Chapter 701: Chapter 701: 701 The Thing I Worried About Still Happened

Despite it being late at night, Century Grand Hotel was still bustling with people.

The crowd here consisted of those with high incomes.

Although many recognized Jiang Xu and his party and were excited, no one approached to disturb them; they merely watched from a distance, and nobody took photos.

They chose a corner spot.

Jiang Xu sat down, while the four of them went to get food.

Upon looking, he saw a youthful and beautiful waitress with a standard figure pushing carts around.

The carts were filled with drinks.

The alcohol here had to be purchased separately.

Jiang Xu ordered two bottles of red wine.

At that moment, Jiang Xu’s phone rang.

Upon seeing the caller ID, he immediately became solemn.

It was that elderly man calling.

At this time of night, he should have already been asleep.

He pressed answer: “You’re looking for me so late at night, is there something you need?”

Jiang Xu held the elderly man in high regard.

“There’s a very serious matter I need to discuss with you.”

One sentence from the old man immediately made Jiang Xu straighten his back subconsciously.

When he talked about a serious matter, it was definitely something earth-shattering.

“Hmm, Princess Yikali has told her father that she has taken a fancy to you and wants to recruit you as her consort.

And Yikali’s father has already submitted this suggestion to us.

Our cooperation is very close, and we still rely on purchasing products from their side…”

The old man’s intentions were clear.

For the greater good, he hoped that Jiang Xu would agree.

Jiang Xu sighed in his heart.

In the end, Yikali had taken this step.

Actually, Jiang Xu had already prepared for the worst.

Originally, he had thought that if it really came to this, he would stand firm against Yikali’s family to the end.

But now there was no need.

He now had ample confidence.

Naturally, it was the 14nm smartphone chips.

So he merely asked the old man one question: “How long do I have to prepare?”

If there was plenty of time, he could stall first and wait until the yield rate of the 14nm chips improved before confronting the issue.

“Ah, I knew you would do this,” the elderly man sighed: “I can’t intervene in this matter; it’s up to you now.

I hope you don’t hold any grudges against me.”

“Not at all,” Jiang Xu hurriedly said: “You have already helped me so much, I can handle this matter on my own.”

“Ah, then it’s all up to you,” the old man said with a sigh: “You have half a month’s time.”

No sooner had the call ended than they came over with platefuls of food.

“Wow, the dishes are so diverse today.”

“They even have top-quality sea urchin; outside it sells for over five hundred for just one.”

“Nuonuo, do you want some sashimi?”

“No thanks, Sister Xiaoya.”

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Jiang Xu gathered his thoughts and began to chat with them with a smile.

Originally a bit sleepy, he became more alert as it got past midnight.

After eating, Bai Xiaoya suggested going to a bar.

Chu Youwei hesitated: “Can I choose not to go?”

She had never been to such a place before.

Moreover, she had heard it was dirty and vile, with many girls getting drugged while drinking there.

For some reason, she felt an aversion to that place.

An Nuonuo understood her cousin’s mentality the best.

Because she had felt the same way at first.

It took several visits to get used to it.

She told Chu Youwei that they were going to a bar without all the chaotic mess.

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Chu Youwei only followed grudgingly.

Jiang Xu had wanted to head back to rest right away, nourishing his energy to tackle the current problem.

But seeing their high spirits, he didn’t say anything to dampen the mood.

They went to the pub and drank quite a bit again.

Especially since Bai Xiaoya saw that Chu Youwei was there for the first time.

To help her get familiar and comfortable quickly, she kept teaching her various bar games and things to watch out for.

At first, Chu Youwei was not quite used to it.

But under Bai Xiaoya’s continuous ‘temptation’, she gradually… seemed to like it?

Without realizing it, the group played until after six in the morning.

Well, it was already six o’clock, so they might as well go for breakfast.

Having indulged once more, Jiang Xu silently told himself he couldn’t do this again in the future.

Yeah.

Whether he could pull it off was one thing, but the necessary contrition was still required.

After breakfast, everyone went their separate ways.

To save time so he could sleep earlier, Jiang Xu pulled An Nuonuo into the shower with him.

Just after the two had finished showering and were lying on the bed with their hair blow-dried, Yikali called Jiang Xu.

Jiang Xu immediately set it to silent.

He didn’t want to deal with it, better to sleep full first.

An Nuonuo, with her keen intuition, asked, “Brother Xu, did something happen?”

Actually, she had sensed something back at the Century Grand Hotel already.

But since Jiang Xu hadn’t mentioned it, she too suppressed her curiosity and didn’t ask.

“Just a small issue,” Jiang Xu pulled his darling wife close.

The two clung tightly to each other.

Smelling the faint fragrance coming from the beauty in his arms, Jiang Xu felt his mind calm down: “Let’s sleep first, we’ll talk when we wake up, it’s nothing important.”

“Okay~”

The girl in his arms gently tapped on his forehead and then closed her eyes.

As they slept soundly, Yikali was disturbed because she couldn’t get through to Jiang Xu’s phone.

After she made the twelfth call that Jiang Xu didn’t answer, she slumped into the couch.

Her mind buzzing with thoughts, she suddenly felt a tinge of regret.

Was she being too pushy?

Was it unethical?

Was it… a bit shameless?

But she quickly shook her head.

No, I’m not wrong.

I’m just pursuing what I want.

The world is a jungle where only the strong survive.

I am stronger than An Nuonuo, have a background, so I should be more entitled to Jiang Xu than she is.

Thinking this way, Yikali felt entitled to everything she was aiming for.

She looked out the window, her eyes shimmering with an uncertain gleam: “Brother Xu… you will come to me on your own.”

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Jiang Xu slept until past noon before waking up.

His stomach was growling.

An Nuonuo was no longer by his side, presumably preparing food.

With her, Jiang Xu didn’t need to worry about the trivial matters.

He checked his phone and saw many missed calls and messages.

The first thing he did was to block and delete all of Yikali’s contact information.

‘Investing’ in Yikali was one of Jiang Xu’s rare failures.

Now that he’d decided to burn bridges with her, he couldn’t be bothered to keep up appearances.

He called Lu Chao: “What’s the quality rate at now?”

Lu Chao responded irritably, “It’s only been a few days, what do you think this is, playing with mud? We’ve only improved by three percent.”

Jiang Xu said sternly, “In half a month, increase the quality rate to sixty percent, any problem with that?”

“No problem,” Lu Chao said calmly, “Just give me the system from a novel and I’ll get it done for you in minutes.”