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Cao Xiaolian was sitting on the table, watching Shang Yin skillfully move around in the cups. She wanted to grab his chair and give him a hard time.

What business empire, what lofty ambitions, they were all hers.

In the end, it was all to get him to accompany her in socializing with this troublesome fellow.

It had to be said that Shang Yin's eyes were quite sharp. When she was together with Lin Mubai, they only talked about business. Moreover, this person was extremely difficult to deal with. Thus, this hot potato was handed to Cao Xiaoling.

Thus, at this moment, she would rather play Taiji expert with the others than have a meal with Lin Mubai.

"I haven't seen you in a long time. How have you been?"

What was with this familiar line!

Cao Xiaolian tried her best not to laugh, "Not bad, what about you?"

"The same."

Two years later, he too had turned from twenty-four to twenty-six years old.

One had to say, the heavens still treated men and women quite unfairly. A mature man was like a bottle of wine that had been brewed for many years, pleasing to the eyes. Once the cork was removed, a rich fragrance would cause one to become intoxicated.

Cao Xiaolian took a sip of the water.

"I heard that your current results are very outstanding." Lin Mubai raised his glass and raised his eyebrows, "To a future outstanding designer, cheers!"

He always did the right thing when she picked up the cup again and mimicked him raising her hand and placing it by her mouth.

"I still remember that when we first met, I felt that you, a little girl, must be very extraordinary." Lin Mubai laughed, "I never thought that I would witness the growth of a designer. If you become famous in the future, I will also be able to benefit from it."

Cao Xiaoliu was extremely embarrassed. After all, she still wasn't like Lin Mubai, "I just want to finish my studies and graduate."

"I've seen all your works. They're great!"

Cao Xiaolian could only smile politely at Lin Mubai's praise.

To be honest, the two of them from before, although they weren't particularly close, at least they had a chat.

But from the incident in Hainan two years ago, she saw the difference between the two of them.

Lin Mubai was someone who was extremely arrogant. In the future, he would be considered a direct male cancer patient. Even though he was usually very considerate, the premise was that he was in a good mood or that he was willing to be pleased with him. However, his personal feelings were in the middle, and he was being unfair.

Cao Xiaolian hated male cancer the most.

She had already informed him of Hainan's matter in advance, but from how Lin Mubai had distanced himself from her afterwards, it seemed that he had some objections about her leaving that time.

Cao Xiaolian did not explain. She would not cooperate in the future anyway.

However, she also knew that Lin Mubai had a wide range of connections. This sort of matter probably wouldn't be able to suppress him. As long as she could find an opportunity, she could easily turn the situation around. Sure enough.

Looking at the people sitting around him, they were all either rich or noble, and there were even two men of great status. Even Shang Yin was pouring wine for himself with a smile on his face. Lin Mubai, on the other hand, was wearing a Mona Lisa's smile.

There was no helping it, they did not have a deep foundation.

There was a good saying, 'If you don't go to the capital, you won't know who the young ones are.' Shang Yin had only said that there was an uncle from the Lin Clan who was a high ranking official.

In this life, she didn't want to marry another rich and powerful family member. In her previous life, she'd had enough trouble with a man like Wang Ziwen. Li Yugeng's family background was not bad. Judging from his appearance and Li Yunyi's appearance, he should be a scholar and a scholar. It was good to have such a simple and simple family.

And the most important thing was to improve herself. She wanted to become better so that she wouldn't have to look up to others.

"I remember we used to talk a lot." Lin Mubai suddenly sighed with emotion, "I didn't expect that after two years of not contacting her, I became a lot more distant from her."

"They're all quite busy." She smiled and said, "Besides, we used to be partners, so it can't be helped if we meet often."

"Partner?" He looked up with a faint smile. "I thought we were friends."

This sentence was rather normal, but his eyes showed a hint of playfulness. This wasn't normal at all.

Fortunately, Shang Yin came to save her.

"I say, I will fight in the front soaked in blood. You guys, hide and whisper to each other."

She leaned against Cao Xiaolian, her whole body reeking of alcohol. "Tell me what you are talking about."

"They're talking about our previous collaboration."

Cao Xiaolian poured a glass of water for her, "Drink some water to calm down. Why are you drinking so much?"

"There's nothing we can do." Shang Yin smiled wryly, "I do business in the North, I really can't get my hands on anything without some alcohol."

She lowered her voice and said, "The last few are all the big shots in this industry, or perhaps our ancestors who want to cooperate with them. They are countless and can even afford to pay for it. Why would they need you?"

Cao Xiaoling laughed at him. "Look at what you're saying. Do you think you can drink it?"

"Sigh!" Shang Yin stretched out a finger, "That's right, and that's not true either."

"People say: alcohol depends on one's character. The first time we met, didn't it all depend on one's first impression? I accompanied them for a good time, only then did I drink them to my heart's content. If we are satisfied, we will be friends in the future. "

Cao Xiaoliu glanced at him and pouted, "There's not much left in the cup behind me."

"You're really dumb when I say you're stupid." Shang Yin smacked her head, "Who is that? It's our ancestor. What, you want them to be bored too? "In their eyes, I'm just a monkey. I have to coax my men first before I can show them my abilities and benefits."

She drank the water that Cao Xiaolian had poured and said, "Let's not talk about face now. We're going to use face to earn money. It won't be too late to pick it up when we stand firm."

Saying that, he patted her on the shoulder, "I think we'll be there in a while. We still need to go to the library to play for a while, I need to feed my cards. You can go back later."

"Then what will you do?" Cao Xiaolian was really worried about Shang Yin, and her face turned pale when she saw him drinking. "You're already like this, yet you're still playing cards. See this clearly?"

"It's better if I can't see clearly." She giggled. "That's enough, don't worry about it."

She raised her eyes to look at Lin Mubai, "Boss Lin, I'll leave my sister in your care. Please help me deliver her safely."

"Don't worry." After Lin Mubai said this, Shang Yin walked over shakily to change cups.

"Look at her, it's true."

Cao Xiaolian felt unspeakably uncomfortable. Although she knew of Shang Yin's future achievements, she did not know how difficult it was before they mixed in.

When she found out about Shang Yin in her previous life, she was already in her forties and founded her own business empire. She was like a woman standing at the top of a pyramid.

However, he had also forgotten how much pain and suffering Shang Yin had suffered since he climbed to that position.

When he was reading her biography, she was just a character on a piece of paper, only reading stories and legends. Now, legends were his good friends, so it was a completely different story.

"She's stronger than any woman I've ever met."

Lin Mubai suddenly said, "Don't worry, she knows her limits. Moreover, her wine wasn't drunk for nothing."

Cao Xiaolian knew he was telling the truth, but she still felt upset.

The two of them were doing business together, but she was studying peacefully in the school. Meanwhile, Shang Yin was working hard in the society, and his profits were even divided by half. This was the first time Cao Xiaoling felt uneasy in her heart.

She wanted to make money, but such a distribution was truly unfair.

She would definitely speak of this matter when she found a chance. Otherwise, she really would be ashamed.

"Are you full?"

Lin Mubai knew that she would feel even worse if she were to see Shang Yin drink like this, "Why don't we leave first? "Go out and get some fresh air."

"Can I?" Cao Xiaolian knew that they were being followed by the big bosses. Leaving just like that was a bit...

"I'm fine." He smiled and stood up. No one knew what he had said, but most of the people at the banquet stood up to bid him farewell.

He then walked over to Cao Xiaolian in a well-ironed suit, smiled and extended his hand. "Let's go, beautiful lady."

It had to be said that he was quite a bluff.

Unfortunately, Cao Xiaolian did not call.

After the two of them walked out of the car park, Cao Xiaolian discovered that Lin Mubai had changed into a yellow Ferrari.

Uh!

In her impression, Lin Mubai should be driving a mature and steady car like the Audi. Ferrari, wasn't that a bit too coquettish?

"Oh, my brother's car." Lin Mubai smiled, "My car was sent to be repaired and I just happened to see his house stop, so I drove it out."

"Ah, I see."

It was unlikely for him to have such a personality, but he never thought that Lin Mubai would actually have such a slutty little brother.

"So that's how it is?" Lin Mubai was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Cao Xiaolian laughed, "I feel that with your character, driving this car is really... "Not too low-key."

Lin Mubai smiled. He was shocked when he first saw this. He didn't know what Li Yugeng was trying to pull off by buying such an eye-catching car. It didn't suit his personality.

At that time, he had left in a hurry, so he didn't think too much about it.

He did not explain. He told Cao Xiaolian that Li Yugeng was a stranger and that it was useless to say so.

After getting on the car, Lin Mubai immediately started the engine, "Find a place to sit?"

"Huh?" Cao Xiaoling was stunned. "It's too late. I think I should go home."

"What? Shang Yin didn't tell you?" He was also stunned: "We still need to discuss a contract."

Never mind, 50%. She knew that Shang Yin wouldn't be so kind.

Lin Mubai was very steady driving. He probably remembered that Cao Xiaolan's car racing wasn't too good, so he didn't give her much gas. However, because it was Ferrari, it was very fast.

Cao Xiaolian was already used to it. The palpitations from the car accidents in her previous life had faded a lot because of the works she had been working on along the way. When he came back to his senses, it was already time.

She looked at it and smiled.

She was familiar with this place.

The place that Lin Mubai had brought her to was the place that she had frequently slept in in in her previous life, a teahouse that had a hundred years of history. At that time, Wang Ziwen didn't have much money, and she didn't have much to spend on making friends with either. When she had nothing to do, she liked to go to the teahouse, listen to crosstalk, and drink some tea.

Later on, when he got rich, he would go less.

It had been a long time since he had last seen her, so he was quite familiar with her coming back.

Seeing Cao Xiaolian smile, Lin Mubai was curious, "What? Have you been here before?"

"Oh, no." She was still a student and was usually very busy. It was not very realistic to say that: "But I didn't expect you to bring me to the teahouse."

According to Lin Mubai's personality, she felt that this quiet and quiet place was quite suitable for him.

"When I've been under a lot of pressure these past two years, I like to come visit." Lin Mubai had already locked his car and walked over to her side, "If there's nothing else, listen to the crosstalk. Have a good time and relax."

"You also have times of stress?"

Seeing her stare at him, Lin Mubai immediately smiled, "Look at what you're saying. I'm not a superhuman, so of course I'm tired. I feel pressured."

However, he was truly unable to see through his attitude throughout the entire day.

Once they entered the teahouse, waiters came to take them to the private room on the second floor. It was the tradition of Old Beijing to wear a horse coat.