Shen Yinian listened for a long ti without a word. It should be noted that his appearance resembled his father’s by at least eighty percent, and here he was still a diamond bachelor—so how co no one was pursuing him so fervently?
"What did you say?" Lin Xiaoguai was stunned, "A state banquet?"
Shen Chi nodded, "Isn’t the millennium approaching? They are placing a lot of importance on this state banquet and hope that your gift shop can provide a batch of fruit wine."
He paused, "According to their wishes, they also hope that you can personally provide two kinds of Chinese-style pastries."
Chinese-style pastries had been limited-ti freebies during past events held by the gift shop. Although they were freebies, they beca universally liked by custors, many of whom even wanted to buy them afterward. Unfortunately, Lin Xiaoguai was not interested in doing business with such short shelf-life food, leaving many custors no choice but to leave disappointed.
However, her good reputation had spread.
"Isn’t this taking it a bit too seriously?" Lin Xiaoguai asked, sowhat surprised.
It’s not like state banquets hadn’t been held in previous years.
"It’s not about taking it too seriously, it’s that the higher-ups are now confident," Shen Chi said, in a good mood.
Lin Xiaoguai was initially stunned, then she realized, yes, the millennium was here, and China had indeed started to gain a firm footing internationally.
"If it weren’t for the fact that having the recipe for your shop’s products would be useless, they probably would want to ask for it," Shen Chi rembered sothing and said with a bit of amusent.
He knew there must be so reasoning behind it, but since Wanwan didn’t say, he wouldn’t press the matter.
"Hey, wait, the items for the state banquet must be in large quantities, right?" Lin Xiaoguai asked.
"Of course, which is why I suggest you start preparing right away; there isn’t much ti left," Shen Chi reminded her.
On matters of national importance like this, both knew without discussion that the other would not shirk responsibility.
With the state banquet preparations, Lin Xiaoguai, who was initially sowhat free, beca completely busy, while on the other hand, Shen Chi encountered an unpleasant situation.
"Throw her out!" Shen Chi ordered with an icy expression.
Xu ii had a sullen face, her hair draped over her shoulders, only wrapped in a bath towel, shivering as she looked at him, "No... don’t, Shen Chi, I, I like you. I don’t need you to marry , I just want to be with you, I want to give myself to you."
As she said the last words, even with her shivering from the cold, her cheeks flushed with embarrassnt.
"Don’t make repeat myself," Shen Chi’s tone dropped in temperature again.
"Commander, is it really okay to just throw her out like this? If soone sees and misunderstands..." Jiang Tao pushed his glasses up, slightly troubled.
Hearing this, Xu ii, whose face had turned deathly pale, suddenly lifted her head with hope.
"I said, throw her out!" Shen Chi had drunk quite a bit and was already aggravated by the situation, his temples throbbing with pain, and his tone beca harsh.
Jiang Tao was sweating profusely and did not dare to actually follow Shen Chi’s order. He cautiously checked the corridor to ensure it was empty before stealthily, like a thief, covering Xu ii’s mouth and pushing her out.
Upon his return, wiping his sweat, he said with concern, "Commander, you’re being too careless. If soone sees it and sothing gets out, even if there’s nothing to tell, the madam will definitely feel uncomfortable if she hears about it."
Shen Chi, with his eyes closed, leaning on the bed, frowned and replied coldly, "She’s a woman and isn’t afraid to ruin her reputation; what do I have to fear? After all, she’s the one who will need to marry in the future; I already have Wanwan."
"As for Wanwan, she will always trust ."
He had a guess at Xu ii’s intentions. Won speak of selflessness with their mouths but are greedy in their hearts.
They seed to always think they were unique, that n would fall for them, thus could say anything that seed righteous and principled.
But did they think n in this world were fools?
Could he not guess that what Xu ii wanted was his affection?
But if a man’s affections are given to one woman, what wouldn’t he give to her?
Just as he did for Wanwan.
"By the way, look into how Xu ii got into this hotel. Although I co here to rest after drinking too much, I rember that tonight’s dinner was arranged at the last minute," Shen Chi instructed.
"Understood." Even without Shen Chi’s instruction, Jiang Tao would have investigated.
Due to the military exercises, Shen Chi had been busy lately, so despite being disgusted by Xu ii, he quickly put it behind him.
As for Lin Xiaoguai, he certainly wouldn’t go out of his way to tell her and make her uncomfortable. He even specifically instructed Jiang Tao not to ntion it.
On Chinese New Year’s Eve, Shen Chi rushed back from outside the city, looking at the dim lights outside the car window. He was just about to urge the driver to go faster when he suddenly saw a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.
"Stop the car!"
What puzzled the driver was that even though Shen Chi had called for the car to stop, he didn’t get out; he just quietly watched outside the window.
"Get away from , all of you."
"Let go of your filthy hands!"
Xu ii’s drunken voice kept coming, as she struggled to push away the hands that were taking advantage of her. However, she could never quite manage to do so.
Fate is sotis so magical; going around in circles, even when many things have changed, there is still a striking similarity in the details.
"Let’s go." And often, when it’s the sa person, even when the circumstances differ, they will make the sa choice.
"Wanwan, Xu ii won’t bother us anymore." At night, after the passionate encounter, Shen Chi murmured softly while kissing Lin Xiaoguai’s back.
"What...?" Lin Xiaoguai, her consciousness blurred, didn’t quite catch his words.
"Nothing. Just sleep well." (To be continued. If you like this work, we welco you to Qidian to vote for a monthly ticket. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian to read.)
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