Chapter 124: The Birthday Banquet (I)
Chapter 124: The Birthday Banquet (I)
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it was the normal time to take a holiday, and Chen Yang had already planned to return to Xizhou, but a sudden little thing delayed his trip a little.
It's not a big deal, it's about Chen Xuan, the third son of the Chen family who just studied in Yan University. This kid was inconspicuous when he was in junior high school and high school, and his personality was the same as Chen Yang back then, he was relatively low-key and didn't like to be lively. But for some reason, after going to college, this kid is like a different person, not only ran to join the school's student union as a student cadre, but also became a sophomore senior sister, of course, this senior sister is also a colleague of the student union.
It's also a coincidence, the eighth day of the Lunar New Year happens to be the birthday of this senior sister, as a boyfriend, Chen Xuan's kid is naturally trying to please the senior sister. And this senior sister's family seems to be in good condition, her parents and ancestors are all engaged in import and export trade business, and the business seems to be quite big, just such a baby girl, the birthday is naturally very grand, and listen to Chen Xuan's little girlfriend, this birthday The woman's parents seem to have released their words, to take advantage of the time now, to meet this bastard boy who abducted their baby daughter, of course, the most important thing is to find an opportunity to meet the man's parents, to see what kind of identity the other party's family is. After all, in Yanjing, it is still very important to be the right person.
Originally, this was not a big deal, but with a wealthy family like the Chen family, it was naturally a trivial matter. But the Chen family's tutor has always been very strict, and the juniors are not allowed to study outside, the first of which is that they cannot fall in love during their studies, but must focus all their energy on studying. Of course, Chen Xuan's kid is not as chic as his eldest brother, and after four years of college, he turned a blind eye to the warblers and Yanyan around him who were interested in him, and Chen Xuan was also a vulgar person, after graduating from the so-called red children's middle school, he suddenly seemed to have entered the world of flowers, and there were youthful and beautiful landscapes everywhere, and he soon ignored the family rules and fell spinelessly under the pomegranate skirt of the junior sister.
And not only him, but his little girlfriend's family is also very strict, and he also attaches great importance to his daughter's love problem. Therefore, although Chen Xuan and his little girlfriend have been dating for more than half a year, they have always been engaged in underground work. But I don't know who revealed the news, the woman's family somehow knew that her daughter was secretly dating a kid, so she took the opportunity of her daughter's birthday to make it bigger, and invited many friends from the political and business circles to the banquet, in addition, some teachers from the daughter's school were also invited, and some of the daughter's classmates and friends could also come to the banquet with their families, even parents and friends also got together.
Although the woman's family did not say it explicitly, the implication of such a grand birthday is self-evident.
But at this moment, Chen Xuan's kid is in a hurry, you have to know who his father, that is, Chen Yang's third uncle, is? That's the prince of the side who holds the power of the Zheng'er Bajing, where could he participate in this type of boring faction. asked him to go to Governor Chen for the banquet, didn't he just ask him to go and scold?
So, this kid was in a hurry to go to the doctor, so he simply hit the idea on his eldest brother Chen Yang, who was returning to Yanjing for vacation. He thought that the eldest brother is now a department-level cadre, not to mention the ruling party, and his reputation in the family is also rising, but he is no better than an unknown junior like himself, in some formal occasions, he can still say a few words, and it is reasonable for the eldest brother to attend this Hongmen banquet on behalf of his parents.
Chen Yang has never been very interested in this kind of thing, but he can't resist the stalking of the third brother, and he is very aggrieved by the eldest brother.
Alas, young people always want to save face
Chen Yang thought about it so helplessly, and in the end, he could only accept it. Of course, if you go back and let the third uncle know about it, you will have to be told by the third uncle again.
That night, in order to show respect for the woman's parents, Chen Yang deliberately took a shower early, changed into a more formal suit, and shaved his beard clean, and at half past eight, he appeared in front of the Shangri-La Hotel on time by taxi. He wanted to drive over by himself, but considering that he might have to drink some wine at the banquet, Wakao didn't agree.
After taking out twenty yuan and paying for the car, he pushed the door and got out of the car.
At the entrance of the lobby, Chen Xuan, who had already arrived from the school, was in a hurry, like an ant on a hot pot, until he saw Chen Yang who got off the taxi, he was greatly relieved, but seeing that Chen Yang was just one person, and the eldest sister did not come with him, he was suddenly a little anxious, but at this time, he couldn't care so much, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly strode over.
After walking up to Chen Yang and stopping, he asked a little anxiously: "Brother, why are you alone, didn't my sister agree to come together?" ”
"Don't mention it, your nephew has a little cold, and your sister insists on staying at home with him, so she can't come." Chen Yang replied with a wry smile, because he was about to take a holiday last night, he hurried up to make love with Ruonan, who knew that the two of them only cared about themselves, and they didn't pay attention to the child kicking the quilt all of a sudden, but when he got up in the morning, Xiao Ze's little fart caught a cold, which made him complain about Ruonan all day today, so that he couldn't say anything about his suffering.
Chen Xuan suddenly came over when he heard this, although it was a pity that the eldest sister didn't come, but the eldest brother could barely accept it. However, thinking about his girlfriend's previous Yin Yin's instructions, he couldn't help frowning, and muttered: "Brother, this is terrible, I have already sued Ding Qian, but now my sister can't get out of her body now, and Ding Qian will definitely say that I don't pay attention to her later." ”
Chen Yang saw that he looked nervous, and knew that this kid was afraid that he really liked the girl named Ding Qian, obviously, as an elder, he also didn't want to see his younger brother being eaten to death by a girl. I wanted to tell him something, but after thinking about it, I couldn't help but say nothing.
The two walked towards the lobby while talking, but as soon as they went up a few steps in front of the hall, the phone in Chen Yang's handbag rang, and when he took it out, it was Xiang Jin calling, so he stopped and picked up the phone first.
"Chen Yang, where are you now?" Xiang Jin's crisp and clean voice came from the phone.
"I'll accompany my third brother to Shangri-La for dinner." Chen Yang replied with a smile, and then asked, "What's the matter, Xiao Jin, you have already arrived in Xizhou so soon?" ”
During the Chinese New Year, although he also wanted to accompany his women more, first, he lacked skills, and secondly, except for Xiaorou, others like Xiang Jin and Qiuhe still had relatives to accompany, that is, Xian'er, who hurried back to his hometown in Jiangnan Province after the first day of junior high school in Yanjing to accompany her grandmother.
And Xiang Jin's work at hand has been done, and the huge invisible assets of more than 100 billion US dollars she managed are divided into three parts, one part of which is transferred to a neutral island in several batches, and the other part continues to stay on Wall Street to maintain the normal operation of the fund, and the rest is transferred back to China, after all, there are many opportunities in China now.
When she returns home this time, she should be able to stay for a while longer than before. Therefore, she simply made an appointment with Chen Yang, and when Chen Yang received the leave, she would meet in Xizhou.
"Hey, aren't you leaving?" Xiang Jin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then showed a little joy, "That's great, I just arrived in Yanjing." ”
Chen Yang was a little strange, according to Xiang Zhen's previous itinerary, she should have flown directly from her home in Jiangnan Province to Xizhou, but she didn't know what to do with Yanjing.
Xiang Jin, and then explained a little: "Hehe, didn't I tell you the day before yesterday, there is something in the company here that I want to deal with, I originally wanted to ask you to wait for me to go back to Xizhou in two days, hehe, now that you haven't left, I'll go with you." After a pause, he asked faintly, "By the way, what about her?" Am I with you? ”
Of course, Chen Yang knew who Xiang Jin was referring to, and he was suddenly a little stunned in his heart, although over the years, it seems that several of his women have also acquiesced to this reality, but no matter what, many times this deliberately created balance is still quite fragile, unless every woman can get along as well as Xian'er and Ruo Nan, then he can really sit back and relax. But obviously this is impossible, if others don't say it, at least it will be difficult for Xiang Jin to settle down.
However, he still replied truthfully: "Ruonan took Xiao Ze at home, the child had a little cold, so he didn't come with me." ”
"Really?" Xiang Jin was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile, "Hehe, okay then, I'll go directly to you." ”
Although Chen Yang was also invited to the banquet, he thought that he would be going through the motions anyway, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, but I may not be able to leave later, and you will have to wait for me for a while." ”
Xiang Jin on the other end of the phone naturally had no opinion.
Chen Yang hung up the phone, but when he turned around, he didn't see Chen Xuan, he was surprised, he was just about to go in to look for it, but he didn't want to be at this time, the giant revolving door in front of him turned, and a man and a woman walked out at the same time.
Chen Yang fixed his eyes and saw that the man was his younger brother Chen Xuan, and the girl next to Chen Xuan who was a little handsome was the first time he had seen it, but looking at the dress on the girl's body, she was wearing a long white floor-to-ceiling evening dress, and her makeup and other aspects looked very grand, it seemed that she should be the protagonist of tonight's birthday party.
As soon as Chen Xuan came over, he introduced to Chen Yang: "Brother, let me introduce you, this is my friend Ding Qian." When he spoke, his expression seemed a little unnatural, and he still seemed a little shy.
Chen Yang nodded generously and smiled at the two of them.
Then, Chen Xuancai looked at the girl next to him and introduced, "Ding Qian, this is my eldest brother Chen Yang I mentioned to you." ”
"Hello, Mr. Chen."
The girl politely shouted Chen Yang, and then, the black and white eyes quickly looked around, but there were no imaginary scenes, and when it finally fell on Chen Yang's face, a trace of disappointment quietly flashed in her clear eyes.
At the same time, the girl was a little annoyed in her heart, this Chen Xuan, didn't he always say how good his eldest brother was, I don't look good, Bacheng just called him over, hmph, wearing an outdated Armani can be called a very good? Really