After Returning to the Country, the Female CEO Actually Gave Me a Daughter — Part 7

Back at the Sheng Tang Grand Hotel, Liu An knocked and entered. He said to Tang Chen, who was seated before his computer, "The general direction for the financing has been settled. The specific details are still being finalized. Once they're confirmed, I'll bring you the proposal."

Tang Chen looked at the computer screen and nodded without raising his head. "Mm, good work."

"Oh, right. The person in charge of investment promotion in Magic City contacted headquarters. They said they'd like to meet with you if you have time this weekend," Liu An said.

"This weekend?"

Tang Chen shook his head. "I'm not free this weekend. If they want to meet, make it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow at noon, twelve o'clock, in the restaurant downstairs. Is that all right?" Liu An tapped rapidly on his tablet.

"That works."

Tang Chen nodded.

"Then, Boss, I'll head down first. Get some rest early." Liu An put away his tablet and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Tang Chen suddenly called out to stop him.

"Is there anything else, Boss?" Liu An asked, puzzled.

Tang Chen pointed at the computer screen. "Help me get a few tickets."

Confused, Liu An walked over and saw that the screen displayed the official ticket-grabbing page for the Magic City Oceanarium...

His eyes nearly fell out of their sockets...

You could open ten aquariums with a single breath, and instead of sleeping at night, you were here trying to snag tickets?

This...

"O-okay!"

Liu An nodded in agreement.

At the same time, he became even more certain of one thing.

That was...

This little princess who had suddenly appeared had become Tang Chen's most precious treasure.

Tang Chen might not care if someone was negligent toward him.

But if anything went wrong where this little princess was concerned, they would absolutely be finished!

After leaving the room, he quietly sent Gao Fei a text message.

"Old Gao, you know about the little princess, right?"

"I do. Damn, when I heard the news, I nearly got so worked up that I drove straight into a river. What the hell is going on?" Gao Fei replied.

"Don't worry about what happened. Just remember—nothing can go wrong when it comes to the little princess. Otherwise, the consequences will definitely be severe!!!"

The next day.

Early in the morning, Tang Chen opened his eyes.

Years of self-discipline had given him a well-regulated body clock.

He took an unbranded suit from the wardrobe. Without a tie, and with the top button left undone, he looked exceptionally handsome while carrying an air of carefree unruliness.

When he arrived at the hotel buffet restaurant on the third floor, Tang Chen casually picked out some food.

He was not picky about meals. As long as it filled his stomach, that was enough.

After all, he had built himself up from nothing, step by step.

Of course, he called it casual.

But one could see that...

Everything Tang Chen took contained not even a trace of junk food...

"Who comes to eat a buffet this early in the morning? I think there's something wrong with you!"

"I'm seriously unlucky. Of my two best friends, one spends all day thinking God knows what, while the other doesn't consider it a proper meal unless she eats five pounds of food three times a day..."

Xu Nan looked at the slightly plump girl stuffing herself across from her, picked up a piece of dessert and put it into her mouth, then spoke helplessly.

"Hehe, eating produces dopamine that makes people happy!"

Li Tong chuckled, then looked at Xu Nan with envy. "You eat quite a lot every day too. How come you never gain weight? As expected of the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine!"

"Oh, screw you. I work out after eating. Have you ever exercised? You sleep right after eating—if you don't get fat, who will?" Xu Nan rolled her eyes irritably.

But that eye roll seemed to make her notice something. Her gaze stopped at a table not far behind her, her eyes gradually widening as her expression grew increasingly feverish.

Li Tong noticed the change in her expression and turned around in surprise.

There sat a handsome man in a casually worn suit.

And Xu Nan's gaze was fixed squarely on him.

"Nannan, are you... in heat?!"

Li Tong asked incredulously.

"I'm in heat, my ass!"

Xu Nan continued staring at the man without blinking and spat, "I'm looking at his clothes!"

"His clothes?"

Li Tong was baffled. She looked at the man again, but the more she looked, the more confused she became. Scratching her scalp, she said, "He looks great in that suit, and the material looks nice, but there doesn't seem to be anything special about it!"

"If you're going to make excuses for being in heat, at least come up with a better one!"

"Screw you!"

Xu Nan gave Li Tong a sharp knock on the head and explained, "If I'm not mistaken, that outfit was custom-made by Royal Wardrobe in Fog City!"

"Royal Wardrobe? What's that?" Li Tong asked, confused.

"Royal Wardrobe is a place that specializes in custom-making suits for Fog City's royal family," Xu Nan explained.

"You mean he's a prince from Fog City?! But he clearly looks Chinese. Did he have some kind of genetic mutation?"

"Mutation, my ass!"

Xu Nan raised her hand again, and Li Tong instinctively shrank her neck.

But this time, Xu Nan's knock did not land.

She explained, "Although Royal Wardrobe specializes in private custom tailoring for Fog City's royal family, it also makes suits for non-royals."

"And every non-royal who can get Royal Wardrobe to make them a suit is either rich or powerful..."

"So these clothes are also incredibly rare..."

"His physique and looks are both excellent. If I could get him to wear that outfit and help me shoot a few sets of photos for the magazine... our magazine's crisis would definitely be resolved! We might even become an international hit in one stroke!"

As she spoke.

Xu Nan could no longer wait and hurried toward the man's table.

"???"

He was handsome, and clearly either rich or powerful.

And after noticing all that, you only wanted him to take a few photos?

Li Tong stared at Xu Nan's retreating back, her head full of question marks.

Tang Chen had nearly finished eating and was preparing to leave.

"Hello, sir!"

At that moment, a woman walked over.

Tang Chen looked up at her and said without the slightest emotional fluctuation, "Sorry, I don't give out my contact information."

"..."

Two veins popped up on Xu Nan's forehead.

He actually mistook her for some lovestruck fangirl trying to hit on him for his contact information?!

She felt deeply insulted.

However...

After all, she needed something from him. She still took a deep breath, forced out a smile, and said, "Sir, I'm not here to ask for your contact information."

"I just wanted to ask whether your outfit was made by Royal Wardrobe?"

Tang Chen raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. "You can tell?"

"It's because of my profession. I study these things often... Aside from Royal Wardrobe, nowhere else in the world has this kind of fabric and pattern."

Xu Nan smiled proudly, but then realized that he was the one wearing the clothes while she merely recognized them. What the hell was she proud about? She quickly wiped the smile from her face and got to the point. "I'm the editor-in-chief of Star Frost Fashion Magazine. Sorry to disturb you, but I'd like to invite you to do a magazine photo shoot. Would you be interested?"