Liang Chen noticed Jing Haohao's persistent silence whenever the topic of pregnancy arose. Feeling a twinge of hurt, he diverted his gaze to a wedding invitation lying on her bedside table. He reached over, picked it up and flipped it twice before recognizing it as Shen Liangnian and Qiao Wennuan's invitation. In an effort to dissipate the tension emerging from the discussion about children, he asked, "Did they send it over?"
"No, I ran into Qiao Wennuan when I was out shopping today," Jing Haohao replied.
"Hmm..." Liang Chen nodded, fidgeted with the invitation card for a while and tossed it back onto the bedside table, saying, "We'll both go on their wedding day."
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The foreign client stayed in Jiangshan City for a whole week before leaving. At the same time, Jiangshan Group resumed its normal operations, marking the start of the New Year's work. Liang Chen was swamped with work.
