Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

Fortunately, she was not in the habit of tossing other people's business cards into the trash bin, and she quickly retrieved that card from her hand. The black card with gold embossing simply read six words: "Haowei Group, Xu Qingfan."

The scene that happened half a month ago emerged in Chen Yan's mind.

"The era of mobile is about to arrive, Miss Chen, are you content to be a music director for the rest of your life?"

"CEO, an annual salary of a million, 5% of the company's future stock options, the Haowei Cloud family looks forward to Miss Chen joining us!"

In the end, Chen Yan naturally refused. As an internal employee, she was very clear on the potential of Ku Mao Music. The venture capital she'd been in contact with had already pushed the company's valuation to over a billion. In a few more years, when the company went public through an IPO, even her worst-case stock options would make her a millionaire.

"How could they be so similar, it can't really be the same person, can it?" Chen Yan looked at the business card in her hand, once again recalling the young man who had sat across from her that day.

Although she had been amazed by Xu Qingfan's youth and good looks at the time, it was because he had worn a suit and tie that day, and had a very mature female secretary following him.

Chen Yan had thought he was just out of college, starting to get involved in the family business—she had never imagined that he could be a high school freshman, the same age as her daughter!

She looked at the photo on the screen again and again, itching to know whether it was the same person or not!

Chen Yan picked up her phone again and redialed her daughter's number.

"So that's how it went. Later, he held Zhang Yiyi's hand, went from class to class apologizing to those naughty students, then those students apologized to Zhang Yiyi in turn, and only then was the matter considered resolved."

After watching the video, the girls started to egg He Caiting on to talk about Xu Qingfan's glorious deeds from elementary school.

"Wow~ I'm so envious, if I had met a boy like that when I was little, I'd give him my life!"

"Really, only in the first grade? How did he manage that? The boys in our class still only knew how to pick their noses in the first grade."

"Right, the boys in our class too, they just bully female students, and there's even a pervert who uses little mirrors to peek at girls' underwear!"

"Hahaha~ with yours being so big, you must have had boys peeking at you a lot!"

"Oh my, get lost!"

"Hahahahaha..."

He Caiting squinted her eyes in happiness. Even though she was not related to Xu Qingfan, sharing her idol with others and receiving their approval was like chasing stars—she too reaped happiness from it.

"I still have more on my phone..." Just as she was about to continue sharing, her cell phone suddenly rang at that moment.

"Oh no, it's my mom. I'll take the call first; I'll talk to you guys later!" After saying this, He Caiting stood up and left the dorm, only tapping to answer the call when she reached the corner of the stairs.

"Hello, Mom, what's up?"

"Tingting, don't say anything for a moment. Mom has a question for you. Is that boy's last name Xu?" Chen Yan gazed at the business card in her hand and asked.

"Huh?" He Caiting was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said with a giggle: "Yeah, how did you know, Mom?"

Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat, then she continued: "Is his name... Xu Qingfan?"

"Ah! Mom, how did you know? That's his name!!"

Well, Chen Yan's heart that was hanging in suspense finally gave out.

[Sixteen years old, and he's already starting a company? What kind of family...]

"Mom? Mom, why aren't you saying anything? Mom?" Seeing no response on the phone for a long time, He Caiting asked.

"Hmm, Mom is here." Chen Yan felt sorry for her daughter, but to keep her from being a clown, she confessed the truth: "Tingting... "

"Yes, Mom, what's up? You still haven't explained how you knew Brother Fan's name!" He Caiting was both nervous and a little shy as a girl.

[If Mom knows Brother Fan's name, does that mean she's known Brother Fan for a long time?]

"Tingting, Mom has something to tell you. I think you should not mention the single release to your classmate."

"Why not?" He Caiting suddenly became anxious, raising her voice to ask.

Chen Yan sighed softly and recounted the scene of her meeting with Xu Qingfan that day: "Do you remember that day when Mom originally promised to take you to the movies, but then said she couldn't make it because of a meeting?"

"Yes, Mom, I remember. What does this have to do with Brother Fan?" He Caiting's brows furrowed into a frown.

"What Mom was actually doing that day was attending an interview set up by a headhunter, and you won't believe who it was for—it was the very person you showed to your mom..."

Now that she understood the power behind Xu Qingfan, she no longer dared to call him a kid.

"Ah? Mom, what are you talking about? I can't understand you," He Caiting felt like her head was spinning.

"Meaning, Mr. Xu here plans to start his own music software company and wanted your mom to go work for him. Do you understand now?"

"Ah~ so did you agree, Mom?" He Caiting's eyes lit up, thinking if her mom worked at Brother Fan's company, they would have more common topics to chat about in the future.

Blindly worshipping her idol, she hadn't thought about how Xu Qingfan could start a company at his age or where the money came from—as long as it was Brother Fan, it must be plausible!

"Pfft! Cough cough cough cough...."

Chen Yan nearly choked on her own saliva, coughing for a while before finally ranting in exasperation: "Do you think starting a business is like playing house? Your dad is also useless, and it's a good thing I didn't agree at the time. What does a sixteen-year-old high school student know about starting a company? He probably doesn't even know which way the door to the tax office opens!"