Chapter 36: The Engagement Banquet 2

  Chen's villa, the host and guest sat down. To avoid an awkward atmosphere, Chen Hui didn't make any small talk and directly ordered the kitchen to serve dishes. He also deliberately said to Li Mang and Wu Long who were sitting below: "You young people chat more, get closer."

  Wu Long's face had been green all night, and when he heard this, his smile was somewhat forced. Intimate? Are you kidding me? Not fighting is already a blessing.

  "The chairman is right, let's get closer and take a walk." Li Mang was enthusiastic tonight, like he had been injected with chicken blood, raising his red wine glass to clink with Chen Jia sisters across from him, as well as Wu Long beside him.

  "Is Li Meng? Two days ago you said you were coming to Chengdu for tourism, how did you suddenly start working at my sister's company?" Chen Ziyin asked curiously, with a simple and innocent look, but Chen Ziyin beside her had a slightly vigilant gaze. She now has absolute reason to believe that Li Meng is intentionally getting close to the sisters.

  "This...” Li Meng had a plan in mind, but still thought for a moment before saying: "The first time I saw Miss Chen Ziyin, I was amazed by her beauty. So I deliberately investigated your information and found that you, Miss Chen, are also beautiful and charming. I fell in love at first sight, so I came to apply for a job at Coral Culture. Please forgive my rashness."

  A group of people were left speechless by Li Meng's blunt words.

  Various labels such as "infatuated" and "playboy" instantly stuck to Li Mang's impression. But surprisingly, the Chen sisters didn't feel angry, after all, Li Mang had expressed his true thoughts honestly, making people feel sincerity, which is the importance of being frank and transparent.

  Of course, not everyone can learn this trick. First of all, it requires extremely thick skin. Even so, Li Mang still felt his face burning with shame when he said these words, deeply feeling that he was shameless.

  In the end, Li Mang managed to shut down Chen Jiejie's questioning, but Chen Zixuan didn't entirely believe Li Mang's nonsense. Although Li Mang looked at her with a gleam in his eye, that sparkling light men often have when they see beautiful women, she somehow couldn't sense any affection from him, nor did she notice any signs of him trying to pursue her.

  Lure by pretending to retreat? No, it shouldn't be, as they just don't have any chemistry between them.

  "Is it that when you see a prettier girl, you immediately abandon your thoughts of Zi Shan?" Wu Long, who had not had the opportunity to interject until now, curiously threw out a question.

  This kid is full of evil intentions.

  Li Mang glanced at him, seemingly smiling but not quite, and said: "Thinking of something else when seeing something unusual is human nature. It's the same principle as being greedy. Ask your father, which official doesn't love money? In fact, having such thoughts isn't a big deal, what's important is whether you can control yourself. Forgive me for holding a suspicious attitude towards Young Master Wu from start to finish."

  The two women opposite looked at Li Meng with a glance, and actually had some admiration. Men like beautiful women, beautiful women like handsome men, this is human nature, just like cats catching mice, it's an instinct that doesn't need to be taught.

  "This is outrageous!" Wu Long's face didn't look very good.

  "Alright, I'm being unreasonable." Li Meng accepted the other party's accusation with a smile, but his tone suddenly changed as he stared at Wu Long and asked: "Didn't you ever have any bad intentions towards Chen Zixuan?"

  Facing Li Meng and the eerie gaze of Chen Jie and her sister, Wu Long opened his mouth several times but couldn't speak, stuttering and getting red in the face. The answer was already clear without words, which made Chen Jie and her sister's faces look slightly awkward.

  Li Mao smiled and reached out to pat his shoulder, saying: "Brother, this is nothing to be embarrassed about. All of Chen's sisters are as beautiful as flowers. Which man wouldn't like them? Right?"

  Wulong instinctively replied, being led by the nose...

  Who would have thought that Li Meng, who originally believed in the 'nature theory', suddenly turned serious and said: "Wu Long, you are distracted and this is a bad disease, it needs to be treated!"

  Wu Long's expression hardened, and he laughed dryly, unable to say another word. He was indeed a second-generation official, but after all, he was a flower grown in a greenhouse, unexposed to the scorching sun, so how could he be Li Meng's opponent? Being played around like a top was inevitable.

  "Pfft!" The Chen Ziyin across from her covered her mouth and laughed, while Chen Ziyun shot back a cold glare before reverting to an icy expression.

  Unlike the eerie atmosphere below, the masters of the Chen and Wu families above were having a great conversation, discussing politics, business, and foreign affairs, with an extremely pleasant atmosphere.

  Of course, Chen Hui didn't forget the main purpose of this dinner party. As they were chatting, he suddenly asked: "Has your son not settled on a marriage yet?"

  Wu Hong narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Not yet. Alron has been distracted since he met your daughter. We've even thought of introducing him to some girls, but he refused."

  "Haha, Zixing also said that Linglei has unlimited potential!" Chen Hui's face was full of smiles.

  When they finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. Finally, they opened up and spoke their minds. Wu Hong laughed and said: "Since that's the case, why don't we let our parents get together? Who knows, maybe we'll even become relatives!"

  "Older brother is right, rather than choosing a day, why don't we just set the engagement for tonight and let them get engaged first? Then I'll find an auspicious day to hold a grand banquet." Chen Hui also responded in tacit agreement.

  "It's good if it's good, but this still needs to be agreed upon by the children, we can't arrange a marriage." Wu Hong pretended to deliberate.

  "The old brother is considering that a lifelong event must be agreed upon by themselves." Chen Hui echoed.

  This kind of thing is naturally to be taken the initiative by the man, Wu Long also immediately reacted from the embarrassment and stood up saying: "Being able to settle a marriage with Zi Cong is my good fortune accumulated over three lifetimes! Zi Cong, in the future I will definitely treat you well."

  Chen Ziyin hesitated for a moment, but it was only a flash, and then she stood up with dignity. Just as she was about to open her mouth, the unexpected happened.

  "Honk! Honk! Honk……"

  A dense siren interrupted the warmth of the banquet, and the siren came from the villa's security system, which suddenly sounded now, apparently triggered by someone.

  The four members of the Chen family's faces changed drastically, and without even considering the marriage contract, they ordered the bodyguards who rushed over to investigate: "Go and see what's wrong with that place!"

  "Boss, it's the study!" a bodyguard rushed over to report.

  "Hurry up and go check!" Chen Hui said exasperatedly.

  Wu Hong's eyes flashed and he stood up, asking enthusiastically: "Brother Chen, there are armed guards outside the door, do you need any help?"

  "This... is really great!" Chen Hui's eyes sparkled slightly.

  The Chen family villa suddenly became a place of high alert, with bodyguards coming and going, and more than a dozen standing guard in the living room to protect their masters from potential assassins.

  Li Mang was also extremely nervous, after all, it was related to this task, but unintentionally saw that Chen Jie's sister's expression had already calmed down, and Chen Hui had also settled down from the initial panic, so he sat back in his chair. Li Mang could be sure that the thing was currently safe, perhaps not even in the study room, otherwise, the first to be nervous should have been the Chen family.

  "Boss, it was the cleaning lady who accidentally touched something." Before long, the investigation results were out.

  "Oh, I see." Chen Hui's eyes flashed, and he didn't comment much, but instead apologized to Wu Hong beside him: "Recently it's been a bit unsettling, some troubles keep popping up, sorry about that, brother!"

  "It's always better to be careful." Wu Hong waved his hand indifferently and then signaled for his guards to leave the villa.

  "This cleaning aunt is really something, wasn't she told not to approach the study long ago? Take her to the back and train her a bit." Chen Hui gestured to his bodyguard.

  "Yes, boss!" The bodyguard nodded and left.

  Accidentally touched something? Is that possible? The Chen family's servants are well-trained, they know where they can and cannot go, the study is even more off-limits to them, it's impossible for a servant to wander in there, even an idiot would understand the implications.

  However, since there were so many outsiders present now, Chen Hui couldn't speak clearly, and instead hinted to the bodyguards to keep an eye on the servant who had caused trouble, and continue with the banquet.

  "Now that both parties have agreed, the engagement is settled. In a few days, I'll start preparing for the engagement banquet and invite all the socialites to join in. What do you think, brother?" Chen Hui asked with a smile, as if nothing had happened earlier.

  "This feeling is great, from now on, we're half a family!" Wu Hong laughed loudly and didn't take what happened earlier to heart.

  Two old foxes were clever and didn't reveal what had just happened on the surface, but their hearts were like clear mirrors. Since their goal had already been achieved, after leaving a piece of jade bracelet as an engagement gift for Chen Ziqing, the Wu family bid farewell and left.

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