Chapter 27 is bad; it'll drive you crazy.
Zhong Yan rubbed his forehead on the yacht.
He played his cards and said, "I have a headache. Tell someone to go home. I want to sleep."
"Hey bro, what time is it? You're only 26, and you can't even stay up all night?"
Zhong Yan was playing with a card, the Ace of Spades, which the man spun around in a suit.
Soon, the card was played, and the Ace of Spades ended the game. "Boring, I'd rather sleep than waste this time."
Lan Fengsheng, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, said, "Go to sleep by yourself."
Zhong Yan retorted, "Can't you sleep by yourself?"
Lan Fengsheng chuckled twice, "I thought you'd realize how good women are after you got married."
Zhong Yan scoffed, "Women? They're not good, they'll drive you crazy."
Zhong Yan stood up, walked to the deck, put on sunglasses, and looked at the dark sea. It had been about three months since he had spent so much time with this woman. Three months was enough for her to affect his mood. Not good.
So the next day
Ji Tanyuan learned from Assistant Liang that Zhong Yan had gone to Hong Kong and told her to stay in Shanghai for two days while she returned to Yanjing.
Ji Tanyuan took the dog leash from Assistant Liang and nodded upon hearing this, "Understood."
Assistant Liang hesitated, then Ji Tanyuan turned and left with the dog.
The two of them thus fell into a strange cold war.
When Zhong Yan wants to ignore someone, you won't see him for half a month. Ji Tanyuan stayed in Shanghai for two weeks and received three phone calls from Yanjing before rushing back.
She was busy for two weeks and lost weight. She put the reform of the group's equity structure on the agenda. The project team promoted Yu Yanna to be in charge of the whole process. Lu Ke, as the CEO of Ji's Group, supervised the whole process and signed off on it. She also asked the group's legal team to work with a large external law firm to follow the project progress. Ji Tanyuan stayed behind the scenes and did not show her face much. She began to delegate power and cultivate her own people.
A professional and efficient team is more reliable than one bound by blood ties.
By the time the Ji family issued the announcement, Ji Tanyuan had already been back in Yanjing for three days, while Zhong Yan was still in Gangcheng.
Therefore, the announcement caused quite a stir in the financial circles, and Ji's stock fluctuated, but not downward as the team predicted, but rather steadily improved.
Some financial bloggers analyzed that the Ji family, who had been lying low, finally dared to step out of the ancestral hall and change.
Shuyun looked at her phone, then stood up excitedly. "Zhong Yan helped? He went to Shanghai to clean up the mess for the Ji family?"
"When did he become so nosy? He should have lowered himself to marry a nouveau riche, not help her whole family."
Gu Beiming poured tea for someone, then glanced at her. "Isn't this normal? She's from her father-in-law's family."
Shu Yun frowned and looked at the person sitting on the sofa: "Gu Beiming, you've been pouring cold water on me from the very beginning."
“Ji Tanyuan is not familiar with you or me, and she doesn’t even bother to greet me when we meet. Gu Beiming, do you really need to speak up for them like this? Zhong Yan hasn’t said anything yet, and you’re the one rushing to help.”
Gu Beiming got angry when he was pointed at like that, and laughed angrily, "Miss Shuyun, do you think I'm speaking up for her? If I didn't know you, why the hell would I bother to advise you to let go? If you ask me, Ji Tanyuan has a good temper. Surrounded by someone who's always thinking about being a mistress, would she even greet you?"
Zhao Qingye frowned. "Bei Ming, this is going too far."
Shuyun's face turned bright red, and her eyes quickly welled up with tears. "Say it again."
Gu Beiming: "After all these years, anyone with a brain should understand your crush by now. Don't you realize that the person in question is pretending not to know?"
"Rongxi is your friend, and you actually believe what she says because she's biased and protective? Some people are just watching the show and encouraging you to go and cause trouble between that couple, and you're going along with it? Shuyun, you're still too naive." As soon as he finished speaking, he was greeted with a cup of hot tea.
Shuyun threw the teacup on the ground. "I don't understand. What does my business have to do with you? Do you need to tell me? You don't understand feelings at all. You don't even have basic empathy. How dare you call yourself my friend?" Shuyun shouted through her tears and walked out.
Rong Xi and Wen Yi'an, who had just arrived, bumped into Shu Yun, who was about to leave. "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Rongxi looked down at Shuyun and saw her face covered in tears. "Why are you crying?"
Wen Yi'an looked over as well, and was also surprised, "What's going on?"
Shuyun lowered her head and wiped her face. "It's nothing."
Wen Yi'an sighed, "It's because of Zhong Yan again, isn't it?"
Gu Beiming left with his coat, saying, "Shuyun, I won't try to persuade you anymore. Just don't cry then."
She stepped forward and took the person's hand, saying, "Why do you limit your attention to just one person?"
"What's so good about Zhong Yan? There are so many men in the world, why bother?"
Wen Yi'an even wondered what was so good about getting married.
"Don't be sad. A-Jing said their outcome won't be good. Maybe we should just wait."
Upon hearing this, Shuyun looked up at Wen Yi'an. Rongxi, who was pouring water, and Zhao Qingye, who was about to chase after them, also stopped and looked at Wen Yi'an.
Wen Yi'an didn't say much, only saying, "You forgot, they are an arranged marriage."
Isn't the purpose of marriage alliances to seek benefits? If the outcome is bad, the alliance will inevitably collapse in the future due to unequal distribution of benefits.
Rong Xi and Zhao Qingye exchanged a glance, then smiled and placed the water glass in front of Shu Yun.
"Drink some water. Beiming is doing this for your own good. What if those two really develop feelings for each other and don't get a divorce? What will you do then?"
Shuyun pursed her lips, "I would be unwilling. I've been following him for 20 years and I've never seen him even flinch."
For nearly a fifth of her life, she had all her purest girlish feelings for him, yet it didn't end well. Who would be willing to accept that?
Wen Yi'an sighed. She wanted to say that if you really married him, this idea of true love would be completely shattered in front of his elders.
It's true that wealthy and powerful families have many rules and regulations; you can only live a good life if you adapt to them and become numb to them.
Rong Xi smiled and said, "Then let's just watch and wait, don't be sad."
Rongxi drank a glass of water. The Ji family was gradually recovering from their slump and began to clear away the accumulated problems.
That won't do. She's still thinking about acquiring the Ji family's Qinghe Real Estate. Only when the marriage alliance goes wrong and the group is in a slump can she take the opportunity to acquire it at a low price.
Rong Xi: "Anyway, their cooperation is going very smoothly. Zhong Yan is now personally helping Ji Tanyuan Group with their troubles, so you shouldn't get involved."
Shuyun kept her head down and didn't say anything. What if the cooperation didn't go smoothly?
She'll try one last time; if she can't have it, no one else can.
She devoted her youth to her unrequited love for Zhong Yan, determined to leave an unforgettable impression on him even if she couldn't win his heart, so that he would take notice of her.
Monday morning
Zhong Yan didn't return to Yanjing, but Ji Tanyuan did; she was going to have dinner at the old house.
When Ji Tanyuan arrived at the Zhong family's house, it was exactly seven o'clock.
It's earlier than when I go to work.
During the meal, Mr. Zhong asked, "Have you been busy with company matters lately?"
Ji Tanyuan: "Yes."
Grandma Zhong's expression had been rather unpleasant ever since Ji Tanyuan appeared. "Tanyuan, there should have been a copy of the family precepts back then. Ayan didn't give it to you then, but I'll give it to you now."
“Every member of the Zhong family should abide by this rule.”
Ji Tanyuan put down her spoon, wiped her mouth, and smiled: "Okay, Grandma, I will definitely follow the family precepts."
Ji Tanyuan held the family precepts, not intending to open them, because it's perfectly normal for a family to have rules.
But what Zhong Yan could possibly keep is certainly intriguing.
Ji Tanyuan took a deep breath before opening the book.
The battle between the Zhong and Ji families over feudal clan concepts is about to begin.
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