From Wage Slave to Tycoon novel Chapter 288

Chapter 288: Chapter 174: Not Simple

"What’s all this?"

As soon as he returned to the guesthouse, he saw a line of people standing at the entrance, each one carrying something.

Su Chen glanced over and saw they were all carrying nutritional supplements—things like cordyceps, fish maw, and bird’s nest. A single look was enough to tell they were high-end products, not the cheap stuff you’d find in a typical store.

He glanced at Ye Feng impassively. ’Looks like he came prepared.’

"These are all for your mother," Ye Feng said, a faint smile on his lips. "I heard from Sicong that she had a bit of a scare, so these should be useful."

Su Chen nodded, not bothering with polite refusals. After all, his mom really did need to recuperate.

As they entered the courtyard, Sicong dismissed his bodyguards. There were simply too many people. With Ye Feng’s group of seven or eight, the courtyard would be crowded, let alone the house itself.

Seeing this, Ye Feng also had his bodyguards withdraw from the courtyard and wait outside. As for the gifts the bodyguards had been carrying, Sicong and Qin Fen tactfully took them.

A meaningful smile touched Su Chen’s lips as he watched them. ’If any of the gossip-hungry netizens online saw this, their jaws would hit the floor.’

’The great Young Master of Wada and Shanghai’s own Young Master Qin, reduced to errand boys carrying bags. Who wouldn’t be shocked to hear about that?’

Just as he reached the second floor, Su Chen heard the hearty laughter of his mom and Auntie Furong.

He looked over and saw the two of them sitting on the open-air viewing deck, chatting away. From the happy looks on their faces, they seemed to be reminiscing about old times.

"Mom! Auntie Furong!" Su Chen called out, interrupting their chat.

Chen Shufen was taken aback for a moment when she saw Su Chen, followed by Ye Feng and his group. She had heard from Du Furong just how powerful her son’s friends were.

But hearing about it was one thing; seeing them in person, she was still a bit shocked.

"Why did you bring so many more things? You already bought so much last time! This must have cost a fortune!" Chen Shufen said, feigning annoyance as she looked at the gift boxes in Sicong and Qin Fen’s hands.

Su Chen felt incredibly awkward. He glanced at Ye Feng beside him and said, "Mom, these are from Ye Feng for you!"

"Ye Feng?" Chen Shufen realized her mistake. ’Did I get the wrong person?’

A flicker of embarrassment crossed her face as she looked at the stout man standing next to Su Chen.

"Hello, Ma’am."

The folder in Chen Shufen’s hand suddenly felt incredibly heavy. She remembered talking with Du Furong about the houses in that Wellness Community—they were all private villas, with price tags starting at well over ten million.

To be given a house just like that... Chen Shufen was a little overwhelmed.

She could only turn a pleading gaze toward Su Chen, too stunned by the gift to know what to say.

"Mom, just accept it. It’s a token of his sincerity," Su Chen said, though even he hadn’t expected Ye Feng to be so generous.

Seeing Su Chen’s nonchalant expression, Chen Shufen hesitated for a moment before finally nodding in acceptance. "Well then, thank you for the gift."

Ye Feng breathed an inward sigh of relief. He made a bit more small talk with Chen Shufen before taking his leave.

Downstairs, Ye Feng stopped and turned to Su Chen. "I really have to thank you for this."

"Thank me? What for?" Su Chen was genuinely confused.

Ye Feng didn’t answer right away. Instead, he pulled a pack of Little Panda cigarettes from his pocket and passed them out to the other three. After exhaling a plume of smoke, he continued, "If it hadn’t been for what happened to your mother, I never would’ve known how rotten things had gotten at my subsidiaries."