Young Master Yan remained noncommittal about Old Madam Yan's words. In his opinion, Zhu Qianying might not really care about the attitude of the Zhu family.
"Dad, Mom, Zhu Qianying won't be back for a while. What are your plans?"
The old couple came back to see Zhu Qianying, but now Zhu Qianying has disappeared, disrupting their plans.
Madam Yan glanced at Yan Bo, who was still examining the jade ruyi ornament closely. Without even looking up, she said, "I don't care. I'll go wherever your mother wants to go."
Madam Yan knew that the ball would eventually be kicked back to her, and after thinking for a while, she didn't seem to have any particular thoughts.
"Fine, seeing how pitiful you are, we'll stay home with you for a while."
Old Madam Yan's face clearly said "You got off easy," but Young Master Yan had long since outgrown the days of enjoying his parents' company.
"Mom, it's pitiful of you two to stay at home! You can go wherever you want, don't worry about me!"
Even though Yan Shao said that, the two elders still decided to stay at home for a while, celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then continue their unfinished itinerary.
As for Zhu Qianying, ever since she sent a message to Young Master Yan that day, she has vanished without a trace, as if she had evaporated from the face of the earth.
Yan Shao didn't feel anything special about it. To him, Zhu Qianying was someone he had only met a few times. He didn't even know her, let alone have any feelings for her. So, whether she existed or not was not important to him.
Qin Xiu, the all-powerful assistant, tried calling Zhu Qianying several times at the behest of Madam Yan, but her phone remained switched off.
Besides the constant harassment from Madam Yan, Qin Xiu has also received numerous phone calls inquiring about the selection results, which is quite annoying.
During lunch that day, Qin Xiu finally couldn't help but dare to ask Young Master Yan.
"Young Master Yan, how about announcing that Miss Zhu became the sole winner through the selection process?"
Qin Xiu's idea was simple: as long as his master nodded and released the news, he would receive far fewer harassing phone calls every day.
Yan Shao slowly sipped the soup. "Hmm... Uncle Hai is indeed biased. After my parents came back, the chef worked much more diligently."
Qin Xiu didn't know why his master seemed to ignore his question, but seeing that he was in a good mood, he boldly repeated his suggestion.
Yan Shao finally raised his eyelids this time, "Let's talk about it when she gets back!"
Two or three more days passed.
There are two days left until the half-month deadline for Zhu Qianying.
Over the past ten days or so, Zhu Zhizhou has personally visited the house with gifts more than once, but Uncle Hai has refused to see him each time with excuses such as "the old gentleman and lady are on vacation, and the young master is away on a business trip."
In fact, Yanbo and his wife had been resting at home these days. When Zhuzhizhou first came to visit, the two old people were spreading out a plastic sheet under the shade of a tree in the back garden, preparing to sit under the shade of the tree to read books and have afternoon tea.
Uncle Hai came over to report, "Master and Madam, Mr. Zhu has just come to visit again."
Madam Yan said decisively, "If Ying'er comes along, then we'll open it; if Ying'er doesn't come, then ignore him!"
After receiving the order, Uncle Hai noticed that Zhu Zhizhou was always with Chen Jing and there was no sign of Zhu Qianying. So Uncle Hai simply refused to let them in.
Zhu Zhizhou was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep well. Every morning, the first thing he did was ask the housekeeper, "Has Ying'er returned yet?"
Every time, the answer I got was a shake of the head.
Seeing that Zhu Qianying had been gone for thirteen or fourteen days, Zhu Zhizhou could no longer contain himself and said to Chen Jing, "Jing, do you think Ying'er might be planning to run away from the wedding?"
The fact that Zhu Qianying had left a message for Yan Shao was something that none of the three members of the Yan family had mentioned to Zhu Zhizhou.
In the eyes of the three of them, a father like Takeozumi deserves to be worried and fearful about his daughter running away.
Chen Jing also looked terrified. "Really? What if the Yan family blames us?"
Until this point, the two of them were not worried about their daughter Zhu Qianying's safety, but about the punishment from the Yan family.
"Why don't you call Xiaoyu again and ask?"
Just as Zhu Zhizhou finished urging Chen Jing to make the phone call, Zhu Shaofen's voluptuous figure appeared on the stairs.
"Why ask? If Xiaoyu knew, she wouldn't have offended the entire Yan family that day!"
Zhu Shaofen, who loves watching a good show, made sarcastic remarks as she slowly moved her voluptuous body from the stairwell into the living room.
Chen Jing had never held any status in front of Zhu Shaofen. Hearing Zhu Shaofen's barbed words, she didn't even dare to refute them, but just lowered her head and silently drank her tea.
Zhu Zhizhou glared at Zhu Shaofen. "Can't you be quiet? What time is it now? You're still making sarcastic remarks. If you really offend the Yan family, none of us will have a good outcome."
Zhu Zhizhou was clearly getting angry, but Zhu Shaofen seemed to have eaten the gall of a leopard today, and was not afraid of him at all.
"How could we possibly offend him? He just wants a wife. Our Xiaofei is only three or four years older than Ying'er. Xiaofei is much prettier than Ying'er. Why not just have Xiaofei marry in Ying'er's place? Anyway, nobody outside knows that Ying'er passed the selection!"
Although Zhu Zhizhou usually sides with Zhu Shaofen, he couldn't help but criticize her at this moment.
"Shaofen, don't talk nonsense! If these words reach Yan Shao's ears, we'll never have a good life again."
It's one thing for Zhu Qianying to run away, but she actually dares to try and replace her with another daughter? Does she think Young Master Yan is a spinster no one wants to marry?
Seeing that Zhu Zhizhou didn't like listening, Zhu Shaofen moved her fat bottom closer to Chen Jing.
"Ah Jing, I warned you a long time ago that you needed to keep a closer eye on Ying'er, but you just let her do whatever she wanted. Now look what's happened, she's made a huge mess of things. Let's see how you deal with this!"
Despite being bullied to this extent, Chen Jing remained silent, holding her cup and looking down, seemingly lost in thought.
Zhu Shaofen received no response and felt it was pointless, so she stood up and turned to walk towards the terrace.
Chen Jing then took out her phone and called Xiaoyu. Zhu Qianyu, who had been receiving questions from her mother about her sister's whereabouts for the umpteenth time in recent days, immediately started talking as soon as the call connected, before Chen Jing could even speak, "Mom, are you going to ask me again if my sister has contacted me? No, my sister hasn't contacted me since that day when she sent that message!"
Chen Jing's expression changed slightly after being rebuked by her youngest daughter. She took a deep breath and stammered, "Xiaoyu, think about it carefully again. Did your sister mention anything?"
Now, Chen Jing was genuinely afraid that her eldest daughter wasn't going out on business, but rather running away from home to escape her marriage.
"No, no, I don't know anything, don't ask me anymore!" Zhu Qianyu, who usually had a good temper, hung up the phone again in a fit of anger.
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