Hucheng was a small place.
In such a small place, both good and bad news spread quickly.
The famous entrepreneur Jiang Chen returned to his hometown to visit his family and donated a five million building to his alma mater, Hucheng No.2 High School, instantly spread in this small place.
There were a lot of people who made money, but there weren't many people who still thought about their hometown after making money. In an instant, all kinds of titles such as "Conscientious Entrepreneur" flew to Jiang Chen's head. Because of this, the city leaders even came to visit him.
They didn't receive any news about Jiang Chen's return to Hucheng. Since the General Staff Department kept Jiang Chen's itinerary absolutely confidential, not to mention the city leaders, even the media didn't receive any information. It wasn't until Wu Zechen, who took advantage of the situation, held a school meeting and publicized it with reporters that they received the news.
In an instant, the previously deserted Jingsha Steel Plant Family Residential Area suddenly became lively.
The city leaders who came to visit gave Jiang Chen a two-meter long plaque to recognize his outstanding contribution to the development of his hometown. In this regard, Jiang Chen was naturally pleased with the offer.
As for the smiling mayor, he immediately proposed a plan to attract investment and was willing to provide more favorable policies for Future Technology.
To the olive branch extended by his hometown's mayor, Jiang Chen only smiled and didn't immediately agree. He politely expressed his gratitude to the Hucheng government for their generosity, but because the company's development strategy still needed to be discussed, he couldn't immediately respond.
But what Jiang Chen didn't expect was that after the city leaders left, the district leaders also came to visit. Jiang Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that his donation of a building on a whim would turn his home into a teahouse with people coming to visit from time to time. For example, the steel plant leaders, the director of the Education Bureau, and relatives that he didn't even meet.
In short, he was annoyed by them for the past few days. He originally planned to build a road for his home before he left, but now it seemed like it would have to wait until after he left …
But looking at his parents' cheerful faces, he didn't say anything.
After all, their home was used to being cold, and the two elders had been living a leisurely life. Because he was just an ordinary worker, his relatives in his hometown rarely visited him. Usually, he just bought groceries and chatted with his neighbors. When had he ever seen such a scene?
Not only did the relatives who didn't interact with each other come to visit, but even the officials who were usually very arrogant came to the house to show their concern. Overwhelmed by the unexpected favor, the two elders finally had an intuitive feeling that their son had already made a name for himself.
That being said, he couldn't escape the fact that he had to go on a blind date …
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"You made such a big commotion just to make our work more difficult." Dagger leaned against the Santana and grinned with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Then I can't help it. How about I pay you overtime?" Jiang Chen took out his electronic key and opened the door as he joked.
"Mr. Jiang, bribing a civil servant is against the rules," Miao Jun coughed and said.
Dagger didn't answer. He just smiled, took off the cigarette butt, flicked the ash, and asked casually.
"Have you finished designing the program?"
"You'll have to ask the overseas team." Jiang Chen stood at the door and shrugged.
"Mhmm, good luck." Dagger nodded, glanced at the passenger seat, and asked nonchalantly, "Where's your secretary?"
"I'm going on a blind date today." Jiang Chen's expression was slightly helpless.
Miao Jun burst out laughing, his arm on the steering wheel.
"What era is this? Still acting like that."
Jiang Chen didn't bother with him, rolled up the window, and started the car.
He threw away the cigarette butt and stepped on it. Dagger also got in the car, patted Miao Jun on the shoulder, and said emotionlessly.
"Follow me."
The location of the blind date was in the center of Hucheng, about 20 kilometers away from Jiang Chen's small place.
In the entire Hucheng, only Jialing Square in the downtown business district was considered prosperous. Although he didn't plan to agree, Jiang Chen still gave the other party enough respect. He couldn't find a Lanzhou ramen restaurant as a blind date location to purposely scare the other party away.
Lakeside Restaurant.
Although it was Jiang Chen's first time here, he heard the good reviews online, so he called and booked a private room. The scenery here was picturesque. Sitting in the private room on the top floor, one could see the entire view of East Lake.
He parked the car in the parking space, closed the door, and locked it. Then, with the help of the waiter, he entered the private room.
Dagger and Miao Jun didn't follow him upstairs. They just randomly picked a seat on the first floor and ordered a few dishes. They had been eating boxed meals for the past few days, and even Dagger, who wasn't picky about food, felt a bit uncomfortable.
Upstairs, Jiang Chen randomly ordered a table of dishes, then sat in the private room and played with his phone while waiting for the girl to arrive.
To be honest, he had never been on a blind date before, so he was a bit nervous.
Not long after, the sound of approaching footsteps came from outside the door.
The door opened. Jiang Chen put away his phone, but the moment he looked at the door, his expression froze.
He wasn't the only one who froze.
Standing at the door, one shoe just stepped in, the expressionless face also froze.
"It's you?"
The two said in shock at the same time, then both fell into awkwardness.
She was wearing a black fur-collared jacket and black cotton socks. The colors were not bright, and they did not look like something she would wear on a date. However, when she wore them, they accentuated her unnaturally cold and elegant temperament.
Jiang Chen didn't expect the blind date to be the CEO of his company. He never heard Xia Shiyu mention where her hometown was, but he didn't expect her to be from the same hometown as him, and even live in the same circle.
It was too much of a coincidence …
Xia Shiyu also didn't expect the blind date to be him. However, compared to the surprise of the facts, she felt more inexplicable panic.
The two red lips trembled slightly, and she only felt her face burning. The words of rejection that he had racked his brains for half a day last night were now entangled in his mind. She, who had always been calm, stood at the door and didn't know what to do.
If the date was him, should she reject? For a moment, she was at a loss.
Looking at the confused expression on Xia Shiyu's face, Jiang Chen didn't know why he wanted to laugh.
"Umm, take a seat first."
"Mhmm."
With her head buried, Xia Shiyu silently walked to the opposite side of Jiang Chen and didn't say another word.
Jiang Chen noticed that the blush climbed all the way from her pale neck to her cheeks.
The silence lasted for a long time.
"What a coincidence. Hehe, I didn't expect it to be you." Jiang Chen smiled unnaturally and broke the silence.
"Mhmm." Xia Shiyu nodded again and lowered her head, but she didn't say anything else.
Damn, what should he say during a blind date? He had no experience at all.
The speech that he had prepared before coming here was completely useless.
Xia Shiyu's feelings for him had been sensed that night. Or rather, he had already sensed something behind the scenes at the press conference a long time ago.
Different from Liu Yao, who was his lover, and different from Ayesha, who had a different cultural background, Xia Shiyu would never accept him with another woman.
But because of the hidden selfishness in his heart, he couldn't do or say anything that would make her give up on him. Even if he knew that this ambiguous relationship would hurt more in the end.
Reject? Or accept?
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