Chapter 3517 Leading Ye Chen by the nose

When the situation in Syria calmed down, Tawana's concert was held as scheduled in Paris.

The queen's appeal is unparalleled, making fans across Europe as joyful as if it were New Year's Day.

In a blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival.

In Ye Chen’s personal opinion, the Lantern Festival is the most lively festival among traditional festivals and also the festival with the best visual effects.

The entire Qinhuai River was decorated with lights and there was even an ancient-style boat parade. Although the weather was still damp and cold, it did not stop the enthusiasm of Jinling citizens to enjoy the lights at night.

Tonight, the Calligraphy and Painting Association held a calligraphy, painting and lantern riddle competition in a book club on the Qinhuai River. As a member of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Xiao Changkun naturally had to go and show his support. Ma Lan always loved to join in the fun, so she also arranged to go together, and even called Ye Chen and Xiao Churan for this.

At this moment, the Qinhuai River is not only dazzling with various colorful lanterns, but many children watching the lanterns are also holding various lanterns in their hands, which are colorful and lively.

All the trees on both sides of the river are wrapped with colorful lights, and the fireworks are very beautiful. People are shoulder to shoulder, but they don’t mind the crowds and noise at all. No matter what kind of troubles, difficulties or dissatisfactions they have in their daily lives, when they go out tonight and feel the strong festive atmosphere, the negative emotions can be quickly thrown away, so everyone has a happy and joyful smile on their face.

Ye Chen and Xiao Churan walked hand in hand along the bank of the Qinhuai River. Seeing this lively scene, Xiao Churan's suppressed sadness was temporarily relieved. She asked Ye Chen beside her: "Do you still remember how you celebrated the Lantern Festival when you were a child?"

After saying that, she added, "I'm talking about when your parents were still alive."

Ye Chen thought for a moment and smiled, "When my parents were still around, we would go out to enjoy the lanterns and stroll through the gardens every Lantern Festival. I would also carry a small red lantern, but the red lantern didn't have batteries in it, but a burning candle. Fireworks weren't banned back then, so on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we would go to the lakeside to set off fireworks. Some units would even set off a budget specifically for large-scale fireworks on the night of the Lantern Festival. Sometimes, there would be competition between units, and everyone would see who could set off more, bigger, or longer fireworks. We kids thought it was so lively that we would go everywhere to watch, and we couldn't even see it all."

Xiao Churan nodded gently and said, "It seems to be similar when I was a child. I remember that every night on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole city was filled with fireworks. Grandpa would also buy a lot of fireworks for us kids, but I didn't dare to set them off. It was usually Xiao Hailong who set them off, and we just watched from the side."

At this point, she remembered something and suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, I saw Weiwei yesterday."

"Weiwei?" Ye Chen asked curiously, "Xiao Weiwei?"

"Yes." Xiao Churan nodded and said, "Yesterday I went to the Dihao Group to attend a meeting to report on the project progress. It just so happened that the Dihao Group had a Lantern Festival dinner held a day earlier, so Vice President Wang Dongxue invited me to attend. The group dinner was very crowded, and there were many hostesses on site to help out. Weiwei came over to toast Vice President Wang, and that's how we met."

Ye Chen pretended to be confused and asked, "Did Xiao Weiwei go to work at the Dihao Group?"

"No." Xiao Churan said, "You should have heard about Weiwei starting her own business. My mom mentioned it a while ago. She set up her own etiquette company, specializing in etiquette services. It seems to be doing very well. Many large companies in Jinling have long-term cooperation with her, and Dihao Group is her largest client."

Ye Chen naturally knew Xiao Weiwei's situation. It was he who helped her deal with the profiteer who had harmed her in the etiquette company, allowing her to have her own career. He also secretly instructed his subordinates to take good care of Xiao Weiwei's company.

However, he felt that he must pretend to know less than Avella Xiao in front of her, so he pretended to be amazed and said: "I didn't expect that Xiao Weiwei would still walk the right path one day."

Xiao Churan nodded and chuckled, "I think she is just like me. She must have someone helping her. Otherwise, given our situations, how could we cooperate with the Dihao Group and even have face-to-face communication with Vice Chairman Wang Dongxue?"

Ye Chen felt embarrassed in his heart, but he smiled calmly: "Maybe you two are lucky."

Xiao Churan didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly and smiled.

At this moment, the Qinhuai River was like a busy waterway, with antique-style boats and cruise ships coming and going. One of the boats, along with the other boats, slowly moved to the right and passed by Ye Chen and Xiao Churan.

At the bow and stern, two boatmen used bamboo poles to control the speed and direction of the boat. Inside the cabin, the entrance and windows on both sides were covered with curtains. You couldn't see inside from the outside, but you could vaguely see outside from the inside.

Such boats are not uncommon, and there are more than one or two boats with curtains lowered. After all, some young couples come out for a boat ride, and after seeing the scenery on the river bank for a long time, they will lower the curtains and spend time together in their own world, so Ye Chen did not pay much attention to it.

In the cabin, a beautiful woman was holding a teacup in her hand, looking at Ye Chen in a daze from afar through the window.

Opposite her, two elderly people, a man and a woman, sat cross-legged, motionless.

The beautiful woman was Ye Chen’s mother, An Chengxi. The two old men opposite her were Sister Sun who followed her around, and Tang Sihai who had been on standby in Qixia Temple recently.

At this moment, the two of them also dared not breathe, because they did not expect to meet Ye Chen here, and so close. At the closest, Ye Chen and Xiao Churan were walking on the long stone road on the river bank, and their boat was sailing along the shore. Ye Chen's toes were less than half a meter away from their boat.

When the boat had sailed about a hundred or two hundred meters, An Chengxi put down his teacup and said sadly, "At that moment, I even hoped that Chen'er and I could have some kind of telepathy..."

Sister Sun quickly whispered, "Madam, please be careful with your words! The young master has great powers and might be able to hear our conversation!"

An Chengxi smiled wryly and said, "Don't worry. Although cultivators have keen senses, they can't always keep a close eye on everything around them. There are so many people here, so many conversations. Even if Chen'er heard about it, he would have a hard time handling it. Unless he's suspicious of our ship and is specifically keeping an eye on us, there's no need to worry too much."

Tang Sihai then said, "Madam, why did you come to Jinling again this time? If you need anything from me, I will go to Putuo Mountain to meet you!"

An Chengxi smiled and said, "For so many years, I've always wanted to come to Jinling more often. After all, this is where Chen'er grew up and settled. But every time I came, I came and left quietly, and I didn't even dare to go to see Chen'er. This time, I came here to see more of this place, but I didn't expect to meet Chen'er here."

After that, she waved her hand and said self-deprecatingly, "Forget it, I won't do these whining things for no reason. Sihai, I called you here today because I have something very important to discuss with you."

Tang Sihai clasped his fists respectfully and said, "Madam, please speak!"

An Chengxi said, "I see that Miss Xiao has indeed been preparing to leave Jinling recently. She's been working overtime to catch up on many projects that can be completed. For those that can't be completed, she has already taken the initiative to propose compensation to the client. I believe that after Chen'er's birthday on February 2nd, she and her parents will be able to leave."

Tang Sihai nodded and said, "I also think that this matter will not change."

An Chengxi reminded him, "Chen'er is very powerful and has many spies. If the Xiao family girl disappears from his side, I'm afraid he will search for her immediately. If he reacts quickly enough, with our abilities, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape his pursuit."

Tang Sihai looked at her and asked respectfully, "What do you mean, Madam?"

An Chengxi said calmly, "I think Chen'er can't be in the country on the day the Xiao family girl and her parents leave China. We need to find a way to get him away, the farther the better. This way, he might need a day to realize the Xiao family girl is missing, and then at least ten hours to rush back. By then, the Xiao family girl will already be out in the vast ocean."

Tang Sihai nodded. "Madam, what you're thinking about is that if we can get the young master out of the way, that would be great. But... right now, there aren't many people who can influence the young master's schedule. It's hard for us to get him to develop in the direction we want. And if we find someone to get him out of the way, once the young master realizes he's been tricked, he'll definitely start with that person. Then, we might be exposed."

An Chengxi smiled and said, "You're right. We can't let Chen'er decide the itinerary according to our ideas."

After that, she suddenly changed the subject and said, "However, we can find a way to lead Chen'er by the nose."

Tang Sihai hurriedly asked, "Madam, do you have any good ideas?"

An Chengxi looked at Tang Sihai and said calmly, "Sihai, you disappeared on my orders. Chen'er must have realized that you weren't actually serving the Ye family all these years, but there was someone else behind it. He certainly couldn't guess it was me, though. So, you must be one of the people Chen'er wants to find the most. You hold many mysteries he wants to solve. If you suddenly appear in a certain country on the eve of the second day of the second lunar month, and he accidentally finds out, I think he will definitely fly over to find you."

Tang Sihai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly said, "Madam, you are wise. If the young master learns that I have appeared somewhere, he will definitely come looking for me. As soon as he gets on the plane, we will arrange for Miss Xiao to leave. I will arrange the domestic transfer route. When the young master gets off the plane, I will make sure that Miss Xiao has left the country and left no clues!"

An Chengxi asked him, "Then where would you like to go, and how would you pretend to be discovered by Chen'er by accident?"

Tang Sihai pondered for a moment, then suddenly blurted out, "I have a wife! I'm going to Australia!"