Seeing Xue Chen pretending to be mysterious and refusing to tell herself, Shen Zixi snorted and muttered, pretending to be mysterious: "Even if you don't tell me now, won't I be able to find out from Andy later?"
"Then just wait and ask Andy." Xue Chen shrugged his shoulders.
Having said that, Shen Zixi was really curious about what gifts Xue Chen prepared overnight. She didn't see Xue Chen leave the hotel. What could it be? She really wants to know.
Women are famous for their curiosity, and Shen Zixi is also the same. She is very curious about everything that interests her, especially about Xue Chen, and wants to know everything thoroughly.
"Is it jewelry?" Shen Zixi turned her head and asked.
Xue Chen smiled and said nothing.
Shen Zixi continued to ask: "Is it clothing, leather boots?" After saying that, he felt it was impossible.
"Could it be another bottle of rejuvenation solution?"
"Or are they antique calligraphy and paintings?"
Shen Zixi kept making various guesses, which made Xue Chen speechless for a while: "Do you think I would give a foreign twenty-year-old girl an antique calligraphy and painting?"
"What are you?" Shen Zixi looked like she was asking for details and would not give up.
"It's just a piece of paper, um, there are some words written on it, that's it." Xue Chen couldn't bear to be disturbed, so he had to respond.
Shen Zixi became even more confused: "A piece of paper, some words..." She began to think quickly, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't make any reliable guesses. She was not a great calligrapher. What does it mean to write some words on a piece of paper as a birthday gift?
When she was about to open her mouth, the car suddenly stopped slowly. It turned out that she had arrived at her destination, which was Andy's home in New York, a single-family villa next to Central Park in Manhattan.
Manhattan Central Park is the most famous free park in New York. It is located in Manhattan, where land is at a premium. It is surrounded by skyscrapers. I wish the buildings could reach the moon. Only in this way can it bring higher value. It is not difficult to imagine. A single-family villa with a garden and lawn built in such a place is very precious.
After getting off the car, a waiter immediately stepped forward to guide us into the villa garden surrounded by various landscapes. UI is a typical European-style villa located on a large grassland. It is hard to believe that this is the most prosperous place in New York. downtown, not the suburbs.
A car stopped at the door, and guests of all colors got out one after another. They all wore unique dresses and walked towards the villa along the tree-lined road with either gentlemanly or elegant postures.
Xue Chen and Shen Zixi did not see Andy immediately. They were probably putting on makeup or dealing with other things. Li Caiwei found them first.
There were two other men with Li Caiwei, both young, probably around thirty years old, one white and one yellow-skinned Asian.
Li Caiwei briefly introduced the two men. They were both her friends for many years and often communicated with each other on the Internet. As for the specific identities of the two men, Li Caiwei did not go into details. She just said that one was an assistant to the senior vice president of JP Morgan Chase. , the other is already an investment adviser to Goldman Sachs Group.
Even Xue Chen, who can be said to be ignorant about finance, has heard about these two large companies, and those who can enter them are naturally talented people.
When introducing Xue Chen and Shen Zixi, Li Caiwei just said they were good friends. This cannot be blamed on Li Caiwei. In fact, neither Xue Chen nor Shen Zixi had a very legitimate career.
Needless to say, Xue Chen, in Li Caiwei's mind, it is difficult to classify Xue Chen as a person who deals in antiques. He has seen many people who play antiques, and their image is very different from Xue Chen's. Most of them are middle-aged and elderly people.
In her opinion, Xue Chen's most legitimate job still involves Vitality Oral Liquid, but Xue Chen doesn't seem to hold any position in New World Pharmaceutical...
As for Shen Zixi, she had naturally been helping her family set up a pawn shop, and she didn't have a specific position. It was also difficult to introduce her, so she just passed by.
It is precisely because of this that the two men had some misunderstandings, thinking that Xue Chen and Shen Zixi were the kind of people whose families had some money and power, but who were not up to par and had no ability to achieve very good results, living on the merits of their elders. That kind of thing, so invisibly, I didn’t really care about it anymore.
Maybe Shen Zixi didn't notice the subtle changes in the attitudes of the two men, but Xue Chen caught it, but did he care? Of course not, he didn't take it to heart at all, it was just a one-time relationship, and maybe in this life in the future We will never see each other again, so why should we care about what the other person thinks.
The arrangement of Andy's birthday party was very simple. It was a traditional Western buffet. A long table was set up in the back garden of the villa, with various snacks and desserts placed on it, as well as various high-end drinks, red wine, white wine, vodka, German dark beer has everything you need to meet the needs of all kinds of people.
Of course, those who can come to this birthday party are not here to eat and drink. Most of them are just decorations and the consumption is very small.
In the back garden, there is a place specially used to place gifts from visitors. It is a round table, and there are already twenty or thirty boxes of various sizes placed on it.
Li Caiwei had already placed the gifts there, so Xue Chen and Shen Zixi also walked over and placed their gifts on top.
"Is it really a piece of paper?" Shen Zixi saw an envelope in Xue Chen's hand, with the hotel's trademark on it. It was obviously found in the hotel. It was thin, and it seemed that it was just a piece of paper inside. That's all.
Similarly, Li Caiwei also glanced at it and was confused for a moment, wondering what kind of gift was in the envelope. What could it be? It looked so thin, I really didn't expect it.
Xue Chen and others sat together. Li Caiwei held Shen Zixi's hand and whispered something. The two women burst into pleasant laughter from time to time. The other two high-end talents from the financial company were talking about financial topics. Why are you betting against a certain fund’s stock, shorting that company, etc.
Xue Chen felt quite bored, so he got up and walked to the long table to find something to try. He learned that the banquet here was different from that in China. It seemed that no formal meals were provided, so he couldn't go back with an empty stomach...
"Zixi, what gift did Xue Chen give?" Li Caiwei asked very curiously.
Li Caiwei's words also aroused the curiosity of the two men on the side, and they both paid a little attention.
"Well, if you ask me, I don't know. He just said a piece of paper and some words, and nothing else. He didn't tell me in detail even if I asked." Shen Zixi shook her head helplessly.
Li Caiwei laughed: "It's quite mysterious, a piece of paper with some words written on it? It can't be a check." Of course, the second half of the sentence was a joke.
"But it doesn't matter. When Andy comes out later, he will open all the gifts and express his gratitude one by one. Then you will know."
Li Caiwei thought to herself that she would like to see what gift Xue Chen would give her. In her opinion, Xue Chen was very mysterious and had many things that she could not understand. Naturally, she was very curious about what gift he would give.
Although she still doesn't know what it is exactly, and she doesn't know what the mystery is about the paper with some words written on it, she has a hunch that it is definitely not a gift that ordinary people can give. It must be very special and precious.
When she found out that the gift Shen Zixi gave was the rejuvenation solution she snatched from Xue Chen, Li Caiwei couldn't help but laugh, and then praised it as a good gift. She shamelessly asked for some rejuvenation solution from Xue Chen. For solutions, you know how good rejuvenation solutions are. To put it bluntly, at critical moments, rejuvenation solutions are life!
Xue Chen, who was enjoying various snacks and desserts at the dining table, saw a figure, and his eyes lit up. He saw a friend he knew from a long, long time ago.
Vice President of San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Zhan Huafeng.
He once found a purple jade ink ingot from Cao Sugong, but it was Zhan Huafeng who asked for it, seemingly giving it to an elder as a birthday gift.
Zhan Huafeng was standing with another middle-aged man with an Asian face, chatting and laughing. Soon, he also noticed Xue Chen. He was stunned for a moment, showed a surprised expression, and walked over with a smile.
Xue Chen also stood up and went to greet him.
"Mr. Zhan, long time no see." Xue Chen took the lead in saying hello.
Zhan Huafeng sighed softly: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought that I might never see you again, Xue Chen. Speaking of which, my mother even talked about you a few times, saying that you like to eat her the most. Made pancakes.”
For a moment, Xue Chen's mind also flashed into that kind face with a bent waist tending the vegetable garden and making delicious pancakes.
Zhan Huafeng also took the opportunity to quietly look at Xue Chen. He felt that there was no change at all from the first time he saw him. However, there seemed to be some changes that were indescribable to him, which made him a little uncertain, but no matter what How, he thought, since Xue Chen could come here to attend the twentieth birthday party of the little princess of the Carnegie family, it already explained a lot.
"Xue Chen, how is your antique business?" Zhan Huafeng asked politely.
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Zhan. It's not bad. Due to the acquisition of some other stores, there are now more than a dozen branches." When it comes to his own antique store, Xue Chen is quite happy. Now the combined size of all branches is, It is also regarded as one of the top chain stores in the country.
"That's really gratifying. When the banquet is over, can we find a place to sit down and chat while drinking?" Zhan Huafeng said with a smile.
Xue Chen said it was no problem as long as it didn't waste the other party's time.
While the two were reminiscing about old times, Andy also walked out of the villa dressed in a fancy dress. A white princess dress made her look like she really was Snow White from a fairy tale book.
All the guests in the back garden also stood up and clapped to express welcome and appreciation. (To be continued)