You should know that today's banquet is Professor Sun's birthday party.

Xu Fan carrying something to see Professor Sun also means that, like everyone else, he came with the purpose of signing a contract.

Now, Professor Sun wants to see what gift Xu Fan has in his bag, yet Xu Fan retorted, "This thing isn't for you?"

Is this guy deliberately trying to upset Professor Sun?

And what is this if not a fool's move?

Lu Jun immediately burst into laughter, then leaned into Professor Sun's ear and whispered a few words.

Hearing his explanation, Professor Sun's expression immediately darkened.

Everyone saw this and immediately understood, fearing that Lu Jun had just informed Professor Sun that the young man before them was the very culprit behind the Ke Family's downfall!

With such a relationship revealed, no matter how precious the gift Xu Fan was carrying, Professor Sun was unlikely to consider it any longer!

Besides, this kid had the gall to say that his gift was not for Professor Sun.

Unconcerned with Professor Sun's frosty demeanor, Xu Fan walked over to the girl behind Professor Sun with the gift box in hand.

"Little sister, today is your birthday too, right? Here, see if you like the gift brother has brought you?"

The little girl looked up curiously when she heard Xu Fan talk to her, her eyes instantly lighting up when she saw the gift box Xu Fan was offering, visibly excited, and instinctively reached out to take the gift.

Xu Fan was right, Professor Sun's and his daughter Sun Xiaolu's birthdays were on the same day of the same month.

Today's birthday party was intended to celebrate both of them, but everyone's attention was focused entirely on Professor Sun, the key figure, and not on Sun Xiaolu, who was off to the side.

The birthday star herself, yet all the gifts were for her father, one could imagine how frustrated Sun Xiaolu felt.

At that moment, upon seeing Xu Fan bringing her a gift, her mood finally lifted quite a bit.

She looked at Professor Sun with anticipation and asked, "Dad, can I accept this gift?"

Professor Sun couldn't help but be startled; had it not been for Xu Fan's gift to his daughter, he wouldn't have even realized that she was being neglected.

With an embarrassed grin, considering his daughter's hopeful gaze, Professor Sun dared not show Xu Fan a cold face any longer.

"Xiaolu, this brother is celebrating your birthday. Of course, you can accept it, but remember to thank your brother."

Sun Xiaolu revealed two sweet dimples, nodded, and then looked at Xu Fan.

Holding the gift from Xu Fan in her hands, she said in a soft and sweet voice, "Thank you for the gift, brother."

"Good girl, go ahead and open it to see."

Xu Fan patted her head, then signaled for her to hurry up and open the gift.

Sun Xiaolu nodded, then set the gift box Xu Fan had brought onto the table and began tearing at the wrapping paper.

At this point, 'admiration' was the only word people could use to describe their feelings towards Xu Fan.

Everyone thought that in order to secure this contract, they must focus on appealing to Professor Sun, but nobody knew that the apple of Professor Sun's eye was his daughter, his only child.

Winning over his daughter could be more effective than trying to curry favor with him.

Lu Jun especially was beginning to have an ominous feeling, just like the others, his gaze was locked onto the gift box that Sun Xiaolu was opening.

At this moment, all Lu Jun could do was pray that Xu Fan's gift was less impressive than his own.

"What the hell? What's this thing?"

"This is supposed to be a birthday present?"

"Can't be serious..."

Quickly, under Sun Xiaolu's unwrapping, the gift Xu Fan had prepared was revealed.

Everyone saw a few old-looking books lying on the table and couldn't help but be full of questions.

What the heck is this?

This doesn't look like some antique...

So, everyone stretched their necks and tried hard to glimpse the title of the books.

Seeing the three large characters 'Journey to the West' written on them, they instantly understood what Xu Fan had given.

It was a set of old comic books of 'Journey to the West' that were almost out of print.

Though it was out of print, the price was probably no more than ten thousand yuan, but it was very hard to find.

Upon seeing it, Lu Jun couldn't help but laugh. How could this trash compare to the Wang Xizhi calligraphy he had brought?

"Dad, look! It's 'Journey to the West'!"

But hearing Sun Xiaolu's excited voice, Lu Jun was suddenly dumbfounded.

Sun Xiaolu excitedly pulled Professor Sun's hand, asking him to come over quickly and take a look at the set of comic books.

Everyone was dumbstruck. Weren't these just some old comic books?

Why were the father and daughter so excited about them?

Professor Sun held the set of comics, excitedly saying, "I thought they were out of print for good. How, how did you manage to find them? Where, where did you find them?"

Seeing the excitement in Professor Sun's eyes, Xu Fan smiled and said, "These past few days, I've been turning Shanghai upside down, wanting to find this set of comic books. It took me about three days, and I finally found them in the hands of an old man."

"This... thank you so much."

At this point, Professor Sun was so excited he was nearly at a loss for what to do, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

They thought it was just an ordinary set of comic books, and moreover, 'Journey to the West,' an outdated one at that. What the heck was going on?

Seeing the surprised looks of the people around, Professor Sun laughed and began to explain.

"You may not know, but when I was young, my family was very poor. Back then, other kids would have the 'Journey to the West' comics, and I really wanted my parents to buy me a set. So I studied hard, thinking that by doing so, my parents would reward me."

"But back then, a set of 'Journey to the West' comics wasn't cheap, and with my family being poor, I never got my wish. As I grew up, that became a regret in my heart."

"Later on, I happened to get a set of 'Journey to the West' comics from a friend. I also had a daughter, Xiaolu, who loves this story very much and always had me tell her the stories from 'Journey to the West' every night. Unfortunately, due to moving, I lost the set I had collected, and that regret became even stronger for Xiaolu and me."

"Over the years, Xiaolu has always nagged me about getting the comics, but with my busy work, I never had the time to look for them..."

At this point, everyone was deeply affected. How on earth did Xu Fan know about this?

Clearly, this set of 'Journey to the West' held a lot of significance for Professor Sun, and not just for him, but his daughter was also very fond of it.

It seemed that in this way, Xu Fan's gift was more to Professor Sun's taste.

Watching Professor Sun set aside Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and lovingly go through the 'Journey to the West' comics, Lu Jun roared inwardly.

What the hell is this?

He brought a calligraphy worth billions as a gift? And it turned out to be less popular than Xu Fan's old comics worth less than ten thousand?

"Damn it..."

"I don't want to lose like this..."

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