Xiao Yun, who was following behind, was a little surprised when she saw Cheng Ran's family. She immediately greeted them and called them "Old Cheng". They chatted for a while and said, "So you are here too." She was both familiar and unfamiliar with Cheng Feiyang. She was familiar because they were former colleagues, from the same compound, and had a long-standing relationship. She was unfamiliar because Cheng Feiyang's Fulong headquarters had moved to Rongcheng. Those who stayed in Shanhai could always hear waves of dazzling news from Rongcheng. In the end, the former Old Cheng had become the CEO Cheng that everyone spoke of with a bit of awe.
After arriving in Chengdu, Xiao Yun was assigned to work, but he did not meet Cheng Feiyang alone in private. He just watched him speak on the stage from afar during the meeting. After his speech, the rumbling sound in the conference room dissipated like thunder, and all departments immediately rushed to their posts to implement the policies he made with vigour and vigor.
So when Xiao Yun saw this family of three eating in a private room, it seemed a little unreal and dazed, so much so that he greeted them hastily. After leaving the private room, he sat back in his seat and found that people were still toasting here, so no one mentioned the previous topic anymore. Yang Xia was sitting in her seat, and Zhang Jie was still talking to her, apparently trying to calm her down. Xiao Yun sat down, and Yang Chuan asked what was wrong. Xiao Yun told him about his encounter with Cheng Ran's family, and said that they also asked about him, and I said you were here.
Yang Chuan thought for a moment and said, "I still have to go and toast on your behalf."
Xiao Yunneng was transferred to Rongcheng as he said, and the welfare housing in Fulong was reserved for the old employees of Shanhai. The Shanhai branch itself became an office. Rongcheng had worked hard to build the country, and they, Shanhai backyard, could not compete with those credits. However, in the first batch of housing allocation list, it was obvious that Cheng Feiyang had not forgotten these old staff and old colleagues. Yang Chuan remembered this.
Although the person being remembered may not think there is anything wrong, you cannot think so. Yang Chuan was able to transfer to Chengdu, and his friends in Chengdu helped to introduce him to Taihang as a manager. This is because he has many supporters in this matter. Others are not fools. If what you have done and remembered is not sincere, everyone knows it. So when you need help, everyone is willing to help you to the best of their ability.
Sometimes the human touch in the underworld is more heartwarming than some government agencies with many hidden rules and cold big companies. If you have no connections in the underworld, your friends can still help you. So Yang Xia's uncle and second uncle look down on his job and these small connections, but Yang Chuan thinks that this is what he relies on for survival and also supports his family. It's just that the ups and downs in life are not something that outsiders can understand.
"So should we go or not..." Xiao Yun glanced at Yang Xia beside him.
Yang Chuan thought for a moment and said, "You have just greeted them, so you don't have to go. If a family is having a meal alone and we keep going up to them, people might think we have ulterior motives. I'm going to drink with Cheng Feiyang. I think he is very considerate. He has come this far and still hasn't let go of our old colleagues and old friends. I'll come back after this toast."
Xiao Yun nodded and agreed with this.
If they went as a family and said nice things and toasted, it would seem too flattering, which was something they couldn't do. Moreover, everyone in the compound knew that Cheng Ran liked Yang Xia. If they brought Yang Xia along with them, what would that mean
I was looked down upon for no reason.
After discussing with his wife, Yang Chuan stood up and told everyone at the table that he had met an old colleague and went over to say hello.
Grandma Yang Xia nodded.
Uncle Yang Xia and Uncle Yang Xia were a little surprised. Yang Chuan actually met a friend in Rongcheng. Was it a coincidence or a personal relationship? Uncle Yang Xia was even more upset. Someone came to toast Yang Fengquan, but you, Yang Chuan, had to toast others. Well, I am a loner after all. As the eldest son in the family, I am also a deputy director, but no one knows me.
The private room where Cheng Ran's family was was only one room away from them. Yang Chuan walked in with a glass of wine, and Cheng Feiyang said with a smile, "Old Yang, let's have dinner together as a family!"
Yang Chuan said that the whole family should get together this weekend. He also greeted Xu Lan and Cheng Ran.
Cheng Feiyang asked, so your mother is here today too
Grandma Yang Xia was in the cultural system back then, and she had connections all over Shanhai. We met each other when Grandma Yang Xia came to Shanhai before. Some people went to Grandma Yang Xia for help, and she would do whatever she could within her scope. If she couldn't, she would try to compensate you in other ways. This is the reputation that the old lady has accumulated.
Yang Chuan nodded, raised his glass and said, "Brother Cheng, Yang Xia worked hard to get into No. 10 Middle School this time. There is no other way. Her family has to support her. She came from the mountains and seas and has no roots. It is still your old friend who is reliable. You also gave us a place in the welfare housing."
Cheng Feiyang stood up and waved his hand to indicate that he would not mention these things. He then asked how the living conditions were and asked not to delay the children's studies.
Yang Chuan said that Yang Xia lived with her cousin in the city center, which was close to the school, so she could sleep a little longer every morning. They rented a house for the transition, and the company's house was being renovated, so they might move in next year.
Cheng Feiyang said, "That's good, that's good." Yang Chuan and Cheng Feiyang drank half a cup, and then said, "Let's toast to my sister-in-law and Cheng Ran." Now Cheng Ran also picked up the drink and stood up with Xu Lan.
After drinking, Yang Chuan nudged his empty glass and prepared to leave. Cheng Feiyang pulled him and filled it up first. Then he said to Cheng Ran and Xu Lan, "You guys take the drinks. Our family will also go visit the elderly at Uncle Yang's house."
Yang Chuan was stunned, and a hot feeling surged in his heart.
The old man's eyes suddenly became warm. The family was having dinner here, not disturbing anyone, and without any pomp. They clearly wanted to experience the rare peaceful family life. Now, because of his toast, he led his family to toast at his home. This feeling was not that Cheng Feiyang was condescending, but that with his current status and role, he could still treat him as before. It was like the intersection between them in the past, and the friendship, which had not been destroyed by the changes of time and society... It was still as fresh as ever.
Yang Chuan suppressed his excitement and led Cheng Feiyang and his family into the private room in his house.
Seeing Cheng Ran coming in, Yang Xia was stunned. She subconsciously looked at Luo Zhixian in a panic. Cheng Ran and Luo Zhixian had met before, and of course she knew that Yang Xia's "brother" in Chengdu, as mentioned by the girls in the compound, was once a template for romance novels for many girls. In fact, even Cheng Ran felt a little sour when she talked about it back then.
Looking at the current situation, Cheng Ran certainly had a rough idea of what was going on.
Yang Chuan walked in and said to Grandma Yang Xia, "Mom, Brother Cheng and his family are having dinner next door. He heard that you were here, so he and his family came to see you and have a drink with everyone."
When everyone saw Yang Chuan doing this, they knew what was going on. He used to toast alone, but the other party came with a family. They were used to this kind of thing. After all, the name of Grandma Yang Xia was here, and many people wanted to get close to her just by hearing her name.
Uncle Yang Xia made a light "tsk" sound. He was already in a bad mood today, and now he felt that Yang Chuan was doing too badly. What kind of person is he, and his friends are the same. How come if your family comes here to show their presence and show that you value the meeting with Grandma Yang Xia, will Grandma Yang Xia remember you more
You're overthinking it. Do you think you're the only ones who do this? During the peak years, I saw so many people who were very thorough. Now that my mother is retired, there are still people who care about her connections.
Yang Chuan, you are too ungentlemanly.
Grandma Yang Xia had some impression of him. She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your name is Xiao Chengzi?"
Cheng Feiyang smiled and said, "Of course I'm not called that name, but you called me that back then, and it came to you easily, so you still call me that now."
Grandma Yang Xia asked, "Why, are you and your family coming to Rongcheng to play?"
Cheng Feiyang was stunned for a moment. Yang Chuan also knew that his mother could not remember Cheng Feiyang's real name, so she called him Chengzi. Besides, it was not easy to say how Cheng Feiyang's career was at the moment. If Cheng Feiyang didn't say it himself, what would it matter if he revealed it beside him
Cheng Feiyang nodded and smiled in response.
Grandma Yang Xia asked again if work was going well, and Cheng Feiyang said it was okay.
It was obvious that Grandma Yang Xia was just asking superficially and didn't want to delve deeper.
At Yang Chuan's introduction, Cheng Feiyang raised his glass to Uncle Yang Xia. Cheng Feiyang took a big sip of white wine. Uncle Yang Xia was not very happy to begin with. He hummed, picked up the wine and took a sip, without moving at all.
Yang Chuan's expression changed slightly. Cheng Feiyang smiled and didn't take it as an offense. He turned to Yang Fengquan and said with a smile, "When Second Brother Yang came to Shanhai before, we had a drink together."
Yang Fengquan seemed to remember that when Yang Chuan invited his colleagues for dinner, there was such a person among them, but he was not the kind of person who was good at speaking. He should be a small character in the corner. Yes, if he was not a small character, he would not have come up to him like this. He was actually quite disgusted. He picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and nodded as a response.
Grandma Yang Xia seemed to remember something and suddenly asked Yang Chuan, "Is their family the same as the one that lives on the fourth floor of the apartment building across from Xia Xia, the one with the surname Cheng?"
Yang Chuan nodded awkwardly.
Grandma Yang Xia's face had changed slightly, and combined with Yang Xia's panic when he appeared, in the eyes of many people, it was Yang Xia's family who looked at Cheng Ran with caution.
Exposed to such gazes, Cheng Ran naturally knew how he could make the other party remember it so clearly. After all, he was such a person that he would never tell anyone even if he was beaten to death. But everyone knew that he was interested in Yang Xia, and the story was not just circulated in the yard.
In the past, these things could be treated as jokes among Yang Xia's relatives, but now Luo Zhixian and Li Lihua, mother and son, are present, and today's dinner has another purpose, which is obviously an extremely sensitive crater.
Moreover, the Yang family also saw Li Lihua looking at Cheng Ran, and it was obvious that she knew about this.
As luck would have it, Yang Fengquan's son, Yang Xia's second brother, who was eager to see the world in chaos, smiled and said, "I heard that you transferred to No. 10 Middle School?" Then he said to Yang Xia, "That girl named Yao Beibei told me about your last birthday."
There was a moment of silence between the scenes.
Li Lihua suddenly smiled and whispered, "You are also studying in No. 10 Middle School? Then you are a good student."
Everyone in the Yang family felt their scalps tingling.
This was actually the effect Li Lihua wanted to achieve. She had noticed the sudden panic that had transformed Yang Xia from her previous distraction after Cheng Ran appeared. Her seemingly calm words were actually a warning to the Yang family members present, asking them whether they should do something.
These relatives of the Yang family cursed Yang Chuan in their hearts.
Grandma Yang Xia received this information, so she weighed the pros and cons. First, she didn't have a deep impression of this little Chengzi. She knew that he lived in the same courtyard as Yang Chuan and his family. She thought that he was probably the same as Yang Chuan, moving here because his son transferred to another school. The family was similar. Secondly, he was just an old friend. He knew what was more important than important things, and she was not afraid of offending him. She simply said to Cheng Feiyang after he finished toasting, "Okay, it's good to meet you, it's good to meet you..."
With an unquestionable look, he waved his hand and drove Cheng Feiyang and his family out as if to dismiss some minor characters, "Drink less, stop drinking... Go, go. If you stay, you will be toasted again. Everyone knows that you just want to drink. Go, go, stop drinking."
Cheng Feiyang toasted as soon as he arrived, but the key point was that Xu Lan and Cheng Ran had not had time to do so. So Cheng Feiyang gave way to Xu Lan and Cheng Ran, "My wife and son will toast you too..."
Grandma Yang Xia pretended to be hard of hearing and waved her hand to chase him out, "No drinking, no drinking... Let's go, let's go!"
If Grandma Yang Xia's behavior could be somewhat concealed, then the looks of the other people present also revealed their diswelcome.
Seeing this scene, other people might have walked away in disgrace, but Xu Lan became angry instead. She usually seemed gentle at home, but Cheng Ran knew that if her parents were called to the hospital for questioning and her child had any academic problems, Xu Lan would definitely become the most terrifying person in the family.
She was not Cheng Feiyang, who might have been hindered by the friendship in the past, so she just let it go. She was different. She didn't care that Grandma Yang Xia was chasing people away. She walked forward without saying anything, raised her cup, split the Yang Xia family members at the table, and said to Grandma Yang Xia, "Old lady, I wish you good health and happiness for your children and grandchildren. Sorry for disturbing you. Please forgive me for any impoliteness. Enjoy your meal and drink."
Then she finished the drink in one gulp, turned around and went out with the father and son.
Before leaving, Cheng Ran shrugged and smiled at Yang Xia who was about to get up from his seat. Yang Chuan and Xiao Yun came out, hesitant to speak, looking helpless, Cheng Feiyang patted him on the shoulder and said nothing, as if nothing had happened.
When someone was passing by in the corridor, he was stunned for a moment and called out, "Mr. Cheng, you are here too." Cheng Feiyang responded with a greeting.
Back in his hot pot room, Cheng Ran smiled at Xu Lan and said, "Mom, you were very dignified just now."
Being praised by her own son, Xu Lan raised her head and said, "I am just like this. I want to let the other party know that I am doing very well. In comparison, you have lost your sense of proportion!"
Cheng Ran asked Cheng Feiyang again, "Dad, who was the person who greeted you just now?"
Cheng Feiyang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "He looks very familiar. Maybe I've seen him somewhere before. Oh... Now sometimes when someone greets you, you can't call out their name, which is very embarrassing."
On Yang Xia's side, the Cheng Ran family, who were in trouble, left, which left a deep impression on everyone at the table. They even felt a little regretful. They were very polite, but on their side, everyone was on guard and unnatural, and even tried to push the other party away in the end, which was really ugly.
And the more I thought about Cheng Feiyang and Xu Lan's calm demeanor, the more I felt that this family was a little special. But no one had time to think about the specific details.
But in the end, the whole family blamed Yang Chuan for this, thinking that Yang Chuan was a bad person and could not see the situation clearly. Today, Li Lihua and her son were here, and you ran into Yang Xia's childhood sweetheart who used to be in the same unit and was the source of many jokes among young people. You also revealed that your old mother was here, causing the whole family to come here and making the atmosphere unpleasant. Aren't you deliberately trying to make things unhappy
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Yang Fengquan picked up the cup and stood up, saying, "When Lao Bin came over just now, he said that Mr. Wang from Jinhong is in room number three. I have to go and toast him in person."
Uncle Yang Xia sneered in his heart, thinking that you are still putting on airs at this time, thinking that anyone can come and show respect to you, but in the end you will still have to take the initiative to make friends.
When Yang Fengquan walked to the door, a wave of greetings suddenly broke out outside.
It turned out that the all-powerful Mr. Wang, the Jinhong boss he mentioned, was outside the door. Yang Fengquan, who was relaxed, sounded flattered. "Why did Mr. Wang come here in person? I just heard from Brother Bin that you were here, and I said I would come to toast you, but you condescended to come here!"
Uncle Yang Xia was stunned for a moment, thinking that Jin Hong and Wang Shicheng, who were guests of honor as directors and district heads, actually took the initiative to toast Yang Fengquan. What was Yang Fengquan's situation now
There were a few people around Wang Shicheng, all looking at Yang Fengquan with a calm, awkward but polite smile.
Yang Fengquan immediately realized that this was not for him.
This situation is simply impossible for him.
Wang Shicheng's eyes did not leave the private room in front of him, and he said, "Wait a minute, I'll come over later."
Yang Fengquan, who was holding the wine glass, put it down again and said with a stiff face, "Mr. Wang, you have friends, you go ahead and do your work. I'm not in a hurry."
Then he saw Wang Shicheng walk directly into the private room next to theirs, and heard Wang Shicheng's hearty laughter from inside, "Boss Cheng... Oh, the child has grown so big, a family of three. It's so enviable, so warm!"
Yang Fengquan stood at the door blankly for a moment, then walked back and sat down.
Only then did I realize that the whole family's eyes were fixed on the door, and they were listening attentively to the sounds coming from next door.
Grandma Yang Xia also asked, "Second brother... that was just now, Xiao Cheng's family?"
Yang Fengquan nodded stiffly.
After that, four groups of people came and went to toast them. If there were people in the private room, someone would wait outside for the person in front to come out before going in. They were very respectful and well-groomed. It even alarmed the chairman of this old and famous restaurant, which had won many honors such as "China's Excellent Franchised Brand, National Green Catering Enterprise, and Chinese Catering Famous Restaurant".
Then the news spread in the hotel and reached the ears of everyone present at the dinner at Yang Xia's house.
This year, he replaced Liu, the richest man in the Hope Group, and won the title of Chairman of the Chengdu Enterprises Federation, the CEO of Fulun Company, a star enterprise in the province.
Dining here today.