Qin Shengyi unconsciously shook her head. "It's not like that. I... I don't want to become a burden to you."
Seeing the girl's terrified expression, Xu Yanshu belatedly realized that he had overreacted. He sighed helplessly, and his tense handsome face gradually relaxed.
"Silly girl, how could that be? You are the most precious person to me," he reached out and ruffled the girl's long hair, then pulled her into his arms, and continued thoughtfully, "I'm sorry, I was rude just now!"
There's no need to apologize; he was just confused because he was worried...
Qin Shengyi thought to herself, then gently shook her head and reached out to wrap her arms around the man's waist.
"So how many days can you stay here?"
"The studio has just taken on a few new projects, so I can't stay here with you for too long this time, probably only two or three days," Xu Yanshu habitually lowered his head and kissed the girl's forehead, then replied in a deep voice.
Qin Shengyi raised her head and kissed the corner of the man's lips in response, then nodded with a light laugh and said, "It's okay, I'm just happy to see you."
...
Seeing that there was no chance of success, Mu Yichen had no choice but to return to China dejectedly, and went to find Zhou Zehao as soon as he landed.
"You mean Xu Yanshu also went abroad?" Zhou Zehao raised an eyebrow with interest, a peculiar glint in his eyes. "That's right, things are getting more and more interesting!"
The Ouyang couple already dislike Xu Yanshu so much; if they knew he had chased after her abroad, who knows how angry they would be.
Completely unable to understand Zhou Zehao's behavior, Mu Yichen waved his hand weakly and then turned around and sat down on the sofa.
He felt it was bad luck that he was still unable to get rid of Xu Yanshu even though he was already abroad.
Seeing Mu Yichen's dejected appearance, Zhou Zehao frowned in disgust, paused slightly, and then said, "There are plenty of fish in the sea. It's obvious he's not interested in you."
"Why do you still want to get involved? If you remain stubborn, you'll only embarrass yourself."
Hearing this, Mu Yichen's face stiffened again. After stammering, he explained in a muffled voice, "I... I'm just unwilling to admit defeat to Xu Yanshu like this."
The thought of how he had initially covered for Qin Shengyi's secret date with Xu Yanshu made him feel disgusted, as if he had swallowed a fly, even though his own qualities were far superior to Xu Yanshu's.
They had almost gotten engaged! Thinking of this, he became even more unwilling to give Qin Shengyi to Xu Yanshu.
Zhou Zehao smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry, with me here, I will definitely not let Xu Yanshu have his way so easily."
Meanwhile, news of Mu Yichen's return to China also reached the office of the vice president of Ouyang Group.
"The person landed half an hour later, and it is said that they went to find Zhou Zehao immediately."
ah?
Qin Yao was slightly taken aback. She subconsciously tried to recall, but the two companies didn't seem to have any cooperative relationship. In a flash, she suddenly remembered something, and her expression immediately became serious.
"I suspect that the kidnapping of Nannan was probably related to Zhou Zehao!"
This person fits all my analyses. If that's really the case, and Zhou Zehao and Mu Yichen are on good terms in private, then this whole thing might be a self-directed and self-acted drama.
Or perhaps, Mu Yichen's eager pursuit of Zhou Zehao abroad was also due to Zhou Zehao's instigation.
What……
The topic changed so quickly that Ouyang Ming was momentarily taken aback. How did it suddenly come up with the topic of his daughter's kidnapping?
"Ah Yao, what do you mean by that? I don't understand at all."
Qin Yao waved her hand impatiently, "This is a long story. Go and arrange for someone to investigate the relationship between Zhou Zehao and Mu Yichen. I'll explain it to you slowly after you've figured it out."
Why are you keeping us in suspense?
Ouyang Ming couldn't help but feel dissatisfied, but seeing the other party's unfriendly expression, he didn't dare to ask any more questions and immediately turned around and left the office with little interest.
Or there might be a faster way to verify one's hypothesis.
Qin Yao was left alone in the large office, her solemn expression showing no signs of easing. She truly hadn't expected the truth to be like this.
After a moment of contemplation, she picked up her phone, which was lying to the side, and found Zhou Shengyu's number in her contacts.
The call was answered quickly, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, she got straight to the point.
"Mr. Zhou, I want to ask you something. Are you very familiar with Mr. Zhou and Mu Yichen, the young master of the Mu family?"
"Yes, they did have a good personal relationship before, but I felt that Mu Yichen's character was not very good, so I instructed Xiao Hao to keep his distance from him."
Given Qin Yao's way of doing things, she certainly wouldn't call to ask me about this matter for no reason.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Shengyu frowned thoughtfully, feeling that this matter was not so simple. After thinking it over, he finally called Zhou Zehao.
If you don't have anything to do right now, come back right away!
It wasn't until an hour later that Zhou Zehao appeared in the Zhou family's study.
"I had two documents that needed urgent processing, so I came back a little late. Dad, what did you need me for?"
The excuse of dealing with documents was just that—an excuse. His main concern was that he didn't want to be summoned and dismissed by this old man at will.
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