheng seemed very happy, his eyes were so wide with laughter that they were practically slits.

"This beautiful lady must be your companion. She's really pretty, and she looks somewhat familiar," the man said with a smile, rubbing his balding head.

Qiao didn't know who he was. She said thank you and stood aside without saying anything.

That's how business people talk; they'll say anyone looks familiar, like they've seen them somewhere before.

Or they'll compliment the other person's good looks and then address them as brothers.

"It's been many years since I last saw President Chen, but he still looks as young as ever." Lu Zheng was very pleased to hear someone praise Qiao Zhen, and it was a rare occasion for him to praise someone else.

When President Chen heard Lu Zheng's words, he was clearly surprised that Lu Zheng would say such a thing. He was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter.

"Oh my, Mr. Lu, when did you become so eloquent? I'm getting old. It's all the young people's world now," Mr. Chen said with a sigh.

"You're joking. Mr. Chen is in his prime, how could he be old?" Lu Zheng shook his head, strongly disagreeing with his words.

President Chen was also surprised that Lu Zheng had become so eloquent after so many years.

If it weren't for the fact that his appearance and voice were unchanged, President Chen would have suspected that he was a different person.

"You little rascal, you've become so eloquent after ten years. Did this beautiful lady teach you how to talk?"

As Mr. Chen spoke, he looked at Qiao Zhen.

For some reason, the more Mr. Chen looked at Qiao Zhen, the more familiar she seemed, as if he had seen her somewhere before.

"Mr. Chen, you can just call me Qiao Zhen." Seeing that the two of them were chatting happily, Qiao Zhen didn't say anything, but just stood aside and smiled.

Seeing that he was steering the conversation toward her, she immediately introduced herself.

"Qiao Zhen?" Upon hearing Qiao Zhen's name, President Chen looked at her suspiciously and repeated her name.

The name also seems somewhat familiar.

"Husband, husband!" Before President Chen could even ask if it was Qiao Zhen from the Qiao family, he heard his wife calling him.

"Oh, Mr. Lu is here too." The person who came was about to complain about Mr. Chen running around everywhere and making it difficult for her to find him, but when she saw Lu Zheng there, she immediately put on a smile.

"Hello, Madam Chen."

"Alright, alright, Mr. Chen, I'll take my leave now. There are a lot of mosquitoes at night, Mr. Lu, you can come back inside with me too."

Mrs. Chen didn't forget that she had come out to look for someone, so she pulled Mr. Chen back with her.

"Go back?" Lu Zheng let go of Qiao Zhen's arm and then put his arm around her waist again.

What's wrong with this man? Does he just have to hold her like that?!

Knowing that struggling was futile, Qiao Zhen gave up.

As soon as the two returned to the hall, people saw Lu Zheng bringing Qiao Zhen in with his arm around her.

Everyone came over with their glasses to toast him, including Qiao Zhen who was standing next to him.

After walking around for a while, Qiao Zhen felt like her legs were about to give out.

Sure enough, this kind of occasion is not suitable for her; she is better off lounging at home doing nothing.

"Tsk, didn't she just come in with Gu Xijue? How come she's with Lu Zheng now?"

"You don't know this, do you? She's having affairs with both Gu Xijue and Lu Zheng!"

"Really? She's so good-looking, I really can't tell she's this kind of person."