The situation of the Qin family spread rapidly throughout the entire wealthy circle after that charity banquet, and even outsiders knew some news.

That night the lights in most of the wealthy families’ houses in City A did not go out, everyone searched desperately in their minds for any possible clues.

And some families that originally had small conflicts even used this incident to strengthen their relationships.

The Tang family was no exception. Originally, it was supposed to be Mrs. Tang Yue’s daughter who went to this charity banquet, and after the daughter who worked as a senior executive in the company came back, she told her mother about this matter with an expression of disbelief.

After telling everything, the daughter said: “…Those three from the Qin family seemed to have sharp minds, how could they go crazy like this over a man?”

After listening to all the news, Mrs. Tang held her trembling teacup with trembling hands, took a trembling sip of tea, and then forced her voice to stay steady as she said: “Now you go and try facing those few from the Qin family. They only lost their minds in front of that Ye Wangxing, not in front of just anyone.”

The daughter thought about the style of behavior of those few and nodded in agreement.

“Indeed, the projects of the Qin family’s company all operated well. Although the Qin family members went crazy a bit, it did not affect anything.”

It even enriched their entertainment life.

Such incidents had not appeared in the circle for a long time. The last time seemed to have been about that Xu family boy and his beloved one.

When Mrs. Tang Yue heard her daughter mention the Xu family, she finally calmed down and also said: “That second son of the Xu family was not a normal person. Look at what he gave to that boy he claimed to like? Some luxury goods! And luxury goods that could not even be resold at a good price! I even heard that boy was seeking investment. If he really liked that boy, why didn’t he directly inject capital like Qin Yi?”

“The only thing that looked a little better was that luxury watch he gave last night, but what if they broke up later? That second son of the Xu family, under the excuse of being heartbroken, might sue the other party to take back everything from the relationship. Even those who kept mistresses acted more generously than him.”

At this point Mrs. Tang Yue started to give her daughter earnest advice.

“When you are outside, you also had to be generous. Once you gave things to your little lovers, just give them. Our Tang family did not lack this little money. Don’t act like that second son of the Xu family, stingy and petty. People who didn’t know might even think the Xu family’s capital chain had a problem.”

The daughter listened carefully to her mother’s words and nodded seriously.

At their level, spending some money appropriately could prove that their capital chain was healthy and even bring confidence to the shareholders.

——He spent money on useless luxury items for his little lovers, so surely their capital chain had no problem.

This style of the Xu family was only tolerable because Xu Feng was the second son. If it had been the eldest who behaved like this, everyone would have suspected that the Xu family’s capital chain had collapsed.

While the Tang family talked about these things, other wealthy families also discussed them.

Some thought that it was disgraceful for the Qin family to lose their minds like this over a man.

Some were curious about just how good-looking that President Ye was to have the Qin family so obsessed.

Some even wondered whether they could take this chance to leak some news and see if they could bite off a piece from Qin Yi’s hand.

In the end this was the real point. Quite a few wealthy families had already started to contact one another. In business, attacking someone while he was weak was normal. Having projects cut off was nothing rare.

Those funny business wars online were indeed entertaining, but once a bit of wind leaked out, secretly biting off a project was something often seen as well.

——Except for the Xu family. Their family was now worrying about Xu Feng’s reckless mouth at home.

News could be spread out, after all everyone loved gossip, but it must not come from their mouths!

They worried so much that they didn’t even notice An Yang hadn’t returned home. Only Xu Feng still cared about that, but now at home he had already lost his right to speak, and his elder brother even dragged him to the study to kneel.

After all, what they were about to face was the Qin family’s revenge. The Xu family had even considered dragging Xu Feng along to apologize in person with humility, but unfortunately, because Ye Wangxing had run away, the Qin family now shut their doors and received no visitors. Even Mrs. Tang Yue had no way to enter.

While the Xu family worried, outsiders hardly paid attention to them. Even Yun Cheng, who should have cared most about Xu Feng, after getting the capital investment from that young master, invested all of it into his packaged project.

The young master did look at Yun Cheng differently. He had thought Yun Cheng came to fish for benefits, but now it seemed he had underestimated him.

Naturally Yun Cheng would not expose this misunderstanding, and the events of that night he also would not blabber carelessly like that fool Xu Feng.

Up to that point outsiders only knew that the second young master of the Xu family had seen that night’s scene. They had no idea that, apart from him, three other people had also witnessed it.

Yun Cheng did not expose himself, Sheng Hai did not dare to say anything.

As for who the last one was?

——Naturally it was Liang Qing, who wanted to use this incident to seek benefits.

Liang Qing had originally just wanted to secretly see what Xu Feng and Yun Cheng were quarreling about, in case there was an opportunity to take advantage of. However, he hadn’t expected to witness such a big drama.

He got his fill of gossip and also found an opportunity. Originally, Liang Qing had planned to use this information to have a good discussion with President Ye, to see if he could also invest in that Middle Eastern project. After all, the orders from the Middle East were getting bigger and bigger, and he was coveting those rich clients.

However, just as he arrived at the banquet hall, he heard Xu Feng opening his big mouth and revealing everything that had happened upstairs, which directly made the leverage in his hands completely useless.

Liang Qing (through gritted teeth): You really were my good brother.

But Liang Qing did not admit defeat. He turned around and told his family about this matter, and when his elder brother hesitated, he stepped forward himself to take the lead in this project.

His moves were already fast, but unfortunately the Qin family only acted crazy when it came to Ye Wangxing. When it came to serious business, their minds were still sharp.

—Driven even by a kind of inexplicable anger, the Qin family became even more aggressive than before.

Whether it was Qin Corporation, President Qin’s entertainment company, or even the small studio opened by the Qin family’s heir, they all snatched up several TV drama projects.

These companies failed in their attempts and finally became more obedient.

And when they checked their losses, they discovered that the Ye family, following behind the Qin family, had also gained some benefits!

If it hadn’t been for the fact that young President Ye was already in Dubai, and that someone had seen him at the airport almost slap Chairman Qin across the face, they really would have believed that this news was deliberately released by the Qin family to trap them.

It turned out that emotional conflict was indeed real, but having conflicts did not stop them from working and snatching projects either.

“Tsk, no wonder. It really was like two people sleeping in the same bed could not turn out differently. It was understandable that the three members of the Qin family, being blood relatives, behaved the same. But how did President Ye also seem carved from the same mold as the Qin family? Even when he discovered he was being monitored, it did not stop him from negotiating business. No wonder he could make money.”

Some wealthy families thought sourly in their hearts as they looked at their own useless heirs.

The bitterness in these wealthy families’ hearts was unknown to outsiders, but online discussions were getting lively.

Under the Qin family’s thunderous suppression, the big marketing accounts and financial news outlets did not dare report these matters. Only some small marketing accounts, more than a month later, timidly revealed a little.

“Do you still remember that chairman whose old house caught fire, who had already invested tens of billions in his little partner before marriage? Here’s the follow-up: that partner had two ex-boyfriends, one was his own son and one was his own younger brother, and both were still not over him.”

“And after the chairman discovered this, not only did he not get angry at his partner, but instead he scolded his own son and younger brother: ‘An elder brother is like a father, if the son is not taught, it is the father’s fault.’ It seems like he put all the blame on those two instead.”

That account immediately gained many comments. After all, the previous post about the chairman’s old house catching fire had gone especially viral. If the blogger hadn’t deleted it for fear of getting sued, it would still have been the number-one trending post.

Most of the comments questioned the truth of this matter. Of course, there were also IPs from City A saying that this was absolutely true, but no one dared speak openly.

“…All I can say is that that family absolutely was not normal. That partner was the most pitiful one. I really hoped he would seek legal aid.”

Some comments immediately began discussing the information revealed by that City A IP, but since the amount of information was too small, they could not figure out the truth.

Of course, there were also comments asking for follow-ups, but the blogger said he did not know.

“…The rest of the follow-up was unknown for now. After all, in the past two days, that chairman and his partner had taken quite a few projects from other families. No one dared leak anything. Everyone suspected that the family of four had joined forces to set a trap.”

“But that partner had already been abroad for more than a month. He had not returned to see them. Someone even saw him at the airport nearly slap the chairman.”

These little rumors and gossip did not gain much traffic, just a few chats in small circles, with no more than a few hundred comments. This meant they did not make him a target of the Qin family.

—But it did bring him into An Yang’s sight.

Assistant Cui was following up on the progress of the new energy industrial park. After looking through piles of numbers and charts, he painfully rubbed his face, kneaded his sore neck, and was about to relax when he saw a new message pop up in the work group called “Even Qingluan had to work like a horse.”

Assistant Cui had originally thought it was sent by one of the other two. After all, their two bosses were still young and had not yet recruited their own assistant teams. Sometimes they had to do trivial tasks themselves, so naturally they complained more.

But when he opened it, he saw the message was from An Yang, which surprised him.

Since going on a business trip to the Middle East with President Ye, An Yang had only occasionally chatted in the group, at most passing along President Ye’s opinions.

Assistant Cui took a look and understood An Yang’s meaning. He casually passed the blog post to his own sub-assistant to handle.

Then, naturally, they started chatting about it in the group.

After a month of working together, the four assistants had temporarily become allies. Under the oppression of their bosses, this alliance was still unbreakable.

—Of course, the premise was that no one mentioned President Ye. Otherwise, the so-called unbreakable alliance would collapse instantly like the Maginot Line.

As they talked, the assistants naturally began discussing the projects they were supervising, and also the reckless actions of those wealthy families rushing to deliver themselves as prey.

“…I really didn’t know what those companies were thinking. Sure, Chairman Qin had made a big fuss, but he was not like that second young master of the Xu family. Did they really believe he would neglect company projects just because of love?”

Qin Shi’s assistant, Qian, complained.

“Cough, cough, that Xu family second young master hasn’t ignored company projects just because of dating, right?” Knowing that An Yang’s husband was that second young master, Assistant Cui quickly coughed to smooth things over.

“Yes, he indeed hasn’t managed company projects—he doesn’t have any projects under him,” Qian assistant still mercilessly complained.

At that moment, Liu, Qin Qiu’s assistant, said quietly: “Perhaps it’s because he fears that when he oversees projects at the company, he might encounter men and women who are considerate but accidentally spill coffee on him.”

“Someone who would actually agree to hand-wash for the other person because they couldn’t compensate financially.”

“Pfft—” Assistant Cui, who had just sipped coffee, almost spat it out when he heard that.

Assistant Liu truly deserved his reputation in the entertainment industry, his words were razor-sharp.

However, Assistant Cui still worried about An Yang, not wanting him to get angry with colleagues over this.

Since taking An Yang under his wing, Assistant Cui felt like he was raising a son, constantly worried that An Yang couldn’t handle work and interpersonal relationships properly.

But…

An Yang’s reaction was calm, almost eerily calm.

“That’s true, Xu Feng could indeed do such a thing.”

Seeing An Yang’s reply, Assistant Cui felt somewhat relieved, though still uneasy. He already knew about An Yang’s previous obsession with Xu Feng during his investigation.

Now, with such calm…

Besides worrying about An Yang himself, Assistant Cui also feared that An Yang might suddenly go on strike. In that case, Qin Company side would likely assign him a replacement assistant to support President Ye—and the replacement would always be the best.

—for example, someone like him, a top-tier industry assistant.

Assistant Cui had no plans to switch companies for now. He would never resign unless forced to the extreme—he only needed to endure one more year to become branch manager, he wouldn’t resign now.

He opened a private chat with An Yang, dazedly thinking how much he resembled a little eunuch in palace dramas, scheming for his lady and maintaining relations with the Emperor’s court ladies.

‘Really, I’m overworked. Once this project ends, I must get a proper rest.’

As he thought this, he sent a message to An Yang:

“How’s it going? Do you need help with anything in China?”

The matter Assistant Cui referred to was the Xu family being targeted by the Qin family and subsequently contacting An Yang along with the An family—funny enough, Qin Company only began targeting the Xu family half a month later, and the Xu family only realized An Yang had been missing for half a month.

When Assistant Cui first heard this, he couldn’t believe it. Was this really a normal family? Their daughter-in-law and own son had been missing for half a month without anyone noticing?

Assistant Cui had subtly asked An Yang several times before and only felt reassured when An Yang showed no signs of distress.

But now, his concern was reignited by An Yang’s words.

“Brother Cui, don’t worry. There’s no need for help at the moment. They’ve been very polite recently. Xu Feng even called me a few days ago.”

Assistant Cui still didn’t feel at ease. Hearing Xu Feng’s name, he became as alert as hearing his old father mention a troublemaker.

“What did they say?”

“Nothing important, just small talk. At most, Aunt Xu said she would keep Xu Feng in line so he behaves properly with me.”

Seeing this, Assistant Cui felt dizzy.

He knew the Xu family’s attitude toward An Yang. Now that they made such promises, it was only because they saw An Yang as useful. If An Yang actually acted because of their promises and something went wrong, they would immediately claim it had nothing to do with them.

Still flushed, Assistant Cui asked: “Did you agree?”

But An Yang’s reply surprised him.

“I just said I would talk properly with Xu Feng after returning.”

Assistant Cui breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, An Yang hadn’t verbally agreed. Who knew if they were recording?

The next sentence stunned Assistant Cui.

“…I also need to discuss the divorce with Xu Feng, which could help Xu Feng and Yun Cheng as well—a happy ending for everyone?”

Assistant Cui: “…?”

When did An Yang suddenly get wise? When did he become so clear-headed about divorce? And why did he say he would help Xu Feng and Yun Cheng? Couldn’t he have a bit of temper?

With all these questions in his head, Assistant Cui finally asked three words: “Are you serious?”

“Of course I’m serious. Xu Feng doesn’t like me, and I’ve realized I don’t like him either. I only had an obsession with him.”

Assistant Cui: “…”An Yang’s mind is a little too sharp.

He quickly sent a thumbs-up emoji to An Yang.

He didn’t interfere in other people’s lives, but seeing someone escape from such a sticky situation genuinely made him happy.

Assistant Cui silently decided that if An Yang truly finalized his divorce, he would definitely arrange a celebration for him—of course, it would be even better if it could help Qin Dong secure a second opportunity.

Qin Company had already begun considering expanding to Dubai!

They really lacked Arabic-speaking talent in their company.

However, Assistant Cui was relieved that President Ye hadn’t gone to Africa. At least Dubai was a modern city.

An Yang didn’t know what Assistant Cui was thinking because he was genuinely considering finalizing his divorce with Xu Feng after returning.

—He didn’t want to be a stumbling block for Xu Feng pursuing Yun Cheng.

He also didn’t want to be the source of conflict between Xu Feng and Aunt Xu, he had his own life to live.

He knew what it felt like to love without being loved.

Even though his feelings for Xu Feng had been merely an obsession, it had still been painful.

Now, even if he didn’t like Xu Feng, he still considered him a long-time friend and wanted to help him.

He thought this and told Assistant Cui the same.

Assistant Cui: “…Can you have a bit of temper?”

These words nearly gave him a heart attack.

You slapped him, Xu family slapped him, and the An family unleashed their full wrath!

An Yang: “?”

From An Yang’s question mark, Assistant Cui saw his innocent and puzzled expression.

Angry and chest aching, he had to admit that An Yang probably wouldn’t retaliate.

He genuinely had no experience.

He already dared to follow President Ye to Dubai without informing anyone—this was the limit of what he could do.

After only two months, being clear-headed enough to consider divorce was a miracle, the rest would come slowly.

Assistant Cui thought this, and informed An Yang that they would go to Dubai in a few days.

“…Liu and Qian assistants should arrive the day after tomorrow to hand over work. Don’t worry, Qin Company team won’t follow.”

Assistant Cui told An Yang to inform President Ye accurately.

“…Qin Company is busy advancing the domestic new energy industrial park and can’t come. Qin and the young master are busy with the concert, presale tickets have been released. Now they have to prevent scalpers and stir up publicity. They’re busy too.”

An Yang was both surprised and happy. Happy because he wasn’t alone handling President Ye’s matters in Dubai, surprised that Assistant Cui and team were coming.

“Who knows? Maybe they finally got tired of just reading WeChat messages. They’re quite fired up, but we bought the tickets. Whether we can go depends on President Ye’s updates.”

An Yang nodded, thinking Qin Dong’s team seemed to know how to interact with President Ye.

Previously, without notifying President Ye, they only monitored his public schedule, anyone else would have gotten angry. But now, notifying President Ye and sending people—some would refuse, some would agree.

An Yang thought President Ye probably wouldn’t refuse.

…After all, he recently saw President Ye checking Qin domestic concert news, even the online arguments.

No need for An Yang to say it, he was sure Qin had prepared concert tickets for President Ye.

Young Master Qin and Xu Feng debuted as a duo, reaching their peak immediately. Xu Feng soloed within six months, while young master Qin moved behind the scenes to focus on songwriting.

Of course, Xu Feng’s issues were significant, he soloed to avoid jealousy over Yun Cheng. Now, Yun Cheng likely didn’t care about Xu Feng’s CP antics.

This year’s temporary duo concert was purely Xu Feng’s attempt to profit from fans and revive declining popularity.

Young Master Qin initially disagreed, not caring about the money. Later, after persuasion, he agreed to play accompaniment, Xu Feng was the main act.

Initially, the official concert hadn’t released the news, it only appeared a few days ago.

It was obvious how chaotic the fans would get online.

Young Master Qin studio quickly clarified, clearly stating they didn’t rely on fans for income.

Many fans protested but were later pacified by veteran fans.

“…Seeing him is enough. This young master doesn’t rely on fans for a living. Do you really want to repeat the situation when the eldest master went behind the scenes, returned voting money, and expelled fans on the spot?”

The concert official quietly liked the comment.

Immediately, the comment section erupted again.

Yet An Yang felt something was off.

Xu Feng seemed normal, with various gossip about arrogance and insults circulating.

But Young Master Qin behavior was unusual…

—Why would he release news that both his fathers were watching the concert together?

 

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