With the help of the local Wang Handong family, and with a clear understanding of his own preferences, Lin Xiao quickly found two decent houses.

Wang Handong has lived in Paris for over thirty years and has an extremely wide network of contacts, including many real estate agents, both French and Chinese.

The following week, he took Lin Haitao to look at houses around the world. Because Lin Xiao sometimes had to attend classes and couldn't find the time, Lin's father said that he would do the first round of screening for his daughter.

There must be something wrong with the one he rejected at first glance; he only checked on his daughters who seemed good after class.

Yang Xile also learned that Lin Xiao was going to buy a house in Paris; Lin Xiao had told him about it on his own initiative.

Because he had been very worried that Lin Xiao's living conditions were too poor, Lin Xiao told him about it so that he would stop worrying about it.

Yang Xile was delighted to hear that Lin's father had arrived in Paris and insisted on inviting the Lin family to dinner, asking her to make the introductions.

Lin Xiao hesitated a bit, afraid that her father would overthink things if he saw Yang Xile. After all, in the eyes of parents with unmarried adult children, any decent-looking member of the opposite sex would automatically be included in the scope of their children's consideration.

Perhaps this is a uniquely Chinese phenomenon? Lin Xiao sometimes wondered. Her French classmates and friends never mentioned that their parents worried about their relationships and marriages. Martin, the building manager of her apartment building, was still single in her forties or fifties and had parents in their eighties, yet she had never pressured them to get married.

Unable to resist Yang Xile's repeated pleas, Lin Xiao finally told her father that a friend who was studying in Paris wanted to invite them to dinner.

Lin Haitao was a little surprised. He knew his daughter was introverted and didn't like socializing much; she didn't even have many friends back in China. He hadn't expected that she would make such good friends among international students so soon after arriving in France.

"What kind of child is he?" he asked.

Lin Xiao replied, "You may have heard of his family. Do you know Chairman Yang Kai of Xiangyu Group?"

Lin Haitao's eyes widened in surprise as he asked his daughter, "Yang Kai from Xiangyu Group? Who doesn't know him? But we don't have any personal relationship. What, is your friend Yang Kai's child?"

Lin Xiao nodded and told his father that the friend who was going to treat them was Yang Kai's youngest son, who was currently studying at a business school in Paris, France.

"How old is this child? How did you two meet?" Lin Haitao's eyes lit up when he heard his daughter's words.

Seeing his father's expression, Lin Xiao sighed helplessly: "Dad, don't get the wrong idea. He's still just a child. If you start asking him all sorts of questions and making wild guesses, I won't call him that anymore."

Lin Haitao shrugged, assuring that he wouldn't ask any unnecessary questions. He was just surprised that his daughter knew the young master of the Yang family.

"How big is the circle of international students in Paris?" Lin Xiao asked his father bluntly. "These kids don't hang out with other international students, so the circle is even smaller."

She said she met Yang Xile at the embassy and was invited to a gathering of their circle of wealthy second-generation overseas students, which is how she met some people.

"Great! You need to make more friends when you travel! I used to worry about you in this regard, but I didn't expect you to become so much more cheerful since coming to France." Lin Haitao felt very gratified.

He has a very strong business mindset; having more friends means having more opportunities, and perhaps even more customers.

Because networking, especially with people who have commercial value, is an essential path to success. Therefore, in his youth, he devoted a lot of energy and time to building connections and was a frequent guest at various banquets and parties.

It's only in recent years, as I've gotten older, that my blood sugar and cholesterol levels have risen, leading to fewer social engagements.

Lin Haitao really hopes that his daughter Lin Xiao can make more friends. Although he does not intend for her to inherit the Lin Group, accumulating more connections will be of endless benefit to her no matter what she does in the future.

Unfortunately, Lin Xiao's personality is more like her mother's; she is quiet and gentle, has a natural aversion to noisy environments, and is not good at interpersonal communication, so she rarely participates in social activities.

Lin's mother also preferred the tranquility of nature, which is why she and the uncle she met later opened a bed and breakfast in a small, not very popular town in Yunnan.

Since her father promised not to think too much about it, and Yang Xile repeatedly asked, Lin Xiao arranged a dinner for the three of them.

Lin's father was overjoyed to see Yang Xile, because the boy was not only very handsome and pleasing to the eye, but also very eloquent, and every word he said pleased Lin Haitao.

Of course, his renowned father and once-illustrious family business were also indispensable reasons why Mr. Lin was particularly fond of this child.

Merchants have a very keen sense of what kind of people are beneficial to them, and they can sense it the moment they come into contact with them.

Although Xiangyu Group, which started in the steel industry, and Lin's Group, which started in the pharmaceutical industry, seemed to have no opportunity for business cooperation, Lin Haitao knew that anything could change, and befriending people from Xiangyu Group would undoubtedly have a positive effect on himself and his career.

Looking at the father and son, who were quite far apart in age but chatting happily, Lin Xiao had a momentary feeling that the father might actually prefer his son to his daughter.

Neither his ex-wife nor his later wife gave him a son, which is probably why he particularly enjoys talking to clever and well-behaved boys like Yang Xile.

Their conversation ranged from all over the world. At first, it revolved around the lives of second-generation international students like her and Yang Xile in France. Lin's father was also exploring how the two of them met and became good friends.

Before long, the father and son started talking about hunting and fishing, topics that girls rarely mention, and they seemed to be having a great time.

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