Bao Jingyan furrowed his brows.
He opened an umbrella, braving the snow to walk to the Bao Mansion’s main entrance.
Mr. Zhou hopped off from the car.
"Mr. Zhou, instead of visiting the Su Family for the New Year, why have you come to our place?"
Mr. Zhou asked in a low voice, "Is she doing well?"
"Very well," Bao Jingyan said earnestly. "There aren’t many in Jiangcheng who can get the better of Ruanruan."
Mr. Zhou was convinced.
He hesitated for a long while, but eventually took his leave.
Bao Jingyan slowly returned inside the mansion.
Su Ruanruan had already come downstairs.
She was talking to the elderly lady by the fireplace, with Jingse.
Upon seeing him, the elderly lady scolded, "I heard from your dad that you’re still angry with Ruanruan? It’s so hard for people to come back and instead of cherishing her you’re still being at odds with her! That’s outrageous."
Su Ruanruan didn’t speak.
Her demeanor, a bit coquettish.
Bao Jingyan sat down beside Su Ruanruan.
He took her hand and said to the elderly lady, "I’ve already apologized to her upstairs just now!"
The elderly lady was skeptical.
Bao Jingyan then asked Su Ruanruan, "Did I or did I not?"
As he asked, his gaze was bright.
It had a kind of mature man’s mischievous charm.
Su Ruanruan felt bashful and yet infuriated.
Just now he had messed with her like that... and left her behind...
And now he was actually turning the truth on its head!
But how could she talk about this intimate bedroom matter?
Silently, she tried to pull her hand away.
Bao Jingyan wouldn’t let go.
He held on tightly, and then pulled her hand into his coat pocket.
Su Ruanruan was taken aback for a moment.
She then realized that he had forgiven her.
Just as Su Ruanruan was about to say something.
Bao Jingyan whispered to her, "After dinner, I need to go out for a bit."
Su Ruanruan looked at him.
He reached out to lightly flick her little nose, "So grown up and still need someone to stay with you to sleep?"
Bao Jingse and the elderly lady both started to laugh.
He had no shame, but Su Ruanruan still did!
She refused to deal with him.
At that moment, Bao Mingyuan and his wife came downstairs.
The family had their reunion dinner.
After the meal, Bao Jingyan went out.
With so many people around, Su Ruanruan was too embarrassed to ask.
Bao Jingyan got into the car and sent her a message.
[Won’t be back tonight! Go to sleep early.]
Upon receiving the message, Su Ruanruan still felt a bit down.
She thought to herself, Bao Jingyan, being a businessman, often has social commitments that can’t be avoided.
Bao Jingyan’s car stopped in front of a club.
Yan Kuan opened the car door for him.
Yan Kuan respectfully said, "Master Jiu is already here."
Bao Jingyan nodded and followed Yan Kuan to the third floor’s private room.
The private room was large.
Over 200 square meters, luxuriously decorated.
In addition to Mu Jiu and several familiar faces,
the person in charge of handling Xia Minghan’s case was also there, surprisingly.
Bao Jingyan greeted him as soon as he came in.
The man resignedly said, "Jingyan, it’s New Year’s..."
Bao Jingyan took off his coat and casually tossed it on the sofa.
He smiled and asked, "Uncle Hao, are you so distant now that you won’t even play cards with us?"
Mr. Hao knew his intentions and just bitterly smiled, "Alright, we’ll play a few rounds."
Master Jiu had a rogue look about him, "A few rounds? We should play all night."
Mr. Hao shook his head.
Bao Jingyan sat down at the card table.
He lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
While shuffling the cards, he teased, "Uncle Hao doesn’t seem afraid of his wife."
Mr. Hao dealt the cards, "Jingyan, you don’t know the terror of women over 40!"
Bao Jingyan chuckled softly.
The man continued, "But your little girl, I reckon she’d look like a fairy even at 50."
"Tough handler, though," Bao Jingyan played a card and said indifferently, "When I left, she was adamantly against it."
Laughter filled the card table.
The atmosphere grew harmonious.
Mu Jiu even brought over a few young stars to sing onstage.
The scene slowly heated up.