1033: Chapter 996: What a Freak!
1033: Chapter 996: What a Freak!
Chu Yunxuan was montarily startled.
Sohow astonished, she looked at her mother.
What did that an?
Did she want to talk to Wu Jie?
About what?
She hadn’t gone ho for the past three nights, not to the out-of-town project departnt, but had instead been tending to Wu Jie with utmost gentleness at the smart center.
Could it be that her mother knew about this?
Chu Yunxuan subconsciously felt a bit nervous.
Though she had co to terms with it and had even begun to feel happy and take pleasure in it…
After all, her parents were from an older generation, and their ideas were different.
If her incessantly talkative mother found out that she was acting as Wu Jie’s lover…
the consequences were simply too dreadful to imagine.
“Hey—why are you spacing out?
I’m just asking if you can make it happen or not.”
Huang ijuan was growing impatient.
Earlier, while she was caught up in the chaos at the airport, soone had smarted off to her, and she was still feeling upset.
Chu Yunxuan glanced around and pulled her mother over to a more secluded spot.
“What are you talking about?
Since when can a subordinate freely arrange etings for their boss?”
Huang ijuan pouted, “I just want to et him for a mont, just a small chat!”
“Ha!
There are plenty who want to et Jie, and even more who want to chat with him.
If he were available to everyone, would he even have ti for his real work?”
Chu Yunxuan sowhat roughly rebuked.
Huang ijuan imdiately frowned and glared.
“What are you doing, you little girl?
I was just casually asking, yet why are you being so aggressive?
Am I not your mother anymore?”
“I feel like you’ve changed so much these past few years.
Do you really think you’re better than everyone else just because you beca a general manager?”
“Let tell you, no matter how high-ranking your position is or how much money you have, you’re still my daughter, Huang ijuan’s daughter!”
“When I ask you to do sothing, if you can do it, you do it; if you can’t, explain clearly.
What are you getting so mad about?
Why the temper?”
…
Chu Yunxuan imdiately regretted it.
Knowing her mother was a chatterbox, she shouldn’t have irked her.
Now here she was, going on like a machine gun, non-stop and with unlimited ammo.
Finally managing to wait until Huang ijuan took a breath and paused, Chu Yunxuan quickly dragged her further away.
“Can you give it a rest?
Do you want everyone to know how much you can talk?”
Huang ijuan snorted heavily.
She knew that today’s event was special.
So after venting her anger, she didn’t want to prattle on any longer.
What if so big-shot leaders saw her?
How embarrassing would that be?
Where would she put her face?
Once the mother and daughter had moved away from the academic exchange center, Chu Yunxuan let go and asked,
“What do you want to talk to Jie about?
If it’s so trivial matter, I’m truly sorry, but I can’t bring myself to recomnd or arrange it!”
“How could it be trivial?” Huang ijuan said nonchalantly, “The two subsidiaries you manage, do they count as significant within his group?”
Chu Yunxuan replied offhandedly, “The investnt in Du Shi City’s West Mountain Expressway is nearly 60 billion, and the investnt in Tanglong Technology City is nearly 600 billion.
You tell if that’s significant or not?”
“Then you’re considered one of the high-level executives in the group, right?” Huang ijuan asked with a smile.
Chu Yunxuan responded emphatically.
“Mom, what are you trying to say?
Can’t you just be direct?
I have important matters to attend to right now.
Can you please be straightforward?”
Huang ijuan chuckled, “It’s really simple.
You see Mr.
Wu, although he was once a nobody, with no money, no power, no background, ever since his marriage to Tang Xiao, he has truly soared high!”
“So, the success of a person doesn’t just depend on their abilities, but also on the opportunities they get.
I…”
Chu Yunxuan displayed a cold, drooping frown.
Huang ijuan quickly smiled and said, “Alright, alright, I’ll co out with it!
I want Mr.
Wu to introduce you to a good prospect!”
What???
Chu Yunxuan was utterly astounded.
It’s often said that the older people get, the more confused their thoughts beco and the fuzzier their intelligence, leading to the saying, ‘the older, the more childlike’.
So elderly people beco childishly temperantal with age.
On seeing her own mother now, Chu Yunxuan truly believed that the rumor was not unfounded.
And her mother had been hinting at what big matter?
Actually asking Wu Jie to introduce her to a good match…
Ha!
Did she even need Jie’s introduction?
If she was lucky, she might already be pregnant!
Chu Yunxuan quickly shook her head, trying to quell the heat rising in her heart.
“Why are you shaking your head?
Don’t you like the idea?”
Huang ijuan scoffed, “I’ve heard about that so-called National Husband, Wang Cong.
He’s absolutely not suitable for you.
I even went online and checked—tch, he has so many ex-girlfriends…”
“So?” asked Chu Yunxuan, cutting her off.
Huang ijuan, with her head held high, proclaid unabashedly,
“Birds of a feather flock together, people are sorted into groups!
I think those playboys from rich families are unreliable.
In contrast, Wu Jie, who cos from humble beginnings, is very dependable.
He’s honest and kind-hearted, and the people he associates with are either governnt dignitaries or societal elites!”
“I think if he introduces soone to you, it would definitely be more reliable.
As for those heirs from rich and influential families, I think it’s better to forget it.
Those who have been wealthy and powerful from a young age, would they ever lack won?”
…
Chu Yunxuan held her breath and focused.
She tried not to interrupt or say too much.
With her mother’s ability to talk, if she let her get going, she might never stop talking for three days and nights.
Luckily, by the ti they got to the cafeteria, many staff were busy preparing for the luncheon.
With more people around, Huang ijuan instantly stopped talking.
In her heart, her daughter was the best, and she couldn’t let outsiders think she was anxious about marrying her off.
She followed Chu Yunxuan to check on the lunch preparations.
These als were for various leaders and academicians, so they needed to be clean and hygienic, with a full blend of colors, scents, and flavors.
Staying close to Chu Yunxuan, Huang ijuan could not help but throw her weight around.
She directed the cafeteria staff to do this and that with the air of an executive.
This made Chu Yunxuan incredibly awkward.
Finally, after all the hard work was done and they left the cafeteria, Huang ijuan grabbed Chu Yunxuan.
“Hey, about what I ntioned earlier, what do you think?
I won’t take up much of your ti, a chat with Mr.
Wu lasting just ten minutes!”
Chu Yunxuan clenched her teeth, knowing that if she talked back, she’d probably face another round of machine-gun fire.
“Okay, I’ll talk to Mr.
Wu in a bit.
You go get your food and head back to the dorm to eat.
Then wait for my ssage.
Don’t barge into the cafeteria; there are too many people around, and it would be too awkward!”
Huang ijuan laughed, “Oh look at you, talking as if I don’t know any better.
Your mom used to be a departnt head; wouldn’t I understand social etiquette?
Hurry off now, make a good impression.
Who knows, maybe one day, you’ll succeed President Tang as the CEO of the Group!”
“I…”
Chu Yunxuan felt like she had been struck by lightning, cooked on the outside, tender on the inside.
She really wanted to ask, if I beca the CEO, what about Tang Xiao?
Would she be out of a job?
But honestly,
Chu Yunxuan wasn’t particularly interested in becoming the CEO of the Group; however, she had a strong interest in the status of being Mrs.
Wu.
It would be nice if Tang Xiao was willing to step down, but unfortunately, it was broad daylight, so what was she daydreaming about?
Forcing a smile, Chu Yunxuan left her mother and hurried back to the academic exchange center.
Huang ijuan stood there, thinking blissfully about how she should approach Mr.
Wu.
Unintentionally, she noticed her daughter’s departing figure.
The way she walked…
seed different from before, didn’t it?
And before at the airport, when her daughter greeted the guests with a smile, standing next to Wu Jie, her smile was indeed radiant and her eyes shone with the freshness of spring.
Her skin was delicate, moist, and lustrous, her eyes bright, her teeth white, her look captivating.
“Being with the big boss sure seems to change one’s aura!”
Huang ijuan couldn’t help but smile to herself.
…
On the other side,
After the symposium ended, on the way to the cafeteria by car, Chu Yunxuan took the opportunity to speak to Wu Jie.
Huang ijuan, the notorious ‘chatterbox’ of Technology City, actually wanted her to set up her daughter, Chu Yunxuan, with potential suitors?
Damn!
Was this a mistake?
Wu Jie couldn’t help but laugh after hearing it.
Auntie Huang obviously didn’t realize that her precious daughter, capable in both the drawing room and kitchen, had already perfectly transford.
Set her up with soone?
Point her in the direction of other n?
There was no way Wu Jie could do that.
But seeing Chu Yunxuan looking distressed, he knew her mother was tough to deal with, the kind of person who wouldn’t give up until she achieved her goal.
So…
Wu Jie reluctantly agreed.
After all, in so sense, that was also his mother-in-law!
However, a casual eting was not so easy to arrange.
After an exquisite and abundant lunch banquet, the afternoon was packed with activities.
First up was leading a team to various sites for an on-the-ground inspection of Technology City.
To et the research and living needs of tens of thousands of people from dozens of scientific institutions,
Of course, a lot of research buildings, small villas, shopping malls, schools, hospitals, and so on had to be built, and various scientific research and living facilities and equipnt had to be purchased.
Seeing is believing, and letting the experts and academics witness and test everything firsthand, of course, was most persuasive.
Next was the negotiation of details for cooperation.
Tanglong Industrial Group is a business, and as a business, it must prioritize profit.
What fields to research, what scientific projects to establish, how much capital to invest…
The Group had detailed design plans, personnel arrangents, risk control, and so on for research in the past.
Now, cross-industry and cross-unit cooperation required clear agreents.
The discussions in Liuli City were already almost settled, and today the experts and academics had their site visits, so any remaining issues needed to be addressed in negotiations, otherwise, it would be ti to sign the contracts.
Lastly, a joyful celebration with a al was in order, toasting to the anticipated success of the cooperation.
After the grand dinner, these busy experts and academics had to be courteously seen off.
By the ti the official plane roared off from the airport, it was already nine in the evening.
By the ti he saw off the various leaders who had also co for the reception, it was already ten o’clock.
At this late hour, he had to chat with ‘chatterbox’ Huang ijuan?
Wu Jie had no intention of bothering her, but Auntie Huang’s enthusiasm was overwhelming.
Hearing that the guests had left, she quickly phoned Chu Yunxuan, saying she had prepared so food for a late-night snack, insisting that Wu Jie co to the dorm to taste it.
A late-night snack?
In the dorms?
The project departnt’s accommodations were temporary and didn’t co with a kitchen.
How had she prepared a late-night snack?
Perhaps she had boiled a couple of instant noodles?
To save Chu Yunxuan from the incessant chatter, Wu Jie had no choice but to go.
As soon as he entered, he slled the fragrant aroma of rice wine.
Huang ijuan was busy at the living room coffee table, where an electric rice cooker sat, seemingly stewing so sweet fernted rice balls.
“Mom, Jie is here!”
Chu Yunxuan called out in an indifferent tone, then imdiately changed her shoes.
Wearing high heels, accompanying the delegation on a tour around Technology City, breaking the forty-thousand step count, her feet were numb with pain.
Upon hearing her, Huang ijuan turned around, her face beaming with a warm smile, energetically waving him over,
“Jie, co sit down.
You must be worn out after running around all day.
Auntie’s sweet fernted rice balls are the best for nourishnt!”
With those words, Huang ijuan served a bowl and placed it in front of Wu Jie.
“Thank you, Auntie!”
Wu Jie smiled awkwardly.
By rights, she should be called ‘mother-in-law’, but given his special relationship with Chu Yunxuan…
it was better not to say it.
Otherwise, with Huang ijuan’s chatty nature, she could easily announce it to the world within minutes.
The more he ate, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Who would enjoy eating while soone was smiling at them, watching every bite?
It felt really strange.
“Auntie, aren’t you going to eat sothing?” Wu Jie asked.
“I’m on a diet, and my blood sugar and cholesterol are a bit high.
I can’t have late-night snacks!”
Huang ijuan gestured for Chu Yunxuan, who had just put on her slippers, to co and sit next to her.
“The fact that Yunxuan can work in the Group makes the whole family proud!”
“But she’s not getting any younger, so I want to ask you to introduce her to so suitable candidates!”
“I wouldn’t be unreasonable, demanding an extravagant dowry with luxury houses and cars!”
“But as for rich young n with too many ex-girlfriends like Wang Cong, forget it!”
“Just soone young and promising, successful in their career like you will do!”
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