Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

I don't know if it's prejudice or reality.

Anyway, Su Qing felt...

There's a certain smell about Brother Dong...

Even though he's wearing light cologne.

But Su Qing could still smell it.

Hearing Zhou Yuwen introducing her, Su Qing snapped back to reality and greeted Liu Dongqiang.

And Liu Dongqiang just smiled at Su Qing and said, "Alright, from now on, you and Tian should look out for each other."

Liu Dongqiang spoke in this kind of tone, but Su Qing felt it was a bit too parental. However, she didn't say anything, after all, everyone has their own choices.

Liu Dongqiang asked Zhou Yuwen if he drove.

Why not ride with me, and we'll grab a bite together?

"Alright."

So a few of them got into a seven-seater commercial vehicle; Su Qing originally wanted to sit with Zhou Yuwen, but Liu Dongqiang kept holding Zhou Yuwen's hand as if they had endless things to say.

Left with no choice, Su Qing sat at the back with Zhang Tianze.

During the process of getting in the car, Zhang Tianze joked with Liu Dongqiang, saying that Liu Dongqiang only had eyes for Zhou Yuwen.

"Am I extra here?" Zhang Tianze asked playfully.

Liu Dongqiang couldn't help but smile helplessly at this and said in that semi-Su Bei-accented Mandarin of his, how could that be extra?

"I came all this way just to see you."

Zhang Tianze huffed, "Yeah right."

"If I hadn't mentioned that Zhou Yuwen was here, would you have come?"

Liu Dongqiang could only smile silently at that, turning his head to tell Zhou Yuwen not to laugh.

Zhou Yuwen simply pretended he didn't see anything.

Liu Dongqiang took Zhou Yuwen and the others to a private estate; it's hard to believe, but on America's soil, there was a splendidly luxurious new Chinese architectural building.

The main gate was constructed like the gates of some communities back home, adapting to the terrain, with ornamental projections on high roof ridges.

The commercial vehicle entered the courtyard through the side gate; by this time, it was already dark, and as a few of them got out of the car, a woman in a red cheongsam came up to greet them proactively, and her cheongsam had a slit running up to the thigh.

She came over and greeted Liu Dongqiang.

Liu Dongqiang nodded slightly and told her to let the kitchen prepare.

The woman nodded and left.

After explaining everything with the restaurant manager, Liu Dongqiang turned back to host Zhou Yuwen, apologizing for making Zhou Yuwen sit in the car for so long.

"Actually, having something simple would have been fine, but I thought since it's rare for you to come, you might regret not having a meal here."

Zhou Yuwen could tell this place was something special as soon as he got out of the car and saw its architecture. The whole structure seemed like a royal quadrangle courtyard, with Jiangnan water-town gardens inside.

Everywhere you look, there are little towers every five steps and a pavilion every ten steps.

Then, there were very few guests in this courtyard, but all the waitstaff had Eastern faces, and each was over 170cm, with snake-like waists, wearing high heels and slit cheongsams, swaying like a willow in the breeze as they walked.

In such a place, it's not just Zhou Yuwen who might guess it was hard even for Liu Dongqiang to open a place like this. You could tell the owner had some background, and if not for Liu Dongqiang, Zhou Yuwen probably wouldn't have found it.

And indeed, as Zhou Yuwen thought.

This was a private club, and as for who owned it, Liu Dongqiang sold it as a mystery, chuckling and saying he couldn't say.

"But, brother, you should be able to guess."

Liu Dongqiang said with a laugh.

Zhou Yuwen, not wanting to feign understanding, just chuckled along with him. It's obvious that someone official was behind opening such a place, but that had nothing to do with Zhou Yuwen.

Having a proper meal was good enough.

Liu Dongqiang led Zhou Yuwen and the group into the front hall, and then a cheongsam-clad waitress guided them to the private room. The new Chinese decor added a modern twist compared to the old rooms; the private room had a high ceiling, approximately 60 to 70 square meters, with designated areas for socializing and card playing, as well as a large round dining table.

Behind the large round table, there was a wall of a fish tank.

The tank was home to a variety of fish.

Among them was a fish that wasn't very large but extremely fierce, with a hammer-shaped head.

This fish caught Su Qing's attention, and no wonder, coming here felt like entering an aquarium.

Liu Dongqiang explained over there, telling Su Qing that this fish was a shark.

"A shark?"

A restaurant keeps sharks?

Su Qing was a bit confused, she asked Liu Dongqiang why this shark was so small?

Liu Dongqiang smiled and said it was because the shark was still young.

"Here's the thing, this hotel keeps each shark in the tank for only fifteen days; after fifteen days, they swap it out for another one."

"Then," Su Qing frowned a bit upon hearing this, just about to say something.

But Liu Dongqiang guessed what she wanted to ask and directly laughed, saying, "The previous one was directly released back into the ocean."

"Oh," Su Qing felt a bit more at ease knowing they didn't kill the fish.

And Zhou Yuwen, hearing this, chuckled lightly and said, "Then this shark, after swimming all over the sea, would never see such a bustling place again."

Liu Dongqiang laughed at this, having grown naturally familiar through the chat on the way, saying, "You always have a way with jokes."

Zhou Yuwen laughed along.

Four people sat at the large round table in total.

The extra tableware was promptly cleared by cheongsam beauties.

This restaurant charged by the head, approximately 300,000 per customer.

Of course, Liu Dongqiang wouldn't mention this to Zhou Yuwen, and Zhou Yuwen didn't ask.

Anyway, this restaurant was much better than back when Shen Ya.

Bringing Zhou Yuwen here did manage to impress Zhou Yuwen and his spouse.

No matter what, Zhou Yuwen is a novelist; he's read about grand scenes in novels, so he can at least put on a show.

But Su Qing couldn't quite hide her reactions.

Of course, Liu Dongqiang brought them here for this reaction.

He kept emphasizing that he just wanted to bring everyone here for a simple meal.

"Is there anyone you know in New York, Brother Zhou?" Liu Dongqiang asked.

Zhou Yuwen said there wasn't.

"Oh, the other day I met Brother Shen, and he mentioned you." Zhou Yuwen mentioned casually.

"Shen? Shen Ya?" Liu Dongqiang asked.

"Right."

Zhou Yuwen proactively introduced the topic, and Liu Dongqiang followed it, laughing, "How did you get to know Shen Ya? Did you know each other from before?"

"Not really, I was at the exchange a lot since coming to New York, and I knew Brother Shen by staking on Vipshop."

"Oh."

Liu Dongqiang nodded at first, and after a short silence, he asked Zhou Yuwen why he bought Vipshop.

How did he predict Vipshop would rise?

Zhou Yuwen chuckled at this and said, honestly, who could say they knew for sure.

"I can only say I got lucky; besides Vipshop, I also bought some Jingdong."

"Oh? You also bought Jingdong?" Liu Dongqiang was a bit pleased to hear that Zhou Yuwen bought Jingdong and asked Zhou Yuwen, "So, did you make a tidy profit?"

Zhou Yuwen said it was alright, about 30 points?

Liu Dongqiang nodded and told Zhou Yuwen to hold on to it.

Jingdong would undoubtedly rise more than thirty points.

To this, Zhou Yuwen just smiled, surely more than thirty points, only pity it lacked follow-through; in two years, it was just a dozen points of profit, and later on, because Brother Dong didn't hold himself back, it fell out of favor for a long time.

Seeing Zhou Yuwen smile silently, Liu Dongqiang asked, "Brother Zhou, do you have a different opinion?"

"No," Zhou Yuwen shook his head, saying currently stocks with e-commerce concepts were quite strong, and Jingdong was relatively good among them.

Liu Dongqiang nodded, saying, "Your evaluation is still relatively fair, brother."

"There are so many people back home saying you're a 'literary star descended to earth,' a 'little stock god of Wall Street,' and judging by today's meeting, they are right." Liu Dongqiang looked quite satisfied.

"Back home? Who are these people?" Zhou Yuwen asked curiously.

Liu Dongqiang smiled faintly at that: "Don't you know? Your reputation is quite substantial now."