Chapter 107 Xia Anruo: Dad, can you perform again what you just said?
New Year's Eve.

Xia Anruo finally finished all her work and drove back home.

On New Year's Eve, in the Xia family's big villa, in addition to Xia Anruo's family of three, there were also several brothers and sisters from her father's side.

Xia Anruo's father, Xia Jianjun, has a younger sister and a younger brother, who are Xia Anruo's second uncle and aunt. Every New Year's Eve, the three families will get together without any prior arrangement. This has been a habit of the Xia family for many years.

After all, the New Year’s Eve dinner is more lively when there are more people eating.

In the restaurant.

The nanny brought the dishes to the table one after another, and soon a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was served.

At the dining table, Xia Jianjun sat at the first seat, with Xia Anruo's mother Wang Yandan on his right, followed by his second uncle Xia Guoqiang, his second aunt Zhou Ping, and his aunt Xia Yuqin.

Xia Anruo sat on the left, and sitting with her was her second uncle's son, Xia Hao, who was also Xia Anruo's cousin.

Several families ate New Year's Eve dinner together and chatted, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"Hey, is this girl Ruoruo getting busier and busier now? I didn't see her twice last year." After chatting for a while, Second Aunt Zhou Ping suddenly turned the topic to Xia Anruo.

"That's what being a star is like. You can't take care of your family." Xia Anruo's mother Wang Yandan smiled.

"Speaking of which, Ruoruo was very famous last year. You may not know that I could often hear the songs sung by our Ruoruo while I was walking on the street." Zhou Ping said.

"You know what, several of my friends really like the new song that Ruoruo released not long ago. What's its name..." Second Uncle Xia Guoqiang also took a sip of red wine and interrupted.

"The original dream." Wang Yandan reminded.

"Yes, yes, that's the song. I've heard it and it's very nice." Xia Guoqiang praised.

"Really?" Wang Yandan was extremely happy to hear her daughter being praised. She said to Xia Anruo, "Did Ruoruo hear that? Your second uncle also praised your song for being nice."

"Thank you, second uncle." Xia Anruo said with a smile.

As soon as I finished speaking, suddenly...

"What's nice to hear?"

Xia Jianjun, who was sitting in the first position, put down his bowl and snorted.

"Humph, what's so good about a crappy song?"

Xia Jianjun had a serious expression on his face. Having held a high position for many years, his intimidating aura instantly made the atmosphere at the table a little heavy.

He glanced at Xia Anruo and said with a straight face, "No matter how famous you are now, you will be out of fashion in two years. You might as well help me share some of the company's affairs instead of getting involved in the entertainment industry."

Xia Anruo curled her lips when she heard that and lowered her head to eat the food.

It started again.

Anyway, Xia Jianjun doesn't like it whenever her singing is mentioned.

However, it was New Year's Day, and Xia Anruo didn't want to argue with Xia Jianjun, so she just lowered her head and ate in silence.

When Wang Yandan heard what her husband said, she looked at her daughter again. Her protective nature made her unable to help but ask, "Why is it not nice? Aren't you listening very enthusiastically?"

"How could I be listening with great interest?" Xia Jianjun denied with a straight face.

"Then what were you secretly listening to with headphones when I went to your office before?" Wang Yandan didn't care about Xia Jianjun's pretense and went straight to the point of exposing him.

"Cough cough..."

After hearing what Wang Yandan said, Xia Jianjun's originally serious expression almost couldn't be maintained. He quickly coughed a few times to signal his wife to stop talking nonsense.

"Why are you coughing? I'm asking you a question!" Wang Yandan ignored him.

"I, I just wanted to hear how unpleasant it was." Seeing this, Xia Jianjun had no choice but to argue with a stern face.

"Then how many times have you listened to it?" Wang Yandan continued to make trouble.

"..."

Xia Jianjun couldn't pretend anymore: "Hey, if I don't listen to this song a few more times, how can I know if it's bad or not? Hurry up and eat your food. There's so much food but you still can't stop eating. It's really..."

Seeing that the woman was still trying to make trouble, Xia Jianjun quickly stuffed a chicken leg into his wife's mouth to make her shut up. His original aura of authority collapsed in an instant.

Everyone looked at Xia Jianjun and his wife arguing with each other and couldn't help laughing.

Especially when Xia Anruo saw her father's arrogant look after his mother exposed him, she was so angry that her stomach hurt. But she was afraid that if she laughed out loud, Xia Jianjun would get angry and vent his anger on her, so she could only cover her mouth tightly to prevent laughing out loud.
So happy.

Dad, can you act out what you just said again?
Humph, what’s so good about a crappy song?

Yes, yes, this is it!

Hahahahaha!
"What Big Brother said makes sense...Puchi!"

Second uncle Xia Guoqiang originally wanted to save face for Xia Jianjun, but he couldn't help laughing as soon as the words came out of his mouth.

Sorry, he is not a professional.

Xia Guoqiang's mistake immediately made everyone at the table lose their composure, and they all laughed so hard that they fell backwards.

When Xia Jianjun saw that everyone was making fun of him, he thought to himself, what should he do?

Where will I put my face as the chairman of Xia Group in the future?
He quickly turned his eyes and said to Xia Guoqiang: "What are you laughing at? Is it funny?"

"Nothing, I just thought of something funny." There was no sign of the smile on Xia Guoqiang's face fading.

Xia Jianjun's eyes twitched when he saw this, and then he said calmly: "Then I just happened to think of something. Recently, our company's branch in Africa is still short of a manager. Guoqiang, how is your English?"

"..."

Xia Guoqiang couldn't laugh anymore.

Well, if you laugh again you will be exiled to Africa.

He quickly straightened his face and said to Xia Anruo, "Your father is right, Ruoruo, just be a star for a few years to satisfy your craving. When your father retires, such a big company will be handed over to you sooner or later."

"Uncle, you can do whatever you want next, right?" Xia Anruo said with an indifferent attitude.

"What you said is true. Your father has retired and I am almost done with it." Xia Guoqiang rolled his eyes at her.

"And my brother." Xia Anruo pointed at her cousin Xia Hao next to her.

"Ah I?"

Xia Hao was suddenly called out and showed a frantic expression.

Come on, what’s the point of managing a company?
It’s better to be a spendthrift rich second generation.

"Do you think your brother is cut out for it? He can't even manage a small department, let alone a company." Xia Guoqiang expressed his disappointment when he talked about his son.

He just hangs out outside every day. We finally arranged for him to be a small leader in the department, but he ends up being a hands-off boss. His subordinates can't find him at all when they want to find him for something. He is really terrible.

If we let him manage the company, it will probably turn into a large-scale variety show: Where is the chairman?
"You're talking about me as that kind of person." Xia Anruo curled her lips.

"Then you are different. You are the eldest brother's daughter, but your brother is not." Xia Guoqiang said.

No matter how good the relationship is, his nephew is not his biological son, so Xia Jianjun will eventually have to hand over his company to his daughter to manage.

"It's okay if Ruoruo doesn't want to take over. When you get married, you'll have a son-in-law, and he can take over." Zhou Ping also interrupted at this time.

"Oh yeah, come to think of it, how old is Ruoruo this year? She'll be 24 after the Chinese New Year, so she's almost that age." Xia Guoqiang also realized it.

"Hey, sister-in-law, I know a lot of young talents. Would you like me to introduce them to Ruoruo when the time comes?" Zhou Ping became enthusiastic when she mentioned this.

"No need, I can find it myself." Xia Anruo quickly stopped him when he heard it.

"What's wrong? Aren't you still worried about what Second Aunt is looking for?" Zhou Ping looked over.

"That's not what I meant..." Xia Anruo shook her head.

"So you already have someone you like?"

Xia Anruo hesitated for a moment when she heard this.

Zhou Ping's eyes lit up when she saw this, wondering if this was really an unexpected gain?
She immediately started gossiping: "Who is it? Could it be some male celebrity?"

Wang Yandan raised her eyebrows after hearing this: "Ruoruo, don't tell me that you have a crush on some young and handsome male star in the entertainment industry. I tell you, these male stars are the most unreliable. They cheat on you every few days. One gets divorced today, and the other cheats on you tomorrow..."

"Stop, stop, stop. What's going on? I just said I looked for it myself. I didn't say I found it." Xia Anruo quickly interrupted her mother's muttering.

How come the New Year’s Eve dinner suddenly turned into a scene for urging marriage?

(End of this chapter)