The next day, Yanbo reached an agreement with the owner of the decoration company. In the afternoon, however, he suddenly received a call from home saying that his mother was sick and that he should go back immediately.
Yan Bo rushed back to the capital with great anxiety. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he heard his mother's hearty laughter.
Yan Bo frowned slightly and subconsciously pulled his foot back.
The driver who picked him up quickly revealed the truth, "Third Young Master, the old man really missed you. He couldn't think of any other way, so he made up this excuse to trick you into coming back."
Because Yanbo went to L City to start a business without permission, Yan Zhong was angry with his youngest son and cursed at him, telling him to get out and never come back.
Yan Bo certainly didn't really have a falling out with his family. It's just that Yanhuang Real Estate has been incredibly busy since its inception, so he hasn't returned to Beijing since his argument with Yan Zhong.
Yan Zhong probably thought that his scolding had really driven his youngest son away, and he was anxious, but he was too ashamed to admit it to his youngest son. So he had the old housekeeper call Yan Bo and tell a big lie to trick Yan Bo into coming back.
Yan Bo remained silent outside the courtyard for a while before finally stepping into the yard.
Once he returned, he stayed at home for three days in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Di Xu would report Yanhuang's important matters to him by phone, which did not cause much inconvenience.
Originally, after listening to the driver's words, he only planned to stay at home for one night to keep his mother company.
But after staying, I was unexpectedly dragged by my mother to visit other people's homes.
The family that went was the Yang family, a famous family in the capital.
"Mom, I'm only twenty years old!"
Yan Bo vaguely felt that his mother's actions were tinged with some conspiracy. After all, the relationship between the Yang family in Beijing and the Yan family had never been bad. But now it was neither a holiday nor an elder's birthday, and it was hard for him not to have any ulterior motives when his mother brought her family to visit.
"Silly boy, you're only twenty, but your brother is way older than twenty!"
Hearing his mother say this, Yanbo understood that the purpose of the trip was for his older brother's life-long happiness, not for him.
However, his older brother had helped him recently, so he couldn't just stand by and watch him die.
"Mom, the Yang family are all rich and beautiful young ladies. How can they follow my brother around like this? You'd better not try to arrange any marriages for them!"
Yan Bo advised his mother in this way, not because the Yang family's daughter was really difficult to please, but because he knew that his older brother had a confidante who had supposedly fought alongside him for several years. As for when his older brother would be able to win her over, it was hard to say.
But at the very least, the family can't hold us back at this time.
Yan Bo said what he wanted to say, but he didn't know if his mother had listened. Anyway, when he arrived at the Yang family's house, he pulled Yang Lao Er's son, Yang Sheng, who was only a few years old, aside to play. He had no interest in listening to the trivial matters of women.
However, while Yang Sheng, that mischievous boy, ran off to play, he made a phone call to his older brother.
Yan Yuan, on the other end of the phone, listened to his report, only said "I understand," and then hung up. It seems he was busy.
Yanbo relayed the message and then stopped thinking about it.
He had lunch with his mother at the Yang family's house. After lunch, he left the Yang family's house and then acted as a shopping companion, accompanying his mother to stroll around the streets for an afternoon. They bought a lot of food, clothes, and other items, many of which were specially bought by his mother for him to take back to L City.
Yanbo often throws tantrums at his father, but he always gets along well with his mother. As the youngest son in the family, his mother naturally dotes on him and never blames him for anything. She only scolds his father for being old-fashioned in front of him.
"Mom, Dad is just having a temporary moment of weakness. He'll see things differently once my company is on track."
At that time, Yan Bo had no idea that his decision to leave politics for business would remain a source of unease for his father until his death.
After staying at home for three days, on the afternoon of the fourth day, Yanbo returned to L City with two suitcases full of belongings.
Besides buying him a bunch of warm clothes, his mother also bought him a lot of food and other necessities.
As he took out the local specialties one by one, Yanbo naturally took out a large bag of them. In the end, however, he looked at the large bag of food and sighed, then put it in the storage cabinet.
It had been more than a week since he and Tong Xiaohuai last saw each other after they parted ways at the bar that day.
During that week, he deliberately avoided contacting her and even deliberately avoided inquiring about her.
She seemed to have truly made up her mind to cut off all contact with him, and for so long, she hadn't sent him a single word.
Yan Bo smiled wryly, brushed his loose hair aside, got up, picked up a large bag of food, left his residence, and returned to his office.
The exhausted employees happily took the local specialties their boss had brought back from Beijing and started sharing them. Di Xu also joined the group of employees to grab some food. He managed to snatch a bag of dried fruit, and then he heard the boss calling him from behind.
"Di Xu, show me the budget for the commercial city."
In addition to the large villa complex spanning L city and S city, Yanhuang Real Estate has recently undertaken a commercial city project.
Di Xu handed the budget documents to Yan Bo, "Third Young Master, General Manager Liu has almost finalized the renovation project for the sauna and we've agreed to sign the contract tomorrow."
Yan Bo hadn't inquired about the matter during his few days back in Beijing, but Di Xu was a smart man and naturally understood that things at the sauna were not as simple as they seemed.
So he relayed the information that General Manager Liu had just reported over the phone.
Sure enough, Yan Bo, who had been looking down at the budget documents, looked up and listened attentively to his report. He immediately instructed him, "After the contract is signed, have General Manager Liu send over the construction schedule."
Although Di Xu was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask any more questions and nodded in agreement.
"Alright, go out and get something to eat. It's my treat tonight. Eat whatever you want, do whatever you want, it'll all be on me."
Upon hearing this, Di Xu happily went out to announce that his boss was treating him to a big meal. There was a commotion outside, presumably as people were discussing where to eat and have fun that evening.
Yanbo has always been very generous to his employees. In the past, he would also hang out with everyone, after all, he was a young man himself.
However, when Di Xu peeked in and told him where the party was, he said, "I have plans with friends tonight, so I won't be going. You guys have fun!"
The claim that they made plans with friends was all a lie.
For dinner, he casually ordered a business set meal at a Western restaurant across from the company. After eating, he returned to his residence to continue unpacking the pile of items his mother had given him.
The box I sorted out before was mostly snacks or ready-to-eat foods, but this box is full of ingredients, including some nourishing soup ingredients.
Yanbo felt a headache coming on when he saw these things.
Previously, to put his mother's mind at ease, when she asked him what he usually ate, he casually mentioned that he had hired a skilled housekeeper to take care of his daily life. Seeing these nourishing supplements, needless to say, his mother truly believed him.
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