At this moment, the two women turned their attention to Xia Ze.
"Bai Mengru, long time no see. How have you been?”
Xia Ze smiled and casually greeted her. However, Bai Mengru felt that it was a little ironic.
Was he mocking her for being grounded for half a month?
Although she didn't dare to interfere with Xia Ze and her best friend's engagement, she still subconsciously scowled when she saw Xia Ze.
"Thanks to you, Master Ze, it's not bad!”
Xia Ze didn't care about Bai Mengru's attitude. After all, he wasn't here for this woman.
He sat down next to Tang Zhiyan and held the waist of the woman beside him.
"Honey, did you miss me?"
Tang Zhiyan's body instantly stiffened. She wanted to get rid of Xia Ze's evil hands, but because her best friend was present, she had to put on an act. In the end, she endured it and just glared at Xia Ze.
However, in Bai Mengru's eyes, this scene was nothing more than flirting.
After all, Tang Zhiyan didn't push Xia Ze away and had already slept with him. They had become a couple, so this level of intimacy was normal.
He felt like he had become a 200-Watt lightbulb. It was very bright and awkward.
Xia Ze was overjoyed.
This method of acting together was really not bad. It was comfortable!
The atmosphere suddenly became subtle.
Fortunately, Xiangxiang Beila's voice quickly broke the silence in the living room.
"Wow, son-in-law sent many dragons and phoenixes over!”
She, Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhang each held a few large boxes in their hands and placed them in the living room.
"Honey, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow. This is a small gift. Help me bring it back to my in-laws!”
Tang Zhiyan and Bai Mengru's attention turned to the box, and they couldn't help but be moved.
Old Huangpu's mooncakes were hard to get, and the Dragon and Phoenix Festival was even harder to get, but Xia Ze had actually given away several boxes at once!
Bai Mengru couldn't help but ask," Hey, Xia Ze, how did you get so many of Huangpu's Dragon and Phoenix Blessings? Our family only got one box!"”
Xia Ze chuckled.
"Isn't that simple? Because I'm the boss of Huangpu!”
"Tsk, keep bragging. You're still the boss of Huangpu!”
Bai Mengru scoffed.
"Do you know how popular the old Huangpu is now? The market valuation is at least two billion. Even at its lowest point, it's worth at least five or six billion.”
Tang Zhiyan didn't believe it either. Not to mention that Xia Ze didn't have that much money, even the Xia family behind him wouldn't have considered buying the old Huangpu. After all, the impact of the food safety and hygiene crisis was too great. No one would be willing to take over such a hot potato. If not, they might even be hated by consumers.
It could be said that no one had expected Huangpu to turn over a new leaf.
Xia Ze couldn't be bothered to explain to her. There was no need for that!
" By the way, the old Huangpu is really lucky. It almost went bankrupt because of the food safety and hygiene incident. Who knew that it would explode unexpectedly? If someone had taken advantage of the previous period to buy it, they would have made a lot of money. Unfortunately, those big companies and giants don't have the courage to do so. They are afraid that the old Huangpu will affect their brand image. They will regret it to death!”
Although Bai Mengru was not interested in business, she was grounded for half a month. She would watch the news at home when she had nothing to do. She had also heard her father talk about this topic, so she could talk about it logically.
"Mengru, this might not be an accident. I think there might be someone behind this!”
Tang Zhiyan brushed her messy hair back and expressed her opinion.
" That disaster donation list suddenly caught the attention of so many people, and it was even reposted by a large number of big VIPs and reported by the media. Then, old Huangpu's donation records were dug up, and experts went on television programs to clean up its stains. I think this series of actions was a premeditated online marketing, but the mastermind behind the scenes did a good job. There was no trace of it, and many netizens thought it was just a coincidence!”
Xia Ze narrowed his eyes.
As expected of Tang Zhiyan, her judgment was quite accurate!
" If there really is a mastermind behind the scenes, that person is too awesome. Not only did he restore the old Huangpu's image, but he also made it take off!”
Bai Mengru stuck out her tongue.
"Zhiyan, you don't have to say that. My old man had also guessed that. However, he later said that the shareholders of Huangpu were old-fashioned businessmen and wouldn't know how to play such tricks!”
"There's another possibility!" Tang Zhiyan pondered.”
"What's possible?" Bai Mengru quickly asked.”
"The old Huangpu has a new boss. If it's acquired, the shareholders won't have the right to speak!”
"Uh, new boss?"
Bai Mengru glanced at Xia Ze and shook her head.
"Even so, it can't be him. How can this kid have such heaven-defying methods?”
"Bai Mengru, why don't we bet again?" Xia Ze smiled.”
"Who would bet with you? Boring!"
Bai Mengru was like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on.
Once bitten, twice shy.
No matter how confident she was, she didn't want to gamble anymore.
"Boring!"
Xia Ze straightened his shoulders.
"Can't the two of you stop?”
Tang Zhiyan couldn't stand it anymore.
At this moment, her phone rang. It was Mrs. Tang.
"Hey, Zhiyan, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow. Why don't you come back so that our family can have a good reunion?”
Her daughter had lowered her head and was willing to accept the marriage alliance. Naturally, her relationship with the family had improved greatly. However, she still wanted to save face and had not returned home. Therefore, Jiang Lan took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to make her step down.
"I see, Mom. Then…okay!”
Tang Zhiyan, who had long wanted to go home, also went with the flow.
"Xia Ze is also in Shanghai, right? Why don't you bring him back for dinner?" Jiang Lan asked tentatively.”
Tang Zhiyan quickly stood up and walked away before responding to this sensitive topic.
"Mom, that's not good!"
"What's not good about it? We'll be a family sooner or later anyway. Besides, Xia Ze is living in a foreign land, and it's quite lonely to have no family to celebrate the holidays with.”
"Alright, I'll ask him later!”
Tang Zhiyan replied casually.
She was only putting on an act with Xia Ze. She could not let him have too much to do with her family. Anyway, she could just find an excuse and pretend that Xia Ze was not free.
"Daughter, you must remember!"
Jiang Lan warned again.
"Mom, I know!"
Tang Zhiyan thought to herself, As if I remember!
“……”
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