The lawyer was an old man in his sixties. He knew the legal games very well. He said, "My client has given me power of attorney, so it is not necessary for him to be present here for the meetings. He has numerous businesses worldwide. Why would he attend a meeting for something as small as this?"

Yang Xinyu and others in the meeting could not say a word after this. They knew it was true. The meeting got adjourned soon.

Yang Xinyu left for the mall. He didn't want to keep Wu Lina waiting for him. As it was lunchtime, he had already reserved a table for them in the restaurant on the rooftop. He headed straight for the restaurant and called Wu Lina over there. As he was ordering the food, he noticed from the corner of his eye a woman sitting on the a table a little far from him. The woman turned to look at him and their gaze met. It was Ying Yue. He felt a sudden hatred towards her and thought about cancelling the reservation but Wu Lina had stepped in the restaurant by then. She waved at him and sauntered towards him.

Noticing his dark expressions, Wu Lina looked in the same direction as his, and saw Ying Yue. She was sitting with a man whom she didn't recognise. Ying Yue was looking different. She had cut her hair short and her long neck was looking alluring.

She coughed as she reached near Yang Xinyu. Yang Xinyu immediately noticed her and gave her a smile.

"Well, are you looking at your ex? She is looking pretty I must say."

Yang Xinyu sneered at her. "Do you want me to cancel the reservation?"

"Hehe. No, let's eat," said Wu Lina and started sipping her peach shake.

"What do have in mind for Yan Xiaojun?" asked Wu Lina.

"I don't know... you have to think about that. My job was to accompany you to buy the gift."

"But you were the one who wanted me to come with you!"

Yang Xinyu just shrugged.

Wu Lina didn't know anything regarding these kinds of things. She thought it would be better to carry gifts for Ivan rather than his parents.

The food was served soon and Wu Lina started nagging him to eat more. "You have become so thin," she would say and keep filling his bowl. Soon Yang Xinyu felt bloated and burped. Wu Lina glared at him and kicked him beneath the table.

"Baby I can't help it," he whined.

Just as she was about to say something, Ying Yue came over. "Oh hello you two! Where have you been?"

Yang Xinyu flared at her and said, "Ying Yue, please don't come over to talk to us. We don't have any interest in talking to you. Wu Lina out here is eating food and I don't want you to disturb her."

A man approached Ying Yue and asked her, "Who are they to talk so rudely to my darling?"

Yang Xinyu looked at her companion and was shocked to see that that person was no other than the ex-mayor of City H, Mr. Wan.

Mr. Wan looked at Yang Xinyu and snickered, "Look who do we have here! Yang Xinyu, son of the present mayor of City H."

Ying Yue crossed her arms as she looked at the two of them obviously enjoying the show.

"I have to say Mr. Yang Xinyu that your father did a very sneaky thing against me. But the fact that I am out of jail so quickly means I have too many connections. Watch out for me. I don't take rivalry easily," said Mr. Wan with a threatening voice.

Yang Xinyu laughed and said, "Do you think you can just come to my table and threaten me like that? Just go and look outside this restaurant. You will find a huge number of my security men waiting to take an order from me and toss you in the ocean. If you want to live, leave right now."

Mr. Wan knew about Yang Xinyu's power. He held Ying Yue's hand and went out from there saying, "You will regret this."