The Hidden Dragon In-Law

Hearing his wife say this, James Ye felt very happy inside.

It seemed that the place he had chosen for their wedding anniversary would definitely satisfy his wife!

The two of them arrived at the Hanging Gardens and sat at their reserved table. Linda Dong soon arrived as well.

"Mary!"

"Linda!"

The two besties hugged each other tightly, their joy evident.

After holding hands and chatting about old times for a long while, they finally calmed down.

Linda said, "Mary, you're too extravagant, choosing the Hanging Gardens for dinner!"

Mary Xiao laughed, "Since you're here, I had to go all out!"

Linda giggled, "You're truly my bestie!"

Mary said, "To be honest, I didn't even qualify to book a table here. I had to ask Margaret Wang, the Vice Chairman of Dihao Group, to help me with her membership card!"

Linda sighed, "The Hanging Gardens does have high standards, like requiring a diamond membership, right?"

"Yes," Mary nodded, "To be honest, it's my first time here too!"

Linda laughed, "Thank you so much, my dear Mary!"

Then she added, "By the way, I saw a notice outside saying the Hanging Gardens will be booked out in three days?"

"Yes," Mary said, "It's strange. The Hanging Gardens never accepted private bookings before. I wonder what's going on this time."

Linda nodded and casually mentioned, "Recently, there was a god-level tycoon in Jinling on a short video platform. He bought a necklace with a dozen Rolls-Royces, dozens of black-clothed persons, and over ten million in cash. Did you see that video?"

James shook his head, but Mary said, "I saw it. It was quite a spectacle."

Linda said, "Everyone's guessing who he is."

Mary replied, "What's there to guess about..."

Linda laughed, "It's gossip! Everyone wants to know who is so extravagant. Some say it might be the new Chairman of Dihao Group."

James's expression froze for a moment but quickly returned to normal.

Linda continued, "Today, Buckingham Palace's Hanging Gardens were booked again. I feel like the person who booked it is the same one from the video."

Mary sighed helplessly, "It's been so long, and you're still so gossipy!"

Linda laughed, "Gossip is a woman's survival instinct!"

Then she added, "I want to come here in three days to see who has the clout to book the Hanging Gardens!"

James felt a headache coming on upon hearing this.

He just wanted to surprise his wife and make up for the wedding they never had.

But he didn't want to draw everyone's attention.

However, he seemed to have underestimated the impact of the Hanging Gardens.

Now, many people in Jinling, like Linda, probably wanted to see who booked the place.

This was becoming a bit tricky.

He needed to give Charles Chen a heads-up to make sure everything was perfectly prepared and, no matter what, not to reveal his identity.

During dinner, Linda said to the two of them, "This time in Jinling, I also contacted some of our old classmates. Everyone wants to take this opportunity to have a reunion. What do you think?"

James immediately said, "You guys have a reunion; I won't join."

"Why?" Linda asked, "We may not have been classmates for four years, but we did share a year together!"

When Old Master Xiao took James in, he sent him to Jinling University to be in the same class as Mary Xiao for their senior year.

After graduating, they got married immediately.

However, James only shared a year with those classmates, and most of them looked down on him. They had no real bond, so he wasn't interested in a reunion.

Mary also didn't want to attend the reunion and said, "James and I won't go. I haven't kept in touch with most of our classmates since graduation."

Linda quickly said, "The main reason for the reunion is that Michael Wang from our class is opening a restaurant, and it's opening tomorrow. He's organizing everyone to support his restaurant and have a meal together."

Then Linda added, "It wouldn't be right not to go when he's celebrating his grand opening, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, all three of their phones buzzed with a WeChat notification.

Soon, many WeChat messages popped up.

They each took out their phones and saw that Michael Wang had created a group chat for their classmates, which quickly grew to over thirty people.

Michael Wang said in the group, "Dear old classmates, my small restaurant will officially open at noon tomorrow in Jinling. I hope the classmates in Jinling can come and support us. Let's treat it as a class reunion!"

"By the way, one of our class beauties, Linda Dong, is also in Jinling for work and will join the reunion. I heard she's still single, so the single guys in the group should seize the opportunity!"

Immediately, a bunch of replies flooded in.

"Wow! Congratulations!"

"Linda's in Jinling? Why didn't I hear about it? I'll definitely be there!"

"What about our other class beauty, Mary Xiao? Is she coming?"

"I heard Mary is with that transfer student James Ye. I also heard James married into the Xiao Family?"

"I heard that too. Is it true? I haven't seen them since graduation..."

"I heard their marriage is just for show, not real. Is that true?"@@novelbin@@

Seeing these messages, Mary said to James, "Don't take it to heart."

James smiled slightly, "It's okay. They're just stating facts. I'm used to it."

Linda quickly said in the group, "Stop gossiping! I'm having dinner with the couple right now, and they're very much in love!"

"Oh, it's Linda!"

A bunch of simps quickly surrounded her.

At this moment, someone in the group @James. It was the group owner, Michael Wang: "James, even though you were only in our class for a short time, we were pretty close in school. You and your wife must come tomorrow!"

James had a good impression of Michael. He was indeed a nice guy, always friendly and never mocking others. He was one of the few classmates James had a decent relationship with.

Since Michael had said so, James replied immediately, "Alright, we'll be there tomorrow."

Michael quickly responded, "That's great! Let's have a good gathering tomorrow!"