189: Gifts

On the second floor of the Zhou family mansion, Wang Cheng was not yet nervous. Mother Zheng was nervous first. She ran to him as soon as she was dressed up and kept urging him to hurry; there was not much time left before the banquet started. Wang Cheng had to change into the suit designed by Paul. His hair was styled by a stylist invited by Mother Zheng. Because his hair was short, it didn’t take too long before a fresh and handsome man was released.

Mother Zheng was stunned, and let him turn twice. The more she watched, the more satisfied she became. "However, it seems that something is missing ... Ah, now that I think of it, this is ..."

Mother Zheng took out delicate silver stud earrings from the box. A small diamond was drilled on the stud earring, which shone beautifully in the light.

"Mom, this is too much." Wang Cheng looked at the earrings silently.

"My dear son, put this on. You will be the most dazzling protagonist tonight. This is a birthday gift that your mother is specially giving you." Mother Zheng did not like it when young people wore messy things, but her own son was different. Now, her son was the protagonist today. She thought that her son could be more handsome. She wanted everyone to know that Wang Cheng was her son.

"Mom, can't you change your mind?"

"No."

Wang Cheng looked at her for a while, then compromised: "All right."

Mother Zheng got her wish and put the earrings on his ears. This time she was not only satisfied, but also proud. Such a handsome person was her son. "The banquet is about to begin. Are you going to go down with mom to receive guests, or will you stay here for a while and wait for Mom to call you? "

"Mom, you go down first."

"Okay, then don't run around." Mother Zheng warned worriedly.

"Mom, I'm not a kid anymore." Wang Cheng became more and more helpless because of Mother Zheng’s attitude as if he was a child. He was a 25-year-old adult who knew how to do things.

Mother Zheng seemed amused by the expression on his face and went away with a smile.

As soon as she left, he was the only person left on the second floor. The servants were all busy downstairs. The Zhou Lin couple who wanted to run on him had already taken Zhao Chenlin to greet distinguished guests. Some of the guests who came to the banquet this time were usually hard to see. This was an opportunity for others, and it was also not bad for their family of three.

Wang Cheng picked up his mobile phone on the table and called Huang Tong’an. After seven or eight rings, he heard background noise from the mobile phone. Without asking, he knew that the two had arrived at the banquet, and were sitting in the corner of the hall. He couldn’t help but laugh.

"Why don’t you come up, I'm bored by myself now."

Huang Tong'an returned with silence, and said after a while, "Do you mean to let me and Yangyang go up to the second floor to find you?" If this was seen by the guests, he could not bear it.

Wang Cheng said, "Walk to the yard and go back. There is a garden, and there’s a back door in that garden. No one can see the back door. If a servant sees you, you tell them that I let you up."

"That's fine." Huang Tong'an hesitated and agreed. Anyway, the banquet had not yet started, so it would be no problem to come back later.

After hanging up the call, Wang Cheng called his eldest brother Wang Ning'an before the two came. He learned that he hadn't left the house yet. It turned out that he was working overtime today, he suddenly had something to deal with before he could leave work and had just returned home. Wang cheng didn't know that it was a stumbling block that Yu Hongzhi deliberately set up for him.

"I might be late," Wang Ning’an said.

"Then remember to let me know when you arrive, eldest brother."

Wang Ningan's laughter came, "Okay."

Huang Tong'an and Tong Yangyang came soon after Wang Cheng put his phone away. There were no servants near the back door of the garden. The servants of the Zhou family went to the front to greet distinguished guests. When they finally reached Wang cheng, the two were stunned first, and then excited.

"Boy, I can hardly recognize you." Huang Tong'an looked Wang Cheng up and down. He was so handsome that he couldn't look directly at him. He didn't feel this way when they met last time. Now that he put on his formal attire, the boy was different, and leaked a nobility and exquisiteness that couldn’t be ignored.

Tong Yangyang swallowed. He felt that the Wang Cheng in front of him was very strange. If it was not for the smile on his face, he would doubt that the Wang Cheng he had known before was fake. He said with pain: "Before, I thought that when I lost weight and became handsome, I finally got closer to you. Now I realize that the distance is not only not getting closer, but it's getting wider."

Wang Cheng spread his hands. "I can't help it. My mother insists on me dressing like this."

The corner of Huang Tong’an mouth twitched. "If you get it cheap, you’ll still sell it well. If you don't like it, give your mother to me. I'd be happy to have such a mother."

[T/N: Get cheap and sell well = to take advantage of something (usually someone) and then show off innocently.]

"I can’t decide that. My mother will probably not agree, but, if you can please her, she may become your godmother."

Huang Tong’an thought about it. Then he forgot it. He didn’t have that luck.

"Well, what should I do? I suddenly feel that my gift is a bit incomparable." Tong Yangyang brought a small gift box out from his pants. When he picked this birthday gift, he never thought he was going to attend such a birthday party. "No, I'll keep it for myself, anyways, I don't think you can use it."

Wang Cheng instantly snatched the gift, "A gift for me can still be taken back by you? Don't even think about it, I can still store it without using it."

"I think you should use it." Tong Yangyang's expression suddenly became strange.

Wang Cheng stared at him very suspiciously. His instinct told him that this gift was unusual, so he opened it in front of the two of them. When he saw the true face of the gift, he grit his teeth until he almost broke them. "Tong Yangyang!!"

Tong Yangyang immediately hid behind Huang Tong’an, who did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Wang Cheng took the pair of men's underwear out. If it was just ordinary underwear, it would be fine. However, what was the point of opening a hole in the underwear? "What do you mean by sending this underwear?"

Tong Yangyang weakly explained: "Don’t underestimate this pair of underwear. This is actually customized. The material is not ordinary fabric. It cost me 2,000 yuan for this stuff. It will keep you safe, it is absolutely indestructible. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like the hole, you can cover it up. Anyway, you can’t see that piece of fabric from outside.”

"Pfft haha." Huang Tong’an couldn't help it any longer.

"Gift, your sister!" Wang Cheng wished to smear his face with these underpants. If Chu Yifeng saw him wearing this thing, the consequences would be too beautiful to imagine.

Tong Yangyang muttered a few words.

Huang Tong’an finally managed to stop laughing. He glanced at the clock on the wall, there was not much time left. He also took out the gift he had prepared. It was a delicate tie clip, which was naturally less valuable than what Wang Cheng’s mother had prepared for him. However, he knew Wang Cheng, if the tie clip was too expensive, he would certainly never reach for it.

Wang Cheng was so touched that he wanted to hug him. His good brother really knew him best. However, he was rejected by Huang Tongan who didn't want to crumple Wang Cheng’s suit. The time was nearing, so the two left. Sure enough, within seconds of their exit, Mother Zheng came up to him and said that it was almost the opening time of the banquet, so to let him prepare.

The banquet started at 7 o'clock. By then, most of the guests had arrived. The Zhou house hall was full of people. Men and women were dressed very brightly, all standing together to talk. Looking around, many of them were able to name the bigshots in their areas of expertise.

"Look at that. It's the famous XX group company president and his wife. The people who are talking to them are from the Discipline Inspection Commission."

"What is this? Look at the old man who is talking to the Zhou family master. He is an admiral. To invite an old general of his status, the Zhou family banquet is really costly."

"No, I just don't know which grandson is so valued by the Zhou family. I heard that it was a grandson who had just been retrieved from outside less than a month ago. He just came back and was able to win the favor of the Zhou family master. Such a grand banquet, but I am afraid that others do not know this grandson. "

“What’s the hurry, we’ll see later."

"Wait, who's that?" One person in the dialogue suddenly pointed in the direction of the gate, staring with an unbelieving expression.

Their companion followed their line of sight and immediately became excited. Walking in front of them was a man who looked like he could be any age. In fact, this man was already in his fifties. Every man who mentioned him would always show an expression of envy and hatred. This man was Chu Yifeng's father, Chu Li.

Known as the most handsome man in politics, his romantic history could almost be bound into a book. Now seeing this person, they knew that the rumors were not false. His elegant and charming smile, and his calm attitude always made the women around him fall. In the Imperial Capital, he was known as the public enemy of men.

As long as it was a man, who did not hate Chu Li? This was because, wherever he was, the eyes of their female companions would always be attracted to him, even becoming idiots in front of him.

Who knew how many men in the Imperial Capital wished Chu Li bad luck? However, when thinking of the Chu family behind Chu Li, no one dared to take action. However, Chu Li could be judged normally. Although he was easy-going and romantic, he never left a handle.

There was also a noteworthy young man behind Chu Li. This person was the leader of the younger generation of the Chu family who had a promising future, Chu Wenting. Unfortunately, he was married with a family, and it was said that he had a lovely son. It was almost impossible to hook up on this tea ship.

"Well, didn't you hear that Chu Li has a son?"

The companion said, "I have heard, but who has seen Chu Li's son? I only heard that he is in neither politics nor military. It seems that he is following the path of the business world. There is not much specific information on him. A scarce amount of people have met him."

"Look at the back, those from the Shen family, Wu family, and the Luo family are all here. I would die to meet so many big people."

"Then you go die."

"..."

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