Chapter 111 and Beyond

After a lively moment, everyone moved to the garden outside to drink tea.

The sun seemed to take National Day into consideration and came out enthusiastically in the afternoon, making people feel very warm.

Zhou Ran and Zhang Zhi were playing chess, and a group of people were watching.

The game of chess lasted for a long time, and Yan Nian's eyelids drooped little by little as he watched.

Gu Pingping poked her from the side.

Yan Nian immediately straightened up and smiled at Gu Pingping.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and the teacher's wife and the nanny were busy preparing dinner in the kitchen.

Gu Pingping asked: "How about we go in and take a look?"

Yan Nian agreed immediately.

She didn't want to sit next to Zhou Ran. He played chess with one hand and held her hand in the other. He couldn't pull it away several times. He felt that she was clinging to him like a little wife.

She whispered, "I'll go in and take a look."

Zhou Ran turned his head to look.

"You're almost there." Zhang Xiaohui sighed and couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Zhou Ran let go of her hand with a smile, and glanced at Gu Pingping: "Go."

Gu Pingping rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Zhou, what are you looking at me like that? I'm not a human trafficker."

Zhang Zhi said as he looked at the chess game, "Xiaoran and Xiaohui are older, they can't just take care of themselves. When will they find a good one for Pingping? Lai Boya doesn't even have a boyfriend, how am I going to explain this to Big Brother?"

Gu Qingnian sat aside and laughed heartily: "Yes, Pingping, thank you for taking care of her. If there are any kind people, please help to take a look at her."

Gu Pingping was unhappy: "Master, you are biased. You are doing this on purpose because my dad is here, right?"

Zhang Xiaohui said, "Master loves you dearly. I'll find you a good one someday."

Gu Pingping curled her lips. She hadn't bought a house yet and hadn't achieved financial freedom, so she didn't want to get married early.

Yan Nian was dragged into the house. The master's wife didn't let them take action and just stood aside to chat.

Her uncle's family revealed the news that she had not passed away to Xu Yiqing.

Xu Yiqing had sent her many messages, and Yan Nian only saw them when she took out her phone to check the time.

Xu Yiqing: [Have you been out playing with Zhou Ran?]

Xu Yiqing: [Is there enough money?]

Maybe I didn't receive her reply, so I sent it again ten minutes later.

Xu Yiqing: [There are too many people during the holidays, so be careful with your wallet and phone when you go out, and be careful with yourself.]

Sent another selfie.

Xu Yiqing: [The weather here is great, and the people are nice too. I looked at a house with a friend today, and I'm thinking of settling down here.]

Xu Yiqing: [Baby, things have changed. I might have to go home in another month.]

Yan Nian could feel her deliberate and cautious expression even through the screen.

Yan Nian's fingertips stayed on the 26-key input method for a long time without typing a single word.

Immediately afterwards, news from Xu Ke came in.

She switches out.

Xu Ke: [Second Aunt might not know how to get along with you yet. She told us she won't be back for a month. Let me tell you.]

Yan Nian: [I understand.]

She hadn't figured out how to reply to Xu Yiqing yet, so she quit WeChat and put her phone away.

During dinner, a group of people gathered around the table and it was quite lively.

Zhang Zhi is taking care of his health now, so he didn't go through all those polite formalities. There wasn't even a bottle of wine on the table.

After dinner, Zhang Zhi left Zhou Ran and Yan Nian alone, while Zhang Xiaohui took Gu Pingping and Gu Qingnian away first.

Zhang Zhi didn't shy away from the conversation and chatted directly with Zhou Ran in the living room about company matters. He asked about the situation along the coast, and then turned to personal questions: "Are you still planning to stay here?"

Zhou Ran put his hands on the armrest of the sofa and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, make plans later."

Yan Nian didn't understand and looked at Zhou Ran.

Zhang Zhi said, "I'm reminding you, don't treat your father's bottom line as a joke. We all remember what we said back then."

"I know." Zhou Ran laughed freely after being pointed out by Zhang Zhi.

His style was indeed very different from Zhou Ji's, even the exact opposite. As soon as he was promoted, he began laying off relatives and friends who even Zhou Ji had turned a blind eye to, and expanding the coastal factory area. Zhou Ji had long been looking for trouble with him.

Zhang Zhi snorted and laughed: "You know nothing."

Zhou Ran asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Zhi: "I've recovered enough. If I don't go back, I won't be able to defeat you young people."

Zhou Ran smiled: "If Mr. Zhou heard this, he would rush back from abroad immediately."

"You kid," Zhang Zhi coughed twice and sighed deeply: "Alright, stop framing me here, go back."

"OK."

Before leaving, Zhang Zhi said, "Start a family first and then build a career. After you get married, bring your wife with you and go there early. She can help you."

Yan Nian was confused. Zhou Ran looked at her and said to Zhang Zhi, "Okay, we'll go first."

Zhang Zhi waved his hand: "Go back."

Zhou Ran took her hand, stood up and said goodbye to Zhang Zhi.

The two drove on the road.

No one spoke in the silent carriage.

After a long moment, Yan Nian broke the silence and asked, "Are you going to the coast?"

The traffic light ahead turned red. Zhou Ran lightly stepped on the brakes to stop, turned around and said, "Yeah."

Yan Nian asked again: "When are we leaving?"

Zhou Ran said: "No rush, I have my own plans."

Yan Nian stopped asking questions and stared ahead in silence.

Zhou Ran was afraid that she would overthink it, so he grabbed her hand and said, "Don't worry, it's still early."

Yan Nian blinked and replied, "Okay."

Yan Nian could actually see that Zhang Zhi and Jay Chou were the same type of people.

Zhou Ran is different from them. He doesn't want the company to go back to its old ways.

She stayed in the company and heard a lot of after-dinner gossip about him.

The relationships among people in the company are complicated and the shareholders are nepotistic. When Zhou Ran was first promoted to this position, he was under pressure and moved the interests of many people.

Some shareholders thought that Zhou Ran had just entered the society and was young and arrogant and did not know how to appreciate the favors he received. They complained to Zhou Ji, saying that he was heartless and would abandon the donkey after it had served its purpose.

Yan Nian knew that Zhou Ran was the type who preferred stability despite being ruthless. When she first joined the company, she was even afraid that Zhou Ran would fire her because of this.

Zhang Zhi didn't avoid her when he said these things just now, and some of them were meant for her to hear.

Yan Nian's mind was clear, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he called him, "Zhou Ran."

"Um?"

"No matter where you are in the future, I will always be with you."

Zhou Ran was stunned, raised his hand and rubbed her head, "Okay."

After ruffling her hair, he withdrew his hand and continued driving.

Yan Nian stroked her hair and said, "I didn't expect that Pingping is your junior sister."

"She joined the company three years ago. Not long after she joined, her master fell ill and couldn't take care of her. Do you know why she came to me?"

"Didn't you dig him here?" Yan Nian asked. She had only been here for a short time, and the topics she heard most were rumors about him or her. She hadn't paid attention to anything else and didn't know anything about them.

Zhou Ran said, "Master is ill, I will take his place, and she will also take over from Zhang Xiaohui in the future."

Yan Nian understood immediately and said with a smile, "Oh, so the position of Sales Director has already been decided."

Zhou Ran laughed: "What are you thinking? This isn't a pre-determined decision. It's always been this way, understand?"

Think about Zhang Xiaohui, it is indeed true.

Yan Nian: “o”