Ye Lan was silent for a while before speaking: "Okay, I understand."
…
Ye Lan hung up the phone, walked out of the meeting room, asked her secretary to make her coffee, and went to the president's office alone.
While holding the phone, he flipped through the address book to find a number he hadn't contacted for a long time. The sharp body of the phone brushed against his short and sharp hair.
Before the call was connected, Ye Lan raised her lips and smiled: "Auntie Nian, it's me, Ye Lan."
The person who answered the phone was Haitong's grandmother.
"Ah, Xiaolan."
The old woman had a clear mind and knew that she was just a little old. In addition, her deceased husband had a good relationship with Ye Maoshan and they had some friendship.
But considering the social status of the two families, Ye Lan's call of "Auntie" was considered to be giving enough face to herself.
She knew her position better than Haitong. Without waiting for Ye Lan to speak, she immediately said, "Are you done with your work? How are you doing recently? I heard that your group signed an overseas order not long ago. It must be tiring to travel back and forth. Come to auntie's house some other day and auntie will make you some pork rib soup to nourish you."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Ye Lan made a great move with little effort and got to the point.
"Auntie, I called you to tell you that Haitong has been found."
Grandma Haitong really cares about her granddaughter, so her voice became nervous: "Where is she?"
"F Continent." Ye Lan did not hide the truth from her: "A friend of my nephew saw her post on WeChat Moments, and the background was a hotel in F Continent. He had been there before and happened to recognize it."
"F Continent?!" Grandma Haitong was so shocked that she was speechless and couldn't believe it: "She just told us that she was going out to play with friends for two days..."
Ye Lan did not comment: "I don't know about this."
Haitong's grandmother came back to her senses, and after hearing the coldness in Ye Lan's words, she tried to calm herself down, and said tentatively with a little apology: "Xiao Lan, Haitong has caused you trouble recently. She...is just immature, and was spoiled by me and her parents. The matter at Jiusuo..."
She just opened her mouth.
Ye Lan seemed to know what she was going to say next, and interrupted her in a gentle but forceful tone: "Aunt Nian, I have an urgent meeting here. How about I call you back later?"
Ye Lan then continued, "I asked her about the matter of Jiusuo, and she just doesn't like an environment that is too restrictive. You also know that Jiusuo is a serious place, and it's normal for a child to dislike it. My father and I both respect the child's opinion. After all, a forced melon is not sweet..."
With the level of the Institute in China, why would they want to force a young researcher who has studied abroad but has no achievements to stay
to be honest.
Jiusuo was willing to take Haitong at the beginning.
Or for the sake of the descendants of meritorious service.
Otherwise, with Haitong's own qualifications, Jiusuo would not give her a chance.
As a result, Haitong herself thought that it was Jiusuo who cried and begged for her, the overseas Chinese turtle, and she reluctantly gave up the opportunity to return home for the sake of her family elders.
Ye Lan felt that there was no need to force it.
"She likes her freedom and we respect her opinion."
“…” Grandma Haitong still had something to understand, so she smiled bitterly, a smile that was even uglier than crying: “You’re right. Oh, this child!”
Ye Lan looked at her watch, and out of the corner of her eye she saw the secretary bringing the brewed coffee into the office, so she said to her, "Auntie Nian, I have a meeting in five minutes. I'll come visit you another day."
(End of this chapter)