Mixed in 1980

Chapter 394 Revealing the truth
"Twenty-two, PhD three."

"Twenty-two, just like us. Wait a minute, third-year PhD? You're a PhD?" Ye Ling muttered, then suddenly realized.

Chen Yanjin nodded slightly: "Graduating this year."

Ye Ling stared at him scrutinizingly: "How is that possible? You're only twenty-two and already a third-year doctoral student?"

Chen Yanjin nodded and said, "I won the math Olympiad in junior high school and was specially admitted to the math gifted class. Later, I studied economics on my own. To be precise, I have double master's degrees in mathematics and economics, and a doctorate in economics."

“Sister…” Ye Ling looked at her older sister.

Ye Wan was also confused. She had picked up a boyfriend, but it turned out she had picked up a PhD: "When you said you graduated, you didn't mean you graduated with a bachelor's degree?"

Chen Yanjin nodded and said, "I can't just tell everyone I'm a PhD, can I?"

"makes sense."

Ye Wan scratched her head, and it took her a while to realize: "Wait a minute, you have double master's degrees in mathematics and economics, and you're also a PhD. Your ex-girlfriend dumped you because of the wedding house and the dowry?"

Seeing Chen Yanjin nod, Ye Wan exclaimed in surprise, "Is she crazy? With your level of education, what wouldn't you have after a few years of working?"

Chen Yanjin shrugged and gave a wry smile.

Ye Wan sighed, "People are really different, but it's not surprising. There are all kinds of birds in a big forest, and some people just like to eat what's readily available."

I guess I got a lucky break.

"Stop lamenting, we haven't finished asking yet."

Ye Ling coughed lightly, interrupting the two: "If you want to be with my sister, as her younger sister, I definitely need to ask her clearly. You don't mind, do you?"

Chen Yanjin smiled and said, "Go ahead and ask!"

Ye Ling asked, "How many people are in your family?"

Chen Yanjin touched his nose: "Our family is a big one. My grandparents are still alive. There are five brothers and sisters in our generation. I am the second oldest."

They just don't mention their parents' generation.

Having three mothers might seem normal to his family, but it's not normal to outsiders. He's not familiar with them enough and is afraid of scaring the girl away.

However, Ye Wan was also surprised to hear that he had five siblings. They were born in the late 1980s, and many of them were only children. It was rare to see someone with five siblings.

Sure enough, calling my sister out was the right thing to do.

If you don't ask properly, you won't know anything about him: "There are three siblings in my family, and I have a younger brother who is a sophomore in college back in our hometown."

"There are many brothers and sisters in my family, so it's quite lively."

Chen Yanjin smiled slightly and said, "Do you remember the girl who was laughing loudly in the coffee shop that day? That's our fourth child."

Ye Wan recalled the scene from that day and teased, "You two siblings are really something. One of you is heartbroken, and the other is laughing on the sidelines."

"I'm used to making a fuss. In a couple of days, I'll call the fourth brother out and we'll have a meal together."

The waiter started serving the dishes, and Chen Yanjin poured them drinks: "My third and fourth children are also twins, but they are a boy and a girl. I'll introduce you to them another day."

Ye Wan nodded slightly.

Ye Ling asked casually, "My parents are under a lot of pressure because there are three of us siblings. Your family has five, so your uncle and aunt must be under even more pressure, right? What do they do?"

Chen Yanjin raised the corners of her mouth slightly. The little girl is quite clever: "That's true. Back in the 1980s, my dad was a writer, and quite famous."

"But back then, the royalties were very low, only ten yuan per thousand words. Later, my dad felt it was pointless, so he stopped writing books and went into business."

"Yes, he owns a supermarket."

"What books has Uncle written?" Ye Wan asked curiously.

“I wrote editorials, and a collection of editorials by Chen Fan was published at the time. My mother told me that it was reprinted multiple times in the 1980s and sold more than three million copies.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Ling was surprised: "More than three million copies, then your uncle must be very famous."

Chen Yanjin nodded and said, "That's what my mom said, but my dad had already stopped writing when I was born, so I don't know anything about what happened in the 1980s."

……

The truth and the falsehood are mixed up, and that's how it gets by.

Chen Yanjin didn't think it was a lie. His father was indeed a writer, but he never mentioned the novels he had written. Many of them had been adapted into movies and TV series, and mentioning them would reveal his secrets.

For example, dystopian novels have been collaborating with Hollywood in recent years, with films like "The Matrix" and "The Hunger Games" achieving high box office returns in China.

Other popular dramas include "The Age of Awakening," "The Most Beautiful Youth," "Zhu Yuanzhang," "Ming Dynasty," "The Reign of Zhenguan," "Emperor Wu of Han," and "The Legend of Chu and Han."

As for the claim that his father went into business and opened a supermarket, that's also true, but the name of the Chinatown supermarket wasn't mentioned. It's one of the top three retail giants in the world.

In short, he comes from an ordinary family with decent living conditions, and he is also very ambitious, having risen to the doctoral level through a gifted program.

Anyway, Ye Wan was quite surprised.

I stumbled upon a boyfriend by accident, and it turns out he's a PhD graduate from a legendary gifted youth program. It feels like winning the lottery.

Ye Ling didn't say anything more, but warned as they parted: "If you dare to treat my sister badly, I'll tear you to pieces."

Watching her leave, Chen Yanjin asked, "Has our sister practiced?"

"I started training when I was young. I won the city's youth combat sports championship in high school, but I stopped training much after I went to college."

Ye Wan nodded slightly and said, "That's my sister, not yours. Don't try to take advantage of me." "It's all the same!"

"Stop it, I'm going back now."

Ye Wan turned around with her hands behind her back, looking arrogant. She returned to her dormitory in no time, took out a ring box from her bag, and put on the ring.

Don't tell me, it's pretty good-looking.

"Wanwan, let me take a look."

A roommate named Lin Yu, who wore glasses, came over, stared at the ring for a while, and looked at Ye Wan suspiciously: "How did this thing end up in your hands?"

Ye Wan chuckled and said, "Green crystal rings are everywhere on the market, you can find tons of them on Taobao. You're making it sound like some rare treasure."

"Wanwan, take it off so I can see."

Lin Yu took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and looked at the ring for a while: "What green crystal? This is jade."

"No way?" Ye Wan exclaimed in surprise.

Lin Yu opened her phone's camera and found a photo: "My family deals in jade, how could I mistake it? This ring was made by my family. Look at the photo, isn't it the same?"

Ye Wan compared them carefully and found they were exactly the same.

Lin Yu looked at her suspiciously: "Wanwan, how did this end up in your hands? Let me tell you, there are only a handful of these rings in the entire jade industry."

Ye Wan was a little confused, so she explained that she had spent 200 yuan to buy it.

Lin Yu's mouth dropped open: "200 yuan to buy something worth 200 million? Good heavens, Wanwan, you're so lucky! Why don't I have such good fortune?"

"You're saying it's worth 200 million?" Ye Wan was stunned.

Lin Yu nodded: "It's not just 200 million. This was cut from a complete piece of imperial green jadeite of the glass type."

"You have no idea how good that piece of material is. If it were made into a large cabochon and set in an inlay, it could easily sell for ten million."

"The owner is crazy. He insisted on making it into a ring. Only a small egg-shaped piece can be made inside the ring. The two pieces together are only worth 500 million."

"By manufacturing these rings, the owner will lose 500 million yuan upfront."

Upon hearing this, Ye Wan was confused!

Chen Yanjin was dumped because of the wedding house and the 88 yuan dowry. She then turned around and sold the 200 million yuan ring as if it were a toy.

Everything is illogical.

After thinking for a while without figuring it out, Ye Wan put on the ring and walked out. She then called her younger sister, Ye Ling, down and quickly explained what had happened.

"Sis, could your roommate have made a mistake?" Ye Ling asked suspiciously. Who would sell something worth 200 million for 200?

Chen Yanjin doesn't look like a rich person.

"Probably not. She's from Jieyang and has been exposed to jade since she was a child. Besides, the photo she showed is exactly the same as this ring."

"So, Chen Yanjin is a rich second-generation? Pretending to be poor?" Ye Ling gritted her teeth. She had just thought he was reliable, but in the blink of an eye, she felt like she had been deceived.

"I don't know!" Ye Wan felt confused.

"That bastard, he's hiding something, he's definitely up to no good. Let's investigate first, then ask him what he really means."

"How to check?"

"He said that his father was a writer in the 1980s, and that we should start by investigating his father. Our dad likes literature, so maybe he knows something."

Ye Ling took out her phone, called her father, and then put it on speakerphone. After exchanging a few pleasantries, she asked, "Dad, I want to ask you about someone, a writer from the 1980s named Chen Fan."

"Oh, right, he also wrote a book called 'Chen Fan's Collection of Editorials,' do you remember it?"

Mr. Ye was taken aback for a moment, then quickly laughed: "What are you saying? In our generation, who who likes to read hasn't read Chen Fan's books?"

Ye Ling asked in surprise, "Is he that famous?"

Mr. Ye nodded and said, "That's right. He was the most famous writer in the 1980s, especially around 1985, when he was almost the only one who stood out."

Ye Ling then asked, "What books has he written?"

"There are many. The 'Collection of Editorials by Chen Fan' that you just mentioned, as well as 'Chen Fan's View of the World,' were very popular at the time."

After thinking for a moment, Ye's father said, "There are also many novels, such as 'The Age of Awakening' and 'The Ming Dynasty,' many of which have been adapted into TV series."

"He also writes Western novels, and you've all seen the movies, like The Matrix, right? He wrote it, as well as The Hunger Games, and so on."

Listening to the voices coming from the microphone, the two sisters looked at each other in surprise. They were all familiar works, and the copyright development efforts were enormous.

After chatting with her father for a while and hanging up the phone, Ye Ling said, "Sister, we need to find him and ask him clearly. I've heard that some rich kids like to pretend to be poor and play with other people's feelings. We can't fall for it."

Ye Wan hesitated for a moment, then took out her phone and called someone.

Chen Yanjin arrived not long after. She was a little surprised to see the two sisters. They had only been separated for a short while, so why did they call her out again?
What happened?
Before he could ask, Ye Wan handed him the ring: "Chen Yanjin, are you sure this ring is made of green crystal?"

If you can ask the question, it means you already have the answer in your heart.

Chen Yanjin didn't take it, and touched his nose: "It's made of jade. You know the situation back then. I had no use for it, so I might as well give it away."

"You can just throw away something worth 200 million? Chen Yanjin, have you been pretending to be poor all this time?" Ye Wan gritted her teeth.

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