Chapter 2347 - 2307: Zhu Wenbo

Zhu Wenbo did have some interest in Ma Wenwen, but anyone with eyes could tell Ma Wenwen wasn’t interested in him, so he didn’t bother thinking in that direction.

On the contrary, the young man Ma Wenwen brought along made Zhu Wenbo feel this guy wasn’t simple.

By now almost all the guests had arrived, a big crowd split between two tables.

Ye Qiu didn’t sit at the same table as Ma Wenwen’s parents; he went to the other table and sat down. What he hadn’t expected was that this eldest young master of the Zhu Family actually came over and sat beside him.

"Young Master Zhu, come sit over here!" Ma Wenwen’s mother called out.

"Auntie, I’m young, we’ll just sit over here."

Right now, the ones sitting with Ma Wenwen’s parents were all her relatives and family friends, all those aunts and gossiping women, while this side was mostly young people.

Ye Qiu glanced at him.

Ma Wenwen also came over to Ye Qiu’s side and sat down next to him with Xiao Hui.

Her mother had already ordered these dishes ahead of time, about a month ago, and now the food was being served according to the original menu.

It was basically all seafood.

Ye Qiu sat there and started eating.

He came here, really, just to have a meal.

But while he was eating, the more Ma Wenwen’s mother looked over, the more dissatisfied she felt, as if Ye Qiu only knew how to eat.

When they’d almost finished eating, it was time for Ma Wenwen’s mother to blow out the birthday candles.

A three-tier cake was pushed out by the staff, and then Ma Wenwen’s mother, as the birthday girl, stepped up to blow out the candles and make a wish.

Once the candles were out, the staff helped cut the cake and served it to the guests.

Actually, everyone was already quite full from dinner; only the kids were interested in the cake.

Once Ye Qiu saw everyone had almost finished, he was ready to leave.

"Ma Wenwen, are you staying here or going back with me?"

"I’ll stay here for now."

Ma Wenwen knew Ye Qiu didn’t want to stick around, and on top of that, those people deliberately spoke in local East Sea dialect when they talked.

Of course, Ye Qiu could definitely understand it, he just didn’t like listening to it.

It was obvious Ma Wenwen’s relatives and friends didn’t approve of who he was.

So Ye Qiu prepared to leave with Xiao Hui.

As the two of them headed out, unexpectedly, Zhu Wenbo followed them.

Once they were outside, Zhu Wenbo said, "Mr. Ye, honestly, I wasn’t keen on coming. My family insisted I come."

"Why bother explaining that to me?"

Ye Qiu said.

"I don’t think Mr. Ye is just some ordinary person. It’s only that Ma Wenwen’s parents are shortsighted."

Zhu Wenbo said bluntly.

"Oh, really?"

Ye Qiu found it a bit funny. This was his first time meeting the Zhu Family’s eldest young master—how could the guy possibly know who he was?

Besides, Ye Qiu had always kept a low profile. He had his hands in quite a few businesses; as for how much he was actually worth, even Ye Qiu himself wasn’t sure.

"It’s not just Ma Wenwen’s parents. A lot of people around East Sea are like this. They look down on outsiders. Their favorite type of son-in-law is either a foreigner or a rich local."

If Ye Qiu were a nobody, or came from some average family, he could easily understand the way Ma Wenwen’s parents treated him.

But today’s East Sea isn’t the same as before. There are actually very few true locals now; most of the new East Sea residents probably think differently.

"They want me to be a live?in son?in?law. What do you think of that?"

A live?in son?in?law?

Xiao Hui had of course heard of it.

Now that Ye Qiu said it out loud, Zhu Wenbo wasn’t surprised at all.

"Mr. Ye, I think Ma Wenwen’s parents just don’t want you with their daughter, so they’re deliberately trying to make you back off."

Back off, huh?

"Maybe."

Ye Qiu and Xiao Hui headed down.

When they reached the hotel parking lot and Zhu Wenbo saw Ye Qiu walking over to that Land Rover, he knew Ye Qiu definitely wasn’t some ordinary guy.

Plus, from the clothes Ye Qiu was wearing just now—Ma Wenwen’s parents might not know brands, but he could tell at a glance they were top?tier.

And most likely custom handmade from Italy.

As for the birthday gift Ye Qiu had given Ma Wenwen’s mother, he actually felt it was a bit odd. In his view, it probably wasn’t from Ye Qiu at all, but from Ma Wenwen herself, just using Ye Qiu’s name.

When Ye Qiu and Xiao Hui got into the car, Zhu Wenbo thought that if he had a chance to see this Mr. Ye again in East Sea, he wouldn’t mind getting to know him properly.

Ye Qiu drove off, heading back to the Zi Garden luxury villa.

Back at the Zi Garden villa, Xiao Hui went off to do her work.

Ye Qiu hadn’t returned to Jinling for two or three days now.

He took out his phone and called Ling Fei.

"Ling Fei, is the transfer procedure done yet?"

"I’ve applied, but the school says it’ll take a long time to process."

Transferring from Jinling Normal College to East Sea Normal University was actually a higher bar. Ling Fei knew that without Ye Qiu’s help, she definitely couldn’t get in.

"I’ve already sorted things out with East Sea Normal University. Just bring your student file over, and then I can help you register and enroll."

Ling Fei hadn’t expected it to be that fast.

Ye Qiu then called the others one by one. His classmates, including Lin Xiang and the rest, were pretty much all settled already, because frankly there wasn’t much to talk about—Jinling University could only agree to let them go.

So Lin Xiang and the others would be back in East Sea soon.

After hanging up on these young ladies, Ye Qiu called Shen Yueru again. As for Shen Yueru’s company, that wouldn’t be so quick; it would have to be moved to East Sea step by step.

...

It was past ten at night when the sound of high heels came from outside—Ma Wenwen was back.

She’d taken a taxi home.

She’d been chatting with those relatives and friends for quite a while, and as for her parents’ attitude toward Ye Qiu, it was still the same.

But since Ye Qiu had already talked to her, Ma Wenwen couldn’t very well reveal his identity to her parents. She just told them Ye Qiu’s parents ran a restaurant and the family had some money.

As for making Ye Qiu a live?in son?in?law, Ma Wenwen had already told them not to even think about it, because Ye Qiu absolutely would not become the Ma Family’s live?in son?in?law.

Right now, the fact that Ye Qiu was willing to be with her at all already felt pretty great to Ma Wenwen.

"You’re back?"

"What, are you still mad?" Seeing Ye Qiu sitting on the sofa, Ma Wenwen asked.

She’d thought Ye Qiu was angry.

"That Young Master Zhu?"

"Don’t misunderstand. I have nothing going on with Young Master Zhu. This time my mom was the one who invited him. If I’d known he was going, I wouldn’t have gone."

"I know. I just want to ask about this guy."