If Qin Xiu had been the one buying those afternoon tea snacks that day, he probably would have been scolded mercilessly, and he would have been forced to eat them all with his nose.
However, since these tea snacks were bought by Zhu Qianying, her master didn't get angry at all, and only asked him to order tea snacks from another store.
Such leniency would have been impossible in the past or with other people.
But it happened to Zhu Qianying.
Therefore, Qin Xiu really admires Zhu Qianying to no end right now; he's practically ready to call her "boss lady" in front of her and Young Master Yan.
"Never mind, Young Master Yan must be very busy. There's nothing I can do to help here. Those soups and snacks were made by my mother for Young Master Yan. Please tell Young Master Yan that I'm leaving now, bye-bye!"
After giving her instructions, Zhu Qianying turned and stepped into the elevator with a flourish. Qin Xiu could only watch helplessly as his "boss lady" entered the elevator. It wasn't until the elevator doors closed with a "ding" that Qin Xiu came back to his senses.
About ten minutes after Zhu Qianying left, Yan Shao strode out of the elevator. As soon as he entered, he saw Qin Xiu and immediately began to give him instructions.
"Qin Xiu, book two plane tickets to H City tonight."
Qin Xiu quickly instructed his secretary to do so, and then hurried inside.
"What's this?" Yan Shao had just sat down when he frowned and pointed to the large, simple shopping bag on his desk.
"Sir, this is soup and afternoon tea that Miss Zhu specially brought for you!"
Yan Shao's cold face finally softened a little, and he raised an eyebrow at Qin Xiu, "She did it?"
Reach out, pull the bag over, and peek inside to see what's inside.
Seeing a soup bowl and several lunch boxes that were clearly household items inside, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
Qin Xiu looked at the smile on his master's lips that he couldn't hide no matter what, and felt a little reluctant to tell him the truth.
So he nodded vaguely.
"kindness……"
Yan Shao suddenly stood up, propped himself up on the chair, and went into the inner room to wash his face. "When did she arrive?"
A muffled voice came from the inner room.
Qin Xiu raised his wrist to check his watch. "Are you asking about Miss Zhu? She just left twenty minutes ago!"
A low muttering came from inside, but Qin Xiu couldn't make out what it was.
Judging from his tone, he seemed quite annoyed.
Yan Shao washed his face and hands, walked out looking refreshed, grabbed a bag, and headed towards the reception room.
"Come find me in half an hour, and we'll talk about tonight."
Qin Xiu glanced at the large bag of items in Yan Shao's hand and swallowed hard without any attempt to hide it.
After all, it was almost four o'clock, and he was hungry too!
But his master seemed oblivious to his hunger. He carried the bag and walked into the living room, took out a bowl and chopsticks from the cabinet behind him, sat down, poured himself a bowl of steaming hot soup, blew on it gently, and then slowly took a sip.
Qin Xiu subconsciously licked his lips, and before he could do anything more outrageous, he fled from Young Master Yan's office like the wind.
Yan Shaomei finished a bowl of soup with relish before opening the lunchbox and taking out the snacks. Surprisingly, all the snacks inside were his recent favorites.
Yan Shao picked up a shrimp dumpling with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, his eyes slightly narrowed. Sure enough, it was in a completely different league from the ones he bought outside...
Thanks to those old folks in the Tong family, Young Master Yan has been so busy these past few days that he hasn't been able to eat properly and has also cut back on sleep. He hasn't had a relaxing afternoon tea like this in quite some time.
Half an hour later, Qin Xiu came in on time and glanced at the reception room, which was already neatly tidied up.
Qin Xiu still held a sliver of hope, "Master, have you finished all the snacks?"
Yan Shao was flipping through a stack of documents, not even looking up, and only hummed softly, "Hmm."
Qin Xiu was still not giving up, "You drank all the soup too?"
Young Master Yan gave a soft, affirmative hum!
Qin Xiu finally gave up completely. He had heard that even though Mingxuan Hotel had so many chefs and pastry chefs, and their dishes and pastries were famously delicious in L City, none of them had the skill of Zhu Qianying's mother, Chen Jing.
He had also heard that the Master of the Zhu family had taken Chen Jing as his fourth wife because he valued her cooking skills, so she was specially taken in to take care of his meals.
Thinking about the delicious food he had never tasted before, Qin Xiu cursed his master inwardly, "So stingy!"
“Ma Peng was ambushed at noon and is still unconscious. You and I will go there together. If necessary, you can stay there to handle the aftermath. I have other things to do here.”
After Yan Shao explained why he was going to H City that night, Qin Xiu's thoughts immediately shifted from the food, and he looked at Yan Shao with great surprise.
"Ma Peng was ambushed? Who was the attacker?"
Ma Peng and Tong Yong are both retired special forces soldiers. Not only are they highly skilled, but they are also incredibly intelligent, making them both brave and resourceful. Young Master Yan has always entrusted all of the Tong family's businesses in H City to these two. Now that Ma Peng has run into trouble, it's like half the sky has collapsed in H City.
"It's not clear yet. Tong Yong is investigating. You should organize your work as soon as possible and go see what's going on."
Qin Xiu nodded and quickly left.
The two were busy until evening, and finally finished their work. They then had the driver take them to the airport.
On the way, the two chatted for a while about things in H City. Qin Xiu suddenly remembered something, "Master, did you call Miss Zhu later?"
Young Master Yan shook his head calmly, "No!"
Qin Xiu clicked his tongue. "Sir, Miss Zhu specially brought you afternoon tea. Aren't you going to call or send a message to thank her?"
Yan Shao glared at him, "She's not as long-winded as you!"
When Yan Shao said this, he could even imagine that if he called Zhu Qianying, that girl would definitely look disgusted.
Qin Xiu argued, somewhat unconvinced, "Sir, this isn't being long-winded; it's a way to connect and strengthen our relationship."
Yan Shao ignored him, turned his face away, and looked out the car window, lost in thought.
Qin Xiu felt that his master was really too clueless about romance, so he persisted in trying to persuade him.
“Master! Even if Miss Zhu doesn’t fuss, she’s still just a twenty-year-old girl! You’re so much older than her, sometimes you should try to coax her a little too!”
People's hearts need to be coaxed and warmed to be warmed.
With his own master's lukewarm attitude, and not even responding to others' attempts to be friendly, even a warm heart would cool down and grow cold.
Moreover, these two people haven't even gotten close to each other since the beginning.
Yan Shao turned his gaze away from the window and glanced at him indifferently. "She and I don't have those things, nor do we need them!"
Qin Xiu was completely speechless!
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