The theft incident that occurred in Class 6 has finally come to an end. For many people, it may only be a topic of conversation for ten days or half a month, but for Li Xinyan and Zhao Dan, it is an experience that they will never forget for the rest of their lives.
Thousands of miles away in Wuzhou City, a Mercedes-Benz slowly drove into a heavily guarded manor. Through the car window, Fan Mingzhu nervously watched everything unfolding in front of her, preparing for the most important meeting in her life.
Luo Yun smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. President Yan is very easy to get along with. Just answer whatever he asks you. Don't talk too much and don't try to be smart. Do you understand?"
No matter in the past or now, no matter whether she was the eldest daughter of the Fan family or Zhuang Shaoxuan's woman, Fan Mingzhu was not a woman who had never seen the world. In the Mingzhuang on the outskirts of Guanshan, the luxury and grandeur were no less than here, even better, but her heart had never beaten so violently.
Fan Mingzhu nodded, took a deep breath, and a determined look flashed in her eyes: she had gone through so much hardship to get to this point, and she would not let herself leave in disappointment no matter what.
The car passed through three iron gates and stopped in front of a seven-story villa. Luo Yun and Fan Mingzhu got out. The two black-clad women who looked inconspicuous checked them carefully with stern faces, not caring about Luo Yun's identity. And the arrogant Luo Boss in Lingyang, since entering this manor, his usual arrogance and vulgarity have all disappeared. His every move is instinctively cautious. Even when being searched by the black-clad women, he did not show any dissatisfaction. His honest appearance is simply outrageous. Even Luo Yun cooperated very well, so Fan Mingzhu naturally did not dare to be unusual, but on the other hand, she also had a deeper understanding of the power and superiority of this human phoenix.
After the inspection was over, the woman in black took them to the top floor via the special elevator. After exiting the elevator, they walked through a winding panoramic corridor and came to a gorgeously carved mahogany door guarded by two phoenixes. A woman motioned for them to stop, stretched out her hand to open a small gap, and slipped in.
After a while, the wooden door opened wide and the view in front of me suddenly became clear.
Fan Mingzhu raised her head and saw a gorgeous woman half lying on an exquisite and comfortable recliner, flipping through an unknown book in her hands. Sunlight shone in from the floor-to-ceiling window on the left, making her half-delicate face look as white as snow and frost. The thin gauze skirt covered her body lightly as if to avoid disturbing her, leaving only her tight and smooth calves exposed.
In an instant, Fan Mingzhu almost forgot everything, from Jiangdong to Suhai, from clean to dirty, from above the nine heavens to below the underworld, from life to death.
She finally met Yan Qixiu!
"Ms. Fan, thank you for your hard work along the way."
After an unknown amount of time, the voice in her ear brought Fan Mingzhu back to her senses. She then saw that not far behind Yan Qixiu, there were three extremely beautiful girls. Two of them were playing Go with great concentration, while the other one was pouting and frowning at the laptop in front of her, muttering something angrily.
The woman standing in front of him, although also extremely beautiful, had a faint smile on her face like a girl next door, which made people feel warm and friendly. She was not as difficult to approach as the others.
"My name is Yan Huangyan, maybe you have heard of my name..."
Although Fan Mingzhu's hands and feet were trembling slightly due to her nervousness, she did not want to appear too weak in front of Yan Huangyan, the most important person under Yan Qixiu. If she wanted to gain Yan Qixiu's attention, she could not be much inferior to Huang Feng. She secretly encouraged herself, calmly stretched out her hand before Yan Huangyan, and said with a smile, "I have heard of your name for a long time!"
"Miss Fan, you are so polite. Come, sit down." Yan Huangyan smiled, without showing any emotional fluctuations about Fan Mingzhu's reversal of the host's position. He led her and Luo Yun to sit on the sofa in the side hall, and then personally held the kettle and poured two cups of tea. Luo Yun did not dare to be arrogant, and slightly bowed, pretending to support the cup with both hands, and said: "I haven't had tea brewed by Miss Huang Yan for a long time. Just by looking at the color of the tea, I can tell that your craftsmanship has improved. Today, I, Luo Yun, can finally enjoy a taste of it."
"Boss Luo, I don't know if my skills have improved, but your ability to mock me has improved a lot." Yan Huangyan laughed, his eyes turned, and suddenly said: "Ms. Fan, I heard from Boss Luo that you want to work with my boss, is that right?"
"ah?"
Fan Mingzhu was concentrating on listening to Luo Yun and Yan Huangyan's casual conversation, and her attention was highly focused. She wanted to learn more about this woman who had a great influence on Yan Qixiu from the side, so as to prepare for the formal conversation later. However, Yan Huangyan unexpectedly turned the topic to herself without any warning, and was so straightforward, without any preparation or retreat, which immediately disrupted her psychological defense line that she had just established, as well as the planned negotiation rhythm.
"I, I..."
Looking at Yan Huangyan's bright eyes, it seemed that nothing could be invisible under the gaze of these eyes. Fan Mingzhu was a little confused. He could not say a word of the reasons he had repeated countless times in his mind. He felt annoyed and frustrated, and more nervous and uneasy. But the more he did this, the more incoherent he became. A few drops of cold sweat appeared on his smooth forehead without a wrinkle. He could no longer hide his calmness. He looked quite embarrassed.
"Don't worry, have some tea first!" Yan Huangyan still had a smile on her face, and said, "Wuzhou is very humid, Miss Fan has come from afar, so she may not be able to adapt. Take it easy, don't worry!"
Then she said to Luo Yun as if nothing had happened: "Mr. Luo got a new beautiful calligraphy recently?"
Luo Yun seemed not to have seen the scene where Fan Mingzhu was defeated by Yan Huangyan's words just now. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Yes, the old monk of Pufang Temple has been pestered by Zhuo Yihua for more than a year. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and wrote a calligraphy for him. I didn't expect that I would snatch it away just after he left Qingzhou. Haha, I guess Master Zhuo won't be in such a good mood these days."
"Master Abbot has always been stingy with his calligraphy. There are only a dozen or so pieces of his calligraphy left in the world. It would be a waste of talent in your hands. Why don't you give it to me? How do you think?"
Luo Yun was not going to say no, so he said, "I'm just worried about where to hang it. If Miss Huang Yan likes it, I'll have someone send it over right away."
"Thank you very much!" Yan Huangyan turned to look at Fan Mingzhu again. She held the tea in both hands, lowered her eyebrows and sat still. She must have finally understood where this place was. She smiled and said, "It seems that Miss Fan has a good ability to adapt. She has adapted to Wuzhou's weather so quickly. In this case, I will ask you the question again, do you really want to work with the boss?"
Fan Mingzhu nodded, and refused to say another word. She only then understood why Luo Yun had told her not to be smart and to answer questions according to her own wishes when she entered the room. It was because in front of Huang Feng, who seemed harmless, any disguise or cover-up would be so ridiculous!
With wisdom and insight, Huang Feng is unrivaled.
There is no false reputation under such a great name!
Yan Huangyan said calmly: "Although you have this intention, the boss never takes in useless people. In your current situation, I don't see any value in you that is enough for you to stay."
Fan Mingzhu's knuckles as she held the cup turned pale, and she said, "My value to President Yan is much greater than it looks!"
"oh?"
“… I know many secrets of Zhuang Shaoxuan—many secrets that even Master Buddha and his closest people don’t know!”
"Really?" Yan Huangyan said with a smile: "In the past year, you seem to have revealed a lot of information about the young master of Guanshan to Mr. Luo..."
Fan Mingzhu glanced at Luo Yun, put aside all the distracting thoughts in her mind, and finally made up her mind. She gritted her teeth and said, "What I told Mr. Luo were just some superficial things... Miss Huang Yan, if you were me, would you tell all the secrets to others before meeting Mr. Yan?"
Snap, snap, snap!
Yan Huangyan clapped his hands, a playful look flashed in his eyes, and said, "Very smart, I like smart women! How about this, Mingzhu, you go and see Mr. Luo off first, and I will arrange your work when you come back."
Fan Mingzhu suddenly stood up straight, the ecstasy on her face almost shining the whole hall, and said: "Can I, can I really stay?"
Yan Huangyan stood up and said with a smile: "It just so happens that the boss is still in need of an assistant. You are very smart and lucky."
After Fan Mingzhu and Luo Yun disappeared outside the door, Yan Huangyan walked to the recliner by the French window in the main hall, with his hands hanging down by his legs, and waited quietly for nearly a quarter of an hour. Yan Qixiu, who was sitting on the recliner, finished reading the last page, put down the book, stretched lazily, and said, "How is it?"
"I'm not sure if it was set up by Zhuang Shaoxuan, but the boss is right. Fan Mingzhu should have his secret." Yan Huangyan took two steps forward, gently rubbed Yan Qixiu's shoulders, and said, "This secret may just be a bait thrown out to gain our trust, or it may be that Zhuang Shaoxuan was careless and Fan Mingzhu accidentally found out. No matter which one it is, in my opinion, the risks outweigh the benefits. Boss, would you like to reconsider it? We have been preparing for so long, there is no need to rush in and lose the big picture for the sake of success!"
Only Yan Huangyan would dare to say such words in front of Yan Qixiu. Even Yan Baihu, who is usually outspoken, does not have the courage to do so.
Yan Qixiu covered her mouth and yawned. The charming and seductive action became extremely weird with her two eyes, one bright and one dark. She said, "If Zhuang Shaoxuan is willing to spend so much time and effort to set up this game, and even endure the shame of Luo Yun cheating on him, he will definitely let Fan Mingzhu throw out a big enough bait to impress me. Oh, he has the courage to lay the bait, don't I have the courage to eat it? Who is the prey and who is the hunter? No one will know until the end!"
Yan Qixiu slowly closed his eyes, raised his hand and held the little hand on his shoulder, and said: "Yan'er, do you know the gap between you and that kid from Qingzhou?"
Yan Huangyan's mind flashed with a gentle image, and he said, "Yan'er is listening."
"You have the wisdom to plan and plot, and the insight to seek benefits and avoid harm, which is even better than the kid from the Wen family. But there is only one thing you haven't realized yet, and that is that when it's time to fight, then fight!"
Yan Huangyan paused and whispered, "If we need to fight, then we should fight?"
"Planning, scheming, and building up momentum, the ultimate goal is to win, but how can you win without the courage to fight? Think about it, when Lingyang crashed into Luo Yun, did Wen Liang ever think about how to face my wrath?"
Yan Huangyan raised his chin. His thoughts, which had never fluctuated in front of outsiders, finally changed a little. He said with a little dissatisfaction: "That's because he knew you wouldn't be angry about it. He bumped into Luo Yun mainly because he didn't want to be dragged into this mess by Zuo Jing. In the long run, it was to avoid offending the boss."
"That's true, but you have to understand, Wen Liang knows that people like me are the most moody. He was only 50% sure at most, but he dared to give the order to hit the enemy. This is the courage to fight when it is necessary, which is sometimes more important than any layout and conspiracy!"
Yan Huangyan frowned. She was good at strategizing, digging pits, setting up traps, leveraging forces, and using spies. Enemies were often put around the neck by ropes before they even noticed. By the time they found out, they were already powerless to resist and could only surrender. But such people would lack the courage to confront head-on and fight bare-handed. Once the opponent was evenly matched, their strategists would be useless, their plans would go wrong, and the brave would win in a narrow road. They would easily be defeated!
"Yes, Yan'er has learned your lesson." Yan Huangyan hadn't heard Yan Qixiu talk so much in a long time. He knew that she was giving him some advice, and he was touched. He tried to make her happy and said, "But being 50% sure is really too risky. This time he was lucky, but it may not be the case next time..."
Yan Qixiu laughed and said, "It seems you still don't accept it! How about you go to Qingzhou and scare him, and let him know that 50% certainty is not something to be relied on?"
"I'm not going. That guy is so slippery and ruthless. I don't know how many brain cells I'll lose if I meet him once. It's not good for my skin."
Little did he know that Wen Liang had the same feeling towards Yan Huangyan, but he was not worried about skin problems, but that seeing her too often might lead to impotence!
Yan Qixiu laughed loudly. Thousands of miles away, in the suburbs of Guanshan, in a secret room in Mingzhuang, someone also laughed loudly after listening to the report of a person hidden in the dark. (To be continued)