CH 132 Special Day

After leaving the community, they saw that the He family's car was already waiting by the side of the road.

He Yanfeng and Yang Yun stood by the car. Their outstanding bearing contrasted sharply with the old neighborhood, and people passing by couldn't help but take a second look.

"Xiao Chen!" Yang Yun's eyes lit up, she took a few quick steps with her skirt in hand, and greeted them. He Yanfeng followed behind her with a smile, and greeted Jiang Zhuo and Yang Si with a slight nod.

Jiang Zhuo smiled, and Yang Si frowned slightly, avoiding his eyes.

He Yanfeng didn't seem to see Yang Si's expression, and stretched out his hand to Joan Zhuo, his tone gentle: "We should have met in a more formal way earlier, but I didn't expect it to be so hasty. It's really rude of us."

"It's okay." Jiang Zhuo smiled helplessly, looked at He Yanfeng apologetically, and said, "It's all for the sake of the children."

"It's getting late, why don't we go to the hotel and talk about it?"

Jiang Zhuo took over holding his young daughter and took his wife's hand with the other hand: "Let's go."

He Yanfeng opened the door of the second car, and let Jiang Chen sit in the second car with Jiang Zhuo and his wife.

On the way to the restaurant, Yang Si kept looking out the window in a daze, and Jiang Zhuo glanced at her from time to time, feeling a little worried.

"If you're not happy, we won't go for today's meal." Jiang Zhuo sat closer and whispered to his wife: "I can just tell them to make another appointment later, okay?"

Yang Si didn't look at him, and said lightly: "Not okay."

Jiang Zhuo paused, looked up at the rearview mirror, and silently asked Jiang Chen for help.

Jiang Chen turned his head and asked with concern, "Mom, are you motion sick?"

Yang Si raised her eyes, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Your father is not attentive at all."

Jiang Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that his wife seemed to begin to suffer from motion sickness for some reason after giving birth to Jiang Ran. There were too many things that happened yesterday, and he had yet to come back to himself. This morning, the He family came to the door and said that the two families would get to know each other formally at noon, and then Jiang Chen's identity would be revealed at the banquet in the evening. Things happened one after another. So Jiang Zhuo completely didn't think in the direction of motion sickness, he just thought Yang Si still couldn't accept it.

Jiang Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I admit this, I have never been as attentive as Chen Chen."

Seeing that Yang Si's expression was not as gloomy as yesterday, and her eyes were more cheerful and calm than before, Jiang Chen was secretly relieved. He took out an orange from his pocket, raised his hand and shook it, and said with smiling eyes: "I guessed you would get motion sickness, so I prepared one for you in advance."

Although Yang Si's motion sickness was severe, every time she peeled an orange and smelled the sweet and sour aroma, and then ate the orange slowly, the situation would get better.

"You are also not as caring as your son."

Yang Si took the orange, opened it peel by peel, and put a piece into her mouth. She looked out of the window and became lost in thought. She didn't speak again until she got out of the car.

He Yanfeng's reserved hotel was the venue for the evening banquet, and He Qianmin and the rest of them were already waiting in the reserved box.

"Uncle and Auntie."

As soon as they entered the box, He Qianmin and He Qianyu obediently called out to the elders. He Qianjian stood half a step away from them and moved his mouth for a long time without making a sound.

Yang Si's eyes stayed on him for a moment, and seeing the reluctance in his eyes, she gently moved her eyes away, with almost no expression change on her face. Jiang Zhuo had been paying attention to Yang Si's expression, and he didn't pay attention to He Qianjian at all.

He Yanfeng saw everything in his eyes, and his eyes dimmed. He realized that things might not go as smoothly as imagined.

Yang Yun took He Qianjian's hand, walked up to Yang Si, and introduced: "Sister Yang, this is Qian Jian, you have seen him before, he is….."

"I know." Yang Si interrupted coldly, "He looks like his uncle, I believe you will not go wrong."

There was a moment of silence in the room. He Yanfeng stepped forward and eased the atmosphere with a smile: "Everyone, have a seat."

Everyone took their seats one after another, with Jiang Chen as the dividing line. On one side was the He family and on the other side was Jiang Zhuo and his wife. He Qianjian sat opposite Jiang Chen. The round table was connected end to end, so it happened that he sat at Jiang Zhuo's side.

The dishes had already been ordered, and they were served as soon as everyone was seated. The waiters soon quietly retreated out.

He Yanfeng picked up the wine, toasted Jiang Zhuo, and said sincerely, "Today is a special day for both of us."

"Although it was an accident that the children grew up in different families, it was also a special experience and a kind of fate. The two children connected our two families together, and earned Xiao Yun and I two more friends. It also let the two children have an extra pair of parents, and let the younger children have an extra brother."

"The current recognition of familial ties is by no means bringing the children of each family back to their respective biological families, or that they will not have anything to do with their adopted family in the future, but to let the children have more love and life experience, so that they can go further and have more people care about them in the future."

Jiang Zhuo's expression moved slightly, and Yang Si also raised her eyes, finally looking a little better.

He Yanfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile deepened on his face. Just as he was about to hit the iron while the iron was hot, he heard Yang Si say: "CEO He is indeed correct, but there is something that I must make clear of, which is where the children will be living, which home to go back to during the holidays, and who to accompany during the holidays. You may think that the issue I've brought up is too trivial, but these are trivial things in life. When the children grow up and work, this is the small things parents look forward to every year, if we don’t make it clear now, our two families may quarrel over these things in the future, so I think that since our two families are here now, it’s better to clarify the future arrangements in front of everyone.”

"Don't worry." He Yanfeng still smiled: "Our two families are sitting here today to settle these matters, and what you mentioned are not trivial matters. These are indeed related to the future relationship between the two families. The relationship between the two children with their two families should be made clear."

Yang Si's face softened again. She held Jiang Chen's hand with her own under the table, and her voice was much softer than before, but her eyes were still vigilant: "How do you think it should be arranged?"

"I think an equal treatment is the fairest and most acceptable to everyone." Yang Yun opened her mouth, her voice was gentle, serious and sincere: "Work and vacation, it depends on how the child is willing to arrange it. If they have time, they can come back twice a month to see how we are. If it’s a holiday, the previous year will alternate with the next year, if this year’s Spring Festival is at the He’s then next year’s is at the Jiang’s, and the two children will each be with one family, so that both families have one of their children to accompany them during the holidays, what do you think?”

Yang Si had no objection, because this was indeed the fairest arrangement. She turned her head to look at Jiang Chen: "Chen Chen, what do you think?"

Yang Yun and He Yanfeng also looked at Jiang Chen when they heard these words. Jiang Chen's eyes smiled, and a dimple appeared at the corner of his mouth: "I think it's very good."

"Then arrange it like this." Yang Si nodded and said to He Yanfeng and his wife.

Yang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately laughed: "Since this is the case, let's eat first, the dishes are almost cold."

During the meal, He Qianmin chatted with Jiang Chen from time to time, and He Qianyu interrupted from time to time. The children talked enthusiastically, and the atmosphere eased up. The adults also looked relaxed. Yang Si and Yang Gun also became closer after talking a lot, while He Yanfeng and Jiang Zhuo exchanged words and drank a lot.

No one paid attention to He Qianjian's shifting expression, and when he occasionally looked at Jiang Chen, his eyes were full of fear and hatred.

*

The invitations from the He family had been distributed to each family within a month. This time the banquet was big and grand, and the number of people who received the invitations was quite a lot. Many company partners and CEOs of small and medium companies who had cooperations with the He family had also been invited.

However, what made everyone feel strange was that the theme of this banquet did not seem to be specified. Apart from the invitee and the inviter, the simple and elegant invitation only contained the venue and time, and everything else was blank.

Even though they didn't know the subject, the invited people would gossip a few words and discuss it when they met up in private. Among them, the reason with the most arguments for and sounding the most reasonable was to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for He Qianjian.

It took a long time to prepare He Qianjian's coming-of-age ceremony back then. Most people received the invitations early and prepared gifts, but it was suddenly canceled the day before the banquet which was really confusing. At that time, everyone had different opinions. Some who were Chenghua's students speculated that it was because He Qianjian's grades declined and he left the math competition examination room willfully. The elders of the He family canceled the banquet in order to teach him a lesson.

This kind of explanation, not to mention the family friends and bosses who were of the same generation as He Yanfeng, just the heirs who were only a round older than these juniors and have just come into contact with the company's affairs, simply listened to it as a joke. The He family's family education was strict, but they had their own way of educating their children. No one with a brain would use such a laborious and resource-wasting method as a punishment.

So, from the day when He Qianjian's coming-of-age ceremony was canceled, until half a year later, there were still people who occasionally brought up this matter, guessing what happened in the He family that resulted in such an inexplicable thing happening.

However, the few families who knew about it kept it secret, and no one knew exactly what happened. After a long time, when there was no other news in the He family, everyone gradually forgot about it. But unexpectedly, these themeless invitations brought people in the Yah City upper class social circle back to discussing this topic again.

Everyone had curiosity, not to mention the important status of the He family in Yan City. If there was really a big event, knowing about it even just a minute or second ahead could prepare them in advance. Sufficient preparation meant opportunity, and opportunity was not always common. For leaders of small and medium-sized companies who could only touch the threshold of invitations and those who want to take the opportunity to go further, the more they knew, the greater the chance to climb up. 

Even those who had no other motives still murmured in their hearts, this banquet had no theme and was just a celebration, so what kind of gift should they give? Gift giving was also a science. As far as only birthday gifts were concerned, there were many considerations, from the age, gender, identity, ability and hobbies of the birthday star. And even for those with some chaotic family relationships one also need to consider how other people in that family would send gifts to the birthday star. It must be considered from all aspects, carefully considered and carefully selected.

Now they not only didn't know the theme of the celebration, nor who they were celebrating for, which really put many people in a quandary. But if one thought about it carefully, it didn't matter who the recipient was, it was always right to give the gift in the direction that young people liked.

Most people thought this way. The He family had kept a low profile for many years. If they were celebrating old Mr. He or old Mrs. He, they would definitely inform people in advance. Moreover, these two elders have never had any birthday banquets, and this period was not their birthday date, so 100% it was not a banquet for them.

As for the three siblings of the He family, needless to say, the eldest would never be so grandiose being in the army as he was, and the second was devoted to scientific research. What major celebration that could be attributed to her could only be a wedding, but if it was a wedding how could the host not tell the guests in advance? And finally, since the third child got married, he had only celebrated his birthday with his family every year. Except for two birthday parties for the eldest son He Qianjian, the youngest son and daughter in the family were very low-key and rarely even attended the banquets of others.

Although the host on the invitation this time was He Yanfeng's name, the Tunan Group had been doing steadily recently, and there was no news worthy of such a big celebration…..

The few invitees who gathered together thought about it, mentioned the coming-of-age ceremony that He Qianjian had canceled before, and thought of the college entrance examination that had just ended. When they summed this all up, they all felt that they had guessed right. Many of the families present here had children or nephews and nieces who were studying in Chenghua. Naturally, they knew that He Qianjian's grades were very good. It was even said that since He Qianjian entered junior high school, some people had begun to predict him to be a potential top scorer in the college entrance examination.

What was even more coincidental was that the time of the banquet happened to be the day after the end of the college entrance examination. They didn't believe that this early celebration banquet was not because He Qianjian did well in the exam.

Everyone felt that they had the answer in their hearts, and immediately either sent assistants or personally picked out gifts suitable for young people. So on the day of the banquet, they came with great ambition to the old five-star hotel where the He family held the banquet.