Chapter 45: The person who is not a family member refers to Chu Yan

Yuan Xi smiled secretly when listening to Chu Yan's words. Chu Lin must have a very thick filter to regard such rudeness and arrogance as straightforwardness.

Yang Zhang did not scold Chu Yan, but just glanced at Yang Ying with an unhappy look on his face, "In the future, when we have family dinners, you don't need to bring people who are not family members to the Yang family."

Yang Ying was stunned.

Chu Yan chuckled and said, "Brother-in-law, did you hear that? This is your first time visiting your uncle's house, and it's definitely inappropriate to give him tea that your country relatives roasted themselves. You don't even consider your uncle as a family member. You should apologize to your uncle. Your uncle is a generous person. After you apologize, he won't say that you are not a family member..."

Yuan Xi looked at Chu Yan and shook her head lightly. She was actually quite envious of Chu Yan. She thought that only someone who had never worked a day in her life could be so innocent.

Yang Zhang ignored Chu Yan and said to Huo Shiyan, "John, please come to the tea room."

Huo Shiyan nodded lightly, took Yuan Xi's hand and went to the tea room.

Yuan Xi asked Huo Shiyan in a low voice, "Have you met your uncle?"

Huo Shiyan also said softly: "He used to be a subordinate of my uncle. I have seen him several times at my uncle's house."

Yuan Xi didn't know the specific position of Huo Shiyan's uncle, but since Yang Zhang was so respectful to Huo Shiyan, it was obvious that his position was not low.

Chu Yan looked at their backs and whispered to Yang Ying, "Mom, didn't uncle dislike the poor quality of the tea my brother-in-law sent? Why did he let my brother-in-law go to the tea room again?"

Yang Ying looked at the innocent Chu Yan. She thought that the person her elder brother was talking about just now was not a family member, but Chu Yan.

"Yanyan, you should say less. No matter whether the gift is good or bad, it is a token of your brother-in-law's love. You can't be so rude. Especially for your uncle, you should be more careful about what you say. Why does your uncle only drink collection-level tea? If this word gets out, it will have a great impact on your uncle's future."

Chu Yan was always quick to admit her mistakes, and she smiled sweetly and said, "Mom, I know I was wrong. It turns out that my uncle asked my brother-in-law to go to the teahouse to show his closeness to the people."

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After Huo Shiyan entered the tea room, he sat down and smiled faintly: "I heard from my uncle that my uncle also likes tea. This tea was roasted by my uncle himself on the tea mountain by Ruo Lake in March. It is not precious, but the roasted tea leaves grown at home have no pesticides or essences, so you can drink it with confidence. I will show off my skills in making a cup of tea in front of you."

Yang Zhang smiled lightly: "I don't dare to show off my skills in front of an expert. The tea leaves roasted by Minister Xiao himself must be excellent."

Yuan Xi watched Huo Shiyan brewing tea. Gu Hanchen had been obsessed with the tea ceremony for a while and had also learned how to brew tea for two days. Yuan Xi also studied with a tea artist for two days at that time.

But two days later, both she and Gu Hanchen gave up.

Because the tea is so hot, your hands will get burned and blisters will form when you take the tea from the covered bowl.

Gu Hanchen asked the tea artist what to do if the tea is scalded? The tea artist's answer was just one word: endure it. So Gu Hanchen gave up making tea.

Seeing Huo Shiyan making tea at this moment, he didn't seem to feel the heat at all, nor did he seem to be enduring it, and his movements were smooth and flowing.

Huo Shiyan handed the brewed tea to Yang Zhang and gave another cup to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi took the tea and took a light sniff, and the fragrance of tea filled his nose.

Yang Zhang took a sip of the tea and said, "Good tea, sweet aftertaste. The tea grown at home is special, and the temperature of the tea is just right."

Huo Shiyan smiled lightly: "As long as uncle likes it."

Yang Zhang put down his teacup and asked, "Shi Yan, how did you become the migrant worker that Chu Yan mentioned?"

Huo Shiyan said: "I live in Ruohu Mansion by Ruohu Lake. When my family found out that I settled in Jiangcheng, they asked me to take charge of the Ruohu Shiyi high-end resort project. Chu Yan thought I was a construction worker living in the countryside."

Yang Zhang said: "Chu Yan has been spoiled by her family. Why don't you explain your identity?"

Huo Shiyan made no secret of it: "The Bo family has run into some troubles and wants Shixi to invest. I think there is no need to invest in Fanyan anymore. Several domestic investment companies have also assessed that Fanyan is not worth investing in.

Bo Fan has tried to contact me more than once, and there are many people like Bo Fan in Jiangcheng. Ruohu Lake is still quite quiet. If outsiders know my identity, I am afraid it will be difficult to find peace, especially since Yuan Xi is pregnant. It is most important to keep quiet near Ruohu Mansion."

Yang Zhang said: "Xinyan is pregnant, congratulations, Xinyan, we have met before, right?"

Yuan Xi listened to the unfamiliar name and smiled professionally, "Yes, I was beside Gu Hanchen when you presented the award to Jiangcheng's outstanding young entrepreneurs a year ago. I saw you then." Yang Zhang said, "No wonder you looked familiar to me. I'm glad you're back. Your family has never stopped looking for you in the past 25 years. The nanny and the trafficker said you were abducted to the north. We have been looking for you in the north and never thought you were in Jiangcheng..."

Yuan Xi said: "I heard from the villagers that my parents saw me being thrown into the lake when they were standing by the lake.

My parents had never had a child, and they thought that the outsiders who came to work in the village couldn't afford to raise a child and didn't want one, so they bought me from her.

My adoptive parents were going to adopt a child from an orphanage. That day they went to the orphanage to pick up the child, but they heard from the orphanage that the child had been taken away by his biological parents.

My adoptive parents were very disappointed at first, but when they came back they saw me about to be thrown into Ruo Lake. They felt that they had met me by chance, so they bought me.

If it weren't for my adoptive parents, I would have died a long time ago. My adoptive parents can be said to have given me a second life, just like my biological parents."

Huo Shiyan frowned slightly, "After the human traffickers kidnapped you, instead of selling you for money, they chose to kill you?"

Yuan Xi now thinks it’s a little strange that people usually choose to sell children for money.

And why did the human trafficker choose to let her drown in the lake?

If she had not been seen by her adoptive parents, her life would have been lost at the bottom of Ruo Lake.

Yang Zhang: "It's really strange to hear you say that. The trafficker deliberately made us think you went to the north."

Yuan Xi: "Did my parents offend someone? Did someone deliberately kill them?"

Huo Shiyan: "If you want to kill for revenge, then killing Chu Lin is more valuable. Chu Lin will be two years old by then."

Knock, knock. There was a knock on the tea room door.

A young woman in a cheongsam entered, "Is this Xinyan? She is so beautiful."

Yuan Xi looked at the woman in front of him with unfamiliarity.

"I'm your aunt."

Aunt Yang stepped forward and held Yuan Xi's hand.

"Aunt." Yuan Xi said, "You look very young, and you look about the same age as me."

Aunt Yang was very happy to be praised, "I am much older than you. I am already thirty-six years old."

When Yuan Xi heard Aunt Yang say that she was thirty-six years old, he was a little surprised at her age.

Her uncle is at least fifty years old, this is an old cow eating young grass...

Yuan Xi didn't say it explicitly, but Aunt Yang Ye Zhu explained: "Your uncle and I are both remarried, so the age difference is a bit big. It's time to eat. It's rare for you to come back today, so we can eat and talk."

"Okay." Yuan Xi replied.

On an evening in late May, with the breeze blowing under the setting sun, it is a unique experience to dine in the courtyard while admiring the flowers and plants there.

When Chu Yan saw that she and Bo Fan were sitting at the last two seats, her face immediately turned bad. She looked at Ye Zhu, who was sitting in the front seat holding Yuan Xi's hand warmly, and her face became even more uneasy.

Chu Yan thought to herself that her aunt was indeed a short-sighted person who got promoted through second marriage. She thought Yuan Xi was a real daughter and tried to curry favor with her.

Little did people know that Yuan Xi married a rural construction worker, and the highest position she could possibly achieve in this life was probably the vice president of Mi Chen. A company like Mi Chen's was more or less not recognized by the old wealthy circles in Jiangcheng.

Bo Fan saw Yang Zhang and Yuan Xi's husband walking towards him, and they were having a pleasant conversation.

Thinking back to when he wanted to ask Yang Zhang something about the development of Jiangcheng's entertainment industry, but was ignored by Yang Zhang, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Chu Yan beside him.

Chu Yan whispered to Bo Fan, "Bo Fan, your uncle is not ordinary. He cannot be caught by others for being snobbish. That's why he is so close and warm to my sister and brother-in-law. This shows that my uncle is close to the people... He is not intentionally being close to my brother-in-law and ignoring you."