Yang Third frowned at his suddenly raised voice. He turned around and saw the young man standing behind the curtained window with an indifferent expression. The scolding on his lips turned into a neutral tone: “After all, someone who was only recognized back to the He family after becoming an adult, it is natural to have no education at all, nor feel any shame over eavesdropping on people talking.”

Jiang Chen took half a step forward, brushed open the curtains, and faced the two men in the room openly and squarely, saying calmly and honestly: “I should indeed avoid eavesdropping when overhearing elders talking, but some people don’t deserve to be called elders, and I don’t have to be polite.”

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Yang Third’s expression darkened, he took two steps towards the window and said darkly: “Is this the upbringing of your adoptive parents?”

Jiang Chen’s eyes were cold, “Even if it is exchanging insults, the most basic politeness is not to mention the other’s parents. Besides, we are just simply chatting. Uncle Yang, have you been missing ideological and moral lessons since elementary school? Otherwise, how could you not even know basic politeness?”

This was the first time Jiang Chen spoke to an elder like this. He had never done this before, even when facing Yang Tianci.

Sure enough, Yang Third didn’t expect that Jiang Chen would dare to scold him so blatantly. Although he didn’t use a single curse word, it still made him flush in anger.

“I remember that the He family was not included in the invitation letter sent out. How did you get in?” Yang Third stared at him for a few seconds, then sneered and took out his phone and dialed the bodyguard’s number with the shortcut key, “There is someone who snuck in here. Come over immediately and drive him out.”

Jiang Chen didn’t answer, but looked past Yang Third and behind him.

“Who are you planning to kick out?”

An aged and familiar voice sounded from behind. Yang Third’s expression changed slightly and he immediately turned around, “Dad.”

Old Mr. Yang’s eyes shifted from his eldest son who cowered in the corner when he came in, to his youngest son who just spoke arrogantly and full of malice, and his expression very displeased.

Yang Third cursed secretly, but he did not panic. He stepped forward and wanted to take over pushing the wheelchair from the assistant’s hand. He flipped the truth and said: “I saw an unfamiliar face, and he has no invitation letter. I have basically met all the juniors in the circle, but I have no impression of him. I thought he had sneaked in, so I called the bodyguards to drive him away so as not to disturb you later.”

“You don’t know him?” Old Mr. Yang waved away his hand, raised his head and stared sharply into Yang Third’s eyes. Even though compared with his son who was in the prime of life, the old man sitting in the wheelchair was thin and weak. But in contrast, the pressure and majesty he emitted suppressed the other as if he was the weak one.

Yang Third was stared at sharply by his father’s eyes that seemed to be able to see everything. He broke into a cold sweat on his back and felt a little drumming in his heart.

The old man had basically let go of the company’s affairs in the past two years. If the three brothers hadn’t proposed to hold this birthday banquet this time, he would probably still be enjoying retirement out of the country, so he probably didn’t know that his company was targeting Jiang Chen’s company, not to mention that he did things covertly, and should not have revealed any tails.

Thinking of this, Yang Third calmed himself and forced out a smile: “I really don’t know him. None of the children in our family are this age. I have never seen him in the business circle either. How could I know who he is?”

“Don’t know?” Old Mr. Yang slammed the armrest of his wheelchair and said sternly: “If you don’t know then why did you send people to block his company’s product from being put on the market, and if you don’t know then why are you attacking his company!”

Yang Third was stunned and broke into cold sweat.

It wasn’t because old Mr. Yang knew about his underhanded moves against Jiang Chen, but the fact that if his father knew even such a trivial matter, then every decision of his at the company and every move he made had always been under old Mr. Yang’s eye.

Over the years, he thought his father had slowly delegated power, but in fact he had not at all.

The banquet was about to begin, and the appetizers were all already served, but none of the hosts of the banquet showed up. The guests who noticed something strange were attracted by the noise here, and gradually came over.

The people who came to celebrate old Mr. Yang’s 60th birthday today were all close family members or close partners. Yang Third didn’t want to be reprimanded by the old man in front of these people, so he could only paste a smile on his face and try to muddle over the matter. He went to push the wheelchair again: “Dad, what are you talking about? You must have remembered it wrong. I have never dealt with his company before. I don’t know him at all.”

Old Mr. Yang gave him a cold look. Without his permission, the assistant behind him did not dare to hand over the wheelchair to Yang Third.

In front of so many guests, Yang Third looked very unhappy after being rejected by his father, but he knew that he could only endure it now and move past the matter as soon as possible to avoid losing even more face later.

“The banquet is about going to start soon.” Yang Third forced a smile and said: “Since that kid didn’t sneak in, let him eat together. Dad, look, the guests are all here now. We can’t starve the guests.”

Old Mr. Yang didn’t want to expose a family scandal in front of outsiders. He glanced at Yang Eldest and Yang Third coldly, and said to Jiang Chen, who was still standing outside the window: “Xiao Chen, come in quickly and push grandpa over.”

——Just now in the reception room, after learning that old Mr. Miao and Miao Miao came out of the countryside through Jiang Chen, he changed how he called Jiang Chen from “Xiao Jiang” to “Xiao Chen” and did not let Jiang Chen call him Mr. Yang, but very amiably asked him to call him grandpa along with his grandchildren, as if he regarded him as his favorite junior.

Jiang Chen had no reaction to this, but the reactions of others were different. Among them, Yang Third had the ugliest expression.

Old Mr. Yang’s birthday banquet was Chinese style. There were five round tables in the banquet hall. The main table was at the front, and the other four tables were placed on either side. Jiang Chen pushed old Mr. Yang to the main seat and was about to go find Shi Fengyue, but he didn’t expect to be stopped by the other.

“Put a chair next to me.” Old Mr. Yang said with a pleasant expression, “Xiao Chen, please sit next to me.”

The people sitting at the main table were either members of the Yang family or relatives of the Yang family. Jiang Chen, a young man who had never had any contact with the Yang family before, was suddenly invited to sit here. Such a thing was definitely eye-catching and a little embarrassing.

Jiang Chen smiled and declined: “Uncle Shi said he has something to tell me before, and he is waiting for me now.”

What old Mr. Yang wanted was the effect of extending such an invitation. He also knew that Jiang Chen would not and was not suitable to sit down at the main table. He nodded and said kindly: “Then you go over, and tell Grandpa if you need anything. Don’t be restrained and treat this place as your home.”

Jiang Chen smiled, nodded to the rest of the Yang family as a greeting, and then turned and left.

When Shi Fengyue saw him coming, he smiled and said, “Why are you so lovable? It has only been a short while, and now even old Mr. Yang treats you as his own grandson.”

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes at him, glanced over, and was suddenly stunned when he saw the boy on the other side of Shi Fengyue: “You Jiuyu?”

You Jiuyu had been paying attention to Jiang Chen’s movements. When he saw him look over, his eyes lit up and he nodded slightly.

Jiang Chen didn’t expect to meet You Jiuyu, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time. He smiled and said, “Long time no see.”

“It’s been a long time…” You Jiuyu looked at Jiang Chen’s face without blinking, his cheeks were slightly red, and he smiled shyly: “I held a concert in February, and I wanted to invite you, but I heard that you also have to work in the laboratory during the winter vacation. I was worried that it would disturb you, so I didn’t contact you.”

Jiang Chen didn’t expect that the shy young man with stage fright could now hold a concert independently, and he was very happy for him in his heart: “Congratulations.”

“Thank you.” You Jiuyu looked at Jiang Chen and whispered, “My next concert will be in January next year. Can you make time to attend then?”

Jiang Chen thought for a moment. January next year was still half a year away. It shouldn’t be difficult to spare a day to watch a concert. Just as he was about to nod, his hand was pinched hard. He flicked his eyes over and saw the person next to him. The man had a gloomy look on his face.

What’s wrong?

Jiang Chen looked over with questioning eyes. Shi Fengyue’s expression turned darker. He grabbed his hand and said lightly: “I want to eat fish.”

If you want to eat fish, why don’t you serve it yourself?

Jiang Chen had a question mark on his forehead, but his intuition told him that it would be better not to ask and just help serve him the food.

Shi Ao, who was on the other side, saw everything in his eyes. He somewhat felt contempt for his uncle’s pettiness, but still turned the turntable this way with great tact, making it easier for Jiang Chen to serve themselves fish.

The white and tender fish meat was put into his bowl, but Shi Fengyue did not move to eat. He raised his chin slightly, his previous laziness wiped away, and his countenance becoming a bit reserved. He lowered his voice and drawled the words: “There are bones.”

At first glance, it sounded like he was being coquettish.

Jiang Chen’s eyelids jumped and he looked at Shi Fengyue carefully. Seeing that he was still waiting for him to serve him, he suppressed the weirdness in his heart and helped him pick out the fish bones.

After doing so, he looked at him to see if there was anything more he wanted to fuss with him.

Who knew, Shi Fengyue really said: “My hand seemed to have been hurt just now, you…”

Before he could finish his words, he was glared at by Shi Qian. Shi Qian coughed in second hand embarrassment. While coughing, he still glared at him, silently telling him to shut up.

Shi Fengyue curled his lips and could only pick up the food in the bowl and put it into his mouth.

When Jiang Chen saw him eating obediently, he remembered that he hadn’t replied to You Jiuyu just now, so he leaned over slightly to look at him. Just as he was about to speak, his line of sight was blocked by someone.

Shi Fengyue did not turn the turntable, but relied on his long arms to pick up a shrimp from across the table. When Jiang Chen leaned back, he returned to his original sitting position, put the shrimp into Jiang Chen’s bowl, and said elegantly: “The chef in charge of today’s banquet makes great shrimp, try it.”

Being interrupted again, Jiang Chen could only do as suggested. It indeed tasted really good.

“How is it?”

“It’s quite delicious.”

“There is even better.” Shi Fengyue said lightly: “There is a restaurant on the Qingyuan Seaside in country H, which is only open for one month every year. The best fishing season for the Qingyuan shrimp produced there is only in January. Once it’s out of season, it won’t have that ultimate flavor.”

Jiang Chen had a vague impression of this restaurant. It seemed that Shen Xu had mentioned it in his first life.

Hearing this, he became somewhat interested: “We can go over and have a taste sometime.”

Shi Fengyue nodded: “I plan to travel to country H on my birthday next year and try it on the way.”

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and remembered that Shi Fengyue’s birthday was January 1st.

He thought for a while and asked You Jiuyu: “When will your concert be in January next year?”

The blush on You Jiuyu’s face had gradually faded away when he saw some of the interactions between Shi Fengyue and Jiang Chen. Now when he heard Jiang Chen’s question, he was in a daze for a moment before answering: “I’m not sure yet, it should be… From the 1st to the 7th, our orchestra’s New Year’s performance is always in the first week of the new year.”

Shi Fengyue’s birthday was January 1st. If he went on a trip, it would at least take three to five days. He was very likely to miss You Jiuyu’s performance. Although he was sorry, Jiang Chen could only say: “I am not sure if I can make it to your performance next year. If I have time, I will definitely go.”

The light in You Jiuyu’s eyes dimmed. He invited Jiang Chen so far in advance just because he thought that he would have half a year to make arrangements and it would be easy to spare a day. When he was about to answer just now, he very likely was about to say that he would have time, but was interrupted by the person next to him.

Although this kind of thing has a first-come, first-served basis, in terms of intimacy, it was obvious that he was far inferior to the man next to him, so Jiang Chen would not hesitate to prioritize that man’s time before considering him.

“Okay.” You Jiuyu covered up the disappointment in his eyes and said with a smile, “If you have time, please come.”

Jiang Chen agreed with a smile, but due to Shi Fengyue’s intentional or unintentional interference, he did not have any communication with You Jiuyu except at the beginning of the meal.

Old Mr. Yang was not in good health and soon felt tired after eating. After the guests left, he had his assistant push him upstairs.

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Yang Third was sitting in the empty banquet hall, thinking about old Mr. Yang’s attitude towards Jiang Chen just now, his eyes became even more gloomy.

Yang Eldest came down from upstairs and saw Yang Third still sitting there lost in thought. He quickly walked over and lowered his voice and said, “Hurry up and tell your men to stop all movements. Jiang Chen must not be touched!”

Yang Third suddenly raised his head, his expression dark and cloudy. He gritted his teeth and said: “As if I still need you to remind me, do you think I don’t know?”

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