Seeing this, Mr. Yu smiled and had an idea in mind. He chatted with Shen Fang warmly: "President Shen, it's been a long time."
Shen Fang smiled and shook hands with Yu's father, exchanging pleasantries.
This birthday party actually had a bigger hidden purpose, which was to set up a blind date.
Calling it a blind date is an understatement; it's actually a marriage alliance.
This is also why Yu Mingxue had a big fight with her family some time ago and ran away to live at school. However, the Yu family eventually compromised and let Yu Mingxue choose for herself. They would control whoever could attend the banquet, and no matter who it was, they could form a powerful alliance.
Seeing that his daughter's eyes were fixed on Shen Jiachen, what else could Yu's father not understand?
He was quite pleased. Putting aside the Shen family's strength, Shen Jiachen was an outstanding child, and he and his daughter had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, so the marriage was a good thing.
Yu's father said, "Mingxue, you should take good care of Jiachen and the others."
Then he looked at Shen Fang and said, "President Shen, let's catch up with our old friends. It's rare to have such a relaxing moment."
After the elders left, Yu Mingxue looked at Shen Jiachen again. Today, Shen Jiachen was dressed very formally in a well-tailored black suit, which gave him an air of sophistication. His face was undeniably handsome.
Yu Mingxue felt her face getting hot, but luckily she had applied a lot of blush today, so it wasn't too noticeable. Otherwise, she would have been a little embarrassed to face Shen Jiachen.
Seeing that Yu's father had left, Gu Xingyuan naturally walked to Yu Mingxue's side and circled around her.
Yu Mingxue asked in confusion, "What are you doing? Why are you pacing back and forth?"
Gu Xingyuan smiled and his eyes crinkled: "You look so beautiful today, I want to look at you a few more times."
Yu Mingxue's lips curled up, and she couldn't help but reach out and pinch Gu Xingyuan's cheek: "You brat, is your sister not pretty usually?"
She didn't actually use any force, but Gu Xingyuan still pretended to grimace and said, "You look good, you look good all the time."
Yu Mingxue then withdrew her hand: "Why do you talk so greasyly after not seeing you for a while?"
Gu Xingyuan stretched out his hands, made a heart shape with his fingers towards Yu Mingxue, blew a wisp of hair from his forehead, and said in a low voice, "Tsk, you're quite fascinated by me too, aren't you?"
Yu Mingxue reached out and grabbed his ear, saying, "Can't you be normal for once? Do I have to punish you on this special day?"
Gu Xingyuan said pitifully, "I was wrong, I was wrong, sister, I was wrong, I was wrong."
Shen Jiayi looked at Gu Xingyuan with disdain, then rolled her eyes, picked up her juice, and looked around, trying to find a place to sit.
Shen Jiachen stepped forward with a smile to take charge: "Alright, alright, Mingxue, let's go find some seats."
There are a lot of people here today, and Yu Mingxue certainly can't stay with them all the time.
Yu Mingxue sighed imperceptibly, then withdrew her hand and resumed her dignified demeanor. Her face was as beautiful as a peach blossom: "Okay, Brother Chen, I'll come find you when I'm done with my work..."
She quickly added "them" and then glanced at Shen Jiachen somewhat embarrassedly, but he didn't react at all, only nodding: "Okay, see you later."
Shen Jiachen glanced at Gu Xingyuan and said, "Let's go."
Gu Xingyuan came over with a grin, squeezed between the two Shen brothers, put his hands on them, and said, "Brother Chen, what have you been busy with lately?"
Shen Jiachen said, "I work for a company."
As he spoke, his eyes were searching for a place to sit when he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.
However, the figure flashed by so quickly that when he tried to take a closer look, it was already gone.
Shen Jiazhou noticed his gaze and looked in the same direction, but saw nothing. He asked in confusion, "What are you looking at?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xingyuan looked around and said, "There's nothing there!"
Shen Jiachen withdrew his gaze, turning his face away in disdain: "Gu Xingyuan, why are you like a firecracker? You'd be happy if you blew up your brother's ears, wouldn't you?"
Gu Xingyuan chuckled twice, but lowered his voice slightly: "Brother, what are you looking at?"
He thought he had just seen Wen Zhixia, but he quickly realized it was probably just his imagination. At this hour, Wen Zhixia should be working at Sister Ningzhen's coffee shop.
Shen Jiachen swirled the wine glass in his hand a couple of times and replied, "I wasn't looking at anything."
After hearing the subtle rejection in her words that day, Shen Jiachen tried to muster up the courage to send her a message every time, but all he could hear in his mind were Wen Zhixia's words of rejection.
He took a small sip of champagne, temporarily putting his emotions out of his mind.
Gu Xingyuan was still chattering about what was happening at school lately, but Shen Jiazhou glanced at his brother a few more times, took a sip of juice, and didn't say anything.
Wen Zhixia was originally supposed to be serving the dishes, but since the kitchen needed help, she stayed in the kitchen to do odd jobs.
She was quick and efficient. When Aunt Ye Yao came to urge the kitchen staff to finish cooking, she glanced at her several times, thinking to herself that she was truly remarkable. Kitchen odd jobs were the most tedious and troublesome; even the veteran employees sometimes found it difficult to cope.
Ye Yao was actually able to put up with it.
A hint of approval appeared in her eyes, and she remembered that Ye Yao had mentioned in her ear that this classmate's family seemed to be not very well-off.
Aunt Ye Yao glanced at her a couple more times, then went back to her work.
In the front conversation area, Mr. Yu, holding a microphone, smiled and thanked the guests for coming. After saying a few polite words, he announced that everyone could take their seats.
Today is a birthday party, so you can sit anywhere you like.
Shen Jiachen originally wanted to sit at the same table as Shen Jiazhou and the others, but Shen Fang pulled him tightly to the main seat.
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