Chapter 369: Return

"Once the mission is over, let's have a proper fight. You don't need to go easy on me," An Yinan said, turning her head to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li said indifferently, "Fine."

The two returned to the dormitory to wash up, as if nothing had happened at all.

Half a month later, An Yinan finally left the project. The entire project had lasted a month, and that was only because An Yinan had burst into action in the later stages, rushing to get it done; otherwise, she would have been locked away for at least another month.

"Comrade An, thank you for your hard work," Jiang Zhen said specifically to An Yinan while seeing off the personnel from the Compilation Bureau.

An Yinan smiled, "It's my duty!"

Just as they had arrived, they left by helicopter.

The soldier who came to pick them up was the same one as before. He first saluted, "Comrade An, I have received orders to take you back to school."

"Thank you." An Yinan threw her backpack onto the seat and closed her eyes in relaxation.

With no mission, she felt light-hearted, but she was now worried about the situation at the shops, and there should have been news coming from Yangcheng as well.

Upon returning to the Xiao Yuan, Jiang Li proposed leaving.

"An Yinan, I'm very glad to have met you, but our agreement will have to be postponed. I need to return to the Villa," Jiang Li said earnestly.

An Yinan nodded, "See you next time."

Jiang Li gave her a deep look, then left without hesitation.

An Yinan, however, thought of another person: Yun Shu, how are you doing?

She returned to her room, locked the door, and entered her space to take a hot bath, letting her whole body relax.

Only then did she change her clothes and head to the shop.

"Nan, you're back?" The old shop assistant saw An Yinan and greeted her with surprise.

"Where are they?" An Yinan asked.

"Xiue has class today, Yuanyuan went to the 3rd Store, and Qiu Hua is taking inventory at the workshop."

During these days, whichever of the three had time would come by to tell the shop assistants their whereabouts, just in case Nan came back and couldn't find anyone.

This mission had taken too long, making all of them quite worried.

"Alright, I understand." An Yinan looked around the shop; it was being managed very well by her partners.

She went straight to the workshop, and Liu Jiumu looked over immediately upon hearing the door open.

"You're finally back." Liu Jiumu walked right over to greet her.

Hearing the commotion from the warehouse, Zhao Qiu Hua immediately put down what she was doing and ran out. Only after seeing the familiar figure did her heart finally settle.

"Are you tired?" She didn't ask about the mission, nor did she ask why she had only just returned.

The first sentence she asked was, "Are you tired?"

An Yinan smiled, "Not tired."

Even after so many times, she would still be moved by such concern!

But the emotion didn't last long. "Not tired? Then come over and help take inventory!" Zhao Qiu Hua was not being polite at all!

In the past, whenever she went on a mission, she would always return half-dead, looking completely drained and having lost quite a bit of weight.

This time, her state was very good, and she didn't look tired in the eyes either.

"Coming!" An Yinan pointed at Zhao Qiu Hua to Liu Jiumu, "Can't afford to provoke her."

Liu Jiumu watched the children banter, not participating, just watching them like that.

Arriving at the warehouse, Zhao Qiu Hua found a stool and let An Yinan sit to one side.

"You sit. Do you really think I'd let you do the work?"

"Let me tell you about some things." Zhao Qiu Hua stood by the shelves and took out her notebook.

"Our 2nd Store and 3rd Store opened together. The first day's sales at the Dance University location broke eight thousand, and our 2nd Store did ten thousand on the first day." It had been nearly half a month, and it still felt unreal.

"After these days, we've accumulated quite a bit of money, and no matter where we put it, it doesn't feel secure."

"The three of us deposited it in the bank separately."

Thinking back to the first time they went to the bank, they were almost mistaken for thieves—was it not just because they had too much money?

In the end, it was the two bodyguards, Qian Zhao and Xie Shuyang, who explained it clearly; otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

An Yinan was very gratified; it seemed that without her, they had all grown up.

"Regarding the three shops, the business at the Dance University location has been consistently good. Even though the opening promotional period has passed, the daily order volume is still ranked second," Zhao Qiu Hua said bit by bit.

"And over in Yangcheng, Yuanyuan called before. Some of the clothing orders were increased. The factory there has already started working in two shifts. It's said that at your shop there, the volume of goods moving is very large."

"Sun Ge said you need to call him whenever you have time."

Thinking of this, Zhao Qiu Hua couldn't help but laugh or cry; Sun Ge really loved the workshop.

The management personnel never arrived. He had been told it would take at least half a month, but he waited and waited until the flowers withered, and he still hadn't seen anyone.

As soon as he received a call from here, he would urge them incessantly.

"Asking for people?" An Yinan also guessed Sun Ge's situation and what he said when he called.

Zhao Qiu Hua nodded helplessly; of course he was asking for people. Now Yuanyuan didn't even dare to answer his calls.

"I will arrange it as soon as possible. I didn't expect that upon returning to Beijing, I would go straight into a mission, which caused the delay." An Yinan was also a bit helpless; one thing after another, she hadn't stopped at all.

"By the way, how are you planning to arrange for that person? He is a man of great talent." After these days of contact, she hadn't seen anything that he couldn't do!

Every time she asked for his advice, she benefited immensely.

"To be honest, I'm still considering it." An Yinan did not hide it.

This person was too special, and his abilities were so great that she needed to deliberate carefully.

But everything should wait until she met him first!

"Alright, that's about it. I'll finish taking inventory in the warehouse first, then I'll take you to our shop later. There are many new girls who haven't seen you yet," Zhao Qiu Hua teased.

These days, the shop was truly too busy to handle, so they hired another batch of people, and after training, they were assigned to the various shops.

Among this group of people, no one had ever seen An Yinan.

Zhao Qiu Hua prepared to let An Yinan meet the people, and also let that bunch know who the person at the helm was.

"Not now, I have to go see that person, let's do it this afternoon." An Yinan already had arrangements.

Tomorrow she had to return to school to report in; she had already missed one Monthly Exam, and she didn't know if the teachers would hold another joint interrogation.

"That works too, after I finish checking the inventory, I'll wait for you at the 1st Store."

Now, in order to distinguish the shop names, they had marked numbers directly on their plaques.

The one by Beijing University was the 1st Store, the one by Dance University was the Hao Dian, and the one in the bustling district was the 3rd Store.

This way it was easy for everyone to distinguish and convenient to remember.

After An Yinan left the workshop, she went directly to a courtyard.

This courtyard was one she had bought; this time, to settle that person in, she had directly had people tidy up the courtyard.

"Knock, knock, knock," the sound of knocking on the door rang out, and An Yinan waited quietly.

Soon footsteps approached, and a woman asked vigilantly, "Who is it?"

"It's me, An Yinan." She stated her name directly.

The woman paused for a moment, then immediately opened the door.