328: The relationship behind

After teasing Ye Su for a few sentences, Yan Ran smiled and started chatting about everyday things:

"You came here to study by yourself, are your family all back in your hometown?"

"Yes."

"Besides you, who else is in your family?"

"My parents, my elder brother, and my second sister." Feeling awkward that only Sister Ran was asking questions, Ye Su also asked in return: "What about you, Sister Ran?"

"Me?" Yan Ran calmly said, "I'm the only one left in my family."

"Ah!" Ye Su never imagined that a casual return question could so accurately hit a sensitive spot, and he hastily apologized to Yan Ran:

"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was like that..."

"What's there to be sorry about?" Yan Ran still wore an indifferent smile: "You make it sound like my current solitary state is all your fault."

Seeing Yan Ran's expression remain normal, Ye Su no longer seemed flustered, and at the same time, he felt a little curious.

Although Yan Ran maintained herself so well that she looked no different from a woman in her twenties, Ye Su could tell that her actual age should be over thirty.

According to Ye Su's initial guess, Yan Ran's ability to operate a shopping center like Yuexin Hui in Yangcheng must have been due to her family connections.

Otherwise, at her age, if she truly started from scratch and built a shopping center in a first-tier city by her early thirties, it would definitely be considered a business legend.

Now that he heard Yan Ran say she was the only one left in her family, there were only two possibilities.

One was that her family members had met with an accident, leaving her as the sole survivor to inherit all the family's assets, which included Yuexin Hui.

Otherwise, Yan Ran must have had someone backing her, supporting her establishment in Yangcheng.

Compared to the scenario of "a wealthy family collectively perishing, leaving only an only daughter to inherit the business," Ye Su was more inclined towards the latter.

Yan Ran had extensive connections, allowing her to own a shopping center by her early thirties.

Knowing that the intricate relationships involved were not his place to inquire about, Ye Su immediately changed the subject:

"I still don't know where Sister Ran is from?"

"I'm from Xiangbei."

"Then you must be very good at eating spicy food?" The topic didn't hit another landmine, and Ye Su finally relaxed: "It's all my fault for not being able to eat too spicy food, making you eat these bland dishes with me tonight."

"It's fine, I also eat bland food now," Yan Ran asked curiously in return:

"What business does your family do in Guying?"

"We used to run a small factory, but it went bankrupt last year. This month, we just started a new garment factory."

"That's so low-key?" Yan Ran didn't believe Ye Su's explanation at all: "What kind of small factory can support you driving a Lamborghini?"

"It really is just a small garment factory with dozens of people, and I only took it over at the beginning of the month," Ye Su explained:

"As for that Lamborghini, it was actually given to me by a friend's family to drive."

Yan Ran said in surprise, "A friend gave it to you?"

In her opinion, a family would need at least hundreds of millions in assets to allow Ye Su to drive a Lamborghini while still a student.

To be able to afford to give away a Lamborghini, even a family with hundreds of millions might not be able to do it.

If what Ye Su said was true, then his "friend" must have a very impressive background.

Where would an ordinary college student from a common family background meet such a "friend"?

Could he be a kept man of some wealthy socialite?

At this thought, Yan Ran couldn't help but scrutinize Ye Su again.

She had to admit, with his looks and the favorable first impression he gave her, he was indeed the type many rich women would favor.

It wouldn't be surprising if he had caught the eye of a wealthy socialite.

Ye Su also noticed the unreadable meaning in Yan Ran's scrutinizing gaze and instantly understood what she was thinking, hastily clarifying for himself:

"I sometimes do some antique business. Last time I visited her home, I brought two gifts for her parents. Her parents liked them very much, but felt awkward accepting them directly, so they gave me the Lamborghini they weren't driving."

"Oh," Yan Ran suddenly understood: "So that's how it is."

Then Yan Ran looked at Ye Su curiously: "Didn't you say this morning that you were a college student? How are you doing antique business now?"

"The current environment isn't great, and I don't have any special skills, nor is my academic record outstanding. So, I can only learn to do a little small business in advance, so I don't end up unemployed right after graduation."

Ye Su spoke modestly, but Yan Ran could guess that the "small business" he mentioned was definitely not that simple.

Just the fact that the gift he gave made others feel so awkward that they had to reciprocate with a Lamborghini showed that Ye Su's business was certainly not small.

A third-year college student, without a prominent family background, able to grow a business to this scale, and in the highly intricate antique trade at that.

He either had a powerful benefactor behind him or was a rare talent.

Leaving aside the life-saving grace, just one of these two reasons made Yan Ran feel that Ye Su was someone worth befriending.

Besides, she wasn't so ungrateful as to completely disregard the debt of saving her life.

Growing more interested in Ye Su, Yan Ran also displayed her conversational skills, chatting with Ye Su about everything from his entrepreneurial business to his college life, and then to the delicious local specialties of his hometown... they covered all sorts of everyday topics.

Conversely, after learning that Yan Ran was the only one left in her family, Ye Su tried to avoid asking about her family situation during their conversation.

As a result, for most of the time, Yan Ran was asking questions, and Ye Su was answering.

After chatting for a while, the waiters began to serve the dishes.

"This is their Crispy Sea Cucumber, which has been rated as a 'must-eat sea cucumber dish in Yangcheng.' You should try it."

"Then I won't be polite." Ye Su said, then picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

After Ye Su finished a bite, Yan Ran asked, "How is it?"

"Hmm, it's crispy and fragrant, quite delicious."

Ye Su was not a gourmet; he couldn't spout evaluations like "melts in your mouth" or "salty and fresh mixed with a charred aroma, bursting on the taste buds." He could only evaluate whether it tasted good or not based on his subjective preference.

Yan Ran smiled when she heard that the dishes she ordered suited Ye Su's taste:

"As long as it suits your taste, that's fine. Eat more if you like it; we can order more if it's not enough."

Unconsciously, Yan Ran had already taken on the role of an older sister, thoughtfully looking after Ye Su, afraid that inviting him to dinner would still leave the college student hungry.

If those who did business with Yan Ran were to see this scene in the private room, they would probably be astonished.

Was this still the President Yan, who was outwardly warm but inwardly cold, and kept everyone at arm's length except for business matters?

Ye Su had no idea what kind of treatment he was currently enjoying.

As the dishes Yan Ran ordered arrived at the table, Ye Su once again showcased his "food-sweeping" ability, picking up one chopstick-full after another and putting it into his mouth.

Because he was handsome and wasn't wolfing down his food, but merely eating continuously.

In Yan Ran's eyes, it was like a young Takeshi Kaneshiro performing a mukbang for her.

And it was a real mukbang where he swallowed all the food he put in his mouth, without relying on editing or leaving the camera to spit out what was in his mouth.

Such an appetite even made Yan Ran's own appetite grow, causing her to eat several more mouthfuls than usual.