Chapter 288: Can Looking Back Really Be the Shore?

Jian Yining arrived, bringing many gifts, his face full of guilt.

Upon seeing Zhu Yiwen, he first explained that when he came initially, it was as if he had been kidnapped by Wang Yong to Sheng Hanyu's office, and then Sheng Hanyu, without his permission, unilaterally announced the cooperation between the two groups.

Zhu Yiwen already knew about these matters.

However, there was plenty of time for explanations; he hadn't explained before, but waited until after Sheng Hanyu suddenly left to impatiently seek him out to explain, so Zhu Yiwen knew—Sheng Hanyu had indeed kept his word, and the cooperation with Tianma was cancelled.

He left as soon as he said he would, but after the cooperation was cancelled, Jian Yining's losses were significant, and someone had to take over to reduce the losses.

Zhu Yiwen knew what was going on, kept his signature smile on his face, and listened with great patience.

Jian Yining had said a lot on the phone, explained a lot more upon meeting, beat around the bush for a long time, and only finally stammered out his intent: "Chairman Zhu, I don't want to cooperate with Sheng Hanyu, I want to cooperate with you. Do you have any interest?"

"It's not that you don't want to, it's that Sheng Hanyu has unilaterally broken the contract again, right?" Zhu Yiwen hit the truth.

Jian Yining blushed, feeling very embarrassed.

He stood up sheepishly: "Sorry to bother you, I shouldn't have come."

After speaking, he turned to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Yiwen at the door: "Come back, I didn't say I wouldn't take it. Since when did your temper become so impatient?"

"You can help me?"

Jian Yining came back, his eyes full of surprise.

Zhu Yiwen nodded: "Of course, you and Xuanxuan are partners, helping you is helping my wife, so of course I must help."

It was originally a calculated matter, but the way Zhu Yiwen put it made it seem like help in a time of need; Jian Yining was moved to tears and voluntarily offered a five percent profit share.

Jian Yining drank until his eyes were blurry at Zhu Zhai, patted his chest while slurring his words to assure Zhu Yiwen that in the future he would only do business with him, Zhu Yiwen, as Sheng Hanyu was too unreliable!

When he drank too much and refused to stay at Zhu Zhai, Zhu Yiwen sent someone to take him to his residence and arrange for him to sleep; the person who sent him back only left then.

As soon as the person left, Jian Yining immediately opened his eyes.

He grabbed the phone and dialed a number: "The fish has taken the bait..."

Shi Youxuan finally returned from her luxurious world tour.

Zhu Zhai, which had been quiet for some time, became lively again because the mother and daughter had returned home.

Shi Youxuan brought gifts for everyone in the residence, including the security guards at the checkpoints!

In L Country, there had never been a tradition of the master going on a trip and bringing gifts for the servants, so when the servants received the gifts from Shi Youxuan, they were all grateful and incredibly happy.

Zhu Family living room.

Various exquisite boxes covered the entire coffee table. Shi Ran chattered around Zhu Yiwen, her mouth not stopping: "Daddy, this is what we bought for you when we went to S Country. Xiaozhu bought it herself, oh, I hope Daddy likes it." Then she picked up a box and shoved it into Zhu Yiwen's arms.

Before he could open it, she shoved another bag into his arms: "This is a specialty picked on W Island. Xiaozhu and Mommy picked it by hand, and then the people on the island helped make it into dried fruit. Daddy, taste it, taste it now."

Zhu Yiwen was almost gagged by the smell.

At such a young age, Shi Ran had already inherited Shi Youxuan's talent for talking nonsense!

What she shoved into Zhu Yiwen's arms was a bag of dried durian; durian is the hardest fruit in the world to pick, bar none.

Not to mention the mother and daughter, even a man in his prime without rich experience in picking durian couldn't pick it. Of course, that wasn't the point; the point was that the dried durian emitted a unique odor that Zhu Yiwen could not enjoy.

"Ugh—"

He hurriedly threw that bag of things away.

The little girl's eyes immediately filled with tears, and she said aggrievedly: "Is Daddy disgusted by Xiaozhu's gift?"

"Xiaozhu brought it especially for Daddy..."

Zhu Yiwen was indeed disgusted, but Shi Youxuan was still watching from the side; he could not let Shi Youxuan see that he had even the slightest dissatisfaction with the child.

"Daddy isn't disgusted by Xiaozhu's gift, Daddy just can't stand the smell of durian." Zhu Yiwen pulled the little girl into his arms and explained with a smile.

Only, the smile did not reach his eyes.

"That's not right."

The little girl argued: "Durian is the gift. If Daddy can't stand the smell of durian, that means you don't like Xiaozhu's gift." After speaking, she ran off; she still had gifts to give to her uncle.

She hadn't had time to tell her uncle when she went on the trip, but she had brought a gift for him, which was also the same bag of dried durian.

She was still young and didn't quite understand that for the same thing, some people might like it, while others might hate it.

Shi Ran liked to eat durian, and Mommy liked to eat durian too, so the little one thought that durian was the most delicious fruit in the world, and dried durian was the most precious gift she could think of!

As soon as Shi Ranran off, Zhu Yiwen immediately had someone throw the dried durian away, open the windows to air out the smell, and then spray it with air freshener.

"I'm sorry, the little girl doesn't know any better. I didn't know you didn't eat this. I'll go talk to her in a moment and have her apologize to you," Shi Youxuan said with an apologetic tone.

What flashed through her mind was indeed a scene from many years ago.

Many years ago, she was just like Shi Ran, using durian to tease Sheng Hanyu. He also didn't like the smell, but he asked her very seriously: "I don't like to eat it, but would you be very happy if I ate it?"

She nodded, indicating yes.

So he ate it, wolfing it down, frowning.

By the time he had eaten it, she couldn't bear it and wanted to take the durian away from him, but he wouldn't let her.

Sheng Hanyu told her: "As long as you like it, I will try to like it too. This is called loving the house and its crow."

Heh.

Although the look of disgust in Zhu Yiwen's eyes just now had flashed by, she had still caught it.

It wasn't just the dried durian he was disgusted by, but also Shi Ran!

If it weren't for that phone call from Jian Yining, she wouldn't have observed Zhu Yiwen so carefully, and if she hadn't observed him carefully, she naturally wouldn't have discovered that fleeting look.

She had a barrier in her heart, but it didn't show on her face.

Zhu Yiwen said repeatedly that it was nothing, what was there to apologize for? They were all one family, don't make it seem like they were strangers.

She smiled and agreed, but there would be no more being moved.

Shi Youxuan had also brought a gift for Zhu Yiwen.

She bought the things most likely to appreciate in value in every place she went; naturally, they were all of great value.

Zhu Yiwen was very happy, truly happy from the bottom of his heart.

He liked these things; he liked everything that could maintain or increase in value.

"Thank you, my wife. It seems you have me in your heart." Only when Zhu Yiwen received such gifts did he consider them to be gifts carefully selected by Shi Youxuan.

"We are husband and wife; our honor and disgrace are one. Of course I must be attentive to you; only when you are well am I well." Shi Youxuan played along with him hypocritically.

Zhu Yiwen simply assumed she was in a good mood after going out for a stroll and did not think much of it, and he took advantage of her good mood to mention the matter of Sheng Hanyu returning to Jiangzhou.

"By the way, there is something I need to tell you."

He appeared nonchalant on the surface, but he used the corner of his eye to observe every subtle change in her expression.

"Go ahead, what is it?" Shi Youxuan asked while sorting through the gifts.

Zhu Yiwen said, "Sheng Hanyu has returned to Jiangzhou."

"Let him return. He should have gone back a long time ago. Why tell me? He has absolutely nothing to do with me."

Zhu Yiwen: "I don't mean anything else. I'm telling you because he had a partnership with A Ning, but for some reason, the partnership was suddenly canceled, and A Ning's investment in L Country almost went down the drain..."