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Chapter 394: Working Like a Horse and Ox for a Lifetime

Chapter 394: Chapter 394: Working Like a Horse and Ox for a Lifetime

"In our house, whoever eats the slowest has to do the dishes!" The young master said very naturally, without seeming to be lying.

Upon hearing his son say "our house," Eldest Master Yan obediently stood up and began collecting the bowls and chopsticks into the tray.

Zhu Qianying, who had originally planned to watch the show from the sidelines, incredulously watched the super meticulous Eldest Master Yan who usually needed a damp wipe to clean his mouth and hands right after a meal. This time, he simply rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning up. Her astonishment was comparable to seeing a UFO with her own eyes.

"Master Yan, are you sure it’s okay?" Zhu Qianying, with a hint of schadenfreude in her smile, asked.

Master Yan turned to her and gave her a tender smile, "I promised to be a beast of burden for a lifetime!"

Fine, Zhu Qianying admitted, she felt a bit like being struck by lightning, gradually spreading in her heart.

After mother and son finished their noodles, they lazily nestled on the sofa to watch television.

There was actually nothing worth watching on TV, so the little guy casually switched to a variety channel. When Master Yan came out after washing the dishes, he saw his son yawning in Zhu Qianying’s arms while she was flipping through a magazine.

After glancing at the television screen, Master Yan was reminded of the video of Luo Tian’s mother apologizing on L City TV Station.

At the time, he had felt quite relieved watching it. However, fortunately, Zhu Qianying didn’t see that video, otherwise, she would have been heartbroken for their baby boy.

Master Yan looked around, and slowly in his mind, the scenes of his past slowly changed. It was in this room, against the same backdrop, that their son in Zhu Qianying’s arms had grown up from a tiny baby to what he is now.

For a moment, he felt that this was their home with Zhu Qianying, and he seemed to have witnessed his son’s entire growth from a newborn to his current stature.

His heart was bit by bit filled by something invisible. What was it? He couldn’t figure it out for a moment, but he knew that it was something he had never felt before, yet at this moment, he wanted to hold it tightly in his hand and never let it go!

"Ying’er, you’re not planning on selling this place, are you?"

Master Yan’s abrupt question left Zhu Qianying completely puzzled.

"Sell it? Why?"

Zhu Qianying was also stunned. She never mentioned selling this house, had she?

"I thought you would want to sell it... After all, you and our son have decided to settle down in our home country, haven’t you?"

Master Yan’s heart was in his throat as he looked hopefully at Zhu Qianying.

Zhu Qianying nodded, "Yes, our son and I have decided to settle down in our home country, but I have no plans to sell this place."

This place is her home with their son and every corner of it contains too many beautiful memories. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, she would never want to sell it.

Master Yan’s thoughts were in sync with Zhu Qianying’s, so when she mentioned not selling, he quietly let out a sigh of relief!

"It’s good that you’re not selling it. If you think..."

Zhu Qianying quickly interrupted him, "Haven’t I told you? The mortgage for this house is all paid with the dividends from the jewelry store."

Master Yan had no choice but to back down from what he was saying. In fact, his offer to contribute wasn’t just because he was concerned about her financial situation.

Rather, if he could help pay for the house here, he could comfort himself by pretending that this was a home that he and Zhu Qianying were maintaining together.

"Alright, everyone is tired. Let’s all go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."

Zhu Qianying, afraid that Master Yan would bring up another topic that she didn’t want to face, patted the little guy on the head and urged him to go to bed.

Master Yan glanced at the wall clock, "You and our son go to sleep first. I’ll handle the matters at hand and then go to sleep."

After Zhu Qianying ushered their son into his room, she went to the kitchen to check. To her surprise, the kitchen was very clean and the dishes and chopsticks were neatly arranged according to their classification.

Hmm, this man’s meticulousness truly is ingrained in his bones.

"What, do you think I didn’t clean properly, so you came to inspect the result?"

The man’s voice suddenly resounded from behind her, startling Zhu Qianying.

She turned around, patting her chest, and looked at Master Yan, who was smiling at her.

"Are you a ghost? Always appearing and disappearing out of nowhere!"

Master Yan shook the cup in his hand, "Don’t worry, I’m a human. I came out to get a drink of water."

Zhu Qianying gave him a sideways glance, turned around, and walked out of the kitchen, "Goodnight!"

"Goodnight!" Master Yan replied, the corners of his mouth turning up into a smile, his gaze following her retreating figure until she disappeared into her room. It was only then that he turned around to pour the water.

Back in his room, Master Yan sat down at the table. The face on the screen was that of Qin Xiu.

"Grandfather, honestly, did you go out to get water or did you do something else?"

Master Yan motioned to the cup in his hand, indicating, of course, he went to get a drink.

Qin Xiu was skeptical, not believing him at all, "Grandfather, I have something to ask you!"

Master Yan took a leisurely sip of water, "Go ahead!"

"You and Ying Zi didn’t have another argument, did you?"

Qin Xiu, who was called to report on his work status via a phone call, was very resentful and naturally didn’t say anything kind.

"Scram!"

Although Master Yan told Qin Xiu to scram, he didn’t dare to really scram because he genuinely had important work to ask about.

Ever since the boss lady and the young master returned, the boss had been increasingly slacking off.

"Grandfather, how about hiring another special assistant?"

Master Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why?"

"Look at you, ever since Ying Zi and the boy returned, you’ve been skipping work on and off. There’s a lot of work at the company that I can’t handle all by myself!"

Qin Xiu complained with a bitter face!

"Your annual salary will be increased by ten percent!"

Master Yan understood Qin Xiu’s temperament too well. As expected, once he hit the mark, Qin Xiu’s face on the screen immediately broke into a sweet smile that nauseated Master Yan!

"Thank you, Grandfather! You can go on vacation as you please. I’ll take care of the company, no problem at all!"

Master Yan guessed that Qin Xiu probably wanted to buy a big gift for his wife, otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked for a raise so blatantly.

"Did your wife take a fancy to something again?"

"Grandfather, you really can’t hide anything from you. A few days ago, my wife took a liking to a river-view villa with a swimming pool..."

Master Yan understood in an instant, "The villa in the newly opened villa group of ours?"

"Yeah, Grandfather, think about the price. Even the internal price for employees is hard for me to afford. However, when I saw how much my wife and child liked it, I thought... Why not buy it..."

Qin Xiu said some things to himself and then seemed to remember something.

"Speaking of which, Grandfather, how come you never mentioned that Ying Zi wanted to buy a house or something?"

Master Yan gave a bitter smile and shook his head, "She doesn’t need it, does she?"

Or rather, it’s not that she doesn’t need it, but rather, she just doesn’t care for anything he offers.

It was like that in the past, it is like that now, and hopefully, it won’t be like that in the future!