Chapter 632: Show Our Strength to the Foreign Business Partner

Yang Dong had just stepped off the plane and hadn't had time to rest, so Lu Cheng couldn't even ask about the induction cooker, and even worried whether the other party had taken care of it.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yin's brother not only arranged it, but also brought the channel merchant along.

The fact that this foreign friend could travel across the sea to a foreign land proved how much face Yang Dong had.

Or rather, Yang Yin has a lot of face.

It was evident that Yang Dong indeed spoiled his little sister, treating writing a letter as a very important matter.

Or perhaps, Lu Cheng's standing in the Yang family was significant.

Lu Cheng looked moved, and Yang Yin secretly pinched his hand.

It seemed that in front of her brother, Yang Yin held herself back; otherwise she would be snuggling against him now.

In front of the brother, Lu Cheng naturally had to act proper and keep an appropriate distance from Yang Yin.

After a while, the foreign friend Yang Dong mentioned walked out of the arrival area, with slightly wavy blond hair, a tall build, looking about thirty-something, and cheerfully waved toward them.

Yang Yin was about to follow her brother to greet him, but Lu Cheng urgently pulled her back.

"Why are you being so eager? What if he gives you a face‑to‑face gift!"

Seeing Lu Cheng looking jealous, Yang Yin laughed, "Yo yo, aren't you usually open? You used to encourage me to be open, and now you're being conservative."

Lu Cheng also laughed; it was his way of coaxing Yang Yin, otherwise he couldn't explore the little girl's whole body.

Encouraging Yang Yin to be open was only for him, definitely not for that foreigner.

Lu Cheng pulled Yang Yin behind him and hurried forward, while Yang Dong had already given the foreigner a brief introduction.

The foreigner enthusiastically extended his hand and said a standard greeting for a first meeting.

"Nice to meet you."

Hearing English, Lu Cheng glanced at Yang Yin, who then said it as a joke.

"Can you speak? If you can't, you still rushed over, now you're embarrassing Motherland, aren't you?"

"Who are you looking down on? You think I wasted my university years!"

Lu Cheng immediately looked at the foreigner, shook his hand, and replied in English.

"I'm fine, thank you. And you?"

The foreigner was momentarily stunned, then politely asked, "What is your name?"

"Oh, I am twenty-four years old, I'm very young, very energetic, I also know Chinese kung fu…"

Listening to Lu Cheng's mixed Chinese and English, the foreigner looked bewildered.

Lu Cheng kept speaking while flexing his arm muscles, leaving Yang Yin both amused and exasperated, and he hurriedly pulled her over.

"What are you saying? It's all garbled; can you actually speak?"

Lu Cheng raised an eyebrow: "I was just teasing him, letting him know our enthusiasm."

Yang Yin rolled her eyes: "Then why are you waving your arm to scare him? That's not enthusiasm!"

"That's called 'courtesy before force'; I'm telling him that when he comes here, he should keep his tail, not think that being an American makes him superior—he's just a paper tiger…"

"Mr. Lu is very humorous."

This time Lu Cheng was momentarily stunned, looking at the foreigner speaking: "You, you can speak Chinese?"

The foreigner replied in broken Chinese: "I know a little bit, I also studied with Mr. Yang for a few years, but what does 'keep his tail' mean? I don't understand."

"I don't have a tail, how can I keep a tail!"

Yang Yin grew a bit impatient: "Look at you, making you babble!"

Lu Cheng said indifferently: "It's fine, you didn't hear him say he didn't understand; our Chinese language is profound, not something that their two‑hundred‑year‑old country can comprehend."

This time Yang Dong brought a business partner, and with the favorable international climate after formally establishing diplomatic relations with the United States last year, Lu Cheng was confident about the cooperation.

The four followed the corridor toward the parking lot, and at that moment Yang Yin deliberately pulled Lu Cheng back a little.

"What's wrong?"

"Hmm? It's already mealtime, where shall we eat later? If it were just my brother, we'd just go home to eat, but since there's also a foreign business partner, going home wouldn't be appropriate. How about finding a clean state-run hotel? I have money on me…"

For such a dining arrangement, Yang Yin instinctively wanted to ask Lu Cheng for his opinion.

Lu Cheng thought seriously; Yang Yin was right—this foreign business partner came for cooperation, so they must be treated well.

Soon Lu Cheng made a decision: "Let's go straight to the Jingcheng Hotel to eat."

"Ah?" Yang Yin opened her mouth in surprise.

Being able to surprise this young lady proved the Jingcheng Hotel's high status.

In fact, it was indeed so; this place was dedicated to receiving foreign guests, and such foreign‑affairs hotels had strict restrictions, preventing ordinary citizens from entering at will.

To Chinese citizens, this was the highest‑end foreign‑affairs venue, upscale and mysterious.

Lu Cheng gently closed Yang Yin's little mouth, laughing: "You've never been, have you? I haven't either, so today is a good chance to experience it."

Yang Yin widened her eyes and inhaled, looking extremely cute.

"But can we get in?"

"Normally we couldn't get in, but we're bringing a foreign business partner, and your brother also has an overseas Chinese certificate."

Yang Yin nodded, then shook her head: "But I don't have a Foreign Exchange Voucher; besides, my brother came from afar, we should be the ones to host."

Lu Cheng, hearing that, teased: "Your words sound as if we two are the only family, as if you're cutting ties with your brother."

Yang Yin slapped him and said, "How annoying you are! Who says you're family! I wanted to pay for you, but I don't have a Foreign Exchange Voucher, so I'd have to go to the bank."

Going to the bank now to exchange a Foreign Exchange Voucher with the foreign business partner would be too deliberate.

Lu Cheng smiled, rubbing her head: "Alright, I know you're being kind to me, but your brother is also helping me, so I should treat, and as for the Foreign Exchange Voucher, I have my own way."

When Lu Cheng said he would pay, Yang Yin became even less willing to go, mainly because the meal would be too pricey.

Usually they could accommodate Yang Yin's whims, but today it was different; Lu Cheng was determined to go to the Jingcheng Hotel for a meal, letting the foreign business partner see his strength.

This would also leave a good impression in front of his elder uncle, so that at least when Yang Yin and the family publicly announce her marriage to him, the elder uncle can speak on his behalf.

They drove all the way to a hotel in Capital City, and just seeing the tall building's exterior, Yang Dong knew meals here would be pricey and proactively suggested just finding any restaurant to eat.

Lu Cheng still insisted on going inside to eat, and when they stepped into the lobby, Yang Yin didn't even know how Lu Cheng had obtained a Foreign Exchange Voucher.

They couldn't help but start worrying—surely they weren't planning to dine‑and‑dash, right?