Young Master Yan sent Uncle Hai to pick up the person, but it's already four o'clock and the person still hasn't returned.
Yan Shao was busy with piles of documents and instructed his assistant to call Uncle Hai to ask about it.
"Sir, Uncle Hai said the plane is delayed."
"Hmm!" Young Master Yan didn't take it seriously and continued to bury himself in his own work.
It was almost five o'clock, and the assistant was wondering whether he should make another call to Uncle Hai, but Uncle Hai called instead.
"Xiuzi, give the phone to the young master."
Uncle Hai sounded very anxious, so Qin Xiu didn't dare to delay and put the phone directly into Young Master Yan's ear.
Yan Shao looked up and raised an eyebrow at him. Qin Xiu said in a low voice, "It's Uncle Hai."
"Speak!" Young Master Yan said into the microphone, lowering his brows as he continued to look at the open documents.
"Young Master, the flight has arrived, and all the passengers should have disembarked, but I haven't seen Madam and Master." Uncle Hai's rapid breathing came through the microphone clearly, startling Young Master Yan.
Uncle Hai has been the housekeeper of the Yan family for so many years. He has experienced everything that the Yan family of three has gone through. Therefore, he has long since developed the ability to remain calm in the face of adversity. The fact that he is so anxious now is probably because he has been looking for someone for a long time and is very worried.
Yan Shao was also anxious. Those were his parents. Although he had done many things against their wishes over the years, it didn't mean he didn't love them.
"Uncle Hai, you stay there for now, I'll call and check the boarding records."
After calming Uncle Hai down, Yan Shao immediately called to check his parents' boarding records.
Soon, the other party replied, "Young Master Yan, Mr. and Mrs. Yan did indeed arrive in H City this morning and booked tickets from H City to L City, but their names are not on the boarding record."
Yan Shao frowned and immediately called the person in charge of H City International Airlines after hanging up the phone. After listening to Yan Shao's account, the person in charge immediately had all the relevant surveillance videos found and sent to Yan Shao's email address.
Together, Yan Shao and Qin Xiu quickly found several surveillance videos featuring their parents based on a bunch of relevant information provided by the person in charge. The videos showed that after the two elderly people disembarked from their flight from abroad to H City, they stayed in the airport VIP lounge drinking coffee and having snacks. About an hour before boarding their flight to L City, Mrs. Yan received a phone call, and then the two elderly people hurriedly picked up their luggage, left the VIP lounge, and quickly left the airport, accompanied by the two bodyguards who usually took care of them.
At this moment, both the parents' and the two bodyguards' phones were switched off.
Young Master Yan called the telecommunications company again and checked Old Madam Yan's call records for the entire day.
According to the call log, the phone call that Mrs. Yan received at the airport was from an unfamiliar number.
With a solemn expression, Young Master Yan closed the document in his hand. "Qin Xiu, arrange a plane. I need to go to H City immediately. You handle the matters at hand." With that, he stood up and strode out of the study.
Meanwhile, at the Zhu family home, to avoid her parents' questioning, Zhu Qianying stayed in her bedroom and didn't go anywhere. She sat in front of the computer writing and drawing, fussing over her own affairs. Because she was thinking about Yan Shao's matter, she deliberately kept her phone by her side and turned the ringtone up to the highest volume.
However, the phone didn't ring until she finished what she was doing, and the time in the lower right corner of her computer showed it was exactly 5 p.m.!
That's strange. Didn't Young Master Yan say that the two elders would arrive at 2 o'clock? It's only a little over an hour's drive from the Yan family home to the airport. It's already 5 o'clock, and they're still not home?
Could it be that the flight is delayed?
Or is there a traffic jam on the road?
Or perhaps, Yan Shao has changed his mind?
...
A host of possibilities floated through Zhu Qianying's mind, making her feel a cool breeze on her back despite the hot weather and the lack of air conditioning.
She considered calling to ask, but then thought that since she had given up the chance to pick him up from the airport, she shouldn't overthink it and should just wait for his call.
The phone didn't ring until the maid came up to call her for dinner.
Zhu Qianying got up and went downstairs. As soon as she entered the dining room, before she even sat down, she became the center of attention.
The older woman was the first to come out and grab her arm, "Ying'er, how was it? What did you talk about at Young Master Yan's house today?"
This was the first time in her life that Zhu Qianying had been treated so well by an older woman.
"Auntie, we didn't talk much, but their chef made some delicious food and sent a driver to pick me up to try it."
Zhu Qianying spoke calmly, subtly shaking off the older woman's entanglement, and sat down at the last seat at the table as usual. Next to her sat her mother, Chen Jing, as always.
The middle-aged woman who was left behind had a very interesting expression on her face. She was embarrassed and ashamed, but more than anything, she was suppressing her anger.
Third Aunt, also known as Boss Fang to outsiders, looked over with amusement. "Ying'er, your mother is a master chef. What do you want to eat that you can't get at home? Why do you have to go to the Yan family? Didn't you tell Young Master Yan that your mother is a master chef?"
Having been in the Zhu family for so many years, Zhu Qianying was already used to these seemingly gentle but actually barbed words. She slightly raised her eyelids and glanced at the Third Madam. "Young Master Yan seems to really not know about my mother's affairs, but he does know about you, Third Madam. Because when he was young, the Old Madam suggested that you be his tutor, but he refused, because he thought you weren't qualified..."
Listing up embarrassing stories? Everyone in this family has them! Go ahead and tell me, I'll chat with you one by one. Anyway, I'm in a good mood today! And I'm just killing time!
The third concubine's face flushed red and then turned green. Her education was indeed mediocre; she graduated from some dubious college with a junior college degree. She must have had some incredible luck to be introduced to the Zhu family. With a little scheming, she captivated Master Zhu. From then on, she went from being a pheasant to a phoenix, and she was very arrogant inside and out!
Little did they know that, in the eyes of outsiders, she would always be that pitiful, laughable pheasant who couldn't handle any big scenes.
The second aunt, who had been silent all along, took on the role of a good person, pouring a cup of tea for the eldest aunt and picking up a steamed bun for the third aunt.
Fourth concubine Chen Jing, who is also Zhu Qianying's mother, saw that her daughter had offended the two concubines as soon as she sat down, so she tugged at her clothes hard, signaling her to calm down and not cause trouble.
Ignoring her mother's advice, Zhu Qianying picked up the cup with both hands and took a sip of warm milk, her gaze remaining fearlessly fixed on the third concubine the entire time.
She endured it before because she had no choice but to.
The reason I can't bear it now is because I feel there's no need to bear it anymore!
Even if she doesn't become Young Master Yan's wife, given his personality, he would never mistreat her. In that case, she could still take the opportunity to leave this home with her mother and sister.
The head of the household, Takeshi, seemed unaware of the friction between the two concubines and his daughter, or perhaps he was aware but simply ignored it out of habit.
"Ying'er, has Young Master Yan said when the two families can meet?"
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