Ye Chen smiled slightly at Gu Yanzhong's words and said, "Uncle Gu, there are still many things to do in Jinling. It's impossible not to go back."
After hearing this, Gu Yanzhong nodded slightly and sighed softly: "I will come to Yanjing often to visit my uncle. Your Aunt Lin and I are looking forward to your return to Yanjing for development!"
Ye Chen just responded and said no more.
Gu Yanzhong also had a tacit understanding and did not ask this question again, but asked Ye Chen: "Chen'er, you said you are going to attend your friend's grandma's birthday party tomorrow. Are you ready for the gifts?"
Ye Chen said: "Not yet, I plan to go take a look on the street later."
Although Ye Chen has a rejuvenation elixir that is of great significance to the elderly, he has never met Dong Ruolin's grandmother. Naturally, it was impossible to prepare such an expensive gift for birthdays in the past, so he still planned to buy one worth hundreds of thousands on the street.
Gifts on the left and right are enough to express your feelings.
When Gu Yanzhong heard this, he smiled directly and said: "I have a fan at home. The surface of the fan is a picture of good fortune and longevity painted by Mr. Qi Baishi. The fan bone is made of fine small-leaf red sandalwood. With master-level carving, it is excellent.
You might as well give it to the other person as a birthday gift."
Ye Chen hurriedly said: "Uncle Gu, how is this possible? How can I take your things and give them away? I'd better buy one myself."
Gu Yanzhong insisted: "Why are you and uncle so polite? It's just a fan, not worth much, but because the theme is a picture of longevity, it's still very good to use it as a birthday gift for the elderly."
After saying that, Gu Yanzhong hurriedly gave another instruction, saying: "This matter has been settled. Don't refuse to uncle, let alone see anyone outside! Otherwise, uncle will be angry."
Seeing his resolute attitude, Ye Chen immediately stopped insisting and nodded: "Thank you, Uncle Gu!"
…
The next morning.
Ye Chen declined Gu Yanzhong's kindness in sending him a car, and walked out of Gu's house alone with the long gift box he gave him.
His wife Xiao Churan sent him an address, which was the Dong family's villa.
The Dong family's villa is not far from the Gu family.
The total journey by car is just over 20 minutes.
In Yanjing, the Dong family can only be regarded as a second-rate family.
Moreover, among the second tier, it is still the one at the end of the crane.
The Dong family's career has declined severely in the past few years. If Dong Ruolin's aunt hadn't married into the Kong family, so the Kong family gave the Dong family a hand, the Dong family would have fallen to the level of a third-rate family.
But this is Yanjing after all. Even a family at the bottom of the second tier would definitely be at the top in other second tier cities.
Because of this, although the Dong family has declined somewhat, the Dong family's residence is very luxurious. A grand luxury villa costs at least 300 million yuan.
The taxi that Ye Chen took could only stop at the entrance of the villa area, and the security management was very strict, so Ye Chen could only call Dong Ruolin after getting off the car at the door and ask her to come out and pick him up.
As soon as Dong Ruolin heard that Ye Chen was here, she almost ran out with joy.
Dong Ruolin was dressed very beautifully today, and because it was her grandma's birthday, she deliberately put on some light makeup, making her look very dignified and generous.
As soon as she saw Ye Chen, Dong Ruolin said happily: "Ye Chen, you are here!"
After saying that, she ran up to him and hugged his arm, pulling him to go inside. She could not hide her excitement and said, "Come on, I will introduce my parents to you later."
Ye Chen quickly pulled out his arm and said awkwardly: "Ruolin, we can't do this, it's not appropriate..."
Dong Ruolin curled her lips deliberately and said, "What's inappropriate? It's not okay for friends to be intimate at all?"
Ye Chen touched his nose: "Well... I am your best friend's husband after all!"
Dong Ruolin said in a perfunctory tone: "I know, you are a fake husband. You have been married for four years. I don't know when you will finish playing house."
Just as they were talking, a limited-edition Bentley sedan drove up and stopped beside the two of them. The rear seat window was rolled down. A middle-aged woman in luxurious clothes in the car looked at Dong Ruolin and asked: "Ruolin, what are you doing?"
Why did you come out?"
When Dong Ruolin saw this woman, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh my second aunt! Where is my second uncle?"
The middle-aged woman in the car said: "He is still busy. Come over before the birthday banquet starts at noon."
Dong Ruolin asked again: "What about my brother?"
The middle-aged woman said helplessly: "I was so angry when I didn't see him last night. You said that this kid has no memory at all. It only took a long time for his body to recover, and he started staying up all night again. You will definitely help me later."
Second aunt, please tell me something about him!"
Dong Ruolin smiled bitterly and said: "Second aunt, I dare not speak out about my brother's temper. As soon as I speak about him, he will bart his teeth at me..."
The middle-aged woman sighed and said, "This child is getting more and more disobedient..."
As she said that, she looked at Ye Chen next to Dong Ruolin and asked with a smile: "Oh, could this young man be your boyfriend?"
Dong Ruolin glanced at Ye Chen and smiled shyly: "Not yet."
"Not yet?" The middle-aged woman said the word "yet" heavily and said with a smile: "Then when will it change from 'not yet' to 'yes'?"
Dong Ruolin said shyly: "Oh, Second Aunt, you are too nosy. Come in quickly, grandma is talking about you!"
The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Would you like me to give you two a ride?"
Dong Ruolin waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, we can just walk in, it's not far."
The middle-aged woman nodded: "Okay, I won't make trouble with you anymore, my second aunt will go in first."
After that, the Bentley slowly drove into the gate of the villa area.
Ye Chen was a little helpless at this time and hurriedly said to Dong Ruolin: "You must never introduce me to others like this again. What if someone misunderstands me? What if Churan finds out? Someone asks me again.
Whoever you are, just say that I am your best friend’s husband.”
Dong Ruolin pouted: "It's just a joke, why should it be so serious?"
Ye Chen said seriously: "This matter must be taken seriously. This is a matter of principle."
Dong Ruolin had no choice but to nod: "Okay, okay, it's a matter of principle, why don't I stop talking about it!"
With that said, she hurriedly changed the subject: "Let's go in quickly, it's getting late!"
Ye Chen wanted to give her a gift and then leave, but when he thought about it, his wife told him that if he wanted to wish Dong Ruolin's grandma a birthday, he had to at least meet Dong Ruolin's grandma and deliver the message on his wife's behalf.
Complete the task.
So, he followed Dong Ruolin into the villa area silently.
When walking in from the villa area, a red Ferrari suddenly roared past from behind. Dong Ruolin saw the shadow of the car and hurriedly waved and shouted: "Cousin, cousin!"
However, the supercar engine was already loud and fast, and it passed by with a whoosh, so the driver didn't hear her words at all.
Ye Chen asked Dong Ruolin: "Is your cousin driving the car?"
"Yes." Dong Ruolin nodded and said, "My cousin is very weird. He had an operation some time ago, and not long ago, he became angry again."