"I only recognize my own competence, but compared to the Chairman, I'm still far off. The Chairman is the truly capable one. Without his leadership, Tian Sheng Group wouldn't have grown at such an astonishing pace," Shen Lu said.
"Naturally!"
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow and said, "My mother grew up in a business family, and she has decades of experience in managing companies!"
Jiang Yi felt a sense of pride.
This was a natural feeling, not strange at all.
Suddenly, Li Tao stopped the car.
"What's happening?" Jiang Yi asked.
"It looks like there's a car accident ahead. I'll go take a look."
Li Tao got out of the car.
Jiang Yi looked out the window and indeed saw a long line of cars ahead, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Jiang Yi felt a little worried.
It would probably take several hours to get through this. If he had known, he wouldn't have rushed back to the castle and would have gone to the company building first.
Now, stuck here, he couldn't go anywhere.
"I didn't expect Eagle Country to have traffic jams too," Shen Lu said with a smile.
"Traffic jams are normal!"
Jiang Yi said, then asked Shen Lu, "Haven't you been to Eagle Country before?"
"I have, but it was many years ago. Moreover, I was just passing through Eagle Country at the time and didn't stay long. To me, this is a very unfamiliar place," Shen Lu replied.
Although Jiang Yi had been there many times, he also found it very unfamiliar.
The food and culture here were completely different from Hua Xia. If one didn't stay in Eagle Country for a long time, they couldn't adapt to life here.
After nearly ten minutes, Li Tao returned.
"Mr. Jiang, Miss Shen, we can't move for now. I asked, and it will take at least three hours for the road to clear. We can only wait here for three hours," Li Tao said helplessly.
"In that case, you wait here. Shen Lu and I will go back first!" Jiang Yi said.
Afterward, Jiang Yi and Shen Lu got out of the car, went onto the sidewalk, and walked towards a nearby street.
The traffic jam was only on this street. As long as they got to a side street, they could hail a car back to the villa.
In Eagle Country, hailing a taxi could take a long time.
Jiang Yi and Shen Lu waited for half an hour before finally flagging down a car, and it was a shared ride.
Shared rides were very time-consuming.
But there was no other way now. They couldn't just wait on the street for Li Tao to pick them up.
After getting into the car, Jiang Yi and Shen Lu sat down.
"Mr. Jiang Yi, what a coincidence!"
The person sitting in the passenger seat suddenly turned around and said to Jiang Yi with a smile.
Jiang Yi looked up and was stunned!
This person was none other than Chairman Martin of the Chamber of Commerce.
It had to be said, this was indeed a coincidence!
"It's Chairman Martin..." Jiang Yi said.
"I didn't expect a traffic jam today. I'm in a hurry to get back for something important, so I had to leave my car with my private driver and hail a taxi home myself!" Chairman Martin said.
"Same here!" Jiang Yi replied.
Chairman Martin glanced at Shen Lu and then smiled, saying, "Is this lady your wife? You're truly blessed to have married such a beautiful wife."
"Her name is Shen Lu. She's not my wife, she's my friend!" Jiang Yi clarified.
Jiang Yi didn't want Chairman Martin to misunderstand.
"If not your wife, then she must be your girlfriend. You don't need to hide it. In Eagle Country, such things are normal. The more capable a person is, the more girlfriends they have, which demonstrates their status and identity."
Chairman Martin smiled and continued, "I have one wife, but I have three mistresses. And these three mistresses are not only beautiful but also extraordinary women."
Jiang Yi didn't know what to say upon hearing this.
People from Eagle Country were truly open-minded.
He couldn't compare to Chairman Martin.
"By the way, I heard that you and Alice, Mr. Stephen's daughter, are also in a relationship. I've met Alice. She's a rare beauty in Eagle Country, a goddess in many people's hearts. The fact that she can be your mistress shows you have great fortune in matters of romance," Chairman Martin said, looking at Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi shrugged.
He didn't know how to explain this matter.
His relationship with Alice had been wildly sensationalized by the media, making it common knowledge.
Shen Lu, sitting beside him, couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yi, which made him feel awkward.
"Chairman Martin, Alice and I are just ordinary friends. You've misunderstood," Jiang Yi said.
"Don't explain. Your gossip is still in the newspapers."
Chairman Martin said, "Just this morning, Miss Alice held a press conference and admitted her relationship with you, acknowledging herself as your mistress in front of everyone."
Jiang Yi was stunned when he heard this!
Wasn't Alice messing around?
This joke had gone too far!
Now that she had admitted to being his mistress in front of the media, even if he had ten mouths, he couldn't explain it clearly!
Jiang Yi calmed himself down and felt that this was not something Alice would do.
If he wasn't mistaken, it must have been Stephen's idea.
Stephen had always wanted him as his son-in-law, which was why he came up with such a bad idea.
Jiang Yi felt a headache coming on. Dongfang Mei must have also seen this news.
When he got back later, Dongfang Mei would surely have another tiff with him.
If Alice's fuss was one thing, now Stephen was also adding to the trouble.
"What's going on? You've only been in Eagle Country for less than a month, and you've already found a mistress?" Shen Lu couldn't help but ask.
"Alice and I are just friends. When my master and I were in England, we stayed at Stephen's house, so I met Alice. When I came to Eagle Country this time, she became infatuated with me, which has caused Dongfang Mei to constantly quarrel with me," Jiang Yi explained.
"You're probably in trouble!"
Shen Lu said with a smile, "I know Dongfang Mei's temper. She'll definitely make a fuss about it."
Jiang Yi was very helpless.
Suddenly, Chairman Martin, sitting in the front, changed his expression and said to the driver, "My home isn't in this direction. Who exactly are you, and where are you taking me?"
Before the driver could say anything, he made a sharp turn and drove towards a dilapidated factory building.
Seeing this, Chairman Martin started struggling with the driver.
Chairman Martin was short and elderly, while the driver was tall and strong. The driver slapped Chairman Martin onto the chair and then drove the car into the factory building.
As soon as the car entered the factory building, two people walked out from behind the main gate and immediately closed it.