"Let's sit over there," Xia Bingyun knew Li Se was upset and pulled him to sit down. Xia Shuyu quietly followed behind.
"Li Se, is Grandpa Jiang really seriously ill?" Because the Jiang family members were present earlier, Xia Bingyun hadn't asked. Now, she finally spoke up.
Xia Shuyu also looked at Li Se with some confusion. The aunt and niece were quite worried about Jiang Yuantan's health.
"Yes," Li Se nodded. "I can treat him, but they don't believe me, so there's nothing I can do."
Xia Bingyun hesitated and said, "After the birthday banquet, I'll help you talk to them."
"No need," Li Se shook his head. His medical skills were not that cheap.
The birthday banquet lasted for about half an hour when Xia Bingyun was called over by the Jiang family, seemingly to be introduced to someone. Only Li Se and Xia Shuyu were left.
"Do you like my aunt?" Xia Shuyu's voice suddenly rang out.
"Why do you ask that?" Li Se looked at her in surprise.
Xia Shuyu said, "Because you two are often together, and my aunt invited you to this banquet. Are you two... already together?"
"No," Li Se shook his head.
Xia Shuyu then breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile finally appeared on her pretty face. "I thought you were going to take both of us, your aunt and niece."
"Shuyu, if you want to think of it that way, it's also possible," Li Se said, holding Xia Shuyu's hand and kneading it.
Xia Shuyu's pretty face blushed. "You're such a big bad guy!"
"If a man isn't bad, women won't love him," Li Se chuckled.
"How many other women do you have?" Xia Shuyu asked very seriously.
"You'll know in the future. Welcome to the ranks of my women." Li Se naturally liked Xia Shuyu very much. They had kissed last time, so he already considered Xia Shuyu as his woman.
"Then... are you and my aunt really not together?" Xia Shuyu's topic returned to this point.
"No!" Li Se's answer was very firm.
"Look, the Jiang family is introducing a boyfriend to my aunt," Xia Shuyu said with a half-smile.
Li Se looked over and indeed saw Jiang Ji Ye introducing a man to Xia Bingyun. The man looked very refined, wore glasses, and exuded a scholarly aura, clearly a figure in literary circles. Although some distance away, he could still hear the conversation between Jiang Ji Ye and others.
"Shuyu, your father specifically instructed me to introduce a boyfriend to you. After all, you're already thirty and still not married, which is not good," Jiang Yuantan said with a smile.
Xia Bingyun seemed a little helpless, but she couldn't directly refuse Jiang Yuantan's good intentions, so she could only get acquainted with the person introduced by the Jiang family.
"Hello, I'm Ji Wenfei. My father is the chairman of Ji Group. He originally wanted me to inherit his business, but I'm not interested in doing business. I'm now a student of old Mr. Jiang. I know you run a company, and if possible, I'd like to learn from you how to do business." Ji Wenfei extended his hand, revealing his family background in his words. He was telling Xia Bingyun that he wasn't just a scholar; his family background was also very impressive.
"Wenfei is quite good; he has a lot of talent in literature," Jiang Yuantan said with a smile. He was very satisfied with this disciple.
"Of course. In our field, many girls pursue him, but Wenfei hasn't taken a liking to any of them," Jiang Ji Ye also chimed in with flattery.
"Hello, I'm Xia Bingyun." Xia Bingyun shook hands with Ji Wenfei, but her reaction was relatively indifferent.
Li Se, watching this scene from not far away, felt extremely displeased. His heart sank immediately. Although he didn't know Xia Bingyun's thoughts, seeing someone introduce a boyfriend to her made him a bit angry, as if something he cherished was about to be snatched away by someone else.
"Do you like my aunt?" Xia Shuyu pouted.
"Yes!" Li Se suddenly admitted frankly. "She's beautiful and has a good figure. What man wouldn't like her? Look at that guy named Ji Wenfei, didn't he like your aunt the first time he saw her?"
"You big bad guy, how can you be so promiscuous?" Xia Shuyu was furious. Her hand was still being held by Li Se, and she immediately pulled it back.
Li Se felt a bit awkward. Was he promiscuous? It seemed so, but he wasn't licentious. At least, he had given his sincerity to every woman. He thought about whether to disrupt this introduction, but decided against it. After all, Xia Bingyun didn't think highly of this Ji Wenfei.
As expected, when Ji Wenfei asked to ask Xia Bingyun out for dinner, Xia Bingyun directly replied, "No need. I already have a boyfriend."
Upon hearing this, Ji Wenfei's expression changed slightly. He had heard earlier that Xia Bingyun was single, so how did she suddenly have a boyfriend? The moment he first saw Xia Bingyun, he had a strong desire to conquer her. As a second-generation rich kid, there were few women he desired who could escape him. In his heart, Xia Bingyun was already his woman.
"Bingyun, when did you get a boyfriend? Why didn't you bring him over?" Jiang Ji Ye asked in surprise.
"I've had one for a while," Xia Bingyun said.
"Can you introduce him so we can meet?" Ji Wenfei asked with a smile. He was confident he could completely outshine the other person, and crush him utterly.
"He..." Xia Bingyun wanted to make up a casual excuse. Primarily, she disliked this Ji Wenfei, and saying this was to make Ji Wenfei retreat. But now that he wanted to meet him, she didn't know who to find. Instinctively, she thought of Li Se.
"Hello, I'm Bingyun's boyfriend, Li Se." Just then, Li Se's voice rang out. He walked over with a smile and naturally put his arm around Xia Bingyun's slender waist.
Xia Bingyun's face blushed, feeling a little shy, but she obediently let Li Se hold her.
Xia Shuyu, not far away, clenched her fists in anger. This big bad guy was indeed going to take both of them, her aunt and niece.
"It's you." Ji Wenfei was stunned. Wasn't this the young man who had just taken Grandpa Jiang's pulse?
Jiang Ji Ye's expression darkened. "Bingyun, if you've found a good boy, we'll still support you. But this kid isn't suitable for you."
"Why isn't he suitable?" Li Se retorted.
Jiang Ji Ye sneered, "Don't you know what you were thinking just now? You really think we're all easily fooled? Traditional Chinese medicine, you say? To put it bluntly, aren't you just trying to get some benefits from our Jiang family!"
"Oh, so you think your Jiang family is wealthy and powerful?" Li Se asked disdainfully.
Jiang Ji Ye let out a cold laugh. Just as he was about to continue mocking, Jiang Yuantan beside him suddenly clutched his head, his aged face filled with pain.
"Dad!"
"Grandpa Jiang!"
"Teacher..."
Everyone was greatly shocked.