It was evening by the time Dawson returned.
Anna had to prepare for the fashion show the following day at Waterhoof City while Henry had some family friends to entertain on behalf of the Law family.
As such, Jasper left them alone and went to dinner with Dawson, Wendy, and Julian in tow.
They found a simple restaurant and ordered their food. Dawson turned to Jasper, saying, “You must be exhausted with how busy you’ve been lately.”
Jasper smiled. “I’d rather be busy now while I’m still young. Having nothing to do, on the other hand, makes me feel uncomfortable.”
Dawson smiled. “Men at your age should indeed put their focus on work. That’s how I started too. Don’t worry, I’ll watch over other things for you.”
Jasper poured Dawson a glass of wine. “I feel pretty bad about what happened with Uncle Yapp.”
Dawson waved his hand dismissively. “Don’t worry about it. We’ve been friends for decades, I know what kind of person he is. Not to mention, if we’re looking at this more realistically, he did suffer quite a bit this time but he has earned more from this.
“In this case, he should be thanking you instead… All he did was praise you when I visited him in the hospital. You might as well be some divine being to him at this point.”
Jasper smiled. “I’ve already smoothed the incident over, and even if there are still some loose ends to tie, I don’t think he’ll be in the crossfire anymore.”
Dawson nodded and spoke warmly, “Tell me if there’s anything I can help you with. I might not be able to help much when it comes to contacts in Swallow Capital, but I promise I won’t just stand by and watch.”
Jasper did not reject his help and thanked him seriously. “I will.”
After dinner, Dawson suddenly turned to Jasper. “There’s a supermarket conference I have to attend tomorrow and people in charge of large chain supermarkets within the country will be there. It’s more or less a chance to expand your circle of contacts, so how about you come with me tomorrow?”
Jasper nodded.
“Are you coming with, Wendy?” Jasper turned to ask.
Wendy shook her head. “I’ve applied for Swallow Capital University’s MBA seminar and it’s the opening ceremony tomorrow. I’ll be busy the next two days.”
MBA was also known as Masters of Business Administration. To have such a masters at this age was a great advantage.
However, it was also far from cheap. Especially when it was Swallow Capital University’s MBA seminar. It cost almost one million a year for tuition fees alone.
Not that the cost mattered to Jasper and Wendy.
In addition, since seminars like this were expensive, those who applied for one had to go through a stern screening. Those who did get accepted were a new level of promising talents in society.
These ‘classmates’ were all undoubtedly valuable contacts to have.
Jasper exclaimed in shock, “MBA? I see. It’d be nice to sit in and listen, but you have to be careful. Some men like to sit in just for the sake of having something to brag about and you never know what tricks they have up their sleeves.”
Jasper’s stern expression did not look like he was joking. Wendy smiled and answered, “Don’t worry, I know what to do.”
The following day, Anna left for Waterhoof City early in the morning. Jasper wanted to send her off, but she had left long before he arrived and without a goodbye.
Henry stayed up late entertaining guests and was completely passed-out drunk. He continued to sleep past noon for he had more entertaining to do in the afternoon. As such, Jasper left him alone again today.
Such tasks were the rich kids’ version of ‘serious work’.
Jasper got Julian to follow Wendy as she went to enroll at Swallow Capital University, while he followed Dawson to the supermarket conference.
The conference was held on the executive conference floor in a five-star hotel.
As it was a conference for a nationwide industry, it had to be sophisticated enough.
A member of the staff from the organizing party led the entire way and Jasper got a grasp of Dawson’s status in the supermarket industry.
The two entered the hotel, and after Dawson’s identity was revealed, a man who appeared to be the person in charge immediately rushed over. He handed them the two qualification certificates for the conference. Then, he led Jasper and Dawson upstairs.
