Chapter 26: Chairman Liao’s Request

"Who is looking for my son?"

Lin Shoucheng stood up and asked.

In his heart, he went over it once more.

Confirming that all the relatives who were supposed to be present had arrived without any omissions.

Could it be that some relative had a sudden whim and came over without saying anything in advance?

Lin Shoucheng couldn't help but feel suspicious.

"It is Mr. Chu."

Seeing this, the staff member breathed a slight sigh of relief.

There was no help for it; the Chu Group and Starry had years of cooperation.

Just now, the founder of the Chu Group had personally come to the door, saying he wanted to find Mr. Lin Yuan, which had truly given her a scare.

Fortunately, the person was indeed right here with them.

"Mr. Chu?"

Everyone at the family banquet was slightly stunned.

Surnamed Chu?

That's not someone from the Lin family, right?

Just as everyone was whispering among themselves,

a bearded man walked in, bringing along a youth of seventeen or eighteen years old.

Although the bearded man was dressed ordinarily, the bearing he casually exuded was definitely incomparable to ordinary people, very similar to those big figures holding great power.

"He is, he is that founder of the Chu Group?"

Someone on the scene seemed to think of something and couldn't help crying out in surprise.

In the interstellar era, the network was highly developed, and the photos of any slightly famous citizen were circulated.

As a top-fifty enterprise in the entire Dongning City, the Chu Group naturally had a huge reputation; no matter how low-profile its founder was, it was impossible for no one to recognize him.

"The founder of the Chu Group?"

"Oh my god? This is a big figure in our Dongning City."

"It is said that the Chu Group has assets numbering in the tens or hundreds of billions, and the founder is a famous tycoon in the surrounding cities."

"Such a big figure has come to find Lin Yuan?"

Everyone on the scene suddenly started discussing it, and some people even consciously connected to the network on the spot, beginning to compare the bearded man in front of them with the photos on the internet.

"Director Chu."

Lin Jiye walked over with a swish, standing before the bearded man full of excitement. "We met six years ago. That plot of land in the suburbs back then was bought by your group."

"Mn."

The bearded man perfunctorily replied.

In reality, he didn't remember Lin Jiye at all.

"Secretary Lin is here too?"

The bearded man swept his gaze around, saw Lin Hao sitting in the main seat, and nodded slightly to greet him.

Immediately afterwards, he pulled the seventeen-or-eighteen-year-old youth behind him, which was Chu Shiyu, and walked quickly to Lin Yuan's front.

"Mr. Lin, my junior here is blind and lacking in discernment. I hope you won't blame him."

The bearded man lowered his posture to the extreme, showing no elder's airs at all.

"It's fine."

Lin Yuan glanced at Chu Shiyu, who was lingering nearby full of restraint, immediately recalled the chance encounter at the coffee shop not long ago, shook his head, and said,

"How did you find this place?"

Lin Yuan asked out of curiosity.

"Today, I originally planned to bring Shiyu to visit Mr. Lin's home personally. But after going there, I heard others say that Mr. Lin's family had come to the Starry Hotel to hold a family banquet, so I followed them over."

The bearded man said truthfully.

"I see."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

The family banquet held by his father Lin Shoucheng was not much of a secret; six or seven out of ten neighbors in the residential community knew about it.

"This is a small token of my appreciation to congratulate Mr. Lin on becoming an Evolver."

The bearded man took out an envelope and handed it over with a hint of respect.

What he feared was not Lin Yuan's identity as an Evolver; Evolvers were merely rare, not completely nonexistent, and their Chu Group even kept a group of Evolvers.

What the bearded man was truly wary of was the Goddess of Wisdom's partiality towards Lin Yuan; even searching for related information would trigger a warning from the goddess.

Anyone with half a brain knew Lin Yuan was not simple. At the very least, when others searched for someone like him, a group founder, they wouldn't receive any warnings.

"Got it."

Lin Yuan said indifferently.

He hadn't taken what happened at the coffee shop that day to heart; in fact, nothing much had happened anyway.

What Lin Yuan didn't know was what kind of huge uproar his conversation with the bearded man had caused in the eyes of the many relatives present.

Originally, after recognizing the identity of the bearded man, someone had suspected whether they had found the wrong person.

Perhaps the 'Mr. Lin Yuan' that the bearded man was looking for just happened to have the same name as Lin Shoucheng's son.

After all, Lin Yuan had only just become an Evolver; how could he have such great connections to get to know a big figure like the bearded man?

It was only when the bearded man walked up to Lin Yuan in person and the two conversed that everyone knew there was no misunderstanding about finding the wrong person.

The founder of the Chu Group was indeed looking for Lin Yuan.

"Lin Yuan."

Lin Jiye's expression flickered uncertainly.

Just a moment ago, he had still assumed the posture of an elder, intending to give Lin Yuan a chance to come work for him.

And with a wave of his hand, he had offered a salary of twenty thousand a month.

Yet not long after, the founder of the Chu Group—whom he couldn't even look up to previously—was standing before Lin Yuan with an extremely low posture.

"This nephew of mine."

Lin Hao, sitting in the main seat, fell into deep thought.

In the eyes of others, the bearded man was a big figure.

But to Lin Hao, he was just a businessman—at most, a slightly bigger businessman.

However, what surprised Lin Hao was that no matter what, the bearded man's net worth was substantial; how could he possibly speak to Lin Yuan in such a tone?

Thump, thump, thump.

The private room door was knocked on once again.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Lin Yuan's private room?"

A vigorous and resonant voice came through.

Ah?

Coming to find Lin Yuan again?

With the example of the bearded man, everyone present no longer dared to take it lightly. Lin Shoucheng even stepped forward personally to open the door of the private room.

Under everyone's gaze, a man walking with a straight back walked in.

Following closely behind him was also a youth of seventeen or eighteen years old, who was none other than Huo Qingyao.

"Who is this person?"

The people at the family banquet started connecting to the network, but they didn't find any relevant information.

"This time it shouldn't be any big figure, right?"

Everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief in their hearts.

Everyone had been quite stimulated by the bearded man, thinking Lin Yuan really had some terrifying identity.

Now it seemed perhaps they had overthought it; the bearded man treating Lin Yuan with such a posture should just be a coincidence.

Just as everyone's hanging hearts were put down,

Lin Hao—who had been sitting in the main seat and whom even the bearded man had to lower his head to greet—suddenly stood up.

"Senior Colonel Huo?"

Military district information was always confidential; ordinary people without a certain level of clearance could hardly search for it on the network.

But Lin Hao was different; as the bureau chief's secretary, his clearance was much greater, and the information he could know was also much more.

"Secretary Lin?"

Huo Yanming glanced at Lin Hao and nodded in acknowledgment.

Immediately afterwards, he stepped aside, and another figure leisurely walked in.

"Chairman Liao?"

If seeing Huo Yanming only shocked Lin Hao—after all, the military district and the government were two separate Systems, and neither could control the other—

then seeing the person behind Huo Yanming made Lin Hao's scalp tingle.

Chairman Liao.

Chairman of the Dongning City Evolver Association.

A Second-Class Citizen, whose status and position could even rank in the top five in Dongning City.

Such a big figure, even Lin Hao's bureau chief, would have to greet with extreme caution upon seeing him.

"Could it be…"

"Chairman Liao has also come to find Xiaoyuan?"

A bizarre thought suddenly surfaced in Lin Hao's heart.