"How many times have I said it! The Humanitarian Association is independent of the Imperial Government! Even if Hua Yueli came, she would still have to abide by the rules! Do you think the association's rules are just empty words!"

Shen Bei'an stood behind the table, dressed in a dark black robe with gold-embroidered arrow sleeves. His eyes were sharp, and a pile of paper documents were scattered on the mahogany table.

All the branch leaders of the five major branches in various cities of the empire stood up and bowed their heads.

“I don’t care who you are,” Shen Bei’an said, sweeping his gaze across everyone present. “Before joining the association, you should have all heard of my reputation, Shen Bei’an. I also don’t care who the future president of the Humanitarian Association will be or what the rules are.”

"Now that I am the president here, I will never allow any favors or personal connections to occur in the association!"

"Remove him from his post and investigate him. Everyone connected to him should be suspended from their duties. Intelligence Department, find out all his connections and remove anyone implicated!"

"Rehire again! If you dare to bring in another bunch of good-for-nothings who are just coasting along for seniority, your entire HR department can be fired!"

"It's almost the end of the year, and I don't want things to get ugly. I'll give you one day to handle everything."

Shen Bei'an's voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion.

"Yes!" No one present dared to say anything more.

"The president's anger is terrifying." Ji Zhengqi huddled close to Cheng Yan, trembling.

After so many years of experience, Cheng Yan is no longer the timid and lowly person he once was. Instead, he is one of the five powerful branch leaders of the Humanitarian Association, and wherever he goes, people respectfully address him as "Mr. Cheng" or "Mr. Fu".

Cheng Yan held the documents in his hand and sighed, "The new people don't know the rules. They think this place is similar to the government. The HR department wants to hire some smooth-talking people, but they don't realize that if they are smooth-talking about certain things, the chairman won't be happy."

Their humanitarian association has offended too many people, so they can understand the personnel department's thinking.

However, if you are too tactful and only care about saving face for both sides, you might cause some major problems to be missed.

“That’s true,” Ji Zhengqi was also a veteran of the Humanitarian Association and one of the five branch leaders. “The president’s temperament hasn’t changed at all.”

Cheng Yan smiled and said, "Isn't this great? It's a blessing for the Empire to have such a president of the Humanitarian Association."

If he had had someone like that to help him back then, things wouldn't have turned out that way.

"Of course!"

"Tell Yan Yan I won't be home for lunch today, and I might be back late tonight too." Shen Bei'an didn't even look up, continuing to read the documents. "Ming Heng, come take a look at this case..."

Hua Yin has successfully returned to China, and the arms business in Europe has been taken over by another member of the Hua family. Shaking her head slightly, she could only walk aside and send a message to Gu Nanyan. What goes around comes around.

Now it's actually the lord who's busier.

"Okay." Gu Nanyan took off his glasses, rubbed his brows, and closed the message.

I knew An'an would be very busy after becoming the president of the Humanitarian Association, but she gets busier every year. Now the so-called family rule of turning off the lights at 8:30 pm is gone.

Although after the two of them started having sex, they really couldn't turn off the lights at 8:30 anymore.

It's almost the end of the year, and I'm still so busy.

"New Year's Eve is in a few days. There's been some trouble at the Humanitarian Association. The Lord is dealing with it, and it probably won't be over in three to five days." Meng Zhaojun stood to the side, looking at something on a tablet.

Gu Nanyan narrowed his eyes.

Meng Zhaojun continued, "Your Majesty, if you interfere, the Lord will be displeased."

It can only be said that Meng Zhaojun, who has been with Gu Nanyan since childhood, knows him very well.

Gu Nanyan glanced at Meng Zhaojun and said in a gentle tone, "Zhaojun, you've just had a new daughter, aren't you in a hurry to go home and be with them?"

Who would have thought that Meng Zhaojun would eventually marry Yun Hanzhou!

Yun Hanzhou also gave birth to a daughter for Meng Zhaojun, who is now almost a year old.

“My lord,” Meng Zhaojun said with a smile, “I am not in a hurry. A-Zhou is still preparing for a research project with Ninth Master, and there is also a dedicated aunt at home.”

Gu Nanyan let out a long sigh, stood up and straightened his clothes. "Let's go back to Biluo Xiaozhu first, and have them hand over their work as usual."

"Yes." Meng Zhaojun bowed her head and left.

night

"Sister, why isn't Dad back yet?" Ah Shen whispered in Ah Jin's ear as he snuggled close to her.

I don't want to be alone with my mom o(╥﹏╥)o

Ajin pinched Ashen's little face and looked into his blue-green heterochromatic eyes. "Daddy should be back soon. Are you worried, Ashen?" she asked softly.

Gu Nanyan was over there, head down, still dealing with something.

Every year-end, the affairs of the entire Gu clan must be reported, and Gu Nanyan naturally has a lot to do as well.

"Mom..." Ah Shen moved even closer to Ah Jin, "I... I'm still a few points short in today's lesson..."

Gu Nanyan is a very responsible mother. She personally takes charge of the education of both of her children and has always been a strict mother at home.

In addition, both children had accompanied her to some meetings and such, so their mother's authority was ingrained in their minds.

Upon hearing this, A-Jin frowned slightly. She and A-Shen had been together almost the entire day, and hadn't been apart for long. She had completed all her courses, and even exceeded the requirements.

So why did Ah Shen almost succeed?

“I…I…” Ah Shen hesitated.

"Mother will be checking soon. Have you thought about how you're going to explain this to her?" A-Jin changed her approach.

"So... I'm waiting for Dad to come back..." Ah Shen muttered, "I only need three more calligraphy pieces! Can I go write them now?"

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