Back in Kyoto, Zong Jia was extremely busy, with many issues that couldn't be handled online waiting for him to come back and deal with.
Jiang Xiaoli had it much easier. After Li Anting took over as the group's president, he took over a lot of company affairs, so she had much less to deal with.
She signed the previous year's profit distribution plan for "Jiang Li Ji" and handed it over to Da Fu.
She began, "The group's parent company borrowed a considerable amount of money from 'Jiang Li Ji' last year, resulting in a slight reduction in dividends. We should reassure them properly, and the money will definitely be repaid by next year at the latest."
Dafu nodded. "You don't need to worry about that. The dividends are already quite substantial. As long as it doesn't affect the development of 'Jiang Li Ji' itself, we have no objections."
Jiang Xiaoli smiled and changed the subject, "Brother Dafu, is Uncle settling in well in Kyoto?"
Dafu recently returned to Xijing for the New Year and then brought his father to Kyoto.
Dafu said cheerfully, "Anyway, things are going really well now. Since coming here, there aren't any aunts and uncles pestering him to introduce him to potential partners anymore. He's made several chess friends at 'Heyuan' and they play chess together all the time."
"That's great. I got home too late yesterday. Let's invite Uncle to dinner tonight. It's been so long since we last saw each other."
Dafu suddenly became a little hesitant, "Um... Little Pear Girl..."
Jiang Xiaoli found his expression somewhat amusing. "Brother Dafu, just say what you want to say. What's there to be shy about?"
"Hehe." Dafu touched his nose. "Yueyue hasn't met my dad yet, and she's a little nervous. I'm thinking of finding an opportunity for us to have a meal together and get to know each other."
She understood; they needed her to be the mood-maker!
"Oh! I thought it was something serious!" She patted her chest and assured him, "Leave it to me and Brother Yuan, don't worry!"
Dafu smiled a little sheepishly, "That's what I was thinking too. I'll tell Yueyue and book a restaurant."
Jiang Xiaoli stopped him, "Why book a restaurant? We can just eat at home. Didn't you ask Aunt Tian to introduce you to a housekeeping service?"
Dafu thought for a moment, "That works too. Yueyue can relax a bit more at home."
Less than 20 minutes after he left, Chang Yue knocked on her office door.
"Little Pear! What should I do? What gift should I bring to meet Brother Dafu's dad?"
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled softly; she actually knew that.
She asked, "Is Zhiyi at the company? Only she can help with this."
When the two of them got to the 5th floor, Jiang Xiaoli asked Ren Zhiyi to help her find a chessboard.
Ren Zhiyi looked at her strangely, "Xiao Li, did you install surveillance cameras at my grandfather's house? If you keep doing this, he'll probably blacklist you!"
Grandpa Ren's place not only has a lot of antiques and cultural relics, but also a huge number of novel trinkets.
Jiang Xiaoli had bothered Grandpa Ren quite a bit when she was picking out gifts for Jiang's relatives.
She quickly waved her hand and pushed Chang Yue forward, saying, "This time it's not me, it's Xiao Yue!"
Chang Yue nodded, "Zhiyi, Brother Dafu is taking me to meet his father tonight. It was so sudden, I didn't have time to prepare a gift..."
Ren Zhiyi understood. She smiled and said, "You guys really have a good chance. My grandfather just bought an old chessboard in the countryside during the Chinese New Year. He even specially looked for new chess pieces for his new treasure. That's why I said Xiaoli installed a surveillance camera at my grandfather's place."
"Oh, Grandpa Ren likes it so much, isn't that a bit inappropriate..." Chang Yue said, feeling embarrassed.
"It's alright, it's alright!" Ren Zhiyi waved her hand. "My grandpa is just fickle. The chess and card games he discards are no worse than the ones he buys. I'll show you around!"
Chang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Thank you for your understanding."
Ren Zhiyi took her arm and said with a smile, "It's very important to please your future father-in-law, haha, let's go."
The three of them knocked on the gate of the courtyard, and a voice came from inside saying, "Coming!" It was clear from the voice that Grandpa Ren was in a good mood.
The moment Grandpa Ren saw them after the courtyard gate opened, he wanted to close it again.
But Jiang Xiaoli reacted quickly and blocked the door. With a fawning smile, she said, "Grandpa Ren, I've come to wish you a belated Happy New Year. Please don't close the door."
Grandpa Ren let go of the door and rolled his eyes. He said to his granddaughter, "Xiaoyi, why did you bring this bandit leader again?"
Ren Zhiyi said with a smile, "Grandpa, Xiaoli won't be searching your things today!"
Jiang Xiaoli nodded repeatedly from the side, "That's right! It wasn't me today!"
"Not you today?" Grandpa Ren sensed the hidden meaning in her words. He turned to look at Chang Yue. "Little girl, what do you want from this old man?"
Chang Yue was embarrassed, her face flushed slightly, "Grandpa Ren, I want to, I want to buy a chessboard..."
Grandpa Ren's expression immediately changed, "Xiao Yi!"
Before her grandfather's expression could change, Ren Zhiyi hid behind Jiang Xiaoli and poked her head out, saying, "Grandpa, you already have new ones, why don't you choose one of the old ones and give it to Xiaoyue? It's her first time meeting her future father-in-law, how can she not have a decent gift?"
Grandpa Ren paused, glancing at Chang Yue. "Is what Xiao Yi said true?"
Chang Yue nodded repeatedly, "Yes! It's true!"
Grandpa Ren sighed, "Oh dear! I just can't do anything with you little rascals!"
He got up and led the three of them to the small storeroom in his backyard.
He pointed to a box and said, "This is it. Open it and see if you like it."
Chang Yue opened the box, and Grandpa Ren introduced it from the side, "This is an old rosewood Go table from the late Qing Dynasty. It is very well maintained and the price is reasonable. It is just right as a gift for our first meeting."
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