Li Lan blushed, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Please...please..."

"So, did you agree?!"

"No... I said I needed to think about it..."

"What are you thinking about?! My brother is a perfect gentleman, a good cook, a breadwinner, and he's also morally upright with no scandals!" Yunqi said earnestly. "I'm just asking you, where can you find a man like that?!"

"..."

Seeing that Li Lan was still hesitant, Yun Qi asked, "Are you worried about my brother's family? Has my brother told you about his family?"

"...I said it."

"Then what are you worried about?" Yunqi said earnestly. "Although my brother is said to be the illegitimate son of the Yu family, it was because his father tricked him into marriage! His mother didn't know. After his mother found out that she had been tricked into marriage, she raised him alone until he was ten years old. After his mother passed away, he was taken back to the Yu family."

"He didn't have a good time in the Yu family... Now he's independent and has severed ties with the Yu family. His current company is something he built himself. What are you still hesitating about?!"

"Once you marry into this family, you won't have to worry about your in-laws, and you'll have me, your beautiful sister-in-law, to keep you company. What are you still hesitating for?!"

"Sister Lan! My brother is in high demand!! You need to be aware of the potential danger!!"

Li Lan was persuaded by Yun Qi!

Li Lan suddenly stood up: "I'm going to go tell your brother I accepted his proposal. What do you think?!"

"Sure! Of course!! Go for it, Sister Lan!! Strive to become my sister-in-law soon!!"

Li Lan rushed off to find Yu Shaojie.

Yunqi secretly texted Yu Shaojie: "Brother, I convinced Sister Lan! She said she accepted your proposal and is coming to find you now! Good luck! Try to make Sister Lan my sister-in-law soon!!"

Yu Shaojie quickly replied: "Thank you, Qiqi!! You're my lucky star!!"

Researchers discovered the mermaid lab had been destroyed and all went to find Ye Junhan.

Ye Junhan wasn't annoyed. He waited until they finished venting before speaking, "You all know that the mermaid experiments are conducted in secret, they can't be brought to light. If they're discovered..."

The rest is self-explanatory.

The men all looked rather grim.

Ye Junhan continued, "The laboratory was destroyed for unknown reasons, the equipment was damaged, and the data is gone... Now, we have no choice but to shut down the laboratory."

"We've been researching this for so many years, how can we just shut it down like that?!"

Ye Junhan: "Do you still have previous experimental data?"

"..." The group fell silent, unsure how the mermaid data they had saved on their computers had suddenly disappeared...

Now the lab is gone. If they don't do experiments, what else can they do?!

Ye Junhan looked at them and said, "How about this? You have all worked for the Ye family for many years. As long as you sign this confidentiality agreement, I will give each of you a severance payment."

After some hesitation and discussion, the group finally agreed. After all, Ye Junhan was quite generous, offering a substantial severance package.

After dealing with this matter, Ye Junhan breathed a long sigh of relief...

"Ding! Mission 'Get Ye Junhan to abandon mermaid research and close the mermaid laboratory' completed!"

Xiaoqi was overjoyed: Qiqi, the extra task is complete!! Great job!!

Yunqi: Hmm, now all that's left is the task of "protecting Yu Shaojie and making him happy." Xiaoqi, how are Li Lan and Yu Shaojie doing? I haven't seen them both today.

Xiao Qi said: Li Lan took Yu Shaojie home to meet her parents. Li Lan's family lives in Z City, so they probably won't be back for another two days. Yu Shaojie should have sent you a message by now, check it.

Yunqi: Not bad! They've already reached the point of meeting each other's parents.

Yunqi opened her phone and indeed saw a message from Yu Shaojie: "Qiqi, Li Lan and I are going home for a bit. Be good at home and don't run around, okay? You're a famous singer now..."

Yunqi replied: Okay, brother. Good luck, brother!! Do your best! Try to convince your parents-in-law to let you marry your sister-in-law as soon as possible!!

While her brother was out, Yunqi called Ye Junhan.

The call was answered quickly: "Hello, Qiqi, what's up?"

"My brother went back to meet my sister-in-law's parents. Are you free today? I want to go to sea..."

"I'm free!" Ye Junhan got up and left the office. "I'm coming to your house to pick you up now. You stay home and wait for me."

The assistant caught up: "President, the meeting..."

"The meeting is postponed; we can discuss it tomorrow."

"OK."

Ye Junhan drove Yun Qi to the seaside: "Let's go, get on the boat."

"Is this your yacht?"

"Um."

"Can you drive?"

"Of course! I have a yacht driving license."

Yunqi gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

Yun Qi gave Ye Junhan the sea area coordinates: "Can you sail to these coordinates?"

“Okay.” After Ye Junhan completed the operation, set the coordinates, and started the automatic cruise mode, “It will take about 4 hours to reach the destination. From now on, we only need to adjust the flight path occasionally.”

"Yes. Ye Junhan, thank you!"

"You're welcome." Ye Junhan looked at Yun Qi and asked hesitantly, "Qiqi, why did you choose this coordinate at sea?"

“There are very few boats or fishermen there.”

"Qiqi, after you send your mother back to the sea, will you come back?"

"Probably. After all, I used to be human, and I don't want to live alone in the sea..."

"Um…"

The two chatted casually...

Four hours later...

It was getting dark; it was already six o'clock in the evening...

Yunqi took out food from her storage space, and the two of them made do with it for dinner.

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