"I'm going to the charity gala in two days!" Yan Xianjue solemnly announced at the dinner table that night.
The mother and daughter, who had long learned of this through Yan Xianjue's thoughts, and the three men—who had not heard his thoughts themselves but had been thoroughly spoiled by the two ladies in the family group chat—looked at one another.
Yan Yi'an was the first to speak. "That's good. It's about time you got out and about."
Yan Xianjue looked at him suspiciously.
Big Brother's words sound suspicious. Is he going to exploit me again?
Yan Yi'an: "..."
When had he ever exploited Yan Xianjue?
Either he was called a capitalist, or some old rich-family man. If he did not actually exploit him once, Yan Yi'an felt he would be letting the enormous black pot on his back down.
Before he could say anything, though,
Yan Ci had already feigned surprise. "You're going to that charity gala too?"
"The one being held at Cloud Summit Hotel?"
Yan Xianjue found his wording strange as well. "You're going too?"
Yan Ci nodded decisively. "Yeah. Our team's reputation hasn't been great lately, and there are a bunch of know-it-alls online speculating that I'm going bankrupt. I'm going to show off some financial strength."
The Yan family stared at Yan Ci in shock.
Yan Ci, what are you doing?!
What kind of behavior was this? This was blatant betrayal!
Yan Ci righteously... looked at Yan Xianjue.
Everyone was standing on the same starting line. If they did not prepare their excuses beforehand, how could they blame him?!
Luckily, he had the foresight to guess there would definitely be some juicy drama if Yan Xianjue was going.
He had thought up an excuse early on while driving home.
Yan Xianjue: "???"
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