As night fell, the car drove through the bustling streets and up the quiet road illuminated by streetlights, until an elegant old house came into view.
Jiang Siyan parked the car at the gate, casually tossed the keys to the waiter, and went straight into the depths of the courtyard.
The people in the private room were already sitting around chatting and laughing, talking about everything from childhood anecdotes to recent trivial matters, making it very lively.
They're all at an age where they can stand on their own two feet, each in a different field, and those who should be married have already started their own families. In the past, it would have been really difficult to get everyone together like this.
As the door to the room opened, the conversation naturally turned to Jiang Siyan.
Meng Zhaoqi is the star of tonight's dinner. He has just been transferred back from the United States, and this gathering is to welcome him back. It's a rare occasion for this group of people to get together like this.
Meng Zhaoqi, adopting the tone of someone in charge, laughed and said, "Oh, President Jiang is back. He's even later than I was when I rushed back from America. He deserves to be punished."
Ji Hong drank a few cups of wine, looked closely behind him, and immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "Old Jiang, didn't you say you were going to bring some people to join us? Where are they?"
"Who is it? Are there outsiders coming today?" Meng Zhaoqi asked.
Jiang Siyan: "Something happened to him."
Ji Hong found it strange, "There's someone who would abandon you?"
Ye Tingshu, who was next to him, pulled him away, saying, "Don't go looking bad for him. Didn't you see he looked unwell?"
Jiang Siyan took his seat and greeted Meng Zhaoqi, saying, "It's been so long, you look much older."
Meng Zhaoqi laughed and scolded, "I didn't even get the wine into your mouth, so why are you coming at me like this, trying to find a way to call me old?"
Jiang Siyan lit a cigarette, glanced at the table, and asked, "Qingshu didn't come?"
Meng Zhaoqi waved his hand, "How could that be? I just went for a walk in the garden with Youli. He thought we grown men smelled too bad."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open. Mo Qingshu frowned, and Meng Zhaoqi immediately took the lead and put out his cigarette. "Alright, the ladies have arrived. Let's have a no-smoking session from now on."
Jiang Siyan took a deep breath before crushing the cigarette in the ashtray.
Mo Qingshu sat down next to Meng Zhaoqi. "Brother Siyan, it's been a long time."
Jiang Siyan nodded and, unusually, asked, "How's work been lately?"
Mo Qingshu was taken aback by his sudden concern, but quickly replied, "Everything is fine. I recently invested in a movie and we're currently casting."
Meng Zhaoqi blocked Jiang Siyan's view, "Don't use the same questions you use at the company to scare her."
Ji Hong covered his face, looking like he couldn't stand it, "Old Meng dotes on his wife so much, it makes my teeth ache!"
Jiang Siyan didn't ask any more questions and chatted with them casually.
Ye Tingshu told him, "You must have had a tiring trip to Nancheng. I heard there were some problems with the management there. What should have been a matter of two or three days has dragged on for almost a week."
No matter how difficult it is, those who need to be replaced will be replaced, those who need to be transferred will be transferred, and those who need to be investigated and punished will be investigated. He had already thought of countermeasures before he went to Nancheng. He always does things in a steady, accurate and ruthless manner.
As for these extra few days...
Even he himself finds it unbelievable that he only wanted to bring the little girl back with him.
He had originally planned to take her out to meet people tonight, but unexpectedly, she was busier than him.
Thinking of this, Jiang Siyan opened his phone and glanced at it. Sure enough, there wasn't a single message.
The dinner party went on until midnight. The group stood at the door, with Meng Zhaoqi holding Mo Qingshu. He looked completely different from the sad look he had before he hadn't won her over. He was beaming with pride. "The hot springs here are great. Qingshu and I won't be going back tonight."
After saying that, Meng Zhaoqi looked at Jiang Siyan and asked him, "Are you going back to the old house?"
"how?"
Meng Zhaoqi tilted his head behind him and smiled ambiguously, "Youli didn't drive here, Lao Jiang, could you help deliver it to the Cheng family? It's just around the corner."
Jiang Siyan slowly lit a cigarette, glanced at him with a sly look, and said, "What gifts did my old man take? Why would he need you to act as the matchmaker?"
Meng Zhaoqi glanced at Cheng Youli, who was about to approach, without feeling guilty at all, but still chuckled and patted him on the shoulder, "We're brothers, look at what you're saying, so formal."
"I have things to do back at the company, and it's not on my way. Let Ji Hong give me a ride." Jiang Siyan ignored him and turned to open the car door.
"Hey! I also..." Ji Hong was suddenly called out, looking completely bewildered and innocent, like a passerby who had been accidentally injured. He was about to refuse, but when he turned around, he saw that Jiang Siyan's car had already driven three miles away, so he had no choice but to accept the job. "Okay, okay, I'll take you."
The driver gripped the steering wheel and asked in a low voice, "Sir, are we heading back to the company headquarters?"
“Go…” Jiang Siyan paused for a moment.
He unlocked his phone, and the bright white screen seemed to cast a cool, moonlit glow over his eyes. He swiped the screen a few times with one hand, his fingertip landing precisely on the Hello Kitty icon holding a machine gun.
A sneer curled at the corner of his mouth. He quickly turned off the screen, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and said, "Back to Dongfeng Lane."
*
Su Er has been really busy lately. Sister Qin enrolled her in a court etiquette class in advance for her audition for the new drama.
In addition, to increase her exposure, she inevitably needs to participate in some business activities.
She could only catch a few minutes of sleep during the few minutes she was traveling.
Lin Shuqin handed her a coffee and said, "Just do your best at the audition tomorrow, relax, and don't be too nervous, okay?"
Su Er nodded, took a deep breath of iced coffee, and felt the cool, refreshing sensation fill her lungs, even dispelling half of her drowsiness.
Lin Shuqin put a hat and mask on her and said, "Don't come back too late tonight, you know? If you're not feeling well, I'll be the first to deal with you."
Su Er got out of the car, phone in hand, and gave Lin Shuqin a salute. "Understood, Madam! Mission accomplished!"
Lin Shuqin waved her hand dismissively, "Get lost, getting lost, just looking at you makes me angry."
Su Er tactfully slammed the car door shut, pulled her hat down low, and glanced around. Just then, her phone rang.
She glanced at the caller ID, a slight smile playing on her lips, and held the phone to her ear, asking, "Hello, have you arrived yet?"
"Um."
Su Er stood on tiptoe and craned her neck to look around. As the streetlights came on, and she wasn't wearing her glasses, most of what she could see was a pale yellow halo.
Summer had arrived in the northern part of the city. Today, the little girl wore a polka-dot French halter-neck dress. Her long hair, draped behind her, did not conceal her perfect shoulder and neck lines. The silk hem of the dress swayed slightly as she turned, revealing a small section of her fair waist, like a blooming jasmine.
Even with a mask and hat on, her outstanding figure still drew the attention of passersby.
Su Er's voice carried a hint of coquettishness, "Where is it? I can't see it?"
Jiang Siyan looked at the little figure across the street and sighed helplessly, "Stand there and don't move, I'll come get you."
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