Jiang Yunzhou couldn't wait and darted out of the car first, eagerly holding the door open for his uncle.
He was finally here to call off the engagement!
"Sir, you have guests," Mrs. Wu respectfully welcomed them into the house.
Xia Yuzheng put down the newspaper and looked up, first catching sight of Jiang Yunzhou.
He waved his hand warmly, "Yunzhou, where is your uncle?"
The voice had barely died away when a tall figure emerged from the doorway.
The man was clad in a crisply tailored suit, his shirt buttoned meticulously to the very top. As he handed his jacket to the servant, the well-defined lines of his shoulder blades formed a beautiful contour, a sight of aesthetic power.
Elegantly dressed and unapproachable.
He didn't speak, yet his mere presence made even Xia Yuzheng's heart tremble.
Jiang Xuan?
The man accompanying Jiang Yunzhou was Jiang Xuan, the top decision-maker of the Jiang Consortium?
This was simply too...
Xia Yourong's carefully prepared opening remarks were completely disrupted by the appearance of this man.
This was her first time seeing Jiang Xuan in person, and the impact was nothing like the photos in financial magazines.
No wonder Brother Yunzhou was so outstanding, you could tell just by looking at his uncle.
Xu He, hearing the commotion, hurriedly brought them to the reception area.
Xia Yuzheng asked her softly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that it was President Jiang who was coming?"
Xu He was still immersed in the joy of recovering Little Tiangao and had no time for these details, "You didn't ask me, did you?"
Xia Yuzheng was choked by the response: "…"
He couldn't even reproach his own wife.
Jiang Xuan casually glanced at the two whispering and said, "It seems Mr. Xia was unaware of my visit, my apologies for the disturbance."
Xia Yuzheng faltered, not expecting that not only did President Jiang have an outstanding presence, but his hearing was exceptional too?
"Not at all, not at all, you are not disturbing us in the least, please, this way," Xia Yuzheng's attitude towards Jiang Xuan was extremely polite, even overly enthusiastic.
In front of this unfathomable President Jiang, his status as chairman of Xia Group seemed insignificant.
**
"What? Break off the engagement?!"
The spacious and bright reception area was now tensely suffocating.
Several top-quality bone china teacups, steaming with hot vapor, were arranged on the coffee table.
The Xia family sat on one side, and Jiang and his nephew on the other.
Only the main subject, Xia Ye, was conspicuously absent.
Xia Xing's knuckles cracked as he slightly tilted his chin up, his gaze sternly sizing up Jiang Yunzhou.
The kid seemed alright on his own, but next to his uncle, it was a clear case of buyer's show vs. seller's show.
There's no harm without comparison.
Actually, it would be better for them to break off this futile engagement, but it was irksome that they were the ones to bring it up first!
The only person on the Xia side who was pleased was Xia Yourong.
Finally, the main issue was being addressed!
Just yesterday they were debating whether Brother Yunzhou was worthy of Xia Ye, and look at what happened today!
They were here to cancel the engagement!
Xia Yuzheng and Xu He exchanged looks, their expressions inscrutable. After a long silence, Xia Yuzheng finally spoke gravely, "President Jiang, may I ask the reason for calling off the engagement?"
Xia Yourong frowned, hiding a smile. Dad was really something, still asking for a reason?
Wasn't it obvious?
They were looking down on that wild girl!
Why force the uncle to say it outright?
Jiang Yunzhou was also curious about how his uncle would respond.
Then, on the loveseat across from them, the man whose presence seemed capable of devouring the world met their expectant gazes and spoke seriously and earnestly, "Mr. Xia, regarding the matter of Yunzhou and your beloved's called-off engagement, I deeply apologize. However, this decision has nothing to do with your daughter; it's just that Yunzhou—he..."
Jiang Xuan paused deliberately for two seconds, then hesitated, "has some private issues... feared he might hold your daughter back..."
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