Chapter 243: Chapter 141: Are You Rewarding Us, or Are You Rewarding Yourself?

Li Jinshu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Just get us each a bowl of instant noodles. That’ll be fine."

"You think I’m an idiot?"

Xu Yun shot her a look. "You found me this easily, so there must be a mole in my camp. Yu Xuan probably knew about this all along, right?"

"Hehe..."

Li Jinshu said awkwardly, "Don’t get mad at her. We were the ones who made her do it. If you’re going to yell at someone, yell at us."

"I’ll yell at all of you together when I get back."

Xu Yun couldn’t help but laugh. "I can’t even imagine what my mom will think when she sees me walk in with a flock of beautiful women."

"What’s there to be afraid of!"

Liang Yan came over and teased flirtatiously, "Just tell her we’re all your future daughters-in-law. I guarantee she’ll be ecstatic."

Xu Yun was speechless.

Li Jinshu chimed in, "Yes, yes, we’re all her daughters-in-law! Hahaha."

Xu Yun glared. "Are you looking for another spanking?"

Li Jinshu’s eyes went wide.

Startled, Li Jinshu immediately ducked behind Su Mu.

Xu Yun then glanced at the quiet and well-behaved Ning Qian. "I can let it slide with them, but you didn’t even give me a heads-up. Aren’t you afraid I’ll fire you?"

Ning Qian stood her ground, silent, the very picture of someone who knew she was in the wrong.

In this situation, silence was golden.

"Alright, alright, you’re here now."

Xu Yun said with a smile, "Come on, let’s head up together."

"Wait a second."

Song Xiaowei said, "We still have to get our gifts."

The hotel owner, Wei Lai, who was standing off to the side, was completely dumbfounded as he listened to their conversation.

He watched them go upstairs, his heart filled with envy.

’People always said he was a winner in life, but now, looking at this? Bullshit!’

’He had a bit of money, sure, but all he had was a menopausal wife who was ferocious every single day.’

’She was always picking fights and "abusing" him.’

’Then look at President Xu... now that’s a real winner in life!’

Xu Yun led the group into the elevator and went straight to a large private dining room on the third floor.

To create a festive atmosphere, three tables had been set up inside.

Thanks to Yu Xuan and Zhang Sujuan’s arrangements, the seating for two of the tables had already been sorted out.

The families of his two maternal uncles filled up nearly one whole table.

Other relatives and friends took up another.

The food hadn’t been served yet, so everyone was just chatting among themselves.

His eldest maternal aunt said to her son, Zhang Lei, "You should spend more time with your cousin from now on and get on his good side. He’s really hit the big time. He’s rich now."

"Huh?"

Zhang Lei asked, confused, "How did he get rich?"

"Your father and I only just found out today. He’s made tens of millions in business with some people."

His aunt said with envy, "Did you see that white Bentley downstairs when you came in?"

"You mean that Bentley?"

"Yes, the Bentley! It’s his. I heard he spent over three million on it!" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

His aunt added in a low voice, "And the watch he’s wearing... I heard that cost over three million, too."

Zhang Lei couldn’t help but laugh. "Did he tell you that himself?"

"His secretary told us."

His aunt pointed to Yu Xuan, who was standing not far away. "See? That woman over there."

"She’s probably just an actress he hired. It’s all fake. He’s just fooling you."

Zhang Lei whispered disdainfully, "I ran into him at the supermarket this morning. I saw that car you’re talking about, too.

When he saw he couldn’t fool me, he admitted that he rented it. He even asked me not to tell anyone and to keep his secret."

"What? It’s all fake?"

"Yep. All of it."

Zhang Lei said, "Tonight, he’s just putting up a front to impress everyone."

The aunt was speechless.

She believed her own son over Xu Yun.

’So after all that, it was all fake!’

The aunt was starting to get angry.

’Sigh, kids these days... to think they’d even lie to their elders!’

’And for all I know, Zhang Sujuan was in on it, helping him fool us all!’

She had an impulse to tell Xu Yun’s younger maternal aunt right away, but on second thought, she decided against it.

She decided to let the couple enjoy their little fantasy.

Meanwhile, after seeing that all the guests had been seated, Zhang Sujuan noticed there was still one empty table.

She asked Yu Xuan, "Xiaoyu, was there a mistake? Did we book one table too many?"

"Not at all, Auntie. We have one more table of guests arriving shortly."

"Another table?"

Zhang Sujuan glanced at the relatives and friends she had invited. "But they’re all here."

"They’re President Xu’s friends from Jiangcheng."

As soon as Yu Xuan finished speaking, the door to the private dining room swung open.

Xu Yun walked in, followed by an entourage of five women.

The sight made the entire room fall instantly silent.

All eyes instinctively turned toward them.

Zhang Sujuan was also a bit stunned by the sudden appearance of five beautiful women.

Yu Xuan stepped to the side and explained with a smile, "Auntie, these are President Xu’s friends."

Zhang Sujuan was speechless.

Xu Yun led them over to his mother. "This is my mom," he said.

"Mom, these are my friends from Jiangcheng."

"Hello, Auntie!" they all chimed in unison with smiles.

Zhang Sujuan smiled. "Hello, everyone. Please, sit down, sit down. Don’t just stand there."

"Auntie, happy birthday."

Su Mu handed an exquisite box to Zhang Sujuan. "This is a little something I got for you. I hope you like it."

"Mom, this is Su Mu. She used to be my supervisor at my old company. She’s from a wealthy family and really looked out for me."

"Miss Su, just coming is enough! You didn’t have to bring a gift."

"Auntie, I couldn’t possibly show up to a birthday party empty-handed."

Su Mu added with a laugh, "Besides, if I came empty-handed, I was worried Xu Yun wouldn’t let me have any dinner."

Her words caused a wave of embarrassment to wash over the other guests nearby.

After all, they had all come empty-handed.

For Su Mu to say that was tantamount to a slap in the face.