But not anymore...

They could bet as much as they wanted. The main thing was to have fun.

The younger aunt said, "Sujuan is happy since it’s her birthday today. Let’s raise the stakes a bit and play for 50. Three-fan limit."

"Sure, I have no problem with that."

The elder aunt agreed, "Sujuan, what about you?"

The two aunts probably saw that Chen Xin was still a rookie and wanted to take the opportunity to win a little more.

"I don’t mind either."

Zhang Sujuan looked at Chen Xin and asked, "Will 50 be too high? Why don’t we lower it a bit? Let’s stick to 20?"

"It’s okay, Auntie. 50 is fine." Chen Xin glanced at Xu Yun sitting beside her, not feeling intimidated in the slightest.

"Alright then."

And so, the mahjong game officially began.

Zhang Sujuan was a veteran player with excellent skills. Seeing that Chen Xin didn’t know how to play well and seemed like a novice, she deliberately fed her tiles, allowing her to ’pong’.

For a beginner, the fewer tiles in hand and the simpler the hand, the better.

Soon, with her mother Zhang Sujuan intentionally going easy on her and under Xu Yun’s guidance, Chen Xin luckily got a pure-one-suit hand.

With a final self-drawn tile, she won from all three players, instantly raking in 1,200 yuan.

The two aunts felt a bit pained by the loss.

After watching for a few rounds, Xu Yun stepped away to let Chen Xin play on her own.

He, in turn, went over to chat with his two uncles.

When he heard his younger uncle say that the county government was planning to bring in another large supermarket, Xu Yun’s interest was piqued.

He wasn’t interested in making money, but he wanted to find something for his mom to do.

’After Mom’s birthday, I’ll find someone to look into it. I’ll try to secure this project and let Mom be a supermarket owner.’

’Otherwise, with me away from her for long periods, she’ll be bored all alone at home.’

Meanwhile, after driving on the highway for over four hours, Su Mu and the others finally arrived at the National Guest Hotel where Yu Xuan was staying.

As arranged by Yu Xuan, the five of them parked the car at the hotel entrance and checked in.

They got three rooms in total.

Liang Yan had one to herself, Su Mu and Li Jinshu shared one, and Ning Qian and Song Xiaowei shared another.

"President Su."

Yu Xuan smiled. "It’s still early, so you can rest in the hotel for a bit."

"I’ll send you the address for dinner later. Just make sure to arrive before 6 o’clock."

"I might have to go take care of a few things right now."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

After settling in Su Mu and the others, Yu Xuan checked the time and started heading to Xu Yun’s house.

Looking at the address Xu Yun had sent her, she entered an old residential complex and began climbing the stairs in her high heels.

There wasn’t even an elevator.

To be honest, before she came, Yu Xuan never would have imagined that ’Auntie’ lived in a place like this.

After all, given the capabilities Xu Yun had displayed, his family background couldn’t possibly be like this.

’As a member of a wealthy family, he should at least own his own manor or a large villa,’ she thought.

’But this environment before me doesn’t match his status at all!’

Full of doubt, Yu Xuan arrived at an old apartment door and reached out to knock gently a few times.

"Who is it?"

Zhang Sujuan heard the knock just as she won the hand, so she got up to open the door.

Seeing an elegant and beautiful woman she didn’t recognize, she asked, puzzled, "Who are you looking for?"

Yu Xuan looked at Zhang Sujuan, not knowing who she was. She smiled politely and asked, "Excuse me, is this the home of Xu Yun, President Xu?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Yes, it is."

Zhang Sujuan replied, "He’s my son."

"Hello, Auntie."

Hearing this, Yu Xuan felt a sudden, inexplicable nervousness.

’So this is Auntie.’

She quickly smiled and explained, "I’m his secretary. My name is Yu Xuan. You can call me Xiaoyu."

"Come in, come on in." The moment Zhang Sujuan heard she was from her son’s company, she immediately pulled her inside.

As soon as she entered the room, she noticed Chen Xin was also there, seemingly playing mahjong with everyone.

’This is classic female lead treatment.’

Everyone else was also looking at Yu Xuan.

A professionally dressed, elegant, and refined-looking woman was hard not to notice.

Upon seeing Yu Xuan, Chen Xin greeted her happily, "Sister Yu, we meet again."

"Hello, Miss Chen."

Yu Xuan replied with a smile, "It’s a pleasure to see you again."

"Sujuan, who is this beauty?" the elder aunt asked curiously.

Zhang Sujuan answered, "She says she’s Xu Yun’s secretary. This is the first time I’ve met her, too."

’A secretary?’

The two aunts exchanged a look.

’Well, well, he even has a secretary now!’

’And such a beautiful one at that!’

Just then, Xu Yun also walked over.

"You’re here?"

"President Xu."

Seeing him, Yu Xuan said, "It’s about time. We should be heading over."

"Oh, alright."

Xu Yun handed her his car keys and said, "You drive my mom and the others over first. The rest of us will take a taxi."

"That won’t be necessary, President Xu. I’ve already called for two other cars. They’re waiting at the entrance."

Hearing this, Xu Yun was very pleased with Yu Xuan’s astuteness.

’There are many things I don’t even have to mention; she just knows what to do.’

"In that case, let’s all go together."

And so, the large group of them headed out the door.

As they walked through the residential complex, the neighbors who saw them curiously sized up Yu Xuan, who was walking at the very front.

’That girl is so pretty, and so elegant, too.’

Someone called out with a smile, "Sujuan, you have guests?"

"That’s right, we’re heading out to eat."

"Oh, Xu Yun is back, too."

"Hello, Aunt Zhang."

When the group arrived at the entrance of the complex, they discovered that the cars waiting to take them were all Mercedes-Benz E-Classes.

Yu Xuan had originally wanted to call for two better cars, but unfortunately, these were the best the rental company had.

"Being rich really makes a difference."