"Think if that madman finds out about this, will she really get so angry she goes completely crazy?" Zhu Yanyi stuck out her tongue, looking curious.
Yan Aohan laughed heartily. "I’ve already sent the news to the Tibetan region through a secret channel. It should arrive by the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Then we’ll see if he truly loses his mind."
"I really hope she gets so angry she dies," Zhu Yanyi replied with a grin. Since she couldn’t go to the Tibetan region right now, hearing some news was good enough.
Because it was the dead of winter, the roads to the Tibetan region were closed. If Zhu Yanyi wanted to go, she would have to use a special passage. But if she appeared there via that route, it would seem out of place and naturally attract attention from certain people.
So, although Zhu Yanyi was eager to go to the Tibetan region, she held back her anxiety. She planned to wait until spring when the roads opened up.
"By the way, Aohan, do you know Taishu Yuanxiang?" Zhu Yanyi decided to ask Yan Aohan about Taishu Yuanxiang while they were talking.
"Taishu Yuanxiang? The actual controller of Taishu Industry? Seventh Master of the Jianghu world? What’s wrong? Did he offend you?" Yan Aohan asked repeatedly.
She was calculating in her mind how to deal with Taishu Yuanxiang if she had offended Zhu Yanyi.
Hearing the tone in Yan Aohan’s voice, Zhu Yanyi knew what he was thinking. She quickly denied it. "It’s not that he offended me. Doumiao told me that my sister is dating him.
Dating isn’t something shameful, but my sister hasn’t brought her to meet my parents. Yet Doumiao said she saw them being very intimate. So I’m worried there might be something fishy. What if Taishu Yuanxiang is just playing with my sister?
Brother Luo said Taishu Yuanxiang is a decent person. He protects those he recognizes. But since I haven’t met him in person, I’m not at ease. So I want to ask if you know him.
If he’s a good person, I want you to help me set up a meeting. I want to ask him directly. If he doesn’t have serious intentions, I’ll make my sister give up on him. If he does, he needs to come forward openly. We’re not a family that hides in the shadows."
Yan Aohan knew Zhu Yanyi was particularly protective of her own, especially her family. Hearing her words, he understood the situation:
"Lu Gang has probably already told you the basic information about Taishu Yuanxiang. This person is both simple and complex.
She is simple in that she is cold-blooded. She treats those she values well, but she shows no mercy to those she doesn’t care about.
She is complex because of her background. Although she comes from the Taishu family, no one knew she was part of it in the early days. She built her career entirely on her own, so she has connections in both the legal and underworld circles.
Such a person doesn’t think simply. Sometimes he overcomplicates simple matters. Of course, such a person wouldn’t disdain to play tricks on your sister."
Zhu Yanyi raised her eyebrows slightly. Yan Aohan’s words didn’t put her mind at ease. "So, this person might not be suitable for my sister. My sister seems gentle on the surface, but she is actually very straightforward and sincere. If she meets someone like him, and someone tries to scheme against her, she might not even have any scraps left."
"Don’t judge too quickly for now. After all, we don’t know if he is deceiving your sister or being sincere. How about this," Yan Aohan thought for a moment.
"I will go to Beijing tomorrow. I’ll visit my home at noon and return in the evening. After I come back, we’ll discuss it and then invite Taishu Yuanxiang out to talk things out face-to-face. If he has bad intentions, you don’t need to act. I will eliminate him directly."
"Good." Zhu Yanyi smiled hearing Yan Aohan’s words. With Yan Aohan speaking like this, she no longer worried. She just nodded and said, "Then I’ll trouble you with this matter. I’ll prepare a big meal for you tomorrow night."
"Good." Yan Aohan said with a smile.
After exchanging a few more words, they hung up. Yan Aohan pondered for a moment, then directly dialed a number. "Taishu Yuanxiang, this is Yan Aohan." The call went through smoothly. After hanging up, Yan Aohan focused on driving to Beijing.
Yan Aohan arrived in Beijing at nine o’clock the next morning. After contacting Zhu Yanyi, he planned to first return to the compound to see his parents.
When Yan Aohan entered, Old Master Yan was sitting on a lounge chair in the courtyard, pretending to read a newspaper and acting as if he hadn’t seen anything. The Old Madam was trimming flower branches at the door. Seeing Yan Aohan, she put down her scissors directly. "Fourth son, you’re back?"
Yan Aohan nodded slightly. "Came to see you." He then took some items from the car and handed them to the nanny nearby. He helped the Old Madam to the flower pot and picked up the scissors to help trim the branches.
"The Zheng and Yang families are no longer useful. Keeping them no longer serves as a shield for us, so I simply led people to wipe them out."
The Old Madam didn’t panic upon hearing this. She only asked, "Won’t that have a bad impact?"
"Impact?" Yan Aohan smiled lightly. "What impact? Since when did anyone manage the Yan family’s affairs? Besides, when the Yan family does things, we only care about right and wrong, not the impact."
After speaking, Yan Aohan glanced deeply at the Old Master nearby. "The reason the Yan family has stood firm is entirely due to the word 'justice.' Without these two characters, the Yan family would have ceased to exist long ago. So, whether the Zheng and Yang families exist or not is no longer relevant."
Yan Aohan actually knew the Old Master’s hesitation. It was simply worry that the Yan family was attracting too much attention. But in Yan Aohan’s eyes, this was groundless anxiety. The Yan family was always the Yan family. Its existence could never be erased by anyone.
Old Master Yan coughed, as if reminding Yan Aohan that he was there, hoping he would at least greet him.
However, Yan Aohan seemed not to see him. He only stood beside the Old Madam. "Also, Mom, don’t worry about the collateral branches of these two families. I’ve already had people check on them. They just no longer have the title of 'Protecting Nation Family.' I don’t need their wealth. As long as they don’t fall into my hands in the future, we will live in peace.
I’ve said before, things the Yan family gives out can indeed be taken back at any time. But generally, we don’t take them back. Now that we are taking them back, it means the title of 'Protecting Nation Family' is no longer suitable for these two families.
That is the only message I gave to the Yang family."
The Old Madam was not ignorant. Hearing Yan Aohan’s explanation, she understood most of it. "So, you originally only intended to revoke their title as 'Protecting Nation Family'?"
Yan Aohan smiled faintly. "Of course. Some people still needed to be eliminated. Keeping them would only waste grain.
For example, Yang Buyi and Zheng Xiang’en, along with those who relied on them, basically all need to be eliminated. Keeping these people would only cause me trouble.
I dislike trouble the most. Since trouble is inevitable, it’s better to crush it directly at the source."