Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn
Chapter 327 - Chapter 327 For you I can do without 327

Chapter 327: For you, I can do without 327. Chapter 327: For you, I can do without 327. As Miss Shi anticipated, Yan Ziqing went mad with rage after hanging up the phone with Yan Shixiu, throwing a tantrum at home.

“What kind of big brother? Who acts like that? Not only does he not support his sister’s career, but he also goes out of his way to ridicule and mock me. What’s wrong with me spending money on Tianwang Entertainment? It’s my choice. If he had let me take over Huahai earlier, would I have needed to spend twenty million?”

Yan’s mother listened and stepped forward to soothe her, “Your brother hasn’t treated you badly normally.”

“Mom, how can you be so naive? Do you know how much his personal assets reached after Shuangshi Establishment? That’s hundreds of billions! He refuses to let me take over little Huahai, nor will he give dad a portion of the shares or a position. What is he trying to do? I’ve never seen someone so ungrateful; I want to make his life miserable.”

“Fine, fine, do whatever you want,” Yan’s mother said, feeling annoyed and unwilling to interfere.

After smashing enough things around her, Ziqing finally called her strategist and broker, “Han Hao, I don’t care how you do it, speed up the acquisition of Tianwang.”

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any mishaps.”

Han Hao, the key figure who suggested Yan Ziqing buy Tianwang Entertainment, knew very well that spending twenty million on Tianwang was a loss. However, he thought of the potential benefits he could gain through Huahai’s reputation and the strained relationship between Yan Ziqing and Yan Shixiu in the future, convincing himself that the twenty million was well spent.

Yet, he had overestimated the sibling relationship between Yan Shixiu and Yan Ziqing.

Before the event years ago, Yan’s father initially wanted to promote his daughter in an arranged marriage, but Yan Ziqing strongly objected, crying and pleading for her brother to take on the family’s responsibility. Ultimately, the person who attended the event became Yan Shixiu.

Yan Shixiu successfully rescued the Yan Family’s business, but the Yan family members were not content. They used their son and brother as a stepping-stone, demanding endlessly and greedily from Shi Lan.

Thus, the single thread of kinship that Yan Shixiu felt for his family members was severed three years ago.

If possible, he would rather not carry the Yan surname.

In Yan Ziqing’s view, the reason she despised An Lan’s vengeful persona was that she felt An Lan, like her brother, was ungrateful. He was a child of the Yan Family. His parents gave him life and the opportunity to be close to Shi Lan, but after inheriting the estate, he neglected the Yan family.

Thus, it was all beyond resolution.

…

After Yan Shixiu hung up the phone, he stood up, grabbed his jacket, and prepared to go home.

As he left the office with Xun Yinghua, Yan’s boss instructed him: “Send a message to the head of Huahai; even though Tianwang Entertainment belongs to Yan Ziqing, it has nothing to do with Huahai or Shuangshi. In the future, if Yan Ziqing causes trouble using Huahai’s name, have the lawyers sue immediately without any consideration for her feelings.”

“Boss… won’t that be too embarrassing for Miss?” Xun Yinghua asked.

“You don’t understand, and I won’t explain. Just do as I say,” Yan Shixiu responded coldly.

“Understood,” Xun Yinghua quickly nodded.

While descending the stairs, Yan Shixiu tilted his head and asked: “You have a sister, right?”

“Yes, I have a sister. She just started high school and likes to act spoiled around me.” He still couldn’t comprehend how the relationship between Yan Shixiu and Yan Ziqing could have become so rigid.

Even after all these years, it still puzzled him.

“What’s the most outrageous thing your sister has ever said to you?”

“Probably ‘I won’t deal with you anymore,’ I guess,” Xun Yinghua answered with a smile.

“Three years ago, Yan Ziqing said, ‘I don’t want to pay off the family debts, let my brother do it.'” After saying that, the elevator dinged open, and Yan Shixiu stepped towards the car. Before getting in, he said to Xun Yinghua, “Not all siblings share the warm bond you have with your sister. Don’t always apply your standards of being a brother to me; it makes me feel sick.”

Yan Shixiu didn’t say this to Xun Yinghua to explain; he just wanted to remind him to refrain from showing that sympathetic attitude towards his sister in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Xun Yinghua stiffened, finally realizing how presumptuous he had been.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Yan.”

“No need to follow me today, I’ll drive myself.”

Watching Yan Shixiu drive away, Xun Yinghua slapped himself on the lips, “It’s all because of this damn mouth.”

On his way back, Yan Shixiu immediately composed himself.

Half an hour later, when he entered his home, his face had almost smoothed out.

Seeing the young lady working on her computer as he walked in, he took off his coat and asked, “Are you hungry?”

Shi Lan shifted her gaze from the computer to Yan Shixiu, who was putting away his coat, and after searching his eyes for a few seconds, replied, “Let’s go out to eat.”

“I had the maid buy a lot of groceries; give me twenty minutes.”

Having said that, Yan Shixiu walked towards the kitchen and was about to open the refrigerator when Shi Lan caught up and closed it.

Their gazes locked, Shi Lan said, “Do you really think I’m that oblivious? Can’t I see whether you’re happy or not?”

Seizing the opportunity, Yan Shixiu pulled Shi Lan into his embrace and whispered softly, “I was just thinking about some old memories.”

“Should we do like last time in the desert? Have some wine and chat?”

Yan Shixiu was silent for a few seconds before suddenly laughing, “Drinking now isn’t just about wanting to chat anymore; I suddenly realize, it seems like I have a lot, but actually…”

Shi Lan quietly slid her hand to Yan Shixiu’s back and, leaning close to his ear, asked, “The kitchen, shall we try it?”

…

After taking a bath, Yan Shixiu had returned to his usual self. When he came downstairs, he saw Shi Lan drafting plans again.

“Your sister openly expressed her dislike for me. What do you think, how will she deal with me? Should I slam her with a sixty-million breach of contract fee, or should I stay at Tianwang and make her suffer a bit?”

“You would actually pay sixty million?” Yan Shixiu countered.

“Then she’ll just have to suffer more. Villains grind together,” Shi Lan declared. “Leave it to someone like me who is estranged from family. Fits perfectly, right, Uncle Yan?”

Yan Shixiu chuckled softly, stroking her hair, “Even things you don’t want to do or people you don’t want to face, you should leave them all to me.”

“No,” Shi Lan replied decisively, then added, “For you, I can let it all go.”

Yan Shixiu suddenly fell silent, then pulled Shi Lan up and held her close.

“You can have them.”

“I don’t need to, the people who owe me will pay back, those who offend me will face consequences, and those who make Uncle Yan unhappy… will be shown no mercy!”

At that moment, Yan Shixiu finally understood Shi Lan’s love.

It was direct and pure, fervent and unreserved.

In contrast, he suddenly felt that the love he offered her was not enough.

Late at night, after Shi Lan had fallen asleep, Yan Shixiu quietly got up and made a phone call to Yan’s father, “If I find out that the retirement money was given to Yan Ziqing for investment, I will turn all your thoughts, those you should have and those you shouldn’t, into sheer delusion.”