Extra 19

Qin Anning sighed, "I don't know, but they just won't allow it."

"But it doesn't matter, I'm not that familiar with her anyway. Cousin, you can try to win her over, you two are so destined to be together."

Bai Lin shook his head with a wry smile, "You're here too. Alright, go ahead."

Qin Anning simply said "oh" and didn't say anything more. It's best not to get too involved in other people's relationship matters.

After the two finished shopping and walked out of the mall, they saw Yang Jingyu circling back and forth in his car.

Qin Anning called out to him, "What are you doing wandering around outside?"

Yang Jingyu subconsciously looked up, just as Bai Lin also looked up.

Both of them were taken aback.

Yang Jingyu quickly turned around, shrank his neck, and looked annoyed.

Bai Lin stared at his back for a long time. Even though Yang Jingyu didn't turn around, he could still feel the gaze directed at him.

Seeing this, Qin Anning quickly said, "Cousin, let's go first."

Bai Lin nodded, glanced at Yang Jingyu again, and then returned to his car.

Yang Jingyu also got into the car. He let out a sigh of relief and said to Qin Anning in an annoyed tone, "It was all your idea. Now look what happened, Brother Bai Lin has seen me too!"

"My image is ruined just like that."

Qin Anning smiled and comforted him, "Maybe he didn't recognize you, don't be sad."

"He's not stupid, how could he not recognize him?"

"Even if he recognizes you, he won't connect it to you. Don't worry, he won't tell anyone."

Yang Jingyu glared at her sullenly, took off his wig, picked up the clothes he had just bought, and sat down in the back to change.

He stuffed the clothes he had taken off into a shopping bag and tossed them aside, saying, "Here you go, don't make me wear them again!"

Seeing that he was still angry, Qin Anning coaxed him for a while before finally calming Yang Jingyu down.

She dropped Yang Jingyu off at his doorstep before driving back to her own home.

Qiao Xing was still waiting for her to come back, sitting in the living room watching TV. When Qin Anning saw her, she ran over and hugged Qiao Xing tightly.

"Mom, you've finally decided to come back."

Qiao Xing removed the face mask from her face, turned to look at her, and asked, "Why did you take so long?"

"Oh, I went to buy some gifts for you and Dad, but I ran into my cousin at the mall, so I was delayed."

Qin Anning took out the things she had bought, and Qiao Xing seemed very happy, after all, they were gifts from her daughter.

It was a bracelet, which Qin Anning put on her herself.

"Mom, when I earn money, I'll buy you something even better."

The gifts she bought for her parents were paid for with her own money, because that's what makes the gifts meaningful. However, she didn't work this year and didn't save much money.

"Thank you, my dear daughter, it's really beautiful." Qiao Xing admired the bracelet on her wrist. Although it wasn't expensive, the design was indeed lovely.

Where's Dad?

"Upstairs."

Qin Anning was about to go up to him when Qiao Xing stopped her, saying, "Don't go yet, there are guests here."

Who is it?

"Who else could be here so late but your Uncle Han?"

Qin Anning suddenly realized, "Oh, it was him. It seems Dad is going to have another headache."

Indeed, Han Yan came looking for him as soon as he received the news of his return.

The first thing they did upon meeting was to accuse him of neglecting the company, going on a carefree trip, and leaving such a large company to Han Yan.

Then he complained that everyone else had retired, but he was still working diligently.

Secondly, we need to find a successor as soon as possible.

Currently, the issue of succession is quite thorny. Qin Ce only has one precious daughter, Qin Anning, but she has found a penniless young man.

According to Han Yan's idea, rather than pinning his hopes on his son-in-law, it would be better to let Qin Anning find someone to marry into the family and raise a grandson, which would give them a better chance of success.

After all, the son-in-law is not family. If he is too capable, she is afraid that he has ulterior motives. Getting the property is secondary; she is afraid that he will abandon Qin Anning after getting the family property.

It would have been better to find a good-for-nothing from the start, at least you could have a grandson and pin your hopes on him.

Han Yan said, "Now the drawbacks of having only one daughter are showing, aren't they? Back then, we were young and impetuous, and we advised you to have two more children, but you wouldn't have it."

Qin Ce didn't seem to care. "You're so old, why are you still so calculating?"

Han Yan was amused by his words and pointed at himself, saying, "Me, opportunistic? You call me opportunistic?? I've been working like a slave at the company for decades, and even at this age I'm still thinking of you, and you turn around and call me opportunistic! Besides, how am I old?"

Qin Ce comforted him, saying, "You don't need to be in such a hurry. Just let things take their course."

"Well, you're quite open-minded. It turns out I was worrying for nothing."

Qin Ce said, "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that there's no use in rushing things; in fact, it can backfire."

“Everyone has their own ideas. I can’t impose my expectations on Anning. I will support whatever life she chooses to live.”

Han Yan smirked, "If that's what you think, I suggest you sell the company sooner rather than later and stop torturing me."

Qin Ce said, "Han Yan, we've known each other for so many years, and you're one of the few people I can trust. If I choose the life I want in the future, I will look for a suitable successor in the company."

"You can mentor a few young people."

The message was actually quite clear; it was practically a direct statement that Han Yan's children would inherit the company.

If this were said to anyone else, their first thought would be how to dissuade Qin Anning from inheriting the company so that her son could take over.

However, the fact that he told Han Yan was enough to prove his trust in Han Yan.

Han Yi fell silent after hearing this.

After a while, he sighed sadly, "I really don't know what to say about you."

Qin Ce also felt a bit melancholy, "Now I understand what the old man meant back then."

"What did you say?"

"The health and happiness of family members are more important than money. The older you get, the more you fear loneliness. Everyone's destination is the same; in the end, you can't take anything with you."

"The most important thing in life is the experience, not the result. If a person has everything from birth to death and everything goes smoothly, he will eventually find that his life was meaningless."

Han Yan waved his hand, "Alright, save this for the young people. Don't tell me this, I don't like hearing it."

Qin Ce couldn't help but chuckle at his irritable demeanor.

Perhaps due to his past experiences, Qin Ce had no family beliefs and never thought about the future development of the Qin family or the lives of his descendants.

Life is something we choose and strive for ourselves. We only live once, so why should we be responsible for someone else's life?

He has done everything he could and has left behind as much value as possible. Whether his descendants can preserve it or not is none of his business.