Chapter 214 Han Zhan on a Business Trip

The president didn't invite many people to his banquet.

Except old friends.

He is a prominent figure in the capital.

Shi Yin and Han Zhan arrived at the Presidential Palace on time and presented the jade ruyi. After chatting for a while in the Chinese-style hall, Assistant Yan came to remind them. Han Zhan said hello to the President and his wife and left first.

Walk through the corridor.

Shi Yin walked under Han Zhan's umbrella and saw him off to the front door. She looked at the falling snow, which hadn't been this heavy when she left the house, but now it was both windy and snowing.

She turned around.

Looking at her husband face to face.

Standing on tiptoe, she skillfully adjusted his suit and tie and reminded him, "Be careful out there, balance work and rest, and come back when you're done."

"good."

"The snow is getting heavier. If your flight can't take off on time, don't stay at a hotel near the airport. Go home. I'll pick you up at the door."

"I understand, wife."

"Before I went to New Zealand, I designed my own wedding dress. Sister Hua will have the finished handmade dress flown to Beijing in a few days. I'll have Uncle Han keep it for now, and I'll try it on for you when you get back."

“I’m really looking forward to it!”

"Okay, get in the car." Shi Yin took the umbrella handle from him and helped him into the car. She then said to Assistant Yan beside her, "The weather is bad, drive slowly."

Cullinan drives away from the presidential palace.

The car's taillights gradually turned into a small dot, disappearing from Shi Yin's eyes. Perhaps it was the snowy midwinter weather, or perhaps it was the fact that she and Han Zhan had been so close in New Zealand for two years, and now that he was suddenly going abroad for so many days, Shi Yin felt a little empty inside, a touch of melancholy etched across her face.

Shi Yin stood under the street light for a long time.

A cold wind blows on my face.

The falling snow wet the corners of her clothes.

Tao Mian, who had come out to sober up, saw her and called out to her a few times, and Shi Yin finally came to her senses. She squeezed the umbrella handle, which still held Han Zhan's warmth, and then she looked away and walked back to the courtyard.

"Xiaoyin, you've changed in the past two years since you went to New Zealand."

"Yeah?"

"You've become clingy." Tao Mian joked with her and walked into the house with her. "Girls, it's good to be clingy. If you act like a spoiled child, you'll get candy."

"Han Zhan often buys me candy."

"I know. Everyone in Beijing knows that you are the apple of his eye." Tao Mian grinned from ear to ear, looking like an old father looking at his daughter. "After you hand over your work in New Zealand, you'll settle down in Beijing and stay there, right?"

"Um."

"I recently heard that Mr. Han, who has been deceased for many years, left a will, appointing Han Er as his heir. Is this true?"

"It should be."

"Have you seen the will?"

"No."

"I don't think it would be easy for others to see him. He must be in the hands of some elder-level figure." Tao Mian's curiosity was evident in his words. He whispered, "Doesn't that mean Han Zheng will have to step down? Will Ms. Bai agree to this? And the entire An family, especially Miss An, will be sick to death."

"I'm not sure about that."

"Xiaoyin, I talk a lot. Do you find it annoying?"

"No, Mr. Tao."

"That's great! My daughter always says I'm long-winded and doesn't like to talk to me. Xiaoyin, you're really nice. You can listen to me talk so long and still be so patient."

"I'm used to it."

"ah?"

"Han Zhan talks more than you." Shi Yin said.

The two entered the hall one after another.

Just then, a VIP arrived, and a crowd gathered at the entrance. Shi Yin looked up at the sound and saw a refined man in a suit and tie, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, standing in the center of the crowd. He was too striking, with his pale skin and Western-style features, to be noticed in the traditional Chinese-style hall.

Thinking she was curious, Tao Mian introduced her, "Lu Siyu, the patriarch of the Lu family. Their Lu family is so small that he became head of the household at the age of fifteen. He's a very capable person, having inherited the Lu family's medical business with flying colors, and he's also a skilled businessman. During the two years you and Han Er were away from the capital, his son Lu Cheng took Han Er's place, but couldn't handle the work, so he stepped in to solve all the problems."

"Doctor Lu looks quite young."

"I'm forty, not young anymore."

Shi Yin looked at him a few more times and didn't think that the tall figure and three-dimensional facial features showed that he was forty years old. He felt that he was at most in his thirties.

Tao Mian added, "Sometimes you really can't judge age solely by appearance. When he was fifteen and took over the family business, he attended social gatherings and everyone thought he was in his thirties. He looked very mature. Now that he's in his forties, he looks like he's in his early thirties."

Shi Yin only caught a certain word from these words: "He gave birth to Lu Cheng when he was fifteen?"

"This is a Lu family secret, and I don't know much about it." Tao Mian perked up at the mention of gossip. "According to rumors, the Lu family found him a child bride, who died of illness after giving birth to a son, Lu Cheng, the year he became head of the family. To protect Lu Cheng from being bullied, he never remarried and devoted himself to taking care of the child. Speaking of which, who's older, Lu Cheng or you?"

“Same size.”

"All twenty-six?"

"Um."

"Why do I remember you were twenty-eight?"

"You're mistaken. Meng Xi is 28. She's my senior from HU, two years older than me."

"oh oh."

Tao Mian nodded.

When he looked up again, the woman in front of him had already left. He hurriedly chased after her, circled around Shi Yin, and whispered to her, "Xiao Yin, talk to me again. If you are tired of hearing gossip about the Lu family, let's change to something else. How about the Mo family in the capital?"

Shi Yin: “…”