After everyone had gone down, they saw the female coach and Li Ruonan picking up the fallen silverware. Two chefs stood beside them, each holding a clay pot of chicken soup and another of seafood soup.
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"Where did you fall? Are you hurt, did you twist your ankle?"
"Mrs. Shen, please don’t move!"
"You two... take a look, see if there’s any discomfort, did you sprain anything?"
Shen Yiming fixed his gaze on his wife, asking this and that, and the doctor also observed Li Ruonan and then the female coach. The scene was chaotic but also warm.
It turned out that the female coach had fallen while carrying the utensils to the dining room, and Li Ruonan was merely helping.
The women’s screams did sound very similar.
But... why was there a reflection over there?
Had something spilled?
Had Shen Shiyi’s people sneaked in? They shouldn’t have any deep hatred with Nannan, right?
Tang Xiaowan, touching her nose, was somewhat puzzled. After all, the silverware was all dry, with no water stains. She immediately turned to look at Leng Lingxiao.
The man nodded with understanding, shaking his head to signal Tang Xiaowan not to say anything.
Just then, someone came over to mop the floor.
Leng Lingxiao frowned, a glint of insight flashing across his eyes as if he had thought of something, and immediately gave a covert glance to Zhao Renjie.
So, without anyone noticing, the utility room hand who was about to mop was quietly taken away from the scene.
Three minutes later, Zhao Renjie returned to report, "Apart from the oil stains, everything else is normal."
Leng Lingxiao’s chin moved slightly, and he waved his hand dismissively.
By this time, Tang Xiaowan and Shen Yiming had already sat down at the dining table, although they had not yet started on their soup. Everyone was crowding around Shen Yiming, keen on watching his underwater video, especially Li Ruonan, who looked utterly admiring.
"I say... aren’t you all cold?" Leng Lingxiao began to serve the soup with a smile.
Seeing Leng Lingxiao say this, Tang Xiaowan immediately frowned, "It’s all because Shen Yiming’s video is so thrilling. He caught a super huge lobster, even bigger than our two."
"No worries, we’ll win with quantity. Besides, if it’s too big, the meat is too tough!"
At these words, Shen Yiming was not pleased. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Give it a rest. Just admit you’re jealous, talking about quantity. Don’t forget, you two went down together; I was solo and even shot a video."
"We have over a dozen large abalones, plus crabs, and also..."
"So you all went shopping?"
"That’s right, that’s right, a seafood feast tonight." Tang Xiaowan added proudly.
The few of them teased each other in just a few words, creating a great atmosphere, and had completely forgotten about the little mishap of the fall.
As they started on their soup, Cheng Shi brought Tang Xiaowan her phone.
"Miss, while you were underwater, you received three calls and two messages. I didn’t pick up, please see if there’s anything urgent."
The thought process of a straight man was just so direct!
Tang Xiaowan took the phone with a smile.
She quickly glanced through, and then typed more than a dozen words on the screen.
Leng Lingxiao remained silent the whole time.
Shen Yiming half-jokingly asked, "Boss lady, is it something to do with the hotel?"
Tang Xiaowan nodded with a smiley face, not specifying what it was about, but simply handing the phone back to Cheng Shi, continuing to happily sip her soup and savor the delicious chicken and seafood.
"Nannan, your cooking skills are just too strong!"
"If you like it, have more. I thought... since I couldn’t be of much help, I talked with the chefs. They prep, I cook." Li Ruonan replied embarrassingly.
"Wow, all locally sourced and improvised, that’s so impressive!"
"Actually... it’s just showing off in front of an expert."
"Not at all, it’s just really impressive!"
Shen Yiming sipped his soup, his face beamed with pride, thinking his wife was just too virtuous.
Meanwhile, at Chihai Hotel.
The two trucks parked side by side in the open-air parking lot had been cleared of all the boxed lunches and fruit provided by hotel staff by the two drivers.
One of them puffed on a cigarette, asking out of curiosity, "We’re not going to wait until tonight, are we?"
"What’s there to fear? We get paid overtime anyway."
"It’s been over a couple of hours now. What do you think... where did their boss go off to? He didn’t go on a trip, right, during the weekend?"
"For big entrepreneurs like them, they’re most likely in a meeting or discussing some business deal."
"Lao Liu said this is natural jade, super expensive, so I’m just worried... if those at Chi Sea don’t want to accept it and send it back, it’ll be a waste."
"That won’t happen. It’s all about reciprocation. You give me a gift, I give you one; they are all people who aren’t short of money."
The smoking driver nodded thoughtfully.
Not far from them, on the 39th floor of the hotel in the Imperial Suite, Bai Long was messaging the jade shop owner about the Phoenix Ornament affair using his phone.
Li Zishen glanced at him and said indifferently, "Don’t worry about it. Xiao Wan will accept it."
"But... Lady Tang has already landed and is on her way back to Lingxiao Manor." Bai Long’s eyes dimmed as he put away his phone and slowly walked toward Li Zishen.
"We should also be on our way."
"What if Lady Tang... really doesn’t accept it?"
"She won’t. Even if she doesn’t want to, Ling Xiao will persuade her to accept. This is about a man’s pride, Ling Xiao won’t obstruct it. Otherwise, it would mean he’s narrow-minded, afraid that I’ll steal Xiao Wan from him."
Even though Li Zishen spoke indifferently, as if he was sure of himself, Bai Long was still uncertain about Ling Xiao’s temperament.
That man was cruel and ruthless!
Never conforming to norms, who knew if he’d smash the Phoenix Ornament to pieces out of anger and come straight for them.
"Brother Shen, just in case Ling Xiao becomes furious and smashes it... that would be such a waste given its value!"
"Relax, it won’t happen."
Li Zishen dropped this line and headed straight to the walk-in wardrobe, starting to try on a suit.
At Lingxiao Manor, in the main bedroom on the second floor.
As soon as Tang Xiaowan entered the room, she told Ling Xiao everything about Li Zishen sending jade decorations to Chihai Hotel, without holding anything back.
Just as Li Zishen had predicted, Ling Xiao indeed very much supported Tang Xiaowan in accepting the congratulatory gift.
"No, no, he’ll misunderstand."
Ling Xiao tugged at his necktie, his thin lips slightly curled: "Misunderstand? Misunderstand what?"
Oh no, I’ve fallen into a pit of jealousy!
"Ah, it’s not like that. I just think it doesn’t look good because... after all..."
"Actually... it doesn’t really matter. The card was very clear, ’From Jinyuan Hotel... wishing Chihai Hotel... a fortune every day, to reach new heights!’ It’s from one company to another, not in his personal name."
"Tch, he’s just a sly old fox. He’s afraid I won’t accept it, so he deliberately wrote it like that."
"Oh, so he really is afraid I’ll get jealous!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaowan immediately shook her head, her small head swaying like a rattle-drum, but after pausing for a few seconds, her face suddenly lit up with a mischievous smile.
"If we really have to keep it, then... let’s smash it up and use it to pave the road. That way we won’t have to worry about it."
Ling Xiao chuckled: "Pave the road?"
"Yeah, all the colorful bits would look so nice, all glittering under the sun. It would be recycling waste, shall we go do it now?"
The moment she finished speaking, Tang Xiaowan grabbed Ling Xiao’s arm and started dragging him out, pulling with all her might.