As the clock struck twelve, Yan Conghe's call came as scheduled.
"Happy New Year."
"When I came back by myself, Grandpa scolded me for being incompetent."
He grumbled on and on, and occasionally you could hear mischievous laughter from the side; he was old but kind.
"Your cold isn't better yet, and you've been going back and forth like this. You should go to bed early and get some rest."
Yan Can told him to rest, but he just groaned and complained.
"But you said see you next year... I don't have time to see you today, so I had to call you."
"...Now that the call is over, it's time to go to sleep."
"All right."
Goodnight, Brother Yan.
Goodnight, Cancan.
After the call ended, Yan Conghe was still staring at his phone with reluctance. Seeing this, the sprightly old man next to him waved his cane and made a shooing gesture, "You brat, if you really can't bear to part with him, then go see him."
This is absolutely terrible!
Among the workaholics of the Yan family, there actually emerged a Casanova.
Being love-struck is one thing, but for a grown man to need a little girl to put him to sleep is utterly shameless.
Yan Conghe looked up at the old man, who was clearly holding back his frustration, and chuckled. "If that's how you see it, then I'll be leaving. As for the people who come to visit early tomorrow morning, I'll leave it to you to deal with them yourself, Grandpa!"
The old man immediately showed a look of regret.
As I get older, my memory has deteriorated, and I've completely forgotten about it!
He coughed lightly and said without changing his expression, "It's the New Year, let the family have a good reunion. You'll have plenty of opportunities in the future. Besides, it's so late, don't disturb the young lady's rest, it's impolite."
Yan Conghe: "It's okay, Can Can won't blame me."
The old man glared at him. "That's because the girl is kind-hearted!"
Yan Conghe: "That's exactly right."
She's completely impervious to reason.
The old man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. "What do you mean, what do you mean! Anyway, you better behave yourself for the next couple of days and don't bother them... I'm begging you, please be a decent human being for now and don't embarrass the Yan family."
Yan Conghe: "No, what do you mean I disgraced the Yan family? Grandpa, have you forgotten that just half an hour ago you were complaining that I was incompetent for not bringing a wife home?"
elder:"……"
He's being overly critical!
Too lazy to talk to this grandson, the old man yawned, leaned on his cane, and walked away.
I hadn't walked more than a few steps when I heard my grandson's mischievous laughter behind me.
But soon, the laughter was replaced by the sound of a bell.
"I was already asleep, but there were fireworks outside, and I wanted you to hear them."
Yan Can's voice reached Yan Conghe's ears through the receiver.
He stood by the window, also watching the fireworks in the distance, and said softly, "I heard you. Are you dressed? Go back to bed."
Yan Can said, "I'm back."
Then Yan Conghe heard a rustling sound.
Yan Can said, "I'm going to sleep."
Yan Conghe nodded, softly said goodnight, and hung up the phone. He then chuckled at the image of Yan Can obediently crawling into bed in his mind.
A soft rebuke came from the doorway.
What are you grinning about?
"That girl wouldn't like a fool."
"..."
Yan Conghe was utterly speechless.
As I get older, it's one thing to stay up late like young people, but I've even learned to eavesdrop!
...
Even though Yan's mother didn't like outsiders trespassing into the extremely private and precious space of "home," guests still came to visit in droves during the first few days of the year.
Yan Can usually doesn't show up during these times.
Everyone knows that the Yan family's daughter is smart and beautiful, but the Yan family's parents have never used her high intelligence and good looks as a tool for profit, making her perform in public or entertain guests. That's impossible.
They would even intentionally hide their daughter when there were outsiders around.
After all, she is their precious daughter.
It's not the thief you should fear, but the one who has his eye on you.
But they never expected that someone would so easily steal the treasure they had carefully protected for eighteen years.
The Yan family in the capital.
As soon as the guests arrived, the pampered young master of the Yan family suddenly sneezed loudly.
The old man frowned, Yan's parents were worried, and everyone else chimed in with concern, asking if he hadn't fully recovered from his cold or if he had caught a chill at night.
Young Master Yan remained calm and composed, saying that it might be due to something unclean.
The entire audience was stunned.
When did you, Young Master Yan, become so superstitious?
But some people, feeling incredibly guilty, blurted out their own words in the silence, saying that their intrusion had brought in the cold air and caused Young Master Yan to catch a chill.
Then, they asked their uninvited daughter to come forward and apologize to Yan Conghe.
Before the person even got close, Yan Conghe had already started coughing while covering his nose.
Dozens of eyes instantly turned to one spot. The young, beautiful, and ambitious girl stood frozen in place, while the person who had spoken blushed and felt so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear into a hole.
A carefully planned attempt to curry favor with someone was thus aborted.
Afterwards, his cousin asked Yan Conghe, "Brother, that girl didn't smell strongly of perfume. At most, her eyes were a bit annoying. She kept looking around and acted like everything in the house was hers..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yan Conghe interrupted him, "That's barely a reason."
Cousin: "Then what about the main reason?"
Yan Conghe suddenly smiled, "Because, your brother has someone he likes."
Cousin: "Oh."
Cousin: "Huh?!?!"
On the other side.
Yan Can was called out of her room by her parents and only then did she learn that Chen Sheng had come to visit.
The leader was Chen Sheng, but there were seven or eight people with him.
They were all young people, some a few years older than Yan Can, some the same age as Yan Can, and some two years younger. They came up and asked if they could borrow Yan Can's notes to take a look, and then said with a shy look that their grades were not good and they wanted to take advantage of the winter vacation to catch up on their studies.
Others: "..."
You've been getting the lowest score every year since kindergarten, so it's common knowledge that you're not good at academics. What the hell are you ashamed of?
They even took extra classes during winter break. Who was the person who was always hanging around at home before?
But there was nothing she could do. He was young and pretended to be very sincere. Naturally, the kind-hearted Miss Yan was fooled and gave him several notebooks and error correction books.
Seeing this, the other kids their age couldn't sit still either, and asked Yan Can if they could go to her for help with their homework after school started.
Yan Can agreed.
If the characters in the story don't have any bad pasts, then guiding them onto a better path is perfectly acceptable.
Chen Sheng was seeking advice from Yan Yu on managing the company.
After discovering that Chen Sheng was capable of handling things, Yan Conghe simply assigned him the task of delivering packages as well. Chen Sheng felt that he had been entrusted with an important task, so he worked very hard and was very good at it. Then he and his cronies opened a logistics company.
When Yan Conghe called, Chen Sheng and the others had just left.
He immediately started complaining.
"Can Can, someone is plotting against me!"
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