The person who called out to Ye Chen was none other than Xue Pingyue, the head of the Xue family in Shanghai, whom Ye Chen knew.

Immediately afterwards, a tall woman walked over and stood next to Xue Pingyue.

The tall, long-haired beauty standing next to Xue Pingyue is Xue Pingyue's daughter, Xue Yueyan.

"Mr. Ye, what are you doing here?"

Xue Pingyue asked in surprise.

Hearing her father address Ye Chen, Xue Yueyan raised an eyebrow and looked at Ye Chen with some displeasure.

She had been studying for her doctorate abroad and only had time to come back last week.

But as soon as she got back, she heard some things.

In order not to offend a wealthy man surnamed Ye, her father expelled her brother, Xue Haiming, from the family for three years, leaving him to fend for himself.

Furthermore, they also gave him the two villas owned by the Xue family in Tan Palace as an apology.

This made Xue Yueyan extremely unhappy. The latter was one thing, just two luxury houses, but the former was really going too far.

Although her older brother, Xue Haiming, was considered a playboy by outsiders, he treated his younger sister very well.

Just because this guy surnamed Ye is highly valued by CEO Ma of Tencent, does that mean the Xue family has to act like this?!

Even if this guy surnamed Ye is favored by Boss Ma and is very capable in Shanghai, he's only really good in Shanghai at best.

Once he leaves Shanghai, or even goes abroad, he's nothing on the international stage!

During her years of doctoral studies in the United States, she met many wealthy people, which naturally broadened her horizons considerably.

In order not to offend this Ye guy, it would be fine to teach my brother a lesson, but why expel him from the family for three years?

This is why Xue Yueyan harbors deep resentment towards Ye Chen.

Today, to celebrate her return, her father specially reserved a table here, but unexpectedly, he ran into this guy surnamed Ye outside. What bad luck!

Xue Yuexing thought to herself.

"Yueyan, this is Mr. Ye whom I told you about before. Quickly say hello to Mr. Ye."

Xue Pingyue quickly spoke up, hoping to introduce Ye Chen and Xue Yueyan to each other so that his daughter could expand her network.

However, when faced with Ye Chen, Xue Yueyan, who already had a lot of complaints about him, simply nodded indifferently and didn't even bother to speak.

Seeing this, Xue Pingyue felt extremely helpless, as he had spoiled his youngest daughter rotten.

"It's Patriarch Xue."

Ye Chen was about to speak when he was suddenly stopped. He wondered what had happened.

“Mr. Ye, since we’ve run into each other, I’ll treat you. Let’s go to my private room.”

Xue Pingyue warmly invited Ye Chen to dine with him.

Upon seeing this, Xue Yueyan immediately objected. Why should Ye Chen be allowed to eat with them?

This guy surnamed Ye can only show off in Shanghai. Once he goes abroad, compared to those big capital and big companies overseas, he seems very ordinary, not worth their attention.

Just as Xue Yueyan was pondering how to get her father to refuse Ye Chen's invitation, Ye Chen suddenly spoke up:

"Maybe next time. I'm here today to keep an appointment."

Ye Chen refused.

"Oh, that's a pity."

Xue Pingyue asked with a hint of disappointment.

On the contrary, Xue Yueyan was secretly excited. It was great that she wouldn't have to eat with Ye Chen.

"By the way, Mr. Ye, who has such great influence that they could invite you here?"

Xue Pingyue asked curiously.

Do I know him?

"Master Xue probably doesn't know him. He's not Chinese; he's Adabote, a senior executive at the First Royal Bank of the oil-producing country."

Ye Chen answered.

"What?! A senior executive at the First Royal Bank of an oil-producing country?!"

Hearing Ye Chen's answer, Xue Pingyue was very surprised.

Did I not realize that Mr. Ye's network of connections had expanded to this extent?

He has connections in distant oil-producing countries and is even a senior executive at the First Royal Bank of those countries.

Although he hadn't heard much about this bank, anything even remotely related to the word "royal" and from an oil-producing country was definitely not simple.

Even Xue Pingyue, who didn't know much about the First Royal Bank of the oil-producing country, was like this, let alone Xue Yueyan, who had been studying abroad and knew some things about the First Royal Bank of the oil-producing country.

At this moment, Xue Yueyan looked at Ye Chen with a shocked expression.

The power of the First Royal Bank of the Oil Country is self-evident. How could this Ye guy possibly know someone from the First Royal Bank of the Oil Country, let alone a senior executive?

That's unreasonable.

Even the children of some of the super-rich people she knew in the United States couldn't do that.

Moreover, judging from Ye Chen's words, it was actually the executive of the First Royal Bank of the oil-producing country who invited Ye Chen to dinner, rather than Ye Chen inviting the other party.

This has an even greater meaning.

"I don't believe it, you're kidding me..."

Xue Yueyan muttered disdainfully to herself, not believing that Ye Chen's connections could be that strong.

Even the children of the super-rich can't do it, so how could a student who looks to be around twenty years old do it?

How is that possible?

Anyway, they don't know each other, so who knows if Ye Chen exaggerated the identity of the foreigner who invited him to dinner just to show off in front of them.

They can't verify it either.

Yes, that must be it.

Xue Yueyan's suspicions fueled her even greater displeasure with Ye Chen.

Just as she was about to say something, two more guests walked into the restaurant and headed towards her.

"Mr. Ye."

"Hello, Mr. Ye."

After spotting Ye Chen standing there on the street, the two guests immediately came over and greeted him in English.

When Xue Yueyan saw the appearance of one of the guests, she was dumbfounded. She froze on the spot as if struck by lightning!

If she wasn't mistaken, one of them was Roderick, the owner of Byrne International Capital Group.

How did he end up in Shanghai, here?!

Xue Yueyan was stunned. A few months ago, she had attended a cocktail party where Mr. Roderick was also present.

A friend of hers had a father who was an old friend of Mr. Roderick, so Xue Yueyan's friend wanted to introduce Xue Yueyan to Roderick.

As a result, Roderick merely glanced at her and left without saying a word or even showing any expression, completely disregarding Xue Yueyan.

Although Xue Yueyan was extremely displeased, she dared not say anything in front of such an important person.

Unexpectedly, several months later, she actually saw Roderick here.

Besides that, there was something else that surprised her greatly.