After the secretary got into the car with his and Yan Shao's bags, the driver backed the car out of the parking space.
"Sir, where to?" The driver, unaware of Yan Shao's next destination, looked at him through the rearview mirror.
"Back to the company."
Yan Shao took out his laptop, opened the email Qin Xiu had sent more than half an hour ago, glanced at the base construction progress, confirmed that there were no unexpected issues, closed the email, and opened another one.
While speaking, he instructed the secretary sitting in front of him, "Xiao Zhang, send me the list of those who have expressed interest in cooperating with us on this project today."
"Yes, Young Master Yan."
When Yan Shao was eighteen, he took over the position of president and chairman of Yanhuang Group from his father. At that time, he was too young and couldn't stand the employees calling him president or chairman, so he simply asked his subordinates to call him Yan Shao. This title has continued to this day.
As for the Tong family, most people call him "Master"!
His current driver is the loyal person who served by Madam Yan's side back then. Although he is called a driver, he actually serves as a bodyguard.
The secretary sent the list and related information to Young Master Yan. Young Master Yan had been looking at these materials all the way back to the company. After returning, he took a shower in the lounge behind the office, changed into some clean and casual clothes, and came out.
The driver was waiting outside early in the morning. When he saw him come out, he stood up and followed him into the elevator.
"Master, the old lady just called and said that she and you are heading to the Zhu family now. She asked when you will leave."
"Okay." Young Master Yan responded, picked up the phone and dialed his mother's number, "Mom, I'm coming over now."
After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Madam Yan to say anything more.
The villa area where the Zhu family lives is about half an hour away from the Yanhuang Group. It seems to be located right in the middle of the Yanhuang Group and the Yan family. So when Young Master Yan was led into the hall by the Zhu family's butler, Old Master Yan and Old Madam Yan had just sat down.
"Young Master Yan, please have a seat."
Zhu Zhizhou was the first to come forward, and before Young Master Yan could answer, Old Madam Yan followed up with her words.
"You're too kind, future in-law. He's the junior; he should be the one to greet you first!"
Even though Madam Yan said that, Zhu Zhizhou still very politely invited Young Master Yan into the living room.
Yan Shao quickly glanced around at the large group of people sitting busily in the living room, but couldn't find the familiar face among them.
"Mr. Zhu, where is Zhu Qianying?"
As soon as Young Master Yan finished speaking, Old Madam Yan immediately scolded him, "Xiao Han, call him Uncle! How can you be like this? Calling him Mr. Zhu is too formal!"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Zhizhou acted as a peacemaker, saying humbly, "It's alright, it's alright. It's just a form of address. Call Young Master Yan whatever you feel comfortable with."
Young Master Yan, this future father-in-law, really has no airs at all!
“Future in-laws, you can’t do this! My son has been spoiled since he was little, and he’s about to get married. How can he still be so disrespectful and have no manners at all!”
Old Madam Yan desperately tried to wink at Young Master Yan and smooth things over for her son.
Unexpectedly, Yan Shao seemed not to have seen his mother's expression or understood her words. He picked up his tea, took a sip, and remained fixated on the question from before.
"Is Zhu Qianying still sleeping?"
Most of the people in the living room wore expressions of schadenfreude, except for one young woman in her thirties who looked distressed.
Zhu Zhizhou had a similar expression to the woman. After carefully observing Yan Shao's expression, he said hesitantly, "Ying'er may not know that Madam Yan, Mr. Yan, and Yan Shao are here to visit. She left early this morning."
Zhu Zhizhou had never paid much attention to this daughter. If it weren't for Old Madam Yan calling to say that she would be visiting that evening, he wouldn't have thought to go look for his daughter.
When he sent a servant to call Zhu Qianying down, the servant told him that the Fifth Miss was not in her bedroom.
When I called Zhu Qianying, her phone was switched off.
The housekeeper later saw on the surveillance footage that Zhu Qianying had left home with her backpack before six in the morning. Zhu Zhizhou, fearing to offend the Yan family, was frantic, searching everywhere for her, but even after Mr. Yan and his wife entered the house, there was still no word from Zhu Qianying.
"She left early this morning? Don't you know where she went?"
Yan Shao glanced sideways at Zhu Zhizhou. It seemed that the rumors he had heard about Zhu Zhizhou's extreme disdain for his two youngest daughters were not unfounded.
Even though the air conditioner in the living room was turned up very high, Takeshi was covered in sweat.
"Yes... my daughter is all grown up, and as her father, I really don't know where she's gone..."
This reason would have been believed by others.
But when it came to Young Master Yan, it was a different story.
"Heh...Is that so?" His face clearly showed a smile, but anyone with eyes could see that it was a sneer.
After saying that, he took out his phone, found the call log from earlier that morning, and dialed the number. The receiver still displayed the message, "The number you dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later."
"Does she always turn off her phone when she goes out?" Young Master Yan's expression was already quite unpleasant.
It's unclear whether it's because Zhu Qianying has disappeared, or because of Zhu Zhizhou's dereliction of duty as a father.
Seeing that her son's expression was not right, Madam Yan quickly tried to smooth things over, "Son, maybe Ying'er's phone is out of battery. Besides, we came in such a hurry, you didn't mention this to her beforehand, did you?"
Yan Shao ignored his mother, saying, "I told her to wait for my call!" The implication was that Zhu Qianying was in the wrong for not obediently staying at home to await his call and welcome.
Yan Shao stared straight at Zhu Zhizhou; clearly, he wouldn't give up until he got an answer from him.
Zhu Zhizhou felt extremely uncomfortable under Yan Shao's gaze, but he really didn't know how to answer Yan Shao's question. After all, in all these years, he had never tried to call Zhu Qianying to inquire about her whereabouts.
He never cared about her whereabouts.
He knew nothing about who she was friends with or what she was doing.
Of course, if his daughter hadn't passed Yan Shao's selection, he never felt there was anything wrong with what he was doing. After all, he has so many children; how could he call each of them every day to check on their whereabouts?
But now, being questioned like this by Young Master Yan, he didn't know how to answer. After struggling for a moment, he could only turn his gaze to Chen Jing.
"Jing, did Ying'er say where she went?"
Chen Jing shook her head blankly, "I don't know either!"
She herself still needs her daughter's constant care.
As Yan Shao watched the two of them, one innocent and the other fearless, practicing Tai Chi, his anger, which had subsided for most of the day, seemed to be brewing again.
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