Chapter 381

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The moment Wang Dashan saw Du Xiaojuan, his inner emotions were very complex — there was joy, but also shame; there was excitement, but also fear; there was longing, yet also an urge to flee.

The urge to flee was his self-respect in his subconscious acting up at that moment.

However, he did not flee; instead, he quickly adjusted his state, took the initiative to stand up, wore a smile on his face, and stepped forward to greet her.

And his not fleeing was his growth, his transformation.

He might still have very strong self-respect, but he was already able to restrain himself, not losing his reason or his dignity because of face and pride.

"Xiao Juan, long time no see."

Wang Dashan came before Du Xiaojuan.

Seeing him wearing a smile and taking the initiative to come greet her, Du Xiaojuan couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

Before coming, she had actually been very worried in her heart.

She was afraid that when Wang Dashan saw her, he would make unreasonable trouble, would make things unpleasant.

In her heart she had made many preparations, envisioned all kinds of situations that might occur.

Yet she had uniquely failed to envision the current situation.

Wang Dashan was actually able to wear a smile, calm and composed, and come greet her — was this still the original Wang Dashan?

"Hehe, long time no see..."

Du Xiaojuan's face carried a vigilant yet polite smile, and she responded courteously.

Before Wang Dashan could speak, she involuntarily asked a question:

"How have you been lately?"

"Alright, barely managing to scrape together a living, won't starve to death." Wang Dashan said with a laugh.

Du Xiaojuan looked Wang Dashan up and down, hesitated for a moment, then spoke:

"Before, I heard Hao Ge say that your Shanhai Real Estate ran into some difficulties..."

"Before we indeed ran into some difficulties, but fortunately we got through them." Wang Dashan said this, then added: "When we ran into difficulties before, I should have gone to find you, but I was too proud and ignorant, almost ruined a perfectly good situation; fortunately heaven took pity, the rain passed and the sky cleared... Xiao Juan, before I hurt you, and although it's late now, I still want to say sorry to you..."

Wang Dashan apologized with a face full of sincerity.

It seemed that once-simple and sincere sunny teenager had returned.

Du Xiaojuan couldn't help but feel her nose sour, her eye rims reddening.

Lowering her head to wipe her nose tip, she held back all the emotions about to overflow, and said with a smile on her face:

"It's all in the past, I let go long ago, you don't need to apologize to me again."

Wang Dashan wanted to open his mouth to ask about Du Xiaojuan's current relationship status, but the words reached his lips and yet he didn't say them.

Right now they were at most ordinary friends; asking such a private question would be too rash.

And right here, a strange man wearing a crisp suit walked in from outside the hall entrance, coming to Du Xiaojuan's side.

"How come parking the car took you so long?"

Du Xiaojuan turned her head and complained a sentence.

"Xiao Juan, very sorry, made you wait long; outside the entrance it's already packed with cars, I went to the side and only with difficulty found a parking spot."

This man looked about thirty years old; not only was his appearance handsome, but his body also carried a mature and steady aura.

"This person is..."

Wang Dashan looked at the man before him, couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.

"My partner, Chen Qiang." Du Xiaojuan introduced with a smile.

Chen Qiang looked at Wang Dashan, and was also very curious who Wang Dashan was.

Du Xiaojuan introduced to him:

"This is Hao Ge's friend, the boss of Shanhai Real Estate, Wang Dashan."

"General Manager Wang, hello! General Manager Wang, hello!" Chen Qiang took the initiative to extend his hand to greet.

"General Manager Chen, hello!" Wang Dashan politely shook hands with him.

"Right now real estate is a big piece of fatty meat; I've wanted to get into this piece for a long time, but never found an entry point; if we have a chance in the future, let's cooperate together, make it big and strong!"

Chen Qiang's face carried a generous/heroic smile.

"Good, good; if there's a chance we'll definitely cooperate with General Manager Chen; I trust Xiao Juan's judgment, and as her partner, you're certainly trustworthy!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly responded courteously.

At the same time, in his heart he secretly let out a huge breath of relief.

When Chen Qiang just came in, he subconsciously thought this was Du Xiaojuan's new boyfriend.

Turns out it's just a partner...

"Everyone, let's take our seats together; sit down and chat!"

Du Xiaojuan said this with a smile at this time.

Thus the several people sat together at the same table.

Soon, the guests had arrived more or less.

Zhang Zhihao and Wang Ling, this pair of newlyweds, under the presiding of the elders, held a simple and ancient ceremony.

They didn't even wear wedding dresses, just wore simple plain clothes, pinned on a corsage, drank cross-cupped wine, bowed to both sets of parents, then Zhang Zhihao said a few words of reflection, and this wedding ceremony counted as satisfactorily completed.

For such a crude wedding, a slightly snobbish girlfriend's family would probably not give a good face.

But Wang Ling's parents were very understanding; they smiled and gave their daughter their most sincere blessings, and did not show displeasure just because the wedding was overly simple, let alone do something as foolish as making a scene at the wedding venue.

Although the wedding ceremony was simple, and the number of guests invited was not very large, it was very warm, very harmonious, and very complete.

The dishes were served.

Zhang Zhihao and Wang Ling went down together to toast the guests.

When they reached Wang Dashan's table, Zhang Zhihao saw that Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan were actually sitting at the same table, and getting along harmoniously, even chatting and laughing, which could not help but surprise him somewhat.

He completely did not expect that Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan were practically like fire and water, had already cut off all contact, yet upon meeting now, they could actually get along so harmoniously.

"Hao Ge, Sister-in-law, wishing you a harmonious union for a hundred years, and an early precious son!"

Wang Dashan smiled and gave Zhang Zhihao his blessings.

"Hao Ge, wishing you and Sister-in-law a blissful and happy marriage!" Wang Erhai followed with his blessings.

"Hao Ge, wishing you two grow old together! Truly envious of you, getting married so fast!" Du Xiaojuan also gave Zhang Zhihao her blessings.

Chen Qiang then said with a smile:

"You brat have real good fortune, to marry such a virtuous woman as Wang Ling; if it were another woman, with the wedding done this plainly, she'd likely have given you a cold shoulder long ago! You must cherish Wang Ling well!"

Zhang Zhihao laughed heartily: "General Manager Chen is right, I will definitely cherish her well, protect her for a lifetime!"

Wang Ling then said with a smile: "General Manager Chen, don't blame him; he still wanted to hold this wedding at Guangzhou Restaurant for me, I immediately stopped him, no need for those empty formalities, that money is better kept to improve the household, simple is fine, I don't want too much fuss either, face and all that, how can it be more important than substance?"

Chen Qiang laughed heartily:

"Look, what is virtuous? This is virtuous!"

Everyone laughed heartily, and together raised a cup to Zhang Zhihao.

Those who needed to drive and couldn't drink alcohol just used tea in place of wine.

At this banquet, there was no insistence on drinking alcohol.

What mattered was sincerity, was heartfelt intent.

As for forcibly pressuring someone to drink, whoever dared do that would absolutely be looked down upon.

This simple wedding was very complete.

After finishing the banquet, the hour was already very late.

Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai decided to stay a night at a nearby hotel, and return to Guangzhou tomorrow morning.

What he did not expect was, when he and Wang Erhai arrived at the hotel and were checking in, they ran into Du Xiaojuan again.

She hadn't returned to Guangzhou either, and also planned to stay at this hotel tonight...