He had to help in this emergency!
Jiang Hailang, on the other side, had just returned home after a noisy and uncontrollable night.
That evening, he met Yuan Qingqing, the girl he had met on the plane, at a Japanese restaurant as planned.
The Japanese-style soft music and the quiet, comfortable atmosphere, along with Yuan Qingqing's gentle, charming smile, all stirred Jiang Hailang's heart. He felt that certain organs in his body were eager to try, anticipating another round of revelry after a hearty meal.
Just as he raised his glass to Yuan Qingqing, smiling and ready to celebrate this encounter, someone suddenly rushed in through the open sliding door, knelt down beside him, and tightly took his arm.
The sake glass in Jiang Hailang's hand tilted to one side due to the sudden impact, spilling all the sake onto the table. The sake then quickly dripped down the edge of the table, large drops landing on Jiang Hailang's clothes.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lin Xiaoran quickly let go of Jiang Hailang's arm, picked up a napkin from the table, and wiped the wine stains off his clothes.
Across from her, Yuan Qingqing stared at Jiang Hailang and the person beside him with her big, dark eyes, seemingly wondering if she had been forced into becoming a third party and had been caught by someone else's girlfriend.
Jiang Hailang took Lin Xiaoran's hand, took the napkin from her, and wiped the wine stains off his clothes. Although sake is colorless, there were still damp marks, making that spot on his clothes appear darker than the rest.
Seeing that the clothes were beyond saving, Jiang Hailang threw away the napkin and asked Lin Xiaoran, "What are you doing?"
"Mr. Lang, I need your help urgently." Lin Xiaoran grabbed Jiang Hailang's arm again, trying to pull him up from his seat.
Seeing Jiang Hailang turn to look at Yuan Qingqing across the way, Lin Xiaoran smiled as if she had just noticed the person opposite her.
"Hello, beautiful lady, I'm a colleague from Lang's company. I really have something urgent to do right now. Can I borrow your boyfriend for a while? I'll return him soon."
When Lin Xiaoran said this to Yuan Qingqing, she didn't stop moving. Instead, she pulled Jiang Hailang up with her help.
Although Jiang Hailang didn't know what she wanted to do, he didn't resist. He got up as she wished and smiled at Yuan Qingqing to reassure her, "Qingqing, wait for me a moment, I'll be right back."
When Lin Xiaoran led him into another private room, Jiang Hailang saw about a dozen men and women sitting around a rectangular wooden dining table. Everyone turned to look at them.
Lin Xiaoran took Jiang Hailang's arm and said, "Let me introduce you all, this is my boyfriend."
Jiang Hailang reacted quickly, his eyes crinkling with laughter, "Hello everyone, I'm Xiaoran's boyfriend, Jiang Hailang."
Without asking or explaining, it was obvious that Lin Xiaoran had been bragging at the dinner party that she had a boyfriend, but she didn't have a real boyfriend to prove it to everyone, so she dragged Jiang Hailang along to fill the gap.
He had to help in this emergency!
That was indeed the case. That evening, Lin Xiaoran invited a few college classmates to dinner. She thought they would all be classmates, but unfortunately, her ex-boyfriend, whom she had recently broken up with, brought his new girlfriend, Zhu Ting.
Perhaps every woman has a natural hostility toward her boyfriend's ex, so when Zhu Ting spoke to Lin Xiaoran with a smile, it was hard not to hear the sarcasm in her voice.
"Miss Lin, you haven't found a boyfriend yet, have you? Is it because your standards are too high, or is there some other reason?"
Lin Xiaoran laughed and replied, "Who said I don't have a boyfriend? I do."
"That's a good opportunity to call everyone out so they can all meet you and give you their feedback. Right, Yan Chao?"
Yan Chao is the name of Lin Xiaoran's ex-boyfriend.
Lin Xiaoran glanced at Yan Chao, whose expression was somewhat unnatural but who couldn't say anything in rebuttal. She felt inexplicably sorry for him and suddenly didn't want to argue with him anymore.
"I'll give him a call," Lin Xiaoran said, taking her phone and leaving the private room.
She searched through her contacts for all the male classmates who were registered, hoping to find someone who could be her boyfriend for a while. It couldn't be a classmate, nor could it be someone Yan Chao and the others knew, otherwise she would definitely be exposed.
Just as he was frowning and thinking about how to solve this thorny problem, he looked up and saw the man sitting at the table in the opposite room, gazing affectionately at the girl across from him. Who else could it be but Jiang Hailang?
Lin Xiaoran smiled, put away her phone, and ran into Jiang Hailang's private room, hugging his arm.
After that, she took him to the private room of the class reunion.
Lin Xiaoran led Jiang Hailang to the seat she had been sitting in. The classmate next to them moved his cutlery aside to make room for Jiang Hailang.
Zhu Ting said, "Mr. Jiang is such a handsome man. I wonder where he works?"
Jiang Hailang turned to look at the woman who had asked the question. It was a face with exquisite makeup, but the signs of age were not hard to see. At this moment, the owner of that face was slumped against the man beside her as if she had no bones, and asked Jiang Hailang a question with a strange smile.
Based on his experience of interacting amicably with many wealthy women, this stiffness is likely due to the fact that he had just received cosmetic injections and was still in the recovery period.
Jiang Hailang said, "I work at Platinum Hotel."
“I often go to Platinum Hotel. Are you in the restaurant or a guest room? I can ask you to serve me next time, which will help you increase your business.”
Looking at Jiang Hailang, although he has a handsome face and a narrow waist and long legs, his dressing is really not tidy.
A plain white round-neck cotton shirt paired with black cropped skinny jeans was one thing, but then there were lingering stains of some unknown liquid on the shirt and the thighs of the jeans. This didn't look like someone rich and powerful at all.
Jiang Hailang said, "I work in the sales department. I would really appreciate it if my sister and her friends could come here and buy a few gold membership cards."
Judging from the woman's age, she should be older than him. It wouldn't be inappropriate for him to call her "sister," would it?
"As far as I know, the staff at Platinum Hotel are all ranked by level, with the highest being level 9. I wonder what level Mr. Jiang is?" Zhu Ting said, then added, "I only asked out of curiosity, please don't mind, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Hailang laughed. "It's alright. But I might have to disappoint you, because I don't have a level."
Just as the other party was about to say something more with a triumphant expression, Jiang Hailang continued, "I am a director, and like the general manager, I have no rank. If I had to say what my rank is at Platinum Hotel, I would probably be half a rank lower than the general manager."
Zhu Ting's smile froze on her face, even though her face was already stiff to begin with.
A few seconds later, Zhu Ting pouted. "What job title or level? It's all about how you talk. Which salesperson isn't a manager or director?"
She simply couldn't believe that Lin Xiaoran could find such an amazing boyfriend in less than two months after breaking up with Yan Chao; she was definitely just bragging and lying.
"You can check out the Platinum Hotels website; they should have my photo there."
After Jiang Hailang finished speaking, several people actually took out their phones to search for the Platinum Hotel's official website. Unsurprisingly, in the section introducing senior executives, they saw Jiang Hailang, whose position was second only to General Manager Mu Chen and ranked first among the four directors.
The photo, name, job title, and introduction are all included, making it a case of "seeing is believing".
"My apologies, Mr. Jiang is so outstanding, no wonder he could attract Miss Lin. But then again, these young girls nowadays really do like dating rich older men."
Seeing that Zhu Ting's mockery failed, she was now resorting to sowing discord. Her implication was that Lin Xiaoran was only dating Jiang Hailang because he was rich.
"Uncle?" This was the first time Jiang Hailang had ever heard anyone describe him like that. No matter what, he was a dashing and handsome young man; how could anyone call him an "uncle"?
You're the uncle, your whole family are uncles.
Seeing that Zhu Ting wouldn't stop, Lin Xiaoran also got a little annoyed. She could tolerate the sarcastic remarks, but why should Lang Zong, who had come to her rescue, be allowed to be talked about like that? That wouldn't do.
“If a young girl marries an older man, it means that the older man is virtuous and talented, a dragon among men. But if a young boy marries an older woman, it only means that the boy is idle and has accomplished nothing.” Lin Xiaoran doesn’t act unless she has to, and when she does, she wants to kill two birds with one stone.
Jiang Hailang followed up, "Indeed, when I was young, I never imagined I could be with a girl like Xiaoran. I never even pursued her. It wasn't that I was afraid, but I knew that if I didn't achieve something, I wouldn't deserve such a wonderful girl. Xiaoran, thank you for giving me this opportunity to love you." After saying that, he turned to look at Lin Xiaoran, his eyes filled with tenderness.
Lin Xiaoran was so moved that she almost shed tears. She rested her head on Jiang Hailang's shoulder with a happy expression.
Then she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Mr. Lang, you're getting greasy. But it works."
Later, naturally, the two of them defeated Zhu Ting in a coordinated attack, and then left the table early under the pretext of having something to do.
Back in the private room where Jiang Hailang and Yuan Qingqing had their date, the food on the table remained untouched. Yuan Qingqing sat expressionlessly in her seat, watching the two people who were grinning smugly, practically ready to give each other a high five.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Jiang Hailang glanced at the dishes on the table; the ice under the fish slices had all melted into water. "I'll have the waiter remove all of this, and you can order something else." Jiang Hailang handed the menu to Yuan Qingqing while turning to call the waiter.
"No need, it's too late today. I want to go back first." Yuan Qingqing's expression remained expressionless.
Jiang Hailang knew that she wasn't unangry, but rather that it was their first date and she didn't want to show any dissatisfaction.
Lin Xiaoran quickly comforted her, "Sister, don't be angry, it's all my fault. How about I treat you to a meal?"
Perhaps feeling it was inappropriate to throw a tantrum at Lin Xiaoran, since Lin Xiaoran claimed to be Jiang Hailang's colleague and had previously said she was Jiang Hailang's girlfriend, Yuan Qingqing put on a smile.
"I'm really not angry, it's just too late. I usually don't eat much at night, I'm afraid I'll get indigestion. How about we get together another day?"
Jiang Hailang sighed inwardly, "Alright. I'll take you home first."
In the parking lot, Jiang Hailang opened the passenger door for Yuan Qingqing. After she sat down and closed the door, he walked around the front of the car to get into the driver's seat, but Lin Xiaoran had already jumped into the back seat on her own.
Jiang Hailang glanced back and heard Lin Xiaoran say, "President Lang, I'm not in a hurry. You can take your girlfriend first, and then take me."
Haha. What was supposed to be a dinner to build rapport, followed by a casual invitation to choose a hotel for some intimate moments, turned into him personally escorting each person home.
After dropping Yuan Qingqing off, Jiang Hailang asked Lin Xiaoran where she lived. She didn't answer, but got up from the back seat and climbed over through the gap between the two front seats.
"Danger!" Jiang Hailang shouted, immediately slowing down the car.
Whose child is so unruly, daring to climb around like that on a moving vehicle!
Only after Lin Xiaoran climbed into the passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt did she speak: "Mr. Lang, shall we go out and have some fun?"
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