Age of Legends

Chapter 338 Troublesome
Seeing her daughter chatting happily with Huang Huifen, Liu Jun smiled without saying a word. She always knew that her daughter had no problem with socializing.

Zhuang Xuefeng, however, turned to Zhang Zhonghua and said, "Old Zhang, you're a great expert. I don't usually understand these things. I just want to ask you a question: color TVs are getting thinner and clearer. What's the underlying principle behind this?"

This was clearly an attempt to strike up a conversation with Zhang Zhonghua. Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhonghua thought for a moment and then patiently began to speak. Goodness, he started by talking about traditional CRTs, then moved on to the scanning principle of cathode ray tubes, and then transitioned to the arrangement of liquid crystal displays...

While Zhang Zhonghua meticulously explained the technical details, Zhuang Xuefeng's smile gradually froze. He listened attentively at first, but later became increasingly confused, his eyes darting around. He picked up his teacup, sipped his tea, and urged Zhang Zhonghua to eat.

Liu Jun gently nudged her husband, giving him a "that's enough" look.

Zhuang Xuefeng quickly stopped fidgeting and focused on listening to the lecture.

Zhang Zhonghua was about to elaborate a bit more, but seeing Zhuang Xuefeng's serious yet clearly unfocused gaze, he smiled faintly, swallowed his words, and picked up his wine glass: "Mr. Zhuang, you're still so eager to learn. No wonder your business is growing bigger and bigger."

Zhuang Xuefeng quickly clinked glasses with him, saying, "As the big boss, I'd like to invest in your company, but I'm not qualified. You, Lao Zhang, are the real boss."

Zhang Zhonghua smiled faintly and said, "I'm just working for the country."

Liu Jun chimed in from the side, "Old Zhang, I don't understand what you're saying, and neither does my old Zhuang. Old Zhang's skills are the result of decades of dedicated study!"

Zhang Zhonghua waved his hand modestly: "I dare not accept such praise..."

With this change in atmosphere, Zhuang Xuefeng felt as if he had been granted a pardon and resumed his usual social drinking routine. However, since Zhang Zhonghua couldn't drink much, they substituted tea for alcohol. The atmosphere at the table remained lively.

Zhang Chen could tell that Zhuang Yanyue and Liu Jun had managed to appease his mother well. However, his own father and Zhuang Yanyue's father were clearly two different people.

Zhang Chen recalled Wang Bowen's description of Shen Mingbo and Zhang Zhonghua, both heavily drunk and arm in arm, and thought to himself that the differences in compatibility between people were indeed a mysterious thing.

Some people seem like perfect gentlemen, but you just can't seem to connect with them. Others are rebellious and defiant, which you might actually find appealing. But what's sweet to one person might be poison to another.

Although Zhuang Xuefeng is an investor and Zhang Zhonghua is a technologist, it doesn't prevent the two families from getting along quite well.

Not to mention Zhuang Xuefeng's Zhongshan Holdings Investment, which is also optimistic about the future of Xuhui Real Estate and has made investments in it.

Furthermore, Zhuang Xuefeng and Liu Jun were actually very close to Zhang Chen's family from day one and provided a lot of help. Strictly speaking, Huang Huifen's rise may also have been aided by Zhuang Xuefeng and Zhuang Yanyue, so this was a line of communication between the two sides.

Even at the end of the meal, Zhuang Xuefeng was still urging people to drink, while Liu Jun and Huang Huifen chatted happily, giving Zhang Chen and Zhuang Yanyue some space.

Zhang Chen opened the partition door of the private room, went to the terrace outside, and answered a phone call. Just as he finished, Zhuang Yanyue appeared behind him.

Her crimson coat swayed gently in the breeze, carrying a faint fragrance, like osmanthus. She held a small teacup in her hand, her fingers extending from her sleeve to grasp the tea, and admired the park below and the city lights in the distance with great interest.

The terrace here faces the park and is on the second floor of the hotel, suspended above the first floor. It's a unique feature of every private room, and sometimes afternoon tea is served here. If there's a live stream or something, this place will definitely become a popular spot for internet celebrities to take photos. From Zhang Chen's side angle, you can see Zhuang Yanyue's open coat, revealing a round-neck fitted T-shirt underneath that accentuates her full figure, with her breasts undulating.

"The game you were talking about on the phone... were you playing a game with your friends?" Zhuang Yanyue had only been looking at the view from the terrace since she appeared, without paying any attention to Zhang Chen beside her. But now she freed one hand to lift her short hair in front of her ear, put it behind her ear, revealing a delicate earring on her ear, and then turned her head to look at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen was slightly taken aback. He had just called Jing Qinming to discuss the server rental standards.

Given Zhuang Yanyue's personality, even if she overheard the conversation and learned some details from your phone call, she probably wouldn't reveal a single piece of information she already knew to you. This is because men generally don't like women who pry into their affairs. Zhuang Yanyue likely understands this.

But she couldn't help but summarize the information she had just heard on the phone and then asked Zhang Chen this question.

She was genuinely shaken. She inquired about Zhang Chen, and even deliberately slowed down to listen to his conversations and what they entailed, but her rationality was still overwhelmed by the fact that Zhang Chen had once again given her that elusive feeling.

She always felt that he was like a deep abyss, from which she could always see many incredible things.

For example, in Zhang Chen's phone call just now, he was probably communicating with a team member, discussing whether to rent or buy game servers. This reveals a lot of information: he's been developing a game with others for a while now, and it's not a small-scale project; he's invested money in it.

As for games and internet-related content, Zhuang Yanyue is quite familiar with them at Yude High School. She knows from those around her that the school promotes students who have achieved success in the internet field early on as role models. Not long ago, a famous alumnus from the nearby No. 27 Middle School returned to give a speech, and his experience in the internet industry inspired many students from several high schools to learn programming, participate in computer competitions, or even start their own businesses.

Even among Zhuang Yanyue's fans was someone who participated in programming competitions. This person talked at length about his plans, such as wanting to make games in college and follow in the footsteps of so-and-so.

These people are often considered celebrities in their schools, outstanding in science and engineering fields, and the kind of students that schools would recommend for any competition.

But outside of these people, Zhang Chen remained silent, as if he were behind something big.

Perhaps it was impossible for Zhuang Yanyue to see the whole picture or understand it. But it was just her intuition that made her feel as if there was a whole mountain of hidden treasures behind Zhang Chen that she had never seen before.

On this mountain, every step she took forward brought a sense of unexpected joy.

Under her gaze, Zhang Chen said, "It's just playing around with friends, it's a private server, do you even know what a private server is?"

Zhuang Yanyue nodded with some skepticism, "It's like setting up your own server. You mean it doesn't require much technical skill? It's already quite impressive."

Zhang Chen looked at the light flickering in Zhuang Yanyue's eyes, unsure whether she believed it or not.

In short, this guy is extremely troublesome!

(End of this chapter)