Ji Huan seemed completely unsurprised to see Yan Han.
He invited him to sit down and asked him what he would like to drink. Yan Han replied that he would like tea, so Ji Huan got up to pour the tea.
"What do you want to ask? Is it about Zai Zai or Yingzi?"
Ji Huan handed over the hot tea and asked the question directly.
Yan Han took the tea, held it with both hands, and sat upright on the sofa.
To be honest, he rarely adopts such a cautious posture.
His life for the first 33 years, up to the age of 28, was extremely smooth. Even though there were many storms, the chance of failure was almost zero. Whatever he wanted or desired, he could basically get as long as he worked hard.
But when he was twenty-eight, his life took its first unexpected turn.
This unexpected event caused his psychological trajectory to deviate from its previous path.
Even so, he managed to conceal it very well on the surface.
Outsiders have no idea that he is unhappy, and even fewer people know that his unhappiness stems from his exorbitantly priced wife.
Having been in a high position for so long, he had long been accustomed to dealing with everything with a nonchalant expression.
Therefore, he rarely reveals his inner confusion, bewilderment, or even anxiety as clearly as he does now.
He was visibly taken aback by Ji Huan's directness, and after holding his cup and considering it seriously for a while, he spoke with extreme caution.
"Either is fine, I want to know everything."
That spirited and ambitious young master Yan seems to have become a legend.
Ji Huan also picked up his cup, took a slow sip, and then raised his eyelids to look at him seriously.
"I'm sorry, I have no comment!"
Ji Huan had said these words to Yan Han five years ago, but his attitude then was completely different from now.
At that time, Ji Huan looked at Yan Han with the indifferent gaze one would give a stranger. He did not accuse Yan Han of anything, but he refused to communicate with Yan Han in any way.
Yan Han was prepared to receive the exact same answer as five years ago, so he wasn't surprised at all.
He could also tell that although Ji Huan's answer was the same, his attitude and tone had softened considerably.
In fact, he knew that he had no right to demand anything from Ji Huan, so he stopped focusing on Zhu Qianying's whereabouts.
"Then can you tell me, is Shadow alright?"
At this moment, this is the only thing Yan Han wants to know.
As for her whereabouts, he will continue to try his best to find her.
“She’s fine!” Ji Huan replied very quickly.
Yan Han visibly breathed a sigh of relief; knowing that she was alright put his mind at ease.
"Ji Huan, thank you!"
The word "thank you" is an extremely common social expression that everyone repeats countless times every day. However, for someone like Yan Han, who holds a high position and is extremely self-centered, the word "thank you" rarely appears in his vocabulary.
But in the past two days, he thanked Ji Huan twice, once for his son and once for Zhu Qianying.
Ji Huan looked at Yan Han very seriously, "Brother Yan, no one can help you with matters of the heart, so good luck!"
Ji Huan's words were, in fact, an indirect explanation for his answer, which was exactly the same as it had been five years ago.
Five years ago, Yan Han might not have understood the deeper meaning of these words, but now, he understands their significance more deeply than anyone else.
"I see!"
Afterwards, Yan Han and Ji Huan's conversation turned to the cooperation between the Ji family and the Yanhuang Group. After finishing their work-related discussion, Yan Han didn't linger and got up to leave. He certainly didn't intend to pester Ji Huan to reveal Zhu Qianying's whereabouts.
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Meanwhile, in Country M, more than 10,000 kilometers away from City L, at a jewelry design launch event for a newly emerging brand, a beautiful and very young face of an Eastern woman appeared on the presentation stage.
This person is Zhu-Ying, the chief designer of Ying Jewelry, a rising star in the international jewelry industry in the past two or three years!
At the two-hour product launch, the young chief designer Zhu-Ying, in fluent English, showcased dozens of new products from Ying Jewelry, encompassing several categories including gold and platinum, diamonds, jadeite, colored gemstones, and Hetian jade, to the media and industry peers present.
As predicted by Cheng Ye, General Manager of Ying Jewelry, the new product series has received unanimous praise from the industry and its peers. After the launch event, Ying Jewelry received a considerable number of orders.
As Ying Jewelry's reputation in the jewelry industry grows, Zhu-Ying, the brand's chief designer, has also quickly become a star in the industry thanks to her unique and innovative designs and her beautiful appearance.
And this young designer named Zhu-Ying is none other than Zhu Qianying, who left a letter five years ago to divorce Young Master Yan and resolutely left. She is also Zizai's mother.
After the press conference, Ying Jewelry left relevant personnel to handle the follow-up matters, while Cheng Ye, the boss, personally drove Zhu Qianying back to her hotel to rest.
"Shadow, I told you not to worry. Those guys are just thugs. They couldn't possibly get into such a high-class place to cause trouble!"
Cheng Ye glanced at Zhu Qianying, who had clearly relaxed from a tense state and was now slumped in her seat, and said with a smile.
Zhu Qianying was indeed extremely weak and listless, not because she had to face so many media outlets and colleagues at the press conference, but because she was afraid that those with ulterior motives would come and cause trouble.
Only after the press conference came to a successful close did her nerves, which had been taut for several days, finally relax completely.
Sitting in the car now, she was completely different from the shrewd and sharp person she was at the press conference. She had changed into a simple sweater and jeans and looked like a casual and carefree college student.
“Cheng, I’m not worried about myself, I’m worried that all your hard work over the years will be ruined by those thugs. If that happens, how can I make it up to you?”
The car stopped in front of the zebra crossing. Cheng Ye squinted his handsome peach blossom eyes and swept them over. "If they really ruin my hard work, then you'll repay them with your body, how about it?"
The sunlight outside was a bit intense, so Zhu Qianying covered her eyes with her hands.
"Cheng, didn't my son say that Shadow belongs to him alone? How can any other man compete with him for it?"
Zhu Qianying abruptly pulled her hand away, then held up her right hand with her index finger raised, mimicking her young master's arrogant tone as she said, "Hmph, no way!"
Cheng Ye was so amused by Zhu Qianying's expression and words, which were just like those of a young master, that he lay down on the steering wheel and burst into laughter!
"Hahaha, Shadow, only Zizai is so domineering. A little kid who is only four years old has scared me, a man who is over six feet tall, so much that I don't even dare to confess my feelings."
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