Siheyuan: Domineering life

Xiao Ya was taken away and Yang Mei took her home to raise her personally.

It is the best choice for Yang Mei to raise Xiao Ya. At least it has more advantages than staying in Yang Jun's house. The Yang family is a big family with complicated relationships. If Xiao Ya stays in this family, she will inevitably be neglected. After all, every woman has her own children, and no one wants to raise an extra strange girl, even Yi Qiu Shui is the same. The reason why she opposed Yang Mei taking Xiao Ya away was mainly because of Yang Jun's reputation. She couldn't let others point at her and say that they are inhumane and don't even want to raise their niece.

Life is like a play and a play is like life. Everyone plays his or her role well and tries hard to complete the performance so that it can end perfectly. Yang Mei has fulfilled the relationship between sister and brother, and Yang Jun's reputation has not been damaged. Both parties are perfect.

Time flows slowly like running water, and before we know it, it is November. The weather is getting colder and people are wearing coats. The only thing that remains unchanged is that the people on the street are still in a hurry, as if they are busy all year round and they never stop for the sake of life.

One advantage of being in a high position is that they never have to worry about material things. They have endless money to spend in their lifetime and never have to be distracted by trivial matters like three meals a day. They have plenty of time and entertainment and things to do other than money.

Yang Jun spends most of his free time fishing and drinking tea, and he also handles his work in his spare time. He spends most of his time lying on a rattan chair thinking about problems and future plans. He looks relaxed and leisurely, but his mind is actually working all the time.

Thanks to his dragon essence and phoenix marrow constitution, he does not need to worry about aging and disease. As long as he does not seek death, he will not die, so he is truly enjoying life.

"Godfather."

A call woke Yang Jun who was in deep thought.

When he turned around, he saw Yang Chengliu and Lucy standing behind him and smiling at him.

"Hey, Xiaoliu, Lucy, why are you back?"

Yang Jun sat up from the rattan chair and asked, "Didn't you go to challenge the North Pole?"

"Yeah, aren't we back now?"

Yang Chengliu smiled embarrassedly and said, "However, I failed the challenge this time."

"It's better if you don't succeed, it's better if you don't succeed." Yang Jun said as he poured tea for them: "If you succeeded, you would probably be frozen into an ice sculpture."

"It's not as serious as godfather said. The reason why we failed to make the selection is mainly because we misjudged the time and missed the best window of challenge. That's why we came back." Yang Chengliu.

"Oh, so that's it."

Challenging the North Pole is not a casual challenge. It requires a scientific challenge. The polar regions are not like mid-latitudes where there is sunshine all year round. For example, you can only challenge the North Pole when the sun is at the Tropic of Cancer, because when the sun is at the Tropic of Capricorn, it is dark in the Arctic. You can't challenge the North Pole with a dark shadow.

Winter is coming soon, the sun has moved to the Tropic of Capricorn, and the North Pole is about to enter a polar night lasting for half a year, so Yang Chengliu decided to go home.

"Lucy, how are you?" Yang Jun asked.

Lucy shrugged and said, "Godfather, I'm fine. The North Pole is very beautiful. Everything is white, just like the world in a fairy tale. It's spotless. I like it there very much."

Lucy has been back for two or three years. Her English has been getting better and better. Now she can speak authentic Yanjing dialect. If you don't listen carefully, you really can't hear it.

"Just have fun. Whether or not the challenge is successful is not important."

After Yang Jun finished speaking, he looked at her with a smile: "You follow your little sister around all day long, don't you plan to start a family?"

Lucy blinked her blue eyes and said, "Godfather, are you urging me to get married?"

"Hey, you also know the term urging marriage?"

"Of course I know. This is the most popular saying nowadays." Lucy asked again, "Has godfather chosen a husband for me?"

After living in the Yang family for several years, she more or less understood the arranged marriages of these wealthy families. Although they seemed to live a glamorous life on the surface, they also had to bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the family, that is, arranged marriages. They could not choose to be with the person they liked like ordinary people. They could not decide their own marriages and had to sacrifice themselves at any time according to the needs of the family.

"I dare not choose a husband for you."

Yang Jun said: "Don't worry, godfather is not urging you to get married, and he will not arrange a marriage for you in the future."

"Godfather promises you that you will decide your marriage yourself."

"Really, godfather?" Lucy said excitedly, "I want to make my own decision now. I have fallen in love with someone and I hope godfather will approve it."

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, and said, "Do you have someone you like?"

"Yeah." Lucy nodded heavily.

After hearing this, Yang Jun looked back at Yang Chengliu and said, "Does she really have someone she likes?"

"Yes, godfather." Yang Chengliu said: "The person Lucy likes is the guide of our team, his name is Xu Xiaoming."

"Xu Xiaoming?"

Yang Jun remembered this person. This guide was the best guide he had hired specifically for Yang Chengliu. He didn't expect that this person would become his godson.

"I remember this guy. He's a good-looking guy with a good appearance and a spirit of adventure," Yang Jun turned around and said to Lucy, "Since you like him, bring him home for dinner someday."

"Godfather, do you agree that I can be with him?" Lucy asked in surprise.

"Why should I disagree?" Yang Jun asked with a smile.

"I thought you were going to arrange a marriage for my family?" Lucy said coyly.

"No, Godfather is not that kind of person. As long as you choose the person yourself, Godfather will definitely support you."

After saying that, Yang Jun looked at Yang Chengliu.

"Godfather, are you going to urge me to get married?" Yang Chengliu was frightened.

"No way?" Yang Jun said with a straight face, "Don't you see how old you are? You are still wandering around alone. If you are not anxious, I am anxious too."

Yang Chengliu smiled bitterly and said, "Godfather, you know my situation well. I'm divorced and disabled. I don't want to be pitied. It's good for me to live alone in this life."

"Who dares to pity you?" Yang Jun glared and said, "What's wrong with being divorced? What's wrong with being disabled? There are many people who want to marry you. As long as you want, there is no problem finding you."

"Even if they chose me, it was because of my family background. I don't want such an impure marriage. For marriage, I will have it if I can, and I will never settle for anything less than that."

After hearing this, Yang Jun let out a long sigh.

"You girl... your ambition is as high as the sky, but your life is as fragile as paper."

"Godfather, you know me well. I have had this personality since I was a child. I can't change it, and I don't want to change it. As I said, I will never settle until I meet the right one." Yang Chengliu.

After hearing this, Yang Jun couldn't stop sighing.

Yang Chengliu is just too stubborn. She is the type of person who won't turn back even if she hits a wall. If she were willing to compromise, she wouldn't be single.

"Forget it, you can handle your own affairs." Yang Jun said: "But don't worry, godfather won't urge you to get married, you can do whatever you like."

"Thank you, godfather." Yang Chengliu burst into tears of gratitude.

"Ah," Yang Jun sighed, and then changed the subject: "Did you go out last year?"

"Well... I'm not going out, but I plan to go back to Skull Island with Lucy."

"Isn't that still going out?" "Strictly speaking, it's not going out, it should be considered going home." After saying that, he turned around and said to Lucy: "Isn't that right, Lucy."

"Yes, Sixth Sister accompanied me back to Skull Island, which can be considered as going home." After that, Lucy said: "Godfather, we are going home this time, not going out, so don't worry, we won't run around."

"Hey, you are grown up now, I can't control you anymore, do whatever you want." Yang Jun: "But you must come back before the Chinese New Year, then our whole family can have a good Spring Festival together."

"Of course, we will come back when the time comes." They said at the same time.

"You two should rest at home for a few days. Don't rush to leave. I will let Xiaowu come back, and then you brothers and sisters can get together." Yang Jun.

"Oh, I was just about to tell my godfather about this, but I didn't expect him to bring it up on his own initiative. This saves me the trouble." Yang Chengliu said with a smile.

Yang Jun listened and said with a smile: "You two have had a good relationship since childhood. If I don't let you meet, I guess you will complain to your godfather again."

"How dare I complain to my godfather? I can't thank you enough. It's you who gave us the opportunity to reunite as brothers and sisters." Yang Chengliu said coquettishly.

"Okay, you've spent enough time here. Go to the backyard to meet your godmother. She's been talking about you all day long." Yang Jun.

"Okay, let's go see our godmother and see you at dinner."

"See you at dinner."

Afterwards, Yang Chengliu and Lucy went to the backyard.

After they left, Yang Jun asked Sun Zhaocai to investigate Xu Xiaoming.

Although he promised Lucy freedom of marriage, as a father, he couldn't help but get to know his future son-in-law.

Xu Xiaoming's family and social background was very simple. In less than an hour, all his information appeared in front of Yang Jun.

Xu Xiaoming was born in an ordinary family. His parents were factory workers. After graduating from university, he founded their own travel and adventure company with several like-minded people. Not to mention that they made a name for themselves with their enterprising spirit. They have challenged Mount Everest, walked through the desert, and swam across the strait. One after another, their deeds and achievements quickly made them leaders in the adventure industry. It was for this reason that Yang Jun hired them as Yang Chengliu's guides.

After looking at Xu Xiaoming's information for a while, Yang Jun found that this person was just an ordinary person with no background and had never come into contact with any messy people. Yang Jun was quite satisfied with this.

Although Xu Xiaoming and his daughter Lucy have very different family backgrounds, Yang Jun will not separate them for this reason. He has always been democratic and advocates freedom of love and will not interfere with his children's feelings. Since it is Lucy's own choice, he respects her choice.

To him, anyone who marries his daughter would be marrying above his station. He doesn't expect his son-in-law to be outstanding, he just hopes he can treat his daughter well. Nothing else matters.

In the evening, Yang Jun specially called Yang Chengdao and Yang Chengcai home for dinner.

The brothers and sisters were extremely warm when they met. They grew up together and had a very good relationship. They had endless topics to talk about when they met.

Yang Chengliu did not sit at the same table with Yang Jun, but sat at the children's table with Yang Chengdao and others. They were all young people and liked to be with people of their age. They had common topics and endless things to talk about. They felt awkward sitting at the same table with adults.

In fact, as the children grew up day by day, they could no longer be treated as children, especially since Yang Chengdao and Yang Chengyun had already started families. In addition, the group of half-grown children, Yang Chengzhi, Yang Chenglan and Yang Chengyun, were also growing up. They gradually formed a small group that specifically went against the adults.

Yang Jun also tried his best to respect them, give them space as young people, and not talk to them as an elder. This perfectly reflects the style and magnanimity of an elder.

……

the next day.

Yang Jun met with Li Qingmiao at Diaoyutai.

Li Qingmiao was promoted by him. She is now able to work independently and has achieved impressive results. Yang Jun called her back this time to entrust her with an important task.

"Great leader."

After not seeing her for a year, Li Qingmiao has become more mature than before, but her slightly mature face still retains her original innocence. Based on Yang Jun's many years of experience, this girl at least has kept her original intention. The moment he saw her, Yang Jun felt very relieved.

"sit down."

Li Qingmiao stood there awkwardly, and Yang Jun motioned her to sit down.

"Thank you, great leader."

After Li Qingmiao sat down, he stood straight.

"Is everything going well?"

Yang Jun poured her a cup of tea.

"Everything is fine. Thank you for your concern, boss."

"Don't try those official tricks. They're not accepted here." Yang Jun glared at him.

"Yes." Li Qingmiao had a smile on his face.

"I called you back this time because I have three questions to ask you." Yang Jun said.

When Li Qingmiao heard this, he immediately sat up straight, his body straighter than before.

"Please ask me, great leader. I will tell you everything I know."

"it is good."

Yang Jun suddenly asked solemnly: "First question, have you ever embezzled money?"

Li Qingmiao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but he came to his senses immediately.

He shook his head heavily: "I don't have it."

Yang Jun nodded and asked again: "Second question, have you ever embezzled anything?"

This time Li Qingmiao did not hesitate, and shook his head and said, "Report to the leader, I don't have it."

She spoke in a firm and direct tone, without a trace of dragging her feet.

"Well, the third question..."

Yang Jun suddenly leaned forward, stared at her intently, and asked, "Have you ever embezzled anything?"

Li Qingmiao did not answer directly this time, but sat there in a daze.

She looked at Yang Jun with confused eyes. If he could understand it when she asked this question for the first time, but he asked the same question the second and third time, she couldn't help but think too much.

However, she quickly replied calmly: "Reporting to the leader, I don't have it."

Yang Jun stared at her eyes, seeing the frankness and confidence in her eyes, so he nodded and said, "I believe you."

After saying that, he took a file bag from the low table next to him and threw it to her.

"Go take up your post tomorrow." (End of this chapter)