Zhan Jingchen stood up slowly when his second brother arrived, and called out to him again.
Then he nodded towards Xia Huai zheng opposite him.
"This guy won't let me leave. He says if I want to leave, I either have to drink the ashtray wine on the table, or crawl over this pile of broken glass."
What?
Isn't this a cocktail party?
Drinking ashtray wine? Crawling over broken glass?
They all looked like they were no longer young, why were they so bored?
Jiang Jingyu glared at Zhan Jingchen displeasantly, blaming him with his eyes for coming to such a place, then turned to look at Xia Huai zheng.
Guessing he was the person Zhan Jingchen had mentioned on WeChat, he extended his hand proactively.
"Mr. Xia Huai zheng, is that right? I am Jiang Jingyu."
Xia Huai zheng had recognized him the moment Jiang Jingyu entered.
Over the years, in order to get involved with Zhan Shi Group and become their quality supplier, he had interacted with many high-level executives at Zhan Shi.
Although he hadn't managed to connect with Jiang Jingyu himself, he had met him a few times at the group.
And he had heard many stories about him from others.
He was a god-like figure among the young businessmen of their generation! He never expected to see him here today!
Moreover, this kid called him second brother.
He heard that the Zhan family had several children, and the youngest boy was over 20 this year. Could it be...
Xia Huai zheng's back suddenly turned cold, his scalp tingled, and he quickly clasped Jiang Jingyu's hands.
"Hello, General Manager Jiang, I am Xia Huai zheng."
Jiang Jingyu raised his eyebrows: "You know me?"
Xia Huai zheng said humbly: "General Manager Jiang is famous, your name rings a bell, I have unilaterally known you for a long time."
"What happened today is a misunderstanding. It was just kids playing house, I didn't expect it to alarm you. I'm truly sorry."
It was good that he was sensible.
Since Jiang Jingyu didn't want to get too involved with these people, and they had offered a way out, he smiled faintly and withdrew his hand.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, can he leave with me now?"
Leaving was possible, but Xia Huai zheng was reluctant.
"It's impolite for President Zhan to visit my humble place and leave without having a cup of tea."
"Let the children handle their own matters. Please come with me to the main hall, and let me properly..."
Jiang Jingyu naturally did not want to.
Compared to accompanying his wife and children, listening to him try to curry favor was a waste of time.
"No need, I have other things to do, I was just passing by. Let me ask you again, can he leave with me?"
Seeing that he couldn't be bothered to deal with him any further, Xia Huai zheng wisely shut his mouth.
"Since General Manager Jiang is busy, we'll meet another day. Please."
Saying that, he respectfully made a gesture of invitation.
Xia Tiantian, not understanding what was happening, looked on with a green face.
"Brother, who is he? Why did you forget about me as soon as you saw him! What about your principles?"
"Look at my clothes, what have they done to them? They haven't even apologized to me yet!"
"Even if the King of Heaven came, if they are not in the right, they have to explain themselves, right? So many people are watching, can I not have any dignity at all? How can you just let them go?"
Jiang Jingyu followed her voice and looked over.
A white dress stained with bright red wine looked indeed quite pathetic. Could it be that Xiao Wu did it?
A girl, whether accidentally injured or deliberately splashed with wine by a big man like him, should have garnered sympathy.
Unfortunately, she had a sharp and emaciated face from too much plastic surgery, and coupled with this pig-brained inability to discern the situation, Jiang Jingyu felt no sympathy at all.
"Xiao Wu, what happened?"
Zhan Jingchen glanced disdainfully at Xia Tiantian and told the truth.
"I did splash wine on her. But she spoke disrespectfully first. She insulted my person."
"Oh? Insulted your person, what did she say?"
"She called me..."
Zhan Jingchen couldn't say the word "wife," feeling uncharacteristically embarrassed.
"My girlfriend. She said she was a slut who liked to mess around outside, a serial mistress. Who wouldn't tolerate that?"
Xiao Wu Zi has a girlfriend?!
Jiang Jingyu's eyes lit up, and he felt a bit happy.
But only for a moment.
With his current judgment and erratic style, he might actually dare to find someone like that for a girlfriend.
No wonder he refused to go home.
If he really found someone like that for a girlfriend, and they hung out together every day, it would be quite a headache.
"Who is your girlfriend? Won't you introduce her to me?"
Jiang Jingyu couldn't help but want to see the heroine who caused trouble tonight immediately, but unfortunately, she wasn't present.
Someone in the crowd chimed in: "Pei Kexin, where is Pei Kexin?"
Pei Kexin?
Jiang Jingyu's furrowed brows slowly relaxed. He stared at Zhan Jingchen.
"Your girlfriend is Pei Kexin? Pei Appliances' Pei?"
He hadn't expected his second brother to know her name. He wasn't sure if this was good or bad, and Zhan Jingchen was somewhat apprehensive.
"It's her."
Because the group had developed intelligent electrical appliances, Pei Group had been operating poorly in the past few years, showing signs of bankruptcy. He had considered acquiring Pei Shi.
However, Old Mr. Pei was very stubborn, saying that he would not surrender until the last moment.
Jiang Jingyu thought he wouldn't last much longer, and it was only a matter of time before he acquired them. Who knew that Pei Shi had truly come back from the brink?
In just two years of joining the company, Pei Kexin had opened up the highly demanded African market, and managed to revive products that had been eliminated in China and were almost declared dead.
Since then, her sales model had become a benchmark imitated by the sales department of Zhan Shi Group in private. Although Jiang Jingyu had never dealt with her, he knew her reputation and admired her greatly.
He hadn't expected that this unreliable Xiao Wu Zi would actually become her boyfriend.
"Where is she? You have a girlfriend, won't you introduce her to your second brother?"
Zhan Jingchen couldn't figure out his second brother's expression and didn't know his intentions, so he could only tell the truth again.
"She's not here, she went inside with something to do."
"Did she bring you here?"
"Mmm."
Alright then, if she's here, nothing will go wrong. Jiang Jingyu was relieved.
"Okay, since you're busy and can't leave for now, I'll be going."
"No matter how important dating is, there are things you shouldn't forget."
Zhan Jingchen knew what he meant by his last sentence and nodded honestly.
"Understood, tomorrow I'll..."
Jiang Jingyu turned back and looked at Xia Huai zheng.
"Your sister doesn't seem satisfied with the outcome, Mr. Xia. My younger brother is still young. If he has done anything wrong, it is my fault as his older brother for not teaching him well. Since your sister really can't get over it, I will take the punishment for him."
"Crawling over broken glass, right? Come on, get up, I'll show you."
Xia Huai zheng was so scared that his gallbladder almost broke. He rushed to stop him.
"General Manager Jiang, General Manager Jiang, please don't!"
"This is all a misunderstanding, like the Dragon King Temple being flooded by the sea. If I had known this was your brother... Tiantian! You ignorant girl! If it weren't for your foul mouth provoking the young general manager, would he have splashed wine on you?"
"So what if he splashed it? Did you lose a piece of flesh? It's endless. It's all because I've spoiled you too much! Hurry up, apologize to General Manager Jiang!"