The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 1234: Chapter 470: Prelude to a Disaster_2

But these times are different from the past.

First, let’s talk about Ding Yi. After going through the ”talent show round,” Zhou Wang’s feelings for her are undoubtedly the most complicated.

Zhou Wang can no longer distinguish whether the events of the ”talent show round,” combined with the scenes he saw from the [Time Fragment], are just parallel worlds deduced by the system to fill reality’s gaps, or whether they actually happened but were forgotten by him...

In any case, Zhou Wang isn’t quite sure how he should face her or, more precisely, handle the relationship with her.

Xia Xiwei was originally okay, but because of the last impersonation, now in her family’s view, the two are indeed in a relationship, especially...

Zhou Wang, while in Magic City, received help from her second uncle, Wang Shang, more than once.

Speaking of this, Zhou Wang also somewhat regrets it, blaming himself for being too damn shameless. After getting a taste of the benefits, he also started calling him ”Second Uncle,” and now it rolls off the tongue so easily that it’s hard to change.

Moreover, Xia Xiwei is not a simple girl. Like Ding Yi, Zhou Wang often can’t figure out what she’s thinking. He can only feel her attitude subtly change after discovering some unknown secret connection between him and her father...

It’s obvious she’s busy, but she’s always messaging Zhou Wang. If she doesn’t get a timely response, she might even call or video chat from time to time.

Various acts of pouting, acting cute, and playful scolding often make Zhou Wang mistakenly feel like he’s really her ”secret” underground boyfriend...

The special thing about Ding Yi and Xia Xiwei is that they both come from powerful families, and Zhou Wang has some entanglements with their parents.

Before Zhou Wang can completely detach from worldly affairs, this is undoubtedly something he needs to handle with caution...

Zhou Wang’s charity banquet this time has gained significant momentum in certain circles, and naturally, Xia Xiwei and Ding Yi both want to participate. Zhou Wang really couldn’t find a reason to refuse them, so he had no choice but to agree, planning to ”play it by ear” and act according to the situation.

The two coincidentally chose to arrive at Magic City on the day of the banquet.

What favored Zhou Wang was that at least both of them landed at Pudong Airport, not one at Hongqiao and one at Pudong, which would have been awkward for Zhou Wang.

But the troublesome part was that the times of their arrivals were damn close, one at 2:30, and the other at 2:45, making it easy for Zhou Wang to mess up if he’s not careful.

As for the banquet, at least at the airport, the two women must not meet...

”Xiao Wang, drive a bit faster, it’s okay to slightly speed up as long as it’s safe.”

Sitting in the back seat of the business vehicle, Zhou Wang checked his Patek Philippe Sky Moon again. After urging Xiao Wang, he asked Han Rui, who was in the passenger seat.

”Old Han, how is it? Have you checked the real-time flight schedules?”

The sudden strong acceleration of the business vehicle made Han Rui instinctively grab onto the nearby handle. After calming himself, he quickly replied:

”Checked, Mr. Zhou. The two flights you mentioned have both arrived on time, with no delays.”

”Damn.”

Zhou Wang rubbed his temples.

...

At 2:17 pm, under the full display of Xiao Wang’s excellent driving skills, the Mercedes business vehicle arrived at Magic City Pudong International Airport.

Zhou Wang checked the time and calculated in his mind. Normally, for a flight landing at 2:30, with waiting and the time to get off a shuttle bus, passengers should exit the airport around 2:45.

But Ding Yi must be in a business class seat or higher, which would be faster than the average passenger, so she might exit the gate between 2:35 and 2:40.

Luckily, if well-arranged, Ding Yi and Xia Xiwei have a low chance of meeting.

”Xiao Wang, you and Gao Xing should drive the car to the parking lot and wait, but remember, your cars should be parked a bit apart, not in the same area, but also not too far from the elevator. After parking, take a photo of your parking spot and send it to me... Old Han, you come with me to pick up the person.”

Zhou Wang, who specially brought two cars, gave such instructions, then took out a bouquet of white roses from the back seat of the business vehicle, put on a pair of sunglasses, and headed into the airport with Han Rui.

Arriving near the VIP arrival lane, Zhou Wang stood among the crowd, waiting silently.

His plan was to first pick up Ding Yi, send her to the car, then excuse himself to take another car, and then return to pick up Xia Xiwei. This way, he would achieve the goal of picking them up and could arrive in the downtown area at around the same time as Ding Yi. Even if she has any suspicions, she surely won’t overthink it...

As for after arriving downtown, it’s simpler. After all, Zhou Wang is certainly ”very busy” today. Naturally, he has no time to spend with them in the afternoon, and they will surely understand him.

Therefore, as long as the pickup timing is managed well, the risk of screwing up should be very low.

With this in mind, Zhou Wang’s posture unconsciously relaxed, even humming a little tune.

I’m such a genius to have come up with a near-perfect solution in such a short time; who else can?

Even if the so-called master of douchebaggery were before me, they would have to...

”Zhou... Mr. Zhou?!”

Just as Zhou Wang was feeling smug, he suddenly heard a pleasantly surprised female voice.

This voice felt somewhat familiar to Zhou Wang, but he couldn’t immediately recall where he had heard it before.

When Zhou Wang turned his head, he saw an unexpected figure standing before him.

”Xu Lingyue?”

The girl standing next to Zhou Wang, pulling a suitcase, was about 1.7 meters tall, with a beautiful face and exquisite makeup.

With a hint of chestnut highlights in her long, cloud-like permed hair draped smoothly over one shoulder, perfectly blending youthfulness with urban fashion, she was the type to make people constantly turn back for another look in a crowd, precisely Xu Lingyue, Zhou Wang’s old classmate.

”Why are you...”

Zhou Wang, stunned, was about to instinctively ask her when his expression suddenly changed.

Because he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was no longer just an old classmate he had helped; she seemed to currently be working for him as well. As for her position...

She is Jiang Qingkui’s assistant!

After his somewhat dull brain began to function, Zhou Wang realized he had asked a very stupid question.

Why is she here?

Of course she has to be here today!

The Wang Foundation charity banquet is not something that only Zhou Wang values. There’s another person who possibly values it even more...

And that person is Jiang Qingkui, who will temporarily replace Zhou Wang and become the chair of the Wang Foundation until Xu Wenqian can independently take over.

Even though she is incredibly busy over in Guizhou, she couldn’t possibly be absent on the day the foundation publicly announced its event.

Zhou Wang, in all his calculations, had actually forgotten this, which was entirely his oversight—or rather, in both his and Jiang Qingkui’s minds, they never considered Jiang Qingkui’s arrival time in Magic City to be something that needed reporting or discussion...

The key point causing Zhou Wang’s facial expression to change drastically was that Ding Yi and Jiang Qingkui had already met and clearly didn’t get along well.

”Mr. Zhou, I really didn’t expect you...you would appear here. I get it now, this must be a special surprise you’ve prepared for Sister Qingkui, right?”

And at this time, after getting over the initial shock, Xu Lingyue glanced at the flowers in Zhou Wang’s hand, seemingly thinking she had guessed something, and smiled, ”Just on the plane, Sister Qingkui was complaining that you never care about her, and hardly ever take the initiative to call her. This time she should be really happy...”

”What’s there to be happy about?”

Zhou Wang was just about to ask where Jiang Qingkui was when he heard a familiar voice with a touch of pride.

Turning around with a stiff body, Zhou Wang saw the cold and beautiful woman wrapped in a long windbreaker with her hands in her pockets.

”Always playing these little tricks...”

Jiang Qingkui murmured, seemingly indifferent, but Zhou Wang clearly noticed the corners of her mouth slightly rising. Obviously, her inner feelings were far from as calm as she appeared.

Damn...

My dear Sister Qingkui, why did you also book a flight arriving at this time?

How could it be this coincidental?

If Zhou Wang didn’t know it was impossible, he would even suspect that the three of them had secretly agreed to this plan, intending to mess with him...

Zhou Wang admitted that at this moment, he truly began to panic a little.