Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi’s ingratiating expression and sighed helplessly. "Ani, how could I bear to blame you? I know you want to go further, but sometimes, don’t push yourself too hard. Often, the path must be taken one step at a time."
Zhu Yanyi smiled faintly. She admitted that she had indeed been compressing her time recently. "Actually, I don’t know why I feel this way. I just feel that time is very scarce for me. So, I want to do the most effective things in the least amount of time. I want to pass on medical skills. I want Chinese people to be healthier. Because of this thought, I keep working hard."
"Working hard is not wrong. But don’t you think you’ve been pushing yourself too hard lately?" Yan Aohan asked Zhu Yanyi, his expression very serious. "Your ideas are good, but everyone’s energy is limited. You can’t try to do everything for everyone. Actually, you have already done very well."
Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned. Had she really done well? In her heart, she felt she hadn’t done much, because she always felt she wasn’t doing things properly.
"Ani, you are only eighteen." Yan Aohan stated another fact. Girls from ordinary families at eighteen were still in school, still enjoying their parents’ love. They were not like her, already working hard to change some aspects of the world.
Zhu Yanyi was stunned again. Eighteen? She had almost forgotten her age. "If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten my age."
"Now that I’ve reminded you, don’t forget it. Isn’t it good to enjoy your youth?" Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi with a grin.
Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow slightly, then smiled. "I understand. I won’t push myself so hard anymore. After all, I follow the path of doing as I please. I shouldn’t take some things too seriously. You are right. I will sort out my emotions. I will do things one by one, and take steps one by one."
Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s words, a satisfied smile appeared on Yan Aohan’s face. To tell the truth, he was most satisfied with Zhu Yanyi’s mindset. Moreover, she was open-minded in her dealings. If she was wrong, she admitted it.
"Regarding the perfume business, although the Shangguan family didn’t crush the Chen family into the mud, the Chen family has suffered a significant loss. Now, the positions of the Chen and Shangguan families have swapped. People in the perfume industry are realistic. They know who is useful to them and will support them. As long as the Shangguan family doesn’t make mistakes, they can reach heights the Chen family never did." Yan Aohan held Zhu Yanyi’s hand and continued walking slowly, talking as they went.
"What about the Godfather? Is she still in the perfume region?" Zhu Yanyi asked.
Yan Aohan shook his head. "The Godfather has returned to the Tibetan region. The weather is cold, and the roads in Tibet are closed. He must go back, otherwise, some matters will be difficult to handle. He cannot wait until next year."
Zhu Yanyi hummed in acknowledgment, then said calmly, "It’s good that she went back. I want to see what she will do after returning."
Yan Aohan laughed softly. "The Godfather went to Tibet, but Chonglou is still in the capital. If you want to play, you can play with Chonglou. I’m sure Silver Fox will like it."
"No time," Zhu Yanyi said directly. "Besides, whether Chonglou is good or bad has nothing to do with me." Then she thought of Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua, who had been sent to the capital. "By the way, haven’t Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua arrived in the capital?"
"Yes. Not only Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua have arrived in the capital, but Zhang Qiaolian has also arrived." Yan Aohan said calmly.
"If they are all in the capital, what about Zhu Nanhong?" Zhu Yanyi couldn’t imagine that all these adults had come to the capital. She knew they wouldn’t bring Zhu Nanhong because they favored boys over girls.
"After the divorce, Zhu Nanhong was awarded to Zhu Xiangyao. But Zhu Xiangyao is not here. Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua don’t like their granddaughter, so Zhu Nanhong lives with her mother. Zhang Qiaolian wants to take revenge on Chonglou, so she entrusted this daughter to her sister. They agreed that if Zhang Qiaolian dies, Zhu Nanhong will become their daughter. You might not know, Zhang Qiaolian’s sister has never had children and has always wanted to adopt one."
Yan Aohan’s information about Sicheng Town was very comprehensive. It could be said that he knew how many ants were there. Even Zhu Yanyi, a native of Sicheng Town, did not have information as timely as him.
Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow slightly. "I didn’t like Zhang Qiaolian when I was young. But it’s undeniable that Zhang Qiaolian is a very good mother. At least regarding Zhu Nanhong, she arranged things well. However, she seems to have forgotten that Zhu Nanhong is already sixteen. I’m afraid she wouldn’t be happy to become someone else’s daughter."
"That’s not our concern," Yan Aohan smiled slightly.
It wasn’t that Yan Aohan was cold. To him, Zhu Nanhong was a very distant person, having nothing to do with him.
Zhu Yanyi hummed. "So, have Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua found Chonglou?"
"With Silver Fox there, how could they not find him?" A strange, speechless smile touched Yan Aohan’s lips.
It turned out that as soon as Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua arrived in the capital, they kept looking for Chonglou. But Chonglou was not easy to find. Regardless of Chonglou’s past, or whether he truly held power now, he was undoubtedly one of the Godfather’s close confidants in the Holy Church. Therefore, he rarely let people discover his whereabouts.
Even if Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua searched the entire capital, they could not find Chonglou without guidance.
Actually, on the second day after Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua entered the capital, Chonglou knew they had arrived.
Of course, Chonglou absolutely did not know that Silver Fox had deliberately sent him this message.
Chonglou was actually quite contradictory. He had a certain sense of filial piety toward his parents, but he didn’t want to see them. Mainly because his filial piety was conditional on not affecting his interests. But he also knew that since Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua appeared in the capital, they must know he was there, which might conflict with his interests. But if he didn’t go out to see them, what if his enemy, Silver Fox, found out?
Yes, in Chonglou’s heart, Silver Fox was his enemy. So, after thinking it over, he finally asked Xiao Zhou to secretly bring them to his small suite.
She would not bring them to her villa, because her young wife was there. If the elders were added, conflicts would easily arise. Chonglou knew this very well now. Of course, the most important thing was that she didn’t want Liu Peipei to know her past, or that she had once been a country bumpkin. Even though they had privately discussed their backgrounds, facing reality would still be a shock.