In the morning, Yang Chen exercised for a while in the gym. After taking a shower, he came out and looked at the time. It was almost noon, so he took out his mobile phone and planned to call Fang Xin and ask her out to have a meal and chat before playing again. Some interactive games between two people...
As the father of Party A, it should be a reasonable thing for Party B to come over to eat, chat and play games with him.
Just when he picked up the phone, a call came in.
The caller turned out to be Gan Jing.
"Sister Jing, is something wrong?"
"There is one thing. Jiang Haokun and I are engaged this weekend."
"Congratulations, congratulations... You and Mr. Jiang have been running together for so many years and you have finally reached this point. Congratulations!"
"Thank you. If you have time, you are welcome to come to our engagement party."
"I have time! You and Mr. Jiang are getting married. I must have time. I will definitely go there when the time comes."
"Okay, I will send you the time and location of the engagement banquet later. Remember to come over then."
"sure……"
After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen changed his mind and didn't make another appointment with Fang Xin. After thinking about it for a while, he drove to Xu Li's clinic.
On the way, he received a message from Gan Jing.
The engagement party will be held on Saturday night, the day after tomorrow, at the Bund Garden Hotel.
Xuhui, psychological clinic.
When Yang Chen arrived, there was only Xu Li in the clinic. She wore a white vertical striped shirt and a pair of black cropped trousers, and wore black-rimmed glasses on her face. She sat elegantly behind the desk, as if The girl with glasses who came out of the comics.
Xu Li looked up and was a little surprised to see Yang Chen, "Why are you here?"
"Come and see you."
Yang Chen walked in and sat down on the sofa next to the desk. When Xu Li came over, he grabbed her slender waist and pulled her into his arms. He put his chin on her shoulder and breathed gently. He took a breath, and then said: "The business of your clinic seems to be average, and I don't see you having many patients."
"How many times have you been here?"
Xu Li rolled her eyes at him, stretched out her white fingers and touched his forehead, pushing his head away, "Besides, this is a psychological consultation, not a hospital. Most people are willing to admit that they have psychological problems."
"Haha, that's true." Yang Chen laughed and changed the subject, "By the way, Gan Jing is getting engaged, did you know?"
"I know, she even came to me for psychological consultation a few days ago." Xu Li said.
"Psychological consultation, is she also afraid of marriage?" Yang Chen asked in surprise.
"This is Gan Jing's privacy, I can't tell you." Xu Li said with a smile. As a psychiatrist, keeping patients' confidentiality is their most basic professional ethics.
"Okay, will you go to their engagement party?" Yang Chen said.
"I won't go. Jiang Haokun held this engagement banquet and invited all his business partners. It was said to be an engagement banquet, but it was actually more like a business banquet. The guests were either big bosses with high status or big financial resources. Capitalist. What am I, a little psychiatrist, doing there, am I annoying?" Xu Li asked. "Did she invite you?"
"Well, Gan Jing just called me this morning, so I'll come over and ask you. If you want to go, we'll go together. If you don't go, then I'll have to find another female companion." Yang Chen said.
"Well... you can go too."
After hearing what he said, Xu Li immediately changed her mind, "For such an important matter as Gan Jing's engagement, it cannot be just the man. As Gan Jing's good friend, he should help her support the occasion."
"Changed your mind so quickly?" Yang Chen looked at her jokingly.
"What's that look in your eyes? It's not because of you that I changed my mind..." Xu Li looked arrogant.
"I know it's because of Gan Jing, okay!"
Yang Chen chuckled, raised his hand and looked at his watch, "It's already noon, let's go to dinner first. After dinner, I will take you to pick out some dresses, dress you up beautifully, and then let you have a show. Overwhelming Qunfang, even Gan Jing can be compared!"
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Saturday night.
Yang Chen and Xu Li arrived at the Bund Business Hotel.
Xu Li wore a burgundy dress, a diamond necklace worth more than 3 million yuan and a pair of jade bracelets worth nearly 10 million yuan, and walked in gracefully with Yang Chen on her arm.
In terms of clothing matching, it is much more convenient for men. No matter what banquet they are attending, a decent suit and a pair of leather shoes are enough. At most, they can spend some time on a tie and a watch.
The hotel lobby was decorated very grandly and full of joy.
The guests were all dressed up, holding wine glasses, and chatting in small groups. It looked like a business banquet. People were talking about tens of millions and a few. billions of business.
If you heard these words elsewhere, you would probably be bragging, but here they are not at all out of the ordinary.
Yang Chen glanced around and found that there were only about a hundred guests in the hall, which was not too many.
After all, this time is just an engagement, not a marriage.
If it were a wedding, the venue would probably be ten times grander, and at least hundreds of tables would be needed to accommodate the cards.
"Come on, let's go get something to eat."
Yang Chen took Xu Li to the flowing water table.
"Aren't you going to say hello to them?"
Xu Li picked up a glass of red wine and glanced in the direction where successful people gathered.
"I don't know them, so what's the point of greeting them?" Yang Chen said.
"If you don't know me, you can still say hello, chat, and expand your network." Xu Li said.
"Forget it, I'm not interested in business matters. I might as well stay here with you..." Yang Chen said.
While the two were chatting, Jiang Lai walked over in high heels and leaned over without saying anything. He put one hand on Yang Chen's shoulder and straightened his collar with the other. , looking very close to him, smiled and said: "Hey, you are dressed quite formally."
"Don't do anything. If your illness is not cured, go back and take medicine." Yang Chen shook his shoulders and pushed her hand away with a look of disgust.
Jiang Lai was not angry and looked at Xu Li, "Who is this?"
"Xu Li, my female companion and Gan Jing's friend...this is Jiang Lai, the eldest lady of the Jiang family." Yang Chen introduced the two of them to each other.
"Hello, Miss Jiang." Xu Li smiled at Jiang Lai.
"Xu Li, I seem to have heard Gan Jing talk about you..." Jiang Lai looked at Xu Li, pondered for a moment, and suddenly seemed to think of something, "Oh, I remembered, you are a psychiatrist, right? "
"Yes." Xu Li nodded and replied, "Gan Jing also told me about you."
"What did she say about me?" Jiang Lai asked immediately.
"It's nothing, just say that you have a conflict with your brother and have been at odds with him." Xu Li said with a smile.
"That was before, we have reconciled now." Jiang Lai said.
"That's good." Xu Li nodded slightly.
"Your brother is engaged today. Are you so free? You don't have to greet the guests?" Yang Chen said to Jiang Lai.
"You want to drive me away, do you think my presence here will affect your romance?" Jiang Lai said with a smile.
"Yes, you should leave quickly." Yang Chen said without hesitation.
"Hmph, I still can't leave." Not only did Jiang Lai not leave, but he went a step further and directly held Yang Chen's arm.
Xu Li glanced at Jiang Lai, her expression unchanged, and said calmly: "Then you guys talk first, I'll go see Gan Jing."
"Okay, let's go!" Yang Chen nodded.
After Xu Li left, she said to Jiang Lai: "I made my female companion run away, now I am satisfied."
"Do you care about her so much?" Jiang Lai looked happy at others' misfortune.
Yang Chen rolled his eyes at her and said nothing.
"Hey, do you particularly like women older than you?" Jiang Lai asked again.
"No, I like women who are beautiful and have a good figure." Yang Chen said.
"Am I not beautiful or in good shape?" Jiang Lai flipped up his hair and straightened his chest to show him his figure.
"It's not bad." Yang Chen glanced at it and said casually.
"Okay?" Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows, "Hey, let me ask, who am I in your heart?"
"Pao...friend!" Yang Chen said.
When Jiang Lai heard what he said, his face turned serious instantly, and he turned around and left without saying a word.
"Are you angry?" Yang Chen grabbed her arm.
"Let me go. I'm just a hottie anyway. Why are you dragging me along? Go find your female companion!" Jiang Lai said coldly.
"Are you really angry?" Yang Chen looked at her face, "Sorry, I solemnly apologize to you. I was just joking with you just now. I have always regarded you as my best friend."
"Haha, I'm sorry, I just treat you as a friend." Jiang Lai said expressionlessly, then shook off his hand and left without looking back.
the other side.
Xu Li met Gan Jing in a room upstairs.
"Lili, you look so beautiful today." Gan Jing took Xu Li's hand with a smile on his face, looked at her carefully from head to toe, and said sincerely.
"Thanks."
The corner of Xu Li's mouth curved, showing a happy smile, and then said: "Where is your dress, take it out to open my eyes?"
"That's it!"
Gan Jing showed off his clothes.
She wore a black dress with half sleeves and a skirt that reached her knees. She didn't wear any accessories around her neck. She was dressed very low-key and plainly.
"Are you wearing this one? This looks different from the waiter outside. Hurry up and change into another one!" Xu Li looked surprised.
"No, it's too much trouble. The ceremony is about to start, so don't bother. Besides, announcing the engagement is just a small step, there is no need to make it so grand..." Although Gan Jing had a smile on his face, But the smile was very pale, not happy from the heart.
"What's the matter, are you having trouble with Jiang Haokun again? Or is there something unopened?" As a psychiatrist, Xu Li could see the problem at a glance.
Clothes are just a facade, the real problem lies in their relationship.
"No... you know, I never like this kind of occasion. I don't know those people outside, and I feel like this ceremony is not even for me." Gan Jing said.
"Then there is still a problem. If you are not satisfied with this ceremony, just tell him directly." Xu Li laughed.
"It's not that I'm not dissatisfied, it's just... I can't describe the feeling. I just feel that our ideas are very different... Do you understand?" Gan Jing looked confused and didn't know what to say.
"I understand. It's you who don't understand now... Okay, don't worry about it. Just calm down quickly and don't affect the ceremony for a while." Xu Li said.
"Yeah." Gan Jing nodded.
