Chapter 166: Jian Yining Returns to the Country

Three days later.

Shi Youxuan was woken up by a phone call early in the morning and was very unhappy.

She had originally thought that being in a bad mood would cause insomnia, but the result was the opposite; she always seemed unable to wake up, feeling sleepy after every meal, exceptionally drowsy.

She was sleeping soundly and didn't want to answer.

However, when it didn't stop ringing over and over, she reached out to the bedside table, fumbled for her phone, and groggily swiped the answer button.

After connecting, Jian Yining's cheerful voice came from the other end of the receiver: "Yingzi, Yingzi, guess where I am?"

Shi Youxuan hadn't woken up yet, her voice thick with nasal congestion: "Online. Leave me a message if you have something to say, I'll look at it later."

"You're actually still sleeping? That's too much, it's already nine-thirty. You missed work hours; did you ask for leave? Don't think that just because you're the Chairman you can be late, leave early, and not clock in..."

Shi Youxuan hung up the phone, turned over, and went back to sleep.

This guy and Sheng Hanyu were simply two extremes; one was an unbearable chatterbox, and the other was a man of few words!

"Ring-a-ling—"

The phone rang again, still Jian Yining calling, but this time he didn't waste words. After she answered, he said: "Come to the airport to pick me up. I'm at Starbucks drinking coffee, waiting for you."

Shi Youxuan's sleepiness was instantly chased away: "You're back?" Her voice was too loud, making Jian Yining's ears ache.

He looked doting, but his voice was full of indifferent teasing: "Yeah, I'm back. Surprised? Unexpected?"

"Stay right there, I'm coming to pick you up immediately."

Shi Youxuan leaped out of bed, quickly washed her face and brushed her teeth, grabbed her smooth hair with her hands to pull it into a ponytail at the back of her head, and without even applying makeup, just put on some skincare products and went out bare-faced.

She arrived at the airport Starbucks and quickly found Jian Yining. This guy was in a white casual outfit, and the hiking backpack he had been carrying when he left was still at his feet, just as if he had returned from a tour.

"I ordered a cappuccino for you." Jian Yining signaled for Shi Youxuan to sit down and finish the coffee before they left.

Shi Youxuan usually liked Starbucks cappuccinos, but today, for some reason, she felt nauseous just looking at it.

She couldn't even stand the smell of it.

She covered her nose with her hand and urged Jian Yining: "Let's go, I can't stand this smell."

"Oh, then let's go."

He picked up the hiking backpack and put it on his back. In that short time, Shi Youxuan had already gone outside and was standing there waiting for him.

"What's wrong with you? Did you even change your personality after falling in love with Sheng Hanyu?"

"Don't mention him."

Shi Youxuan's face darkened.

The more Jian Yining was told not to mention him, the more he wanted to: "Yo, did you two have a fight? Does that mean I have a chance now... What did you fight about? Tell me, I'll stand up for you..."

Shi Youxuan didn't want to talk about it, and it wasn't easy to talk about.

She couldn't very well say, "Because Sheng Hanyu hasn't forgotten your sister yet, so I'm very jealous, and being jealous makes me very angry, and I haven't recovered after several days."

If Jian Yining and Jian Yixin weren't fraternal twins, perhaps she would have poured her heart out to a good friend and complained.

But Jian Yixin and Jian Yining were biological siblings, so the relationship was very awkward.

She simply changed the subject: "Why did you suddenly come back? Aren't you supposed to be settling down abroad?"

Jian Yining: "Don't even mention it. I hadn't even been abroad for three months when my mother started washing her face with tears every day, sending me videos at least three times a day telling me to come back. The Empress Dowager's decree cannot be disobeyed, so here I am back!"

He wouldn't say that he decided to come back because he missed someone too much while he was away.

He hadn't made up his mind yet, but two days ago he suddenly received a text message on Twitter from a mysterious person telling him that Shi Youxuan and Sheng Hanyu were having conflicts and were likely to break up, so he came back!

He didn't come back to break them up, he just wanted to stand by her side and wait quietly.

If she became single again, he would immediately seize the opportunity to avoid someone else "taking advantage of the situation."

Shi Youxuan didn't suspect he was lying. In any case, she was very happy that Jian Yining was back. She patted his shoulder and said righteously: "That's right. 'While parents are alive, one should not travel far.' Your parents are both in the country, why are you running around the world?"

"It's so much better staying in the country. With you here, I can rest easy... Li Zong is not bad, but he asks me about everything, it's so annoying..."

Shi Youxuan was used to being a hands-off manager. In the past, she and Jian Yining had a clear division of labor; she only handled the general direction, and all the remaining specific affairs were handled by Jian Yining. She was happy to be idle and carefree without him asking her.

But the new professional manager didn't know that. In order to show respect to the Chairman, he reported everything and needed her signature for every little thing!

Other group companies all did it this way, but it didn't work for Shi Youxuan, and she was very unaccustomed to it.

Hearing the chatter again, Jian Yining felt at ease in his heart.

In the evening, Shi Youxuan held a welcome dinner for Jian Yining at the Ginza Building revolving restaurant. As soon as the two walked into the restaurant, Yun Zhe Hao knew, and his first action was to call Sheng Hanyu to inform him.

Jian Yining is back?

He came back at just the right time.

Sheng Hanyu's face was so gloomy it could drip ink. He sensed a crisis; he felt that Jian Yining's return boded no good.

"Cheers, to our future prosperity and a long-lasting friendship." Shi Youxuan raised her glass, using plain water in place of wine to celebrate Jian Yining's return to the country.

"Cheers, to prosperity." Jian Yining raised his red wine glass. The two glasses clinked crisply, and he automatically ignored the second half of her sentence.

After clinking glasses, before they could even eat, Sheng Hanyu came over. With a cold face, he said to Jian Yining: "When did you get back? Why didn't you say anything when you returned?"

Shi Youxuan turned her head and ignored him.

Jian Yining didn't really want to pay attention to him either, but since the man was standing right in front of him, he couldn't ignore him.

"I came back on the morning flight. I just haven't had the chance to tell you yet."

This sounded a bit fake; he had been back for a day and hadn't had the chance to tell him—just how busy could he be?

But Sheng Hanyu didn't care and stated his purpose: "Do you mind if I sit down?"

"I don't mind."

Jian Yining signaled the waiter to add another chair and set of tableware.

Shi Youxuan, however, said stiffly: "I mind. Today is an internal gathering for our Tianma Group, and you aren't part of our group, so it's not convenient here."

convenience."

She was still angry about the WeChat message from that day, so she only sent it once and then stopped.

Shi Youxuan waited eagerly for three days; during these three days, he seemed to have vanished, not coming to visit, not calling, not adding a single word on WeChat, and even the statement on television was retracted that very night.

Shi Yucheng also said that Sheng Hanyu's apology lacked sincerity, that a man is shaped by the foundation he lays, and since the future is so long, if a good foundation isn't laid this time, his daughter would have to be the one to lower her head in future arguments.

Just like that, Shi Youxuan waited, holding out and refusing to take the initiative to contact Sheng Hanyu.

In reality, she didn't know that Sheng Hanyu hadn't gone to find her because he was entangled in a mess; for the past few days, women had constantly been coming to his home and company, claiming he had posted a marriage advertisement online and they were there to apply!

It was completely untrue, and he eventually sent all those people away, but she and her father didn't know that, so the father and daughter just stayed home sulking.

Now that she saw Sheng Hanyu, her anger flared up even more!

If Sheng Hanyu had softened his stance, offered an apology, and coaxed her when Shi Youxuan said it was "inconvenient," it probably would have been fine, but he didn't.

He darkened his face: "It is truly unfortunate, Chairman, the restaurant is an industry of Dingsheng; whether I stay or not does not require the consent of the Chairman of Tianma."

Yun Zhe Hao saw Sheng Hanyu's performance on the surveillance monitor and nearly fainted!

This man has an off-the-charts IQ but an incredibly low EQ; this is the time to coax his wife, coax his wife, not for you to act official, talk bureaucratic nonsense, and fight for the upper hand!