Chapter 99

Xiao Sheng’s words didn’t completely dispel Bai Jing’s concerns, but they did show his sincerity! I’ve taken their money, and I’ll do the job for them. As long as you don’t make it difficult for me, everything can be discussed! As for the little secret you’re hiding here, I won’t say a word!

Xiao Sheng, sitting on the stone bench, still had a bright smile on his face. He looked at Bai Jing, who was still chatting and laughing with others, and couldn’t help but ponder something!

There were no shortage of such facilities inside and outside the Crystal Palace. From the way the surveillance equipment was covertly installed, it was clear that the person was an expert in this field. If it weren’t for the hidden scouts who detected strong and dense signal transmissions, Xiao Sheng would have found it hard to discover this little secret! Having stood in the port city for so many years, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the Bai family was the local snake. Supporting a local force and laying out an intelligence network had its limitations. For example, information about the upper echelons of the port city was hard for Xiao Sheng to obtain!

"There’s time to have a deeper chat." Xiao Sheng muttered to himself, his smile sinister as he finished his tea.

As time passed, the women’s conversation gradually shifted from everyday trivial matters to the market in the port city. Of course, the most talked about was the Zhonglei Group’s arrival in the port city. The fact that Huaxin had already taken the lead in collaborating with Zhonglei was met with varying degrees of envy from the women.

"Shuyuan, I heard that Huaxin’s collaboration with the Zhonglei Group was all thanks to the new assistant by your side. Don’t tell me it’s the one over there." After one of the women said this, everyone turned their gaze to Chen Shuyuan, waiting for her response. This news wasn’t a secret in the port city, even the newly returned Bai Jing had heard about it. This time, Bai Jing rushed back from Southern Jiangsu, partly because her family wanted her to have deeper contact with the Zhonglei Group. Securing the new energy development project would be ideal, but even if that didn’t happen, reaching a preliminary cooperation agreement with the Zhonglei Group, which had absolute influence in the north, Lingnan, and the Pearl River Delta, would be crucial for the Bai family’s Crystal Palace Group to enter these regions! After the woman spoke, Bai Jing couldn’t help but fix her gaze on Chen Shuyuan!

"Nothing can escape your keen eye, Sister Hong. Indeed, it was Assistant Xiao who helped facilitate the connection. Before I hired him, he was the bodyguard of President Zhang from the Zhonglei Group." Chen Shuyuan’s words made the women turn their gaze to Xiao Sheng, who was sitting on the opposite side of the corridor, drinking tea. At this moment, Xiao Sheng was no longer just a bodyguard in their eyes! For any enterprise, making contact with the Zhonglei Group was a dream come true!

Bai Jing, slightly turning her head, her clear eyes inadvertently swept over Xiao Sheng’s half-smiling face, a faint smile on her lips, her thoughts unknown.

After nearly twenty minutes of free-flowing conversation, Bai Jing, who had just received a call, gracefully stood up and smiled at the other women.

"Today, I’d like to introduce a new sister to everyone." With that, Bai Jing walked towards the hall! No one objected to Bai Jing’s arrangement. More friends meant more paths. How many women, referred to as ‘sisters’ by Bai Jing, were mere ‘drunkards’?

About two minutes later, Bai Jing, with a radiant smile, led a woman in her early twenties towards the group. Xiao Sheng, glancing at the woman, couldn’t help but be slightly surprised, muttering to himself:

"Yan Ruxue?" As Xiao Sheng saw Yan Ruxue, she had already noticed his presence as she walked out of the corridor. Her steps paused slightly, then she smiled and nodded at him, a gesture of greeting.

"Come, come, sisters, let me introduce you to Yan Ruxue, the niece of Yan Wuge from Shengshi Huangchao. In terms of seniority, she’s a sister to us." With these simple words, Yan Ruxue’s background was revealed. As the leader of the Yan family from Fujian Province, who had been in the port city for some years, Yan Zhengqi was well-respected and had quietly risen to the forefront of local enterprises. However, Yan Zhengqi was quite low-key and was known as a good person in the port city, making this newcomer quite favored by the local factions!

"Ruxue, this is President Liu from Hongye Group, this is... and this is President Chen from Huaxin Group. Calling them ‘sister’ won’t make you lose anything; it will only benefit you." As Bai Jing introduced Yan Ruxue, she shook hands with each of the women. Being at this level, they weren’t strangers to each other, and although Bai Jing introduced Yan Ruxue as a sister, Yan Ruxue maintained the Yan family’s usual rigor, always positioning herself as a junior. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

When women gather, the topics they discuss are boundless—beauty, brands, business, gossip—anything you can think of! Around six in the evening, under Bai Jing’s arrangement, the women had dinner at the Crystal Palace Club. Women value maintaining their figures while also getting nutrients, so the dinner was mainly vegetarian.

After waiting for nearly three hours, Xiao Sheng finally saw the women stand up. After refilling his cup countless times, he stretched lazily and slowly stood up. Chen Shuyuan, walking over, whispered to him:

"Stay for dinner tonight. I’ve already arranged a small table for you, Sister Bai."

Hearing Chen Shuyuan’s ‘caring’ words, Xiao Sheng almost wanted to bite her. He hadn’t eaten much at lunch, and his empty stomach had been longing for this moment!

As Chen Shuyuan walked over, her close friends also gracefully approached. A bodyguard usually wouldn’t receive such attention, but this was thanks to the Zhonglei Group.

"Little handsome, were you waiting anxiously? After dinner, I’ll return Shuyuan to you." The married women playfully teased Xiao Sheng and Chen Shuyuan. Xiao Sheng accepted it with a smile, but Chen Shuyuan couldn’t bear such jokes, especially after their ‘intimate’ moment the previous night. Feeling guilty, she wasn’t as composed as before.

"Assistant Xiao, we meet again." Yan Ruxue, who had been standing at the back, walked forward after the women greeted Xiao Sheng and shook his hand formally.

"Ruxue, you know each other? Don’t tell me he was your bodyguard too. Your family’s Wing Chun is famous nationwide."

Yan Ruxue, after a brief handshake with Xiao Sheng, turned her head and smiled.

"I wanted to ask Assistant Xiao for help, but he refused. Assistant Xiao, you are the master of Wing Chun." Yan Ruxue’s words had a double meaning, hinting that Xiao Sheng had refused to help her sister and also testing him.

Yan Ruxue’s words made everyone look at Xiao Sheng with a ‘suspicious’ gaze. This young man had brought one surprise after another. The Yan family from Fujian Province wasn’t an ordinary family, with industries spread across the country and a respected position in the martial arts world. If even the Yan family had extended an olive branch to him, what special skills did this man possess?

For a moment, Xiao Sheng became the ‘hot topic’ among the group.