Jiang Chen glanced at the guests in the audience. Most of them were unfamiliar faces. Their eyes varied, some were scrutinizing and some were curious, but they hid all these expressions neatly under polite smiles, making their faces look almost the same.
He was not good at dealing with these things before, and later he was unwilling and did not need to deal with them. He thought that these would be inevitable when he returned to the He family, but He Yanfeng just told him: He is Jiang Chen, still Jiang Chen, and will always be Jiang Chen.
The young man on the stage had a calm expression and slightly drooped eyelashes. His gaze fell on the people who were looking at him. It was quiet but hard to ignore. The discussions that had been going on for a while gradually died down. Everyone unconsciously showed an expression of waiting and their breathing slowed down.
Jiang Chen walked to the microphone, his voice clear and unhurried: "Nice to meet you, I'm Jiang Chen." He slightly curved his eyes and took a half step back to his original position.
It took two or three seconds for the people waiting for his next words to come back to their senses.
Finished?
Is that it?
Shouldn't there be a speech afterwards?
Everyone was confused and looked at each other, but for some reason, no one spoke.
If the students of the AI Technology Development and Application Department of the Interstellar Federal University saw this situation, they would definitely wave their hands and tell them that there was no need to feel strange. This was a common occurrence in Professor Jiang's class. With just a look from Professor Jiang, everyone would unconsciously quiet down and listen to his lectures. This was more effective than scolding people by the department head, who was recognized as the most ruthless and impartial person in the department.
The guests present were unaware of this, and before they had time to notice why they didn't speak, He Yanfeng on the stage had already taken the microphone.
"This is something to be announced, and the next thing is to celebrate." He Yanfeng's smile deepened, with a not-unnoticeable sense of pride in his tone. He raised the champagne glass in his hand and said with a smile: "My son has received admission letters from Yanda and Huazhong University, and will be enrolled in the Computer Science Department of Yanda in September this year. Let us congratulate him in advance!"
The guests subconsciously raised their glasses, and before they could think, they were already celebrating with their mouths, full of joy:
"Congratulations!"
"I was recommended by both Yanda University and Huazhong University at the same time. A good father will have a good son."
"Congratulations."
Halfway through blessing, someone came back to his senses, turned around and asked a partner who had a good relationship with him, "Who is the son that Mr. He just mentioned?"
The partner smiled, turned slightly, and said in a low voice: "It must be He Qianjian, who else could it be?"
"I've always heard that the eldest son of the He family has good grades, but I didn't expect him to be so good. However, this Jiang Chen is a bit pitiful. He just came back to hold a banquet to announce his identity, but he just said a few words about it. The rest was to celebrate the adopted son's promotion. No wonder they didn't even bother to change his name. The He family doesn't care about him at all."
"It's not the He family's fault. He Qianjian has been so outstanding since he was a child. Everyone who sees him will praise He Yanfeng for being so lucky. He has been raised for eighteen years. How can the affection between a newly found child be compared to that of such a long time?"
"He is also my biological son. We are related by blood."
"Some people pay attention to this, while others don't care. Didn't the He family take him back? Although they didn't change his name, they didn't let him wander around. I can only say that the He family cares more about feelings than blood ties."
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Such conversations took place in many places in the banquet hall, but there was a small group of people who were saying the same thing but with completely different opinions.
"The He family is too partial to me." A young man in the corner raised his eyebrows, crossed his legs and said to the middle-aged man beside him: "Dad, if you find out that I am not your biological son in the future, will you be so partial to your biological son who you brought back?"
The middle-aged man slapped him on the head and said, "If you were not my biological son, I would have swept you out of the house a long time ago. Don't say I'm partial to you. I won't even glance at you."
Zhang Yanjing rolled his eyes, put down his legs and became excited again, looking very happy: "What do you think Uncle He is thinking? After tonight, He Qianjian will be completely embarrassed. How can he survive in our circle in the future? Maybe Uncle He doesn't want this fake son of his at all and is going to kick him out."
"What are you talking about?" The middle-aged man gave him a warning look: "Don't keep your mouth shut outside, don't get involved in the He family's affairs, and now that you've graduated, don't always cause trouble for He Qianjian in the future."
Not far away, someone was also warning:
"Don't bother Jiang Chen all the time."
Li Nanfeng was indignant: "What do you mean by troubling him? We are cooperating. I give him several million every year, okay?"
Shi Fengyue raised his eyebrows, obviously not wanting to discuss this topic with him. He just rested his chin on his hand and looked at the red wine swaying in the glass.
"Hey, do you think something is going to happen in the He family? He Qianjian is not the type to be kicked out or do nothing. And I think Mr. He has always liked him. I guess it won't be that easy for Jiang Chen to drive He Qianjian back to the Jiang family."
"Who said Jiang Chen wanted to drive He Qianjian back to the Jiang family?"
Li Nanfeng was stunned for a moment, and seeing that Shi Fengyue was still lazily looking at his wine glass, as if he had not spoken just now, he leaned over and asked curiously: "What do you mean? Jiang Chen still wants He Qianjian to stay in the He family?"
Shi Fengyue raised his eyelids and glanced at him, his expression was very obvious.
"No way." Li Nanfeng and he had known each other for many years, and he could tell at a glance that he had another meaning behind his disdain. He was surprised and said, "Jiang Xiaochen is not going to give He Qianjian a way out? He won't let him stay in the He family or go to the Jiang family. Will He Qianjian's biological parents agree?"
Shi Fengyue said nothing, but looked forward. Sure enough, He Yanfeng waited for the audience to discuss for about half a minute before continuing, "We are honored to have Mr. Xiang here to say congratulations for our son. Welcome."
The vigorous old man walked onto the stage, his usually serious expression softened a little more than usual. He took the microphone and his first words were: "Originally I didn't want to come."
Before everyone could be surprised, he continued, "At the beginning, I asked Huada to send him a recommendation letter, and I persuaded him to go to Huada. I told him that Huada's mathematics department had my favorite student, and he could get into the research institute as soon as he entered the school, and he would definitely be admitted to graduate school after graduation, and he would go directly to the Chinese Academy of Sciences after graduating from graduate school. Who knew that he would enter the national research institute on his own in his third year of high school, and in less than a year, he already had a research and development achievement in his hands."
"Besides, it's not just Yanda University that's competing with me for talent, the Military Research Institute is also competing with me for talent. Originally, I thought that although I studied undergraduate at Yanda University, I could still enter the Chinese Academy of Sciences after graduation, and I would still be my student at that time. Who knew that the Military Research Institute would quietly sign a contract with him, and directly approve the project launch plan, and just wait for the team to be established to start research."
"I thought that although I couldn't become Jiang Chen's teacher directly, standing out from Lao Zhao and Xiao Wu who were rushing to say a blessing to Jiang Chen was half the battle, so I came up."
Mr. Xiang is rigorous and meticulous in his research, but vigorous and decisive in his life. He speaks in a steady and coherent tone, and by the time he has finished speaking, the guests have not yet recovered from the huge amount of information in it.
First of all, the most shocking information, which also had the greatest impact on everyone present, was that it turned out that the person He Yanfeng just said he wanted to celebrate was not He Qianjian, but his biological son Jiang Chen.
At this time, most of the guests remembered that the young man on the stage had been standing between He Yanfeng and his wife from beginning to end, and he was wearing a suit from the same series as his brother and sister-in-law. As for He Qianjian, except for the fact that he followed Mr. He at the beginning and showed his lower body, he was no longer seen.
So they were wrong from the beginning.
If the He family really valued He Qianjian more, there would be no one who noticed his absence at this time, unless the He family knew it but didn't pay much attention to it. As for Jiang Chen, he was protected by He Yanfeng and his wife from the moment he appeared. This not only made him an unignorable presence in the banquet hall, but also blocked any possible scrutiny and curiosity.
Is this not taking it seriously? The He family had clearly told them at the very beginning who the protagonist of this banquet was!
Before, He Yanfeng said that he would not change Jiang Chen’s name. They thought that the He family cared more about He Qianjian, so they didn’t care whether their biological child changed back to the He family’s surname or not.
However, listening to the long speech that Mr. Xiang just gave, which was said to be a congratulatory speech, actually not a single word was not a compliment. I didn't expect that he was so eloquent in academics, but he was so careless and unserious when complimenting others. Was that a congratulatory speech? The wrinkles at the corners of your eyes showed off and pride.
Wait, what else was that? I entered graduate school right out of high school, and I had research results in less than a year. Now I’ve signed a contract with the military research institute, and the plan for the next project has been approved. I just need to wait for the team to be established before I can start research?
Everyone recalled what Mr. Xiang had just said. The more they recalled, the more they couldn't believe it. Could this be true? Or did they hear it wrong?
Although it is rare to enter a research institute in high school and have research results in less than a year, it is easier to accept that Shi Fengyue had two patents at the age of 15. But signing a contract with the military research institute? The plan has been approved and the team is just waiting to be established?
If it was a simple signing, he would enter the military research institute and become an ordinary researcher there. Although his age was rare enough, it only proved that he was smart enough and did have talent in scientific research. Although everyone thought that the He family was lucky and that their own child was so outstanding after returning from more than ten years away, it was just envy, but it was just envy.
But - forming a team?
Even if the people present were not in the scientific research circle at all, they knew that not everyone could form a scientific research team, let alone a scientific research team approved by the Military Research Institute. The scientific researchers who could independently form a team were all the best in their field, and the leaders of the teams approved by the Military Research Institute had achieved multiple results in a field, and many of them had even won authoritative scientific research awards at home and abroad, and were masters at home and abroad.
For example, Mr. Xiang who is beside Jiang Chen, and Major General Wu who was mentioned by Mr. Xiang, who was awarded a military rank as an exception because of his scientific research results that are of great significance to the country.
only……
Everyone looked up at the young man on the stage who was obviously less than 20 years old. After making sure that they had not heard wrong, they digested the news bit by bit and couldn't help but feel jealous.
How could the He family have such good luck, to bring back a child who was mistakenly adopted more than ten years ago, and he actually had such great achievements. No wonder He Yanfeng felt that he didn't need to change his name, he was not like other fledgling heirs who needed to use the surname given by the family to gain respect and convenience from others.
It is not difficult to imagine that after tonight, there will only be Jiang Chen, the eldest son of the He family. Even if his surname is not He, and even if there is another He Qianjian who has been the eldest son of the He family for more than ten years and whose name is more like that of a member of the He family, everyone will only recognize the one on the stage.
Because Jiang Chen is enough to gain everyone's respect.
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