After a long while, people slowly started to come to their senses.
Particularly Chu Qingxue and Lu Wanqing, after exchanging glances, found that both of them were struggling to keep themselves from laughing out loud.
There was laughter from the crowd; Shi Zichen’s attempt at pretense had failed miserably.
Shi Zichen’s complexion gradually changed, tensing into rigidity, flushing a bright red, feeling a burning sensation.
At this moment, Shi Zichen felt that everyone around him was looking at him with strange eyes—those were eyes filled with mockery. Hearing everyone’s laughter, someone as proud and arrogant as Shi Zichen wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
His bravado had backfired spectacularly! Shi Zichen felt a burning pain on both cheeks.
Ye Chenfeng, I won’t let this go! Shi Zichen screamed inwardly.
He had thought Ye Chenfeng was nothing more than a harmless fellow, but the man turned out to be sneakily cunning, quietly setting a trap for him to fall into.
Moreover, Ye Chenfeng had set the trap so skillfully that Shi Zichen had no choice but to jump in, resulting in this major embarrassing scene.
Shi Zichen clenched his fists subconsciously, feeling murderous towards Ye Chenfeng.
Chu Qingfei, standing next to Ye Chenfeng, couldn’t stop giggling, even Shi Zichen’s "pig teammates" were laughing.
Shi Zichen glared murderously at a few people, who promptly shut their mouths.
Ye Chenfeng’s gaze swept toward Shi Zichen, "I won’t speak of the four steps of problem-solving method discussed in ’Methodologie’, you know them too. However, what I admire about Descartes is that in ’Methodologie’ he put forth the famous saying, ’I think, therefore I am’, and he introduced the Cartesian coordinate system for the first time, which greatly inspired Newton and Leibniz in inventing the calculus theory!"
As soon as Ye Chenfeng finished speaking, the whole place was shocked, all looking at Ye Chenfeng with strange eyes.
Especially Chu Qingxue and Lu Wanqing, who looked at him as if he were a monster, they had not expected Ye Chenfeng to have read ’Methodologie’, and to remember its contributions so clearly.
Shi Zichen was stunned once again, outmaneuvered by Ye Chenfeng.
This guy had read ’Methodologie’ and had been playing a fool to bait the tiger.
Shi Zichen was furious, feeling as if he was bursting into flames; today he had lost face completely, and to someone whose appearance was deceptive.
"Brother, you’re so knowledgeable. So the calculus we dislike is related to that guy Descartes, huh!" Chu Qingfei laughed, but her eyes were full of admiration.
Seeing this scene, Shi Zichen was on the verge of exploding.
This way, Shi Zichen’s halo as the great young master of Capital City was somewhat overshadowed, and everyone was buzzing with excitement about Ye Chenfeng.
"Good job, Little Ye!" Chu Renkuang kept on praising enthusiastically.
Ye Chenfeng just smiled, "Old Master Chu!"
All these flatteries and praises were supposed to be his, yet Ye Chenfeng had snatched them away, and Shi Zichen couldn’t accept it.
No, he must salvage his dignity!
Shi Zichen clenched his fist, grinding his teeth in thought. Then, his eyes lit up with a plan, and he whispered something to the attendant beside him. The attendant nodded in understanding and wore a reassuring "don’t worry" expression on his face.
"Mr. Ye, today is Miss Chu Qingfei’s birthday, you wouldn’t have forgotten to prepare a gift, would you? Everyone here has brought a gift!" Shi Zichen’s attendant approached Ye Chenfeng, speaking loud enough to attract the attention of most people present.
Right, it seemed that Ye Chenfeng hadn’t given his gift yet? Everyone’s gaze swept over.
Even Chu Qingfei herself began to breathe more rapidly, her eyes filled with anticipation as she looked toward Ye Chenfeng, clearly very much looking forward to his gift.
"The gift has been prepared, but it has not arrived yet. Please wait a moment!" Ye Chenfeng said with a smile.
Chu Qingfei’s anticipation grew, and she couldn’t help but privately guess what Ye Chenfeng might be giving her.
"Psh, Mr. Ye, anyone can say that. I bet you simply didn’t prepare a gift at all," retorted Shi Zichen’s attendant in a mocking tone.
"Exactly, Mr. Ye, even if you did prepare a gift, it would be pointless because tonight, Shi Zichen’s gift will outshine everyone else’s!"
"You know? It’s a diamond ring from the British Imperial Family, with just the cost price being over a hundred thousand US dollars. And that’s not all, there are only two such rings in the world!"
Shi Zichen’s attendants, chiming in one after another, managed to redirect everyone’s attention back to the diamond ring Shi Zichen gave to Chu Qingfei.
"Brother, as long as it’s from you, I like everything. Even if it’s just a kiss," Chu Qingfei traced her finger over the palm of Ye Chenfeng, even winking at him.
Before so many people, she was seducing him, and lines of bewilderment creased Ye Chenfeng’s forehead.
"Actually, the gift I am giving you is quite tacky, I hope you don’t mind!" Ye Chenfeng chuckled, to him, the gift indeed seemed rather tacky.
Chu Qingfei’s eyes brimmed with tenderness as she shook her head, "It doesn’t matter, I’ll like anything that brother gives me!"
"Tacky? Let me guess, Mr. Ye, what did you get? Wouldn’t be a few custom postcards, right? Now, those are tacky!"
"Yeah, I bet if this Ye fellow’s gift costs even half as much as Shi Zichen’s ring, I’ll streak around the villa," one of the brothers piped up.
"Haha, sure, my man, I’m actually quite looking forward to seeing you streak!"
A wave of laughter broke out among the few; they were actually betting on the value of Ye Chenfeng’s gift.
Seeing this, Shi Zichen’s gloomy expression cleared. Now having successfully diverted attention to Ye Chenfeng’s gift, he was confident that whatever it was, it couldn’t compare to his British Imperial Family diamond ring, using this as a way to regain some face.
"Brother, is your gift in that suitcase?" Chu Qingfei, having seen the suitcase from which Ye Chenfeng took Chu Qingxue’s gift, couldn’t resist asking, guessing that her gift from Ye Chenfeng might also be inside.
"No, Qingfei, your gift isn’t in there; just some personal items of mine!" Ye Chenfeng’s eyes flickered intriguingly as he spoke.
"Oh!" Chu Qingfei nodded, quite curious about what was in Ye Chenfeng’s suitcase, and so were Chu Qingxue and Lu Wanqing, as Ye Chenfeng had been holding it the entire time without letting go.
Ye Chenfeng glanced at the time on his phone and stealthily sent out a text message.
"Look here, Mr. Ye, has your gift arrived or not? Are you deceiving everyone?" Shi Zichen’s attendant, becoming impatient, couldn’t help but ask.
Ye Chenfeng casually swung a keychain in his hand, smilingly said, "Actually, this keychain is also part of the gift. Since everyone is so anxious, Qingfei, I’ll give this to you first!"
What was speechless was that Ye Chenfeng actually took out a keychain.