Liu Zhen came and handed the gift in his hand to Gong Yue and said flatteringly: "Xiao Yue, I didn't expect that my father and Uncle Gong are business partners. This is a small gift I brought. I wish you a happy birthday."
Xiao Yue was originally surprised at how Liu Zhen came here. She clearly didn't invite him. As soon as Liu Zhen said it, she understood. Although she was as disgusted with him as Chen Yan, she didn't want to show it too obviously.
He took the gift and said calmly: "Thank you."
Liu Zhen exchanged a few polite words with Gong Yue, then hurriedly sat down next to Chen Yan and said flatteringly: "Yan'er, are you going to the United States soon?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. Even Zhang Youbin didn't expect that Chen Yan would go abroad?
Chen Yan couldn't help but look at Zhang Youbin and felt uncomfortable. Going to the United States to study for a Ph.D. was something she had decided for a long time. Opening a bar was just to kill the boring summer vacation. She was about to go abroad, but when would Zhang Youbin accept her?
When Liu Zhen saw that Chen Yan was ignoring him, he laughed dryly and said, "My dad promised to let me go to the United States with you. The visa will be issued soon. Then I will accompany you to study there."
Chen Yan was so shocked that her face turned pale. It was not enough that this annoying guy had been following her to the United States for so many years! How could Chen Yan, who didn't want to see him for a minute, accept this? She asked in shock: "You
What are you doing in America?!"
Liu Zhen smiled flatteringly and said: "Of course I'm going to accompany you. I'm not worried about you coming to the United States alone because you're not familiar with the place, so I asked my father to arrange for me to go to Stanford Business School to accompany you and learn something by the way.
Bring back something useful so that he can help his old man."
Chen Yan was almost crying. Liu Zhen's words made her feel as sick as if she had eaten a fly. She said coldly: "If you want to go, I won't go!"
Liu Zhen didn't expect that Chen Yan would be so disrespectful to him in front of so many people, and cursed in his heart: You damn bitch, your mother pretended to be aloof and made me angry, so I found someone to kidnap you and rape you first.
Kill later!
However, she still smiled and said: "Yan'er, you'd better ask your uncle for his opinion on this matter. If your uncle agrees, you'd better not object."
Gong Yue stared blankly as she listened, her resentment towards Liu Zhen growing in her heart. She deliberately came to Chen Yan's rescue and said, "Yan Yan, the banquet won't start until 7 o'clock, please stay in my room for a while."
Chen Yan was just trying to get rid of Liu Zhen, the god of plague, and immediately agreed: "Well, I happen to have a headache. I'll go to your room to rest for a while." After saying that, she stood up and followed Gong Yue.
Liu Zhen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. A trace of malice flashed in his eyes and he put on a smile and said: "Yan'er, if you feel uncomfortable, go and have a rest first. I will accompany you later."
Chen Yan didn't even look back. Gong Yue pulled Chen Yan back and said to Zhang Youbin and Qimei: "Master, you and Xinran should come up and sit for a while. You don't know the people below, so there is no point in staying here."
Zhang Youbin nodded and agreed, and followed the two people upstairs with Qimei. They happened to meet Gong Yue's parents at the stairs. The couple were dressed quite well, especially Gong Yue's mother, who was almost 50 years old.
She didn't look old at all, and she looked very elegant in her evening clothes. Her father asked: "Xiao Yue, why don't you go and greet the guests? Why are you running upstairs?"
Gong Yue stopped and said coquettishly to her father: "Dad, there are so many people here who are your friends, and I don't know them. Yanyan is a little uncomfortable. I will take Yanyan upstairs to have a rest."
Gong Yue's father smiled kindly and said, "Does Yan Yan not like places with many people?"
Chen Yan said obediently: "Uncle Gong, I just feel a little uncomfortable and want to go upstairs for a while."
Gong Yue's father nodded, looked at Zhang Youbin and Qimei behind them and asked Gong Yue: "Xiao Yue, I haven't introduced you to these two friends yet?"
Gong Yue happily pulled Zhang Youbin and introduced her to her father: "This is the master I told you about. This is my master's sister, Xinran."
Gong Yue's father looked at Zhang Youbin and said politely: "Mr. Zhang is really a talented person."
Zhang Youbin was very dissatisfied. He had clearly seen the look in Gong Yue's father's eyes when he heard about his identity just now. He was obviously full of disdain, but he still said politely: "Uncle Gong, thank you for your praise. I'm just a little kid."
He's just a young bartender, not a talented person at all."
Gong Yue was eager to take the three of them upstairs, so she coquettishly said to her father: "Oh dad, we are going up, please help me greet them. When Tiantian and the others arrive, let them come upstairs to me. The party has begun."
I'll come down again."
After saying that, he pulled Chen Yan and ran upstairs. Zhang Youbin nodded to Gong Yue's parents and followed with Qimei. As soon as he turned to the corner of the stairs, Gong Yue said angrily: "That Liu Zhen is too annoying.
!Yanyan, why are you so annoyed that he wants to go to the United States with you?"
Chen Yan was not in a good mood at the moment and whispered: "I must make it clear to my father when I go back to see whether he wants me to be his daughter or Liu Zhen his son-in-law!"
Gong Yue defended Chen Yan and said, "How could Uncle Chen fall in love with that bastard Liu Zhen! When Uncle Chen comes, I'll tell him, what age are we in and there are still arranged marriages by parents!"
Chen Yan shook her head and said, "It's useless. He doesn't even listen to me, his biological daughter, let alone you." After speaking, Ji Ji sighed helplessly.
Xiaoyue wanted to say something else, but looking at Chen Yan's haggard look, she stopped talking. She turned to Qimei and said, "Xinran, please accompany me to the supermarket. I suddenly remembered that I need to buy something."
Qimei agreed without much thought. Gong Yue pulled Qimei out of the room and turned back to Zhang Youbin and said: "Master, you stay here with Yanyan for a while, we will be back soon."
Of course Gong Yue knew Chen Yan's affection for Zhang Youbin. Seeing that her friend was in a bad mood, she created such an opportunity for the two of them to be alone, hoping that Chen Yan would feel better.
After the two left, the room was silent for a long time, and then Chen Yan slowly said: "Zhang Youbin, do you know my current situation?"
Zhang Youbin walked to Chen Yan and sat down, comforting him: "I understand, if you don't want to go, don't go."
Chen Yan looked at Zhang Youbin and said quietly: "It's impossible, you don't know my father's temper."
Zhang Youbin was very puzzled. No matter how strict their parents are, they must always consider their children's feelings: "Have your parents never considered it for you?"
Chen Yan shook her head helplessly: "My mother passed away early, and my father has been busy with business and rarely takes the initiative to understand my thoughts. Liu Zhen's father and he are old comrades in arms. He used to be his father's old superior, and later he went into business.
He has always taken care of my father to make me what I am today, so my father respects him very much. He has made an arrangement with the Liu family a long time ago. He thought that I could marry Liu Zhen and make the two families closer, so he has always strictly prohibited me from interacting with other people.
When a boy falls in love, even a little contact is not enough. I wanted to go to the United States before just to buy myself some time, but now..."
Zhang Youbin understood very well how much the older generation valued the words "Knowing one's kindness", but there was no need to marry one's daughter to repay one's kindness, right? He comforted him: "If you don't want to, your father can't force you."
Marry him?"
Chen Yan shook her head again and said blankly: "He has only had one request from me all this time. With his character, if he breaks his promise in front of his old comrades, he may not even want me as his daughter in anger."
Zhang Youbin was about to say no, but Chen Yan murmured and asked: "Zhang Youbin, can you give me a reason not to leave?"
"The reason for not leaving?" Zhang Youbin blurted out in surprise.
"If you had never appeared, then I might have had no choice but to marry Liu Zhen in the end, but God arranged for me to meet you. Can you give me a reason not to leave?" Chen Yan asked earnestly.
Zhang Youbin looked at Chen Yan's expectant eyes. Thinking of the huge pressure this girl has been facing, a feeling of sympathy surged in his heart. After just a short period of contact, it was really touching that she could have such deep affection for him. However, in terms of love,
Such a thing as love seems unimaginable to Zhang Youbin.
"It's just that I have nothing now and can't give you anything." Zhang Youbin could only say this.
Chen Yan looked at Zhang Youbin tenderly and said, "Can you sit next to me?"
Zhang Youbin smiled slightly, stood up and sat next to Chen Yan. Chen Yan moved her body and rested her head on Zhang Youbin's lap and whispered: "I just want to be with you, I don't care about anything else."
Zhang Youbin didn't speak, thinking blankly about his future. His past was too surprising to ordinary people. The reason why he didn't dare to meet his relatives who had been away for many years was because there was no airtight wall in this world.
Once their identity is exposed, it is difficult to predict what kind of danger it will bring to them. Moreover, what will they think of themselves after knowing their past? An executioner whose hands are stained with blood, an executioner who has repeatedly killed people in exchange for his own survival the next day.
A murderer, a cold-blooded animal...
Chen Yan didn't speak anymore, she just took Zhang Youbin's hand and put it on her face to rub it gently. Although the thick callus on the inside of Zhang Youbin's right index finger caused some pain on her face, it was compared with this feeling of happiness.
It's nothing at all.
The two of them remained silent like this until Chen Yan's voice sounded. It turned out to be a message from Gong Yue, saying that she would be back soon. This was undoubtedly a reminder to Chen Yan that Chen Yan was about to close the door. She sat up reluctantly and whispered softly.
Said: "Xiaoyue will be back soon."
Zhang Youbin nodded without saying anything. After a while, Gong Yue came in with Qimei. Afraid that Chen Yan would be a little embarrassed, he said directly: "The party is about to start, let's go down."
Gong Yue's birthday party was a big event. When Zhang Youbin came downstairs, there were already nearly a hundred people in the hall of Nuo Da. They were all wearing pearlescent powder, and they really looked like modern aristocrats.