By the time Su Chen returned to Lin Ruoxue''s vi from the municipal partymitteepound, it was already close to seven. As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the delicious aroma wafting through the air.


    "Sister Wang, what delightful dish have you made?"


    Su Chen asked with a smile.


    "You''re back? Where did you go again today?"


    At that moment, a faint voice rose from the sofa. Although it wasn''t as icy as before, Su Chen could still detect a hint of dissatisfaction.


    "Oh, wifey, you''re back too!"


    Without hesitation, Su Chen darted to Lin Ruoxue''s side, but just as he was about to wrap his arm around her fragrant shoulder, Lin Ruoxue pushed him away with a cold expression:


    "Look at the time."


    Upon hearing this, Su Chen was taken aback.


    He knew that previously, no matter when he returned, Lin Ruoxue hardly ever asked him about it. What was different today?


    In fact, Lin Ruoxue didn''t know why she felt this way either. She used to not bother asking him where he had been.


    Today, for some reason, seeing hime home thiste infuriated her!


    "Oh, wifey, I just went to a friend''s house today."


    Su Chen lifted his hand to swear:


    "I promise I behaved and didn''t cause any trouble."


    "Young Master, Miss, dinner is ready."


    Just then, Sister Wang called out from the kitchen.


    "Okay, let''s have dinner first."


    Lin Ruoxue spoke up and stood up. She was only slightly angry to begin with, and asking him made her feel much better, her irritation eased.


    Moreover, he had given his assurance that he hadn''t done anything improper, so she didn''t feel like probing further. Truth be told, it wasn''t in her nature.


    The three of them started dinner amiably, with Lin Ruoxue still acting a bit cold toward Su Chen, even though her anger had already subsided.


    However, after dinner, Su Chen''s yful cajoling eventually warmed Lin Ruoxue''s demeanor, and her mood lightened up a little.


    Around nine-ish, Lin Ruoxue went upstairs to continue working, Sister Wang retreated to her room to rest, and Su Chen naturally carried on with his usual routine, returning to his estate to practice cultivation.


    .....


    In the following days, Su Chen''s life was uneventful and quite enjoyable.


    Ever since his rtionship with Xia Qiuru thawed from the cold front it had hit before, the two seemed to have genuinely be good friends.


    Hence, aside from frequently visiting Lin Ruoxue''s office, Xia Qiuru''s office had also be an open destination for him.


    In short, during the day, Su Chen could be found either in the public rtions department, Lin Ruoxue''s office, or at Xia Qiuru''s ce.


    And these ces all had one thing inmon. As for what thatmon thing was, of course, it was the presence of beautiful women!


    Over these days, Pei Rou also called. Inadvertently, she let slip that Pei Man had already returned to Yandu.


    Ye Mei and Xiao Yaning were also busy preparing for their trip to Europe, as it was their first real time going abroad, they naturally had to prepare adequately.


    Their own Public Rtions department seemed to have people with wandering thoughtstely, everyone was already nning their vacations to Sanya.


    It was said that taking advantage of the weekend, many had already gone shopping for swimsuits, and Su Chen was naturally very pleased to hear this news!


    In the meantime, Du Hanshuang hade to look for him once, to avoid the trouble of her visiting again, especially the fear of her suddenly calling him brother-inw, Su Chen had no choice but to take almost an entire afternoon to properly apany her in her craziness.


    However, thesest few days, be it inside the group or outside, the mostmon news Su Chen heard was regarding the Jiangnan Commerce Association''s exchange meeting.


    Even someone like Su Chen, who had no interest in such matters, had lots of this kind of information poured into his ears, such as the fact that the Jiangnan Commerce Association''s exchange meeting was held once every three years, and that it was jointly hosted by the Four Great Families of Jiangnan, not to mention that this g banquet was the highest standard banquet in the Jiangnan businessmunity!


    In the eyes of those people, this exchange banquet gathered almost all of the foremost people of Jiangnan, truly a gathering where eminent schrs chatted andughed, with nomoners in sight!


    Almost everyone regarded attending this exchange banquet as the highest honor, naturally, it was also a symbol of their own status!


    And thosedies of fashion, stars, and models naturally set their sights on this grand event!


    Of course, the ones who valued this exchange banquet the most were still the businessmen, and Lin Ruoxue had reminded Su Chen more than once that no matter what he had, he must apany her to attend on Friday night!


    Time flew and it was indeed Friday. At breakfast that morning, Lin Ruoxue, who was usually very decisive and capable, took the time to specially instruct Su Chen again to tuck his tail in and behave himself at the banquet that evening.


    From this, one could see how important Lin Ruoxue deemed this exchange dinner to be!


    Su Chen immediately nodded and agreed, in any case, he felt nothing for this banquet and intended to go for the food and drink, presuming that such an asion would certainly notck delicacies.


    After breakfast, they both drove separately to thepany as usual.


    Su Chen naturally went to the Public Rtions department first, as usual joking around with the beautifuldies and being a little too familiar with each other, it was all part of the daily routine anyway!


    Then he visited Lin Ruoxue''s office, and seeing that she was really busy and had no time to spare for him, he went to Xia Qiuru''s office after.


    Unfortunately, Xia Qiuru was not in her office and was said to have gone out on business.


    Having nothing better to do, Su Chen returned to the Public Rtions department and started to read some magazines...


    Time passed second by second, and Su Chen managed to kill a day''s worth of boring time.


    Half an hour before the end of work in the afternoon, Lin Ruoxue called him and asked him toe home right away.


    When Su Chen heard the urgency in Lin Ruoxue''s voice, he thought something was wrong, but when he got home, it turned out she just wanted him to change clothes.


    Su Chen, who had no interest in banquets to begin with, was quite reluctant to change clothes.


    However, seeing Lin Ruoxue''s expression darken, he quickly and awkwardly put on the suit she had helped him buyst time.


    Now, Lin Ruoxue''s facial expressions were the best signs for Su Chen!


    Seeing Su Chen changed into his clothes, looking every bit the gentleman, she then nodded in satisfaction.


    Afterward, Su Chen drove Lin Ruoxue''s car towards the venue of the Jiangnan Commerce Association exchange banquet — the Tianding Grand Hotel!


    The reason for choosing Lin Ruoxue''s car instead of his BMW 5 Series was because thetter seemed too modest for such an asion!


    At this time, it was peak hour for leaving work, so traffic jams were everywhere, but the exchange banquet wasn''t starting until 7:30 pm, so there was no hurry for them.


    Around seven o''clock, they arrived leisurely at the entrance of Tianding Grand Hotel...