When Yan Shao met her direct gaze, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile, and even struck a flirtatious pose.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Could it be that it's not that Zai Zai wants me to cheer up, but that you want me to... cheer up?"
Yan Shao emphasized the word "cheer up" in his speech. After speaking, he walked to the bedside, stretched out his long arm, encircled Zhu Qianying, and looked down at her.
Zhu Qianying reached out and covered his eyes, "Who asked you to cheer? If you cheer any longer, I'll die in bed!"
Yan Shao's lips curved into a wider smile; no man dislikes being indirectly praised by his wife like this.
Even with his eyes covered, he still lowered his head and accurately sealed her lips with his. After a passionate and lingering kiss, he whispered in Zhu Qianying's ear.
"Don't worry, I won't be able to get gas tonight. I need to go talk to my older brother."
Zhu Qianying paused slightly, "With my elder brother?"
Zhu Qianying only remembered Yan Shao, this high-ranking official, for his face and his unsmiling demeanor.
Yan Shao gently kissed her eyelid and pushed her away.
"Yes, it's about Zizai. Do you want to come along?"
Zhu Qianying glanced at Zizai lying on the bed, hesitated for a moment, and finally shook her head, "No, I'll stay here with Zizai."
Zhu Qianying decided to stay. Firstly, she was genuinely afraid of leaving Zizai alone in the bedroom, in case he woke up and couldn't find her, he would be frightened.
Secondly, she worried that her presence would make the men of the Yan family hesitant and prevent them from having a proper conversation.
Yan Shao patted her head. "Okay, you go to sleep first. I'll be right back."
Yan Shao said he was going to be gone for a while, but he didn't return to the bedroom until almost midnight.
Afraid of disturbing Zizai, Zhu Qianying sat at her desk and read a book by herself.
"Didn't I tell you to sleep? Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Yan Shao walked over, placed his hands on the table, and wrapped his long arms around Zhu Qianying, chair and all, in his embrace.
A warm breath brushed against Zhu Qianying's earlobe, causing her to shiver slightly. She then turned her head and kissed him on the cheek.
"Can't sleep..."
After learning that Yan Shao and Yan Ting were going to talk about Zizai, how could she possibly fall asleep?
Yan Shao kissed her back, moved behind him, picked her up, sat down on a chair, and then let Zhu Qianying sit on his lap.
"Actually, it was my uncle who brought this up. He said Dr. Zhao, the one who performed the surgery on Uncle Dong, you know?"
Zhu Qianying nodded. Of course she knew this person, but she had never met him and didn't know him.
"My uncle said that Dr. Zhao should be able to get Zizai to tell the truth back then, because there was a similar case before. Chu Ran, who is Uncle Yang's (Yang Sheng's) wife, had initially sought his help to recover some of her memories. It is more effective than hypnosis, and for the time being, there are no obvious harmful effects."
A glimmer of hope flashed in Zhu Qianying's eyes, "But the problem is, can't we find him?"
Yan Shao pinched her cheek. "Silly girl, if Zong Mao can find it, then we can find it too."
Yan Shao spoke with such confidence because Yan Ting had clearly stated that he had roughly determined where Dr. Zhao was hiding.
"But didn't you say before that he was involved in too many political issues, so it was inconvenient for you to get involved? Wouldn't it be even more inconvenient for someone with your status as an uncle or elder brother?"
Yan Shao then roughly repeated to Zhu Qianying what Yan Yuan had said earlier.
Zhu Qianying frowned after hearing this.
"But wouldn't that put Uncle and my elder brother at great risk?"
What Zhu Qianying was worried about was actually the same as what Yan Shao was worried about.
Yan Shao didn't hide anything. He nodded frankly, "Yes, so we were just discussing feasible solutions to maximize benefits and minimize losses."
Zhu Qianying's furrowed brows relaxed slightly. "So, are you going to stay in the capital?"
Strictly speaking, Zizai's matter is between her and Yan Shao. Now that Yan Yuan and Yan Ting are willing to lend a helping hand, Yan Shao, as the person involved, naturally cannot sit idly by and reap the benefits.
Yan Shao thought for a moment, "What you mean is that I can't really help much by staying here, because they are just doing their job fairly, and I can't interfere. Moreover, if I really get involved, it will only cause them trouble."
Zhu Qianying fell silent, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was indeed true.
"So what do you plan to do? We can't just leave everything to our older brother and uncle while we go off and have a good time, can we?"
Yan Shao gently rubbed his face against hers. "Let's see. We'll act according to the situation after my brother and uncle finalize the plan. If it really has nothing to do with us, we'll just wait for Dr. Zhao to be extradited back to China. If there are things that my uncle and brother can't handle, then I'll arrange them."
That's how it was decided regarding Zizai.
As for Zizai himself, he naturally had no idea that his elders had gone to great lengths for him. The next morning, he woke up and happily went to pay his respects to his great-grandparents, great-uncle, and other elders.
Anyway, after he finished paying his respects to all the elders, Zhu Qianying had already packed her belongings and was ready to go to the processing plant.
Considering safety concerns, Zhu Qianying politely declined Zizai's request to visit the processing plant, even though he had expressed a desire to do so. Zizai didn't insist and happily stayed to play with his older cousins.
As for Young Master Yan, he naturally had to accompany Zhu Qianying on a trip to the processing plant.
Mr. Qian assumed that Zhu Qianying would be brought over by Lao Yan's driver, just like last time. Even though it was Saturday, he still rushed back to the processing plant to personally receive Zhu Qianying.
Upon seeing Yan Shao get out of the car first, and then gently help Zhu Qianying out of the car while holding onto the car door, Boss Qian quickly ran over.
He was secretly glad that he had made the trip himself today; otherwise, if Young Master Yan had thought that he had neglected his wife, it would have been a big problem.
"Young Master Yan, I didn't expect you to come along too!"
Boss Qian's attitude towards Zhu Qianying was already very humble, and he was even more so towards Young Master Yan, practically bowing his head to his belly button.
“I happened to be free, so I came with her to take a look. Even if she wants to drink later, I can help her out.”
Yan Shao's attitude towards Boss Qian was lukewarm, even showing obvious hostility.
Zhu Qianying rolled her eyes inwardly. It was true that this man was stingy!
The last time Yan Shao met Boss Qian, it was Cheng Ye who got drunk. Yan Shao probably thought that Boss Qian was also trying to get her drunk, but in the end, Cheng Ye stopped her.
At first, Mr. Qian didn't understand, but then he suddenly remembered that when Cheng Ye and Zhu Qianying came over last time, he did toast Zhu Qianying. So, was Young Master Yan here specifically to warn him?
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