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So, without even a greeting, Lao Chen started wandering around with Liang Hui Zhen, muttering to himself with a grin, ”Hui Zhen, look at this huge house your son bought! It’s so much bigger than ours. And look, he’s even raising a few pigs in this pond...”

”Pah! Hui Zhen, my mistake. They’re fish, not pigs. That little brat, feeding the fish like they’re hogs.”

”Ooh, this living room is huge. You’d definitely love it...”

Lying on the soft couch, Chen Yansen listened to Lao Chen’s rambling and couldn’t help but give a knowing smile.

As Chen Guobin wandered on, he found himself at the kitchen door. The house was so large he thought it was a guest room and was about to go in for a look, but as he lifted his foot, he came face-to-face with Ye Qiuping, who was just about to walk out.

”Who are you?”

”I should be asking you that. Who are you?” Ye Qiuping retorted.

She had only just arrived. The moment she walked in, Chen Yansen had pushed her into the kitchen, not the bathroom.

Before she even had time to prepare, she heard Chen Yansen say, ”Five dishes and a soup will be fine. Nothing too complicated. The ingredients are in the fridge, figure it out yourself.”

Ye Qiuping was so angry she had to laugh. ’Seriously? You’re really treating me like a chef?’

”I’m Chen Yansen’s father. And you are... the chef, I presume?” Although Chen Guobin thought this household chef looked a bit too young for the job, he figured she might just be a good cook.

’Chen Yansen’s father?’

Ye Qiuping studied Chen Guobin carefully. There was indeed a clear resemblance around their eyes and brows. A flash of joy went through her, but then she remembered her role and had to bite the bullet. ”Hello, Mr. Chen. I’m President Chen’s private chef.”

”Oh, well, I’ll let you get back to it.”

Chen Guobin wasn’t suspicious at all. He continued his tour with Liang Hui Zhen.

For President Chen’s immersive role-playing experience, Ye Qiuping had meticulously chosen an extremely professional-looking chef’s uniform, making her highly believable.

Therefore, Chen Guobin didn’t notice anything unusual at all.

Watching Lao Chen’s back as he muttered to himself, Ye Qiuping quickly dashed into the courtyard and ran up to President Chen. ”Your dad is here! Why didn’t you tell me beforehand?”

”Why would I need to tell you beforehand?” Chen Yansen asked, looking genuinely curious.

”...” Ye Qiuping was filled with regret. Why hadn’t she bought a pack of rat poison?

”My mom’s here too. Should I have told you about that as well?” Chen Yansen added.

”Your mom is here too?” Ye Qiuping’s pupils constricted in shock.

”Mhm, in my dad’s arms,” Chen Yansen said matter-of-factly.

”...” Ye Qiuping suddenly remembered the photo frame in Chen Guobin’s arms and rolled her eyes wearily.

She was no match for Chen Yansen’s games!

Dejected, she went back to cooking.

A little while later, Chen Guobin, having completed his tour, returned and said to Chen Yansen, ”Call Meng Jie over. We can have dinner together. Let your mom meet her.”

”Maybe next time. You’re holding Mom, you might scare the poor girl,” Chen Yansen refused flatly.

”Er... that’s true. Hah, my mistake for being too hasty.” Chen Guobin pulled up a chair and sat by the pond, his eyes gazing blankly at the few pig-like koi.

”Do you like the house?” Chen Yansen asked.

”It’s too big. Exhausting to live in,” Chen Guobin commented.

Chen Yansen was amused. The villa he bought for Chen Guobin in Chunshen was three hundred square meters, while this one was five hundred. It was indeed a lot bigger.

”Should I buy you one, so Mom can have a change of scenery too?” Chen Yansen asked again.

”No need. I’ll just stay for two days and then head back,” Lao Chen said, shaking his head.

”What about for the New Year?” Chen Yansen frowned.

”I’ll be with your mom back home,” Lao Chen said with finality.

”Fine, suit yourself.” Chen Yansen dusted off his pants and turned to head into the kitchen.

Lao Chen didn’t bother him, and he wouldn’t proactively interfere in Lao Chen’s life either.

The next morning, Ge Yue, the managing director of Apple Asia, arrived at the Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park with seven or eight staff members in tow.

They came for two reasons: first, to negotiate the architecture licensing for the Orange Z1 Instruction Set; second, with the proportion of shipments from online sales channels growing ever higher, the importance of Pinbei could not be ignored.