Chapter 242: Addicted to Playing Matchmaker

Shi Youxuan took the milk and drank it all in one breath; after finishing, tears almost fell from her eyes.

She was a bit choked up and asked, "How did you think to heat up milk for me to drink?"

When asked, Sheng Hanyu suddenly realized.

He had been careless, forgetting that in Country L, there was no habit of drinking hot milk; they all drank it cold.

He explained: You said you used to drink hot milk, so I went and heated a cup.

She had indeed said it; when telling stories to Xiaozhu during lunch break at summer camp, Shi Youxuan had mentioned it, but it was just a casual remark, and she hadn't expected Alisha to actually remember it.

Moreover, the temperature was just right, exactly the same as what she used to drink.

"Used to" was five years ago, during the time she lived with that person.

Every morning, no matter how busy that person was, he would personally heat a cup of milk and place it by her bedside; when she woke up to drink it, the temperature was just right...

The fact that the Madam left Alisha's room in her bathrobe early in the morning was soon reported to the Head of the Family.

Zhu Yiwen did not go out that day.

After breakfast, he asked Shi Youxuan to go to the study with him to "discuss matters."

Closing the study door, Shi Youxuan spoke very bluntly: "What do you want to do again? A Ning has already been driven away by you, and there is nothing between him and Alisha; they are perfectly innocent."

Zhu Yiwen asked: "Are you so certain that they are innocent?"

Shi Youxuan: "Of course, A Ning is my old friend of many years; naturally, I believe him."

Zhu Yiwen: "Since he is your old friend of many years and you believe him, why didn't you say so when he was here yesterday, and only said it after Jian Yining had already been driven away?"

Shi Youxuan was speechless.

He continued: "Yesterday you were still acting like you wanted to help them get together, and today you come to me to hold me accountable; your attitude changes really fast. You stayed in Alisha's room all night, what is your relationship?"

Shi Youxuan was furious.

But before she could flare up, Zhu Yiwen made her explode directly.

Zhu Yiwen suggested: "The new room I had prepared for Jian Yining yesterday is really quite nice. Why don't you go take a look? If you like it, you and Alisha can move in. If there's anything you don't like, I'll have someone adjust it..."

"Shut up!"

Shi Youxuan now had the urge to smash his study.

"Alisha is my sister, do you understand 'sister'? Do you understand family affection?"

Zhu Yiwen did not quite understand.

He had always had a very thin connection to things like family affection; the people who wanted to kill him back then were all relatives.

Seeing that this line of reasoning wouldn't work, Shi Youxuan changed her approach. This time it worked, and Zhu Yiwen believed that the two of them were just chatting and nothing more.

Once it was explained, Shi Youxuan turned and left.

She didn't want to see him, nor did she want to talk to him anymore; it was better not to communicate with those not of one's own kind, lest she be angered to death by him sooner or later.

Jiangzhou.

Jian Yining walked out of the airport and, without even returning home, went straight to Dingsheng Group to find Yun Zhe Hao.

As a result, he was stopped by the Secretary outside: "I'm sorry, sir, our General Manager has accompanied the Chairman to inspect a project and has not returned yet."

"How long have they been gone?"

"They left yesterday."

Jian Yining did not believe it and, with a straight face, tried to trick her: "You're lying. Your Chairman isn't even in the country; he's abroad."

The Secretary looked at Jian Yining as if he were a lunatic: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, sir, but there's no need to insult people, right? Why would I lie? It's written in the Jiangzhou Daily. Could I possibly have foresight and collude with the newspaper to lie to you?"

"Besides, there is no benefit for me in lying to you; I have no need to do so at all."

On the surface, it seemed as though Jian Yining believed her words.

But he did not leave; instead, he sat in the guest area outside the office to wait for them to return.

Fine, so they went to inspect a project, right?

Then he would wait at the company to see when they returned.

The Secretary served him coffee and then left under the pretext of being busy with work.

Turning a corner and checking left and right to make sure no one was watching, she pushed open an office that had been idle for a long time and slipped inside.

"Manager Yun, that gentleman refuses to leave, saying he must wait for you all to return and see the Chairman in person before he will leave!"

It was exactly as Sheng Hanyu had said; it was basically the same as what he had anticipated.

Yun Zhe Hao asked her: "You didn't say anything wrong to make him suspicious of you, did you?"

The Secretary smiled confidently: "No, from yesterday to today, I have long since memorized these lines by heart, and I have even practiced the expressions on my face in the mirror many times. There won't be any problems at all."

"Alright, you go out and get back to work. I have already notified the Finance Department to give you an extra bonus at the end of the month."

"Thank you, Manager Yun." The Secretary went out.

Sheng Zerong said: "Should I call Yixin?"

They both knew Jian Yining's temper; don't look at how easygoing and agreeable he usually is, but if he really sets his mind on something, he will never turn back until he gets to the bottom of it.

Yun Zhe Hao nodded: "Call her."

Jian Yining finished a pot of coffee in the guest area, but he didn't wait for the Chairman and the General Manager; instead, he waited for his own sister.

"A Ning, why are you here?"

Jian Yixin was in a capable professional suit, stepping in high heels, followed by a secretary and bodyguards, the image of a shrewd and capable career woman.

Seeing his sister, he didn't tell the truth either: "I have something very urgent and came to find Sheng Hanyu. I planned to go home after seeing him, but I didn't expect to see you, sister, first."

Jian Yixin said: "He's not here; he went out of town for an inspection. How come no one told you?"

Even his sister said so, and Jian Yining's firm resolve began to waver: "The Secretary just told me, how could he be in Jiangzhou?"

Jian Yixin giggled: "A Ning, are you alright?"

"Isn't the reason you came back to find him? Why do you look so surprised that he is in Jiangzhou? Wait for me here for a moment; once I finish my business, we will go home and give Mom and Dad a surprise."

After saying this, she didn't wait for him to reply and walked straight inside...

Closing the door, the few of them met up.

Yun Zhe Hao: "How was it? Your younger brother didn't suspect you, did he?"

Jian Yixin slammed the folder in her hand onto his head: "You have the nerve to ask? You still have the nerve to ask? Last time I lied to him, he didn't speak to me for five years. If he finds out I lied to him again this time, I'm afraid he won't speak to me for the rest of his life!"

"This time is different, the nature of it is different. Later on, he will thank you..."

Jian Yixin interrupted: "Alright, enough nonsense. The half-percent profit margin you promised cannot be a cent less, you hear me?"

Yun Zhe Hao: "I know, I know. This was promised by the eldest young master of the Sheng family, it definitely won't be less."

Sheng Zerong interjected from the side: "If they try to welch on the deal, I'll compensate you."

"Hmph, you are all birds of a feather." Jian Yixin chided, though her attitude had clearly softened quite a bit.

Yun Zhe Hao teased the two of them: "It's the same regardless of which one of you compensates the other; sooner or later, it's all staying in the same pot."

Jian Yixin came out from inside and asked Jian Yining to go home with her, also saying that all her work for the afternoon had been pushed aside, just waiting to go back for a family reunion.

Five years ago, Jian Yining ran away from home without saying goodbye.

Jian Fu's health had been much worse than before after the shock, so Jian Yixin took over the Jian Family business, running it impressively, and her personality gradually became more forthright.

Jian Yining wanted to refuse, but had no suitable reason to do so, so he went home with his sister.

He had just looked at the newspaper and asked a few small employees passing by the company, and they all said the same thing—Sheng Hanyu had been in Jiangzhou these past few days, even eating and sleeping in the company; a typical workaholic!