After the fake young master left home, he discovered that it wasn't raining at all outside.

Zhu Yan wasn't hungry, so after sitting down, she didn't immediately pick up her chopsticks to eat. Instead, she looked down at her phone and replied to a work document that had been sent to her while she was sleeping.

Seemingly realizing that the surroundings were unusually quiet, with no sound of bowls or chopsticks clattering, Zhu Yan looked up and glanced around.

They didn't touch their chopsticks and kept watching the banquet.

Banquet:…

Helpless, Zhu Yan turned off her phone, picked up her chopsticks, and symbolically ate a few bites.

"Xie Shengan hasn't left yet." Zhu Yan stated this in a declarative tone.

Zhu Mo, who was sitting next to Zhu Yan, paused for a moment as he was serving him food. "Ah Yan, I really don't know about this. I haven't asked about his affairs anymore."

Fearing that Zhu Yan might misunderstand, Zhu Mo immediately began to explain.

Zhu Yan picked up a spoon and took a sip of soup. "I'm tired. I don't want to attend this afternoon."

I was tired, but mainly I wanted to go and visit Xie Shengan.

"Okay, you go and rest this afternoon. Your brother and I will be fine here."

East Building Garden —

"Come back with me now," a man in a gray suit said to Xie Shengan, his tone seemingly impatient.

"I'm not going back." Xie Shengan said with a straight face, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the man in the cheap suit in front of him, inwardly mocking him.

This outfit looks like a cheap item that costs four figures. You're so poor, and you still expect me to go back with you?

dream.

The man looked displeased and stared at Xie Shengan with a frown.

"This isn't your home. How can you stay here like this?"

The man utterly despised Xie Shengan's shameless refusal to leave.

But he also guessed that his younger brother, who had been missing for more than ten years, noticed his cheap suit and looked down on their family.

Xie Shengan could never have imagined that his biological father was the head of the Xie family in the United States, and that the person in front of him was his biological brother, Xie Jiyun.

Xie Jiyun had no intention of pretending to be poor. It was just that her luggage had an accident on the way to H country, so she asked her assistant to buy a few things at a shopping mall next to the hotel.

He was uncomfortable wearing the clothes, but he had no choice but to be forced by his parents to come to H country to pick up his younger brother.

Unexpectedly, an incident involving luggage allowed him to see the true nature of his younger brother, whom he hadn't seen for over ten years and who lived in a foreign country.

"What do you mean I'm clinging on? You lost me in the first place, so why are you coming back for me? Now that you see me living such a good life, are you jealous?"

Xie Shengan seemed to have gone mad. Having grown accustomed to a life of luxury, he was no longer willing to live a life of hardship with Xie Jiyun and the others.

Xie Jiyun wore a mocking smile, and his gaze toward Xie Shengan grew increasingly disgusted.

"You think I came to pick you up willingly? Someone like you doesn't even deserve to enter the Xie family's door! Is this the Zhu family's upbringing? To raise you to be such a despicable person."

"What happened to our Zhu family?" Xie Jiyun didn't get a reply from Xie Shengan, but a question suddenly came from behind him.

His voice carried the clear, youthful quality of a boy, yet it also conveyed a sense of pressure and hardship.

Xie Jiyun, who already had a furrowed brow, became even more displeased when he heard someone contradict him.

However, the moment he turned around and saw who it was, all the anger that had surged up in his heart vanished.

Zhu Yan was wearing leather shoes, and her expensive suit jacket was taken off and held by Xu Zhiyuan behind her.

Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince of our G country, holding a black parasol, diligently followed behind the banquet to shield him from the sun.

Perhaps it was because of the hot weather, Zhu Yan's white shirt collar was open, revealing his clear and sharp collarbone, which, combined with his nonchalant gait, was particularly eye-catching.

"You are...?" Xie Jiyun's attention was completely drawn to Zhu Yan, and he asked him unconsciously.

But Zhu Yan only glanced at him as she walked to his side, giving him a look as if it were charity, before looking away and continuing to walk towards Xie Shengan.

Zhu Yan's captivating eyes completely stole Xie Jiyun's heart.

His eyes never left Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan didn't notice Xie Jiyun's offensive gaze, but how could Xu Zhiyuan, Zhu Yan's loyal follower, not notice?

He walked over and stood next to Zhu Yan, blocking Xie Jiyun's view.

His eyes were full of warnings to Xie Jiyun.

"Zhu Yan, it's you again! What are you doing here!" Xie Sheng'an felt a strange palpitation whenever he saw Zhu Yan.

"Staying at my house and refusing to learn manners?" Zhu Yan glanced at him contemptuously.

"Lin Shen," Zhu Yan called out softly.

Lin Shen, who was following behind Zhu Yan, immediately stepped forward upon hearing the sound.

Teach him some manners.

"Yes."

Lin Shen understood, raised his hand and slapped Xie Shengan twice across the face, one on each side, symmetrically, without showing any favoritism.

Lin Shen was more than happy to slap his young master; it was incredibly satisfying.

"In the Zhu family, addressing the young master by his given name is unacceptable."

Lin Shen also taught Xie Sheng'an some manners.

Lin Shen had a strong grip; he almost knocked Xie Shengan over with two slaps.

Xie Shengan covered his face, his fierce gaze fixed on Zhu Yan.

He couldn't bear to leave behind the riches and luxury he enjoyed here.

If he doesn't leave, he'll be tortured to death by the banquet sooner or later.

"Didn't you want me to go back with you?" Seeing that he couldn't do anything to Zhu Yan, Xie Sheng'an turned his attention to Xie Jiyun. "You teach him a lesson, and I'll go back with you."

After Xie Shengan's words, Zhu Yan finally looked at Xie Jiyun properly.

Even though he was wearing an inexpensive suit, his overall demeanor remained unchanged.

The gray suit looked several levels more sophisticated on Xie Jiyun.

Especially his aloof face, with a beauty mark at the corner of his eye.

Xie Jiyun frowned when he heard Xie Shengan's voice.

"Come back or not, no one's begging you to."

But when facing a banquet, he immediately reverted to his usual aloofness.

"You're his brother?" Zhu Yan sized up Xie Jiyun.

"No." Xie Jiyun answered decisively, but his eyes remained fixed on Zhu Yan.

Xie Shengan: ? ? ?

"You can leave now. Our Zhu family can't tolerate someone as important as you," Zhu Yan said, dismissing him.

"But I'm here for you now." Xie Jiyun extended his right hand to Zhu Yan. "Xie Jiyun, what about you?"

Zhu Yan raised an eyebrow, looking at Xie Jiyun's sudden action, but did not extend her hand to shake his.

Instead, Xu Zhiyuan and Jiang Ci, who were standing nearby, became anxious and stepped forward, saying, "You think you're worthy?"

At this moment, the two were quite in sync.

But Zhu Yan suddenly chuckled softly.

Because he noticed the cuff at Xie Jiyun's wrist.

If he remembered correctly, it was the final item at an auction in the United States—Junlan.

It was auctioned off for 200 million.

The deep blue-green color even appears somewhat iridescent under the sunlight.

He recognized the cufflink.

Because someone once took a picture of him and presented it to him at a banquet to please him.