The moment the parrot rushed over, Bai Youxin and Su Shunci froze there, not daring to move.

Lin Wuchen was horrified and immediately stepped forward. He stretched out his hand and pulled Su Shunci aside, then raised his hand and knocked the parrot to the ground.

"Are you okay? Are you scared?" Lin Wuchen pulled Su Shunci and looked at him for several times.

Su Shunci shook her head and took two steps back. "I'm fine. Thank you, third cousin."

Bai Youxin, who was standing aside at this moment, clearly saw the look in Lin Wuchen's eyes. It was not just worry, but also an indescribable pity.

She could even sense that Lin Wuchen had forgotten that she was still around.

Her scrutinizing gaze moved between the two of them. At this moment, she was like an outsider observing with cold eyes, clearly feeling their passionate yet restrained emotions.

Bai Youxin was not angry, but she also felt a fighting spirit rising in her heart. Just like every time her business was coveted by others, she would find a way to take it back.

She is a businessman who only judges success or failure by the results, and does not care about the process.

So it doesn’t matter who this person belonged to before, what matters is that he will belong to her in the end.

At this time, the servant of the Shen family also reacted and knelt down to apologize, "Master, please forgive me. I was careless."

Lin Wuchen also came to his senses and motioned the servant to get up, without blaming him.

Then he turned to look at Bai Youxin, "Miss Bai, are you okay?"

Bai Youxin's expression remained unchanged, "Thank you for your concern, Third Young Master. I'm fine."

Afterwards, Lin Wuchen sent Bai Youxin and Su Shunci to the carriage before turning around to see Su Qingyu.

A few days later, Su Shunci suddenly received an invitation from Xue Yuan, the young master of the Xue family, inviting her to a banquet at Ruyi Tower.

Like the Lin family, the Xue family also started out as a grain business, and now they are involved in many industries. Su Shunci bought some of the jewelry she needed for the previous batch of sea transportation from the Xue family.

Of course, Xue Yuan didn't just entertain Su Shunci, he also invited Lin Wuchen, Bai Youxin, and the sons of several other merchants.

Su Shunci would not refuse such a banquet, because in addition to obtaining some useful information, he could also close some deals at the banquet.

If she wants to gain a foothold in the capital, she must deal with these people.

At noon that day, Su Shunci dressed neatly and went to Ruyi Tower in a carriage.

When she arrived, Xue Yuan was already welcoming guests at the door of Ruyi Tower.

When he saw her getting off the car, he walked up to her and greeted her politely, "Boss Su, long time no see."

In fact, the last time Xue Yuan saw Su Shunci was more than a year ago. At that time, Su Shunci was with Lin Wuchen, and those who didn't know her would think she was someone else's child.

But in just over a year, the fourth young lady of the Su family had managed to make Huajinge's business very successful and was also able to take charge of the shipping business.

Last year, he even bought jewelry worth three hundred thousand taels of silver from Xue's family. I heard that at the end of the year, the overseas goods were shipped back, and he made a lot of money.

As businessmen, they also respect the strong.

Therefore, Xue Yuan not only did not look down on Su Shunci, but also lowered his attitude.

Su Shunci bowed and said, "Hello, Master Xue, you are still as charming as ever."

In fact, what she said were all polite words. Although she had met Xue Yuan before, she didn't take him seriously at the time and had long forgotten what he looked like.

While speaking, she also looked at Xue Yuan twice.

He was about twenty years old, dressed in a cloud satin brocade, with handsome features and a pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes, which looked like flowing water when he looked at people, unable to hide his romantic demeanor.

After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, Xue Yuan instructed the maid standing behind him, "Bing'er, take Boss Su in. Don't neglect the distinguished guest."

Su Shunci had already noticed that there were two maids standing behind him, and she was a little surprised.

Xue Yuan saw through Su Shunci's thoughts and explained, "Boss Su, don't misunderstand me. I don't usually take maids with me. It's just that you and Bai Shaodong are here today, and I'm afraid I can't entertain you well, so I borrowed two people from my mother."

Su Shunci smiled and said, "Xue Shaodong is very thoughtful. To be honest, I thought..."

Before Su Shunci finished speaking, Xue Yuan took over the conversation, "Do you think I found a girl to drink and have fun? Boss Su really misunderstood."

The two chatted and laughed, and became more familiar with each other.

Then Xue Yuan's maid Bing'er brought Su Shunci into Ruyi Tower.

Just as Su Shunci entered, another carriage stopped in front of Ruyi Tower. Lin Wuchen, the third young master of the Lin family, got off the carriage.

"Brother Lin, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time." Xue Yuan was familiar with Lin Wuchen and walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

Lin Wuchen looked past Xue Yuan, but didn't even see the shadow of Su Shunci.

Only then did he retract his gaze and greet Xue Yuan.

In addition to Lin Wuchen, Su Shunci, and Bai Youxin, Xue Yuan also invited three young masters from the Liu, Xu, and Wang families to today's banquet.

These three businesses were considered to be the most important in the capital, and they all had business dealings with the Xue family, so Xue Yuan invited them all.

Soon, everyone arrived and Xue Yuan asked them to sit down.

Lin Wuchen was sitting on Xue Yuan's left, and below Lin Wuchen were Bai Youxin and Su Shunci. Su Shunci's target was the young master of the Liu family.

After everyone sat down, Bai Youxin approached Lin Wuchen and said, "Come to think of it, the last time we had dinner together was in Yunzhou Prefecture. I've been in the capital for more than half a month, and you haven't treated me to a meal yet."

Lin Wuchen smiled apologetically and said, "I've been too busy these days, sorry."

Bai Youxin could tell the perfunctory and evasive tone in his words, but she didn't care at all. Instead, she smiled brightly.

From Su Shunci's perspective, she felt that the two were a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman.

The Lin family and the Bai family did not tell anyone about this, so except Su Shunci, no one present knew that the Lin family and the Bai family were going to get married.

When Xue Yuan saw Bai Youxin and Lin Wuchen talking close to each other, he didn't think much about it and just thought they were discussing business matters.

Then he said jokingly: "What are you two talking about? If you want to do good business, you should think about us brothers."

Lin Wuchen turned his head and sat up straight, "Brother, you are joking. We are still counting on your support."

Then, everyone started to clink glasses and talk about business.

Su Shunci and Bai Youxin both drank tea instead of wine, so naturally the others had no objections.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone started talking about shipping. Su Shunci didn't say much, but every word she said hit the point.

Xue Yuan had heard before that Su Shunci and Lin Wuchen were no longer partners, but had started a shipping business independently. At the time, he thought Su Shunci's decision was hasty, and that with Lin Wuchen around, much less trouble could be saved.

But after hearing what Su Shunci said today, Xue Yuan's opinion of her completely changed.

Bai Youxin did not miss the admiration for Su Shunci in Xue Yuan's eyes, and she came up with an idea in her mind while chatting and laughing.

When the banquet was over, Bai Youxin used the excuse that she had business to discuss with Xue Yuan and did not leave with everyone else.

Although Xue Yuan was surprised, he still ordered someone to rearrange the single room and serve tea.

"Bai Shaodong said he has business to discuss with me. What is it?"

Bai Youxin took a sip of tea and said meaningfully, "Of course it's a business that is sure to make money."

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