Chapter 70

When Song Shu got off work in the evening, she walked out of the studio and saw Chen Zonghao coming up from downstairs and waiting in front of the stairs on her floor.

Song Shu was busy with work that day. She was a little shy last night, but now she can face him calmly. Moreover, she sees that his heart is filled with sweetness and joy, and she can't help but want to get closer to him.

Song Shu walked over happily and naturally took his arm, "Why did you come up to wait for me?"

Chen Zonghao took her bag and pressed the elevator button. He hooked his arm around hers and Song Shu was led to walk closer to him, almost walking next to him. He looked down at her and smiled, hooking his hand around hers from time to time. Song Shu knew what he meant from this intimate little gesture without her having to answer.

There was an invisible sticky atmosphere between the two of them, so much so that when the elevator door opened to the next floor, Shi Tou Awen, who was standing outside the elevator door, paused when he wanted to walk in.

The four of them looked at each other for a moment. Shitou shook his head and spoke first: "Brother Hao, what a coincidence, second sister-in-law."

He asked why Brother Hao was the first one to leave work at the company. It turned out that he went upstairs to pick up his second sister-in-law.

Seeing that the elevator door was about to close, Song Shu quickly reached out and pressed the button, then looked up at Shitou and the others and said, "Why don't you come in? Let's go down together."

Shitou and Awen looked at each other. When the elevator door opened, they saw Hao Ge and Ersao standing together. The atmosphere was so intimate that no third person could get in. They thought it would be a good idea to wait for the next elevator. They were thinking about how it felt since they had been to Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Hao Ge and Ersao were getting closer and closer.

Chen Zonghao looked up at them and asked, "You're not going down?"

After hearing what Brother Hao said, the honest child Shitou really thought that he was letting them in. He took Awen's hand and walked in, saying to Song Shu, "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law."

Song Shu waved her hands: "Nothing."

However, when Shitou entered the elevator, he felt that the temperature in the elevator was suddenly a little cold. He looked at Hao Ge again and felt that his expression was dull, which made him shudder. The mood to chat with his second sister-in-law faded. For some reason, he had an intuition that if he said a few more words, he might be given the cold shoulder by Hao Ge.

Ah Wen, who was standing next to him, was already used to his inconsiderate behavior, so he just walked a few steps away from him and didn't bother to pay any attention to him.

The four of them went downstairs in silence. On the way, Song Shu looked at Shi Tou in surprise. Isn't this man usually the talkative one? Why is he so quiet today?

When Shitou received the gaze from the second sister-in-law, he turned around and met Haoge's gaze. Haoge did not retract his gaze until the second sister-in-law stopped looking at him, which made Shitou breathe a sigh of relief.

So when the second sister-in-law asked if he wanted to take them home, Shitou was smart enough to shake his head and refuse, "No need, second sister-in-law, Awen and I are going to have a meal at a nearby restaurant before going back, so we won't bother you."

After saying that, he pulled Awen and ran away very fast, as if someone was chasing them from behind.

Song Shu looked at their rapidly disappearing backs, looking as if she couldn't avoid them. She swallowed back the words she was about to say, turned around and silently looked at Chen Zonghao and asked in confusion: "I look scary, like some kind of monster? How come they run so fast?"

Chen Zonghao opened the passenger door for her, and when she got in, he bent over to fasten her seat belt. Then he looked at her face seriously, "Very cute."

Song Shu was choked up and didn't expect this man to suddenly do this. She glared at him without any threat and said, "Go and drive the car."

Chen Zonghao raised the corner of his mouth and stood up obediently, "Okay." He closed the door for her, walked around the front of the car, sat in the driver's seat and drove away from the company.

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Because there was a banquet to attend tonight, Song Shu and Chen Zonghao did not send Jiahui to the studio after picking her up from the kindergarten. Instead, they took her to have dinner together. After she washed up, they took her to Liangsao's house.

After explaining her purpose to Mrs. Liang, Song Shu felt a little embarrassed: "Mrs. Liang, Jiahui is bothering you again tonight."

Liang's wife pretended to be angry and looked at Song Shu, "Ah Shu, you are too polite. What's the problem? I am not happy to hear you say that."

Song Shu nodded quickly and said, "I am too polite. By the way, Sister Liang, these are the clothes that my studio has designed recently. There are two cheongsams that you can wear, and the other clothes are suitable for the three sisters Shuyi."

Song Shu handed her the two bags of clothes she was carrying. These were clothes suitable for Liang Sao and her daughter that she had packed before coming here.

"Why are you sending us clothes again..." Liang's wife said a little embarrassedly.

Song Shu quickly interrupted her and said, "You also know that I run a clothing company. I just handed these clothes to you."

That's not what she said. Liang's wife knew that she was just saying that to relieve her from any pressure, so she joked, "You'll be responsible for all the clothes in my house."

Song Shu also laughed, "Isn't that just perfect?"

After chatting with Mrs. Liang for a few more words, Song Shu said goodbye to them. On the way back, she thought that she would still have to find a nanny when she moved to the new house in Central.

On the one hand, if she moves there, she won't be able to buy food just by going out like here. It's quite troublesome to go down from the high-rise building to buy food there. It's much more convenient to find a nanny to cook three meals a day. Now she doesn't have to worry about money and is fully capable of improving her quality of life.

On the other hand, if something like what happened today happens again and she and Chen Zonghao have something to do in the evening, the nanny can help take care of the child. She can't send the child all the way over and trouble Mrs. Liang.

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When she got home, Chen Zonghao had already washed up quickly and was standing in the living room in a white shirt, drying his hair. He looked up and saw her coming in, "Did you send Jiahui to Liang's place?"

"Yeah." Song Shu nodded, and couldn't help but glance at him a few times. The man was wearing a shirt with his sleeves rolled up. As he wiped his hair, the veins on his arms bulged, which made him look inexplicably sexy.

When the man turned his eyes and found her peeking, Song Shu went to the room and said, "I'll wash up first."

By the time they were ready to leave for the banquet, it was just past seven o'clock. The time on the invitation was a little after seven, so they had plenty of time to drive there.

The banquet was held at the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is one of the most luxurious hotels in Asia and is known as the "Lady of the Far East". Therefore, many famous stars, celebrities and wealthy people stay there, and it is also a preferred venue for high society to hold banquets.

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At this time, many luxury cars drove into the Peninsula Hotel, and the waiters at the door welcomed the guests in an orderly manner.

The Peninsula Hotel did not accept guests tonight. Only those invited to the banquet could come in. In addition to Hong Kong's celebrities and wealthy people, those invited tonight also included many foreign businessmen and even some current members of the Hong Kong government.

This shows how grand the scale of tonight's banquet is. Those who are well-informed already know what Mr. Smith, who is organizing the banquet, is planning.

Some people are happy to see Mr. Miss take the lead, some people think that maybe they can follow Mr. Smith tonight and get a piece of the pie, and some people feel sorry for the person who was specially invited by Mr. Smith tonight. They don't know if that person can resist if Mr. Smith takes the lead.

After all, Mr. Smith's nickname in the business world is "Hyena", and he will do whatever it takes to get what he wants.

DVD players are all the rage in the market these days, and anyone who knows the business can roughly estimate the profits involved, so there are many people eager to get their hands on them, but not many are able to do so because there is the Xu family standing in the way.

However, there are people who are more powerful than Xu, such as Mr. Smith, the host of tonight's banquet. He is not only a British businessman, but also a member of the famous Bookers family in Britain.

The Bookers family's businesses are spread all over the world, and even more than half of Hong Kong's industries have traces of their investments behind them. The Xu family may be respectable in Hong Kong, but compared with the Bookers family, it is not impressive enough.

They also found out that although Xu Changlong was the leader of Huasheng Technology Company on paper, the person actually in charge was a young man in his twenties.

This young man was a complete unknown in Hong Kong's business world before, and was even said to be a gangster. But now he has emerged as a rising star, making a fortune and becoming famous in Hong Kong and even in the Asian, European and American markets with just a DVD player.

It is simply envy-inducing. Even the older generation of Hong Kong businessmen who have been working hard in the business world can't help but feel jealous. This young man's current career is much more successful than what some of them have worked hard for most of their lives, so how can they not be jealous.

They wanted to find out everything about his background and family. If there was anything outstanding about this young man, it was that he was a top student and was admitted to the electronics major of the University of Hong Kong. Although he dropped out, it was not difficult to tell from his usual grades that he was a smart person. Therefore, it was not surprising that he could develop a DVD player.

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When Song Shu and Chen Zonghao arrived, the small car they were driving stood out among these luxury cars. It was also very cheap, with its price not even a fraction of those luxury cars.

However, the reception staff tonight were obviously professionally trained. Even though the car did not look like it was qualified to attend this kind of banquet, the reception staff still politely stepped forward to help them park the car aside.

When Song Shu got out of the car and walked inside holding Chen Zonghao's hand, a middle-aged foreign man came up to them enthusiastically and stretched out his hands to hug Chen Zonghao passionately.

However, before he was picked up, Chen Zonghao stretched out his hand, raised his eyelids and looked at him calmly, "Hello, Mr. Smith."

Mr. Smith was unable to offer his hug, but the smile on his face remained unchanged. He warmly shook Chen Zonghao's hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Chen."

Mr. Smith shook Chen Zonghao's hand and praised him, "Mr. Chen looks really young. It's just like what you Chinese people say, 'Heroes emerge young.'"

Chen Zonghao withdrew his hand and said, "Thank you for the award, Mr. Smith."

Mr. Smith turned his gaze to Song Shu who was standing next to him, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "This must be Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen and Mr. Chen really look like a married couple."

Song Shu smiled faintly and shook hands with him politely. "It seems that Smith has learned Chinese very well."

Mr. Smith smiled and said with some complacency: "Not only have I lived in Hong Kong for so many years, I have also been to the mainland. I am very interested in your Chinese culture. I have to say that your Chinese culture is really fascinating."

He looked like he was highly praising Chinese culture. If someone who didn't know him got to know him like this, they would definitely have a good impression of him.

But the Mr. Smith in front of you is not an easy person to get along with. Someone once said that when he shows great enthusiasm towards you, don't be happy, because it means that he has something he can get from you.

Song Shu learned from Chen Zonghao that this Mr. Smith had approached Xu Changlong before, but he acted like he was determined to get the DVD opportunity, but now he acts like a good guy. It turns out that some capitalists change their faces faster than they print money.

While they were talking here, people passing by recognized Mr. Smith. Looking at his enthusiastic look and the young couple standing opposite him, some people had already guessed that this was another highlight of the banquet tonight, Mr. Chen Zonghao.

In just half a month, Chen Zonghao, who was once a gangster, was also called Chen Sheng.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind Song Shu and the others, "Mr. Smith, long time no see."

Xu Changlong and Fang Yun got out of a car and walked over. As soon as they came to Song Shu and the others, they enthusiastically took Mr. Smith's hand and interrupted their conversation.

Mr. Smith saw his face stiffen for a moment, then returned to normal, "Mr. Xu, long time no see."

Xu Changlong pulled him inside and talked to him enthusiastically, so that whenever Mr. Smith wanted to say a few words to Chen Zonghao, he would change the subject.

Fang Yun walked over and stood beside Song Shu, and said familiarly, "We are all wearing cheongsams tonight."

Song Shu and Fang Yun were both wearing cheongsams. Fang Yun wore a black and gold embroidered cheongsam with a snow-white foxtail cape. Unlike her usual gentle style, she looked noble and cool.

The cheongsam Song Shu was wearing was pink and white, and her shawl looked much thinner. Her long hair was loosely tied up with a wooden hairpin. She had no extra accessories on her body except for an emerald green bracelet on her wrist. She looked like a lotus flower after the rain, pure, beautiful and soothing.

They both have different styles but both look pleasing to the eye.

"Not only us, I see many of the wealthy ladies attending the banquet tonight are wearing cheongsams." Fang Yun looked around and spoke.

Song Shu also saw a lot. Seeing such a scene, she thought that her plan to hold a cheongsam show was still feasible, so she took the opportunity to tell Fang Yun about her plan.

Fang Yun nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "Ah Shu, your plan looks good. Please leave a seat for me to support you when the time comes."

Song Shu smiled and said, "I will definitely not forget you. I still need you, a rich lady, to advertise for me."

Fang Yun raised her eyebrows. "It's fine to advertise, but Ah Shu, you need to design a few more cheongsams for me as a thank you gift. I know there are a lot of people lining up to design for you."

"Okay, you won't be left out."

Several people walked into the banquet hall while talking.