"Never mind. He has money," Yan Aohan said without a hint of guilt for the backstabbing. "Besides, he doesn't save much. If you don't use it, he might forget he even has money. Reminding him occasionally keeps him from forgetting."
Zhu Yanyi listened. This was clearly an attempt to use her to bully Zhang Haifeng. "She is your buddy and subordinate. Are you not ashamed to frame her like this?"
"You get used to framing people after a while," Yan Aohan said, his clear voice carrying the words as he gazed into the distance.
Zhu Yanyi chuckled helplessly and continued eating her breakfast seriously. "I think Xiao Zhang is really pitiful, especially with a buddy and boss like you."
"He’s long used to it," Yan Aohan smiled lightly, then changed the subject. "Is work busy today?"
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "The afternoon should be fine. In the morning, I need to help Grandpa Yao perform a minor surgery on Madam Ouyang, so it might be a bit busy."
Yan Aohan nodded. "Madam Ouyang. The actual power holder of the Ouyang family."
"I don't know," Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. "I don't know her identity." She truly didn't know. She never asked about the influence behind her patients. To her, those who came for medical help were just patients. There was no distinction of power. As long as their hearts were good, she was willing to help.
Yan Aohan smiled lightly and introduced her. "In the capital, the Ouyang family is considered an old-established clan. However, the family has always been dominated by women. Madam Ouyang had three daughters before finally having a son. Ironically, the son was not ambitious, while the three daughters found their own value. For the sake of the Ouyang family, Madam Ouyang chose a capable and shrewd daughter-in-law for her son. Basically, this family demonstrates the theory that women hold up half the sky in their own way."
"You seem to look down on their family," Zhu Yanyi said, detecting a different tone in Yan Aohan's words.
"It’s not exactly disdain, but I look down on their methods. If you were a strong woman like that, I would naturally admire you. But their so-called ambition and capability are somewhat shady. For example, the three women gained fame through the men they married. Basically, how should I put it? They use methods that have nothing to do with true capability. Even if they are capable, it is not in their work." Yan Aohan did not elaborate further. She considered that Zhu Yanyi was only eleven years old, but she was not truly eleven. Zhu Yanyi recalled things from the future, such as women having to sell their bodies to get what they wanted, and immediately understood.
Since the Ouyang family was dominated by women, it meant there were many daughters. In a family, having many daughters meant they were not valued, so they were inevitably neglected. Especially in Huaxia, which was transitioning from valuing men over women, no one believed that women could truly carve out their own path. Especially during the turbulent years more than a decade ago, women's status in the family was suppressed everywhere, despite the slogan that women hold up half the sky. Therefore, for a woman to live out her own characteristics, she inevitably needed some special means. Some said that men conquer the world with their own strength, while women conquer the world by conquering men. It is also said that heroes have always had difficulty passing the beauty trap, showing the terrifying nature of women using special means.