Suppressing the Protagonist at the Start to Seize the Heroine

Chapter 234: The Banquet Begins

After returning home and having lunch, Su Lin took Xia Shiyu to the Four Seasons Hotel. In the car, Xia Shiyu, wearing a light yellow knee-length dress, seemed a bit uncomfortable.

She was not tall and rather slender, which made her look even more delicate in the dress. Her small face was tight with tension, and Su Lin could immediately tell she was very nervous.

Su Lin joked, “Xiaoyu, you don’t usually get this nervous doing business, why be nervous about just having a meal?”

“I… I… I’m just worried about talking to Uncle later; I don’t know what to say.”

“Don’t worry,” Su Lin reassured her, “My dad won’t have much time to talk, you’ve been at the company for a few days now, have you seen him around much?”

Hearing this, Xia Shiyu felt considerably more relaxed; “You’re right, Su Lin. He must be too busy to talk to me today.”

Su Lin shook his head; Xia Shiyu always got extremely nervous whenever she met Su Zhenguo.

“We’re here, let’s go up first.”

“Okay~!!”

As they got out of the car and entered, they immediately saw Li Hongyang and Su Zhenguo talking. Su Zhenguo looked up at Su Lin and Xia Shiyu.

Xia Shiyu whispered, “Su Lin, didn’t you say Uncle would be too busy to have time?”

Su Lin spread his hands, “I didn’t expect we would run into them just as we came up. The banquet won’t start for a while, why don’t you go have some snacks first and come back when it starts?”

After hearing this, Xia Shiyu glanced at Su Lin and then said, “They’ve seen us already, what would it look like if I walked away now?”

“Heh… I called you early in the morning, why are you only coming now?”

Su Lin replied, “I got delayed dropping off Xiaowan and Xiaoyue at home, so we just decided to come after eating.”

Su Zhenguo nodded and then said, “You’re the deputy general manager; don’t run off once you’re here.”

“Okay…”

Seeing this, Su Zhenguo nodded satisfactorily. He then turned to Xia Shiyu with a gentle and friendly face, “Is this Xiaoyu? How have you been feeling at the company, any issues adjusting?”

Xia Shiyu, flattered, responded, “No… there’s nothing I haven’t been able to adapt to, everyone at the company is nice, and they treat me well.”

“And how about your work? Any difficulties?”

Xia Shiyu shook her head, “No, my job is quite easy, especially with Xiaowan there; it’s not tiring.”

“That’s good, that’s good,” Su Zhenguo smiled. “Su Lin is quite lazy; keep an eye on him for me. Don’t always indulge him. If there are any problems, you can tell me, and I’ll handle it.”

Xia Shiyu sweetly smiled, “Uncle, Su Lin treats me very well.”

“That’s good.” After speaking, Su Zhenguo glared at Su Lin, “Treat her well, otherwise, I won’t let you off. You rascal!!!”

Su Lin was unconcerned by Su Zhenguo’s warning, casually saying, “You should worry more about your company, Xiaoyu is well taken care of by me, she couldn’t be happier. If you don’t handle today well, don’t come to me for help if someone causes you trouble later.”

Su Zhenguo scoffed, “Ask for your help? When have I ever needed your help?”

“Don’t think that just because you have some martial prowess you can navigate society, you still have a lot to learn.”

Su Lin merely smirked, paying no heed to Su Zhenguo’s words. His philosophy had always been that only absolute strength could face any challenge without fear.

“Alright, alright, I still need to check the venue one more time, I won’t chat with you anymore, if there’s something, come find me in the conference room.”

Su Lin nodded; he was familiar with the venue as it hosted many large business meetings and banquets in Donghai. After they left, Xia Shiyu turned to Su Lin and said, “Su Lin, Uncle is really nice, why do you always have to argue with him?”

Su Lin responded speechlessly, “Xiaoyu, my dad is nice to you because you’re my girlfriend and he has always held love in high regard, believing in ‘a lifetime for two’. He thinks I owe you, so he cares about you.”

“You see how he treats me; he’s just short of pointing at my nose and scolding me.”

“Heh heh, I think Uncle values you a lot; otherwise, he wouldn’t entrust such an important department to you.”

Su Lin wanted to say, “Silly girl, all those are assets I brought in, calling me back now is just wanting me to work for him.”

But he didn’t say it; knowing Xia Shiyu’s curious nature, she would keep asking, and it would never end.

“Speaking of which, this is Ziyu’s property, she didn’t even come to check it out…”

“Sister Ziyu was just…”

Su Lin covered Xia Shiyu’s mouth; “What are you saying, keep your mouth shut there are so many people here.”

Xia Shiyu stuck out her tongue, realizing she had misspoken, and sheepishly said, “Heh heh… sorry.”

“From now on, such matters should only be discussed at home, don’t just say anything outside.”

“Mm mm, I’ll remember, Su Lin.”

Seeing this, Su Lin nodded satisfactorily. They didn’t stay long at the venue as they found it boring and soon found a room to rest for a while.

Returning to the venue, Su Lin saw that many people were already chatting inside. Most of these people were from out of town and had checked into the Four Seasons Hotel directly.

They were originally here for the banquet and had come down early in the afternoon, bored. Listening to their accents from different places, Su Lin analyzed quietly.

“Old Liu, I didn’t expect you to come too, I remember your family is in the seafood business, why are you attending the banquet?”

“Ah~! I came to look for sales channels, you don’t know how the seafood industry has tripled this year, most seafood has dropped in price, still can’t sell, many people came from inland this time, just right to probe them for new sales channels. Old Li, you’re in leather, why did you come too?”

“Heh heh… I heard that this time Su’s is really going big, planning a dust-free workshop, and want to see if there’s a chance to get antistatic wristbands, leather, etc.”

“Then you’ve got to make a big score this time.”

“Heh, I’m just following behind the Ma family, taking  sip of soup.”

“Heh heh…”

“…”

Listening to these people’s conversations, Su Lin frowned. This Yangcheng Ma family, he still remembered that arrogant Ma Junjie, who showed up with four girls, each taller than the last.

Typical internet celebrity faces, he didn’t know what kind of aesthetics this guy had, actually liking cone-shaped faces.

To know that there wasn’t even a term for internet celebrity faces in this era, perhaps that’s why he liked internet celebrity faces.

Just as he was thinking about all sorts of messy things, Su Lin heard Xia Shiyu’s slightly surprised voice, “Su Lin, Sister Ziyu is here.”