Chapter 1527: Chapter 1528: Waiting until the stomach cramps

Xiao Chen looked down and saw a familiar figure.

It was Liu Yuan.

Beside Liu Yuan was a guy in a suit, wearing black-rimmed glasses, exuding a sinister aura.

“What are they here for?”

Xiao Chen frowned slightly.

He directly called the front desk: “Is anyone looking for me?”

“Mr. Xiao, yes. It’s the famous Master Yuan and Master Hu from Stone City. But since you previously instructed us not to disturb your rest, we didn’t contact you.”

The front desk respectfully replied.

“Hmm, how long have they been here?”

Xiao Chen asked.

“They came early in the morning, but just went out to have breakfast. Seems like they have something urgent.”

The front desk said.

“Hmm, then let them wait.”

Xiao Chen chuckled: “My wife hasn’t woken up yet.”

“Understood.”

The front desk hung up the phone.

Xiao Chen’s lips curled into a meaningful smile.

Liu Yuan and Luo Shanhu definitely didn’t come up to the hall for no reason, although he didn’t know what was up, let them wait first.

Besides, he wasn’t lying, his wife indeed hadn’t gotten out of bed yet.

Downstairs, Luo Shanhu and Liu Yuan inquired at the front desk again.

“Sorry, Mr. Xiao said his wife hasn’t woken up yet and he’s preparing breakfast for her, so he’s not available at the moment. Please wait here.”

The front desk politely said.

“It’s already nine o’clock and still not up?”

Luo Shanhu frowned.

He deliberately appeared anxious to find Xiao Chen, just to show those Hades Association people. But being blocked outside was quite annoying.

They arrived at seven-thirty, waited for over an hour, and were starving, so they went to have breakfast, thinking it was about time.

Unexpectedly, the person hadn’t come down yet.

“Boss Luo, that guy is definitely doing it on purpose.”

Liu Yuan looked at Luo Shanhu and said.

“Purposely or not, let’s wait.”

Luo Shanhu said, feeling uncomfortable inside, but he had no choice but to wait. Even if it was an act, they had to perform it thoroughly, or else they’d be exposed.

“Won’t that guy suspect something?”

Liu Yuan asked worriedly.

“Impossible! I haven’t told anyone about it, not even Zhang Jincai. How could he know?

Let’s not scare ourselves. Perform the show well and let those Hades Association men deal with them. It’s none of our business then.”

Luo Shanhu shook his head.

“True.”

Liu Yuan said.

Luo Shanhu continued: “Remember, later we must act humble and low, try to show we really want to acquire Jing Mountain Quarry.

It’s okay to be humble, even if kneeling is necessary. The point is creating an illusion that we tried hard but failed.

This way, the Hades Association won’t blame us, and the Luo Family in Yancheng City won’t criticize us.”

“Though true, there’s still some discomfort inside.”

Liu Yuan said.

“To achieve great things, one must ignore small matters.”

Luo Shanhu said, “Han Xin could even crawl under someone’s crotch for success, what’s a little kneeling to us?”

“Alright then.”

They began to wait.

An hour later, Jiang Meng finally woke up and started brushing her teeth and washing.

Xiao Chen was busy in the little kitchen.

Food at the hotel naturally didn’t compare to his own cooking.

After all, with plans to start a family with Jiang Meng, food pairing needed attention.

If possible, he always cooked personally.

If he didn’t have the time, he’d let Ren Jing, the all-rounder bodyguard, do it.

By the time the meal was ready, forty minutes had passed.

“Honey, it’s time to eat.”

Jiang Meng emerged from the room, already dressed in formal attire.

Besides handling quarry matters in Stone City, she was also engaged in other projects.

Having purchased a large amount of land from the authorities, she was involved in hospital, school, and infrastructure development.

The authorities even provided thirty percent funding, although Xinmeng Group was not short of money, it was necessary to accept.

After all, some were municipal projects that would be hard to manage without official involvement.

This was like giving the authorities an opportunity, otherwise, they’d have to bear the entire cost.

“Eat well, work is endless, health is what’s important, not to mention, didn’t you promise to give me a baby?”

Xiao Chen laughed.

“Do you prefer a boy or a girl?”

Jiang Meng sat down, her face brimming with joy, and asked smilingly.

“Either is fine. If it’s a boy, I’ll raise him to be as good as me. If it’s a girl, she’ll be as excellent as you.”

Xiao Chen replied.

“Then we should have one of each.”

Jiang Meng said.

“Ha, wouldn’t that be too hard on you, honey? One’s enough, and after all, having a boy or girl isn’t something we can control.”

Xiao Chen chuckled.

“But that’s what I like.”

Jiang Meng smiled: “I also admire a household full of grandchildren.”

“Silly girl, you think raising kids is easy? Anyway, let’s stop talking about this, let’s eat.”

Xiao Chen looked at Jiang Meng, showing an indulgent expression.

This meal was filled with laughter, lasting an hour.

Breakfast turned into lunch.

But downstairs those two had it tough, since breakfast was just a casual bite, they were now starving.

“Why don’t we go out for lunch?”

Liu Yuan rubbed his stomach, feeling he was about to get low blood sugar.

“What if we miss it?”

Luo Shanhu frowned: “You need to understand, the Hades Association must be watching us now. If we don’t appear enthusiastic enough, they’ll definitely blame us.

Bear with it.”

After another half-hour, Luo Shanhu couldn’t wait any longer and stood up for lunch.

Just then the front desk smiled: “Mr. Xiao said to let you two go up.”

The two looked at each other, cursing inwardly, this timing was truly calculated to be vexing.

“Let’s go.”

Luo Shanhu tightened his belt a bit, looked at Liu Yuan: “If we leave now, all our efforts would’ve been for nothing.

Remember, we’re showcasing ourselves to the Hades Association now, absolutely no revealing flaws, the more desperate and pitiable, the better.”

“Alright.”

Liu Yuan swallowed the bottled water, thinking if they couldn’t eat, they could at least drink enough.

He was quite aware of how terrifying the Hades Association was.

If their actions revealed even a tiny flaw, and got noticed by the Hades Association, those people wouldn’t be reasonable with them.

The next day their corpses might be found in a sewer.

They even suspected the downfall of the top northern Aristocratic Clan was related to the Hades Association.

Upstairs, in the presidential suite.

Xiao Chen was eating fruits.

Jiang Meng was flipping through work files.

The two were obviously free, yet deliberately stalling time, almost driving Luo Shanhu and Liu Yuan insane, wanting to strangle Xiao Chen.

“Mr. Xiao, Chairman Jiang, this is Boss Luo Shanhu.”

Liu Yuan, seeing the two, dared not sit down, promptly introduced Luo Shanhu beside him.