Chapter 29 - 29 1 029 The Smell of Alcohol Hits_1

Chapter 29: Chapter 1 029 The Smell of Alcohol Hits_1 Chapter 29: Chapter 1 029 The Smell of Alcohol Hits_1 Just as Lin Xiangwan was about to say ‘my son is also six years old’, a commotion arose outside the door.

Even before the person arrived, his voice echoed through the room. “Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin, as soon as I heard you were here, I rushed over!”

The secretary of the municipal party committee walked in with a broad smile on his face and arms stretched out.

Qin Muchuan reluctantly extended his hand for a shake. “What a coincidence, is Secretary Zhou also dining here?”

“Yes, yes, yes… we have a government function… the villa is also sponsoring our venue!” Secretary Zhou continued beaming.

“Oh…” Qin Muchuan responded indifferently. “Then you should go on with your schedule, Secretary Zhou!”

“I’m not busy, not busy, the event is over. Now, our city government is hosting out-of-town star entrepreneurs who’d come to invest in our city. Since Mr. Qin is here, why not join us! We had been inviting you before, but your secretary kept saying you were unavailable!”

Qin Muchuan seemed to vaguely remember that his secretary had indeed mentioned receiving an invitation from Jiangcheng City, which he had declined.

Damn, he hadn’t expected to run into the event itself.

If he hadn’t crossed paths with it, it wouldn’t have mattered, but now that he had, it would be awkward to outright refuse.

Qin Muchuan turned to Lin Xiangwan. “You don’t mind, do you?”

Lin Xiangwan instinctively declined. “Mr. Qin, how about we do this next time? You’re busy now, I should leave!”

“Why leave? Come with us!” Qin Muchuan’s hand naturally fell to her waist.

The city committee secretary immediately grabbed Lin Xiangwan’s arm and invited her enthusiastically. “Mr. Qin’s friend is naturally a VIP. How can she leave? Come with us!”

“No, there’s no need!” Lin Xiangwan quickly waved her hands in denial.

Qin Muchuan, his hand around her waist, gripped tighter, preventing her from refusing.

Lin Xiangwan didn’t dare say a word!

“Come, unless you want to walk back by yourself!” Qin Muchuan whispered in her ear.

The villa was genuinely in the mountains. How could he expect her to walk back? Good heavens, enough with the joking!

And so, under half politeness and half coercion from Qin Muchuan, Lin Xiangwan found herself in another private dining room!

When they arrived, the round table was full, but two important seats were specifically made available for Qin Muchuan and her.

Everyone greeted Qin Muchuan as soon as they saw him, who shook hands and greeted everyone back, with her following along.

The CEO of a certain company, with his Cantonese accent, casually asked. “Is this young lady Mr. Qin’s girlfriend?”

“Oh… no!” Lin Xiangwan immediately denied.

She was very anxious inside. After all, Mr. Qin was a married man with a child, and she didn’t want to be mistaken as his mistress.

Qin Muchuan laughed. “My friend here is the Guest Room Manager at Sheraton Hotel, a talent in management!”

“Oh…” The city committee secretary quickly said. “An attractive, high-level woman in management!”

“Not at all, there’s a huge gap between me and attractive women!” Lin Xiangwan was extremely unsettled sitting in her chair. This was the city committee secretary, who usually held himself aloof, now actively making casual conversation with her!

She was about to melt in fear!

The city committee secretary pivoted the conversation around Lin Xiangwan. “Of course, you’re attractive. How could you not be when sitting next to Mr. Qin!”

“Hehe…” Lin Xiangwan chuckled softly. “Then I must have Mr. Qin to thank for his reflected glory. I’ve never been considered attractive before!”

“Could it be that the people you met before didn’t have good eyes? How is it possible that no one praised such a beautiful woman?” Qin Muchuan turned his face to her, his gaze burning on her cheek.

“Hehe… Thank you, Mr. Qin!”

Under his gaze, Lin Xiangwan’s face started to heat up, and she didn’t even dare to take a breath!

She avoided his gaze, picked up her glass, and drank a sip of red wine!

The city committee secretary then turned to Qin Muchuan. “Mr. Qin, regarding the issue in Yufeng District…”

“Secretary Zhou, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about this. Let’s discuss it later. Right now, we should only focus on the drinks!” Qin Muchuan promptly cut him off.

“Good, good, good… let’s only drink… we won’t talk about anything else!”

Afterward, a group of entrepreneurs began chatting, drinks followed one after the other.

Lin Xiangwan sat there, hardly moving, just watching Qin Muchuan drink!

He had quite a good tolerance; after several rounds of white wine, his face remained unchanged. His speech was also very coherent and clear!

When it was Qin Muchuan’s turn to toast, he downed three glasses in a row, and then used an excuse to leave with Lin Xiangwan!

“I’m sorry that our drinking party tonight was interrupted!” Outside, Qin Muchuan apologized.

“Do you really feel sorry, Mr. Qin?” Lin Xiangwan boldly asked.

Qin Muchuan was startled. He had just been making polite conversation, and nobody had ever responded so bluntly before. “Of course!”

“Then Mr. Qin, could you suggest to your friend to give me a little more compensation, as your apology?” Lin Xiangwan cheekily suggested.

The colorful lights from the lakeside reflected in her eyes, making her look even more mischievous, more bright, and more exciting.

“Give you more!” Qin Muchuan stared at her beautiful eyes and couldn’t help but be lost for words.

Lin Xiangwan nodded continuously, like a pestle for grinding garlic. “Yeah, I see that all the owners of my floor’s rooms have agreed to relocate, the price must have been higher than what I was offered, otherwise, they wouldn’t move. The officer from the relocation office also suggested using my connections… Mr. Qin, I only know you, only you can help me, what do you think…”

Qin Muchuan furrowed his brows in difficulty. “My friend is very stingy. Giving you an additional 300,000 is already a lot!”

“Then try to get him to give me another 300,000? With 2.1 million, I’ll definitely move!” Lin Xiangwan held up three fingers. “If I move earlier, they can start construction earlier, and the bank will surely save a lot of interest, right?”

“If you move earlier, you can get the money earlier, then use that money to invest in stocks or the housing market and similarly make profits!”

“But there’s risk in that, what if I suffer losses?” Lin Xiangwan kept talking. “I’ve been unlucky since I was a child. As soon as I was born, my biological parents disappeared and left me to be raised by relatives. When I was ten years old, I was finally adopted by a family. Not long after, my adoptive parents also met with misfortune. That house was not easy for me to buy, I was even looking forward to its appreciation, but now the government wants to demolish it just like that, and the compensation they offered is so little, isn’t that like digging into my heart, drinking my blood?”

Her tone was nonchalant, but Qin Muchuan couldn’t help but start to admire Lin Xiangwan. An orphan, made it to where she is today, it’s not easy at all!

“I’ll discuss it with him again, try to put in a good word for you. For now, I’ll send you home!” He promptly finished speaking, and opened the passenger side door.

“Okay!” His promise to help was already half the success.

Lin Xiangwan happily got into the car!

Qin Muchuan settled himself in the driver’s seat.

A strong scent of alcohol hit her instantly–