Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

Wu Mei's eyebrows furrowed slightly. Her once cheerful face turned icy cold in an instant. She turned her head to look coldly at the man speaking, a hint of anger in her voice, "Sir, don't you know that interrupting someone's conversation is very rude?"

"The beautiful lady, please forgive me, I couldn't resist your charm!"

The man spoke while holding a wine glass in one hand and adjusting his suit with the other, even smoothing his hair a few times. He struck a pose of a gentleman and said, "Beautiful and noble lady, it's fate that we can meet tonight in this vast crowd. I am Zhang Hongda, Chairman of the Hongda Group. I hope the lady will take pity and tell me your name!"

Eric looked at this Zhang Hongda, who seemed to be ignoring him, up and down. He was in his thirties, handsome, and dressed in a well-fitted and expensive suit. He seemed to belong to the ranks of successful people with some assets.

Eric withdrew his arm from around Wu Mei's waist, placed his wine glass on the table, and watched Wu Mei and Zhang Hongda completely as a bystander, with a faint smile on his lips.

Wu Mei's mood was not as indifferent as Eric's. She already hated Zhang Hongda to the core. Zhang Hongda's sudden appearance completely ruined the rare good time she had with Eric.

In this situation, no matter how articulate Zhang Hongda was, Wu Mei would not have a good expression.
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She immediately looked disdainful, her voice cold as she said, "Chairman of what Hongda Group? I have never heard of it! And I don't want to know you, please stay away from me!"

"You..." Zhang Hongda ran into a big nail in front of so many people, his face turned red, and he couldn't say a word.

Speaking of which, Zhang Hongda was also a quite charming man.

He was talented himself, having built the Hongda Group from scratch in over ten years, earning a market value of over a billion. Coupled with his decent looks, he was usually quite successful among the wealthy in the country. However, he had unexpectedly encountered such an unforeseen result today.

"What do you mean by 'you'? Disappear in front of me quickly, you annoy me just by being here!" Wu Mei glanced at Zhang Hongda, feeling impatient.

Maybe it was because of her charming appearance, or maybe it was because of his long-term smooth sailing, but Zhang Hongda couldn't control his emotions, and his anger surged up.

He didn't care about his gentlemanly demeanor anymore and said, "What's wrong with me? Even though I, Zhang Hongda, am worth over a billion, I'm still much stronger than the little boy beside you..."

Wu Mei's face darkened when she heard Zhang Hongda call her Eric a little boy. A surge of killing intent rushed towards Zhang Hongda, and her body swayed as if she was about to make a move.

Eric reached out and stopped Wu Mei. He didn't expect Zhang Hongda to consider him a gigolo.

A hint of amusement flashed in his eyes. Eric leisurely raised his wine glass, took a sip, and jokingly said to Zhang Hongda, "What's wrong with being a gigolo? Even someone like you, Chairman of whatever group, seems to envy me, right?"

"Little boy, when you speak, leave yourself a way out. If you provoke me, the woman by your side won't be able to protect you." He gritted his teeth, looking like he wanted to skin and dismember Eric.

Eric was puzzled. He didn't understand why Zhang Hongda harbored such great hatred towards him. He didn't remember having any deep enmity with him, such as killing his father or stealing his wife?

Eric didn't react because of his confusion, but Wu Mei was different. Being cursed at by Zhang Hongda was even more unacceptable to her than being cursed at herself!

With a lift of her jade-like hand, Wu Mei splashed the half-glass of red wine in her glass onto Zhang Hongda's face, her beautiful eyes wide open, her face cold as she said, "Why did the Shanghai Municipal Government invite you to the charity evening this year? You're not qualified..."

Zhang Hongda didn't belong to the Shanghai business community. His Hongda Group was in Nanjing, so he didn't know the well-known Wu Mei from Shanghai.

Because he didn't know Wu Mei's background, he couldn't control his anger and, pointing at Wu Mei, cursed loudly, "You slut, how dare you splash wine on me..."

Zhang Hongda's vulgar words immediately darkened Eric's face. He stood up and walked to Zhang Hongda, pouring the remaining half glass of wine in his hand over Zhang Hongda's head. He smirked and said, "Since Wu Mei has already offered you a drink, let me offer you one too. Please enjoy, Chairman Zhang!"

Zhang Hongda was dumbfounded by Eric's actions. He didn't know if he was too slow to react or if Eric's momentum overwhelmed him. During Eric's actions, he didn't even move his body, letting Eric pour the wine over his head.

Zhang Hongda looked at Eric, his face turning from white to red, then to blue. He opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter a sound.

"What are you doing! What kind of occasion is this! Don't you have any regard for your own status?" A stern voice sounded, and it was Ma Zhengyi, the Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province in charge of the economy.

Ma Zhengyi had specially come with a group of bigwigs from the Jiangsu business community to attend the charity evening organized by the Shanghai Municipal Government, attempting to strengthen economic cooperation between the two regions. He was chatting happily with several Shanghai celebrities when he noticed some commotion here. With a glance, he saw someone pouring wine over the head of a rising star in the Nanjing business community. Thinking that something was wrong, he immediately apologized to the celebrities and walked over.

"Deputy Governor Ma, you've come!" Wu Mei obviously knew Ma Zhengyi and stood up to greet him with a sweet smile, "This person is very rude, pestering me..."

Zhang Hongda, emitting a strong smell of alcohol, intentionally or unintentionally tilted his body slightly, letting Ma Zhengyi see the wine stain on his suit. He lowered his head and said, "Deputy Governor Ma, this is not all my fault. They were too unreasonable..."

Deputy Governor Ma nodded slightly at Wu Mei. Although he wasn't very clear about the cause of the incident, he figured it was probably just jealousy. So, he walked up to Eric, looked at him, and said in a deep voice, "Young man, have you gone too far?"

Eric smiled at Ma Zhengyi, played with the empty wine glass in his hand, and said leisurely, "I have always been very measured in my actions. I have shown mercy just now, otherwise Chairman Zhang here wouldn't be able to stand and talk now!"

Arrogant, extremely arrogant!

Eric's arrogant attitude shocked everyone in this corner. The several Jiangsu businessmen behind Ma Zhengyi all showed anger on their faces.

Wu Mei quickly tugged at Eric's arm and introduced, "Eric, this is Deputy Governor Ma of Jiangsu Province." Then she whispered to Eric, "Eric, Deputy Governor Ma is not only a heavyweight figure in Jiangsu Province but also a relative of the Ming Dynasty aristocracy! His wife is the only daughter of the Seventh Priest of the Ming Dynasty..."

Seeing Wu Mei constantly making eye contact with him, how could Eric not understand her meaning? He smiled at Wu Mei and calmly said, "Deputy Governor Ma, hello, I am Eric, Chairman of the Ling Yan Group."

"Oh! So you are the Chairman of the Ling Yan Group! That's impressive..." Deputy Governor Ma was secretly surprised.

Although a Ling Yan Group with a market value of a billion was nothing to him, he knew that almost all the subsidiaries of the Ling Yan Group came from the Ming Dynasty aristocracy!

Although he didn't know why, he at least understood that this young man named "Eric" was not simple.

After hearing Deputy Governor Ma's words, Zhang Hongda's mouth couldn't help but twist. "Deputy Governor Ma, don't listen to his nonsense. I've never heard of a Chairman of the Ling Yan Group. I think he's just a gigolo!"

The Ling Yan Group was established only half a year ago, and it basically did not do business with "outsiders" and did not participate in various forms of business activities. It was not surprising that Zhang Hongda, based in Nanjing, had never heard of it.

But it was different for the locals in Shanghai. Not only did they all know that behind the Ling Yan Group was Deputy Mayor Tang, but those who were well-informed also knew that the Ling Yan Group secretly controlled one of the four major gangs in Shanghai, the Axe Gang.

So, after Zhang Hongda said this, many people around him cast sympathetic glances at him, as if he had been hacked down by hundreds of knives.

There were no knives now, but there were wine glasses.

After Zhang Hongda's words, Eric threw the tall glass in his hand at Zhang Hongda's face. Of course, he didn't put any force into it, otherwise Zhang Hongda's head would have been smashed open!

Even so, with just a casual throw, Zhang Hongda still exclaimed, covering his face. Fresh red blood flowed down, staining his already red-stained white suit.

"Now you must be impressed by me..." Eric said coldly with a smile.

At this moment, Guan Du, the director who entrusted the reception work to his deputy in order to court a beauty, walked over. He, who was also unaware of the situation, was both angry and delighted to see Eric actually hitting someone in front of the Deputy Governor of the neighboring province, Ma.

He was angry because Eric had done something that damaged the face of the Shanghai business community in front of a high-ranking official from a neighboring province.

And he was delighted because he could take this opportunity to teach a lesson to this gigolo who dared to compete with him for a woman.

Guan Du stepped forward to Eric with a strong presence and sternly said, "You are too bold. Is this the place for you to mess around? You..."

"Who are you? I don't seem to know you," Eric interrupted him with a glance.

"You... I am Guan Du, the director of the Shanghai Economic and Trade Bureau." Guan Du almost choked on his words.

Although he was not a well-known figure in Shanghai, who in the business community wouldn't know him? How could the Chairman of the Ling Yan Group say he didn't know him? How could he not be angry?