#52 - Chapter 52 Special Guests!

After dinner, it was already dark outside.

"Mengyao, are you still sleeping at my place tonight?"

Lin Chen asked.

Xu Mengyao shook her head: "The driver is here to pick me up. You take Xiaoxi back, and drive carefully."

"Okay."

Lin Chen nodded.

He didn't push it.

He wanted his relationship with Xu Mengyao to develop naturally. He was a man, so he would be a little more proactive, but since the Xu family was so rich, he couldn't be too aggressive in pursuing her.

Besides, he wasn't the type to be too proactive anyway.

"Mommy, see you tomorrow!"

Lin Xiaoxi waved her little hand to say goodbye to Xu Mengyao.

"Beep beep!"

Xu Mengyao received a video call from her dad when she got home.

It was morning in the United States at this time.

"Dad."

Xu Mengyao greeted as the video connected.

Xu Guofeng: "Mengyao, Lin Chen's situation is a bit different from what I had people investigate back then."

"How is his basketball level so good?"

Xu Mengyao muttered to herself, 'It's not just his basketball level that's good!'

"Dad, the people you found back then weren't competent."

Xu Guofeng: "When Lin Chen was playing basketball, you were even cheering him on as 'hubby,' you have a good impression of him, don't you?"

Xu Mengyao's face turned slightly red as she said coquettishly, "Dad, you're already so old, can you not be so gossipy?"

"This isn't gossip, I'm concerned about you."

Xu Mengyao: "He's Xiaoxi's father after all, and if it weren't for him back then, I might have been much worse off. It's normal for me to have a little affection for Lin Chen, right?"

"Normal."

Xu Guofeng nodded, "After the basketball game, have Lin Chen and Xiaoxi come over for a visit. We'll give you our assessment."

Xu Mengyao muttered, "What's there to assess? The crystal has already been pushed down."

"What did you say?"

Xu Guofeng asked.

Xu Mengyao spoke very softly, and he didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing."

"Isn't Mom missing Xiaoxi? I've already told Lin Chen to bring Xiaoxi over for a visit."

Xu Mengyao said, "Don't give him a hard time. Lin Chen hasn't done anything to let me down, and he's Xiaoxi's father, that's something that can't be changed."

Xu Guofeng nodded: "Don't worry, we won't. Your parents aren't the type to be unreasonable."

"We just want to get to know him."

"We just hope you can be happy in the future."

Xu Mengyao: "Dad, don't be too surprised when the time comes."

Xu Guofeng's eyes revealed a look of surprise.

"You mean Lin Chen is very different from what I know?"

"Yes."

Xu Mengyao nodded, "You can find out the specifics yourselves. He and Xiaoxi will be staying for three to five days when the time comes."

"Alright."

Xu Guofeng wanted to know how different Lin Chen was.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Lin Xiaoxi was eating breakfast and thinking about lunch: "Daddy, can we not eat lunch at Mommy's place?"

"I have an idea."

Lin Chen asked: "What idea?"

Lin Xiaoxi blinked her eyes: "Daddy, you make yummy food, and we'll bring the food over to eat with Mommy."

Lin Chen looked at Lin Xiaoxi amusingly.

"Daddy, can we?"

"Of course, that's a very good idea."

"Hehe."

At noon, Lin Chen brought lunch to Xu Mengyao's company.

"Lin Chen, why did you bring lunch?"

Xu Mengyao said in surprise.

Lin Chen scratched Lin Xiaoxi's little nose: "Xiaoxi suggested bringing lunch over when we were eating breakfast."

"Mommy, am I smart?"

Lin Xiaoxi looked at Xu Mengyao with a little smugness.

Xu Mengyao said unhappily: "You're really going all out for a bite to eat, Xiaoxi. Lin Chen, you really spoil her."

"Let's eat."

Lin Chen said with a smile.

He bought a multi-layer lunch box to bring the food, and Xu Mengyao took out the dishes one by one.

Just as they started eating, Xu Mengyao's assistant knocked on the door and came in.

The aroma of the food made her swallow her saliva.

"What is it?"

Xu Mengyao asked.

"President, here's a document that needs your signature."

"Bring it here."

Xu Mengyao quickly read and signed the document.

The assistant went outside, she touched her stomach, she wasn't hungry originally, but after going inside, she felt hungry.

"Brother Lin's cooking is probably very good. Good cooking, great at basketball, good figure, he has many advantages."

"But he's still far from being comparable to the president."

Xu Mengyao's assistant muttered to herself.

In her opinion, very few people could be worthy of Xu Mengyao.

Xu Mengyao is an only child, with family assets of 30 billion, just this alone can kill countless people.

In addition, Xu Mengyao's appearance is also super high, and she is also very talented. Her guzheng and piano skills are very high.

"Daddy, I don't want to sleep at noon."

Lin Xiaoxi said.

"You're not sleeping at noon?"

"Daddy, you have to participate in the competition, I want to cheer you on."

Lin Chen smiled: "As long as you can hold on, you don't have to sleep."

"Yeah, yeah."

Lin Xiaoxi nodded.

She didn't take a nap, Lin Chen played in the first game, and undoubtedly their team won; after playing half of the second game, Lin Xiaoxi's eyes became blurry.

"Daddy, I'm running out of battery."

Lin Xiaoxi said listlessly.

Xu Mengyao was busy with other things, Lin Chen looked at Xu Dong: "Xu Dong, I won't be playing next."

"Brother Lin, you go ahead."

"We're already ahead by so much, it's not a big problem."

Xu Dong said with a smile.

Lin Chen nodded, he carried Lin Xiaoxi away. As soon as they returned to the office and lay on the bed, Lin Xiaoxi fell asleep.

Half an hour later, Xu Mengyao returned.

"Did you win?"

Lin Chen asked with a smile.

Xu Mengyao: "Fifty-two to forty-five, leading by seven points. Your group won the Group A championship, Lin Chen, there's a special guest coming to the finals tomorrow."

"Who?"

"It's a coach, from the Shanghai men's basketball team."

Lin Chen asked in confusion: "Did you call him over?"

Xu Mengyao shook her head: "He contacted us on his own. Haven't you been watching short videos? You've become a little popular online. More than one person has taken videos and uploaded them online."

"Coach Liang probably saw the video, he asked someone to contact us, and wants to come and watch our finals tomorrow."

Lin Chen shook his head: "It's useless even if he comes. I won't agree to play basketball for him."

Xu Mengyao: "Lin Chen, won't you consider it? With your level, you probably won't have any problem getting into the national team."

"You'll be an infinitely popular basketball star then."

Becoming a basketball star, in terms of fame, is much better than becoming a painter or a calligrapher.

"We'll talk about it later."

"I'm not interested for now."

Lin Chen said.

Xu Mengyao looked to the side, her face slightly red: "If we really end up together in the future, my dad will manage the company, and I'll have time to take care of Xiaoxi then."

"You have time to do your own thing."

Lin Chen stared at Xu Mengyao.

Xu Mengyao's face turned even redder from his gaze.

"D-don't stare at me like that. I'm just saying 'if.' I was just making a hypothetical situation, okay?"

"You can meet Coach Liang tomorrow, don't reject him too harshly."

Xu Mengyao said with a slightly flustered expression.

Lin Chen said with a smile: "Okay, it won't be wrong to listen to my wife."

Xu Mengyao: "..."

She rolled her beautiful eyes at Lin Chen: "Lin Chen, don't be so narcissistic, I just don't want you to be held back because of Xiaoxi."

"I'd feel too indebted to you that way."

Lin Chen shook his head: "You don't have to think that way. For me now, the most important thing is to take good care of Xiaoxi."

"By the way... even if we're not together, you can still take care of Xiaoxi if you don't manage the company."

Xu Mengyao was stunned.

The next second, she said in embarrassment and annoyance: "Leave as soon as Xiaoxi wakes up."

"I don't want to see you."