I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

The man, full of confidence, raised his wrist, revealing a Cartier Ballon Bleu stainless steel watch beneath his sleeve.

Chen Ya didn't know much about watches, but he roughly estimated that this watch was worth around 9 yuan.

He followed the man into the private room and sat down. The man had a big smile on his face and stared at Chen Ya's face for a long time.

"Okay, okay, he's quite handsome, that makes it even better."

Chen Ya drinks tea.

Chen Sheng then said, "Chen Ya, there are three main things your father wanted to ask you to come back to me this time."

"First of all, I've been thinking about you all from my hometown all these years, but it's not easy to gain a foothold in Beijing. Now that I finally have some confidence, I thought I'd help the kids from my hometown too. By the way, what kind of work do you do now?"

Chen Ya said indifferently, "Just a working-class person."

"What university did you attend? Was it a second-tier university?"

"I dropped out of junior high school," Chen Ya said.

Chen Sheng's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

"It's alright, let's think of a way to get an adult bachelor's degree. It shouldn't be difficult if I use my family's connections," the man said.

Chen Ya said, "I don't think that's necessary."

"Education is still important," the man frowned. "How much do you earn a month now?"

"Five or six thousand, I guess."

“Look…” The salary was slightly higher than the man had imagined, so she changed her tune and said, “If you got a degree and found a good job, your salary would be even higher and your job would be easier. You’d probably be working overtime every day right now, wouldn’t you?”

"Fortunately."

"Which company do you work for? Is it a factory or...?"

“Grand ambitions.” Chen Ya said, holding up his cup.

"Is it the Qin family's grand plan?" The man's eyes lit up. "By the way, do you know the Qin family?"

“The Qin family, right? Qin Yun Chu, right?” Chen Ya said. “I guess we know each other, we live on the same floor.”

What he said is also correct.

The man's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Chen Ya, not bad. With your junior high school education, you've managed to get to where you are now. You must have put in a lot of effort, right?"

Chen Ya felt tired.

Tired.

He feels tired even after talking to someone he doesn't like for a minute.

"Tell me, what are the other two things you have to do?" Chen Ya said.

The man rubbed his hands together and said, "The second thing is mainly to broaden your horizons. You know, in another month, the Lu family's patriarch will be celebrating his birthday..."

"Who?" Chen Ya frowned.

"Old Master Lu... Oh, you don't know the Lu family, do you? It's alright, after all, you're just an ordinary person, it's normal not to know. All you need to know is that the Lu family is an incredibly powerful and influential family."

At this point, perhaps due to excitement, the man's attempt to speak fluent Beijing dialect finally faltered, revealing his local accent.

"I know the Lu family is powerful, but what does it have to do with you that Old Master Lu is celebrating his birthday?" Chen Ya frowned.

"You didn't know?" The man raised an eyebrow. "Didn't your mother tell you?"

"Tell what?"

Chen Sheng subtly straightened his chest.

After all, this was the most remarkable feat of his life.

"Your stepmother... who is the one your father found later, is from the Lu family."

He paused, and seeing Chen Ya's confused expression, he added:

"A heiress from a wealthy family".

Chapter 182 Is this what you call a rich family heiress?

"hiss--"

After hearing Chen's father's explanation, Chen Ya gasped.

When it comes to heiresses from wealthy families, names like Gu Yuqing, Qin Yunchu, Xia You, and Liu Ruyan immediately come to mind.

The rich heiress my father was talking about, is that what she is like?

In order to carry out the mission, he had memorized the Lu family's genealogy. After searching his memory, he found that, apart from one person, no one else had deliberately been labeled as a "heiress".

"The only wealthy heiress I know of from the Lu family is Lu Ningna..."

He knew Lu Ningna; he had led a team to capture someone before, and they brought that girl home and kept her there for a few days. They had spent time together.

The general consensus was that the girl's personality wasn't as good as Liu Ruyan's.

However, after some training, although his personality was bad, it was actually quite fun.

When she left, she secretly held Chen Ya's hand.

He couldn't bear to tell her that it was I who sent her father to jail.

Thinking of Lu Ningna, he suddenly looked up and saw Chen Sheng's face full of wrinkles...

Surely not?

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The man rattled off a string of "yes, yes, yes," which nearly made Chen Ya's heart and lungs stop. Then, gasping for breath, he said:

"My daughter is the daughter of Lu Ningna's grandfather's brother's cousin."

"Grandpa's brother's..." Chen Ya's mind didn't quite process it for a moment.

"In other words, Lu Ningna is the granddaughter of her father's uncle's brother."

"..."

Chen Ya paused for a long time before asking, "This relationship doesn't seem very close."

"No way, we're very close, of course we're close. We've been related for a while, we're still within the five degrees of kinship," Chen Sheng said.

The head of the Lu family is Lu Yuanlong.

Lu Yuanlong is the biological son of Old Master Lu.

Therefore, the Lu family is a clan closely centered around Lu Yuanlong, and the closer the relationship, the more distinguished they are.

Chen Ya wasn't fond of this kind of family structure where everyone rose to power, but he understood the structure of the family.

A relationship like "the granddaughter of my father's uncle's brother" would place someone at the bottom of the Lu family hierarchy.

After hearing Chen Sheng's description, he had a basic understanding of his father's experiences in recent years.

"Oh, it's not out of the fifth degree of mourning yet."

Chen Ya drank another cup of tea and nodded slightly.

He swallowed the words in his heart with a sip of tea.

What kind of rich heiress is this?!

This can only be considered a distant relative of a rich family heiress!

Chen Sheng didn't notice Chen Ya's attitude and said in a low voice:

"When you meet your Aunt Lu, be a little more enthusiastic. A single word from her can be worth half a lifetime of hard work."

Chen Ya rolled her eyes dramatically: "I'll try my best."

Chen Sheng grew anxious: "You can't just do your best, you have to give it your all! This is for your own future, do you understand?"

Chen Ya held it in for a long time before finally managing to utter a single word.

"Oh."

He planned that if Chen Sheng spoke again, he would reply with:

"Without spending half a lifetime striving, I'll just put a year's worth of achievements here. How many people in this world do you think can handle that?"

However, Chen Sheng did not say anything more.

He just sighed.

He knew that his relationship with his son had cooled.

But it's not enough to be disheartened.

Relationships need to be built up gradually to warm up.

“As I just mentioned, there’s a third thing,” Chen Sheng said. “Your aunt is getting married.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Ya finally sat up straight.

Aunt.

She was her father's sister and her grandfather's youngest daughter.

If it was Chen Sheng's fault for abandoning his original family after leaving, then his aunt has come to atone for her brother's sins.

My aunt was my grandfather's daughter, born late in life, and she was only 5 years older than Chen Ya.

From a young age, she was the leader, leading Chen Ya everywhere in the wild. From the back mountain to the gullies in front of the village, there were legends about the two of them.

When Chen Sheng left, he took his aunt with him. For Chen Ya, this marked the "end of her childhood."

She was only eleven years old when she was taken away; she was just a little girl.

But this little girl, far away in the capital, still longed for her family back home and kept sending letters to Chen Ya.

At first, it was just childish handwriting with some boring words, but later, a bank card was tucked into the letter.

My aunt worked part-time throughout junior high and college, putting money into her bank account.

It's not much, but these tens or hundreds of dollars represent my aunt's guilt and heartfelt sentiments.

Compared to his father, with whom he was only related by blood, Chen Ya cared more about his aunt's affairs.

"My aunt is getting married? When is she getting married? Who is she marrying? Where is the wedding being held?..."

Chen Ya asked a lot of questions in one breath, but Chen Sheng stopped him with a smile:

"Don't rush, your aunt's wedding is the least important thing. The real important thing is Old Master Lu's birthday celebration. After Old Master Lu's birthday celebration, we can take care of your aunt's wedding as well, so that we can share in the joy."

Chen Ya held back for a long time before he finally refrained from swearing.

He knows how well he's been a father. He can be accepted as a son, but how did he act as an older brother?

You care less about your own sister's wedding than about celebrating the birthday of some distant old man?

Chen Ya held the teacup in his hand, his knuckles turning white. He had been brewing a cup of hot tea for a long time, but in the end, he still didn't spill it.

Then he chuckled and said, "Grandpa Lu's birthday is a big event. What are your plans?"

Chen Sheng chuckled and said, "I do have plans, but I'll keep you in suspense for now. I'll tell you when you get back."

Chen Ya thought so too.

Offering unsolicited favors is either a sign of treachery or theft.

Chen Sheng eagerly awaited Old Master Lu's birthday celebration; his attentiveness must indicate he had some ulterior motives.

With the head of the Lu family imprisoned, the family is leaderless. The old patriarch of the Lu family is 68 years old this year and has no one to rely on. The sudden grand celebration of his birthday is obviously an arrangement by Lu Yuanlong's faction.

Among the Lu family members who are currently doing relatively well are Lu Yuanlong's younger brother, Lu Yuanhu, and Old Master Lu's son-in-law, Cui Shengtian.

The entire Lu family is on the verge of a major upheaval. It's likely that they'll use the occasion of Old Master Lu's birthday celebration to stir up some drama and create some kind of "family feud."

And how will her cheap father and his so-called "rich girl" choose sides and put on their performances?

Thinking about this, he suddenly became interested in this trivial matter.

The waiter came over, and Chen Sheng ordered a few simple dishes, chatting with Chen Ya as they ate.

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