Chapter 734: Family Dinner

7 pm.

Pang Longhai had already gone to the balcony to look down for the 5th time.

His wife brought out the last soup from the kitchen and glanced at her husband standing on the balcony.

"Did you actually confirm with him? He's not going to stand us up, is he?"

Pang Longhai frowned: "What do you know, woman? A big boss like Chen Fan always keeps his word. If he says he'll come, he'll definitely come."

"But it's already past 7..."

Pang Longhai muttered: "He's probably just held up by too many things."

His wife couldn't help but suggest: "Why don't you give him a call and ask? We can't just keep waiting indefinitely, can we?"

Pang Longhai frowned and was about to lose his temper, but then he stopped himself.

"It's not appropriate to call him..."

"I know Chen Fan, if he really can't make it due to something urgent, he'd definitely call me to let me know..."

His wife couldn't help but remind him: "Tonight's opportunity is once in a lifetime, you better think it through and find a suitable chance to tell him about your troubles."

Pang Longhai snorted.

"You don't understand, so don't talk nonsense. These are all matters of officialdom. Chen Fan is a businessman, even if he's very capable, what can he do to help?"

His wife glared at him: "Didn't you say Chen Fan has connections that reach the heavens..."

The phone suddenly rang.

The couple froze and quickly shut up.

Pang Longhai swiftly took out his phone, looked at the caller ID, and his expression immediately lit up.

His wife knew it was Chen Fan calling.

"Hello, Brother Chen, have you arrived?"

"No need, no need, wait a moment, I'll come down to get you right away. The building I live in is not easy to find."

After hanging up the phone, Pang Longhai immediately grabbed his jacket and walked towards the door.

Seeing this, his wife quickly tidied up her appearance and ran to the balcony to look down.

Pang Longhai went downstairs and saw Chen Fan's Range Rover from afar.

He quickly waved with a smile: "Brother Chen."

The car drove over, Chen Fan got out and smiled, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Brother Pang, I'm sorry, I was held up by something."

"No, no. My wife and I eat late too. We've just finished cooking, you're here right on time."

Zhang Shun got out of the car and took a gift box from the back seat. Chen Fan reached out to take it.

Pang Longhai saw this and quickly waved his hand.

"Why bring a gift when you're visiting? This makes me feel like you're treating me as an outsider."

Chen Fan smiled: "It's not a gift, just 2 bottles of wine that I plan to drink with you tonight, Brother Pang."

Hearing this, Pang Longhai smiled.

"That's more like it. It's still you who knows me, Brother Chen, remembering that this is my only hobby."

The two chatted and laughed as they went upstairs, while Zhang Shun slowly drove away from the community to find a place to rest.

As soon as they entered the house, Pang Longhai's wife came to greet them.

"Let me introduce you. This is your sister-in-law. She was just telling me to call and hurry you up."

Chen Fan smiled and greeted her: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry I'm late."

The wife glared at Pang Longhai, a bit embarrassed.

"Chen..."

"Sister-in-law, just call me Xiao Chen."

"How can I do that? You're a big boss now. I'll just call you... Chen Fan."

"Haha, that works."

"Please sit down, the food is ready."

Chen Fan changed into slippers, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and came out to sit casually next to Pang Longhai.

Pang Longhai opened the two bottles of wine Chen Fan brought and exclaimed in surprise.

"This is good wine indeed. Not cheap at all. If it were from anyone else, I wouldn't dare accept it. It would be enough to qualify as a bribe."

Hearing this, his wife quickly said: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can Chen Fan be just anyone?"

Pang Longhai laughed: "It's fine since Chen Fan is here, we're just joking around."

Chen Fan also explained with a smile: "Sister-in-law, it's alright, Brother Pang and I are as close as real brothers."

Pang Longhai clicked his tongue: "Such good wine, I really feel reluctant to drink it."

Seeing this, Chen Fan smiled, "Then let's drink one bottle tonight, and you can keep the other one for yourself."

"Hehe. I like the sound of that."

Pang Longhai said, "Let's drink one bottle first to satisfy our craving, then we'll drink the Wuliangye from home later."

Chen Fan waved his hand: "Sister-in-law, please get me a bowl of chicken soup first. I didn't eat much at lunch, so I need some soup to line my stomach."

"I could smell the fragrance of the soup as soon as I entered. I can tell sister-in-law's cooking skills are excellent."

Hearing this, Pang Longhai's wife immediately beamed with joy.

"Wait a moment, I'll get you a bowl."

After serving Chen Fan a bowl of soup, Chen Fan didn't stand on ceremony and slurped it down clean.

Pang Longhai's wife watched this scene from the side, feeling very satisfied.

Chen Fan's behavior showed that he didn't treat the couple as outsiders.

This made her very happy.

After finishing the soup, Chen Fan wiped his mouth without any pretense.

"It's really delicious. Looks like I'll have to come over to freeload meals more often in the future."

These words made the couple even more excited.

"Haha, that's no problem at all. In the future, whenever you have time, just come over and let your sister-in-law cook for you. She's alone at home anyway and likes to research culinary skills."

With Chen Fan's actions, the previously distant atmosphere instantly became much more harmonious.

Looking at the two men drinking and chatting, Pang Longhai's wife felt somewhat emotional.

Although Chen Fan was young, his emotional intelligence was incredibly high.

From the moment he entered the door, every move and every word he said was pleasant to hear, and he quickly closed the distance between them.

If it were anyone else who came to visit and dared to be so casual and lacking in manners with them, she would have lost her temper long ago.

But with Chen Fan doing it this way, not only was she not angry, but she was very satisfied.

After several rounds of drinks, the bottle Chen Fan brought was finished, and Pang Longhai took out a bottle of Wuliangye.

Chen Fan drank another glass, then waved his hand.

"I still have something to do tonight, so I won't drink anymore."

Hearing this, Pang Longhai stopped urging him and instead poured all the remaining wine into his own glass.

"Make yourself at home here, there's no need to be so polite between us. If you can't drink anymore, just eat."

His wife secretly gave Pang Longhai meaningful looks from the side, hoping he would take the opportunity to mention that matter.

However, Pang Longhai seemed not to have noticed and still refused to speak up, continuing to chat idly with Chen Fan, which made his wife very frustrated.

"By the way, I interrogated that group of guys when I went back today."

Pang Longhai brought up a matter on his own, "They're just a group of professional scammers, they didn't know your identity, probably just saw you driving a luxury car and wanted to extort some money."

Chen Fan nodded, but Pang Longhai continued.

"However, I did find out some other information."

Looking at Chen Fan with a slight smile: "Do you know who the leader of this group is?"

Chen Fan looked at Pang Longhai, thinking to himself, could it be related to me?

"It's Zhao Dahai."

Pang Longhai explained with a smile: "You might not know this name, but if I tell you about his family background, you'll probably understand."

Chen Fan: "The Zhao family?"

"Correct."

Pang Longhai took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Zhao Dahai is considered part of the Zhao family."

"He's a distant relative of Zhao Wentian's family."

"In fact, there's a Zhao family village in the shantytown area, where many people surnamed Zhao have intricate connections with the Zhao family."

"The great-uncles and grand-uncles of that Zhao Longqi, all their relatives are in this village."

Chen Fan nodded, he had heard about this information before.

He just didn't expect to have an encounter with these people on his first visit to the shantytown.

"Don't worry. I'll help you deal with them properly."

"Thanks."

Chen Fan smiled and raised his teacup in a gesture, then suddenly asked.

"Brother Pang, has work been going smoothly since your recent promotion?"

This question caught Pang Longhai off guard. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

His wife on the side was even more excited, slightly clenching her fists.

What a great opportunity.

She never imagined Chen Fan would bring this up on his own.

This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.