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Chapter 317 - Chapter 317 317 is back home Uncle Yan

Chapter 317: 317 is back home, Uncle Yan Chapter 317: 317 is back home, Uncle Yan “I’m home, Uncle Yan.”

This time, Shi Lan drove under Yan Shixiu’s watchful eyes, still keeping the speed at forty, steady throughout the journey.

Taking this opportunity, Shi Lan asked Yan Shixiu what the Yan Family was planning to do next.

“They want money for investments,” Yan Shixiu summarized Yan Ziqing’s lengthy discourse from the evening in just four words.

The young lady understood that giving money to Yan Shixiu wouldn’t soften his heart. Yet, despite knowing they lacked the capability and could potentially tarnish Shuangshi’s reputation, Yan Shixiu certainly wouldn’t relent, especially when his father and Yan Ziqing both harbored restless hearts.

The naive Yan Family still believed that everything their son possessed could be shared with them.

What the Yan Family failed to understand was that Yan Shixiu’s establishment of Shuangshi and his expansion of the business empire were never meant to promote the Yan Family.

That party years ago had severed all his hopes for the Yan Family.

“Isn’t that easy? Allocate twenty percent from your personal assets for trust management, let the financial advisor teach them how to manage money. With a professional team involved, we won’t suffer losses, and your sister and father will find a sense of achievement. Wouldn’t everyone be happy then?”

“If I had a choice, I would have preferred not to be born into the Yan Family,” Yan Shixiu said, “That’s why I simply don’t want to give.”

In front of others, he had excuses that worked in public.

But in front of Shi Lan, he didn’t want to hide his darker side.

“Not even a bit.”

Shi Lan drove into the underground parking lot, and after turning off the engine, she scooted over to sit on Yan Shixiu’s lap, face to face, and said, “How about we do something naughty before going up?”

“I’m considering buying this entire floor’s parking spaces,” Yan Shixiu said, holding Shi Lan by the waist.

“If you buy the whole floor, there wouldn’t be any thrill left,” Shi Lan said as she undid his tie and shirt buttons, leaving a mark on his collarbone and watching as the refined Mr. Yan was teased into a beastly figure, “Uncle Yan, this way, wouldn’t we not be able to go home?”

Desire colored Yan Shixiu’s eyes as he spoke hoarsely, “Then we don’t need to go back.”

The next morning, Shi Lan woke up to find the space beside her empty, but it still held some warmth.

The young lady got up and searched around, finally seeing Mr. Yan, dressed in home clothes, coming in from outside.

“Where did you go?”

Yan Shixiu walked up to Shi Lan, bent down, and whispered in her ear, “Cleaning the passenger seat.”

The previous night, the two indeed had made a bit of a mess, and it was such a private matter–if someone else found out… Uncle Yan wouldn’t need his face anymore.

The young lady also planned to indulge just this once, especially since Uncle Yan wasn’t in a good mood last night and needed to vent.

“I’m hungry.”

“Go wash up and wait,” Yan Shixiu patted Shi Lan’s waist.

The domestic husband was on duty in a second, quickly making breakfast.

Although the young lady was picky with her food, she hardly complained about the meals Mr. Yan made.

A domestic husband of one’s own must be pampered.

Fortunately, Mr. Yan’s culinary skills were up to par, as he knew that his cooking skills would determine the young lady’s weight gain or loss.

While drinking milk, Shi Lan opened the entertainment news of the day, discovering that the evidence collection at Tianwang Entertainment had been completed, and the Qu brothers had to pay back 9.7 billion in taxes. As it was their first offense, the tax service granted some leniency, but the amount was still mind-boggling, something a normal person wouldn’t even dare to contemplate.

Tang Ze also received a call at this time, from the Qu brothers who were currently scrambling, trying to figure out a way to weather the storm, yet it seemed Tianwang Entertainment was very likely to collapse.

“When do we make our move?”

“No rush, you keep exposing Tianwang’s issues, watch for other capitals to enter the fray, when the time is right, I will notify you,” Shi Lan said over the phone.

“Okay.”

It would be within a day or two, but, while they needed to acquire Tianwang, they couldn’t reveal their identity, nor let anyone know it was under Huahai–this was an urgent problem that needed solving. Thus, Shi Lan turned her gaze to Yan Shixiu and said, “Uncle Yan, I need an outsider who is trustworthy and comes from a clean background to act as the legal representative.”

“I will arrange it.”

“Bring up Tang Ze, and I can stay behind the scenes. I can give Tang Ze time to learn how to manage an entertainment company, and when Tianwang is back on track, I’ll set up Diamond Film. There’s no need to be high-profile in the film business; we can be more mysterious.”

After hearing this, Yan Shixiu wiped the milk from the corner of her mouth and then said, “Does this mean you’re the woman behind a successful man?”

“I am the ‘sweeping monk,'” Shi Lan answered, smiling confidently.

…

Today was the last day of the bet between the young mistress and Yan Shixiu.

The young mistress guessed that An Li’en would completely break down today.

After all, prideful as he was, An Li’en, unable to find a lawyer’s job, found it hard to stoop to doing manual labor.

Once a family lost its balance, many issues would follow in succession.

After An Li’en’s drunken rage the night before, his in-laws came over first thing in the morning. The family sat in silence in the living room for a long while until You Li’s mother finally spoke. “Given the current situation at home, we can take the children and look after them for now. Li’en, can you really not find a job?”

“Mom, this is just temporary.”

“I don’t care whether it’s temporary. You Li is also affected because of you, neither of you can find a job, what are you going to do?”

“Mother-in-law, I don’t like how you’re framing it as Li’en dragging down You Li,” An’s mother retorted from the couch. “They are husband and wife. When you are married, undergoing hardships together is only natural, isn’t it?”

“You talk better than you sing. Both of them can’t find a job, what will the children live on? Your meager pensions?” You Li’s mother laughed, “Otherwise, it’s simple: whoever you’ve offended, go apologize to them, ask them to spare your life. Otherwise, continuing like this will drag the whole family down with you.”

Apologize?

Not to mention whether this was related to An Lan or not, even if it truly involved her, he wouldn’t go and apologize, slap his own face?

“I am not wrong, I won’t apologize.”

“Since you’re stubbornly refusing to apologize, You Li, you should divorce him, otherwise what will you do? Be dragged down by him for a lifetime?” You Li’s father chimed in. “I’ve never seen such a selfish man. Whether you’ve stolen money or not, we haven’t spent a penny of yours. When You Li married you, we prepared a considerable dowry, and now you expect my daughter and grandson to suffer with you? Let me tell you, it can’t be done!”

“I won’t apologize, and I won’t divorce, don’t even think about it.”

An Li’en didn’t want to lose anything, and he didn’t want to pay any price.

“So, you want the whole family to starve to death with you?” You Li’s mother thought he was insane.

“I would rather starve than let go,” An Li’en declared firmly, “Whether I live or die, my wife and children are mine. As long as I’m alive, they can’t even think about leaving me.”

Hearing An Li’en’s outrageously stubborn words, You Li looked at him incredulously and asked, “You’re dragging me down, and you don’t care about our son’s life either?”

“Yes!” An Li’en shouted. “Divorce? Just forget it!”

“Fine.” You Li, furious, placed the child in her mother’s arms, then turned and went into the bedroom. She took out a small USB drive and said, “You’re heartless, so I must be merciless.”