Since Ye Tong insisted, there was no way to avoid the engagement party of the new GC leader.

Chen Weiyu is an outstanding descendant in the complex family system of the Chen family, Ye Kai heard his assistant explain this to him while changing clothes. He has been a top student since childhood, graduated from Columbia University, and joined GC as a general assistant in the tourism group. He was promoted to assistant president of the general group, and then he was parachuted into the business group a year ago to take over as president, becoming the head of GC Business Group - the most core and profitable business of the entire GC.

"Calling on it, he should be the cousin of the previous president." Assistant Siqi stood by with a pressed suit in her hand.

Ye Kai has been gradually involved in the management and business of Ningtong since this year. Yetong intends to assign him a mature and experienced assistant, but Ye Kai doesn't like the feeling of being led by the nose, so he simply hired a new one, who just graduated with a master's degree a year ago, to take care of all his work and social details.

"Isn't he nearly forty?"

"Forty-one." Siqi stood beside him and put on his coat.

Although he was only twenty, his aura in formal attire was hard to underestimate. He was gorgeous and deep, with a restrained edge. Perhaps this was the kind of person who grew up in the world of fame and fortune. Although Siqi was several years older than him, she did not dare to be disrespectful in the slightest. She did not know that her young employer was not like this two years ago.

Ye Kai buttoned up his cuffs, a smile on his lips: "It seems that the Chen family likes to marry and have children later."

This "all" made Siqi hesitate to answer rashly. She took off the tie that the stylist had matched for her: "Windsor knot?"

Ye Kai nodded. Siqi skillfully tied his bow tie. The two of them were very close, but there was no ambiguous or reverie. Only when he occasionally lowered his eyes and saw Siqi's focused expression, he would think of himself tying a bow tie for Chen Youhan. At that time, he couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to kiss him, and it often took five minutes to tie a tie. These fragments swept through Ye Kai's heart lightly and quickly, like the occasional snow outside the window in winter.

Ye Tong was ill, so Ye Zheng represented the banquet, accompanied by Ye Kai and Qu Jia. The venue was at the Oriental Mandarin, with a long Western-style buffet table, which was low-key yet luxurious. Siqi stood by and quietly introduced the guests to him. It was indeed a gathering of celebrities and stars. The shadow of the storm had completely disappeared from GC and the Chen family. Chen Weiyu and his beautiful fiancée were surrounded by the crowd, smiling as they accepted the blessings and compliments from all sides.

Ye Kai saw a familiar face. It was Gu Xiu. He had not changed much, still looking gentle and elegant. Distracted, Ye Kai still thought that the person standing next to Gu Xiu was Chen Youhan. When he came back to his senses, the curtain fell and the new drama began. GC was no longer Chen Youhan's GC, and the person standing next to Gu Xiu was not Chen Youhan either. He was helping Chen Weiyu deal with the situation in a meticulous and thoughtful manner.

Chen Weiyu is a middle-aged man with a mediocre appearance. He is slightly fat, and even if he tries to hold his belly in, his beer belly is still prominent. He wears decent clothes and accessories, and his hairline recedes slightly on both sides. He shakes hands with people in a strong and steady manner. He is 41 and looks 41. Unlike Chen Youhan, who always stays in the vague boundary of early 30s, he has a nonchalant demeanor when shaking hands with people and talking.

I don’t know if Gu Xiu will feel disappointed.

There were fewer people, so Ye Kai walked forward.

"Brother Wei Yu, long time no see, congratulations." He stretched out a hand, Chen Wei Yu shook it without hesitation, and patted his shoulder vigorously: "Xiao Kai, you have grown so tall in the blink of an eye!"

Ye Kai smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is so beautiful, it's true that they are a perfect match."

"It's time for you to date!" Chen Weiyu clinked champagne glasses with him, "Let Cissy throw the bouquet to you at the wedding!"

"How can a bouquet of flowers be enough? If Xiaokai is like this, won't the people chasing after him line up from here to Xilin Avenue?" his fiancée Cissy teased.

The atmosphere was harmonious and there was no sign that this was their first meeting.

A new group of guests came up, and Ye Kai left. Si Qi followed and stuck out her tongue: "What a coincidence."

"Your name is Cissy too?"

Siqi nodded: "Same name, different fate. When will God give me a domineering CEO?"

Ye Kai smiled when he heard her words and said at the right time: "You can go and look for someone, and I'll help you connect with the one you like."

As soon as Siqi left, Gu Xiu caught up with her. He just said goodbye to Chen Weiyu temporarily and had to go back without saying a few words.

"Mr. Gu, I heard you got a promotion." Ye Kai raised his champagne glass to him, "Congratulations."

His aloof and distant look made Gu Xiu stunned for a moment. He followed the polite words: "The position remains unchanged, just the title has been upgraded. You--" He wanted to ask if you were okay? But Ye Kai looked fine, just more profound and mature than two years ago, and there was almost no trace of the boy who treated the whole company to milk tea, so he changed the topic and said: "You have changed a lot."

Ye Kai pursed his lips and smiled: "Things have changed, and you should feel it more than I do."

Gu Xiu felt offended.

I felt a sense of anger and loss at the same time.

He could not forget the days that Chen Youhan spent that year. Silent, working like crazy, squandering his body harshly and cruelly. He cleaned up the mess and regrouped, like a spinning top without rest, sleeping only three or four hours a day, and almost living in the company. The only way to relax was to drink. Gu Xiu always went to pick up people, picking up a drunk man who could only repeat the word "Xiao Kai". Later, she gradually stopped calling his name, and didn't say anything when she was drunk. She only said "I miss you" over and over again on his birthday one year. Gu Xiu recalled that it was probably the year they just broke up.

This reckless drinking did not help him to have a better alcohol tolerance. Instead, he got drunk faster and faster, deeper and deeper, and more and more confused. Finally, after sending him home again, he saw Chen Youhan hunched over with his messy bed sheets. Gu Xiu thought he had upset his stomach, but when he got closer, he found that Chen Youhan had his eyes closed, and the bed sheets were stained with dark marks from his tears. He shrank his body, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and a painful whimper came from his throat. Gu Xiu listened twice before he realized that he was asking over and over again: "Baby, where are you?" Coincidentally, that day was Chen Youhan's birthday again.

To be fair, as sweet as Gu Xiu thought love was at the beginning, she was so hurt that she retreated at that moment.

He even thought that Chen Youhan shouldn't be like this. He would rather he spent his whole life in the midst of sensual pleasures without a heart than end up like this.

The long-awaited conversation ended unpleasantly, and Gu Xiu returned to Chen Weiyu with his fists clenched. He still had responsibilities to fulfill, and even though he was full of resentment and depression, he could only put on his familiar smile again.

Ye Kai raised his wrist to check his watch. At such a boring banquet, he would have completed his mission as long as he showed up. It was time to go back. He put down his wine glass and glanced around the banquet hall. He didn't see Qu Jia and Ye Zheng, so he decided to go smoke a cigarette first. He didn't have a smoking addiction. He only needed nicotine to relieve his mood when he was in a bad mood. The smoking area was in a garden courtyard, shaded by branches and flowers, and very private. He couldn't help but laugh at himself when he saw the cigarette box. Davidoff. It's not like he hadn't tried other cigarettes before. Marlboro, Hilton, Yunyan, all of them were hard to swallow.

While smoking, he processed the accumulated messages on his phone. The financial system is indeed easier to work in than the GC. You only need to make management decisions and rarely need to make strategic changes. Everything is moving forward smoothly. It can run smoothly with or without him as the successor. Lucas also sent messages - this is natural. After all, he has been pursuing her for more than a year. I thought he would be tired after a long time, but he didn't expect that because of his transfer to the Greater China region, he became more aggressive in pursuing her.

Lucas: Would you like a drink after the party?

This was sent about half an hour ago, and Ye Kai replied indifferently: I’ve had enough to drink.

Lucas seemed to be waiting for him and replied immediately: Is there a chance we can meet again tonight?

Ye Kai took a deep breath, unable to make a decision for a moment. He locked the screen, and walked into the depths of the garden in the night, cigarette in hand.

"Wei Yu is finally a winner in life. Not only did he get promoted and make a fortune, but his wife is also beautiful." Someone gossiped about the protagonist of today's banquet in a low voice.

"Isn't it GC that is his easiest winner?"

"That's right, he's a lucky guy in the workplace. The company that President Youhan saved with all his might was given to him. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he can safely join the board of directors with this position."

"I really miss President Youhan."

The other person was silent for a moment, then pretended to be relaxed and joked: "Hey, who isn't?"

"Although the swearing is a bit harsh."

The two laughed out loud, and one of them said with emotion: "But he invited all the old employees back."

The other one sniffed: "Stop talking, or I'll start crying! Maybe Yahan has his own things to do. GC's shares are still there. To put it bluntly, Weiyu is just working for him."

"I can do something for General Yu."

The two of them laughed again: "As soon as Youhan left, all the money he ordered after get off work was gone."

"Why isn't he married yet?"

"Wait for the celestial being."

"Well, he's here today too, why don't you go have a drink with him? It'll be nice to have some fun."

The female voice walked away playfully.

Ye Kaixin was startled, and the cigarette ash fell from his fingertips. Chen Youhan was there too? Why didn't he see him? He walked back almost reflexively, and after two hurried steps, he slowed down.

Why would he want to find Chen Youhan? Ye Kai, you forgot that you swore that you would forget him before the end of your twenties.

A thick fog rose in the night. In early July, it was the end of the plum rain season in Ning City, and even the air could feel the weight of moisture. The night fog permeated the vast lights, and the subtle fragrance of Juliet floated in the mist. Ye Kai took out his mobile phone and decided to give Lucas a positive answer. He could see him, and he needed to see him. Perhaps this approach was a bit despicable, but Lucas would not care. He was a resultist and did not care about the original intention. As long as Ye Kai was willing to accept him, he would not care whether it was healing or taking shelter - the only thing he could not do was that Ye Kai was still unwilling to accept him.

The light from the mobile phone screen was very dazzling in the night. He was typing and walking slower and slower, and unexpectedly bumped into someone.

Reflexively saying "sorry", the person who was hit turned around, holding a champagne glass in his hand with a cigarette, looked at him blankly, smiled in surprise, and said gently: "Xiao Kai."

Ye Kai raised his eyes and locked his phone.

Chen Youhan said "Excuse me" to the person next to him, and extended his hand to make a "please" gesture: "Would you like to chat?"

Only then did he realize that the person next to him was a foreigner. He said without thinking, "I didn't know your English is so good."

Chen Youhan said lightly: "It's improved a little bit."

The night breeze blew away the damp mist. The two walked slowly along the path hidden among the trees. No one spoke for a while, and it was Chen Youhan who took the initiative to say, "I'm surprised. I thought you wouldn't be there."

"Meet Chen Weiyu." He answered briefly.

"I saw it." Chen Youhan smiled. He was not so self-indulgent as to think that the chance encounter a few days ago could bring back some old feelings for Ye Kai. But even sober, he could not help but feel lost for a moment. His palms were damp, almost warming the wine.

"I'm surprised you're willing to walk with me." He said in a deep voice, "I thought you didn't want to have any contact with me anymore."

"Brother Youhan, we have been friends for so many years after all," Ye Kai paused and said calmly, "Besides, it's all in the past, I don't take it to heart."

Chen Youhan nodded, his voice a little hoarse: "That's good."

"Let's not talk about this anymore," Ye Kai pretended to be relaxed, "Why did you resign from GC?" He thought to himself that such concern should not be considered crossing the line.

Chen Youhan tilted his head and glanced at him: "Do you want to know?"

Ye Kai was a little flustered for a moment, but after calming himself down, he said, "No, it's just that GC is your career, and suddenly handing it over to someone else is really not in line with your style."

Chen Youhan laughed and said, "I'm not willing to give away everything."

There was something else in his words, but it made Ye Kai feel like he was stung by a needle. He silently replied in his heart, of course, this does not include me, because I have been let out.

"Wei Yu is more stable than me and is more suitable for the current GC." Chen Youhan explained seriously and smiled to ease the atmosphere: "I am still on the board of directors and I am not penniless."

"You have been busy for the past two years..." Ye Kai gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and indulged himself: "What have you been busy with?"

"Building a house in the countryside." Chen Youhan smiled and said, "Are you surprised?"

Ye Kai was indeed startled, and couldn't help looking at him: "Building a house in the countryside?"

Chen Youhan's eyes were gentle: "I'll tell you when I have a chance."

The road came to an end, it was time to go back. Both of them slowed down their pace involuntarily, Chen Youhan's Adam's apple rolled again and again, and the words came out of his tongue several times: "Have you changed your number?"

He thought he had acted naturally enough, but he still alarmed Ye Kai. He was unusually silent for the first time tonight, and Chen Youhan's eyes flashed with sadness. Fortunately, it was dark enough, and Ye Kai didn't want to look at him at all. Only he knew how embarrassed he was.

"Forget it, I was rude." He pretended to be calm and swallowed the bitterness on his tongue.

"No," Ye Kai said softly, then raised his voice again and repeated, "I haven't changed my number."

Chen Youhan was caught off guard. The joy went straight from his heart to his eyes. Before he could react, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"If there's anything... can I call you?"

Ye Kai was in a mess. However, it was their second meeting, and after talking for more than ten sentences, he felt uncomfortable in his chest, and even his breathing was suffocated. He lowered his head and quickened his pace: "Okay...or not, there shouldn't be anything between us."

He was right. In the past, even if they were not together, at least she could look for him openly anytime and anywhere, and even the words "I miss you" could be easily said. Now he was nobody, just a classmate that Ye Kai's sister didn't know very well, and meeting him at the banquet was already a blessing from heaven.

The moment he pushed open the glass door, Ye Kai breathed a sigh of relief calmly. He seemed like a man who had escaped from a dense forest. Everything under the crystal chandelier was familiar to him, polite and fake, but not Chen Youhan's breathing, body temperature and smell. He remembered Ye Tong's instructions, and said with a dizzy head and fearless face: "Grandpa wrote two words for you. I'll send them to you when it's convenient for you."

Chen Youhan's heart skipped a beat. He said quickly, "Any time."

"Where do you live?"

"It's still the same place, Fanning."

Ye Kai said expressionlessly: "Don't get me wrong, it was really Grandpa who insisted that I send him off in person."

Ye Tong wrote two, one is "Zhiyuan" and the other is "Manjiu". He values ​​Chen Youhan too much. If Ye Jin didn't want to, the child would be a bystander by now... That's good. In that case, Chen Youhan will always be his brother, and he doesn't have to worry about him like a lunatic.

Chen Youhan looked at him deeply: "Do you know that this building has a total of 120 floors?"

Ye Kai was slightly startled, and raised his eyes reflexively. Their eyes met, and in an instant, all the voices faded away. Chen Youhan stood under a chandelier, the gorgeous golden light spread all over his body. Among the elegant clothes and the beautiful women, his deep and handsome eyebrows only looked at him. Ye Kai's eyes met his, and his heart stopped beating for a moment.

Behind him, a waiter in a tuxedo was passing by. Chen Youhan took a glass of whiskey on the rocks, took a sip, paused, and said to Ye Kai: "The top floor is an open-air terrace. Can I...watch the night view with you?"

Ye Kai swallowed and glanced away hastily.

Chen Youhan asked again: "Is it okay?"

He was very patient, but his eyes were unwilling to move away from Ye Kai's face.

After more than seven hundred days, how could he bear to miss even one more glance?

"No." Ye Kai calmed himself down and said, "Sorry, I have an appointment."

The crystal wine glass in his hand loosened and then clenched again, and Chen Youhan felt a pang in his heart: "It's so late, and you still have an appointment?"

He guessed that he was bringing humiliation upon himself.

It turned out to be self-humiliating.

Ye Kai said, "It's Lucas, sorry."

Chen Youhan nodded, his eyes relaxed, he lowered his head to look at the pattern of the carpet under his feet, and then smiled self-deprecatingly: "Have fun."

Ye Kai was unwilling to let him go. He looked directly at Chen Youhan: "Brother Youhan, don't be like this."

Chen Youhan seemed to anticipate what he was going to say. He clenched the rim of his cup and turned around hastily: "I suddenly remembered that I still have something to tell Gu Xiu——"

"It's all over." Ye Kai said in a low voice.

Chen Youhan paused, his face tense, not daring to look back.

“I’m already trying to like someone else.”