Chapter 42: Why Is She in Hong Kong City?

Dai Muxue quickly regained her composure and forced a polite smile on her face. She immediately explained something to the waiter, using words like "just kidding". The waiters here, even if not professionally trained, definitely had outstanding qualities. After listening to Dai Muxue's explanation, the waiter immediately responded with a warm smile and bowed slightly before leaving.

It couldn't be more appropriate to describe Dai Muxue as being scared out of her wits. What kind of occasion was this? If they were laughed at, it would be an extremely embarrassing situation. While Chen Shuyuan was chatting and laughing with a company president, Dai Muxue tightly tugged at the corner of Xiao Sheng's clothes. With a hint of indignation on her face, she whispered to him, "Can you just be quiet for a while? This banquet is very important to President Chen..." Fearing that others might overhear, Dai Muxue stood very close to Xiao Sheng, standing on tiptoe. Xiao Sheng, towering over her, blew a puff of hot air into her cleavage after she finished speaking, and then replied lewdly, "It depends on your performance tonight..." As he spoke, Xiao Sheng winked suggestively, looking like a complete lecher taking advantage of the situation.

"You..." As Chen Shuyuan's personal assistant, she naturally understood the concept of "one rises, all rise". With her educational background, it wouldn't be difficult to find another job, but it would be really hard to find a job with such a high salary and status. Whether it was her mother's monthly chemotherapy expenses or her younger brother's high tuition fees, she had to bear them all alone. Therefore, she definitely didn't want to see Chen Shuyuan's downfall. It wasn't just driven by self - interest, but also the affection built up over such a long time. To be fair, Chen Shuyuan had been really good to her.

Xiao Sheng, however, was as shameless as a dead pig not afraid of boiling water. With a smug smile on his lips, he waited for her response. While the two of them had their backs to the crowd, Xiao Sheng's wandering hand reached around Dai Muxue's waist, lightly caressing up and down. Dai Muxue gritted her teeth and glared at him with wide - open eyes.

Feeling that the situation was about right, Xiao Sheng promptly withdrew his right hand. With a wicked smile, he whispered to Dai Muxue, "The evil unspoken rules are really exciting. I'm starting to like this feeling..." After saying that, Xiao Sheng turned around, ignored her, and took two steps forward to maintain a half - meter distance from Chen Shuyuan.

Standing side by side with Xiao Sheng again, Dai Muxue regained her usual cold and glamorous demeanor. Facing Xiao Sheng's burning glances that swept over her from time to time, Dai Muxue felt a bit evasive. At this moment, she was truly scared of the lecher beside her.

Just as the two of them were secretly "battling" with their own ulterior motives, a middle - aged man in his early thirties, holding a wine glass, walked towards Chen Shuyuan with a smile on his face. Along the way, the polite middle - aged man greeted people around him in a perfunctory manner. When he reached Chen Shuyuan's side, the company president who had been chatting with Chen Shuyuan bowed and stepped aside.

"President Chen, it's been a while. I recently heard some rumors about disharmony within Huaxin. I wonder if it's true or not..."

"President Ma, since you've described it as a 'rumor', do I still need to explain?" A simple sentence, a sharp retort to the other party's somewhat provocative words.

"Oh? Hehe, you're right. But rumors can be quite powerful..."

"Thank you for President Ma's reminder. However, your Chengran International has caused quite a stir recently. It seems to have violated some industry rules..." The person chatting cordially with Chen Shuyuan was none other than Ma Hankong, the current chairman of Chengran International.

Xiao Sheng, standing by the fruit table behind Chen Shuyuan, listened to their "tit - for - tat" conversation. Compared to Ma Hankong's insinuating and somewhat "provocative" words, Xiao Sheng was more concerned about the man who, like him, was hiding behind his boss and whose eyes were constantly fixed on Ma Hankong. It was not difficult to tell that although this man was not particularly burly in build, with a rather cold - looking face, his identity was probably similar to Xiao Sheng's.

Between two powerful individuals, there is a certain resonance in their auras. Even though both of them were hidden in the slightly noisy venue, when their bosses were communicating face - to - face, the two bodyguards had already noticed each other.

Slowly raising his wine glass, Xiao Sheng smiled and greeted the man. The expression on the other man's face didn't change much, but he still slightly raised his glass to indicate something.

After this gesture, Xiao Sheng turned his gaze elsewhere. With a smile still on his face, he started to think. The man held the glass in his left hand, and his right - hand fingertips were constantly playing with a matchstick, often pausing to rub it on the side of his index finger. Such a detail was not unfamiliar to Xiao Sheng. An excellent sniper would often use such a small matchstick to train the flexibility of their fingertips, so as to be able to pull the trigger in the first instance after calculating the wind direction and speed when shooting. (For details, refer to the movie The Sniper or military publications' introductions to snipers. The hand that a sniper uses to shoot needs to be several times more flexible than an ordinary person's...) A local company president, even if it's a listed company, couldn't just hire a sniper as a bodyguard. An outstanding sniper's individual combat ability is among the best in the military. After all, snipers often go deep behind enemy lines alone and mostly undertake the most dangerous tasks.

"Is he a military - related second - generation or a revolutionary - related third - generation?" Thinking of this, Xiao Sheng shook his head with a faint smile, rejecting this idea himself.

This banquet was quite rewarding for Xiao Sheng. The previously perplexing business environment in Hong Kong City seemed to have given Xiao Sheng a clue because of this detail. After seeing Chen Shuyuan and Ma Hankong part with smiles, Xiao Sheng picked up his glass and walked slowly behind her. When Chen Shuyuan, feeling a bit bored, stepped aside to take a short break, Xiao Sheng finally had the chance to stuff some food into his stomach. At such a high - end banquet, not many people actually ate. It was more about the atmosphere. Fortunately, Xiao Sheng wasn't some big shot. At this moment, only Chen Shuyuan and Dai Muxue noticed his back - turned figure wolfing down food.

Chen Shuyuan frowned and looked at Xiao Sheng with a cold expression. Dai Muxue, sitting beside her, felt like banging her head against a stone wall. If you have to eat, why not use the knife and fork? Why do you have to use your hands? Dai Muxue quickly stood up, looked around, and then rushed towards Xiao Sheng. However, just as Dai Muxue stood up, there was a commotion at the entrance of the venue. Chen Shuyuan raised her head, suddenly stood up, and quickly walked towards the entrance in her high - heeled shoes.

Afraid of being seen, Dai Muxue didn't care how evil the man beside her was. She grabbed his wrist and forcefully pulled him aside. Then, she took out several tissues and handed them to Xiao Sheng with a gloomy face, saying viciously, "Can you stop being so embarrassing?" Xiao Sheng, with his mouth almost stuffed with Brazilian barbecue, mumbled in reply, "This is really possible..." Just as Xiao Sheng finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the entrance of the venue. When he saw a very familiar figure being in the middle, he was like being struck by lightning. The barbecue in his mouth dropped from the corner of his mouth.

"Why is she in Hong Kong City..."