Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 703 - 695: Unexpected Reunion with an Old Friend (Part 1)

"I won’t mistake him, I saw him at an exchange meeting in M country."

Ji Anning’s back stiffened, her delicately made-up face slightly pale. He... he came too?

Was it deliberate by Charles?

Thinking this, she turned to look at Charles, just in time to catch the fleeting surprise on his face. It seemed he also didn’t know his uncle would come. Could it really be a coincidence?

But just now at the entrance, she had seen the theme of the event, an IT electronic industry knowledge exchange meeting. It was normal for someone at the top of the IT industry like him to be invited.

The big boss of Beautiful City, the founder of Annet...

He was so outstanding, outstandingly low-profile. Before this, she hadn’t known that the globally famous gaming website, Annet, was his.

How much more about him did she not know, not understand?

"Shall we go over and say hello?"

Charles’s voice came from beside her, carrying a hint of mischief.

Ji Anning glared at him, her eyebrows Qingyang, a cold smirk blooming at the corner of her eyes. She said, "Mr. Charles, you are so noble. If the ’new lady’ cuckolds you here, it would definitely make global news tomorrow."

Charles, visibly interested, looked straight at Ji Anning, "This is the first time I’ve seen you so bold, daring to speak to me like this."

Ji Anning didn’t pick up on his comment, instead raising her eyebrows to ask, "Didn’t you say you were going to introduce me to some interesting people?"

"I respect your wishes."

Charles didn’t force Ji Anning, because her words still captured his heart.

Even if Ji Anning didn’t dare to defy his wishes at such an event, he couldn’t guarantee Ji Chicheng wouldn’t dare; after all, he had seen Ji Chicheng’s recklessness before.

He, who was high above all, supremely self-important, certainly would not want negative news about himself in tomorrow’s newspapers, especially news that would embarrass him.

"Yao."

Charles led Ji Anning to a young man who was deeply engaged in conversation with a middle-aged couple, called out to him, and gently patted the young man’s shoulder.

The conversation was interrupted by the gesture, and the young man turned around, a black suit with a white shirt underneath, his long fingers holding a transparent goblet, indescribably elegant.

The man’s handsome face made Ji Anning’s mouth fall open in surprise, "You..."

A familiar face, an familiar name immediately popped into her mind.

The man also looked surprised upon seeing her, paused for a moment, then smiled, "Ji Anning."

"Yao Yiyang?" Ji Anning finally called out Yao Yiyang’s name.

She truly had not expected, after nearly three years, to encounter such an acquaintance abroad.

Yao Yiyang appeared flattered, "It’s really rare that you still remember me."

His words made Ji Anning feel that he had lost much of his greenness from three years ago and had gained much of the maturity and charm that a man should have.

She smiled faintly, teasingly said, "The school heartthrob pursued by so many, of course I remember."

Seeing that the two knew each other, Charles also felt surprised and listened to them chat for a few sentences before finding a non-abrupt moment to interject.

"It seems the world is really full of coincidences."

Only then did Yao Yiyang begin to notice Charles, looking at him, he gave a slight nod, "Mr. Charles."

He knows Charles?

Ji Anning was both surprised and puzzled—surprised that Yao Yiyang knew Charles, and puzzled why he would know Charles.

She indirectly asked, "Why are you here?"