How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 230: Wedding Banquet Tomorrow

Lin Xiaosu got off the high-speed train.

At this moment, Jiangcheng already showed the scenery of winter.

The Yangtze River seemed calmer.

The sound of the ship’s whistle on the river gained more penetration, as if accompanied by winter, spreading to the vast Jiang Han Plain.

At the exit of the high-speed rail station, a blue car added a touch of warmth and romance to the cold street.

A beautiful woman in an autumn dress leaned against the car, giving a scene full of aesthetic beauty: "Hi!"

Lin Xiaosu swung the small bag on his hand onto his shoulder and walked over leisurely: "Has the money been transferred?"

"What do you mean? Do I have to settle the performance fee first? Isn’t that a bit presumptuous?" Ding Ruoshui glanced at him sideways.

Lin Xiaosu’s hand fell, landing on her shoulder: "Only when the money hits the account will I hug and kiss you, otherwise, no deal!"

Ding Ruoshui looked at him with a tooth-aching expression: "If I spent 400,000 and still have to give my first kiss, I’d apply for a refund!"

It had been clarified, the money was transferred.

Lin Xiaosu happily got into her car.

He could almost imagine how stunned Ruolan would be today — 101 transferred 2.5 million, Ding Ruoshui transferred 400,000, a total of 2.9 million in one day!

For an ordinary company, that’s just operating revenue.

But for their small company of three people in a rented apartment, this income was essentially net profit.

In the past one or two months, despite running around, he hadn’t created much value for the Detective Agency, relying only on the two little flowers to scrape together three thousand, two thousand bit by bit.

Now this handsome guy is back.

After this mission, he could basically slack off for the entire year...

The car sped out along the familiar Jianghan Avenue.

Lin Xiaosu was scrutinizing Ding Ruoshui.

In fact, Ding Ruoshui was also scrutinizing Lin Xiaosu through the rearview mirror.

"Very strange." Lin Xiaosu was a bit sentimental.

"What?"

"You went to the Northwest, endured the frost and snow, but instead of looking weathered, you’ve become even more glamorous?"

"I was born beautiful; getting prettier and more radiant just comes naturally. I’m also quite helpless about it!" Ding Ruoshui said, "But you, I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but you seem to have become more handsome too."

"I’m even more helpless!" Lin Xiaosu sighed: "On the path to becoming more handsome, I can’t stop, it’s killing me..."

"Being more handsome isn’t bad!" Ding Ruoshui said, "Being presentable, meeting the fake mother-in-law, attending weddings, looking all dashing, hmm, I’m starting to feel like this 400,000 was well spent..."

"Wedding?" Lin Xiaosu caught a key word.

"Actually, one aspect is that my mom is pestering me, but more importantly, there’s an event tomorrow, and I need a boyfriend to accompany me. This is the main reason why I offered a high reward to bring you over..."

Ding Ruoshui explained...

Her best friend’s brother is getting married tomorrow.

She gets along very well with this best friend, and in fact, the Ding Family and her friend’s family have been family friends for generations.

On such an occasion, she has to go.

Originally, attending this wedding alone wouldn’t be a problem, but the issue was, this friend had mysteriously told her one thing: He Bin had returned to the country and was coming tomorrow.

Who is He Bin?

The son of Mayor He Gaosheng of Jiangcheng City.

Her former suitor.

This person is quite difficult to deal with, and this time he has returned to the country claiming he must win the heart of Ding Ruoshui. Hence, she felt pressured and thought of having Lin Xiaosu over to weld shut the iron door of refusal to He Bin.

"The son of Mayor He Gaosheng of Jiangcheng City..." Lin Xiaosu stroked his chin: "He could be very helpful for your dad’s business; why don’t you agree? Or is this playboy something you find utterly repulsive?"

"You’re wrong! Although there are many playboys in Jiangcheng, He Bin is definitely not one of them. He’s almost a model among the second-generation officials. You wouldn’t believe it; when he was studying in Luoba Continent, besides the initial travel expenses, he never asked for a penny from his family—it was all earned through his own part-time jobs."

"The mayor’s son doing part-time jobs! Impressive..." Lin Xiaosu said, "So why don’t you agree?"

"Do I need a reason to disagree? I just don’t like this type! Is that okay?" Ding Ruoshui gave him a sideways glance.

"Why do you like me then?" Lin Xiaosu asked again.

Ding Ruoshui gave him another sideways glance: "Are you sure what we have is about liking each other? Would someone you like charge you like crazy?"

"Alright, what we have is... a transaction!" Lin Xiaosu gave in: "Whose family’s wedding is it tomorrow at that family friend’s place?"

"Lei Family!"

"Lei Xiaojun, the chairman of Changsheng Group?"

"Yes! And the one marrying into their family is Xia Zhongliang, the chairman of Qixing Group. Some say it’s a powerful alliance between two of the biggest private enterprises in the country, so tomorrow’s occasion is quite high-profile; all the big shots of Jiangcheng are likely to attend."

Lin Xiaosu’s heart stirred...

The chairman of Changsheng Group, Lei Xiaojun.

This was her father Ding Lizhong’s long-term partner, who had fought side by side in the same trench.

They used to fight under Chairman Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng played himself out of the board, and Changsheng Group underwent a major reorganization.

The state holds 51% of the shares.

But the state does not directly participate in management.

The chairman is Lei Xiaojun.

The president is Ding Lizhong.

Their battle friendship spans over twenty years, so it’s natural for the children of both families to become friends, or even best friends.

Therefore, no matter how indifferent Ding Ruoshui is about socializing, she has to attend tomorrow’s wedding.

The other main character of the wedding is also interesting: Qixing Group.

Qixing Group is also a well-known gene company in the country.

Its scale is similar to that of Changsheng Group.

It rose five years earlier than Changsheng Group.

Due to the large overlap of business operation areas between the two companies, they have mostly been in competition over the decades.

Now they’re engaged in a marital alliance...

Business is like war; is there something tricky about this?

"What are you thinking about?" Ding Ruoshui stared at him through the rearview mirror, familiar with his thoughtful expression.

"Qixing Group and Changsheng Group, are they going to unite?" Lin Xiaosu said.

"I don’t understand business affairs, but competition and cooperation should both be normal, right?" Ding Ruoshui said.

"That’s true too..." Lin Xiaosu raised his eyes, "Shall we drop by He Lai Xuan or not?"

The car had just passed by He Lai Xuan Jewelry Store.

Ding Ruoshui gently shook her head: "My mom said not to buy jewelry every time you come, even if you don’t have to pay for it, it would invisibly increase the pressure of meeting. All rituals must make way for you, and the first thing is to make you, the good son-in-law, feel a sense of belonging to the Ding Family..."

"If there’s a ’Daxia Good Mother-in-law’ selection event, I’ll mobilize all my staff and vote for your mom!" Lin Xiaosu said.

Ding Ruoshui laughed: "All your staff? You speak like a big boss, but in fact, you only have two employees! Oh, and one of them is your landlady; I absolutely don’t believe she would vote for my mom..."

In the midst of idle chatter, the car entered the Nanhu Villa District.

Turning a corner, Lin Xiaosu saw the familiar old face of Uncle Sun, the gardener.

Today, this face was evidently beaming as brightly as the chrysanthemums he had just watered...

Mrs. Ding stood at the door. Since the blue car of Ding Ruoshui appeared at the corner, she had been on her tiptoes...

Finally, she relaxed, her face full of smiles: "Little Su!"

"Auntie, you’re getting younger and prettier!" Lin Xiaosu walked up to her.

"You’re getting sweeter with your words!" Mrs. Ding said, "Come in..."

The room temperature was about twenty-five or twenty-six degrees, the most comfortable for the human body.

The flowers were freshly picked, with dew still on them.

The tea was freshly brewed, autumn tea from Xianglu Temple.

At this time, it’s new tea.

The fruits were fresh and clean.

Mrs. Ding brought the tea to him personally: "Is your brother’s injury all better?"

This is the information she got when she called Lin Xiaosu last time; back then, Lin Xiaosu was in the Southern Border taking care of his brother.

"My brother has fully recovered and returned to the army... thank you, Auntie."

"That’s good! That’s good! How’s your mom’s health? I’ve always wanted to visit her..."

"My mom is in good health; she plants vegetables every day."

"Ruoshui, this child, went to the Northwest for such a long time, so thoughtless. I’ve already spoken to her about it. Little Su, you bear with her, don’t take it to heart..."

This was the root of all her kindness today.

Her daughter was too inconsiderate.

In a time when their love should be in full bloom, she let herself go and neglected Lin Xiaosu, so Mrs. Ding tried to make up for it as her mother-in-law...

Lin Xiaosu smiled: "We have an agreement to give each other space. ’If love can last for a long time, why should we be constrained by the morning and evening?’"

Mrs. Ding was very happy: "It’s great that you both think this way!"

Ding Ruoshui, standing by, bared her teeth, somewhat annoyed...

My God, ’If love can last for a long time, why should we be constrained by morning and evening’... stop being melodramatic!

Does my mom even need melodrama?

She’s already a blazing fire...

"Auntie, has Uncle... gone to work?" Lin Xiaosu changed the topic.

"Ah, ever since he became president, he’s been so busy, sometimes he doesn’t even come home at night..." Mrs. Ding elaborated on the topic...

After becoming president, Ding Lizhong completely transformed the role.

Other presidents entertain over dinners, set the tone in meetings, exercise power in the office, and play on the secretary’s belly...

But him?

To him, the only role of being president was to ensure his own research path was undisturbed.

And he indeed achieved that.

Currently, he’s racing forward along his research path.

As for meetings, office work, and socializing...

Don’t bother him!

So, the first vice president essentially replaced his position.

Lei Xiaojun, the chairman, was also helpless; in addition to performing his chairman duties, he fully undertook the external responsibilities of the president.

Having such a partner, everyone felt helpless.

However, the largest shareholder was very satisfied with Ding Lizhong.

Who is the largest shareholder?

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission!

They represent the state!

They felt Ding Lizhong’s approach was excellent!

Daxia doesn’t lack professional managers or presidents, but it lacks this kind of dedicated scientific spirit...

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