Yohiko Ito and Koichi Tanaka had been jogging around Central Park for nearly half an hour and hadn’t had enough of running.
If it hadn’t been time for the birthday party to start, they could have run until the middle of the night in one go.
On the way back, Ito Yohiko was so happy that he said to Tanaka Koichi while wiping his sweat off his hands, “Tanaka, I didn’t have enough fun just now, so tomorrow morning at six o’clock, I’m going to run three times around Central Park!”
Koichi Tanaka immediately said respectfully, “Yes, sir.”
Ito Nanaeko couldn’t help but caution, “Odo-san, you’ve just recovered, so you shouldn’t exercise too vigorously.”
Ito Yohiko waved his hand and said seriously, “According to Mr. Ye’s instructions, after I return to Japan, I won’t be able to go out running so freely, so I will try to walk and run as much as possible while not many people in America know me, and when I return, I will still have to pretend to be a handicapped person for everyone to see.”
Hearing this, Nanaeko Ito nodded gently with understanding, and did not insist any further.
However, Nanaeko Ito suddenly remembered something and spoke with an expectant look on her face, “Odo-san, since you like this feeling of no one knowing you, we might as well stay in New York for some more days.”
“Yes!” Ito Yohiko agreed almost without thinking and said with a smile, “It’s a bit disheartening to think that once I return to Japan, I’ll have to live in seclusion, but it would be nice to spend a few more days in America!”
She actually wanted to stay in New York for a longer period of time, because after all, Ye Chen was here and she could spend more time with him.
So she could not help but ask Ye Chen, “Ye Chen-kun, how much longer are you going to stay in New York?”
Ito Nanaeko’s question caused Ye Chen to be at a loss as to how to respond for a while.
In fact, he had basically done almost everything that he had to do.
He had already exterminated Mei Yu Zhen and the vast majority of her accomplices, as well as the entire crime syndicate behind her.
Moreover, the one who had escaped, Zong Qihua, had already been closely monitored by the people of the Ten Thousand Dragons Temple, and as long as she was brought back, Mother-in-law Ma Lan would be cleared of suspicion and restored to freedom.
The reason why he didn’t ask the people of the Ten Thousand Dragons Temple to bring Zong Qihua back immediately was also because Ye Chen wanted to save Li Yalin first, and then cure Ito Yohiko, Tanaka Koichi, and He Yingxiu.
Now, Li Yalin had been reunited with his family, Ito Yohiko and Tanaka Koichi were alive and well, and He Yingxiu was the only one left.
And in an hour or so, He Yingxiu would also land in New York, so reasonably speaking, early tomorrow morning, Ye Chen could ask the people from the Hall of Ten Thousand Dragons to bring Zong Qihua to New York, and as long as this woman was brought to justice, Ye Chen’s mother-in-law, who was known as the ‘Ghost of Bedford Hills’, would also be able to get out of prison.
However, seeing that Ito Nanaeko intended to stay in New York for a few days, Ye Chen also had some vague reluctance in his heart, so he spoke, “I should stay in New York for another two or three days, and when I finish my mother-in-law’s business, I’ll be going back to Providence.”
Nanae Ito nodded and said without thinking, “Then we’ll stay in New York for a few more days, and we’ll go back to Japan when Ye Chen-kun leaves New York.”
“Good.” Ye Chen agreed readily.
When the four of them returned to the hotel, a sumptuous banquet table was already prepared in Ye Chen’s presidential suite.
As it was Ito Yohiko’s birthday, Ye Chen also had the banquet prepared solely for the sake of Ito Nanaeko, so he did not arrange for Chen Zekai, Hong Wu and Su Ruoli to be seated.
Moreover, Su Ruoli’s mother, He Yingxiu, was about to land in New York in just over an hour, and her mind was already fully on her mother at this time.
At the dinner table, Yohiko Ito sat on Ye Chen’s right hand side, Nanaiko Ito sat on Ye Chen’s left hand side, and Emi Ito and Koichi Tanaka sat on the opposite side, so there were only five people in total, so the table was relatively relaxed.
Yohiko Ito filled the gla*ses for Ye Chen and herself with her own hands, and then rose with Koichi Tanaka and said respectfully to Ye Chen, “Mr Ye, please give Tanaka and me a chance to let us both toast you!”
Ye Chen nodded slightly, lifted his gla*s and said blandly, “Mr. Ito, with this drink, I wish you a happy 50th birthday.”
Ito Yohiko was flattered and said, “Mr. Ye, you are very kind! This birthday is really the most memorable one I have had in so many years, and I have to thank you for your generosity for everything!”