Ever since Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Shoufu left Noble Pavilion, they seemed to have lost their souls, their faces displaying the look of decay, as if they had suffered some kind of stimulation and blow.

Liu Zhengqing knew without thinking that Zhang Shoufu was filled with regret, regretting his snobbish behavior, regretting taking things too far.

Ye Chen's performance subtly affected the thoughts of both families. By ten o'clock, Liu Zhengqing drove back to the residential community.

So now the question arises, where should Ye Chen rest for the night?

"Ye Chen, come to my home to rest," said Zhang Xinlan.

Her parents did not object to Zhang Xinlan's words, and as Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Shoufu also knew they were wrong, they wanted to win back Ye Chen, the golden son-in-law.

"Niece Xinlan," Ye Chen hadn't responded when Li Junyi preempted him. "Ye Chen is Shihua's fiancé, how can he stay at your house?"

"..." Zhang Xinlan's face stiffened.

"Junyi, Ye Chen has grown up before our eyes, and now that he has come to Shanghai, we must host him," Wang Liyun stepped out to help her daughter out of the predicament.

"Wang Liyun, Xinlan and Ye Chen used to date, and they have just broken up. If they live together now, isn't that a recipe for disaster? What if the dead embers reignite?" Li Junyi frowned.

"..." Li Junyi's sharp words immediately toppled Wang Liyun.

Wang Liyun and Zhang Shoufu hadn't been kind to Ye Chen in the past, having disrupted their daughter's marriage prospects. Now wanting Ye Chen to stay at the Zhang Family didn't seem quite right.

Zhang Xinlan and Wang Liyun's downcast appearance delighted Liu Shihua to the point of almost jumping up.

"Ye Chen, the Liu Family is your home, so you should stay at your own place!" said Li Junyi. "However, I haven't tidied up a room for you yet, so you will share a room with Shihua tonight and have a good talk about your feelings!"

"Mom, what are you talking about, I'm still a child!" Liu Shihua cooed.

"You're grown up!" Li Junyi said. "When I was your age, I was already married to your father and expecting you!"

"Mommy, you're not a good baby, daddy, you're not a good baby either!" Liu Shihua said cutely.

"..."

Li Junyi and Liu Shihua both had quirky personalities. Their back and forth banter had all their friends watching in astonishment.

"Shihua, have a good rest today. Tomorrow, we'll fly back to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan," said Zhang Xinlan before she turned and left, unwilling to get entangled with the eccentric mother and daughter any longer.

Zhang Xinlan could still compete with Liu Shihua, but she was no match against Li Junyi.

"Xinlan, don't be in such a hurry to leave!" Li Junyi called out.

"Auntie, what's the matter?" Zhang Xinlan stopped in her tracks.

"You can't fly back to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan tomorrow!" Li Junyi said earnestly.

"Why?" Zhang Xinlan asked in astonishment.

"Ye Chen is going to become my Liu Family's son-in-law, of course we need to celebrate. We will hold the engagement party!" Li Junyi declared. "So, you cannot leave tomorrow!"

"Alright then, let them stay, and I will leave," Zhang Xinlan said with a melancholic tone.

"You can't leave either!" Li Junyi said. "You are Ye Chen's ex-girlfriend, and you have to be a surprise guest at the engagement party. Ye Chen and Shihua need your blessing!"

"..." Zhang Xinlan was speechless, her heart in turmoil, almost brought to tears by Li Junyi.

"Tomorrow, I will start sending out invitations, book a hotel, and prepare for the engagement reception. It will only delay you for three to five days!" Li Junyi said.

"Alright!" Zhang Xinlan sighed.

"I'm tired and going to rest!" Zhang Xinlan looked at Ye Chen. "Ye Chen, where will you sleep?"

Zhang Xinlan was hurt inside and hoped Ye Chen would console her, soothing her inner pain.

Ye Chen, seeing the longing in Zhang Xinlan's eyes, naturally understood that Ms. Zhang had been wronged, but the situation now was too adverse.

"I saw a hotel nearby on my way here, so I'll just stay at the hotel for the night. It's late, and staying at anyone's home would be an inconvenience," Ye Chen said with a sheepish smile.

Ye Chen's diplomatically put words were meant to offend neither party. It was late, and staying at anyone's home would be an inconvenience; going to a hotel was more convenient and hassle-free.

Ye Chen's words eased the expressions of both families.

"Ye Chen, let me take you to the hotel!" Liu Shihua agreed.

"Mm," Ye Chen nodded.

"Then let's go quickly!" Liu Shihua pulled Ye Chen away, running off as if afraid someone would object.

"Shihua, don't come back too late!"

Liu Zhengqing, seeing his daughter and son-in-law heading to the hotel, felt his mind turn to mush, clueless about what to think.

"Got it!" Liu Shihua didn't look back and continued to pull Ye Chen as they ran.

"..."

"Zhang Xinlan, Ye Chen and Shihua have gone to the hotel—are you not worried at all?" Wang Liyun, sitting across from Zhang Xinlan, said sternly. "Ye Chen and Liu Shihua are young people, a man and a woman alone together in a room. If they act impulsively and something happens, you won't have any chance for recourse!"

"I've complied with your wishes and already broken up with Ye Chen, what does his business have to do with me?" Zhang Xinlan said indifferently.

"Your mother and I were just impulsive, how could you take it seriously?" Zhang Shoufu interjected from the side.

"Ha, that wasn't impulsive, that was you guys intentionally breaking us up!" Zhang Xinlan said discontentedly as she looked at her parents.

"Alright, blame us, we know we were wrong!" Wang Liyun took the initiative to admit their mistake.

"Hmm, I forgive you!" Zhang Xinlan said. "You two continue talking, I'm going back to my room to sleep."

"Wait a minute!" Wang Liyun grabbed hold of Zhang Xinlan. "You can go to sleep, but you must tell me the truth, has Ye Chen really become a great boss now?"

"Alright, I'll say it once and only once." Zhang Xinlan said. "Ye Chen owns a pharmaceutical company worth tens of billions and is preparing to start a film and television company that's gathering big brands. I'm working for Ye Chen right now."

Ye Chen's achievements were far more than that, but Zhang Xinlan only mentioned these. She didn't want to reveal his transcendence; she just needed to make Ye Chen sound like a boss.

"Daughter, stop joking around!" Zhang Shoufu's face turned serious. "Give us a real explanation, don't make up stories to fool us."

Zhang Xinlan blurted out tens of billions; Zhang Shougang did not believe her, thinking she was trying to provoke them, deliberately lying to deceive them.

"I have nothing more to say." Zhang Xinlan sighed helplessly. "I'm going to sleep now, didn't get a good rest on the plane yesterday, don't wake me up for no reason."

Zhang Xinlan didn't want to explain further, her parents' behavior today had utterly disappointed her.

Liu Zhengqing and his wife's reactions were much wiser; they recognized Ye Chen's extraordinariness right after meeting him.

"This daughter of ours is really getting more and more disobedient!" Zhang Shoufu complained a bit peevishly.

"We are also to blame for this, we were too autocratic and forcefully broke apart our child's romantic relationship." Wang Liyun lamented.

"We broke them up, so what!" Zhang Shoufu said, somewhat impatiently. "Xinlan is so outstanding, we were hoping she'd marry into a wealthy family. Even if Ye Chen has really become a boss, can he compare with those young masters from rich families?"

Even if Zhang Shoufu recognized his mistake, he was stubbornly reluctant to admit it. There were plenty of good men in the world; they wouldn't miss out just because of Ye Chen.

"Shoufu, do you think it's possible that Ye Chen has become the kind of billionaire that our daughter describes?" Wang Liyun suddenly asked.

Wang Liyun was a sensible person, but had been led astray by Zhang Shoufu, which was why she had some resistance towards Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was impressive and, upon reflection, Wang Liyun began to seriously consider that he might indeed become such a super-rich boss.

"My silly wife, aren't you afraid of twisting your tongue with the nonsense you're talking!" Zhang Shoufu said with a foolish laugh. "Do you know what tens of billions signify?"

"Liu Zhengqing is considered wealthy, a big boss, but his wealth is just over a billion. Tens of billions would mean one hundred Liu Zhengqings!" Zhang Shoufu said. "A person with tens of billions is a big shot, a patriarch of a wealthy family. What qualifies that brat Ye Chen to amass tens of billions in assets!"

Zhang Shoufu didn't believe Ye Chen had tens of billions. A young man with nothing to his name couldn't gather such wealth even if he picked up money on the streets every day; he wouldn't amass tens of billions no matter how hard he tried!

"But somehow, I feel like we've underestimated Ye Chen," Wang Liyun said thoughtfully. "Ye Chen's smile is inscrutable; I've never seen such a smile in my life. It's as though it's an unquestionable kind of strength!"

"Don't talk about it as if it's something mysterious." Zhang Shoufu said. "Ye Chen's smile isn't inscrutable; if anything, it's more likely due to his guilty conscience."

"You stubborn old man," Wang Liyun said, reproachfully glancing at her husband.

"I was even thinking, if Ye Chen really made something of himself, we could let Xinlan marry him!" Zhang Shoufu sighed. "But, the way things have unfolded is beyond our control, we should look for another suitable son-in-law."

The Liu Family.

"Zhang Shoufu really misjudged this time, pushing such a good son-in-law out the door, giving us the advantage for nothing!" Li Junyi said with an inexplicable smile. "The suit that Ye Chen is wearing, that's genuinely aristocratic garb, with custom tailoring costing over 800,000!"

"The pair of shoes he's wearing are also exclusively aristocratic, fetching over 200,000 at some high-end counters!"

"And the watch Ye Chen is wearing, that's a Swiss noble watch, long discontinued and not for sale, worth at least two million on the market!"

"Anyone who can afford to wear such attire isn't an ordinary person; even those wealthy family heads only have such outfits to their name."

Li Junyi had been appraising Ye Chen's attire since she saw him; this glance had shocked her.

Therefore, Li Junyi was extremely polite to Ye Chen, and her heart was filled with astonishment at the Zhang family's fortune to have such a highly esteemed son-in-law.

Who knew that this golden catch, through a twist of fate, would become her family's son-in-law, which delighted Li Junyi immensely.

"Money isn't really important; what I value most is a good impression!" Liu Zhengqing thought of Ye Chen's excellence and felt somewhat proud. "I don't know why, but the moment I saw Ye Chen, I took an inexplicable liking to him, feeling that this young fellow was perfect, a perfect match for our daughter!"

"Zhengqing, do you remember me telling you about the romance novel our daughter wrote that went viral online, and that I mentioned she had a boyfriend?" Li Junyi suddenly said.

"Yes, what are you getting at?" Liu Zhengqing asked, somewhat puzzled. "Even if Shihua has a boyfriend, we can't agree; Ye Chen looks pretty good, I think he's the only one who's suited for Shihua."

Liu Zhengqing had his sights set on Ye Chen now; even if Liu Shihua was dating someone, he would insist that she break it off and get married to Ye Chen instead.

"You're misunderstanding me, I mean that the boyfriend Shihua has been dating could very well be Ye Chen," Li Junyi said seriously.

"That's impossible, if Shihua were dating someone as outstanding as him, she would've boasted to us by now," Liu Zhengqing said, finding it hard to believe.

"The problem is, Ye Chen used to be Zhang Xinlan's boyfriend," Li Junyi said gravely.

"..."

Liu Zhengqing was suddenly enlightened but was quickly dumbfounded.

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