Su Ruoxue ran back to her bedroom and closed the door, still breathing heavily.
Although Xiao Chen wasn't nearby, she was like a thief, glancing back and forth before stomping her feet, an exasperated expression on her face.
"Su Ruoxue, how can you be so shameless! You're losing your composure in front of Xiao Chen!"
"No, Su Ruoxue, you can't keep going like this. You are Su Ruoxue, the founder of the Su Cosmetics Group! Grow a spine! You must treat Xiao Chen more coldly. Yes, colder!"
She took a deep breath and locked away the thoughts into a part of her head. She then hurried into her room and picked out a dress.
"This one is too ugly."
"This is too revealing; Xiao Chen might not like it."
"This one… This is okay, but it's a bit too hot to be wearing it..."
Su Ruoxue didn't even notice that even after reminding herself not to care too much about Xiao Chen's opinions, she still couldn't help but think of Xiao Chen with every move she made.
It took her about forty minutes to find an outfit and then leave the house.
Xiao Ziyi saw Su Ruoxue approaching and couldn't help but reveal a tinge of envy in her small eyes.
"Wow! Auntie Ruoxue is so pretty!"
Su Ruoxue looked down in embarrassment.
Xiao Chen also took a glance. Her outfit was indeed beautiful.
She was wearing a white lily dress, her figure and jade-white long legs were radiant and perfectly displayed. A purple tulle was wrapped around her waist, which looked like a tassel—hazy and striking!
However, this was also on top of her proud appearance and excellent figure!
"She is quite pretty!"
"Thank you!"
"Come on, let's go. It's already seven. We won't stay too late, Ziyi still has class tomorrow."
"Okay!"
Since they were already quite familiar with each other, Su Ruoxue was too lazy to drive her Ferrari and got into Xiao Chen's Rolls-Royce.
Xiao Chen ended up driving himself, with Su Ruoxue and his daughter in the back. Following Su Ruoxue's directions, they arrived at a hotel in Jiangbei.
Because of the charity banquet, the parking lot was already filled with cars.
Xiao Chen didn't mind. He parked the Rolls-Royce in a spot with CCTV cameras. Anyone with a brain wouldn't try to touch this car!
As they departed, Xiao Chen picked up Xiao Ziyi. Side by side, he walked into the building with Su Ruoxue.
Su Ruoxue was holding onto a canvas bag. It seemed to contain a painting that she had prepared for the auction.
The bright, red characters on the electronic screen in front of the hotel read: "Welcome, Jiangbei's Most Influential Dignitaries to the Charity Auction!"
The bright, red words were as dazzling as blood, just like this auction.
The event basically consisted of rich people draining money from ordinary citizens and using it to promote themselves. Then, they could continue to earn civilians' money.
The blood and sweat of the common people was just being used as a toy by the upper class society of Jiangbei!
They casually wined and dined to pry all the precious resources from the common folk.
The three entered the hotel, attracting attention from everyone present.
Su Ruoxue was considered the most beautiful woman in Jiangbei. There were several men who were enamored and in pursuit of her!
But today, next to her was a man and a child.
This kind of scene couldn't help but attract several people's attention.
"Who's that man? How can he appear next to Su Ruoxue?"
"What the f*ck is this? Su Ruoxue is a beautiful flower, how can she be accompanied by a pig?"
"But this guy's pretty handsome!"
"Handsome doesn't mean shi*t. You didn't see? They're holding a child! I don't understand how Su Ruoxue could fall for a man with a ball and chain attached."
Several men in the crowd were giving Xiao Chen deathly glares as well.
Xiao Ziyi was slightly afraid and tried to crawl into Xiao Chen's arms.
Xiao Chen stroked her back and softly sneered. The temperature nearby dropped several degrees, causing several people to shrivel their necks. In an instant, the crowd eased up.
Instantly, several men approached to greet Su Ruoxue.
"CEO Su! It's been a while!"
...
"Ms. Su, how have you been lately?"
...
Su Ruoxue responded to their greetings half-heartedly as she teased Xiao Ziyi. This made the others even more depressed!
Not long after, a few men and women sporting luxury brands surrounded Xiao Chen and Su Ruoxue.
"Xue, you've come so late! I've been waiting for you!"
Su Ruoxue smiled euphemistically.
"Apologies. Work was really busy, and it was already past six when I got off. Then I went home to change, which took up a lot of time."
"Oh, so that's the case. Oh right, who is this? I've never seen him before."
"Let me introduce you guys!"
"Xiao Chen, this is Zhang Tianming from the Zhang family group, Zhao Wu of the Zhao family group, and Qian Zihao of the Qian family group. These are my friends, Qi Nuanyu from the Qi family, and Sun Yue from the Sun family. They are all promising, young talents in Jiangbei."
"This is Xiao Chen, my neighbor, and my friend as well."
"Hello."
Everyone greeted Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen only nodded. His attitude made everyone a little unhappy. This guy seemed so arrogant.
To Xiao Chen, they were just ants. If it wasn't for Su Ruoxue, he wouldn't even bother to acknowledge these people.
Qi Nuanyu secretly approached Su Ruoxue and whispered:
"Ruoxue, you guys aren't in that kind of relationship, are you?"
Su Ruoxue immediately flushed red.
"Nuanyu, what are you thinking! We are just friends, nothing more!"
"That's good. He even has a ball and chain. You're the most desired flower in all of Jiangbei, you can't let him have it so easy!"
Su Ruoxue's complexion immediately went tense.
"Nuanyu, don't speak nonsense. Xiao Chen is my very important friend! Even if he's not my boyfriend, please respect him!"
As soon as this remark came out, the people who had just sighed in relief felt their nerves tighten again.
Su Ruoxue didn't care about Xiao Chen in that way, but why was she so defensive about him?
All male and female relationships begin with friends!
Suddenly, all three men across from them cast sword-like gazes onto Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen did not care at all, for he didn't plan to have any sort of relationship with Su Ruoxue anyway.
These ants weren't worth his time.
"Mr. Xiao, what do you currently do? How come I've never heard of you before?"
Out of the three men, Zhao Wu took the lead in launching an offensive against XIao Chen. His condescending attitude made it seem like he was a class higher than Xiao Chen.