Chapter 2096: Might not make it through tonight

New York JFK Airport.

Two private jets took off one after another with a twenty-minute interval.

On the plane that took off first sat Ye Chen's eldest uncle, An Chongqiu, while on the plane that took off later was Gu Qiuyi, holding the Blood-Dispersing Heart-Saving Pill.

An Chongqiu's heart was in chaos at this time.

His heart was full of nervousness and heartache for his father, and he hadn't thought at all about dividing the An family's property after his father passed away.

Moreover, he was also very clear that his father was the backbone of the An family. If he let go of his life at this time, the entire An family would probably suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, he didn't want his father to suffer such hardship in his heart.

Compared to other families, the An family was relatively much more united, and there were almost no conflicts among the siblings.

The reason why the An family could be so united was mainly because of the accidental death of An Chengxi back then.

An Chengxi's passing not only caused the An family to be in immense pain, but also made the An family feel guilty for so many years.

Everyone knew that if the An family had been able to support An Chengxi's choice back then, support her marrying into the Ye family from afar, then An Chengxi wouldn't have had to settle in Jin Ling, helpless and alone, after Ye Changying fell out with the Ye family.

Going to Jin Ling was a helpless choice for their family of three.

If the An family had been An Chengxi's strong backing back then, and An Chengxi and her husband had suffered grievances in Yanjing, they would have definitely brought Ye Chen back to her maiden home to settle down at the first opportunity.

In that case, the subsequent tragedy might not have happened.

It was also from the time of the accident involving An Chengxi and Ye Changying that Ye Chen's grandfather changed his approach to managing the An family.

The five words "Family harmony brings prosperity" became his only philosophy for governing the family.

Under his promotion for so many years, the An family members gradually got used to putting family first in everything.

Once any matter conflicted with family harmony, it had to unconditionally prioritize the family.

So many years have passed, and under his leadership, the An family is indeed much more united than the average big family.

Moreover, the old man was indeed very wise, and he did a very detailed job in the functional structure of the entire An family.

He let the relatively soft-natured An Chongqiu manage internal affairs, let the relatively strong-willed second son An Kaifeng manage external affairs, let the third son An Zhaonan assist An Kaifeng in organizing the entire An family's industrial structure, and let the youngest An Youyou be responsible for supervising the financial and legal work of the entire An family;

At the same time, he also gave An Chongqiu and An Youyou veto power on the board of directors, using this as a circuit-breaker mechanism at critical moments to avoid An Kaifeng acting arbitrarily after gaining power.

Once he, the head of the family, had an accident, all the children would enter the house and listen to An Chongqiu, and when they left the house, the other three siblings would discuss and decide. If the three siblings couldn't make up their minds, they would discuss it with eldest brother An Chongqiu;

Once An Kaifeng wanted to act arbitrarily, An Youyou, who knew finance and law best, could use her veto power to break his control;

Once An Kaifeng wanted to unite with An Zhaonan and An Youyou to plot something else, An Chongqiu could also use his veto power to break it and avoid risks for the An family.

The four siblings seemed to cooperate with each other while also checking and balancing each other.

But this organizational structure seemed tight, but it actually had great hidden dangers.

If the family was not harmonious internally, it would definitely cause all parties to scheme against each other and fight openly and secretly.

But fortunately, the An family was united, so the four had always cooperated very tacitly.

Everyone could put the An family's interests first, and even if there were any disagreements, they could treat them objectively and discuss them democratically.

It was precisely because of this structure that, at the moment, the old man suddenly became critically ill, and An Kaifeng, An Zhaonan, and An Youyou all put down all their business and rushed home. At the same time, they were all waiting for eldest brother An Chongqiu to come back and preside over the overall situation of the family.

And at this time, Gu Qiuyi sat on the plane, looking at the white plastic box with the wax-sealed pill in her hand, feeling excited and thrilled in her heart.

Although she also knew that under these circumstances, she shouldn't have such a feeling, she couldn't control her inner heart at all.

Because Ye Chen actually let her go to his grandfather and grandmother's house in the capacity of his fiancée!

In Gu Qiuyi's eyes, this was a kind of recognition of her by Ye Chen.