This was destined to be a busy day. As soon as she got up, Xu Changqing began tidying up here and there around the house to welcome the upcoming guests.
The sun was blazing high in the sky. It was the peak of summer, the kind of weather where stepping outside meant instantly soaking your clothes in sweat. Just after nine in the morning, Xu Changqing had just changed into a white shirt and a pair of blue trousers.
First, her father's old classmates and alumni arrived with their wives. Then, as if they had all planned it, his old superiors and colleagues from work also showed up.
This time, Xu Changqing saw her father's rival, Xue Liwei, the son-in-law of the Yu Family. At forty-five, Xue Liwei was not yet a scrawny, skin-and-bones old man.
Xue Liwei, standing a little over five-foot-seven, could be considered vigorous and in his prime, even if he wasn't in the bloom of youth. Anyone who saw him would never guess he was already over forty-five.
That made sense.
