NOVEL WEB Chapter 096 Xiao Chen, You Must Come, I Will Wait For You As Long As Possible
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So Chen Yu found the old man's WeChat account and initiated a voice call. After a while, the voice call was connected, "Xiao Chen, when will you come over?"
"Old man, I have been stuck in traffic on the elevated highway for more than 40 minutes. It has just opened to traffic now. I can't get to the Peace Hotel before 6:30. I will not go to your birthday party today. I will buy it tomorrow. A birthday gift for you, old man."
It's his seventieth birthday. The old man's relatives and friends will definitely be there. On this occasion, it would be a bit bad if he was late. In this case, it would be better not to go.
"Xiao Chen, it's okay if you don't come. The person the old man wants to see the most today is you. It's okay if you come late. I'll just wait for you here."
Xia Shenghuang said this on the other end of the phone.
"Wait for me? Uncle, how can this be done..."
Before Chen Yu could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Xia Shenghuang, "Xiao Chen, it's okay if the old man says it. Anyway, I'm waiting for you. If you don't come today, the old man's seventieth birthday banquet will not be held."
"Old man, you..."
Just when Chen Yu was about to say something else, the beep of the phone hanging up rang in his ears.
Chen Yu was a little helpless. At this point, he could only rush to the Peace Hotel as soon as possible.
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"Dad, all the guests are here, except Chen Yu..."
At the Peace Hotel, Xia Yuanji, wearing a decent suit, came to Xia Shenghuang and said, "How about you call Chen Yu and ask when he can arrive?"
"Xiao Chen just called me. He was stuck in traffic on the elevated highway and couldn't get there until after a party. Originally, he said he wouldn't come today, but I said that's not possible. You have to come over no matter how late it is. The old man is waiting for you."
Hearing his father's words, Xia Yuanji nodded, "Okay, Dad, I'll go tell Lao Liu now and ask them not to serve the food yet."
"Well, go ahead, go ahead."
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"Ms. Lin, I'm going to say hello to District Mayor Zhou now. Do you want to come with me?"
Ye Bin looked at Lin Manman beside him with a smile.
"OK."
Lin Manman couldn't help but get excited.
Zhou Yunpeng was a department-level boss. Normally, she, a small clerk, would never be able to come into contact with such a boss.
How could she not be excited now that she had the opportunity to show her face in front of such a big shot?
But just when Lin Manman was about to follow Ye Bin towards Zhou Yunpeng not far away, Lin Manman's cell phone suddenly vibrated.
I took out my phone and saw the caller ID: Mom.
Lin Manman hung up without answering, but before walking a few steps, the phone vibrated again, which made an impatient look flash across Lin Manman's face, "Mr. Ye, I'll answer my call first." Mom’s phone call.”
"Well, you go ahead, I'll wait for you."
Ye Bin stopped and said.
In this way, Lin Manman came to a quieter area with fewer guests and answered the call from her mother, "Manman..."
"I said, Mom, are you bothered? I just hung up the phone, why are you still on the phone?"
Lin Manman's tone was full of impatience.
"Manman, I just wanted to ask you when you will come back for dinner. It's almost half past six."
Mother Lin said.
"I'm eating out tonight. I won't go back. Okay, Mom, I'm dead."
"Wait a minute Manman."
"I said Mom, can't you finish what you have to say in one go? It's the most annoying thing about you saying half of it and leaving half of it!"
"Manman, how could you not come back for dinner tonight? You..."
Before her mother could finish her words, Lin Manman interrupted impatiently: "Mom, I'm really sorry, I've grown up, okay? I also have my own things, okay. I didn't go back at night. , that means I must have my own things to do. Can't you and Dad just eat at home? Why do you have to let me go back to eat? Really, I really can't stand your desire to control!"
"But Manman, today is your father's birthday..."
Hearing this, Lin Manman was stunned for a moment, then realized, yes, today is really her father's birthday, she had even forgotten...
"Mom, I'm sorry. I was busy and forgot about it today, but I'm really busy now and can't go back to celebrate my dad's birthday. How about this, mom, tell dad and I'll make up for his birthday tomorrow."
"Okay mom, I'm hanging up."
"Manman, where are you now? I heard the voices of many people next to you. You shouldn't be working overtime in the unit, right?"
"Well, I was at a person's seventieth birthday party."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Ma's expression on the other end of the phone suddenly changed, "Manman, you don't celebrate your father's birthday with you, but you attend other people's birthday banquets and celebrate other people's birthdays. Do you think you are doing this, right? "
"No Mom, when did you become so pretentious? Haven't I been by your side to celebrate your birthdays for so many years? If it's just one less time this year, you won't be happy."
"Do you think this is mom being pretentious?"
Mother Lin's face turned blue with anger.
"Isn't this hypocritical?"
Lin Manman paused and then said: "Mom, do you know whose 70th birthday party I am attending now? Let me tell you, your daughter is attending the 70th birthday party of the chairman of Shenghua Group. As for the banquet, many celebrities came tonight, including our Hongkou District Mayor Zhou. Mom, now you should know why I can't go back to spend my birthday with my father. It's really an occasion like today for you. It is too important for my daughter. I now have the opportunity to meet many celebrities in society. The more people I get to know here today, then your daughter will have her own network of contacts in the future. What will our family do in the future? It will be much more convenient.”
Just as Lin Manman was getting more and more excited, Lin Yan's voice suddenly came from the phone, "Is it Ye Bin who took you there?"
Hearing this, Lin Manman did not hide anything and nodded directly to admit, "Well, yes."
"By the way, happy birthday, Dad."
"Lin Manman, tell me, are you dating that Ye Bin now?"
Lin Yan asked.
"Dad, I've told you many times. No, no, no. He is indeed pursuing me now, but I haven't agreed yet."
"Then you are still so close to him?"
"This is nothing, this is just a normal interpersonal interaction between ordinary friends."
"Lin Manman, let me reiterate again, please listen to me. Within half a year of divorcing Xiaoyu, you must not have sex outside. If not, you will move out and I, Lin Yan, will treat you as your own. I have never raised a daughter like you.”
"Dad, let me tell you something, don't be angry. Although you have lived decades longer than me and are my dad, you really haven't understood in all these years. You have always taught me to be an honest person, but I tell you Nowadays, honest people are struggling at the bottom of society, mediocre all their lives. Such a life is scary to think about. Your daughter does not want to live like you. Your daughter must climb up step by step, and join the upper class society. The life of an upper class person!”
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