Xia Zijian was in his early thirties, six years older than Su Yan. He still seemed quite immature in comparison. Although he had some ability, he was still not mature enough. At least compared to Su Yan, Xia Zijian was still far behind.

Xia Jiang was sixty-six years old this year. Even if he took good care of his body, how much longer could he live? When he was seventy-six, even if he wanted to sit in this position, he wouldn’t be able to. Sooner or later, he would have to hand over the entire North Stream Real Estate Group group to Xia Zijian. Based on his observations, with Xia Zijian’s current ability, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to oversee North Stream Real Estate Group. After all, it was easy to control a large territory, but difficult to defend it. If North Stream Real Estate Group wanted to develop, it would have to be managed by someone more outstanding than Xia Zijian. Ever since Xia Zijian had competed with Wei Zhou for Su Yan at a banquet in Jiang du a few days ago, he had turned his attention to Su Yan. In his heart, he hoped that Xia Zijian would be able to get together with Su Yan. That way, he wouldn’t have to worry about his future, because with Su Yan’s help, North Stream Real Estate Group would develop even stronger than it was now.

The relationship between Su Yan and Xia Zijian was still unclear. He had specifically asked Xia Zijian just now and felt that the final say was still in Su Yan’s hands.

Su Yan couldn’t see what Xia Jiang was thinking and said directly, “President Xia, today is your birthday. I’ll take this opportunity to give you a gift.”

Hearing this, Xia Jiang smiled and personally poured a glass of champagne for Su Yan. “You know what I like?”

Su Yan sipped her tea as she watched Xia Jiang open the birthday present. She said softly, “At least I think you’ll like this thing.”

As they spoke, Xia Jiang had already opened the package. When the small box was opened, a touch of emerald green reflected in his eyes. His eyes immediately trembled as he said, “Yo, it’s an imperial green hand-held item. This is really a good thing.”

As he spoke, he carefully took out the imperial jade handle from the box. He looked at it in the light for a while, and then shone it with the flashlight on his phone. He looked like he couldn’t bear to put it down.

Xia Jiang played with the handle as he looked at Su Yan and said, “It seems that you really know my preferences. This kind of top-grade imperial jade handle is extremely rare and precious. Moreover, looking at the carving skills on it, it is obviously the work of a famous artist. To be able to have such an item is something that many people yearn for.”

Su Yan smiled and said, “It’s good that President Xia likes it.”

She knew that Xia Jiang liked jade and jadeite. The last meal they had three years ago, Xia Jiang drank at the table as he shared his experience of jade and jadeite with another guest at the dinner table. At that time, Xia Jiang sounded very professional. One look and one could tell that he was interested in these things. Thinking about it, at his level, the things that he was most interested in were nothing more than antiques and jadeite. As for things like gold and silver, they were too tacky to them.

Xia Jiang played with it for a long time before he said, “Mm, this birthday gift of yours has really won my heart.”

After he finished speaking, he wiped it clean before carefully putting it back into the box. From his movements and eyes, it could be seen that he was indeed a person who liked these things.

After the two of them chatted for a while, Xia Jiang looked at his watch and said, “Girl, let’s go. Accompany me to the banquet hall. It’s almost time. I think all the guests have arrived.”

After letting his secretary put away the birthday gift that Su Yan had given him, Xia Jiang took the lead and walked out of the door. Looking at his somewhat aged back, Su Yan raised her eyebrows. She didn’t know what this old man was up to. Under normal circumstances, it should be the Xia family that accompanied him to receive the guests. At the very least, it should be Xia Zijian’s girlfriend-to-be. What was the point of having her accompany him? Did he really think that she was Xia Zijian’s girlfriend?

Seeing that she hadn’t moved, Xia Jiang could see through her thoughts, and he teased, “The dignified big shot of the investment bank, Miss Summer, also cares about other people’s opinions? Just follow me. If there’s anything, I’ll protect you. If anyone dares to say a word about you, I’ll immediately make them disappear from the banquet.”

After the interaction with Su Yan just now, he made a decision. If Xia Zijian couldn’t woo Su Yan, then he would make Su Yan acknowledge him as her godfather. No matter what, he would tie Su Yan to North Stream Real Estate Group. Although Su Yan was a woman, she was very loyal. Once she became his goddaughter, even if he was no longer around one day, if North Stream Real Estate Group was in trouble, she would lend a helping hand.