spring bite mark

Chapter 93 The Thieves Have Arrived

As for why Yan Changye entrusted Xie Jian to Yan Yu—

There was no other way; the financial power and bodyguards of Yushui Bay, and even Xie Jian's allowance, were all under Yan Yu's control. Whenever Yan Changye was not around, Xie Jian had to ask Yan Yu for whatever he wanted. Over time, Yan Yu gained a certain degree of control over Xie Jian.

Yan Changye's gaze towards Yan Yu was noticeably gentler:
“Daddy knows you’re a steady child. I might not be able to contact you often while I’m abroad. If anything doesn’t come up, just handle it yourself. Daddy trusts you.”

He wasn't exactly basking in the hospitality.

In fact, in the past year, Yan Changye has consciously begun to cultivate Yan Yu, and has delegated power to him quite thoroughly. He even handed over the supplementary card of his account in Hong Kong to Yan Yu so that Yan Yu could use it freely.

Although this kid used the money from the supplementary card to become the number one on the Douyin platform, compared to Xie Jian's reckless behavior, what's wrong with liking to spend money?

Besides, whether it's Yan Changye or Xie Yunxi, money is the most ubiquitous thing.

Yan Changye had only one strict requirement for him:
"No matter what happens, your first priority is to ensure that you yourselves are unharmed."

Yan Yu pointed to his watch: "I understand, you should go to the airport now."

Yan Changye squatted down and opened his arms: "Come here, everyone, let me give you a hug."

Xie Jian crashed into his arms like a cannonball, her claws wrapping around his neck as she whimpered softly.

Yan Yu only touched his arm briefly before separating.

"I'm leaving."

Yan Changye kissed each of the two children on the cheek and left.

The convoy drove out of the private area of ​​Royal Bay and headed towards Hong Kong International Airport.

Xie Jian sat obediently at the entrance of Yushui Bay, checking the time on his phone every now and then.

Two hours later.

Xie Jian skipped happily towards the living room in the villa: "Brother, Daddy's plane has flown away."

Yan Yu calmly hummed in agreement.

"Brother," Xie Jian asked eagerly, "Are we going to the capital?"

Yan Yu remained unmoved: "He won't allow it."

"He flew away!" Xie Jian blinked. "He's gone, boss! Our bodyguards may not listen to me, but they'll all listen to you!"

He ignored Yan Yu and sat on the floor playing with electronic building blocks.

Xie Jian scratched his head: "Brother, I'll go to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, and I can go with the delivery plane! As long as you agree, the bodyguards won't dare to stop me."

"I disagree."

Xie Jian thought for a moment and said, "Brother, how about we go together?"

He remained silent during the banquet.

Xie Jian leaned closer to him, looking at him with her round eyes: "Don't you want to hug Manman? I don't want to let go of her, she's so fragrant and soft."

Yan Yu calmly flipped through the instruction manual for the building blocks, ignoring Xie Jian's words.

Xie Jian lay sprawled on Yan Yu's building blocks, tilting her little face up to look at him:
"Brother, we can secretly take turns hugging each other then."

Yan Yu: "..."

"Two hours. I'll secretly let you hold me for two hours every day," Xie Jian said in a childish voice. "Sometimes when I sleep in her arms, she can even kiss me."

Yan Yu closed the building block diagram.

Xie Jian, still determined, said, "Brother, is this okay? If Daddy finds out and gets angry, I just need to cry my heart out, and he won't beat me so badly. Besides, he won't find out so quickly; he has no signal, no signal!"

Yan Yu looked at him indifferently: "Go pack your things."

imperial capital.

Mu Chan Studio. After Jiang Manman finished signing the last order, her phone beeped. She opened it; it was Xie Jian.

Xie Jian: [Manman, I'm on summer vacation!]

Jiang Manman: [Hmm]

Xie Jian: [You said last time I could stay in Beijing for two months, does that still count?]

Jiang Manman: [Yes, it counts]

Jiang Manman: [Did your daddy agree?]

This time, Xie Jian, who is always reluctant to part, did not reply.

Inside the office, Jiang Rong came to deliver reports and excitedly gave a presentation: "Madam, since the last time the endorsement photos were released, Mu Chan's reputation and popularity have soared among brands. Now we're receiving several custom orders from A-list celebrities every month."

"The more orders surge, the more we need to maintain strict quality control." Jiang Manman took the report and glanced at it. "Are there any artists from Starry Sky Entertainment?"

"Star Entertainment has been acquired by Shengshi. It is now one of Shengshi's subsidiary media companies. The artist who stood us up last time has also been sidelined by Young Master Chen Jinzhou."

Jiang Manman paused for a moment.

It seems that Yan Changye didn't handle the matter of the spokesperson being abandoned last time, but instructed Chen Jinzhou to take care of it.

"Okay, I understand." Jiang Manman put down the report, picked up her phone and glanced at it. Xie Jian, the troublesome one, hadn't replied yet, so she stopped worrying about it, took out a new design draft, and quickly got into work mode.

When I got off work and returned home, the usually quiet No. 1 Residence was a little unusual today.

More than fifty bodyguards surrounded Villa No. 2 next door, and cars were coming and going. Although it was nearly a hundred meters away from Villa No. 1 where Jiang Manman was, Jiang Manman could clearly see more than twenty new cars worth more than five million yuan parked in front of Villa No. 2.

There are also two new sports cars worth over 100 million yuan each.

The owner of the largest car dealership in the capital was personally leading all his employees in explaining the information about each car to the group of bodyguards.

Jiang Manman looked at the villa from a distance for several moments before returning to her own villa.

The butler set out the food and said in a low voice, "Madam, the noise from next door is quite loud. Please remember to close the soundproof curtains tonight."

Jiang Manman hummed in agreement: "The Li family bought so many new cars all at once?"

“It’s not the Li family.” There’s a friendship between the butlers too. “I heard from the butler over there that the Li family’s villa number 2 was bought by someone else around noon. The Li family has already moved out, and the new residents are decorating it according to their own preferences.”

Jiang Manman was genuinely surprised this time.

One Mansion is a top-tier villa complex in the capital. Strictly speaking, it was an ultra-luxury residential area personally designed by the Yan family's real estate division for their only son, the heir. Yan Changye preferred to live on an island in his early years, and it would be a waste for the villa complex to remain idle. Therefore, Old Master Yan agreed to the suggestions of other super families and designated One Mansion as the residence for the six super families of the capital.

But in reality, the true heads of the super-powerful families still each occupy their own territory and rule their own kingdoms; those living in No. 1 Mansion are all young people.

Even so, No. 1 Mansion still holds a superior status in the capital and is tacitly regarded as the territory of the six super families. No matter how rich outsiders are, they would not be crazy enough to come here and beg the families to buy second-hand villas.

"The Li family is quite arrogant. Would they really sell?"

The butler recounted some gossip he had heard: "Those young masters of the Li family really like Villa No. 2, and besides, they're not short of money, so they're unlikely to sell it under normal circumstances."

With gossip to accompany her meal, Jiang Manman suddenly felt her appetite return: "So, what unusual situation did you encounter?"

"We encountered a buyer who is even more arrogant than the Li family." The butler lowered his voice. "I heard that they spent a lot of money, and the other party is also quite influential. They negotiated directly with the head of the Li family, and these younger members of the Li family were personally picked up by the head of the Li family."

"The Li family is already one of the top wealthy families in the capital. Is there anyone they're afraid of?"

“It’s not that I’m afraid.” The butler thought for a moment. “I heard from the butler of Villa No. 2 that the head of the Li family has several major projects he wants to cooperate with them on. This is to establish a good relationship.”

Jiang Manman nodded: "Find out who the other party is when you have time."

"Okay, ma'am."

As soon as the butler finished speaking, at the gate of Villa No. 1, a thin, small child, dressed in his favorite trendy Chinese children's clothes and looking exceptionally refined, stretched out his chubby little paws...

He tentatively tiptoed and rang the doorbell.

(End of this chapter)