Chapter 55

Qian Xingye had booked a large private room at Xiangmanlou, which could seat three tables of people. When Yang Bin and Qian Xiaoman arrived, the room was already almost full.

Yang Bin understood that although today was his birthday, the birthday was just an excuse. He was definitely not the main character, at most a significant supporting role.

"Xiaoman, Xiao Yang, you're both here. Hmm? Where are your two classmates? Didn't I tell you to bring them here?" Qian Xingye asked.

"Uncle Qian, they said everyone here is older, and they would feel uncomfortable with the elders!" Yang Bin found an excuse to say.

Qian Xingye shook his head and said, "What's there to feel uncomfortable about? There are other young people here too, like Young Master Chen."

"Old Qian, it's fine. It's normal for young people not to want to be with us old folks!" Xu Kaishan said with a smile. In his view, today was also about bringing Zhang Huangyan to build important relationships. There was nothing to talk about with children, and Zhang Huangyan was now a rising star. He himself was about to retire, and by giving him more favors now, he could have Zhang Huangyan owe him a favor in the future for his daughter and son-in-law.

Seeing that Xu Kaishan had spoken, Qian Xingye didn't insist, as it wasn't a significant matter anyway.

The Young Master Chen that Qian Xingye mentioned was a young man who looked about 23 or 24 years old. He was sitting next to Qian Xingye, showing his extraordinary status.

Young Master Chen was tall, handsome, and the only son of the CEO of Hongguang Group.

Hongguang Group was a large company with assets in the tens of billions, but the company was mainly in the north. This time, Young Master Chen had come to the south to open up the market, which was also a form of training, to better inherit the family business in the future.

Of course, if it were just that, Qian Xingye wouldn't be so polite to a junior. The main reason was that Young Master Chen was the illegitimate son of a prominent family in the capital, a person with substantial background.

To put it bluntly, Young Master Chen's presence today was entirely to give Qian Xingye face, even though he claimed to be here to make friends with some business people in the East Sea.

Yang Bin actually harbored deep resentment towards this Young Master Chen because he suspected that his girlfriend, Qian Xiaoman, had a relationship with him. Although there was no evidence, the reason Young Master Chen was here was that he was Qian Xiaoman's friend, and it was likely that Qian Xiaoman had introduced him. Qian Xingye, seeing his background and status, wanted to build a good relationship with him. As for himself, being able to be a son-in-law was already a great honor.

On the other side of Qian Xingye sat Xu Kaishan and Zhang Huangyan. Xu Kaishan was a high-ranking official, the highest in position here, and naturally had the right to be there. Qian Xiaoman and Yang Bin were sitting next to Young Master Chen, and Qian Xiaoman was even closer to him, which made Yang Bin even more furious. However, he dared not speak out, knowing that even if Young Master Chen played with Qian Xiaoman in front of him, he would have to be a good companion, or he would be reduced to his original state, or even worse.

The banquet began, and after a few initial words about the occasion, his birthday was almost completely forgotten, and would only be mentioned again when the birthday cake was brought out.

Of course, Yang Bin didn't care about this. He knew that soon his future father-in-law would introduce him to the people here, who were all important figures. Even if his father, An An's father, were here, he could only sit at the end.

But thinking of An An, he felt particularly annoyed, especially since An An had turned from a chicken into a phoenix. How could he let her off easily? If he couldn't have her, he wouldn't let her have it easy either.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help himself and pulled Qian Xiaoman's arm, leaning in to say with a smile, "Xiaoman, isn't this Young Master Chen a very important person, someone who can't be offended easily?"

"Yes, Young Master Chen's background is so great that he can almost do anything in China!" Qian Xiaoman said proudly, but she knew that Young Master Chen didn't really care for her, at most just for fun. Of course, there weren't many rich girls like her who were so good at it, which was why Young Master Chen gave her face. However, she wouldn't tell Yang Bin this, even if he knew, it wouldn't matter.

"Xiaoman, if that's the case, what do you think would happen if he took a fancy to An An?" Yang Bin had met Young Master Chen three or four times and knew he was a playboy, so he deliberately brought it up.

Qian Xiaoman immediately perked up and started to act coquettishly next to Young Master Chen, making it seem like she was his girlfriend rather than Yang Bin's.

Yang Bin felt humiliated seeing his girlfriend being so intimate with Young Master Chen in front of everyone, but he couldn't do anything about it now.

Downstairs, Mu Yan and An An naturally attracted a lot of attention. Many people wanted to come and meet them, and some quick-witted people even came to offer toasts.

An An, being a girl, was toasted by her classmates, while Mu Yan was approached by more of Yang Bin and Qian Xiaoman's university classmates. Some were in their third or fourth year and had started to think like adults. Seeing that Mu Yan was not a simple person, they wanted to build relationships with him.

Mu Yan couldn't just coldly refuse people, but he didn't want to get drunk, so he just had a little beer.

In fact, others didn't dare to force him to drink, so they stopped at a point, and Mu Yan was quite satisfied.

Today was just to give An An face, not to embarrass anyone. Mu Yan had no interest in doing something that only children would do, so An An's face was saved, and he was quite happy drinking with these students.

After drinking too much beer, he needed to use the restroom. He told An An and went to the bathroom.

Just as he finished, he ran into an acquaintance.

Zhang Huangyan looked at Mu Yan in surprise, paused for a moment, and then greeted him, "Mr. Mu, why are you here today? Isn't this place booked by Mr. Qian?"

Mu Yan knew that Zhang Huangyan was definitely one of the guests today, but he was probably in the private room upstairs, so they hadn't met.

"Director Zhang, you've met a friend!" Qian Xingye, who had accompanied Zhang Huangyan to the restroom, immediately recognized that Mr. Mu was not an ordinary person and wanted to get to know him.

"Yes, this is Mr. Mu Yan! This is Mr. Qian from Yongtai Building Materials, who booked this place today!" Zhang Huangyan introduced immediately. He had wanted to introduce more about Mu Yan, but thinking of his mysterious identity, he held back.

"Why didn't Mr. Mu go to the private room?" Qian Xingye asked deliberately.

"My friend and Yang Bin, whose birthday it is today, were classmates, so I came with her!" Mu Yan said with a smile.

"This Mu Yan, first with Yu Jing from Fenghua Group, then with Zhang Zixuan, and now his friend is definitely a girl. But since she's a classmate of Yang Bin, she must still be a student. This Mu Yan really doesn't let go of either older or younger women!" Zhang Huangyan thought to himself, but he also knew that such things couldn't be envied.

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