I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

“What that person did is far beyond what a small jewelry company can do,” Gu Yuqing said earnestly, word by word.

Liu Ruying couldn't help but say from the side, "Jiang Lizhi's company is quite large."

Gu Yuqing shook her head.

"The entire jewelry industry is small compared to the business Chen Ya has built."

After saying this, Lu Qingxuan and Liu Ruying remained silent for a long time.

Xia You, bored, picked up the ginger tea and took a sip.

Gu Yuqing's words were outrageous and arrogant.

If someone working in the jewelry industry were sitting here and heard what Gu Yuqing just said, even if she were Gu Yuqing herself, she would definitely be refuted.

Jewelry has existed since ancient times, and the jewelry industry has accompanied the entire history of human civilization since the beginning of trade.

How many years has the jewelry industry been developing? Even if the domestic jewelry industry is not as influential as the foreign jewelry industry, the efforts of several generations and hundreds of years of development should not be suppressed by a single person!

If the person in front of them wasn't Gu Yuqing, Lu Qingxuan and Liu Ruying wouldn't have believed him at all, and wouldn't have even bothered to think about it. They would have dismissed it as bragging, and would have lost if they had thought about it for even a second longer.

But she is Gu Yuqing.

And judging from her expression, she wasn't joking at all.

"May I ask, who exactly is she?" Lu Qingxuan asked.

Gu Yuqing stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Are you interested in him?"

"I wouldn't say I'm interested... but I'm a little concerned."

Qin Yunchu resonated with Lu Qingxuan's answer.

“I don’t really know Chen Ya either. The more I get to know him, the more mysterious I feel about him,” Qin Yunchu said. “Why don’t you tell me about him, Yuqing?”

"If you ask Chen Ya about the things he has done, there are too many to tell in a short time."

Qin Yunchu nodded slightly.

He wrote books, books that could win the Nobel Prize, books that could win the Nobel Prize four times.

He wrote songs, songs that made two Chinese singers famous, and his songs dominated the foreign pop music scene.

Besides these, I've now heard that he also started a jewelry company...

Qin Yun Chu was becoming increasingly curious: was there anything Chen Ya couldn't do?

“I have a general understanding of what happened in the first five years after he came out of retirement, and I also know something about what happened in the last year or two,” Qin Yunchu said. “I just don’t know what he did in the middle five years.”

Gu Yuqing said with a half-smile, "You mean, after he came back from abroad in 16, right?"

"Mm." Qin Yunchu nodded.

Lu Qingxuan and Liu Ruying looked at them with a mixture of understanding and confusion. Could it be that Chen Ya had been abroad 16 years ago and had some extraordinary experience?

“Principal Yang was involved in the entire process during that period, so let’s ask him to tell us about it,” Gu Yuqing said with a smile. “I’d also like to hear it. Actually, I might not even know everything myself.”

Yang Changshuo glared at her: "Now you know how to respect me?"

"Haha, it's as if I've ever disrespected you."

"..."

Yang Changshuo didn't argue with her and said cheerfully, "At the end of 16, Chen Ya arrived at Peking University Library with his resume and started working there as a librarian."

"He was a man of few words, and most of the time he would just sit there quietly, so no one knew where he came from or what his past was like. Because he looked young, many people thought he was a student at Peking University."

Everyone listened attentively, including Miao Aoxue.

Xia You was leisurely adding water to her cup, but she was slightly tilting her ear to listen carefully to Yang Changshuo's story.

"He spends all day in the library, and he borrows books on his own when he has nothing to do. Every time I see him, he is buried behind a thick pile of books."

"Once I took a closer look at the books he borrowed. They were quite varied, sometimes monographs on electromagnetism, sometimes books on basic physics theory, but without exception, they were all cutting-edge."

"Moreover, he was always writing something on the computer with pen and paper. Finally, one day, I couldn't help but ask him, 'What are you writing?'"

"He told me he was writing a paper."

……

Lu Qianzi and Chen Hai sat in their seats, looking a little reserved.

It's one thing for Chen Hai to be reserved, but for Lu Qianzi to become reserved as well, there must be a reason.

The reason is that the great god sitting next to her is Zhao Yuanhai.

She had underestimated Zhao Yuanhai's intimidating presence. Chen Sheng had told her before that Zhao Yuanhai was sitting at their table and that they should serve him well.

She was reluctant at the time, but she went to the main hall and joined in the fun for a while. However, Chen Sheng caught her and she slunk back to her seat.

After sitting down, she began the agonizing wait for the banquet to begin.

She wished she could fast-forward her life, let time pass quickly, finish eating sooner, and leave sooner, rather than suffer in this oppressive place.

Chen Sheng kept subtly gesturing to Chen Hai to talk to Zhao Yuanhai, hoping that Zhao Yuanhai would become familiar with him.

However, Chen Hai's mind was completely elsewhere; he was distracted and preoccupied with Qin Yun Chu, who was far away.

Chen Hai is now in a state of turmoil, extremely turmoil.

He really wanted to know what was going on with Qin Yun Chu and what they were talking about.

Furthermore, what exactly did Chen Ya do to attract so much attention?

Therefore, he was completely oblivious to Chen Sheng's hints and had no idea how to start a conversation with Zhao Yuanhai.

"Hello?" After an awkward silence, Zhao Yuanhai answered the phone and immediately stood up.

"Mr. Shi, you've arrived? Downstairs? Okay, I'll come down to meet you right away... No need? Um, it's on the 85th floor. For the elevator, go to the left after entering through the main entrance... or you can just ask the doorman..."

Lu Qianzi was initially relieved that Zhao Yuanhai had walked away with his phone, allowing her to relax a little. However, she was surprised to find that Zhao Yuanhai hadn't gone far before he returned and sat down after finishing his call.

"Our CEO Shi is coming over later, and he'll definitely want to sit with me. Are there enough seats here? Should we go and tell the person in charge?"

Chen Sheng quickly and solicitously said, "No need, no need, just sit down. I already asked Committee Member Gao, and all the seats at this table have been reserved."

Zhao Yuanhai nodded, and Chen Sheng suddenly had an idea and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, which General Manager Shi are you referring to?"

Zhao Yuanhai kept looking back at the door, not in the mood to answer his question. Perhaps he was anxious, because he suddenly stood up and said, "I'll wait at the door."

He got up and walked to the door, but after a short while, he came back. This time, he was followed by a guy wearing a windbreaker, glasses, and a shoulder bag. He looked ordinary, even a bit like a homebody... homebody.

"Mr. Shi, please have a seat here."

Zhao Yuanhai continued his attentive service, pulling out a chair for "General Manager Shi," helping him sit down, and then gesturing to introduce him:

"This is Mr. Chen's father, this is his younger brother, this is his half-sister, and the woman getting married this time is Mr. Chen's aunt, who is also this woman's sister..."

Zhao Yuanhai was already in his fifties, while the "General Manager Shi" looked to be only in his twenties or under thirty. Therefore, his detailed introduction seemed a bit comical to outsiders.

Like taking care of a child.

Although "General Manager Shi" has "General Manager" in his title, he is very approachable and humble, nodding repeatedly as he looks at Chen Sheng and the others.

Upon hearing that Chen Sheng was Chen Ya's father, he seemed to misunderstand something, reaching out and grabbing Chen Sheng's hands, shaking them repeatedly.

"I'm so sorry I'm a little late. The three of us were supposed to come together, but the other two couldn't get away for their projects today. They're both important projects that Brother Ya instructed us to keep a close eye on, so they sent me as their representative..."

Chen Sheng was completely confused and had no idea what this "General Manager Shi" was talking about.

Zhao Yuanhai pointed at Chen Sheng and said, "Oh, right, on one side of this wedding is President Chen's aunt, and on the other side is Wei Mingzhe, whom you recommended last time..."

"General Manager Shi" nodded repeatedly to Chen Sheng and said, "Wei Mingzhe is really good. I saw what he did while I was in Jiangcheng. He has a lot of ideas and a lot of drive. We need employees like him. Thank you so much for sending talent to Beichen..."

Upon hearing the words "our Beichen," even Chen Hai couldn't sit still and turned to look over.

Chen Sheng finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Um, Mr. Shi, excuse me for not recognizing you, are you also from Beichen?"

Zhao Yuanhai froze, realizing he had forgotten to introduce them. He quickly whispered, "Haven't you heard of the Three Heroes of Beichen? This is Mr. Shi Chuan Dong."

Upon hearing this legendary name, Chen Hai seemed to wake from a dream, finally realizing what he had just said.

"Oh dear, please don't call me 'General Manager Shi' anymore. It makes me feel awkward. This is Brother Ya's father. I should call him Uncle. Uncle Chen, just call me Little Shi."

Lu Qianzi, who was a little risqué, blushed crimson at the mention of "Uncle Chen." Chen Hai, however, had no interest in such thoughts; instead, he widened his eyes and asked:

"Who is this 'Brother Ya' you're talking about? Is it Chen Ya?"

Ishikawa Tō looked at him, and after a moment of silence, said, "Yeah, who else? Is there another Ya-ge in the world?"

Chapter 291 Qin Yun Chu's Smile

Is there another Brother Ya in the world?

Chen Sheng was sweating.

He was holding a water glass, and before he could hold it properly, some water spilled out, instantly wetting his pants. He jumped up and frantically wiped himself with toilet paper.

Chen Hai's expression was grim as he cautiously continued, "Did Chen Ya invite you here?"

Ishikawa Tō said without any guile, "Well, not really. Ya-ge just mentioned it in the group chat, and I felt it was better to come over. I think he never talks about his private matters or his family before, so if he does, it must be something important to him, so I came."

Chen Hai's face immediately turned even uglier.

Chen Ya never mentioned his family before, because he didn't have any family at all.

According to Ishikawa Dong, Chen Ya casually mentioned it in some group, and Ishikawa Dong, one of the Three Heroes of Beichen, traveled all the way from Jiangcheng to Beijing.

People of the caliber of the Three Heroes of Beichen usually plan their work down to the second, yet he came all this way just because of a single sentence from Chen Ya…

So what exactly is his relationship with Chen Ya?

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng's hand, which was wiping his pants, began to tremble as if he had Parkinson's disease.

Lu Ruixiang, sitting to the side, didn't think as much as Chen Sheng. She didn't want Chen Sheng to know so much and thought that Shi Chuandong was exaggerating to curry favor.

She smiled and said to Ishikawa Takashi, "You're so good with words, you know how to flatter me."

Ishikawa Dong was taken aback, not understanding what Lu Ruixiang meant.

Throughout most of his life, he had only ever heard people say that he was "inarticulate and had low emotional intelligence." Being praised for his eloquence was a first for him.

Therefore, he thought Lu Ruixiang was being sarcastic, and for a moment he was at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond.

Lu Ruixiang smiled and continued, "If Wei Mingzhe knew you were here, he would be very happy. With your care for him, I think he will definitely work even harder and contribute to the company."

Shi Chuan Dong waved his hand and said, "That's not true. Our Beichen Company has always advocated win-win situations and giving back to the company and society on the path of realizing self-worth."

Lu Ruixiang added, "President Shi is too generous. To be honest, I never believed that Wei Mingzhe could join Beichen. We always thought he wasn't capable enough. The fact that he was able to join Beichen and solve his big problem is something I can't thank you and President Zhao for."

Ishikawa Tō shook his head, a little agitated: "No, no, no, you don't need to thank me, I should be thanking you."

After saying that, he suddenly reached out and grasped Lu Ruixiang's hands, saying, "Thank you, thank you. Thank you for giving birth to Ya Ge."

Lu Ruixiang's smile froze on her face.

After speaking, Ishikawa Toru gazed into the distance, looking at him with deep affection:

"You might not know this, but if it weren't for Brother Ya, if he hadn't met me at Peking University and given me a hand, I would be nothing, a complete nobody. He changed me, changed my life. In other words, you indirectly influenced my life; you are half my benefactor..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhao Yuanhai coughed violently, leaned close to Ishikawa Takashi, and whispered a reminder:

"This is Mr. Chen's stepmother, not his biological mother!"

Ishikawa Takashi was taken aback, then extended his hand apologetically: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I take back what I just said. I mainly want to thank you."

He reached out and shook Chen Sheng's hand: "Thank you for nurturing Brother Ya, thank you so much!"

Chen Sheng was also petrified.

Although Ishikawa Takashi is now the founder of Beichen and a leader in his field, he is not in management but mainly works in research and development. He is not very good at dealing with people.

Moreover, he used to be (and still is) a homebody, and he would blush even when talking to girls, so he has always been very innocent.

To put it bluntly, it's low emotional intelligence.

However, this time it wasn't his low emotional intelligence that hurt people; it was the truth, the stark truth, that caused Lu Ruixiang and Chen Sheng's family internal injuries.

Moreover, Ishikawa Toru was actually wrong just now.

Chen Sheng didn't really mentor Chen Ya. Chen Ya's current appearance is basically a product of his own natural development.

It has nothing to do with Chen Sheng.