Lin Chen asked, "How many shares do they have? And how many does your family have?"
Xu Mengyao replied, "The Zhao family only holds thirteen percent, and our family has fifty-one percent."
Lin Chen smiled faintly, "They have a good plan. If they marry you, they'll get both wealth and you."
"Yeah."
Xu Mengyao frowned, "Zhao Tianyou is annoying, but Uncle Zhao is, after all, a founding member who started the business with my father. I still have to give Uncle Zhao some face."
Lin Chen chuckled, "Don't worry, wife. I'll definitely be a good shield, and I'll block him completely."
Xu Mengyao rolled her eyes at Lin Chen.
"Are you not comfortable unless you take advantage with your words?"
Lin Chen said seriously, "Strictly speaking, I'm just getting a verbal advantage. I haven't actually taken any liberties."
Xu Mengyao: "..."
"Zhao Tianyou will likely target you, so be careful later."
Lin Chen laughed, "Don't let my slim appearance fool you. I'm all muscle. My physique is comparable to Bruce Lee."
Xu Mengyao said angrily, "One punch from him, and you won't even make a sound, right? Straight to the hospital in a coma."
Lin Chen: "You'll see how strong your husband is in the future."
Xu Mengyao glared at Lin Chen and said, "No flirting."
"Flirting?"
Lin Chen was surprised.
"Mengyao, you can drive on this awful road? And you know how good I am at fighting, it's not like…"
Xu Mengyao blushed and said, "I'm not talking to you. Wait here for a bit, I'll take you to see your Teammates later."
Xu Mengyao left with Lin Xiaoxi.
"System, what's my Physique stat now?"
Lin Chen asked in his mind.
He hadn't paid much attention to it; it went up every day anyway.
The System replied, "Host, your current Physique is one hundred and thirty-five points."
"Mm."
Lin Chen was quite satisfied.
His physique exceeded that of an ordinary man by a factor of two, but there was still a gap between him and the world's top boxers.
Lin Chen wasn't worried about this.
How long had he had the System? In another half a month, his physique would be comparable to that of the world's top boxers.
"Knock, knock!"
A knock sounded on the door.
Xu Mengyao's assistant entered.
"President, the remaining teammates are already at Basketball Court One."
Lin Chen went over and picked up Lin Xiaoxi. The three of them went downstairs, and it wasn't long before they arrived at the sports center.
"President!"
The eleven teammates in Basketball Court One spoke in unison.
Xu Mengyao nodded, smiling slightly. "It's not work time now, you don't need to be so tense. This is my husband, Lin Chen, he's on your team."
"There's no behind-the-scenes maneuvering in this basketball game. Even with him on your team, you might not win."
"You have to rely on your own efforts to win."
All eleven teammates said in unison, "Yes, President."
They were still nervous. They were just ordinary employees, or family members of employees.
A single word from Xu Mengyao could decide their, or their families', livelihoods.
Xu Mengyao looked at Lin Chen: "Honey, they're not relaxed with me here. Why don't you chat with them, play some basketball, and get to know them?"
"I'll take Xiaoxi somewhere else."
She had practiced, and she was saying it quite naturally now.
"Okay."
Lin Chen nodded.
Lin Xiaoxi sweetly said: "Go, Daddy, go!"
Xu Mengyao and Lin Xiaoxi left, and everyone relaxed a little, but they didn't completely let their guard down.
Lin Chen scanned the room and smiled, "Everyone, you're nervous. Mengyao is your leader, and she's also my leader."
"Now that the leader is gone, let's relax a bit."
Hearing Lin Chen say this, everyone relaxed a lot.
A man gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Lin, you're awesome. You even managed to get the President, that kind of strong woman."
"Brother Lin, how did you get the President?"
"Brother Lin—"
Everyone began to speak.
Lin Chen smiled. "I'm Senior Xu Mengyao. To get a President like Mengyao, you have to start when she's not yet a President."
"That makes it easy to get leverage."
Everyone laughed.
Lin Chen seemed easy to get along with, and they relaxed even more.
Lin Chen said, "Why don't we all introduce ourselves? You all know my name, but I don't know yours."
Soon, everyone introduced themselves.
Lin Chen's physique had improved, and with the acquisition of various abilities, his memory had also improved. He remembered everything after hearing it once.
"Who's the captain?"
Lin Chen asked.
One of the older ones chuckled, "Brother Lin, the team captain has to be you! If we try to take the captaincy, what if the President gets angry and fires us?"
Lin Chen laughed, "I'm not so sure about being captain. Xiaoxi needs a nap at noon, and the President is busy too. I need to be there to watch over her while she naps." Another person said, "Brother Lin, you can be the captain, and we can just choose a vice-captain."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Lin Chen smiled, "Alright then. There are twelve of us, so two of us can be referees. Shall we scrimmage for a bit to get a feel for things?"
"Sounds good!"
Soon, Lin Chen's group was divided.
After playing for barely five minutes, Lin Chen basically understood the skill levels of the others. Their team only had one or two people who were decent; the rest were all rookies.
"Xu Dong, you guys defend well."
Lin Chen smiled.
The ball was now in his hands.
The next second, Lin Chen dribbled the ball and rapidly advanced. The person guarding him was instantly passed, and the second person who came to defend also failed to stop him.
Lin Chen brought the ball to the front of the backboard.
"Peng!"
Lin Chen easily jumped up and slammed the ball in.
The others stared at Lin Chen in shock.
Lin Chen could actually dunk.
Time passed, and then it was Lin Chen's show. He did all sorts of three-pointers and dunks.
"Lin-ge, you're awesome. Your skills are so strong, and your physical condition is also great."
"With Lin-ge's level, I might even be able to find a girlfriend in university."
Half an hour later, Lin Chen and the others stopped.
The rest of the teammates spoke up, praising him.
They had initially chosen Lin Chen as the captain because of Xu Mengyao, but now they were completely convinced by Lin Chen's skill.
Lin Chen smiled and said, "If we cooperate well, maybe we can win first place."
Everyone was overjoyed.
At first, seeing the level of the others, they didn't have much hope, just hoping not to be last.
Now that they knew how amazing Lin Chen was, they were full of confidence.
Basketball is played with five people.
Lin Chen alone could probably handle three!
"Lin Chen, are you guys ready?"
Xu Mengyao carried Lin Xiaoxi down from upstairs.
Lin Chen smiled and said, "We're ready. Our level is top-notch, we probably won't have a problem getting into the finals."
"President, Lin-ge's skills are too strong."
"Yeah, we're all noobs, but Lin-ge is really strong."
The others chimed in one after another.
Xu Mengyao laughed, "You guys are just complimenting each other. Just get familiar with it, and do well in the match tomorrow."
"Lin Chen, are you and Xiaoxi eating at the company?"
Lin Xiaoxi shook her head repeatedly.
"Mommy, I'm not eating here. The food here isn't tasty. Daddy, let's go home."
Lin Chen smiled, "Mengyao, we'll go back to eat today. We might have to eat here for lunch for the next three days. Let Xiaoxi go home to eat something good today."
Xu Mengyao nodded.
She glanced at the others: "If you want to keep practicing, you can continue playing here."
"Yes, President."
Lin Chen and the others left.
One of them said, "I envy Brother Lin. He's a winner in life. He has a wife like the President, and a cute daughter. My home only has a shrew."
"You can't envy it. Not to mention, Brother Lin's basketball skills, wouldn't he dominate in university?"
"Brother Lin didn't even sweat. Maybe he still has something up his sleeve. Shall we continue playing for a while? If we work hard, maybe we can really win first with Brother Lin leading us."
The remaining eleven people continued playing.
It wasn't long before someone arrived to watch them play basketball nearby.
\n\n
Fifteen minutes later, this person left and made a phone call: "Young Master Zhao, I didn't see Lin Chen. He's already left. But I saw the rest of the team playing basketball."
\n\n
"Only two of them are decent. The rest are terrible."
\n\n
Zhao Tianyou on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief.
\n\n
Basketball is a sport for five people. Even if two of them were decent, it wouldn't matter even if Lin Chen's level was also decent.
\n\n
"Lin Chen, Lin Chen, just wait and be embarrassed. If I don't humiliate you, consider yourself lucky."
\n\n
A cold light flashed in Zhao Tianyou's eyes.
\n\n
He was very annoyed.
\n\n
He'd known Xu Mengyao for ten years, always considered her his type, but she wasn't interested.
Later, Xu Mengyao went to university and then went abroad.
When she came back, he was stunned.
Xu Mengyao had actually given birth to a daughter.
This made him dejected for a while.
But later, Zhao Tianyou found out that Xu Mengyao had a daughter, but she wasn't married, and there was no man around her.
Zhao Tianyou felt that an opportunity had come again!
He immediately started pursuing her.
With Xu Mengyao's incredibly high(/) coupled with the Xu family's wealth, even if Xu Mengyao had a daughter, what did it matter?
Who would have thought that after pursuing her for so long, Lin Chen would suddenly appear now.
Xu Mengyao actually had a husband?
He had previously used connections to investigate Xu Mengyao. The civil affairs bureau's system showed that Xu Mengyao was unmarried.
Could it be that Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen had recently registered their marriage?
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