Chapter 62: I've only got two cabbages, and you've gone and arched them all?

Shen Huai pulled Yang Shuqin into the villa.

Just as he stepped into the hall, his gaze locked onto the few people sitting on the sofa.

He cast his eyes over them.

Facing the direction of Shen Huai, two middle-aged men were sitting.

One of them went without saying; naturally, it was his biological father, whom he both loved and hated, Shen Zhiyuan.

And the other stranger must be the friend his mother mentioned, whom his father held in such high regard.

His gaze shifted downward.

Only then did Shen Huai notice.

Opposite his father, there were actually two girls sitting.

The two girls were sitting on the sofa with their backs to Shen Huai, chatting about something as they huddled together.

Upon discovering there was more than one girl, Shen Huai felt a secret shock in his heart.

No way.

Could it be that there were two blind date candidates as his mother had said?

Damn, isn't this luring someone in just to slaughter them? Shen Huai's gaze fell quietly onto the two girls.

The next moment.

His brows furrowed even tighter.

This is bad.

These backs, why do they feel so familiar?

Before Shen Huai could walk over.

Shen Zhiyuan, who had been talking eloquently, curled his lips imperceptibly the instant he saw Shen Huai.

"You're getting more and more unruly; to actually make a guest wait this long."

As Shen Zhiyuan spoke, his eyes darkened as he looked at Shen Huai: "Aren't you going to come over and greet him?"

Shen Huai took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his expression, and then raised a standard professional smile: "I'm here, Father."

"This is my friend, Yang Huo, Chairman of Yixin Group."

After finishing, Shen Zhiyuan raised his eyes with a suggestive look: "Overseas, Uncle Yang's influence is far greater than your old man's."

Shen Huai sized up Yang Huo at lightning speed.

Although this person was nearing fifty, his complexion was ruddy and his vitality was excellent.

His expression was amiable, and his physique was maintained in a fairly good state overall.

Self-disciplined, loves fitness, personality is forbearing and resilient, a man of few words who gets things done.

Shen Huai quickly summarized several keywords for this person, Yang Huo, in his heart.

Only then did he raise his eyes and speak indifferently: "I have long heard of Uncle Yang's great name; in the field of artificial intelligence overseas, you are a benchmark figure."

"Starting with a team of only a dozen people, yet achieving today's trillion-dollar market value."

"In less than three years, you have frequently created multiple phenomenal AI ecosystems; it is simply admirable."

Shen Huai's flattery was effortless and extremely natural.

Even Shen Zhiyuan's expression couldn't help but show a trace of astonishment.

Didn't this kid just meet Yang Huo for the first time?

When did he go and look all this up?

Yang Huo was clearly also not expecting Shen Huai to be so knowledgeable about his rise to success.

He stood up with a smile, sized up Shen Huai with an approving gaze for a good while, and then nodded to Shen Zhiyuan in admiration: "This son of yours is truly not bad."

After finishing.

Yang Huo chuckled and patted Shen Huai on the shoulder, then laughingly raised his hand to point behind Shen Huai.

"Come, come, let me introduce you; these are my two daughters."

Shen Huai nodded and turned around in the direction of Yang Huo's finger.

The next moment.

Shen Huai felt his entire body had been frozen on the spot.

His brain went 'buzz', and a chill shot rapidly from his toenails to the tips of his hair.

Alarm bells rang loudly in his skull! He looked in disbelief at the two girls currently sitting on the sofa before him.

His expression was so shocked he was almost speechless! Damn it!

How could it be these two ancestors?!!!!!! Isn't this completely screwed?! At the same time.

The moment the two women saw Shen Huai's true face.

Their pretty faces froze in place in unison.

"The one on the left is my eldest daughter..."

"... Yang Lan?"

Before Yang Huo could finish, Shen Huai had already muttered.

Seeing that Shen Huai actually knew his eldest daughter, Yang Huo's eyes held surprise mixed with some confusion: "Eh, you know my eldest daughter?"

Seeing that things were going wrong, Shen Zhiyuan immediately smoothed things over: "Oh, your eldest daughter is a career woman; search her on an encyclopedia, and wouldn't all her photos come up!"

Yang Huo looked at Shen Zhiyuan with half-belief, then put away his scrutinizing gaze and pointed to the other girl.

"Then let me introduce you again, this is my second daughter..."

"... Lin Yeman?"

Shen Huai couldn't hold back and spoke again.

"?"

Yang Huo was now thoroughly unsettled: "You... don't tell me you know both of my daughters?"

"No!"

"No!"

The voices of two women and one man rang out simultaneously.

It looked exactly like the guilty, pale, and sophistical appearance of students caught in a puppy-love relationship.

As soon as the words fell, Yang Lan and Lin Yeman both exchanged a glance.

In each other's eyes, they both saw a trace of surprise.

At this moment.

Yang Huo only felt a dull ache in his heart.

How sharp and ruthless are the eyes of parents.

Just one look.

The relationship between these three juniors was immediately clear.

Yang Huo simply wanted to curse.

This, this, this?!

I, damn it, worked so hard to raise two cabbages.

And they were all rooted up by your Shen Family son?!

Shen Zhiyuan hurriedly went over to support Yang Huo, comforting him with his mouth: "Our circle is small to begin with, so it's normal to have crossed paths; Lao Shen, you really shouldn't overthink it."

As he spoke, Shen Zhiyuan secretly turned his head and, for once, cast an affirmative look at Shen Huai.

"Ah, well, Shen Huai, you take Uncle Yang's two daughters to tour the manor first, and come to the banquet hall for dinner later!"

"Don't wait a moment, I must ask clearly!..." Yang Huo still wanted to be relentless.

"Oh, Lao Shen, let the young people's affairs be solved by the young people; why are you, with half your body already in the grave, meddling in this?"

"Besides, didn't you bring your daughters here this time just to make our families closer through marriage!"

"Go, go, go, isn't the wine in my cellar your favorite? Drink your fill today!..."

"Lao Shen, you! ——"

Although Yang Huo's technical skills were at the international ceiling, his mouth was no match for Shen Zhiyuan.

With difficulty, looking back every three steps, he was unwillingly dragged by the neck by Shen Zhiyuan toward the wine cellar under the villa.

Yang Shuqin also didn't expect her son to be so capable.

She had originally worried that Shen Huai, this rebellious child, wouldn't give the two girls face.

Now it was fine, they were all acquaintances! "Huai'er, Mom is going to see if the kitchen needs any help; don't call me unless it's something important."

After speaking, she turned around and greased the soles of her feet, retreating at light speed.

Watching Yang Shuqin's escape speed, which was almost catching up to the speed of light.

Shen Huai felt a wave of speechlessness in his heart.

Mom, even if you're lying, you should make up a decent excuse! I've grown this big, when have you ever stepped into a kitchen? In the blink of an eye.

In the originally lively hall, only Shen Huai, Yang Lan, and Lin Yeman remained.

Shen Huai sat opposite the two of them, feeling somewhat awkward.

The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

Finally.

Lin Yeman's gaze wandered between Shen Huai and Yang Lan for a good while, and she eventually spoke in a deep voice: "Tsk, the world is truly small."

"I never expected that I, Lin Yeman, having galloped through the workplace for many years, would actually play the clown once, gossiping about him right in front of the person himself."

Hearing this, Shen Huai kept his mouth tightly shut, his expression solemn.

He looked at Lin Yeman with complex eyes, his stomach full of questions but not knowing where to begin.

As for Yang Lan, her brows were tightly furrowed, her gaze scanning back and forth between Shen Huai and Lin Yeman's faces.

Seeing this.

Lin Yeman chuckled, turned her head to look at Yang Lan, and raised her beautiful eyes: "Don't make the atmosphere so tense."

"Big Sister, I know you must be very curious right now as to why I know your blind date."

"Actually, our relationship couldn't be simpler," Lin Yeman's charming gaze swept over Shen Huai, "He is a newly hired employee in the Public Relations Department, and I just happen to have a project to collaborate with him on."

"To some extent, Young Master Shen and I can be considered compatible business partners."

"Just that?" Hearing Lin Yeman's explanation, Yang Lan's strange expression relaxed.

"Of course, just that."

The smile in Lin Yeman's eyes grew deeper; she settled her thoughts and looked at Shen Huai: "Next, let me clear up the questions you want to ask right now."

Shen Huai raised an eyebrow, "Let's hear it?"

"I think you must be very curious right now as to why I appeared here, and why my sister and I don't have the same surname, right?"

Shen Huai was shocked in his heart.

She had actually guessed it right.

Lin Yeman smiled wickedly, rose from Yang Lan's side, sat down next to Shen Huai, and looked at Yang Lan with deep eyes: "Because, my sister and I are half-sisters."

"Big Sister's mother passed away due to complications during childbirth; later, Father married my mother, and that's how I came to be."

When Lin Yeman said this, her voice became much softer.

"So, you took your mother's surname?" Shen Huai was somewhat surprised.

"Not so." Lin Yeman's eyes dimmed for a moment, then she raised a smile again, "Father transferred the debt he owed to Big Sister's mother onto me."

"The surname Lin is my elder sister's mother's surname, you know."

After saying this, Lin Yeman gave Shen Huai a charming, nonchalant smile.

But this time.

Shen Huai saw a desolation in the depths of her eyes that he had never seen before.

"Alright, I've explained all your doubts, haven't I?"

"Next, shouldn't the two of you also explain things properly to me?"

Shen Huai was taken aback: "... Explain? Explain what?"

Watching Shen Huai's expression as he tried to play dumb, Lin Yeman tilted her chin lightly toward Yang Lan.

"Stop pretending."

"Tell me, how exactly did you hook up with my sister?"

(End of chapter)