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Chapter 934 - 931: People Who Achieve Great Things

Chapter 934: Chapter 931: People Who Achieve Great Things

As for whether his parents would still insist on asking Tao Jia over as a guest, Yan Bo didn’t care.

After all, if he wasn’t there, the meaning of inviting Tao Jia over would be completely different.

Mom Yan slightly furrowed her brows, "Are you leaving just one day after you got back?"

Mom Yan’s tone was still quite gentle, after all, this was her baby son—no matter how upset she was, she wouldn’t bear to scold him loudly.

But Yan Zhong was different. Upon hearing Yan Bo’s reasoning, he slammed the magazine he was holding onto the coffee table, bellowing angrily.

"What kind of shoddy client is so important that they come before family? Haven’t I always said, what great things can a businessman achieve? Look at you, you’re probably not even able to scrape together a meal, must be why you’re bending over backward to negotiate with people, right?"

Yan Bo had long since grown accustomed to his father’s sarcastic and cutting remarks. Facing his father’s fiery gaze, he responded calmly and deliberately.

"Dad, a true man can flex and bend. If I can’t even stomach the basic hardships of life, how can I accomplish anything great? Or are you saying you’d rather have me return to the Capital City and mooch off my parents every day instead of relying on my own abilities to start a business and make my way?"

Yan Bo knew Yan Zhong too well; his words left Yan Zhong fuming and glaring, but temporarily at a loss for a rebuttal.

"Dad, Xiao Bo’s company in L City is developing well. Don’t worry, Xiao Bo is someone destined for great things, not just to scrape by for a few meals."

Yan Yuan, the eldest brother, although not supportive of Yan Bo’s relationship with Tong Xiaohua, had gone from initially agreeing with the parents to now, wholly siding with his younger brother.

It must be said, Yan Yuan was a very good elder brother. Even though he disagreed with Yan Bo’s relationship with Tong Xiaohua, it was more out of concern and worry for Yan Bo.

"Yeah, Dad, just calm down. I haven’t visited Xiao Bo’s company, but several of my friends have told me that it has great prospects. As for home, Big Bro and I have always been taking care of things. Let Xiao Bo do what he loves."

Like Yan Yuan, Yan Su also cherished her younger brother Yan Bo deeply.

With one son and one daughter persuading him, Yan Zhong, although still looking furious, could not spoil the mood by saying anything more negative.

After all, it was rare for their family of five to sit together and chat like this, to gather together even a few times a year.

Seeing her eldest son and daughter smooth over her husband’s frustration, Mom Yan intervened to mediate, "Xiao Bo, why don’t you discuss with the client and see if you can reschedule? You haven’t spent a full week at home with Mom in the past six months. Just stay one more night, okay?"

If his mother hadn’t suggested inviting Tao Jia over, Yan Bo wouldn’t have minded staying another night at home. But if he gave in about this matter of the heart, he knew there would be endless trouble in the future.

And this trouble would not only affect him and Tong Xiaohua but Tao Jia as well.

"Mom, it really won’t work! The client is a foreigner, and his flight back home is tomorrow night. I barely managed to schedule the last two hours of his time. The company is just starting out, and for a client like him, it’s not that I can’t afford to offend him, but if I do, it would severely damage the company."

Mom Yan didn’t understand business matters, but since her youngest son had put it that way, she couldn’t insist and nodded in concession.

"Alright, then we won’t invite Jiajia over tomorrow night. We can just invite her next time you’re here."

Yan Bo’s hands grasped her neck, gently pressing, "I’ll call Jiajia tomorrow to thank her. Don’t worry about it too much, Mom. The bonds between our younger generation aren’t as thin as you think. After all, we all grew up together, as close as siblings."

Once Mom Yan had made her stance clear, naturally Yan Zhong couldn’t keep picking on his youngest son, so he grumpily picked up the magazine he had thrown and started flipping through it, leaving his wife and three children to chat about family matters without chiming in a single word.

Yan Bo certainly knew what his father was angry about, but he also understood that unless he gave up on Yanhuang and then walked the path laid out by his father back in the Capital City, his father’s anger would likely never fade.

But he couldn’t possibly change his own life to meet his father’s wishes.

"Xiao Bo, the cook has stewed some bird’s nest; come help serve it."

Yan Ma gave a meaningful glance, signaling Yan Bo to leave for a bit.

Yan Bo stood up, walked out of the living room, turned into the corridor, and headed toward the kitchen.

Halfway there, he leaned against the porch and took out his phone to make a call.

"Jiajia, it’s me. Have you gone to bed?"

"Not yet, watching TV. What’s up?" Tao Jia’s cheerful voice came through, with the background indeed interspersed with dialogue from a TV drama.

"Thank you for tonight. Actually, my mom said she would invite you over for dinner tonight, but I didn’t want to trouble you, so I made up an excuse to turn it down. If my parents ever make any unreasonable requests or ask you for any favors in the future, you can ignore them."

Tao Jia was quite soft-hearted, and so Yan Bo had to give her a heads-up to prevent her from being overwhelmed by his parents out of kindness, which could lead to trouble.

"Okay, I know what to do."

"Mm, thank you. When you come to L City, I’ll treat you to something delicious!"

"Great, I’m going to hang up now, it’s just getting to the climax!"

Before Yan Bo could say anything, a busy tone was already sounding from the phone.

Yan Bo looked at the phone and silently smiled, then he put the mobile phone back in his pocket and went to the kitchen to fetch the stew and return to the living room.

The family gathered around to eat the stew, chatting casually about some interesting news from the Capital City and elsewhere lately, without bringing up anything about Yan Bo’s romantic life.

Yan Bo guessed that his parents probably thought he was still young and was just playing around with Tong Xiaohua, not taking it seriously, so they didn’t use any strong measures to intervene.

As for how long this superficial calm could last, Yan Bo had no idea.

As for the eagerness he initially felt about bringing Tong Xiaohua home, it had already faded quite a bit.

Considering his parents’ attitude, bringing Tong Xiaohua home would definitely be met with cold shoulders.

Even if Tong Xiaohua could bear it, he couldn’t bear to let her.

After finishing the stew, everyone who had been busy all day went back to their rooms to bathe and rest.

Because Yan Bo had urgent matters to attend to the next day, after returning to his room, he took out some data from his bag and started to study it seriously.

After an unknown period, a knocking sound came again, "Xiaobo, are you asleep?"

It was Yan Yuan again.

"Big brother, the door isn’t locked, come in."

Yan Yuan quickly entered and stood by the desk, glancing over the data spread out on it.

"The company’s affairs, can you handle them?"

In the past six months, their father had been setting obstacles for his younger brother, and although Yan Yuan didn’t dare to help openly, he’d been offering help from behind the scenes from time to time.