Madam Xia also likes Yang Yajing very much.

At first, there wasn't a particular reason; she just liked it. But after the car accident, she liked it even more.

They wanted to book a luxury private room for National Day, and she even personally took care of the arrangements.

Actually, this doesn't require her, the big boss, to handle it. She was just bored lately and wanted to chat with this girl!

When Xia Changlong heard that his wife wanted to go to the food court, he didn't need to make up an excuse anymore. He personally drove her, saying that he hadn't taken his wife out in a long time and wanted to take her to see her little baby.

Tao Jiaxuan is usually the one clinging to Xia Changlong, but this time the roles have reversed, and she's quite smug and happy.

After the Yang and Zhou families had all arrived, Xia Changlong couldn't sit still any longer and wanted to join in the fun.

"Madam, shall we go and see how the little maid you praise every day is doing?" Xia Changlong suggested directly after seeing that his wife had finished her work.

"Tch! What do you mean I'm praising that little girl?" Madam Xia rolled her eyes at Xia Changlong. "Don't tell me you don't know her! Humph! I've known all along that your Assistant Yang is that girl!"

"Oh? Did the maid tell Madam?"

"Of course! She also told me that this territory was something you extorted from her for me to play with!"

"Oh dear! Madam, you're wrong! She's the one who extorted me!" Xia Changlong's mind raced. "No way, I have to settle the score with her! Let's go! Let's go to a private room and eat for free!"

As he spoke, Xia Changlong pushed his wife out of the office.

Madam Xia found it amusing. Did Xia Changlong have no shame? What kind of excuse was that? He was clearly just bored and wanted to join in the fun!

Freeloading? Does Xia Changlong need to freeload and take advantage of others? Disrespectful to his elders!

But when he got to the door of the private room, Xia Changlong chickened out again. It seemed like he wasn't suited to knocking on doors.

He glanced at Madam Xia, a grin spreading across his face, the wrinkles around his eyes deepening. Madam Xia covered her mouth and chuckled, thinking that although Xia Changlong had wrinkles, he looked even younger now. He had that shameless, persistent air about him back in the day!

With a sly smile, Madam Xia knocked on the door of the private room before it opened.

"Ya Jing, are you satisfied with the dishes?" Madam Xia asked Yang Ya Jing with a smile.

"How could I not be satisfied with what Sister Tao arranged?" Yang Yajing's face lit up with a smile.

"Sister Tao?" Xia Changlong looked at Yang Yajing in confusion. "No respect for elders!"

"Boss Xia, don't be jealous! Our Sister Tao is young and beautiful, she can't be called old!"

"Then why don't you call me Brother Long?" Xia Changlong glared at him.

"Boss Xia, are you senile? 'Brother Long' is a title I can call you? That's Sister Tao's exclusive right!" Yang Yajing said, pulling Mrs. Xia to sit down next to her. "Right, Sister Tao?"

“Exactly!” Madam Xia didn’t stand on ceremony and ignored Xia Changlong, starting to chat with Yang Yajing.

Xia Changlong stood at the door, feeling left out in the cold, and a chill ran through him... Was he being ignored?

He, a powerful and influential figure in the business world, was actually ignored? Well, the only ones who could probably ignore him are these two women!

Others might not be familiar with Xia Changlong, but Yang Guohua was. He guessed that Xia Changlong probably wanted to get together, so he got up and gave up the seat next to his wife, and sat down on the other side of Zhang Aijia.

Yang Yajing was chatting with Mrs. Xia, and Xia Changlong couldn't get a word in edgewise. He looked up and saw Zhou Pengfei, and immediately found the scapegoat.

"Haven't you had enough instant noodles? Have you improved your movie skills lately?"

Upon hearing this address, Zhou Pengfei was taken aback for a moment before rubbing his forehead: "Uncle Xia, could you please give me some face?"

His parents are still alive, so why are they calling him that?

"Pengfei, do you know the boss's family?" The Zhou family wasn't involved in business and weren't familiar with the business tycoon. "What's instant noodles?"

Zhou Pengfei was practically covering Zhou Youcheng's mouth right now; wasn't he just bringing up the very thing he didn't want to talk about?

Upon hearing this, Xia Changlong thought, "Oh, I have a chance to make my point!" and proceeded to reveal all the embarrassing things that had happened the day he confessed his feelings.

Aside from the two people directly involved, no one else knows about this topic!

The Yang family loved to listen, the Zhou family was curious, and even Madam Xia pricked up her gossipy little ears, listening with great interest.

Once the story was told, Xia Changlong integrated into the circle and naturally became a matchmaker-like figure.

Putting aside his intimidating background, he's actually quite a lively person. The Zhou family doesn't have much of an eye for business figures, so to them, Xia Changlong is simply a down-to-earth and straightforward guy.

Moreover, they found Xia Changlong quite funny and especially amusing, and had a very good impression of him.

Since they were having a good time chatting, Xia Changlong decided to stay and opened a bottle of 1982 Moutai, asking Yang Yajing to fill it up for him one by one.

"Boss Xia, are you bleeding heavily?" Yang Yajing teased Xia Changlong in a low voice.

"Hmph! I'm happy with my money, what's it to you?" Xia Changlong raised his chin smugly.

Mrs. Xia originally planned to stay for a while and then leave, but when she saw her husband, who hadn't been so relaxed and carefree in many years, laughing heartily at the dinner party, she thought that perhaps it wasn't a good idea to leave in a hurry.

Knowing that these elders would be unable to resist Moutai, Yang Yajing and Zhou Pengfei consciously refrained from drinking.

Sure enough, they were all quite drunk, their faces and noses were all red.

After the gathering, Yang Yajing and Zhou Pengfei each drove their respective families home, while Xia Changlong was driven by his wife, of course!

Sigh! These elders, one after another, are all vying to be drunkards instead of setting a good example!

However, with only one bottle of Moutai for five or six people, they didn't actually drink that much; they were only about three-tenths drunk! And their drunken state was mostly due to the joy they felt.

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