Chapter 86 —Dinner with Li Yuchen

It took them some time to get Han Yichen's luggage, but they were finally out after more than half an hour.

She saw him immediately they walked out. He was easily taller than almost everyone, and his bespoke black suit with stripes stood out among the hordes of casually dressed people.

He waved, and she waved back before walking briskly towards him. They hugged each other briefly before she made the introductions.

"Meet my son, Han Yichen. Yichen, meet your Uncle Li."

"Hello Sir." Han Yichen greeted him politely.

"How are you? Pleased to meet you. Your mother has told me a lot about you."

"I'm fine. Pleased to meet you too. She has told me quite a bit about you as well." It was a very rare thing to hear Han Yichen talking in full sentences.

"I understand that you're friends with Yuchen. He couldn't come to pick you up because it's his last day of school, but he hopes to see you at dinner."

"Sure." Han Yichen lit up a bit at the mention of Yuchen.

Li Chuanmo handed him the gift he had prepared as a first meeting gift for him. It was the latest notebook model that had just being released by the Li Conglomerate. Han Yichen broke into a smile. "Thank you very much Uncle."

Li Chuanmo: "...."

"Let's go. I'll drive you home, and then we can go to my house for dinner." Li Chuanmo was finding it difficult to address himself as "Uncle", especially with Pei Yueran present.

What if she saw him as an old man?

He drove them to the apartment before leaving, promising to pick them up for dinner in a few hours.

When he got home, he met Li Yuchen outside, pacing in front of the gate. He kept craning his neck, as if looking for something.

"What are you looking for?"

"Yichen. I thought you were going to pick him up."

Li Chuanmo raised an eyebrow, "Did you think I would bring him straight here? Doesn't he have his own home?"

Li Yuchen looked crestfallen.

"Won't you go back inside? Or you plan to wait here till dinner? Will Yichen still recognize you at that time?"

Li Yuchen perked up. "He's coming for dinner? Yaaay!" He hurried inside, but ran out a few moments later, running straight into Li Chuanmo's chest.

"What is it this time?"

"Dad, can we go and pick them up together? Also, can we invite Gramps and Grandma?"

"We can go pick them together if you want. But you have to be ready in time. We can't invite your grandparents today, but they know he's arriving today and they have invited him for lunch next weekend."

"Alright. Let me go and get ready!" Li Yuchen announced before rushing away like a gust of wind. His excitement knew no bounds.

*****

"First Young Master, I think I found her!" Gao Tinghua's assistant said breathlessly immediately he picked the phone.

Gao Tinghua grinned but quickly composed himself. "Why do you sound so excited? What are you still waiting for? Do I need to kowtow before you send the information?"

"I'll send it right away sir." His boss was quite terrible in every aspect, but his caustic tongue was a whole new level of terrible!

A moment later, Gao Tinghua received a mail. Immediately he saw her picture, he smiled in satisfaction.

She was definitely the one he was looking for.

As he read the document further though, his emotions varied widely. If anyone was there to see him at the moment, they would have been very confused.

She was 33? That meant she was a bit older than him, but he didn't mind. Noona romance was in vogue these days.

She had a son? Was she married? That would be awful. He frowned.

Then he read that she was widowed and couldn't help but smile.

He was shocked to read about her career. She had an amazing achievement record.

Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Li Conglomerate? He remembered the company. Infact, his father's company was in the process of reaching out to purchase their new software.

Great. He could use that excuse to seek her out. He wasn't in charge of that project, but it would be very easy to snatch it.

He was the heir to the company after all.

Being the first son of the most prosperous family in the Capital, he had had people throwing themselves at him since he was little.

In his childhood, people approached him in order to secure a connection with his parents, and now as an adult, people —especially ladies were now throwing themselves at him, in the hopes of becoming the Young Madam of the Gao family.

He felt it was all very ridiculous. He was not the least bit interested.

Even Han Jingse, who was his arranged fiancee, could not get him to give her attention—and she was beautiful, let alone those that had nothing going for them.

But this lady—Pei Yueran, she was different. He was determined to pursue her.

Her family background was unknown, only that she came from an orphanage. But he didn't see that as a problem. His parents might make a fuss, but he'll sort that out.

It was time to go back to the Capital. He had a mission.

It was not even within his considerations that she might not be interested in him.

In City M, Pei Yueran sneezed. Li Chuanmo quickly passed her his handkerchief which she accepted gratefully. She hardly carried handkerchiefs around, but these days, it seemed Li Chuanmo was always coming to her rescue.

They were in his house for dinner. Today, Li Yuchen completely threw everything he had ever learnt about etiquette away in his excitement.

He kept chattering about everything, food forgotten. Poor Han Yichen, the first spoon of rice he took didn't enter his mouth because Li Yuchen bombarded him with questions. How was your trip? Are you going to live here forever? Are you missing your friends in City A already? With the way you talk, did you even have friends there?

Han Yichen gave him a look at that last question. Li Yuchen quickly surrendered, "I was just joking. But it's really good to have you here."

Han Yichen smiled, "Fine. Maybe. Yes. Same."

Li Yuchen said inwardly, 'My point exactly. He has not changed at all. One-word answers to all of my questions. I must be a genius to even remember which answer was for which question.'

Li Chuanmo cleared his throat, "That's enough Xiao Chen. Let him eat."

"That's true, sorry. Eat, eat. Try these dishes. The chef cooked this dish —fish in lemon sauce, but this sweet and sour pork was specially ordered by me from my favorite restaurant. You'll like it, I guarantee. My Goddess said this is one of your favorite dishes ...."

And on and on. He just could not stop talking.

Han Yichen decided to ignore him and eat something at least. But he couldn't hide his joy.

Pei Yueran saw the light in his eyes, and the stone in her heart finally fell down. He would be fine.

They would be fine.