Rebirth begins with rejecting Qingmei

Chapter 1149 Hongmen Banquet?
Lu Xinyao really wanted to know what Xu Xiuwen and Liu Xinran said.

She is Xu Xiuwen's woman, but also his subordinate.

Lu Xinyao suppressed her curiosity and asked nothing.

Xu Xiuwen said: "Nothing, you can go out first."

Lu Xinyao obeyed and did as he was told.

She turned and walked towards the door.

Just as she was about to leave the room, Xu Xiuwen spoke.

"I will go to the Magic City in two days, and she will go with me."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xinyao immediately stopped where she was and turned to look at Xu Xiuwen.

Although he didn't say the specific name, Lu Xinyao knew he was talking about Liu Xinran.

In terms of relationship, she is Xu Xiuwen's woman; in terms of position, she is his work secretary and personal secretary.

He took Liu Xinran with him to Shanghai, but not himself.

Lu Xinyao felt like someone hit her on the back of her head, and everything went dark before her eyes.

She suppressed her sadness and asked, "Yes, I know Liu Xinran is a sea turtle and a graduate of a prestigious university. In terms of academic qualifications, I am not as good as her, but after so long, my performance is not worse than hers. I thought others might think that I am not as good as Liu Xinran, at least you don't. I didn't expect that even you think so..."

Xu Xiuwen: "..."

After hearing what Lu Xinyao said, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

In fact, he didn't want to tell Lu Xinyao about this because he was afraid that she would think too much.

But I also feel that this kind of thing cannot be kept secret. Instead of being discovered by her later, it would be better to tell her proactively to dispel her doubts.

Unexpectedly, she was overthinking it.

Xu Xiuwen said: "Don't think too much, I never thought you were inferior to her."

Of course Lu Xinyao would not change her mind because of his words.

She asked softly, "Then why did you take her on the business trip but not me?"

Xu Xiuwen said: "I have my own considerations on who to take with me. Do I have to take you with me for everything I do?"

This is indeed what he really thinks.

It’s true that Xu Xiuwen likes Lu Xinyao, but he is not the type of person who will be kidnapped or constrained by feelings.

Hearing Xu Xiuwen's words, Lu Xinyao's body trembled slightly.

Her eyes quickly turned red, as if she was holding back tears.

She didn't want to show her vulnerable side to Xu Xiuwen, so she turned around quickly, wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, and tried to adjust her breathing and emotions.

Looking at Lu Xinyao's reaction, Xu Xiuwen felt a little bit sorry for her.

He finally explained, "The reason I took her instead of you is because you have other work to do. Besides, I went to Shanghai this time to discuss the coffee shop branch. After all, she has lived abroad and knows more about coffee shops than most people. Maybe she can give me some suitable suggestions."

Lu Xinyao stopped talking.

Such a reason is undoubtedly easier to accept.

"Now that you know, are you still aggrieved?"

Lu Xinyao said nothing.

Seeing this, Xu Xiuwen said calmly: "Turn around and face me!"

Lu Xinyao hesitated for a moment, but still did as she was told.

But she kept her head down, so she couldn't see the uppers of her shoes.

Xu Xiuwen emphasized his tone and ordered: "Look up at me."

Lu Xinyao did so immediately.

Xu Xiuwen stood up and walked towards the woman.

Walking in front of Lu Xinyao, he gently wiped the corners of the woman's eyes with his hand, and said helplessly: "This is not a business trip, I will take you with me next time... Are you not sad?"

Lu Xinyao wiped her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure."

"It's okay, as long as you're not sad."

"I...I'll go out first." Lu Xinyao just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Xu Xiuwen thought for a moment and said, "I'll come to see you in the evening."

Lu Xinyao immediately shook her head: "Not tonight!"

"Um?"

Lu Xinyao explained: "Xiaomi is coming to my house tonight to stay overnight."

Noticing Xu Xiuwen's frown, he thought he didn't believe it, so he quickly added, "It's true!"

"It's true, so why are you so excited?"

There was a pause.

Xu Xiuwen continued: "I understand. I won't go tonight then."

Then Lu Xinyao went out.

As he watched the office door close, Xu Xiuwen's brows were still furrowed.

He also vaguely heard some rumors about the discord between Lu Xinyao and Liu Xinran.

He never paid much attention to it, thinking it was a normal competitive relationship.

But Lu Xinyao's reaction just now scared him.

From what she said, it is not difficult to guess that she has been secretly competing with Liu Xinran.

It seems that the main reason for the discord lies with Lu Xinyao.

But Xu Xiuwen had no good solution to this problem for the time being, so he could only put it aside for the time being.

In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon.

Before leaving get off work, Xu Xiuwen suddenly received a call from He Jiang.

Seeing He Jiang's number, Xu Xiuwen hesitated to answer the call.

Ever since the last unpleasantness, the two have completely lost contact.

He didn't know why He Jiang suddenly called.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Xu Xiuwen decided to answer the call.

"Hey, it's me."

He Jiang on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "You don't even want to call me brother, are you still angry about what happened before?"

Hearing He Jiang's tone and laughter, Xu Xiuwen couldn't help but frown.

What men can't accept the most is being cuckolded.

Given He Jiang's infatuation with Su Mengquan, he shouldn't let it go so quickly.

This made Xu Xiuwen feel a little weird.

But it may be that he was overthinking it.

Xu Xiuwen stopped thinking and laughed, "Of course not, Brother Jiang, how come you have time to call me today?"

He Jiang didn't continue to beat around the bush and directly stated the purpose of the call.

"Last time, my brother was impulsive. He shouldn't have affected our friendship for a woman. I just wanted to invite you for a drink to apologize..."

When Xu Xiuwen heard He Jiang say he would apologize, he became even less convinced.

Although he had not known He Jiang for long, he had long seen that He Jiang was definitely not such a generous person.

But he didn't make it clear.

Xu Xiuwen said: "Brother Jiang is really generous... I also did something wrong in the previous incident. I am also planning to find a time to come and apologize in person..."

He made some polite remarks.

He Jiang heard this and said, "There is nothing we can't overcome. In this case, I will set up a table at the best restaurant in Jinling tonight and invite you to drink. You must come."

"No problem. Tell me the address of the hotel and I'll be there right away."

"Okay, I'll text you the address right away."

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xiuwen stared at the phone in deep thought.

He Jiang's reaction...

Does he really not care anymore?
Xu Xiuwen didn't know the purpose of He Jiang's invitation, nor did he know whether this dinner tonight was a Hongmen Banquet or something else...

But he decided to go anyway.

"Huang Bao, please come to my office."

One minute later.

Huang Bao came to Xu Xiuwen's office.

"Mr. Xu, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Brother Huang, how is Auntie's health now?"

When Xu Xiuwen asked about his mother, Huang Bao answered honestly: "My mother is in much better health now. She can do simple housework except heavy work."

"That's good." "It might delay your return home. I have a dinner party tonight. Can you drive me there later..."

Huang Bao was flattered. "Mr. Xu, please don't say that. You saved my mother and gave me a job. You have helped me so much. Even if I have to drive a tank, I have no complaints."

Xu Xiuwen was amused by his words.

"There's no need to drive a tank, but can you drive a tank?"

Huang Bao scratched his head awkwardly: "I don't know how!"

Xu Xiuwen laughed even louder when he heard this.

"Maybe I'll have to ask you to wait for me outside and then take me home..."

"No problem, Mr. Xu, I will definitely get you home safely."

"Okay, I'll trouble you then."

"Mr. Xu, I'll be out first." Huang Bao turned around and was about to leave.

Xu Xiuwen stopped him, "Don't leave yet."

"Mr. Xu, is there anything else?"

Xu Xiuwen opened the cabinet, took out a pack of high-end cigarettes, and threw it to Huang Bao. "It was given to me by someone else, and I don't smoke. You can have it."

Huang Bao caught the cigarette with both hands, looked down and found that it was a pack of high-end cigarettes Zijinling.

The money for one pack of Zijinling can buy at least two packs of Zhonghua.

Even so, this kind of cigarette cannot be purchased without special channels.

Because it is specially provided for leaders.

Logically speaking, Huang Bao had no chance to come into contact with cigarettes of this grade, but when he was in the army, he happened to see a leader smoking this kind of cigarettes.

When the leader saw him staring at the cigarette box, he specially introduced it to him.

Huang Bao had a good memory, so he wrote it down.

He thought he would never have the chance to smoke one in his life, but he didn't expect that one day someone would just throw him a whole one.

Huang Bao quickly shook his head and refused, "Mr. Xu, these cigarettes are too expensive. I can't take them."

Xu Xiuwen was surprised when he heard this, "Do you recognize this cigarette?"

Huang Baodao: "I saw the leader smoking it in the army, I know it is a special supply for the leader..."

"You know quite a lot..." Xu Xiuwen smiled, "This cigarette was given to me by someone else. You can have it and smoke it. Don't rush to refuse. You know I don't smoke..."

Huang Bao said: "Mr. Xu, you can give it to someone else, I can't take it."

Xu Xiuwen's face suddenly turned stern, and he said seriously: "Just take it if I give it to you. Are you not listening to me?"

Huang Bao saw that Xu Xiuwen was about to get angry and did not dare to refuse.

He thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Xu, you've been so good to me. I really don't know how to repay you."

Xu Xiuwen's expression relaxed. "You don't have to think about repaying me all day long. Just do your job well and take good care of your mother. That will be your way of repaying me."

Huang Bao was deeply moved when he heard this.

He secretly decided in his heart that if he encountered danger one day, he would protect Xu Xiuwen even if it meant sacrificing his own life.

"Okay, you go out first."

"Okay, Mr. Xu."

Huang Bao took the cigarette and left.

Before going out, he was careful and did not take the cigarette directly into his hand when he went out. Instead, he hid the cigarette in his pants. He grabbed the edge of the cigarette box with one hand in his pocket.

Because the pants he wore were relatively loose, it would be difficult to notice from the outside that he had something hidden in his pants unless you looked carefully.

After Huang Bao left, Xu Xiuwen opened the cabinet and took a look inside.

There are also several Zijinling.

If Xu Xiuwen hadn't suddenly remembered it just now, he would have almost forgotten that there were still a few packs of cigarettes in the cabinet.

These cigarettes were given to him by Li Haimei.

Once, Yi Ci went to see Li Haimei, and the other party handed him a black plastic bag.

He opened it and found it was a cigarette.

He was very surprised at that time why Li Haimei gave him cigarettes.

She knew very well that he didn't smoke.

Li Haimei didn't explain much at the time, she just glanced at him.

After so much time had passed, Xu Xiuwen suddenly reacted.

Li Haimei gave him this kind of cigarettes, firstly, he could give them as gifts to others as a favor, and secondly, if he carried a pack with him when he went out, people who knew about the business would know that there was someone behind him just by looking at the cigarettes.

Speaking of Li Haimei, Xu Xiuwen has to find time to go see her.

Closer to home.

6 pm.

Huang Bao drove Xu Xiuwen to the restaurant that He Jiang told him about.

Xu Xiuwen said, "Manager Huang, I'm sorry you have to wait for me outside. If you are hungry, you can eat while waiting and ask the company to reimburse you later."

Huang Bao shook his head and said, "Mr. Xu, I'm not hungry, you don't have to worry about me."

"Okay then. I'm going in."

"Okay, Mr. Xu."

Xu Xiuwen arrived at the door of the box booked by He Jiang, and the door was open.

Xu Xiuwen walked in.

He Jiang had arrived early.

Seeing him coming, He Jiang immediately stood up to greet him.

"Xiu Wen, you're here..."

"Brother Jiang..."

The two chatted briefly and then sat down together.

He Jiang handed him the menu and asked him to order.

Xu Xiuwen took the menu, ordered two dishes, and then pushed the menu in front of He Jiang, "Brother Jiang, I ordered two dishes. See if you want to eat anything else. Order a few more and that'll be enough."

He Jiang smiled and said, "Xiu Wen, you are still so polite to me. Just order whatever you want. It's okay. You don't have to help me save money."

"You should have some."

Hearing this, He Jiang no longer insisted, picked up the menu, and ordered eight or nine dishes in one go.

Including the two dishes Xu Xiuwen just ordered, there are more than ten dishes.

He Jiang said: "Order these first, we'll talk later if they're not enough."

Then he handed the menu to the waiter beside him.

While serving the dishes, He Jiang took the initiative to explain to Xu Xiuwen why he was so impulsive and angry last time.

Finally, he emphasized, "It's not worth losing a friend for a woman!"

He Jiang also asked him whether the last incident was over.

Of course Xu Xiuwen has the final say.

Up to this point, He Jiang behaved normally.

The only thing that is abnormal is that he is too generous.

Too generous.

Food is served very quickly in the restaurant.

While He Jiang invited Xu Xiuwen to eat, he asked him if he wanted to drink some wine.

Xu Xiuwen was about to say that he didn't want to drink anymore, but for some reason he thought of it and agreed.

He Jiang asked the waiter to open two bottles of Maotai, the white wine he brought with him.

Under He Jiang's initiative, the two of them took turns drinking, and soon finished the two bottles of white wine.

Each of them had a bottle of white wine. Xu Xiuwen was not drunk and He Jiang was still sober.

He Jiang brought two bottles of white wine with him, both of which he had finished. He wanted to open a few more bottles of white wine from the store to continue drinking.

Xu Xiuwen stopped him.

He Jiang didn't insist either.

Soon, they were full and satisfied.

He Jiang's face turned red from drinking, but his eyes were still bright.

He suddenly asked, "Xiu Wen, it's still early, do you want to go to the bar and have some more drinks?"

Xu Xiuwen also wanted to know what He Jiang was up to tonight, so he did not object.

When He Jiang saw that he agreed, a smile appeared on his lips.

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