Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group Chapter 1485 1459: Rivals in Love Meet

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Previously on Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group...
Zhou Tao plots to expose Ye Chen at a banquet. Meanwhile, Xie Yingying asks Ye Chen to attend, and he reluctantly agrees, delaying his plans with Su Wanyi. Ye Chen confronts Su Wanyi about his absence the previous night, explaining he was rescuing kidnapped juniors. Su Wanyi, though understanding, remains jealous and refuses Ye Chen's offer to meet the junior.

"Wife, you're the one who said you didn't want to go, not me stopping you," Ye Chen said, looking at Su Wanyi.

"Ye Chen, are you planning to go out tonight?" Su Wanyi retorted.

"Yes, I have to attend a poetry gathering tonight," Ye Chen replied honestly.

"I didn't know you could write poetry," Su Wanyi said, half-believing.

Ye Chen rolled his eyes at her, "There are many things you don't know about. Are you interested?"

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Su Wanyi decided to take a look; after all, she had nothing else to do tonight.

She also wanted to check out this junior Ye Chen mentioned.

"Sure, I'll go. Who's afraid of who? Do you need to warn your little lover in advance?" Su Wanyi said with a smile.

"No need for that," Ye Chen waved his hand.

Ye Chen had nothing to worry about. As the saying goes, the clean are clean and the impure are impure.

Moreover, he didn't have anything going on with Xie Yingying, so why fear letting Su Wanyi meet her?

"Wife, are you done with work? How about we have dinner first and then go together? It's been a while since we had dinner together," Ye Chen said, pouting.

"Give me a moment, I'll be ready soon," Su Wanyi said.

She really couldn't handle Ye Chen; this guy pouts better than a girl does, and she couldn't resist.

After waiting a bit longer, Su Wanyi shut down her computer and stood up from her seat.

"Let's go, let's eat," she said.

Ye Chen stood up with a smile, "Wife, is there anything you particularly want to eat?"

"How about we have Western food? That would be romantic," Ye Chen suggested when he saw Su Wanyi didn't respond.

"Why Western food? It's not a special occasion, and you need to book such places in advance," Su Wanyi objected.

Ye Chen knew she made a good point; ordinary Western restaurants wouldn't catch her eye.

However, high-end ones don't require reservations.

Suddenly, Su Wanyi said, "How about we have some snacks? It'll save time."

"Alright, let's head to the snack street then." Ye Chen grabbed Su Wanyi's hand and led her out of the company.

They got in the car and headed to the snack street.

Because the street was so crowded, driving in was impossible.

With no other option, Ye Chen parked nearby and led Su Wanyi over.

The place wasn't too crowded yet, but it would be packed later in the evening.

They bought some skewers and walked into a newly opened snail noodle shop.

Su Wanyi had heard from colleagues that this new snail noodle shop was good, so she brought Ye Chen along.

As soon as they entered, Ye Chen was overwhelmed by the smell and stepped out.

"Wife, let's go somewhere else. I can't stand the smell," Ye Chen said, frowning.

"I'll go to another shop to eat if you want, but I really want this," Su Wanyi shook her head.

With no choice, Ye Chen had to go along for her sake.

"Alright, let's eat this then." Ye Chen put on a resigned face.

Su Wanyi found it amusing as she'd never seen Ye Chen like this.

Eating snail noodles was truly a challenge for Ye Chen.

Before, Su Wanyi might have agreed to Ye Chen's suggestion.

But since Ye Chen annoyed her, Su Wanyi decided to give him a little grief.

Finally, they finished their snail noodles.

Ye Chen left the shop, taking big breaths of fresh air, while Su Wanyi laughed beside him.

"Honey, are you full?" Su Wanyi asked with concern.

"Yes, I'm full," Ye Chen nodded.

Ye Chen couldn't believe what smelled bad tasted so good, and he had eaten the entire bowl.

"Since you're full, let's go so your little girlfriend doesn't have to wait," Su Wanyi teased.

Even though Xie Yingying wasn't Ye Chen's girlfriend, he didn't argue with Su Wanyi.

Ye Chen knew that arguing would lead nowhere.

"Okay, let me check the address," Ye Chen said as he checked the Weixun message Xie Yingying sent him.

Su Wanyi peeked over, wanting to see their conversation.

If there were anything, Ye Chen wouldn't check in front of her.

Seeing Ye Chen wasn't hiding anything, Su Wanyi gradually believed he wasn't lying.

In the Crown Pearl Hotel lobby, Xie Yingying kept looking outside as if waiting for someone.

This was where the literary social event was being held.

The banquet hall was filled with good food and writing supplies for creating works.

The event was scheduled to start at seven.

Xie Yingying checked the time; it was already 6:40, and Ye Chen hadn't shown up yet.

The guests in the banquet hall were mostly all present, so it wouldn't look good if Ye Chen were late.

"Brother Ye Chen, are you almost here?" Xie Yingying called and asked.

"I'm already at the entrance, coming in now," Ye Chen replied and ended the call.

He parked the car and went in with Su Wanyi.

Seeing Ye Chen arrive, Xie Yingying was thrilled.

But when she saw a woman with him, Xie Yingying asked, "Brother Ye Chen, who is this?"

"Yingying, let me introduce you. This is my fiancée Su Wanyi. You can call her Sister Wan Yi," Ye Chen smiled.

Su Wanyi didn't ask Xie Yingying's name, simply saying, "Yingying, hello."

"Sister Wan Yi, nice to meet you," Xie Yingying smiled.

"Brother Ye Chen, are you bringing Sister Wan Yi in? I only have two invitations," Xie Yingying said with a troubled look.

"Yingying, you misunderstood. I just wanted Ye Chen to bring me to meet you. You guys enjoy, I'm leaving," Su Wanyi said, not giving Xie Yingying a chance to speak, and turned away.

Ye Chen quickly grabbed Su Wanyi's hand, asking, "Wanyi, it's late. How will you get home? Want to wait for me outside, and we can go together later?"

"No need, honey. I'll get a cab. Let's be in touch," Su Wanyi waved her hand.

Xie Yingying watched, feeling a wave of jealousy seeing them so sweet.

She hadn't expected Ye Chen to have a fiancée already, and was glad she hadn't confessed her feelings, which would have been truly awkward.

"What are you thinking? Let's go in," Ye Chen turned to the spacing-out Xie Yingying.