Chapter 278: Both Sides Want to Win Him Over

Jian Yining called Shi Youxuan: "Yingzi, I've arrived in L Country and am staying at the Hilton Hotel. Is it convenient for you to come out?"

"Didn't I tell you not to come? Why don't you listen?" Shi Youxuan chided, though she wasn't angry.

The situation was different now; Zhu Yiwen was putting all his focus on Sheng Hanyu, so it wouldn't matter much even if he found out Jian Yining had arrived in L Country.

"Find a way to come out; I'm in room 2828."

"Alright, wait for me."

Zhu Yiwen had already lifted the house arrest on Shi Youxuan, so she could go out, though she usually needed A Qing to follow her.

Today, A Qing happened to be attending an auction with Zhu Yiwen, so no one was monitoring her; it was the perfect time for her to meet Jian Yining.

Room 2828 of the Hilton Hotel was a Presidential Suite. Shi Youxuan rang the doorbell, but the person who opened the door was a beautiful young man!

When the boy saw Shi Youxuan, he immediately recognized her as Mrs. Zhu Yiwen and smiled politely: "Please come in, Madam."

Shi Youxuan hadn't expected anyone else to be in the room, and she certainly hadn't expected that upon entering, she would find the room had been transformed into an office.

On the table in the living room were a fax machine, a printer, and, of course, a computer.

The two of them seemed to be working; printed documents were scattered everywhere—on the table and on the sofa.

"Yingzi, you've come at just the right time. I'm going to join the battle!" Jian Yining said, rubbing his hands in excitement.

"Join what battle?"

Shi Youxuan had a bad premonition.

Jian Yining said: "The war between Sheng Hanyu and Zhu Yiwen, of course. Yingzi, you aren't being a good friend; they've fought to this point and you didn't even tell me. Now that the water is sufficiently muddied, it's the perfect time for us to catch some fish."

……

Shi Youxuan had a headache.

A splitting headache.

"You cannot get involved in this. Listen to me, rest for a day and then go back."

Seeing the two of them talking, the beautiful young man tactfully found an excuse to go to another room, leaving space for the two of them.

"Who is that boy?" Shi Youxuan asked.

She felt the boy's gaze toward her was strange—there was sympathy, guilt, and jealousy?

It was hard to say, but his expression was quite complex.

"He was one of Zhu Yiwen's former lovers, and now he's my Assistant," Jian Yining said.

"What?"

Shi Youxuan was stunned. She widened her eyes, pulled him to the side, and lowered her voice: "Are you crazy? Why would you bring one of Zhu Yiwen's people by your side? Aren't you afraid he'll give you Spring Shoes?"

Sheng Hanyu could fight with Zhu Yiwen, but Jian Yining couldn't; he was no match for him.

Jian Yining was dismissive: "I'm not afraid of him. Besides, Xiao Fang and I have nothing going on; it's just a working relationship."

While he said this on the surface, Jian Yining thought to himself: If I want to take you and the child away, it's the same as tearing off the mask, so this doesn't make a difference.

The matter of the lover was just a small interlude and passed quickly.

Jian Yining brought up the old topic again, mentioning taking Shi Youxuan and Shi Ran away.

Shi Youxuan: "I'm not leaving. I've already told you several times, will you ever stop?"

"Besides, Shi Ran doesn't want to leave either. She was born here, so this is her home. Zhu Yiwen is also genuinely good to her. Let's just leave it like this for now; I don't want the child to live a life of wandering in the wind and rain at such a young age."

Jian Yining couldn't understand; he felt that Shi Youxuan's current life was very unhealthy and that she should have a normal family and a normal marriage.

Zhu Yiwen couldn't provide such a family, but he could give her that kind of life!

"A Ning, stop talking. My mind is made up. If we don't mention this, we can still be good friends; if you bring it up again, we won't even be able to be friends," Shi Youxuan said, her face darkening.

"Fine, I won't mention it. But since I came from so far away, you have to treat me to a meal. Also, if you aren't leaving, I'm not leaving either. You can't object to me doing business in L Country, right?"

Of course, Shi Youxuan couldn't object; she couldn't control him that much.

At noon, the two of them ate at the hotel's Chinese restaurant; Xiao Fang did not follow.

He was afraid of being recognized by Zhu Yiwen's people, which would make all the effort he spent returning here go to waste.

It was just as well that he didn't follow; it made it easier for the two of them to talk.

"Yingzi, since they are fighting so fiercely this time, why don't we get involved?" Jian Yining suggested.

Although Shi Youxuan hadn't participated in the management and operation of Tianma for many years, it was still a company belonging to both of them.

"Alright," she agreed readily: "We'll do as you say."

Two bastard men dared to use her as a wager?

She would make both of them lose so badly they wouldn't even know which way was north.

The general direction was decided, but Shi Youxuan suggested firing Xiao Fang.

Xiao Fang was Zhu Yiwen's lover, and the future landscape would be a three-way standoff. Keeping Xiao Fang as an Assistant meant he could become a time bomb planted by Zhu Yiwen at any moment.

"Alright, no problem. When I go back, I'll find a reason to send him away."

Originally, Xiao Fang followed him only to successfully return to L Country. Now that the goal had been achieved, it was normal to let him leave.

After the meal, Shi Youxuan went home, and Jian Yining went upstairs to dismiss Xiao Fang.

It went very smoothly; Xiao Fang hadn't wanted to stay there in the first place.

He had returned to L Country to win back Zhu Yiwen's heart, not to stay by Jian Yining's side as some Assistant.

Now that Jian Yining had taken the initiative to suggest it, he was eager to agree. He didn't even take the money Jian Yining offered and left quickly.

……

Since Jian Yining was going to do business in L Country, it was impossible for Zhu Yiwen not to know the news that he had arrived in L Country.

"Go to the Hilton Hotel and move Jian Xiansheng's things to the Villa in the suburbs." Zhu Yiwen had originally wanted to say move him into the house, but he changed the location halfway through the sentence.

He didn't want Jian Yining and Shi Youxuan to develop any other kind of relationship now, so it was better to keep them further apart.

The suburban Villa was originally where the lover lived; since the lover had been sent abroad by him, it was just sitting empty.

A Qing was worried that Jian Yining would not go, so he asked another question: "Head of the Family, if Jian Xiansheng is unwilling, can we force him to move over?"

Zhu Yiwen suspected that A Qing had a pig's brain.

Having been with him for so long, he still did not understand how to be flexible at all.

"Of course not. Are you trying to push him toward Sheng Hanyu, hmm?"

The situation now is different from back then.

But driving Jian Yining out of L Country and not letting him back in was for fear of him taking Shi Youxuan away.

Now that the Madam has decided not to leave, and Jian Yining has managed to get in on his own, it is already too late to make amends; he absolutely cannot be offended.

If he is offended and pushed toward Sheng Hanyu, the trouble will be huge.

"Yes, Head of the Family, I was wrong. I know what I should do now." A Qing apologized quickly, then turned and went out.

……

At the entrance of the Hilton Hotel.

A Qing and Wang Yong got out of their cars at the hotel entrance almost at the same time. After getting out, the two looked at each other, and as if they had a tacit understanding, they rushed toward the elevators!

Each took one of the two elevators, and after rushing out of the elevators, both groups arrived at the door of 2828 almost simultaneously.

Now there was no need to doubt; both of them understood that the other party had come for Jian Yining.

"Go."

Wang Yong waved his hand, and the brothers behind him lunged at A Qing and his men...

A Qing had good skills, but even a good tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves.

Moreover, the people he brought were too few, and in the end, he still fell at a disadvantage.

A Qing was tied up and taken to the stairwell, watching helplessly as Wang Yong rang the doorbell, and then Jian Yining was taken away just like a kidnapping!

……

"Brother, the guest has been brought back for you."

Wang Yong was beaming with joy as he had people bring in the hog-tied Jian Yining.