Shek Chi-yik put his watch on his wrist. "It's nothing, I just feel that we don't need to see that young man named Song Tianyao anymore."
"Why?" Mrs. Bess straightened up. "If you don't want to go, we can cancel."
"No, there's no reason I have to refuse. It's just a feeling I have. After all, that young man is hard to guess what he's thinking. It would be difficult for an ordinary person to talk to him. This kind of person... feels like the senior who interviewed me when I was invited to Anse Society student club in London. If you can understand the hidden meaning in his words, it means he thinks you are qualified to be his friend, his club member, or a smart person who is valued by him. If I still had the same free time as I did in college, I wouldn't mind chatting with such a young man, but right now I'm not in the mood to care about what he's thinking." Shek Chi-yik turned around, facing his back to the mirror so his wife could smooth out a slight pressure mark on his back, and said.
Compared to her husband's ambivalent attitude towards Song Tianyao, Mrs. Bess had a much better impression of him. Without this young man's help, she would not be Philanthropist or a hydrological scientist; she would still just be an indigenous woman from St Kilda, Australia, in the mouths of those London- born officials' wives.
She recently returned to London and was hired as a senior researcher at the London Hydrological Science Research Institute. Before returning to London, she became a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong because of her report on Hong Kong's water resources. When she attended a charity dinner at the Anglican Church Cathedral in London, the jealousy and envy in the eyes of the officials' wives at the banquet were almost impossible to hide. They still had to rely on their husbands' or fathers' status to get invitations, and the names on the invitations had to be the husbands' names or titles first. But Mrs. Bess could attend such dinners alone without Shek Chi-yik's accompaniment. Moreover, the invitations would not have a name like "wife of the Director of the Britain Hong Kong Colonial Government's Overseas Colonial Department Industrial and Commercial Administration Office," which was awkward, unpleasant to pronounce, and would only make people feel that she was of low status. The Anglican Church in London used a short title to conclude her status in London: Beth Mason, a devout believer in God, a hydrological scientist, and Philanthropist.
"My dear, I think that young man is very outstanding. He gave Miss Angie one of the three founders of Oxfam, simply because with such a position, Miss Angie could return to London openly and legitimately. In this respect, I think he is somewhat similar to you when you were young, possessing the same gentlemanly demeanor." Mrs. Bess personally took Shi Shek Chi-yik's suit jacket and said with a smile.
Shek Chi-yik put on his suit jacket, looked at his wife with her hands outstretched, and gave her an exaggeratedly shocked expression. "Similar to me? Similar to me when I was young? Beth, darling, do you know what you're saying?"
"No, I still can't compare to you. You are the most handsome and gentlemanly man I have ever met in my life." Mrs. Bess stepped forward, kissed her husband naturally, and said with a smile.
"I have to admit this guy really appeals to my wife. Let's go meet him and see what he has to say to us, and whether he can surprise us like he did when we first met him," Shek Chi-yik said as he gently embraced his wife and walked towards the door.
But deep down, he had no expectations for tonight's meeting.
When the two arrived at the restaurant on Tai Ping Shan Peak Restaurant, Song Tianyao was already standing outside the restaurant, dressed neatly and elegantly, waiting for their arrival. Upon seeing them, he politely greeted them.
After Song Tianyao personally accompanied Shek Chi-yik and Mrs. Bess into the restaurant and took their seats, Song Tianyao beckoned to a waiter, who brought over an exquisite gift box and placed it on the table. Song Tianyao then said to Mrs. Bess:
"I recently went to the United States and only returned this morning. I brought back some United States souvenirs as small gifts for Mrs. Bess. Thank you for taking care of Angie Perlis during your time in London. I called her, and she asked me to express my gratitude once again for your invitation to accompany you to the Anglican Church charity dinner in London."
"Thank you." Mrs. Bess glanced at her husband, smiled politely at Song Tianyao, and then opened the gift box in front of him. Inside was a set of exquisitely patterned sterling silver tea set. "Very beautiful designs."
"The elegant sterling silver tea set produced by Tiffany., specifically for afternoon tea, is very popular among upper-class women in the United States. I've heard that many United States female celebrities use this tea set for afternoon tea. I saw in the United States newspapers that even the current First Lady of the United States has her maid line up to buy a set. It's quite a coincidence that the First Lady of the United States is also named Bess," Song Tianyao said to Mrs. Bess.
Dealing with the Britain is different from dealing with the China person. If the China person, Song Tianyao might have to use some humble words to express that the small gift is not worth much. But with the Britain, if you say that Foreign Devil small gift is not worth much, they will take it seriously. You have to tell them directly what makes your gift valuable so that they can brag about it to their friends.
"I really like it, thank you, Song," Mrs. Bess said to Song Tianyao. "When I last returned to London, I met Miss Angie. She is now completing her final internship at Clifford Chance London. Juliana Abbey, the chief legal counsel of the Times London a devout Anglican Church, offered to be her mentor after learning about Miss Angie's charitable work in Hong Kong." Mrs. Bess told Song Tianyao about Angie Perez's situation in London.
Song Tianyao had no worries about Angie Pellès, the Foreign Girl lawyer. Even though she was temporarily stuck in Hong Kong, it was only a short-term predicament. Compared to Chu Xiaoxin, Yan Hung, and Golden-Tooth Lei, only Foreign Girl Pellès had truly accompanied Song Tianyao from a nobody who worried about being abandoned and dying on the street to a small businessman who could now steadily leverage his connections to achieve a modest position. She witnessed Song Tianyao's rise and was deeply involved in it. In a sense, Angie Pellès' help to Song Tianyao throughout the whole affair was no less than Chu Xiaoxin's. Therefore, Song Tianyao felt it was essential to give her a gentle push, allowing this Britain woman who had helped him to have the opportunity to enter one of London's top five law firms and study under a top Britain solicitor for a period of time. He believed in gratitude.