A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 954 Unreasonable Request

"Miss Chen Nan, was it? What a pretty sounding name. As pretty as your dancing. Let me propose this toast to you," said Abe Chuunan as he smiled faintly and looked at the beautiful lady in front of him. He also instructed the waiter to give Chen Nan a glass of wine.

"I'm sorry, Mr Abe, but I don't know how to drink." Chen Nan kept shaking her head and said that she didn't drink.

But Professor An and his team immediately stared at her in shock.

Professor An glared fiercely at her, then ran up to help Chen Nan to resolve this situation.

"She knows how to drink, don't worry. Mr Abe is proposing this toast, so of course she knows how to drink! This child doesn't know how to say the right things, Mr Abe, I hope you won't take it to heart," said Professor An to Abe Chuunan with an ingratiating smile.

Then he turned to look at Chen Nan and whispered, "Nannan, you've already performed a dance, so why can't you just take this glass?"

"That's right, Nannan. One glass wouldn't kill anybody. Mr Abe is such an important man and he's toasting you personally, so it really should be your honor to receive it. How could you refuse it? You're so silly," Kong Hui and Liang Hao-Nan helped to persuade her as well.

The hardest words to reject were always those from people you knew.

After Professor An and the other two egged her on, Chen Nan compromised.

"Alright then, I'll drink it." Chen Nan took the glass, grit her teeth, then drank the entire glass of wine down in one mouthful.

"Oh my, Miss Chen is a really decisive character," laughed Abe Chuunan as he clapped.

Now that the dance was over and Chen Nan had accepted the toast, Professor An was ready to walk away. "Mr Abe, please continue entertaining your other guests, we won't hold you up anymore."

Abe Chuunan nodded. "Indeed. The three of you can leave, just leave Miss Chen Nan here with me."

"What? Me?" Chen Nan was confused and didn't know why Abe Chuunan specifically wanted her to stay.

Professor An was rather curious as well and asked, "Mr Abe, do you need to ask Nannan about something else? She doesn't know much about our partnership, so you can talk to me directly if you need to ask anything."

Abe Chuunan waved his hands. "Tonight's party is just for fun and I don't want to talk about work. I admire Miss Chen very much and I would like to get to know her and befriend her. Also, I'm missing a companion to drink with. Miss Chen is quite suitable for this role, so I'd like her to stay here and accompany my godbrother for a drink." "Well, that..." Professor An's expression looked a little nasty at this. "What's wrong? Not happy about this? Or you think we'll harm this student of yours?" asked Abe Chuunan with a frown on his face. His voice was colder than before too.

"I...I wouldn't dare to. But Nannan is young and immature, so I'm not sure if she would do a good job of accompanying you."

Professor An wasn't stupid and he could tell what Abe Chuunan was trying to do.

Abe Chuunan had clearly taken a liking to Chen Nan.

If he really let Chen Nan stay behind, nobody knew what else would happen later that night.

So even though Professor An was wary of the influence that Abe Chuunan had, he still tried his best to keep his voice down and attempted to take Chen Nan away with him.

Abe Chuunan picked up a glass of red wine and took a sip before continuing,

"That's a small matter. Accompanying others for some drinks doesn't require any special techniques anyway, so she'll get it in a minute."

"By the way, wasn't the budget for your project around $100 million or so? If it's not enough, I could get my assistant to add on another $100 million. How's that?"

Professor An was immediately overjoyed to hear this.

"Are you serious? Oh my! Mr Abe, thank you so much for your trust in this project. I will do my best to do a good job of this research and I won't let you down." Professor An was over the moon.

He had come here this time because he had hoped that the Abe family could increase their investment, and he was hoping for an increase of just $10 million.

But before he had even said anything, Abe Chuunan was going to increase it by $100 million.

$100 million!

This was a huge amount of money to a university professor.

With this amount of money, he would even have extra leftover even after the project was completed.

"Kong Hui, Hao-Nan, we must thank Mr Abe!"

The excited Professor An quickly gave a toast to Abe Chuunan again.

Once he was done with giving the toast, he looked at Chen Nan. "Nannan, Mr Abe really admires you and would like you to accompany him. Don't go back with us later, and just stay here with him. Pour him wine and just chat with him. Mr Abe is one of the most powerful men in Japan, so it's a really rare chance for anyone to find favor with him."

The moment Professor An was able to get what he wanted from Abe Chuunan, his attitude immediately changed and he started to persuade Chen Nan to stay here.

Perhaps Abe Chuunan had other ideas about Chen Nan.

But that was only normal after all. Which man didn't like pretty women?

Besides, if Chen Nan really gained the favor of Abe Chuunan and married him, then that would be a fantastic opportunity for her.

She would become the mistress of the Abe family, and that was definitely a thousand times better than marrying that country bumpkin, Ye Fan.

With that thought in mind, Professor An didn't feel bad doing this anymore.

"Professor An, Fan is still waiting for me, so I can't..." said Chen Nan as she shook her head.

"Gosh, Nannan! Are you really dumb or just pretending to be dumb? One is an extremely rich and powerful man while the other is just a poor farmer's son. Isn't it an obvious choice? Nannan, don't be foolish anymore. Tonight might just be the best chance for you to change your fate," said Kong Hui to her. She couldn't believe Chen Nan's mind was still filled with that country bumpkin.

"That's right, Nannan. You're just going to accompany him for some drinks anyway. Why don't you take this chance and get to know Mr Abe better? This is a chance that so many others would die for. If Mr Abe took a liking to me, I would have taken this chance for sure," persuaded Liang Hao-Nan.

But he probably wasn't convinced by this argument himself.

They had just met and Abe Chuunan wanted Chen Nan to stay with him without the rest of her team. He obviously had ill intentions towards her.

But even though the other three knew this was definitely the case, there was nothing else they could do about it.

Abe Chuunan was extremely influential, and they were in his territory now. They didn't dare to oppose him and there was no way they could.

It was easier to just go along with what Abe Chuunan wanted, and he might end up owing them a favor instead.

But this time, Chen Nan didn't want to compromise anymore even though everyone was persuading her to.

"If you guys want to accompany him, then all of you can stay here. I will only drink with Fan! Nobody else!"