The assistant relayed everything Butler Xiao had said, emphasizing how Shen Linyue cleared the young master's name and then retorted to Jiang Yanxin, explaining her courageous act that left her speechless.
After Assistant Ye finished speaking, he looked at the president's reaction. He saw the president staring intently at the photo, lost in thought. Although his demeanor remained unchanged, the assistant still noticed a slight difference in the president.
Having worked for his boss for many years, he naturally knew that his boss was an extremely indifferent person to people and things, and would never eat more than three bites of a dish when eating out.
He had casually glanced at the photo as soon as he got his hands on it, and at the time he didn't think much of it. But now, thinking back, the girl in the photo seemed to look very similar to his wife, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Is she Lin Yue?" He Liyu asked in a deep voice, his hand holding the photo trembling slightly.
Having been in a high position for many years, he had long been accustomed to suppressing his emotions. Now, just seeing a photo made his thoughts chaotic and his palms go numb.
"Yes, these are photos sent by the person you asked me to send to monitor Miss Lin." The assistant hesitated and said, "This Miss Lin looks very similar to the missing Madam. Could she be... Madam's illegitimate daughter?"
He dared not say the whole sentence. The accident back then was too mysterious and had not been investigated to this day. His wife had also disappeared since then.
He Liyu pursed his thin lips and remained silent, his gaze fixed on the girl in the photo. She was wearing loose, ill-fitting clothes and was smiling happily for some reason, her bright eyes looking at He Xiao, who was much taller than her.
It overlapped with the face from many years ago, a face deep in his memory. Even just a profile view could stir up ripples in his calm heart.
"Arrange a private plane to come over and return to Beijing tonight. You stay here and continue handling the remaining matters."
The assistant was stunned. "Huh? It is..."
The boss used to take him everywhere, but now he goes back alone on a private jet. That illegitimate daughter must have immense power; just a few secretly taken photos are enough to make the boss rush back to see her.
...
After He Xiao drove Shen Linyue back to the villa, he immediately went upstairs to take a shower. Shen Linyue didn't chase after him after seeing his figure disappear, but sat on the sofa downstairs playing with her new phone.
Modern mobile phones are much more advanced than those of her time. They don't require pressing buttons; you can operate them simply by swiping the screen, which is very convenient.
She can spend half a day just scrolling through the main page of the app.
When the butler came over, he saw Miss Lin Yue looking at the screen with a happy smile on her face.
"Miss Lin Yue, dinner won't start for another half hour. Would you like something to eat now?" After observing Lin Yue all afternoon, the butler noticed that she had a big appetite and her little mouth never stopped moving.
However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, Miss Lin Yue was still growing, and being able to eat was a blessing.
The butler's gaze casually swept across her phone screen, where she saw her finger tapping and dragging an app all over the screen, followed by a crisp laugh.
Butler: ...Miss Lin Yue is really innocent and lovely.
Hearing the housekeeper mention food, Shen Linyue finally let go of the unknown app and looked at Uncle Xiao, "Okay, I'd also like a glass of juice!"
The butler nodded with a smile, his eyes full of kindness: "Yes, Miss Lin Yue, please wait a moment."
After he turned and went to the kitchen, Shen Linyue stopped fiddling with the apps and began opening and closing them one by one.
I only stopped watching when I opened a Douyin video app, and then I watched it intently, even more so than when I was watching a TV series.
When He Xiao finished washing up and came downstairs, he saw Shen Linyue sitting on the sofa scrolling through Douyin (TikTok), and she was doing it very loudly. Not only did she not mind, but she was also singing along to some corny songs on the app.
Her mesmerizing voice filled the entire living room.
He Xiao's eyelids twitched, and his forehead twitched violently. He took several steps in one quick stride downstairs to her side, reached out his long arm and snatched her phone, turning off all sound.
"Lin Yue! Do you know you're disturbing the peace?!"
When her phone was inexplicably taken away, Shen Linyue was stunned for a moment before quickly coming to her senses. She frowned and met He Xiao's fiery gaze with resentment.
"Why are you being so fierce? Uncle Xiao didn't think I was disturbing the peace. He even said the song was great! Humph!"
He Xiao: ...
I'm speechless.
"Uncle Xiao was just being polite. From now on, you're not allowed to watch videos at maximum volume at home, or he'll confiscate your phone."
Shen Linyue immediately felt wronged, knowing she was in the wrong but still glaring at him to vent her displeasure.
"I understand, it won't happen again."
Seeing how pitiful and listless she looked, He Xiao coughed lightly and handed the phone back to her, saying, "Never mind, just be more careful next time."
Shen Linyue's expression instantly brightened as soon as she got her phone back. She looked up at him with her big, watery eyes and asked, "He Xiao, can you help me register for this WeChat account? I want one too."
He Xiao: ...he hesitated, then stopped, then wanted to speak again.
"No, you don't even have WeChat? You usually call your contacts?" A vein throbbed on his forehead as he thought of her decades-old phone, which, frankly, seemed to only have the function of making calls.
Shen Linyue hummed twice and retorted softly, "Of course not, my phone can also use QQ, and I usually contact my classmates via QQ."
She was so trendy! She registered for QQ just a few months after it came out, so far ahead of her time!
He Xiao: ? ? ?
You've gotten so proud of playing QQ, huh?
That's amazing.
"Let me see." He Xiao was too lazy to waste words with her, so he took her phone and sat down on the sofa next to her.
Her phone wasn't password protected; whether she didn't know how or simply didn't want to, he instinctively switched to the background apps after unlocking it, and was then stunned by a series of applications.
"You didn't fucking tap on every single app on your phone, did you?!"
Haha, this phone is doomed sooner or later in her hands.
This is still Apple's version; you still have to manually clear each background process one by one.
He Xiao: ...This is the first time in my life I've felt that an iPhone is inconvenient!
I should have just bought her an Android phone. Now I'm putting myself in this difficult position, haha.
Shen Linyue raised her eyebrows and made a face: "Is there a problem if I click to investigate? Humph!"
He Xiao curled his lips, not even wanting to say another word to her.
Calm down, calm down! This is his aunt, not his brother! Don't hit her!
"Where's your SIM card? You need a phone number to register for this."
Shen Linyue blinked. Of course she knew she needed a phone number, but her phone was currently on a 2G network and couldn't receive messages, otherwise she wouldn't have asked He Xiao for help.
"I didn't." Her lips moved slightly. "My phone number is no longer valid."
He Xiao: ...Damn it, I give up.
Fortunately, He Xiao had two SIM cards. He had no choice but to take out the spare SIM card that he rarely used and give it to her to register. He also entered his own phone number into the phone book.
"Don't click anything randomly, or you'll be charged. You won't even know how your service was suspended."
This is ridiculous! What's the difference between this and teaching a child to read? She only knows a couple more words than a child!
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