Chapter 382: Uninvited Guests at the Meeting

Xue Jing on the other end of the line lit up with surprise after hearing Xirui's response.

The curve at the corner of the lips cannot be suppressed.

He nodded repeatedly in response, "Yes, yes, yes, you think about it carefully. I... I'm not in a hurry." Xue Jingxi was so happy that he almost bit his tongue.

In his opinion, as long as Xirui didn't refuse outright, it meant he still had a chance.

As for what she considered, Xue Jing was not worried at all.

He dared to say that in this small space and time, no one knew Xirui better than him.

Before, he was only worried that Xirui would not give him a chance.

But now it’s different.

He dared to guarantee that as long as he had this opportunity, the winner in the end would not be anyone else.

He has confidence in himself.

"Let's prepare for the meeting later." At this moment, Xue Jing looked stupid, as if he would do whatever Xirui said.

Xirui frowned when seeing this.

I don’t know if he can still scare those old foxes in this state.

"Ahem!" Seeing Xirui frowning, Xue Jing's lips, which had been unable to suppress their frown just now, instantly straightened.

The whole person returned to his previous calm and steady appearance.

Xirui was choked back before she could even finish her words.

The two looked at each other in silence for a while.

It was the knock on the door that broke the strange atmosphere.

"Master, Young Master, the heads of each family have gathered in the back hall, waiting for you." The servant outside the door reported the news from the back.

Xirui and Xue Jing both looked gloomy when they heard this.

"How come it's so fast?"

"There's still more than half an hour until the agreed time. Are they here already?"

This meeting was proposed by them, and the time was also set by them, so they would not make a mistake.

In this case, the other merchants must have arrived too early.

"Let's go and take a look first." Xirui said.

No matter what the situation is, the other party has come to their door, and there is no reason for them to not dare to accept the challenge.

"It's best if we're just worrying too much." He hoped that the merchants were just excited and wanted to come early to find out the news.

Rather than an organized and premeditated attempt to disrupt the event.

"Let me go in and take a look first." The two came to the specially separated back hall of the restaurant.

Hearing the noisy noises coming from inside, Xue Jing subconsciously stood in front of Xirui.

"I heard the voice of the Chen family's patriarch."

The current head of the Chen family is Chen Xin’s father.

Before the rise of the Huang and Xue families, the Chen family was the richest family in Suzhou.

Not only that, the Chen family also has a close relationship with the Li family, and can even have a say in the government office.

They were clearly not invited to today's meeting, but they came uninvited anyway, which made Xue Jing alert.

But his good intentions were destined to be in vain.

Xirui did not agree with his approach, but instead felt that he was blocking her way.

"If you're scared, hide behind me." Sighing softly, Xirui pushed away the people blocking her way and walked through the gate.

Qingque and others followed closely behind.

The group, including Xue Jing who reacted quickly, walked straight towards the source of the sound.

Through the open door, it was not difficult to see who was inside.

Xirui alone remembered the owners of Liu's Rice Shop, Xiao's Silk Shop, Yao's Tea House, etc. All the shopkeepers and owners of these shops had honored him by coming to attend the meeting.

Xirui silently matched them up in her mind as she walked into the house.

The moment her figure appeared at the door, everyone in the hall felt as if someone was strangling their necks, and could not make a sound.

Everyone, whether sitting or standing, looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Some of them choked up in the middle of their speeches and almost made themselves sick.

Each one looked worse than the other.

If they hadn't had years of self-cultivation, who knows how harshly these people would have cursed at them.

"You..." The patriarch of the Chen family sat upright in the first seat, staring at Xirui with his eyes. His goatee was trembling slightly, and he almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

Unfortunately, Xirui, who was mentally prepared, not only did not pay him any attention, but also walked straight to the first seat on his right.

Sitting there was another uninvited merchant head, her dear fourth brother, Yinzhen.

Speaking of surprise, the level of surprise brought to Xirui by seeing the head of the Chen family and others here was far less than the surprise that seeing Yinzhen brought to Xirui.

After all, they met yesterday.

Xirui was very sure that she had never heard Yinzhen mention that he would attend this meeting today. So was his action today a spur of the moment decision or was it premeditated?

Xirui’s whereabouts are unknown for the time being.

But she didn't intend to let him go just like that.

Now that he's here, it would be unreasonable not to help.

They are a family after all, and Xirui immediately took a fancy to his position.

He walked all the way to Yinzhen without stopping.

Before anyone in the hall could react, she gave him a sweet smile.

Yinzhen: “…”

Okay, he gets it.

Yinzhen stood up resignedly and gave up his seat.

Xirui nodded slightly, as a way of thanking her brother for giving up his position.

Then she unceremoniously sat on the seat which was second only to the head of the Chen family.

This immediately attracted more glares and gasps from the audience.

"Cough cough cough~"

Xirui's sitting down was like turning on a mysterious switch, and everyone in the room seemed to "come back to life" again, with each of their expressions and movements being extremely vivid.

Especially the head of the Chen family, he stretched out his trembling finger, pointed at Xirui and said angrily, "You... are so outrageous!"

The Jiangnan area has been the home of the Han people since ancient times, and the idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority as well as the strict separation of genders are ingrained in their DNA.

Xirui's move was tantamount to trampling on their years of cognition.

The head of the Chen family suddenly stood up, as if there were needles pricking the chair.

"Where did you come from, woman? How dare you barge in without even looking at where we are? You are so rude." The old man's face turned red.

Every shout and scold expressed his disdain for discussing matters with a woman like Xirui.

Xirui looked as if he didn't care, but in fact he had already taken in all the situations in the hall.

Just as the head of the Chen family said, in such an occasion, apart from her and Qingque and others, there was no other woman.

For a moment, Xirui was filled with mixed feelings.

It was because she knew that there were women doing business in Suzhou.

But today, all the people who came before her were men, either her father, her husband, or her brother or son.

In short, there is no trace of them here.

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