Chapter 2122

Zhu Yanyi tilted her head, looking at Yan Aohan. "I remember ten years ago, you dealt with some people in the Yan family."

"I did. Some were just told to correct themselves. It seems they forgot who I was ten years ago, so their old habits returned," Yan Aohan said calmly.

Zhu Yanyi clicked her tongue. "Speechless. I didn't expect such things to happen here."

Yan Aohan smiled lightly. "This is actually correct. No family stays the same forever. People always change." He looked at Zhu Yanyi seriously, his tone showing understanding.

She had realized this since her enlightenment. This situation was very normal now.

Zhu Yanyi laughed on the side, picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, and chewed slowly.

The Yan family’s chef was good. At least the ribs were flavorful.

"Junior Sister, won't you say anything?" Ouyang Tianyun asked, picking up a rib too as she watched her eat happily.

"Say what?" Zhu Yanyi asked back. "This is the Yan family’s matter. Even as the matriarch, our roles are different. She must handle these traitors. I can only help by making more medicine."

Yan Aohan rubbed Zhu Yanyi’s head. "Wife is right. But you can manage if you want. You are the matriarch. If I am not here one day, you must make the decisions."

Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. "If that day comes, I will decide. But it hasn’t arrived yet, so no need to worry. Besides…" She added a salt and pepper mushroom to her mouth. "Such things happen in every noble family. You expected this, so what can I say?"

Indeed, there was nothing to say. Yan Aohan had brought them here expecting big changes. This situation was within his expectations.

Zhu Yanyi tilted her head at Yan Aohan. "Do you think those people believe they can fool you?"

Yan Aohan served her a chopstick of West Lake Vinegar Fish. "Even if they think I know the truth, so what? Since they betrayed us, they must face the consequences."

The Yan family had no complicated thoughts. If you had ability, they gave you a platform. But if you pretended to have ability without it, sorry, it was useless.

Zhu Yanyi smiled at Yan Aohan’s words and said no more. Some things didn’t need much talking.

She served Yan Aohan a roasted lamb chop. "Never tried it. Looks good."

Yan Aohan shook his head slightly. "No picky eating." He then put a piece of beef steak into Zhu Yanyi’s bowl.

It was Chinese-style braised beef steak, different from Western steak. The chef was skilled; the meat was tender enough to chew.

Zhu Yanyi took a bite and nodded. "The steak is good. But isn’t it too big? I’ll eat half."

"Not big. I see you eat fish but not meat. You’ve lost weight lately. You should eat more meat." Yan Aohan said, then added a rabbit leg to her bowl.

Zhu Yanyi sighed. "I’ve eaten a lot of wild game recently. Why is there a rabbit leg? You might as well give me the hairy crab." She complained.

Yan Aohan nodded, placed a hairy crab in front of her, and moved the rabbit leg to his own bowl.

"Wow, you’re showing off your love again. Isn’t it bad to show off like this?" Sikong Xuran said directly.

Zhu Yanyi grinned without answering. "Where is Xiaotian?"

"I didn’t want to disturb others. With one more royal card, I sent him back to the pet space. I put lots of food there, so he can eat for a while," Sikong Xuran said with a smile.

"Actually, Junior Sister, you can let your flame out to breathe in this plane," Ouyang Tianyun said.

Zhu Yanyi laughed. "Not these days. I need to keep some trump cards. When the time is right, I will let the flame out."

Zhu Yanyi wanted to release the flame too. But the Yan family seemed calm. No one knew what would happen next. So, hiding it as a trump card was better. People here didn’t know they had spirit beasts.

Zhu Yanyi opened the hairy crab and started eating the roe inside. These were all female crabs, each weighing over half a jin. They looked very fat and tender.

Yan Aohan used the eight crab tools to pick out the meat from other parts. He put it all into a clean small bowl, then handed it to Zhu Yanyi.

Zhu Yanyi didn’t be polite. She just smiled at her and started eating the crab meat.

"This Yan family looks calm. I wonder how long this calmness will last," Yu Qingyun said, biting a crab leg.

Yan Aohan didn’t even look up. He just picked up another crab to process. "Don’t worry. I want to see what they do next. When they act, I will solve it all at once."

She built the Yan family herself. Dealing with the current situation was nothing.

Zhu Yanyi laughed. "This place looks bare and ugly. Let’s tidy it up tomorrow. Remember to have people put more bonsai plants."

Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi and nodded with a smile. "Okay. I’ll have people put a bonsai in every room and every household."

Yan Aohan did what he said. The next day, people distributed bonsai plants. It was said the matriarch disliked bare places without greenery. So, every household had to have at least one bonsai. They could choose their own or take the family’s distribution.

People with guilty consciences chose to pick their own. Some chose the family’s method. In one day, every household had at least one green bonsai.

Zhu Yanyi gently tended to a cloud bamboo pot on the balcony. Yan Aohan sat nearby, watching her. The scene was very warm. If anyone saw it, they would just smile knowingly.

Zhu Yanyi spoke while working. "Why do some people think that if they walk into an open lawn with no one around, no one will watch them speak?"