The address was chosen by Chaoyang's father. It is a hotel located in the center of Nanjiang City. Although it is not as luxurious as the Yunlu Hotel, it can still be considered a five-star hotel.
As soon as our car parked in front of the hotel, we saw Chaodonghai.
I looked toward the door and couldn't help but be stunned.
In my vague memory, Chao Donghai was still an honest young man from a farm family, but now standing at the door of the hotel, the man at the front of the group was polite, wearing a suit and ties, and he looked calm and shrewd.
After the second uncle got off the car, he walked over to Donghai first and greeted the second uncle with a big smile.
"Hahaha, second brother, I never thought that after so many years, we two brothers would see each other again one day."
We also got off the bus behind our second uncle.
Chao Donghai glanced at each of our faces: "Is this?"
The second uncle also laughed. He held Chao Donghai's hand tightly with one hand and patted his shoulder with the other: "Come from Donghai, I guess you don't recognize these two children. This is Lulu."
Chao Donghai's eyes stayed on Lulu for a while, his brows furrowed and then relaxed, as if he suddenly realized: "Is this a girl from the Bai family? Ah, she has grown so big, Uncle Chao really didn't recognize her."
Lulu nodded slightly: "Hello, Uncle Chao."
"Hey, okay."
The second uncle smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed again, and pointed at me: "This is Nuanting."
"Is this Brother Yun's girl?" Chao Donghai's slightly strange gaze paused slightly on my eyes with contact lenses.
I pretended not to see it and nodded: "Hello, Uncle Chao."
"Oh, ok, oh, these two children have been playing with my family in Chaoyang since they were young, and now they are both in great shape." He looked nostalgic.
But I just think that businessmen are really scary.
When Lulu and I had an accident in the village, Chaoyang and his grandparents hadn't left yet. It was impossible for Chao Donghai not to know that Lulu's family had been harmed by spider spirits, and it was also impossible for Chao Donghai not to know that I had snake eyes.
But now he seems to be an elder who only cares about the younger generation. He doesn't have any inquiry or fear, and he doesn't even ask why Lulu and I followed our second uncle.
The same goes for the second uncle. The two of them were as affectionate as brothers they had not seen for a long time. There was not even a compliment, nor was there any courtesy.
In fact, I remember that my second uncle had been in our village for six years, and Chao Donghai often worked outside, so the two of them probably weren't very familiar with each other.
The second uncle reached out to Aunt Duan again: "This is a shareholder of our group. He is a partner who started working with me from the beginning. His name is Duan Ruyan."
"Hello."
"Hello."
Now Chao Donghai and Aunt Duan shook hands politely, and they were very careful about whether they were far or near.
"This is Fang Zhongyu, Xiaoyu is Ruyan's son."
"The young man is quite handsome."
After boasting to Donghai, Fang Zhongyu was about to go to heaven with his voice, but was stopped by Aunt Duan's look.
Now it was Chao Donghai's turn to introduce him. He first waved to a middle-aged man behind him and said, "This is a shareholder of our group, named Qi Hongyi, a director based in Nanjiang."
The second uncle also shook hands with him politely.
My eyes paused, and after I walked away with Qi Hongyi off guard, I caught my eye at the boy exposed behind him.
We were both stunned because the sickly boy opposite was Qi Nan!
I was still stunned. Chao Donghai called Qi Nan, who had regained his composure, and said, "This is Hong Yi's youngest son, his name is Qi Nan. He and our Chaoyang family have grown up together."
"Hello, Uncle Duan." Qi Nan nodded obediently. His face was as white as the face on a steamed bun. It was full of innocence and there was no trace of ambition.
...Is this, is this still the Qi Nan I saw last night?
After the introduction, Qi Nan retreated to the back, acting as if he was just going through the motions and not participating in anything.
But, I couldn't help but look at him, and he couldn't help looking at me.
In the end, we both lowered our faces in unison and twitched our eyebrows.
"It's hot outside, let's go inside and chat. There's air conditioning in the room."
"Okay, Donghai, didn't you say that Chaoyang is coming too? Why didn't you see this child? I took him to the market when I was a child. He was only a little older at that time. Many years have passed by and I don't know Chaoyang.
What does it look like now?"
"Second brother, don't worry. The company has a market to close. His remote support staff is here. They will probably be there in a moment."
"Hey, Chaoyang is so promising now. This kid has been smart since he was a child. I was indeed right."
"Hahaha."
The group of people walked into the hotel, and the scorching sunshine was immediately obscured by the splendid hotel lobby.
We children walked behind, listening silently to what the second uncle and Chao Donghai in front seemed to be talking about.
Lulu complained softly in my ear: "Why hasn't Chaoyang come yet?"
Fang Zhongyu whispered in my other ear: "I'm still waiting to help you two laugh at him. How can he feel ashamed when he sees a handsome guy like me?"
I pushed them away expressionlessly. One of them was over 180 meters tall, and the other was 17 meters tall. They were wearing high heels, and they had to sandwich me in the middle like a V. It was so embarrassing for me.
"Yun Nuanting?"
The three of me stopped together and turned to look over.
Qi Nan walked alone behind us, with a cute smile on his face. He nodded to me politely: "I'm so happy to see you again."
"Don't pretend, you're obviously not happy at all." Fang Zhongyu exposed it mercilessly.
Qi Nan's smile couldn't be maintained all of a sudden, and his eyes were widened, as if he didn't expect that there was someone in the world who could speak so straightforwardly.
Lulu crossed her arms and looked Qi Nan up and down: "Let me tell you, don't think anything about our Nuanting. You can't do it. Your body is too weak. If you two quarrel in the future, you will never resist a beating.
"
Qi Nan's face turned red.
I quickly pulled them together and said, "Do you two know what he means? Then start typing."
Fang Zhongyu said confidently: "I don't know."
Lulu nodded: "Plus one."
"..." I scratched my eyebrows and introduced them again, "This is Qi Nan, we met at the Immortal Sect Conference last night."
"Wow~" Fang Zhongyu opened his mouth so wide that he could almost see his stomach.
Lulu was also stunned.
My second uncle and the others have already gone upstairs, the hotel has been booked, and there are only four of us left in the lobby.
Before I could say anything else, an aqua blue supercar parked at the entrance of the hotel.
Qi Nan turned around with a smile and said softly: "The morning sun is coming."
"Finally here!" Lulu and Fang Zhongyu started gearing up, leaving Qi Nan stunned.
I didn't pay much attention to him at first. After all, we were childhood playmates. Now I feel like a stranger. I just need to be polite.
But that car... looked familiar, and a tall and slender figure got out of the car, which looked even more familiar.