After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!

Chapter 284: Descending to Give Him Face

Although it wasn’t a milestone birthday, the Qin family was still among the elite in Imperial City.

Just past seven o’clock, guests arrived continuously to offer their birthday wishes.

The already luxurious villa was decorated so splendidly that it appeared extraordinarily opulent as the sky darkened.

Outside the villa’s main gate, Qin Yuchen, clad in a black suit, greeted the arriving guests with a smile.

Regardless of whether the guests were older or younger, they all addressed him as "Young Master Qin."

They gave him ample face.

"Brother..."

The sound of high heels approached rapidly from a distance. Qin Shuya, wearing a blue evening gown, came up beside Qin Yuchen with a look of disgust, "I just heard that bitch on the phone with dad, saying she’s making a cake and asked dad to stop by before midnight to blow out the candles once he’s done here."

The hatred in his eyes flashed before Qin Yuchen curled his lips, "I’m afraid she won’t be in the mood later on."

Thinking of what was about to happen, Qin Shuya’s smile was tinged with regret, "If I had known, I should have had someone bring her here. Just thinking about her and her daughter making a scene and sobbing relieves my anger..."

Her words were cut off as she spotted a limousine approaching in the distance.

Qin Shuya was taken aback.

Qin Yuchen also seemed to be momentarily lost in thought.

The license plate looked familiar, but he couldn’t recall who it belonged to.

Before he could figure out which VIP’s car it was, the vehicle stopped and the door slowly slid open.

The first to exit was Ye Li.

Her face was already striking.

And today, she was meticulously made up.

Under the bright lights, she looked especially bewitching and charming.

Before Qin Yuchen could mentally exclaim, "Why is she here?" he saw Ye Li reach her hand into the car, "Darling, we’ve arrived!"

A swath of black satin skirt slid into view, with the patch of leg between the skirt and high heels strikingly pale.

The woman in the car looked down, stepped out, and looked up.

Qin Yuchen: !!!

Qin Shuya: ???

It was beyond their wildest dreams that Qin Chu would make such a high-profile appearance, and her gaze slid past Ye Li as if she understood the reason.

Qin Yuchen’s expression darkened.

Every year, Qin Chu came.

Sometimes their father would remember and instruct the butler to deliver a dress he had ordered days in advance, and then send a car to pick her up.

More often, he forgot. When the birthday dinner had already begun, father would look around and ask, "Why hasn’t Qin Chu arrived?"

Then the butler would make a call, and pick her up from a bar, a car shop, or some other messy place.

She’d either show up in a roguish biker outfit.

Or, she’d simply wear her racing suit.

With all the men and women at the reception formally dressed, and the girls particularly dolled up, Qin Chu stood out like a sore thumb, looking like a clown.

Yet, she seemed to not care at all, her face exuding rebellious defiance, as if she hadn’t just been hastily called over but had graciously descended to grace them with her presence.

After years of pent-up frustration, he finally found an opportunity to vent. But with Mrs. Fu entering the scene, his carefully laid plans might be stillborn.

Qin Yuchen’s expression worsened.

"Has President Hu arrived?"

"He has! But... Mrs. Fu..."

"We’ll play it by ear!"

"Yes!"

The shadows at his feet, lengthened by the moonlight and electric light, stretched long as Qin Yuchen watched the villa’s bustling scene with a sinister gaze, eventually calming his anger bit by bit before stepping inside.

Toasting.

Giving speeches.

Cutting the cake.

The ceremony wasn’t much different from other grand birthday celebrations.

By the corner floor-to-ceiling windows in the banquet hall, Ye Li glanced between the visibly aging Qin Zhongsong at the center of the crowd and the Mrs. Qin on his arm with a gracious smile, then turned back to Qin Chu, her face full of words left unsaid.

Qin Chu arched an eyebrow, "I can tell it’s nothing pleasant. But since you’ve been so supportive today, I’ll give you the chance to speak. Ask away!"

Ye Li grinned.