In the evening of the next day, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong arrived at a secret private kitchen to meet Chu Yinlong’s eldest sister.
Xiang Yunru was over thirty, but she was still extremely beautiful, exuding the charm of a mature woman. Probably because of her favorable living environment since childhood, she also had a noble atmosphere, and her aura was overwhelming.
Seeing Jiang Dao, Xiang Yunru looked at him for a moment, then nodded with a satisfied smile: “You have a good figure, and will look good on the runway.”
Chu Yinlong habitually said, “Isn’t it better to find a professional model?”
Xiang Yunru replied neatly: “I looked around, and didn’t find any I liked. Instead I fell in love with your Xiao Dao. Why, do you think he is not beautiful enough? Or that he’s not as good as a professional model?”
Chu Yinlong snorted, not willing to step into this death trap.
Xiang Yunru picked up a teacup and took a sip, and then released bait unhurriedly: “My brand is planning to debut in the fashion circle. In the first batch of advertisements and photos, I want to have two people. Now I officially invite you and Jiang Dao to participate, do you agree?”
Chu Yinlong immediately reached out to her: “It’s a pleasure to cooperate.”
Xiang Yunru smiled and shook hands with him.
In just a few words, a business cooperation was settled.
Then the conversation turned elsewhere.
“I heard about the Qin family’s affairs.” Xiang Yunru said. “It’s rare that you would actually ask them to help you out. I finally have a sense of accomplishment as a sister.”
She looked at Jiang Dao again, and nodded in appreciation: “It’s no wonder that you are so protective of him. He’s beautiful, if you didn’t start early, I might’ve-“
“Cough!” Chu Yinlong coughed in warning. “Aren’t you being urged to marry after returning to China?”
Xiang Yunru was silent.
For a moment, she smiled and turned to Jiang Dao. “Hey, I have a picture of him when he was young. Do you want to see it?”
Chu Yinlong held down the phone that Xiang Yunru was about to pick up, and quickly apologized: “Sister, I was wrong!”
He had never called Xiang Yuancheng “Dad”, but this “sister”, who had steamrolled him since childhood, was called out very smoothly..
It was rare to see Chu Yinlong like this, which made Jiang Dao curious. “What photo? I want to see!”
Chu Yinlong frowned and feigned anger: “What’s so good about it! I’m right here, why look at some photo…”
Jiang Dao wasn’t afraid of him, so he simply got up and sat beside Xiang Yunru, and called out sweetly, “Sister, show me?”
In the next second, Xiang Yunru’s cell phone was snatched by Chu Yinlong.
Then the situation changed again. Jiang Dao jumped up extremely nimbly, grabbed Chu Yinlong’s arm, trying to snatch the phone from him.
The private room is not large, restricting their movements. Although Jiang Dao can’t beat Chu Yinlong in strength and physical fitness, he was more dexterous. In the end, he successfully grabbed the mobile phone and handed it back to Xiang Yunru with a smile.
Xiang Yunru praised: “It’s good to be able to fight with him to this extent. Not bad, I recognize you, this brother.”
After speaking, she selected a photo from her phone and showed it to Jiang Dao.
Seeing the figure on the screen clearly, Jiang Dao was stunned.
Immediately, he laughed loudly. Leaning against Chu Yinlong’s arms, he couldn’t stop laughing for a long time.
Chu Yinlong pinched Jiang Dao’s butt with a dark face.
“Ah!” Jiang Dao exclaimed, but continued laughing. “You wore skirts when you were young? Who put lipstick on you?”
“Who else could it be except her!” Depressed, Chu Yinlong was upset that he couldn’t do anything. Who told him to ask his sister about being urged to marry – he shot himself in the foot.
Xiang Yunru called up a few more photos to show to Jiang Dao proudly. “I liked to dress up dolls since I was a kid, and when my dad remarried and Aunt Lu came to my house with such a beautiful younger brother, I couldn’t help treating him like a doll… These were my most precious clothes back then. The fact I was willing to let him wear them, it’s obvious that I really liked it!”
After speaking, she clicked her tongue. “It’s a pity. After puberty, he suddenly grew up. You don’t know how much fun I’ve lost…”
Chu Yinlong raised his head and sighed heavily towards the sky.
He knew that it would be bad for Xiang Yunru and Jiang Dao to meet.
Jiang Dao finished looking through the dark history of Chu Yinlong as a child, and said with a smile: “It’s okay, sister. Aren’t you making men’s clothing now? You can still play with him as a doll.”
Smiling, Xiang Yunru gave Jiang Dao a big thumbs up.
After the nonsense was over, the three sat at the table and ate peacefully.
Xiang Yunru asked again: “Speaking of which, the circle still doesn’t know about your relationship with the Xiang family, right?”
“En, no one knows.” Chu Yinlong nodded.
His identity as the stepson of the financial tycoon Xiang Yuancheng has been kept under wraps from even those seniors who’ve had a good relationship with him since he was young. Back then, Chu Yinlong was brought into the circle by his aunt Lu Zhengrong, so everyone only thought his background was Longqi Entertainment.
As for who Chu Yinlong’s parents are, neither Lu Zhengrong nor Chu Yinlong have mentioned it. Those who want to find out more have tried their best but never succeeded, and stopped caring after a long time.
In aristocratic circles, many people know Xiang Yuancheng’s wife is surnamed Lu, but very few people know that Lu Xiaorong is Chu Yinlong’s mother. The select few who know are close friends of Xiang Yuancheng. Knowing that they don’t want to make it public, this news has never been broken.
Until now, not even the public relations department of Longqi Entertainment has any information on the relationship between Chu Yinlong and the Xiang family.
“It’s good that no one knows,” Xiang Yunru said. “This way we don’t have to worry so much when we start with the Qin family. Otherwise it will involve you and Jiang Dao, and things will get chaotic. I really admire Lu Zhengrong for hiding Auntie Lu’s information early on, saving us a lot of trouble over the years.”
Xiang Yunru has never called Chu Yinlong’s mother “mom” – this was the tacit agreement in this family of two families.
“By the way, I heard that you brought Zhang Wenyu to visit Mr. Zhang Heng’s crew, and she fell in love with a little model?” Chu Yinlong’s face was a little strange. “How did you know that she would definitely fall in love with Liu Yueran?”
Speaking of this, Xiang Yunru immediately revealed an innocent look.
She spread her hands and said: “I didn’t expect her to like him. I used an excuse of choosing models for my own brand, and took some pictures as an experiment. Who knew that Zhang Wenyu fell in love with him at a glance? I can only say that the relationship between the Zhang family and the Qin family is not over yet.”
It turns out that this matter was really deliberately planned?
Jiang Dao couldn’t help smiling: “Digging such a hole, I suddenly feel a little sympathetic to Liu Yueran.”
In reality, he didn’t feel much towards him. He has seen a lot of unreasonable things, strong eating the weak, and can’t raise the slightest sympathy for people he doesn’t know well. Moreover, Liu Yueran is not a good person. He used his own means to climb up a wealthy family, and it’s not wrong for him to be affected by the struggles of these wealthy families.
But Chu Yinlong took Jiang Dao’s casual words seriously.
He frowned slightly and asked Xiang Yunru, “Can Liu Yueran’s safety be guaranteed? Don’t push Qin Xiao too quickly, and take him out.”
“Don’t worry, that kid is scheming.” Xiang Yunru chuckled. “If he didn’t have the means to hang people, with Zhang Wenyu’s aggressive personality, she wouldn’t have chased him for so long… Hey, speaking of this, I think it’s a bit strange. Does the little model have some hatred towards Qin Xiao?”
“Ah?” Chu Yinlong was surprised. “Hatred?”
“When I was chatting with Zhang Wenyu, I heard her mention some things. It feels like he’s taking the initiative to fan the flames.” Xiang Yunru rubbed her chin trying to explain her intuition. “It’s as if he wants to use Zhang Wenyu’s hand to deal with Qin Xiao, but doesn’t dare too much, so he keeps her hanging…”
This touched on the blind spot in Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong’s knowledge.
Chu Yinlong didn’t know that Liu Yueran had a jade pendant, while Jiang Dao didn’t know that Liu Yueran cherished the jade pendant very much, but Qin Xiao smashed it with his own hands, and refused to admit his mistake.
It is even more impossible for the two of them to think that Chen Si, Qin Jiangshan’s secretary, would secretly push Liu Yueran on the road of gradual blackening.
After the meal was over, Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao added the photoshoot to their itineraries in early March.
Just after sending Jiang Dao back to the apartment, Chu Yinlong received a call from the military person he contacted earlier, who said that they could adopt a retired military dog.
“What?” Jiang Dao was shocked when he heard that he could adopt a military dog. “Didn’t you say that military dogs aren’t adopted out? No, why did you think of adopting a military dog?”
“You like small animals so much, and can’t sleep well when I’m not by yourself, so I want to adopt one to accompany you when I’m not around.” Chu Yinlong said with a smile. “It just so happened that the troops over there planned to record a military propaganda series this summer, and they promised to let me adopt a retired military dog if I participate in the show for free.”
Jiang Dao looked at Chu Yinlong and didn’t speak for a while.
Chu Yinlong smiled and leaned forward: “Huh, are you stupid? Are you happy or unhappy?”
The next second, Jiang Dao stretched out his hands and pushed Chu Yinlong into the sofa, resting his hands on the back of the sofa, condescendingly, and kissed him Chu Yinlong’s lips.
“Of course I’m happy.” He raised his legs and straddled him, whispering with a smile, “In return, I’ll make you happy too.”
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Xiang Yunru’s newly established men’s clothing brand “Zhujun” in Yan City focuses on light luxury that combines Chinese and Western styles, including Western-style formal wear, casual clothing, bags, and leather shoes.
The commercials that Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong will be shooting cover nearly all items to-be launched by the brand, so the shooting schedule is quite full.
Two days before shooting, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong came to Xiang Yunru’s studio as scheduled to prepare for any adjustments.
Yes, they get a doggo later in this LN
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