Li Nanfeng walked quickly, passing Shi Fengyue in two or three steps and went straight to Jiang Chen.
"Uncle He, Aunt Yang." Li Nanfeng put his hand on Jiang Chen's shoulder and said with a smile, "Uncle He, I heard that this year's new subway line connects two stations on the land you got in the northern suburbs last year. Congratulations!"
"Thank you." He Yanfeng smiled, his eyes swept across He Qianmin who was whispering in Jiang Chen's ear, and landed on Li Nanfeng's arm on Jiang Chen's shoulder: "Do you two know each other?"
"Of course." Li Nanfeng put down his hand on Jiang Chen, put away his nonchalant smile, and said, "Formally introduce Jiang Chen to Uncle He, Li De's partner and my most important collaborator at present."
"In order to finalize the contract with Jiang Chen as soon as possible, I specially asked Shi Fengyue to bring him here first, so that I can rush over to have a meeting with him as soon as I get off the plane." Li Nanfeng paused and smiled, "I took Jiang Chen to a meeting as soon as I arrived, and I didn't have time to introduce my friends to him. I was just preparing to take him over."
He Yanfeng glanced at Jiang Chen thoughtfully. He didn't have much contact with Li Nanfeng, and he usually smiled. But a young boss who had been in Lide for three years and could make the shareholders' meeting his own, and who could make the older generation sigh that the young were formidable when they mentioned him, He Yanfeng didn't think he was really approachable, no matter how approachable he acted.
At least, in the several times he and Li Nanfeng had worked together, he had never seen him introduce someone so carefully, nor had he seen him protect someone so obviously.
But... He Yanfeng couldn't help laughing. Was Li Nanfeng afraid that he would bully Jiang Chen, or was he worried that Jiang Chen would offend him, so he came so impatiently to take him away.
He Yanfeng said with a smile: "In that case, I won't restrict you young people. Just relax and have fun."
"Of course." Li Nanfeng said with a smile, "Uncle He, we'll leave first if everything is fine."
He Yanfeng nodded, raised his eyes and inadvertently saw Shi Fengyue walking towards him slowly, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Feng Yue is here today too?"
Li Nanfeng looked back at Shi Fengyue who was approaching and said, "Yes, he has been busy in the hospital since he returned to China. He finally got a break today. It's Qian Yang's birthday too, so he came together."
After he finished speaking, Shi Fengyue had already walked closer. He nodded slightly to He Yanfeng and Yang Yun, "Uncle He, Aunt Yang."
After saying hello, he lowered his eyes to glance at Jiang Chen and said, "Let me know when you leave, and I'll take you there."
Jiang Chen paused, then smiled: "Okay."
He was not stupid. Li Nanfeng and Shi Fengyue came over at this time most likely because they were worried that he had no experience in dealing with such occasions, so they came to help him out. Although he knew that they had misunderstood, he could not ignore or reject their kindness with a clear conscience.
He Yanfeng was really surprised this time: "Do you know each other?"
Shi Fengyue: “Yes.”
Li Nanfeng smiled and said, "The reason I know Jiang Chen is because of Shi Fengyue."
He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows. He was able to be introduced to Li Nanfeng by Shi Fengyue, and was valued so much by Li Nanfeng... Thinking of the cooperation project with Jiang Chen that Li Nanfeng had mentioned before, he suddenly became curious: "You said you were cooperating with Jiang Chen before, what was the cooperation?"
"The cooperation project has to be kept secret for the time being." Li Nanfeng said with a smile: "It's a commercial secret, please forgive me, Uncle He."
He Yanfeng looked at Jiang Chen, and became more and more surprised in his heart. How capable could such a young boy who had just reached adulthood be to have the two most powerful figures of the younger generation in the circle protect him?
"It seems that Li De is going to make a big move." He Yanfeng smiled at Jiang Chen and said, "I look forward to hearing good news from you."
Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle He."
Li Nanfeng said, "Uncle He, let's go over first. Jiang Chen hasn't eaten yet, so I'll just take him over to eat something."
Hearing this, Yang Yun said, "Xiao Chen, Auntie heard that you like to eat braised meatballs. Just now, when I knew you were coming, I asked the kitchen to prepare some. Since you haven't eaten yet, do you want to go and have some?"
Jiang Chen was stunned. Seeing Yang Yun's expectant eyes, he opened his mouth and pursed it gently, smiling, "Okay, thank you, Auntie."
"You're welcome." Yang Yun was happy and looked at the others with a smile: "If you haven't eaten yet, let's go to the restaurant and have something to eat together."
Li Nanfeng realized belatedly that he might have misunderstood. Thinking of what he had just said, he coughed and said, "I won't go. Qian Yang just said he had something to discuss with me, and I also have something to discuss with him."
As soon as Li Nanfeng left, He Qianmin and Shi Fengyue stood on both sides of Jiang Chen. Next to He Qianmin stood Han Qiya, and opposite Han Qiya stood He Qianjian and He Yanfeng and his wife.
He Qianmin said: "Then I will go with my brother."
Han Qiya also smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I've had authentic Chinese braised meatballs. I'm so craving for them."
He Qianjian had been standing here since he came over from He Yanfeng and his wife. He felt relieved after hearing their conversation with Jiang Chen and confirming that they had not discovered Jiang Chen's identity. However, before he could completely relax, he heard Yang Yun say that she had specially prepared food for Jiang Chen.
His heart tightened and he couldn't help but carefully observe Yang Yun's expression. After seeing the smile and love in her eyes, his heart slowly sank.
In his memory, Yang Yun had always been a gentle and virtuous mother who was very warm to him, He Qianmin, and He Qianyu's friends. But even so, it had never happened that she would ask the kitchen to prepare the food their friends liked the first thing they did after returning from outside.
Moreover, Yang Yun is very good at treating everyone equally, no matter if it is to the three of them, the children of relatives or their friends. There were so many people at He Qianyang's birthday party, but she only prepared food for Jiang Chen. What does this mean?
The only reason He Qianjian could find was the bond between mother and son. Even though she didn't know Jiang Chen was her son, she would involuntarily want to like him well.
He Qianjian lowered his eyes and concealed the gloom in his eyes. This was something he absolutely did not want to see, so he had to think of a way.
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After the banquet was over and all the guests had left, the five members of the He family plus He Qianyang sat in the living room to rest.
He Qianjian casually asked, "Qian Min, how did you and Jiang Chen know each other? I haven't heard you mention it before."
He Qianmin was texting with Jiang Chen. Hearing this, he sneered without even looking up and said, "What does it have to do with you?"
But it wasn't just He Qianjian. He Yanfeng and Yang Yun were also very curious. Yang Yun said, "Minmin, Mom also wants to know, how did you and Xiaochen know each other?"
He Qianmin curled his lips and said, "Before, a few guys in our school picked a fight with me. They blocked me in the alley near the library when I was alone. My brother saved me."
"No wonder." He Qianjian smiled and said meaningfully, "Last time he and his three friends beat a group of us, we were all dominant. I was always curious about how he could be so good at fighting. It turns out he has a lot of experience."
He Qianmin raised his head and looked at He Qianjian expressionlessly, "What do you mean?"
"It's nothing." He Qianjian said, "I'm just afraid that you'll be deceived, so I want to remind you that you can only judge a person by his appearance, not his heart. Don't trust others too easily."
"Being cheated?" He Qianmin sneered, put down the phone and said, "Who can be a better liar than you, He Qianjian?"
He Qianjian's expression froze slightly, and the smile on his face faded: "What do you mean by that?"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Yang Yun frowned worriedly and turned to look at He Yanfeng.
He Yanfeng leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice, "Let them go. We keep interfering with them, and they will never be able to resolve their grievances. Maybe it's not a bad thing to have a quarrel."
Yang Yun looked at the two people who were on the verge of a fight, sighed softly in his heart, and said nothing.
He Qianmin sneered: "Do you really not know what I mean or are you pretending not to know? Last time at the skating rink, who provoked, who caused trouble, who started the fight first? You should know very well in your mind, if you didn't know, how could you have turned black and white upside down when you got home?"
He Qianjian's eyes turned cold, and he caught a glimpse of He Yanfeng and his wife who were paying attention to this side. He suddenly smiled and said in a rather helpless but expected tone: "Did Jiang Chen tell you all this?"
"Heh." He Qianmin smiled coldly: "My brother never told me about this. Do you think you are the only one in the ice rink? There were my friends in the ice rink that day."
"Which friend of yours?" He Qianjian smiled instead of getting angry. He seemed to be tolerating a child who was making trouble for no reason. "How do you know whether he is telling the truth or not? He was not involved in the incident, so how can you be sure that what he saw is true?"
He Qianmin narrowed his eyes, stared at He Qianjian for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "He Qianjian, your acting is really good. If you have this ability, why do you need to take these crooked paths? If you study more, it is not impossible to make a movie and win an award."
He Qianjian sighed, "Qianmin, I know you have always misunderstood me since the car accident. I always thought I was your brother, so it's okay to tolerate you. Even if you would rather call me brother to outsiders than to me, I have never been angry. But you would rather believe an outsider than me, and even turned black and white against me for him. It makes me very sad."
He Qianmin sneered: "Keep acting."
He Qianjian shook his head, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said: "I will only say one thing. After saying this, if you still think Jiang Chen is as harmless as you imagined, I will not persuade you anymore."
He Qianyang, who had been playing with his phone, looked up, glanced at He Qianmin, who had a cold expression, and his eyes fell on He Qianjian.
He Qianjian said, "Last semester, Jiang Chen's grades dropped in the opening exams, and he fell to over 100. His head teacher reprimanded him for this, and he publicly contradicted his head teacher. Later, in the monthly exam, his head teacher lost the test paper, and suspected that a student had stolen it for the sake of grades, so he brought other teachers into the classroom to search the desks. When they found Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen refused to let anyone touch his things, and in front of the whole class, he said that his head teacher was targeting him, and that if there were test papers in his drawer, it was put there by his head teacher."
"Their class teacher was in a dilemma and finally had to give up. Who knew that Jiang Chen got first place when the results came out? The other teachers still suspected that his results were not true, so they took him to the principal's office for a confrontation. Who knew that in the end, it was their class teacher who was suspended." He Qianjian smiled and said, "This is the first time I heard that a teacher, in order to maintain the fairness of the entire class exam, ended up suspending a student because of a student whose desk was not searched."
He Qianyang raised his eyebrows and turned to look at the expressions of his uncle and aunt. Seeing that they were indeed listening, he thought that He Qianjian was indeed not an easy person to deal with. It would be difficult for his little cousin to talk to He Qianjian today.
"Not only that." He Qianjian continued, "Not long after their head teacher was suspended, all the students and parents of their school knew about it. Some parents urged an investigation into the matter. In the end, not only was the head teacher fired, but even the vice principal who supported the investigation was reported to the police and was sent to prison."
He Yanfeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you talking about Sun Tengyun? The time when Huang Chang was arrested?"
"Yes." He Qianjian smiled and said, "It was that shuffle that caused the two teachers who offended Jiang Chen to have a bad ending."
"What does this have to do with Jiang Chen?" He Qianyang said jokingly, "No matter how powerful he is, he can't affect the higher-ups. Cousin, you're going too far."
He Qianjian: "Jiang Chen really can't do it, but he knows Shi Fengyue. Huang Chang's superior is the Zhang family, and the Zhang family and the Shi family have always been old rivals."
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