"You bad boy, I want a kiss."

Chu Yang's heart stirred. He turned to look at her delicate and pretty face, then looked ahead.

Then he quickly kissed her on the lips.

She was trying to avoid making any noise, but Little Pear just had to pout her little mouth.

"suck!"

Shen Nansheng paused, then asked in confusion, "What was that sound?"

Chu Yang reacted quickly: "Calling the dog, Laifu, come here, snort snort snort..."

Little Tu Song Lai Fu came running over, wagging its tail.

Shen Nansheng let out a soft "Eh": "This dog looks familiar. Heh, and those two geese, what's their name again... Wang Chao Ma Han?"

“Dad, those are Zhang Long and Zhao Hu!” Little Pear corrected.

“Zhang Long, Zhao Hu… and this dog, what are they doing here?” Shen Nansheng asked suspiciously.

"I stole them from home. I had nowhere to put them, so I asked Uncle Chu... to help me keep them here. Look how happy they are now," Little Pear explained forcefully.

It's true that he was stolen from home, but he went around in circles and only brought him here from the traditional courtyard house during a holiday.

It was also Chu Yang's suggestion that it wasn't good to always keep them in the yard; letting them roam freely in the resort would allow them to grow up happily and freely.

"I see, that's good." Shen Nansheng didn't suspect anything and continued walking forward.

Xiao Li looked at Chu Yang and stuck out her tongue.

Chu Yang smiled helplessly, thinking that keeping it a secret like this was not a solution. Rather than having his suspicions discovered, he might as well confess to his older brother.

Having made up his mind, he smiled and patted Xiaoli's head.

They soon arrived at the villa, sat down in the pavilion, and Old Chu and Tony Fang went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Before long, a table full of food was laid out.

Roast suckling pig, braised goose, bamboo rice, slow-cooked soup...

Shen Nansheng's eyes lit up: "Wow, that's great! No wonder you said business is good, Second Brother. Just looking at it makes my mouth water. I'll recommend it to more of my friends!"

Then he took out two bottles of wine he had brought and put them on the table.

"This is some good wine I brought from the Netherlands, it's called Dutch gin, they say it's their national drink. Tonight, Brother Chu and I will try it out and have a few more drinks!"

Old Chu, a connoisseur of wine, immediately smiled and said, "Looks good, then I'll gladly keep you company."

"Can we eat now?" Little Pear was already craving roast suckling pig.

"Of course you can, eat up, Little Pear." Tony Fang smiled and broke off a small pork leg for her, putting it in her bowl: "You're too thin, you need to eat more."

"Thank you, Auntie," Little Pear said happily.

Then he started eating it in big bites.

"Come on, Anan, let's have a drink to soothe our throats!" Old Chu raised his glass.

“Alright, come on, second brother!” Shen Nansheng said with a smile.

"Come on!" Chu Yang raised his glass.

The three men, calling each other brothers, started drinking loudly and boisterously.

"Anan, drink slowly, don't drink too much, eat more vegetables," Tony Fang advised with a smile.

Shen Nansheng waved his hand: "It's alright, it's alright, I can hold my liquor very well!"

Little did he know that he was facing his second brother, who had drunk him under the table several times, and his second brother's father, who had an even higher alcohol tolerance...

As the sun gradually set, colorful lights illuminated the mountain resort.

Shen Nansheng was already quite drunk, but he hadn't passed out yet. He wanted to continue drinking, but Chu Yang stopped him.

"Brother, we still have business to discuss later."

“…That’s right, then let’s stop here. Brother Chu, let’s not get drunk like a turtle next time!” Shen Nansheng laughed.

Getting Old Chu drunk is a bit difficult; he's still completely unfazed.

“Come to my place anytime. I’ll have wine and food, and you can drink as much as you want,” he said with a smile.

Shen Nansheng laughed heartily: "Great! You truly live up to your second brother's father's reputation, haha!"

After a while, everyone had finished eating, the dining table was cleared away, and a tea table was set up.

However, it was a match between Chu Yang and Shen Nansheng.

Xiao Li, Shi Nuo, Lao Chu, and Tony Fang—the four of them decided to play mahjong together.

After drinking a few cups of tea, Shen Nansheng's mind cleared up. He handed Chu Yang a cigarette, lit it, and slowly said, "The lithography machine has been delivered. It should be loaded by now and can be transported over by special plane tomorrow."

"Uncle Ren won't get a break during the New Year holiday," Chu Yang said with a smile.

“Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. He said he can’t wait until after the New Year, and he wants to take action while others are celebrating the New Year, so it will be more discreet,” Shen Nansheng said.

Chu Yang agreed: "It is indeed necessary to keep it a secret. This lithography machine is a historic innovation for our industry. Before we come out with a truly epoch-making product, it is best to keep a low profile."

"That's what Uncle Ren said too. He's really looking forward to making our own chips," Shen Nansheng nodded.

"I'm looking forward to it too," Chu Yang said with a smile.

At that moment, a thought struck him.

He suddenly thought of a chip-related incident in China.

Hanxin chip fraud!

That century-old scam, which claimed to be "China's own CPU," directly caused my country's chip industry to regress by more than a decade, defrauding the country of billions of yuan in research funds. The truth was that it was just a Motorola chip that was polished and rebranded.

Ironically, due to the backwardness of domestic technology and lack of understanding, coupled with the counterfeiters' cunning, they managed to deceive everyone.

They even called him a national hero.

Everyone thought that China was about to usher in a golden age of technological revolution.

When the lies were exposed, the Chinese chip industry's dream was shattered, the fraudsters fled, leaving behind only devastation and a loss of trust in chip research across the country.

Chu Yang estimated the time and figured it was about time for the "Hanxin" chip to be released.

He himself was involved in the research of Huawei chips, so how could he tolerate such counterfeit chips running rampant?

Then there will be a clash between real and fake chips, exposing the ugly face of that scoundrel named Chen Jin!

Thinking of this, Chu Yang smiled.

"Second brother, second brother?" Shen Nansheng called out to him.

"You're laughing so hard, what good news is it? Tell your big brother!"

Chu Yang put away his smile. He would leave the Hanxin issue aside for now, but he had something else to say.

So he pondered for a moment and said, "There is indeed something I need to tell my elder brother, it's just..."

"Brother, would you like to strengthen our bond and make our brotherhood even more unbreakable?"