425: Chapter 425 Attending the Family Banquet

Shen Yan didn't expect Youyou to have such a high opinion of the Noble International Kindergarten. He asked Youyou with a surprised expression, "Do you think the environment in the kindergarten is good?"

Youyou tilted her head and replied, "What is environment? Anyway, I just think it's very clean there, and there are many fun places. The most important thing is that the children there are all especially fair-skinned and particularly good-looking!"

Hearing this, Shen Yan and Shen Ya couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hahahaha! So our Youyou is actually a little face-con."

Although Youyou didn't understand what the term 'face-con' meant, she still nodded in acknowledgment.

Seeing her silly expression, Shen Yan and Shen Ya burst into laughter again.

The next afternoon at four o'clock.

Shen Yan arrived at the airport right on time.

Since he had been there once before, he was familiar with the route this time.

Two hours later.

He successfully landed at the S City Airport.

"Beep beep!"

As soon as he walked out of the airport, he heard a horn honking not far away.

He turned his head and saw the window of a black Cayenne slowly rolling down.

"Hey! Over here!"

The person greeting him was An Ran.

Shen Yan lifted his foot and walked over, pulling his suitcase.

"Why did you come?"

Hearing the question, An Ran replied to him, "You came at my invitation, shouldn't I come to pick you up?"

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow.

"That's thoughtful of you."

An Ran smiled confidently.

"Alright, stop wasting time. I've opened the trunk; put your suitcase in yourself."

Shen Yan had no objection.

Soon, he placed the suitcase in the trunk.

"Bang!"

He closed the passenger door, fastened his seatbelt, and asked An Ran, "Is the family banquet tomorrow?"

An Ran nodded.

"Tomorrow evening at six. But... have you prepared a gift for Mr. Ning? Do you need me to help you prepare a gift?"

Shen Yan didn't expect An Ran to say that. He looked at An Ran with surprise.

"You want to help me prepare a gift?"

An Ran shrugged her shoulders, "Isn't it just because I'm afraid your time is too tight?"

Wasn't it because she was afraid his gift wouldn't be up to par? Thinking this, Shen Yan said to An Ran, "Thank you for your kindness, but I'm afraid it's not necessary."

An Ran wasn't annoyed by the refusal.

She drove and said cheerfully, "It seems you're quite confident in your gift."

Shen Yan didn't reply.

Half an hour later, An Ran drove the car to the entrance of a five-star hotel.

After getting out of the car, she led the way and said to Shen Yan, "This is a hotel owned by my uncle. They know you are an important guest of mine, so they have reserved a very good room for you."

"If you have any needs, you can call the front desk anytime and ask them to provide you with the necessary supplies."

As they chatted, the two arrived at the door of the presidential suite upstairs.

"Alright, you should rest early. See you tomorrow evening. You should know where my house is, right?"

Hearing the question, Shen Yan nodded.

"Of course."

An Ran smiled again.

"Never mind, I'll send you my home address and route later. I'm afraid you'll get lost."

Shen Yan chuckled.

Afterward, An Ran left the hotel.

...

After resting for one night.

Shen Yan arrived at the family banquet right on time the next evening.

He hadn't forgotten that his special mission was to help Ning Ke out of a tight spot.

As soon as he entered, he started looking around, searching for Ning Ke's figure.

"CEO Shen!"

Before he could find Ning Ke, An Ran came over to greet him.

"Why didn't you send me a message when you arrived?"

Hearing the question, Shen Yan replied with a smile, "This is your family's banquet. I thought you must be very busy."

An Ran shrugged her shoulders.

"It is our family's banquet, that's true, but I'm not that busy. They all just want to chat with my dad and my grandpa. After all, I'm just a young person who has only recently stepped out into the world."

Shen Yan followed her words and praised, "Then it seems that you, a young person who has only recently stepped out into the world, have very good judgment."

An Ran chuckled.

"You really know how to talk. No wonder you can manage your business so successfully."

Just as Shen Yan was about to say something else, someone came to greet An Ran.

Since the two of them looked quite familiar with each other, Shen Yan did not stay put and disturb their conversation.

He turned and left, looking for Ning Ke's figure nearby.

Soon, he saw Ning Ke in the corner.

However, his current situation didn't look very good.

He softened his footsteps and slowly walked behind the group of people surrounding Ning Ke.

"Why are even such shabby people allowed to attend the An family's banquet now?"

"Tsk! Do you still remember how arrogant you were in front of me last time?"

Facing the group of people with mocking expressions, Ning Ke's face flushed slightly, looking somewhat awkward.

"I was just... following the rules before, I didn't have any other intentions..."

The group continued to press him aggressively.

"Following the rules? Don't you know that rules are dead, but people are alive?!"

Seeing that the friction between them was about to escalate, Shen Yan acted quickly and inserted himself right into the middle of their circle.

"Mr. Ning!"

"What a coincidence, you're here too?"

Obviously, none of them expected a disruptive person to suddenly appear here.

After glancing at each other for a few seconds, the group of troublemakers asked Shen Yan, "Who are you?"

Shen Yan took out his business card and placed it in their hands.

"Fuchen Enterprise, Shen Yan."

As the words fell.

The expressions of those few people all changed.

Shen Yan had recently been the talk of the town in social circles.

Even though they hadn't interacted with Shen Yan, they had all heard of his extraordinary capabilities and ruthless business style.

They retracted their contemptuous expressions and forced out flattering smiles toward Shen Yan, "So it's CEO Shen, we've long admired your name!"

Shen Yan smiled politely yet distantly.

"Hello everyone. I have something I need to discuss with Mr. Ning privately. I wonder if you have finished discussing your matters?"

Since Shen Yan had already spoken.

How could they possibly keep holding onto Ning Ke and making things difficult for him?

Thinking this, the few people quickly said in low voices, "We're done, we're done. You discuss matters with Mr. Ning; we'll take our leave now."

Only after the backs of those few people completely disappeared from the vicinity did Shen Yan turn to ask Ning Ke, "Are you alright?"

Hearing Shen Yan's question, Ning Ke nodded with a pale face, "I'm fine, thank you."

Just then, an electronic voice sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Special mission complete!]

[Major Wealth Intelligence: A factory in the South Gate District is being sold at 50% below market price. The equipment is advanced and complete, and you can choose to invest in production to gain high returns!]

Where is the South Gate District?

Just as he was about to take out his phone to search for the South Gate District, Ning Ke said to him, "CEO Shen, I'm sorry, but I have something else to attend to shortly, so I need to leave first."