Rebirth and Conquest

Upon seeing Assistant Tang, Yan Haobo's smiling face immediately turned disdainful. "Assistant Tang, why aren't you waiting by Director Chen's side? What are you doing here?"

"It was President Chen who asked me to find the person. Now that we've found them, I won't bother you young masters any longer." Assistant Tang said politely, looking at Chen Yan, "Young Master Yan, President Chen is looking for you. Please come with me."

Chen Yan nodded, preparing to leave with Assistant Tang, but Yan Haobo suddenly spoke up, "Wait, what did you call him, Young Master Yan? Is he Chen Lirong's son?"

"Yes, it's Mr. Chen's child."

Upon hearing this, Yan Haobo walked over to Chen Yan, grabbed her chin, and turned her face around. After looking her up and down, he said with a half-smile, "Looking at her now, she really does resemble Director Chen quite a bit. I wonder if she'll inherit her mother's skills in the future?"

Chen Yan didn't speak, letting Yan Haobo pinch his chin. Assistant Tang quickly said, "If Young Master Yan has nothing else, we'll be leaving now."

Yan Haobo shoved Chen Yan's face away and suddenly laughed, "You can leave, but there's still one thing to settle." He turned to look at Miss Feifei, whom he had almost forgotten, "Miss Feifei, you just said that he got your dress wet, right?"

"Ah, this..." Miss Feifei, who had been ignored all along, stammered when she was suddenly called out. She was a minor celebrity who wanted to curry favor with these young masters, but she didn't expect to run into this. She didn't dare to say anything more and quickly waved her hand, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a piece of clothing."

"How can it be alright? Since you've come to our house, we can't let you suffer any injustice." Yan Haobo said, calling over a waiter. He took a glass of wine from the waiter's tray, walked up to Chen Yan, and poured the wine over Chen Yan's head. The bright red wine flowed down Chen Yan's hair.

"Alright, let's go." Yan Haobo said casually as he put the cup back on the tray after pouring the water.

Yan Haobo's action surprised everyone around him, and Assistant Tang's face also looked a little unpleasant. However, Chen Yan remained the same, without even raising her eyes, and simply wiped the wine from her eyes with her sleeve.

"We'll be going now," Assistant Tang said, and left with Chen Yan.

"I say, Second Young Master, isn't this going a bit too far?" Qi Wenqing couldn't help but say after Chen Yan left. "After all, he's practically your younger brother—"

Yan Haobo glared at him, and Qi Wenqing immediately changed his tune, chuckling, "Um, I was just kidding, don't mind me, that woman's son is definitely no good, serves him right!"

After walking for a while, Assistant Tang stopped, turned around and looked at Chen Yan, asking him if he was alright and if he needed to wipe himself.

"No need, Assistant Tang, let's go." Chen Yan said softly, and Assistant Tang didn't say anything more, and led Chen Yan away.

Chen Yan followed Assistant Tang to a small meeting room, where two people who wanted to see him were waiting. Assistant Tang knocked on the door, and after hearing a "come in," he led Chen Yan inside.

"Chairman, General Manager Chen, the person has been brought."

Two people were sitting on the sofa in the reception room: Chen Yan's mother, Chen Lirong, and Yan Sili, the chairman of the Yan Group.

Chen Yan stood with his head down. From the moment he entered, he felt that the two people opposite him were watching him. Actually, Chen Yan was a little nervous, not because of his mother, but because of the old man next to her. Calling him an old man might be a bit of an exaggeration, but Chen Yan definitely couldn't bring himself to say the word "father." In both his past and present lives, Chen Yan had only seen him a handful of times, but he was very clear about his authority and methods.

After looking at Chen Yan for a while, Yan Sili spoke, his calm face showing little expression: "Why do you smell of alcohol and your clothes are wet?"

"I... I just thought the wine was delicious, so I drank a little more." Chen Yan looked 'awkward,' like a child who was 'nervous' and dared not lie.

"No, no, Young Master Yan accidentally bumped into someone and spilled the wine on himself." Assistant Tang was startled by Chen Yan's answer and quickly tried to smooth things over. Although it was inappropriate to say that Yan Haobo had spilled the wine, they couldn't lie about it either. It seemed that Young Master Yan's brain wasn't working very well.

Yan Sili's expression didn't change much. After a while, she asked again, "I heard from your mother that you're going to university in this city, is that right?"

Perhaps fearing that Chen Yan might say something she shouldn't, Chen Lirong spoke first this time: "Yes, I've already made arrangements for Xiao Yan. To be honest, I didn't expect that Xiao Yan would get into university at such a young age. The teacher even said that this child is very smart and will definitely have a bright future."

Yan Sili nodded, seemingly a little satisfied.

“Actually,” Chen Yan suddenly interjected, “I’ve already been accepted into H University, but my mother wasn’t satisfied, so she sent me here.”

"Xiao Yan, as long as you study hard, it doesn't matter where you study." Chen Lirong scolded in a low voice, her face clearly not looking good. What's wrong with this child? She didn't learn a word of what she was taught earlier, and she had to bring up the very thing she didn't want to talk about.

Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a woman in her twenties walked in. She was wearing a red dress, had long, flowing hair, and exuded a wild aura. Upon seeing Chen Lirong and the others, she couldn't help but laugh, then said sarcastically, "So that's where you are with Dad, no wonder you haven't seen President Chen all day. You've been busy all day, but I didn't expect you to still have so much energy at night." She glanced at Chen Yan and then asked, "Who is this child?"

"Hello, my name is Chen Yan." Chen Yan took the initiative to introduce herself to the newcomer with a sincere expression. This woman was Yan Sili's eldest daughter, Yan Linlin. Yan Linlin usually disliked Chen Lirong a lot. Now that she was here, this matter should be over soon. Thinking this, Chen Yan felt a sense of relief.

"So you're Mr. Chen's son." Yan Linlin looked at Chen Yan, examining him like an object, and nodded, saying, "Hmm, you do look quite alike."

Chen Lirong's face darkened further, but she still forced herself to suppress her emotions and asked Yan Linlin, "Did you come here for something?"

"It's nothing, I just came to see my dad. I even prepared a gift, but now that Mr. Chen is here, I'll wait until you're done with your business before we talk about my own." Yan Linlin walked to the sofa next to her and sat down, adopting a posture of watching a good show.

Chen Lirong had no choice but to say, "I'm all done. Xiao Yan took the college entrance exam this year and is planning to study here. That's all for now."

"Going to university, huh?" Yan Linlin spoke up again. "That's great! Taking the college entrance exam at such a young age, how did it go?"

"I got into H University," Chen Yan replied.

"H University, that's a pretty good school." Yan Linlin nodded. "But the scores there seem to be quite high. You got in there, you didn't cheat, did you?" Yan Linlin said jokingly. Actually, she was just saying it casually and didn't take it seriously. But Chen Yan then looked like she had been caught and said guiltily, "I, I only copied a few questions from my classmates."

As soon as Chen Yan finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of the people in the room became quite interesting. Yan Linlin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, saying between laughs, "I say, President Chen, I really didn't expect your son to be so much more honest than you. Alright, you guys keep chatting, I'll be leaving now." With that, she got up and left, leaving the people in the room still in silence.

"Since you've been accepted there, then study there." After a while, Yan Sili finally spoke, a hint of impatience showing on his usually composed face. "Alright, everyone go back now."

Chen Lirong wanted to say something, but swallowed her words back. She waved to Assistant Tang and said, "Assistant Tang, you take Xiao Yan home first."

Chen Yan followed Assistant Tang out the door. After walking for a while, Chen Yan asked innocently, "Assistant Tang, did I not behave well?"

Assistant Tang almost spat out blood. This isn't just bad, it's absolutely terrible! But seeing Chen Yan's 'injured' appearance, which was even more so than theirs, Assistant Tang could only helplessly say, "Don't think about these things. I'll take you home first."

"Assistant Tang, I can go back by myself, you don't need to see me off." Chen Yan said considerately, "My mother doesn't look too well, she might need to talk to you later."

Assistant Tang thought about it and felt that Chen Yan's words made sense, so he nodded in agreement. After giving Chen Yan a few instructions, he let her go back on her own.

Walking back, with the cool night breeze blowing, Chen Yan felt very comfortable. He took off his coat and draped it over his hand, then took out his phone and made a call: "Hey, Minghui, come to B City in a couple of days and pick me up."

Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, Yan Minghui was still in a drunken stupor. He had a beautiful woman on one arm and held his phone in the other, looking completely intoxicated: "Hello, who is this? What's up?"

Chen Yan was taken aback by the question. Besides Yan Minghui's voice, there was also loud music playing on the other end of the phone. Chen Yan couldn't help but frown and raise her voice: "Minghui, this is Chen Yan."

Chen Yan! Yan Minghui snapped out of his daze, quickly releasing his grip on her and chuckling into his phone, "Oh, it's Yan. What's up so late?"

"Come to B City in a couple of days and pick me up," Chen Yan repeated. "Where are you now? Why is it so noisy?"

"No, I wasn't anywhere, I just came out to have some fun," Yan Minghui said vaguely, then quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Ayan, what brought you there?"

"I have some things to take care of," Chen Yan said. "When the time comes, you can drive over yourself. I also have someone to introduce to you."

"Okay, okay, I'll go myself. As for who you want to introduce—" Yan Minghui nodded repeatedly, about to continue, but the other end had already hung up.

Staring at his phone, which had gone black, Yan Minghui was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. Then he couldn't help but say, "No way, this is my first time going out, and I've already been caught by the boss. What's going on? He works so hard, why doesn't he ever make a phone call? I just came out, and the phone is already ringing off the hook."

"Mr. Yan, who is that?" The woman next to him leaned closer, put her arm around Yan Minghui's neck, and asked with a grin, "You're being so careful, she's not your wife, is she?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Yan Minghui scolded, then couldn't help but laugh, "If she really were my wife, neither of us would survive until tomorrow."

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