Breakfast.

In Yang Chen's eyes, having the family sit together for breakfast had always been a kind of luxury wish.

Now, he never thought that something he believed impossible would happen right in front of him.

"These are the bacon I made, there's bread, and if you prefer the federated way of eating, there's also a vegetable salad. The director likes the Yan-style, so I made century egg and lean pork congee, and also some fried dough sticks, there are some pickles too, see what you like to eat," Yang Chen eagerly put the dishes on the table and said to the two.

Ruan Ling and Fu Zhou looked at the two styles of food, conflicted and undecided.

After a while, Ruan Ling turned to Fu Zhou, pleading, "How about... we try both?"

After all, these were breakfasts made by her son!

Fu Zhou hesitated too and looked at Yang Chen, "Neither of us has eaten breakfast, so why not... try both?"

"Alright!" Yang Chen immediately gave them both portions.

Yang Chen assumed they were hungry, but he didn't know they had already eaten breakfast before coming and were quite full.

However, upon seeing breakfast made personally by their son, both wanted to taste it.

The bacon Yang Chen made was crispy and delicious, and the salad was also quite nicely flavored.

The century egg and lean pork congee was the best, both drank it clean.

Though the fried dough sticks were greasy, Yang Chen made them very soft and tasty, and they finished them too.

Neither expected to eat so much, feeling very full but very happy.

Yang Chen considered the preferences of many people when he cooked.

Like Wei Xueqing and Meng Po, they prefer the federated eating style, simple, convenient, and nutritious.

But the director prefers the Yan-style, convenient, direct, and filling.

If he were to eat slices of bread, he'd be hungry again before noon.

After the meals, Ruan Ling patted her stomach with satisfaction, saying, "Xiaochen, your cooking is really good, I haven't eaten this full in a long time."

Yang Chen smiled slightly and replied, "If you like it, you can come often to eat."

This feeling was very warm, and if they were willing to come, Yang Chen wouldn't mind cooking meals for them every day.

"Really? That's great!" Ruan Ling was very excited, pulling Fu Zhou, "Honey, why don't we move here too? See if there's an available house next door, and buy one!"

Ruan Ling was now like a little girl, pulling Fu Zhou with a slightly coquettish tone.

Fu Zhou smiled indulgently and said, "I'll have someone find out which company developed this neighborhood, and just buy their company."

"Totally!" Ruan Ling nodded very approvingly.

Yang Chen couldn't help but sweat upon hearing this, secretly sighing at his newly acquainted parents' wealth, no wonder they're real estate giants, casually wanting to buy villas and someone's company.

It's beyond the thinking of ordinary people.

Fu Zhou said he would take action and took out his phone ready to make a call.

Yang Chen hurriedly stopped him, "No need, this company... has already been acquired by us. If you want to live here, I can arrange a house for you."

"Really? That's great!" Ruan Ling was very excited.

Fu Zhou was also secretly amazed, not expecting Yang Chen to be so swift.

Yet, speaking of it, he had heard of the reputation of First-Grade Kingdom; a company capable of making such villa projects must not be simple, acquiring it wouldn't be easy.

Longyu Group itself is a giant entity, and after just two days with Yang Chen, they have seen an array of industries, leaving Fu Zhou and Ruan Ling incredulous.

In their view, despite years of alias-living or separation from Yang Chen with no meeting, or living in poverty with Qin Zhiyuan, none of those stopped Yang Chen's development, but instead allowed him to rise to a higher status and gain better development.

Furthermore, the wealth power Yang Chen displayed far exceeded their imagination, even Baisheng Real Estate couldn't count for much in front of him.

How old is Yang Chen anyway?

In his twenties, creating such wealth really makes jaws drop.

They didn't know what Yang Chen had been doing all these years.

After the meal, everyone left one after another.

Wei Xueqing needed to deal with company matters, having no time to rest.

Meng Po had to manage the Xiang family's connections, busy beyond capacity recently. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Sun Yue had been investigating the major families and the Nine Venerables, wanting to understand Ye Xin's force composition and its strength.

Yang Chen didn't stop her, letting her investigate.

He was also very curious about the Nine Venerables, especially about the legendary Venerable Master.

No one has ever seen what the Venerable Master looks like, even the Xiang family's elders don't know the Venerable Master's appearance or identity.

After the meal, everyone left, even the director was taken out for a walk.

Only Ruan Ling and Fu Zhou remained.

Their gaze consistently stayed on Yang Chen with no intention of moving away.

Yang Chen felt somewhat embarrassed from being stared at.

Because this kind of attention was different from others. Yang Chen was not one likely to feel shy, nor would he appear shy among many people. But the kind of loving eyes from Fu Zhou and Ruan Ling was something Yang Chen had never felt, so he felt a bit unaccustomed.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

They didn't know what to say.

Some words wanted to be spoken but suddenly stuck at the lips.

At this moment, Fu Zhou's phone rang, after answering a call, he said there were matters at the company and needed to leave, and naturally, Ruan Ling followed to leave.

After sending them off, Yang Chen felt somewhat exhausted.

He never had this feeling before, regardless of facing clients, enemies, or even infiltrating enemy teams as a spy, he never felt this kind of mental fatigue.

He was too nervous, too concerned.

Thus, every second he was thinking of how to converse with the two, how he could close the emotional gap.

He had never had such emotions before, and so it seemed out of sorts.

After Fu Zhou and Ruan Ling drove away, Yang Chen stood at the door in a daze for a long time.

After a while, Zhang Yiran came over, notifying Yang Chen, "The competition in New City begins the day after tomorrow, do you need to prepare?"

"The day after tomorrow?" Yang Chen raised an eyebrow, spoke in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Zhang Yiran said, "This is a rare gathering among the major families, usually not altering the timing, this happens annually."

Yang Chen nodded slightly, "Are those people going, have you investigated? What's the goal this time?"

Zhang Yiran glanced at the documents, said lightly, "It's mostly about the New City's project development, New City is newly-territory, these families have dominated Ancheng for so many years without ever expanding, now that Ancheng agrees to establish New City, it's undoubtedly a great news for them, just having the chance to expand. Actually, these people are just waiting for openness, they can't leave Ancheng due to policy restrictions, once those lift, they're like unleashed wild horses, they can't be held back!"