Chapter 186: Sprouting Thoughts

Seeing the father and daughter arguing again, Mother Chen hurriedly stepped in to play the peacemaker. She said gently, "Shanni, your father didn't mean it that way. He just feels it's better for students to keep things simple, and he's worried about Shen Yan spending too much money."

In the spacious living room, the atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.

As for Mother Chen's explanation, Chen Shanni didn't believe a single punctuation mark of it, because she knew her father too well. All along, Chen Jun had held a guarded heart toward everyone, always feeling that others approached her with ulterior motives.

When she was a child, whenever Chen Shanni made a new friend, Chen Jun would have loved to investigate the other person's ancestors back eighteen generations. This excessive protection and suspicion made Chen Shanni feel incomparably stifled and suffocated, as if she were living in an inescapable cage.

She longed to interact with people freely and make friends who were truly like-minded, rather than being constantly troubled by her father's paranoia.

However, facing the stubborn Chen Jun, Chen Shanni was completely powerless to resist and could only silently endure this pain and helplessness. Coupled with certain reasons, gradually, Chen Shanni became increasingly reclusive.

It wasn't until she left Shanghai that this situation improved somewhat.

Now that Chen Jun had started interfering with her making friends again, Chen Shanni instantly bristled.

Shen Yan did not understand the situation with this family and hurriedly persuaded her, "Shanni, actually, I didn't take it to heart at all. It's your birthday today, don't let these little things make you unhappy."

Chen Jun looked at Shen Yan with gratitude. He had just said it out of habit; he hadn't expected his daughter to react so strongly, just like a bristling hedgehog.

He took a car key out of his pocket and said, "Shanni, Dad spoke wrongly just now. I apologize to you. This is the birthday gift I got for you; the car is parked in the garage."

Shen Yan clicked his tongue in secret. Some people are born with a golden key in their mouths and start far ahead of ordinary people, while others don't even have parents.

Can't compare!

Chen Shanni was also somewhat surprised and asked why he was suddenly buying her a car. Chen Jun smiled and said, "Your mother is always thinking of you; buy a car so you can come home to visit more often when you have time."

Mother Chen rolled her eyes silently; he was using her as a shield again.

Chen Shanni opened her mouth, not knowing what else to say. How could she not feel Chen Jun's concern? Moreover, this was the first time Chen Jun had compromised with her.

This gave Chen Shanni a great sense of accomplishment.

So, Dad wasn't such an unyielding person after all; it was just that she hadn't known how to resist before.

Forget it, forget it! What was the point of being angry with someone who cared about her?

Seeing his daughter's expression soften, Chen Jun returned to his calm and composed demeanor. However, he no longer put on airs, but instead pulled Shen Yan over to chat.

"Little Shen, I also watched the video of you passing the four levels back then. Your memory is something ordinary people can't hope to catch up to. Have you thought about what you plan to do after graduation?"

Even though the other person was Chen Shanni's father, Shen Yan was still too lazy to offer much explanation, saying he planned to continue developing in the legal profession.

Chen Jun muttered "little fox" to himself. If he hadn't known a bit about Shen Yan, he really would have been fooled.

He then asked Shen Yan what he thought about the future development direction of the mobile phone industry.

Speaking of this, Shen Yan's heart gave a violent jolt. He finally knew why Chen Jun looked so familiar—wasn't this the future founder of Xiaogu Mobile, Chen Jun, "Chen-bus"?

It was just that his hairline was lower, he had changed to a side-part hairstyle, and his face was so young that he had almost failed to recognize him.

Holy crap! What to do when you've discovered a future big shot!

Shen Yan had no intention of fawning over the other party. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Smartphones will become the mainstream. Currently, Apple phones are leading the way in this field. If domestic phones don't innovate this time when they enter China, they will soon be suppressed and unable to lift their heads."

Chen Jun's eyes lit up; this idea coincided with his own.

Although Apple hadn't yet made a name for itself in China, its unique, superior performance was like a giant boulder pressing down on the hearts of the big bosses of domestic mobile phone brands.

The newcomer is not to be trifled with!

However, technological innovation is not that simple. At this moment, Chen Jun became even more determined in his thoughts.

Chen Jun continued to chat comfortably with Shen Yan, not because Shen Yan's viewpoints were particularly novel—anyone with a bit of a big-picture perspective could see that the situation was not optimistic.

He mainly wanted to understand which mobile phone functions young people liked more.

At this moment, a thought suddenly sprouted in Shen Yan's mind: since he had met a future top-tier big shot, why not catch a ride on this ship that was about to take off?

As for Chen Jun's development history, the media of later generations had reported plenty on it. Chen Jun graduated from the computer major at Wuhan University in his early years, was later assigned to work at a research institute under the Capital Aerospace Ministry, and then joined Kingsoft Software to serve as president.

Next, Chen Jun's life had its ups and downs. He threw himself into the angel investment industry, and according to the trajectory, he would found Xiaogu Company in April of next year and reach the pinnacle of his life.

Chen Jun himself came from a technical background and had also made a splash in the investment field, getting to know a group of big shots, which laid a solid foundation for him to found Xiaogu Company.

It was just that Shen Yan had no money and no power right now; why would someone like that pay attention to a nobody like him?

Right now, Chen Jun was so interested in the mobile phone industry that he had clearly been moved. Opportunity knocks but once; he had to think this through carefully.

As for the future development direction of mobile phone technology, Shen Yan was naturally clear about it, but at this moment, he didn't reveal too much, only briefly discussing his own preferences.

"I think Apple's current exterior design is quite good. If they could enlarge the screen on this basis..."

Although Shen Yan spoke quite generally, Chen Jun listened with great interest, his eyes shining from time to time.

Holy crap! This young man has some real ideas.

Many of his viewpoints were refreshing. Fearing he might miss something, Chen Jun hurriedly used his phone's memo app to record them.

Seeing the two of them chatting happily, Chen Shanni couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief. At the same time, she was amazed at her father's attitude; her father, who was always stern and strict, was actually quite kind to Shen Yan, as if he were communicating with a peer.

The way he listened intently and recorded on his phone gave her the illusion of a student asking a teacher a question.

Simply incredible!

When Wu Yueer and the other girls came out of the bedroom, they saw this harmonious scene of communication and couldn't help but look at each other in dismay.

Why does it feel like a father-in-law meeting his son-in-law?

What was even more surprising was that for someone as serious as Father Chen, Shen Yan was actually able to communicate with him so pleasantly and calmly.

It's like seeing a ghost!

At six o'clock, a sturdy young man came to the Chen residence and delivered various delicious dishes. The dishes weren't particularly luxurious or expensive; they were all ordinary home-cooked meals.

They must have been packed from a restaurant nearby.

Shen Yan guessed it must have been Chen Shanni's idea, as she didn't want to appear too unconventional in front of her friends.