Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Encountering Strange People

Xia Chuyi smiled slightly and calmly said to Xiao Zhen, “Things went pretty smoothly.”

“Ah?” Xiao Zhen exclaimed in surprise. “You’ve already got Mr. Guan to come out of retirement? That was too easy!”

“Didn’t our previous investigations reveal that Mr. Guan wasn’t easy to talk to?”

Xia Chuyi smiled again and said, “Mr. Guan’s temper isn’t as difficult as you all think.”

After hearing her response, Xiao Zhen fell silent for a moment before asking, “Then, what do you plan to do next, sister-in-law?”

“You’re not planning to return to Capital City soon, are you?”

His voice was a bit tense.

If his Commander used the term “sister-in-law” to lure Huo Commander here, and then Huo Commander arrived only to find Xia Chuyi absent…

Then, in this competition, those subordinates like him would end up suffering terribly alongside their own Commander.

Xiao Zhen thought Xia Chuyi was quite nice, so he bravely suggested, “Sister-in-law, how about you stay a few more days and see what happens when Huo Commander arrives?”

Seeing him like this, Xia Chuyi immediately felt reassured and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t leave so soon.”

“Mr. Guan has agreed to take me as his apprentice, starting tomorrow. I will come here to study under him,” Xia Chuyi explained.

“Ah?” Xiao Zhen’s surprised tone didn’t lessen. “Weren’t you here to ask Mr. Guan to help manage your store? Why have you suddenly decided to become his apprentice? You’re still studying in Beijing, how can you apprentice under him?”

“Is Mr. Guan making it difficult for you?”

“If that’s really the case… maybe you should let our Commander help before Huo Commander arrives?”

Xiao Zhen was genuinely concerned.

Xia Chuyi shook her head and said, “No need, I have a plan.”

When they arrived at the hostel, Xiao Zhen, having duties to attend to, left first.

“Sister-in-law, I’ll come pick you up tomorrow morning!” Xiao Zhen waved his hand as he spoke.

“Okay, thank you!” She didn’t really want to trouble Xiao Zhen, but she knew that if she didn’t agree, Guo Jiacheng would definitely give Xiao Zhen a hard time.

Moreover, Xiao Zhen might worry that she had some issues with him.

Watching the car drive away, Xia Chu shook her head and turned to enter the hostel.

“Why do we have to live here?” Xia Chuyi suddenly heard a string of English. She looked up and saw a man and a woman in Western suits talking at the front desk.

(Why do we have to stay here?) The woman, clearly complaining, spoke in English.

In this era, those who could afford such Western suits were definitely not ordinary people.

The key point was, this woman was speaking in English.

Apparently, they were likely from overseas.

Sure enough, the man also responded in English, “The situation here is just like this now. Those of us who come from overseas, they don’t trust us.”

Xia Chuyi slightly raised her eyebrows, thinking: So they really are returnees.

“Annoying country!” The woman angrily continued in English.

Hearing this, Xia Chuyi frowned.

“Keep your voice down!” the man hastily told the woman, looking around nervously, “This is country Z!”

The woman, discontent with the man’s comment, huffed, “So what? They don’t understand English anyway!”

Then, rolling her eyes, the woman walked past Xia Chuyi, casually glancing at her and said, “People of Z country! How can you understand noble English?”

After that, she even turned back, giving the man a triumphant look.