Chapter 36 Not even qualified to make a phone call

Yu Yan and Shao Muyan are not people who sleep in late; they have very regular schedules and both get up quite early.

To Yu Yan's surprise, Shao Yun got up with Shao Muyan.

Why don't kids sleep in late?

They greeted each other with "Good morning".

Yu Yan was frying eggs in the kitchen, but her hand was injured and she was having trouble cracking the eggs. Shao Muyan reached out and took the eggs from her, saying, "I'll do it."

Yu Yan went to the refrigerator to get milk. She tried to unscrew the cap, but Shao Yun took it from her and said, "Let me do it."

"..." Yu Yan and Shao Muyan both laughed for a moment.

Shao Muyan said, "Just focus on recovering from your injury these next few days. Leave all the housework to us."

Shao Yun looked at Yu Yan without saying a word, but his expression was very serious.

My uncle is right.

Yu Yan then became a hands-off manager; while her uncle and nephew were busy in the kitchen, she sat on the sofa reading.

During dinner, Yu Yan asked Shao Muyan, "Isn't Yunyun old enough to go to school?"

"We're here," Shao Muyan said. "My sister said there's no rush, it's not too late to play for another two years. He's already finished his elementary school homework on his own, it's too easy for him."

Yu Yan was not surprised to hear this.

She did the same thing; she completed the junior high school curriculum on her own during elementary school. While her classmates were still worrying about the high school entrance exam, she had already completed the entire set of college entrance exam questions.

I barely attended classes in high school; instead, I participated in various math and physics competitions.

Fearing that she would fall behind her peers, her parents tried to slow down her pace of growth and make her follow the compulsory education system.

However, Yu Yan doesn't attend classes in a typical, step-by-step manner, nor does she feel that education must start from a very young age.

The most important thing for children is to let their nature run free; they should play when it's time to play.

When you grow up, you can't play anymore even if you want to.

After dinner, Shao Muyan went to work, while Yu Yan and Shao Yun stayed home and did their own things.

It was quiet, but everyone felt fine, and the atmosphere wasn't awkward.

The phone vibrated, and Yu Yan frowned as she looked at the familiar number on the screen.

It started last night and hasn't stopped.

Yu Yan answered the call.

"...Yu Yan?" A deep, slightly surprised voice came from the phone receiver.

He seemed to have choked on the smoke and coughed twice.

Yu Yan didn't show any concern for his well-being, but simply asked in a casual tone, "Is there something you need?"

His voice was indifferent, cold, and devoid of any warmth.

Xiang Jingheng often wondered how Yu Yan could have changed so much. She used to be a woman who had his heart and soul, but now she treated him like a stranger when they met again after the divorce.

No, they're not even as good as strangers.

Xiang Jingheng paused, trying to draw out his words in a calm tone, "I sent you a friend request, didn't you see it?"

"I saw it."

Xiang Jingheng was taken aback. "Then why wasn't it approved?"

"Why should I approve it?" Yu Yan found him baffling. "You added me, so I have to approve it? Who decided that?"

Shao Yun was doing Sudoku when she heard her aunt's voice sound off, so she looked up at her.

Feeling the gaze cast upon her from not far away, Yu Yan raised her lips and forced a smile at him, "It's okay, you can study yours."

?

That gentle voice was completely different from the way she treated him; it was like heaven and earth. Xiang Jingheng's alarm bells went off immediately, and he asked in a deep voice, "Who's next to you?"

Yu Yan's brow furrowed, and she lost her patience. "Xiang Jingheng, what exactly do you want?"

Hearing her call him by his full name without any emotion, Xiang Jingheng felt a tightness in his chest.

He looked up and seemed to realize only then that he was on Lin'an Road.

His car was parked on the long street outside the science park's residential compound, and the security guards had been watching him intently for quite some time, like he was a thief.

"I'm outside the family compound."

Xiang Jingheng tried to calm himself down. "Yu Yan, I want to talk to you."

"If it's about the cooperation we talked about last time, there's nothing to discuss."

Yu Yan knew that Xiang Jingheng wouldn't come to her unless he had a reason, and she didn't feel that she had to see him just because he came. "WD Research Lab has never had any intention of cooperating with Xiang's Technology."

"Why?"

Xiang Jingheng frowned; when it came to work, all his senses were engaged, and his face became serious.

"Yu Yan, I hope you won't let our personal relationship affect your work. Business is business, and personal is personal. Xiang's Technology is a leading player in the domestic computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry, you can't deny that, right? I'd like to know, what are your reasons for not wanting to cooperate with Xiang's?"

Yu Yan spoke in a professional tone, without any personal feelings involved.

"There's a reason to want to cooperate; there's no reason not to want to cooperate."

Yu Yan said calmly, "President Xiang, if you really wanted to keep business and personal matters separate, you wouldn't even have had the chance to make this phone call with me. Understand?"

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