Chapter 25 Childhood Photos

Chen Yuan sat in the back seat, slowly rolled down the window, and took a look at Chu Yan in front of her. "Huh? Do you even need to rent a Cayenne? Xiao Xi, is she your sister?"

Yuan Xi said to Chen Yuan, who had just gotten out of the car, "Yes, she's Chu Yan."

Chu Yan and Bo Fan's engagement party had been a hot topic online for a while.

Given that Chen Yuan spent eight hours a day surfing the web, she definitely knew who Chu Yan was.

Chen Yuan gave a sheepish laugh, "No way? She's actually Chu Yan? The Chu family's daughter thinks she needs to rent a Cayenne? Aren't Cayennes pretty common in Jiang City?"

Chu Yan scoffed, "You're friends of my sister; there's no need for a self-deprecating show of bravado. No one will laugh at you for saying it's rented..."

Shi Lei handed the car keys to a nearby security guard and got out of the car to explain. "It really isn't rented, and the reason we're driving an eight-year-old Cayenne is that my new Maybach was hit a few days ago."

"How did you also end up in a car accident?" Yuan Xi asked, "There've been quite a few lately, are you okay?"

Shi Lei replied, "I'm fine. It was just a rear-end collision. No one was hurt, but it's a pity the new car got damaged."

"Where's Suisui?" Yuan Xi inquired, "Why didn't she come with you guys?"

Shi Lei answered, "She's taking pictures. She said since she finally got her hair and makeup done and got to wear a haute couture dress for the first time, she had to take a few photos to commemorate the occasion, so we came ahead."

Chen Yuan glanced at Chu Yan and whispered in Yuan Xi's ear, "Even haute couture dresses can clash? Should we ask your sister to change into another dress?"

Yuan Xi saw Chu Yan's evident disdain for the Cayenne.

Yuan Xi didn't feel like reminding Chu Yan either, "A dress clash isn't that big of a deal, right?"

Chen Yuan responded, "According to my ten years of experience reading CEO novels, a dress clash is the most, most, most important thing at a banquet, without exception!"

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Xi went to find Chu Lin, "Bro."

Chen Yuan followed Yuan Xi's gaze towards Chu Lin, "The young master of Chuneng Group! So handsome!"

Chu Lin smiled faintly, "Thank you."

Yuan Xi said, "Bro, my friend's dress and Chu Yan's have clashed. Could you ask Chu Yan if she minds, and if she does, could you trouble her to change?"

Chu Lin nodded, "I understand."

Yuan Xi then took Chen Yuan and Shi Lei to say hello to Yang Ying.

Yang Ying was talking to Huo Shiyuan, and Yuan Xi, a bit nervous, hurried over, only to feel slightly relieved when she heard Yang Ying tell Huo Shiyuan to treat Yuan Xi well.

"Mom, these are my childhood friends, Shi Lei, Xiaoshi, Chen Yuan, Yuanyuan."

"Hello, Auntie!" Shi Lei and Chen Yuan greeted together.

Yang Ying looked at Shi Lei in his sharp suit and Chen Yuan in her gown, smiled faintly, "Hello, you've been friends with Xinxin since childhood?"

"Yes, Auntie."

Yang Ying smiled, "Do you have childhood photos of Xinxin?"

"Actually, we do have one."

Chen Yuan opened her phone to show her, "This is Xiao Xi when she was little, this is me, this is Suisui, and this skinny one that looks like a stick is Shi Lei. The short and pudgy one resembling a winter melon is Brother Zhuangzhuang."

Yuan Xi leaned forward to look; it seemed like this photo was taken during a field trip to the zoo in the second grade.

Back then, Shi Lei and Zhuangzhuang, the two little boys, one skinny because he was raised free-range by his parents, and the other plump, raised by his grandmother, were both quite short. One Zhuangzhuang was as heavy as two Shi Leis.

Both boys were short, but Yuan Xi, Liang Suisui, and Chen Yuan, the three little girls, were obviously a head taller than the two boys.

Shi Lei had grown as he'd hoped to 1.8 meters tall, taller than them, and Yuan Xi wondered if Brother Zhuangzhuang, who had gone abroad to study, was still short and plump.

Looking at herself in the picture, Yuan Xi thought, she did resemble Huo Shiyuan's childhood sweetheart more when she was little.

"This is our Xinxin when she was little," said Yang Ying, her voice slightly choked up.

Chen Yuan laughed, "I'll look for some childhood photos of Xiao Xi when I get home, and I'll bring them over if I find any."

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In the village in the center of Jiang City, inside a dark and damp cramped rental house.

A well-dressed girl kicked a young man smoking beside her.

"How did it go? After crashing into two Maybachs to hook a rich second-generation guy, one turned out to be a driver, and the other, a guy from a rural fabric factory, none of them of any use to me."

The young man exhaled a puff of smoke, "You look down on a factory owner's son?"

"A factory owner's son without money? Marrying him would mean working for his factory for free. I might as well just go work in a factory now!"

Ren Tian took the cigarette from the man's hand, "Did you get the license plate number for Gu Hanchen's car?"

"Got it, and he's going to the Chu Family's banquet today. He'll definitely pass through Jiangyi Road; you can get ready. You must catch Gu Hanchen this time."

Ren Tian: "Rest assured, I will definitely catch Gu Hanchen this time."

"By the way, isn't your goddess now pretending to be a rich girl? Aren't you going to comfort her?"

Fu Yi stubbed out his cigarette and glanced at Ren Tian, "I believe Yanyan can live well even if she's pretending to be wealthy. Renting a luxury car for a day isn't cheap, and you've already been in two car accidents. You can't afford to lose this time."

Ren Tian exhaled smoke, "Okay."

Ren Tian, wearing a low-cut t-shirt, went to the car rental place to get a car and squatted at the corner waiting for Gu Hanchen's Aston Martin to drive by.

On Jiangyi Road, the convertible Aston Martin was quite conspicuous.

Gu Hanchen, with earphones on, spoke on the phone, "Chu Lin, I'm on my way to your place now, and I have to see with my own eyes what that pretty-boy husband of Yuan Xi looks like!"

"Is the pretty boy handsome? Handsomer than me?"

"In Jiang City, how could anyone be handsomer than me!"

"Ah…"

Chu Lin heard Gu Hanchen's shout of surprise and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, Hanchen? Gu Hanchen?"

Gu Hanchen cursed, "Damn, I got rear-ended. Are they insane? How can they rear-end me on this kind of city road? I'll hang up first."

Gu Hanchen walked to the rear Mercedes, "Beauty, did you get your license? Can you tell the difference between the gas and the brake?"

Ren Tian frowned, "I'm sorry, I think I'm hurt. Please take me to the hospital quickly!"

"I'll call 120 for you, and you better call your insurance company. I need to catch the pretty boy who took the mother of my child."

Ren Tian frowned. Gu Hanchen has a child?

"I... please, Mr. Gu, you wouldn't just stand by and watch me die, right? Please take me to the hospital."

Gu Hanchen wasn't surprised Ren Tian recognized him; after all, he was an internet celebrity. The phrase "stand by and watch me die" forced Gu Hanchen to compromise.

More than a year ago, due to his inappropriate remarks, Mi Chen almost went under. Now, on the eve of Mi Chen's IPO, he couldn't let this woman create news about Gu Hanchen being indifferent to someone's life and death.

Gu Hanchen saw that the car was not very seriously damaged, helped Ren Tian into his car, and took her to the hospital.

Gu Hanchen had already thought of asking the public relations team to write an article praising how the Mi Chen CEO, after being rear-ended, didn't care about the fault but instead kindly took the accident-causing beauty to the hospital, showing how kind he was!

Thinking that, Gu Hanchen felt catching the pretty boy was still important, but earning a reputation for helping others seemed more valuable.

Gu Hanchen called Chu Lin, "I'm taking the driver who caused the accident to the hospital. I'll be late to the banquet."

Chu Lin said, "As long as you're fine, it's okay to be late."

After hanging up, Chu Lin turned to Chu Yan, "Yanyan, oh right, Yuan Xi just told me her friend's dress has clashed with yours. Do you want to change?"

"How is that possible?" Chu Yan said, "How could her friend possibly clash with me? Elie Saab's latest haute couture, I have just received it, and it's a premiere for me."

Yuan Xi's friend definitely couldn't get into the haute couture circle.

She probably bought a fake dress that looked similar to hers, right? That would certainly be interesting to see.

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