Top Grade Pure Beauty CEO

Chapter 451: Chapter 451 Banquet

Li Xiaoyao didn’t dare to respond to her, this crazy woman was insane, but Li Xiaoyao didn’t dare to join her in her craziness.

“Enough already, I don’t even care about this amount of money.” After hanging up the phone, Li Xiaoyao let out a sigh, helplessly shaking his head.

Lin Yuanyuan was like a combat strength value of 999 BUG, and even someone like Li Xiaoyao, who was an invincible master in battles all over the world, couldn’t gain the slightest advantage against her—truly an unbelievable situation.

By the time he returned to Ling City, it was already six in the evening. When Li Xiaoyao got home, as expected, there was not a single person there, not even Xiao Qing.

It seemed these women had finally grasped the essence of life, which was to keep stirring things up.

Li Xiaoyao picked up Xiao Qing’s snacks and drinks and sat on the sofa to watch TV, enjoying a rare moment of tranquility.

He was supposed to meet with Cheng Dongliang at eight-thirty tonight, and it was still too early.

There really wasn’t anything on TV that attracted Li Xiaoyao. He used to like watching “Animal World,” but now it was all reruns, showing episodes that had been broadcast several times before.

“Recently, a type of high-class fruit has appeared in the market, introduced by Lin Corporation. This Spirit Fruit is exorbitantly priced, thus being called a sky-high priced fruit…”

This news caught Li Xiaoyao’s curiosity. He watched the news and got a rough understanding of the current situation with the Spirit Fruit.

The price of the Spirit Fruit was so high that it had faced resistance and even complaints from many ordinary people. The Price Bureau had to investigate, and Lin Corporation had to step forward to explain.

Lin Corporation claimed that the Spirit Fruit contained extremely rare elements and minerals that could speed up metabolism and had the effect of prolonging life. Therefore, the high price was justified.

Ordinary people scoffed at this explanation. What kind of era was this? To say that a fruit, which looked no different from ordinary fruit, could extend someone’s life—did they think everyone was an idiot?

Just when everyone thought the Price Bureau would force Lin Corporation to lower the price, a miraculous scene unfolded. The Price Bureau actually expressed understanding and testified that Lin Corporation’s Spirit Fruit indeed possessed these effects.

This development surprised everyone.

However, no one else said anything more about it, after all, a fruit that costs thousands of Xuan Country Currency would only be bought by idiots or tycoons; it was irrelevant to the common folks.

Lin Corporation was expected to hold a Spirit Fruit launch party tonight, inviting all the influential figures of Ling City, and at tonight’s launch, everyone would get to taste a Spirit Fruit for free.

Although these big shots didn’t care whether a piece of fruit cost one Xuan Country Currency, a hundred, or even a thousand.

Anyone invited by Lin Corporation was worth no less than a billion; to them, money was just a number.

At seven o’clock, Cheng Yiyi called.

“Where are you?”

“Where are you? I’ll come to find you.” Li Xiaoyao stood up from the sofa and asked.

“I’m at…”

The two arranged a place to meet, and Li Xiaoyao grabbed his car keys and headed downstairs.

Half an hour later, Li Xiaoyao drove to the entrance of Ling City University, where he saw Cheng Yiyi from a distance, wearing a black dress, looking around anxiously and occasionally glancing at her watch.

Li Xiaoyao didn’t rush over immediately. He sat in the car and smoked a cigarette. In the time it took to smoke one cigarette, at least five men approached her to strike up a conversation, attempting to get her contact information, but all of them were coldly rejected by Cheng Yiyi.

“What a challenging woman. She’s hardly the sort for you ordinary mortals to chat up.”

Tossing away the cigarette butt, Li Xiaoyao waved at Cheng Yiyi, “Over here.”

Hearing the familiar voice, Cheng Yiyi immediately looked over and then, under the watchful eyes of many, walked toward Li Xiaoyao.

“Tsk, and here I thought she was some decent woman, turns out she’s just another college student kept on a rich man’s tab.”

“Having money sure is great.”

“This woman is top grade, that guy is probably going to have a great night.”

One unpleasant comment after another, undisguised sneers, Cheng Yiyi heard them all, her expression becoming extremely ugly.

Li Xiaoyao heard them too, but he wasn’t affected by it.

Cheng Yiyi sat in the passenger seat with a face full of anger. Li Xiaoyao knew what she was angry about, smiled and said, “That’s just how society is, some people can’t get what they want, and they can’t bear to see others get it. They think behind every beautiful woman there must be a disgusting rich and handsome guy because that fits their dark worldview.”

“Are you calling me beautiful?” Cheng Yiyi asked, looking at him.

Li Xiaoyao touched his nose and said, “Yeah, you are indeed very pretty.”

Cheng Yiyi’s cheeks flushed slightly and she said, “Ling City Grand Hotel.”

The atmosphere in the car was somewhat awkward, with neither of them speaking. Li Xiaoyao’s gaze occasionally swept over her from the corner of his eye. Cheng Yiyi was dressed very femininely today, something Li Xiaoyao had never seen before, especially in such a figure-hugging black dress.

“Why do you keep looking at me?” Cheng Yiyi, as a cultivator, had sharp senses; she noticed Li Xiaoyao sneakily watching her right away.

“Cough cough, you haven’t fastened your seatbelt,” Li Xiaoyao started to make excuses.

“Oh.” Cheng Yiyi couldn’t clearly define her feelings for Li Xiaoyao; as a woman, naturally she hoped to be the focus of male attention.

Li Xiaoyao was excellent, handsome, and well-built, qualifying as a high-quality man from any aspect. If it hadn’t been for that incident, maybe something really would have happened between them.

The atmosphere turned awkward again, but luckily the Ling City Grand Hotel wasn’t far away; they arrived in twenty minutes.

After parking the car and entering the lobby, Cheng Yiyi suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Li Xiaoyao, asking, “You’re just wearing that?”

Looking down at himself, Li Xiaoyao asked, “Is there a problem?”

“Third Brother is quite particular about appearances…” Halfway through her sentence, Cheng Yiyi shook her head, “Never mind, let’s go.”

Li Xiaoyao just smiled and didn’t say anything. Cheng Yiyi’s Third Brother was also Cheng Dongliang’s son, yet he was someone even Cheng Dongliang had to treat with respect. Could it be that Third Brother would dare be disrespectful to him? If that were the case, Cheng Dongliang would probably be the first to reprimand him.

So, Li Xiaoyao didn’t perceive any obstacles for today’s business cooperation, but it was just to let Cheng Yiyi convince herself internally that he had accompanied her through this process.

While riding the elevator, a man behind them suddenly said, “Are you Miss Cheng?”

Cheng Yiyi turned around. The man was about fifty years old, bald, with a potbelly, his suit and wristwatch signifying his status as a successful man.

“Do you know me?”

The bald man confirmed her identity and immediately piled on a smile, saying, “Miss Cheng, my name is Wang Yonggui, I often cooperate with your Third Brother; I’ve seen you before at a banquet.”

“Oh.” Cheng Yiyi wasn’t good at socializing; she responded with a word and remained silent thereafter.

Wang Yonggui didn’t find it awkward either and retreated with a smile.

[Some readers have suggested they would like the update times for three chapters to be spread out. I will conduct a survey. If you prefer three consecutive updates, leave a comment with a 1, and if you prefer them to be spread out, leave a comment with a 2. The number of comments will determine the update times. Honestly, I would quite like to spread them out, so I could write one less chapter each night and save it for the next day. Also, remember to vote; we’re about to drop out of the top 20 in recommendations, which makes me want to cry~]

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