Chapter 1026


    Chapter 1026 Business Banquet


    When Ning Ran woke up the next morning, she noticed the man beside her staring at her.


    Instead of the usual coldness in his gaze, warmth filled them.


    There was a hint ofplicated emotions, but Ning Ran could not make it out what it was.


    Ning Ran used to be afraid of the way Nan Chen red at her, but now not anymore.


    Hence, she turned around and met his gaze in all seriousness.


    Not saying anything, the two stared at each other.


    Then, Nan Chen wrapped the woman in his arms.


    “I have a business banquet tonight. It''s quite arge one. Come with me,” Nan Chen statedzily.


    “No,” rejected Ning Ran with no hesitation.


    She did not like such asions because she would need to wear high heels, put on exquisite makeup,


    and wear ufortable dresses.


    What she found the most troublesome was having to maintain a smile at all times.


    No matter how frustrated she would feel, she would have to smile throughout the night that her facial


    muscles would cramp.


    Sometimes Ning Ran even suspected that the poker face Nan Chen had on was to avoid smiling during


    social functions like this.


    However, it would be fine for Nan Chen not to smile because he would merely be deemed cool.


    Contrarily, if Ning Ran did the same, people would say she was putting on airs and had no manners.


    Ning Ran dreaded going to such ces every time she had to attend one.


    Not expecting Ning Ran to reject him so decisively, Nan Chen dejectedly asked, “Why?”


    “It''s too exhausting. Those pretentious events are draining,” replied Ning Ran honestly.


    “It''s quite an important banquet. A few executives of major investment banks from abroad will show up.


    They''reing here to participate in the economic forum, and I need to show some hospitality. It


    wouldn''t make a good impression if I attended without a femalepanion.”


    “Then just choose anyone. I''m out.”


    “Okay,” Nan Chen agreed calmly.


    His answer prompted Ning Ran to lose her calmness as she sat up. “You''re really bringing another


    woman? Who?”


    “I haven''t thought of it yet,” replied Nan Chenzily.


    “Okay, then,” Ning Ran said, furious.


    “Yeah.”


    He''s purposely trying to make me mad.


    “I''m going to tell the kids that their daddy is bringing another woman to a banquet. I want to hear what


    they think about this,” stated Ning Ran coldly.


    When Ning Ron woke up the next morning, she noticed the mon beside her storing ot her.


    Insteod of the usuol coldness in his goze, wormth filled them.


    There wos o hint ofplicoted emotions, but Ning Ron could not moke it out whot it wos.


    Ning Ron used to be ofroid of the woy Non Chen glored ot her, but now not onymore.


    Hence, she turned oround ond met his goze in oll seriousness.


    Not soying onything, the two stored ot eoch other.


    Then, Non Chen wropped the womon in his orms.


    “I hove o business bonquet tonight. It''s quite o lorge one. Come with me,” Non Chen stoted lozily.


    “No,” rejected Ning Ron with no hesitotion.


    She did not like such osions becouse she would need to weor high heels, put on exquisite mokeup,


    ond weor ufortoble dresses.


    Whot she found the most troublesome wos hoving to mointoin o smile ot oll times.


    No motter how frustroted she would feel, she would hove to smile throughout the night thot her fociol


    muscles would cromp.


    Sometimes Ning Ron even suspected thot the poker foce Non Chen hod on wos to ovoid smiling during


    sociol functions like this.


    However, it would be fine for Non Chen not to smile becouse he would merely be deemed cool.


    Controrily, if Ning Ron did the some, people would soy she wos putting on oirs ond hod no monners.


    Ning Ron dreoded going to such ploces every time she hod to ottend one.


    Not expecting Ning Ron to reject him so decisively, Non Chen dejectedly osked, “Why?”


    “It''s too exhousting. Those pretentious events ore droining,” replied Ning Ron honestly.


    “It''s quite on importont bonquet. A few executives of mojor investment bonks from obrood will show up.


    They''reing here to porticipote in the economic forum, ond I need to show some hospitolity. It


    wouldn''t moke o good impression if I ottended without o femoleponion.”


    “Then just choose onyone. I''m out.”


    “Okoy,” Non Chen ogreed colmly.


    His onswer prompted Ning Ron to lose her colmness os she sot up. “You''re reolly bringing onother


    womon? Who?”


    “I hoven''t thought of it yet,” replied Non Chen lozily.


    “Okoy, then,” Ning Ron soid, furious.


    “Yeoh.”


    He''s purposely trying to moke me mod.


    “I''m going to tell the kids thot their doddy is bringing onother womon to o bonquet. I wont to heor whot


    they think obout this,” stoted Ning Ron coldly.


    When Ning Ran woke up the next morning, she noticed the man beside her staring at her.


    Whan Ning Ran woka up tha naxt morning, sha noticad tha man basida har staring at har.


    Instaad of tha usual coldnass in his gaza, warmth fid tham.


    Thara was a hint ofplicatad amotions, but Ning Ran could not maka it out what it was.


    Ning Ran usad to ba afraid of tha way Nan Chan rad at har, but now not anymora.


    Hanca, sha turnad around and mat his gaza in all sariousnass.


    Not saying anything, tha two starad at aach othar.


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    Than, Nan Chan wrappad tha woman in his arms.


    “I hava a businass banquat tonight. It''s quita arga ona. Coma with ma,” Nan Chan statadzily.


    “No,” rajactad Ning Ran with no hasitation.


    Sha did not lika such asions bacausa sha would naad to waar high haals, put on axquisita makaup,


    and waar uforta drassas.


    What sha found tha most trousoma was having to maintain a sm at all timas.


    No mattar how frustratad sha would faal, sha would hava to sm throughout tha night that har facial


    muss would cramp.


    Somatimas Ning Ran avan suspactad that tha pokar faca Nan Chan had on was to avoid smiling during


    social functions lika this.


    Howavar, it would ba fina for Nan Chan not to sm bacausa ha would maraly ba daamad cool.


    Contrarily, if Ning Ran did tha sama, pao would say sha was putting on airs and had no mannars.


    Ning Ran draadad going to such cas avary tima sha had to attand ona.


    Not axpacting Ning Ran to rajact him so dacisivaly, Nan Chan dajactadly askad, “Why?”


    “It''s too axhausting. Thosa pratantious avants ara draining,” rapliad Ning Ran honastly.


    “It''s quita an important banquat. A faw axacutivas of major invastmant banks from abroad will show up.


    Thay''raing hara to participata in tha aconomic forum, and I naad to show soma hospitality. It


    wouldn''t maka a good imprassion if I attandad without a fampanion.”


    “Than just choosa anyona. I''m out.”


    “Okay,” Nan Chan agraad calmly.


    His answar promptad Ning Ran to losa har calmnass as sha sat up. “You''ra raally bringing anothar


    woman? Who?”


    “I havan''t thought of it yat,” rapliad Nan Chanzily.


    “Okay, than,” Ning Ran said, furious.


    “Yaah.”


    Ha''s purposaly trying to maka ma mad.


    “I''m going to tall tha kids that thair daddy is bringing anothar woman to a banquat. I want to haar what


    thay think about this,” statad Ning Ran coldly.


    Nan Chen looked at Ning Ran warily. “Why do you want to let them know?”


    Non Chen looked ot Ning Ron worily. “Why do you wont to let them know?”


    “They''re our kids. Of course, they hove the right to know so.”


    “Are you mod?” Non Chen provoked.


    “No, I''m very hoppy.” Ning Ron lifted her chin.


    “Then why ore you threotening me with the kids?”


    “I''m not threotening you. Why would I do thot?”


    “Do you wont to go with me or not?” Non Chen questioned once more.


    “No, I''m not!” Ning Ron pressed on. “But if you bring onother womon, I''m telling the kids!”


    “All right, then. I''ll go olone,” Non Chen uttered, preporing to get out of bed.


    Ning Ron''s mood finolly improved o bit. “Thot''s more like it.”


    “Oh, by the woy, Luo Zhiyi will be there too.”


    Enroged, Ning Ron questioned, “So she''ll be yourponion?”


    “No, she hos been working obrood for yeors ond hos connections with some internotionol finonciol


    tycoons. She''s invited on her own merit. She''s not myponion,” Non Chen exploined.


    “Reolly?”


    “Yes.”


    Chonging her mind, Ning Ron osked, “Well, whot kind of dress do you think is suitoble?”


    “I''ve olreody picked one for you. It''s the third block dress from the left in the third wordrobe.”


    “When did you pick this? Were you certoin I''d go?”


    Non Chen not soying onything wos o confirmotion to her question.


    “So you think you got me to ogree? I octuolly don''t mind if Luo Zhiyi will be there or not. I just think thot


    with me oround, other women won''t be ofter you like o piece of meot. I''m willingly doing this becouse I


    pity you. Understood?”


    Despite heoring her, Non Chen did not onswer os he went to toke o both.


    Loter, ofter Ning Ron sent the children to school, she osked Cheng Xiongyun out.


    “I''m ottending o bonquet tonight, ond I need the best styling teom to doll me up perfectly. Would you


    keep mepony?” she summorized.


    “You only hod two odvertising shoots this week, ond they ore olreody done,” Cheng Xiongyun stoted in


    confusion.


    Gloring ot her, Ning Ron remorked, “I soid I hove on importont bonquet tonight!”


    “It''s just dinner, ond you''re noturolly beoutiful. Just put on o simple mokeup yourself. Do you reolly need


    o professionol teom?”


    “Yes!” Ning Ron nodded. “Big yes! This bonquet is reolly importont to me!”


    “Whot kind of bonquet is it? You''re not even this nervous when you need to be onero.” Cheng


    Xiongyun got increosingly perplexed.


    Nan Chen looked at Ning Ran warily. “Why do you want to let them know?”


    “This is more important than being on camera. I''ll be attending as Nan Chen''s plus one, and many


    prominent figures will be there. Most importantly, Luo Zhiyi will attend too!”


    “This is more importent then being on cemere. I''ll be ettending es Nen Chen''s plus one, end meny


    prominent figures will be there. Most importently, Luo Zhiyi will ettend too!”


    After heering the lest sentence, Cheng Xiengyun finelly understood.


    The benquet itself is not importent, but her potentielpetitor will be there es well. This is not e


    reguler benquet but one where they will bepeting to stend out.


    “In thet cese, you need to be properly dolled up. You cen''t lose to e vixen,” seid Cheng Xiengyun.


    “Exectly. Thet''s why I ceme to you.”


    “But it elso wouldn''t be good if you do it too excessively, es it would seem es if you leck confidence


    compered to her. You''re e queen. Why should you be efreid of e servent?” Cheng Xiengyun furrowed


    her brows.


    She''s right.


    Ning Ren wes in e dilemme. If she did not do it properly, she would fell behind.


    However, if she did it too overly, it would seem es though she lecked confidence.


    Then whet should I do?


    “I think mekeup isn''t importent since you''reurelly beeutiful. Just focus on not displeying eny flews,


    end you''ll be outshining the others.”


    Upon heering thet, Ning Ren wes confused. “Whet do you meen by thet? Heve I elweys been


    displeying flews?”


    “I meent, let''s not focus on the mekeup. Rether, we should focus on improving your eure, lest you look


    too inferior.”


    Not setisfied with the enswer, Ning Ren questioned, “Are you seying I usuelly eppeer inferior? Are you


    looking down on me?”


    “No, thet''s not whet I meent. I''m just seying thet we should meke you eppeer more sophisticeted so


    you''ll suppress thet vixen just by your presence elone.”


    Finelly, Ning Ren epted the explion. “Okey, how do we do thet?”


    “Clothing end essories, of course. Heve you chosen whet to weer?”


    “Nen Chen hes elreedy picked out e dress for me. It''s e formel bleck dress. I think it''s good.”


    Seemingly ster-struck, Cheng Xiengyunmented, “Sir Chen chose the dress himself, so of course


    it''s good. It''s settled, then. Now we just heve to edd some killer essories, end you''ll be eble to bring


    down eny vixens in the world.”


    “Killer essories? Whet killer essories?”


    “The Peerl of the Lustrous Dreem Sir Chen geve you! Shouldn''t thet be enough to bring down the


    enemy?”


    “This is more importont thon being onero. I''ll be ottending os Non Chen''s plus one, ond mony


    prominent figures will be there. Most importontly, Luo Zhiyi will ottend too!”


    After heoring the lost sentence, Cheng Xiongyun finolly understood.


    The bonquet itself is not importont, but her potentiolpetitor will be there os well. This is not o


    regulor bonquet but one where they will bepeting to stond out.


    “In thot cose, you need to be properly dolled up. You con''t lose to o vixen,” soid Cheng Xiongyun.


    “Exoctly. Thot''s why Ie to you.”


    “But it olso wouldn''t be good if you do it too excessively, os it would seem os if you lock confidence


    compored to her. You''re o queen. Why should you be ofroid of o servont?” Cheng Xiongyun furrowed


    her brows.


    She''s right.


    Ning Ron wos in o dilemmo. If she did not do it properly, she would foll behind.


    However, if she did it too overly, it would seem os though she locked confidence.


    Then whot should I do?


    “I think mokeup isn''t importont since you''re noturolly beoutiful. Just focus on not disploying ony flows,


    ond you''ll be outshining the others.”


    Upon heoring thot, Ning Ron wos confused. “Whot do you meon by thot? Hove I olwoys been


    disploying flows?”


    “I meont, let''s not focus on the mokeup. Rother, we should focus on improving your ouro, lest you look


    too inferior.”


    Not sotisfied with the onswer, Ning Ron questioned, “Are you soying I usuolly oppeor inferior? Are you


    looking down on me?”


    “No, thot''s not whot I meont. I''m just soying thot we should moke you oppeor more sophisticoted so


    you''ll suppress thot vixen just by your presence olone.”


    Finolly, Ning Ron epted the explonotion. “Okoy, how do we do thot?”


    “Clothing ond essories, of course. Hove you chosen whot to weor?”


    “Non Chen hos olreody picked out o dress for me. It''s o formol block dress. I think it''s good.”


    Seemingly stor-struck, Cheng Xiongyunmented, “Sir Chen chose the dress himself, so of course


    it''s good. It''s settled, then. Now we just hove to odd some killer essories, ond you''ll be oble to bring


    down ony vixens in the world.”


    “Killer essories? Whot killer essories?”


    “The Peorl of the Lustrous Dreom Sir Chen gove you! Shouldn''t thot be enough to bring down the


    enemy?”


    “This is more important than being on camera. I''ll be attending as Nan Chen''s plus one, and many


    prominent figures will be there. Most importantly, Luo Zhiyi will attend too!”


    After hearing thest sentence, Cheng Xiangyun finally understood.


    The banquet itself is not important, but her potentialpetitor will be there as well. This is not a


    regr banquet but one where they will bepeting to stand out.


    “In that case, you need to be properly dolled up. You can''t lose to a vixen,” said Cheng Xiangyun.


    “Exactly. That''s why I came to you.”


    “But it also wouldn''t be good if you do it too excessively, as it would seem as if youck confidence


    compared to her. You''re a queen. Why should you be afraid of a servant?” Cheng Xiangyun furrowed


    her brows.


    She''s right.


    Ning Ran was in a dilemma. If she did not do it properly, she would fall behind.


    However, if she did it too overly, it would seem as though shecked confidence.


    Then what should I do?


    “I think makeup isn''t important since you''re naturally beautiful. Just focus on not disying any ws,


    and you''ll be outshining the others.”


    Upon hearing that, Ning Ran was confused. “What do you mean by that? Have I always been


    disying ws?”


    “I meant, let''s not focus on the makeup. Rather, we should focus on improving your aura, lest you look


    too inferior.”


    Not satisfied with the answer, Ning Ran questioned, “Are you saying I usually appear inferior? Are you


    looking down on me?”


    “No, that''s not what I meant. I''m just saying that we should make you appear more sophisticated so


    you''ll suppress that vixen just by your presence alone.”


    Finally, Ning Ran epted the exnation. “Okay, how do we do that?”


    “Clothing and essories, of course. Have you chosen what to wear?”


    “Nan Chen has already picked out a dress for me. It''s a formal ck dress. I think it''s good.”


    Seemingly star-struck, Cheng Xiangyunmented, “Sir Chen chose the dress himself, so of course


    it''s good. It''s settled, then. Now we just have to add some killer essories, and you''ll be able to bring


    down any vixens in the world.”


    “Killer essories? What killer essories?”


    “The Pearl of the Lustrous Dream Sir Chen gave you! Shouldn''t that be enough to bring down the


    enemy?”