The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 342 None of them are easy to deal with.
Li Na thought that having served as Luo Bin's secretary for almost two years, she could at least handle Yang Muye's secretary with ease, if not effortlessly.

The situation turned out to be far more complicated than I had imagined.

She was thinking about how to reply to Zhu Suosuo.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a rapid knock on the door.

Turning her head, she saw Liu Wenjing standing anxiously at the door, and Li Na immediately stood up from her computer.

"Wenjing, what's wrong?"

"Sister Li Na, President Yang's... father and stepmother are here."

what?
Li Na's eyes widened.

She first picked up her phone and glanced at it, then checked the QQ messages on her computer to make sure that there were no messages from Yang Muye on either end.

its not right!
Yang Muyi should have mentioned this beforehand.

At that moment, Li Na had no time to think about it further.

"Where are they?"

"next door."

As soon as Liu Wenjing finished speaking, Li Na quickly stepped forward and pulled her to walk to the next room.

3602 living room.

Guan Gu Shenqi, who had just woken up, opened the bedroom door as usual, yawning as he prepared to go to the kitchen to get a drink of water.

Hearing the door open, Yang Deyuan and Xu Li, who were sitting on the sofa, turned around to look.

Their eyes met.

Guan Gu Shenqi covered his face with his hands to make sure he was wearing glasses.

So where did this strange man and woman in the living room come from?

While still in a daze, Yang Deyuan stood up from the sofa.

"You must be Ono's roommate? Hello, I'm Ono's father."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

"Nani?"

Guan Gu exclaimed in surprise.

After glancing down at the dinosaur onesie pajamas she was wearing, her expression changed instantly.

He left Yang Deyuan, who was still waiting to shake his hand, turned around and ran back to his room, slamming the door shut.

After finishing, he leaned against the door and let out a long sigh of relief.

He was terrified just now.

Meanwhile, Li Na and Liu Wenjing finally arrived "late".

Seeing Yang Deyuan standing at the door of Guan Gu's room with a puzzled look on his face, Liu Wenjing quickly spoke up to stop him:

"Uncle Yang, that room doesn't belong to Mr. Yang."

“I know, a young man wearing glasses just came out of this house. I greeted him, and he was so scared that he immediately ran back inside.”

Yang Deyuan pointed to the closed door and lowered his voice: "Judging from his accent, he seems to be a young man. Is he out of his mind?"

Liu Wenjing was still in a daze when Li Na's voice rang out first.

"Uncle Yang, the person you just saw is called Guan Gu Shenqi. Guan Gu Cuisine, which is very famous in Xiao Rizi, is run by his family."

Li Na didn't lower her voice, but Guang Gu Shenqi, who was eavesdropping behind the door, immediately perked up his ears.

Outside the door, Yang Deyuan's gaze immediately fell on Li Na.

"You're Ono's newly hired secretary?"

Li Na nodded and offered her hand.

Hello, Uncle Yang.

"Hello Auntie."

When shaking hands with Yang Deyuan, Xu Li also stood up from the sofa.

Li Na took the opportunity to glance at Xu Li.

Yang Muye's stepmother looks to be only in her early thirties.

Her only advantage is her youth; her looks and temperament are nowhere near comparable to Gao Yunyue, whom I had seen in photos before.

Meanwhile, Xu Li was also secretly observing Li Na.

Xu Li had been having doubts when she first met Liu Wenjing.

I don't know what Gao Yunyue was thinking, actually finding such a young and pretty girl to be Yang Muye's nanny.

Aren't you afraid something might happen?

Just now, while Liu Wenjing went next door to call Li Na, Xu Li was talking about this with Yang Deyuan.

Yang Deyuan told Xu Li not to worry about it, but he frowned himself.

He knew in his heart that Gao Yunyue was most likely doing this to him.

If you can find a young and beautiful woman to be your son's stepmother, I'll find an even younger and prettier woman to be his nanny.

He wanted his son to surpass him and make him, as the father, lose face!

It must be said that Gao Yunyue's move was not very damaging, but it was extremely insulting.

The crucial point is that Xu Li herself was completely unaware of the situation and didn't realize anything.

Sit down!

Li Na's appearance is not as stunning as Liu Wenjing's, but she mainly wins with her capable and efficient temperament.

Furthermore, since Li Na was someone Yang Muye found himself and had nothing to do with Gao Yunyue, Xu Li didn't care about her as much as Liu Wenjing did, and only glanced at her before looking away.

Li Na was still explaining the problem of Guan Gu's magical brain to Yang Deyuan.

"Guan Gu did not choose to inherit the family business, but aspired to become a comic artist, which is why he came to Shanghai from a small town. Sometimes he stays up late to meet deadlines, so he also gets up late."

"In addition, he is a little bit socially anxious... he is introverted and his reaction to strangers is a little exaggerated."

Yang Deyuan didn't say anything after hearing this, but in his heart he had already categorized Guan Gu Shenqi as an eccentric.

These days, very few things are normal.

She's such a grown-up, yet she's wearing a onesie dinosaur pajamas like a child.

Li Na then invited Yang Deyuan and Xu Li to sit back down on the sofa.

"Uncle Yang, what a pleasant surprise to see you in Shanghai this time!"

"I have some business to attend to and came to Shanghai to see a friend. I didn't tell Ono beforehand; I just came to visit him."

Li Na immediately took out her phone.

"Then I'll go and tell Mr. Yang first."

Just as he stood up, Yang Deyuan called him back.

"Could you help me find a nice restaurant and make a reservation? I'd like to invite Ono's roommates to dinner... I heard from Sanduo that you two are quite familiar with each other's apartments, so you can invite your roommates along too."

Li Na nodded in agreement and went to the balcony to call Yang Muye.

Xu Li took the opportunity to ask Liu Wenjing who lived in both apartments.

"Besides Guan Gu, the other person staying in room 3602 is Teacher Zeng, who is a night shift host at Shanghai Radio."

"The other two rooms in room 3601 are occupied by Sister Yifei and Sister Xiaomei. Sister Yifei is still a graduate student at Dongda University, and Sister Xiaomei is working for General Manager Yang, in charge of Cainiao Station."

Liu Wenjing explained the situation of both apartments in detail.

Just as Xu Li was about to continue asking questions, Li Na returned from the balcony after finishing her phone call.

"Uncle Yang, Mr. Yang is teaching a class right now, and he has classes this afternoon and evening. He said that Wenjing can cook lunch or they can eat at the school cafeteria."

To avoid making Yang Deyuan feel slighted, Li Na quickly added:
"The university cafeteria has a special restaurant for faculty and staff to order food. The chef's skills are just as good as those in hotels. When there are no major events at the university, students can also order food there. Why don't we decide to eat there?"

Yang Deyuan knew perfectly well that Li Na was only making this suggestion to save face for him.

Yang Muye's original words were that you should choose between cooking at home and eating at the cafeteria.

And they just eat at the regular student cafeteria.

Why didn't they give Yang Deyuan a heads-up before coming?

"Uncle Yang, why don't we eat at home? Last time Aunt Gao—"

Liu Wenjing was halfway through her sentence when she remembered that Xu Li was sitting opposite her, and she suddenly didn't know how to continue.

It was Li Na who, with her quick wit, immediately stepped in to smooth things over.

“Uncle, Auntie, what Wenjing means is that the food in Shanghai is generally on the lighter side. Anyway, Mr. Yang usually likes to eat Wenjing's cooking, so we should avoid eating out if possible.” Yang Deyuan immediately decided, “Then we won’t eat out. Let’s try your cooking.”

Liu Wenjing happily stood up, turned around and went to the kitchen to start preparing.

Li Na stayed in the living room, talking with Yang Deyuan and Xu Li.

Compared to the simple-minded Liu Wenjing, it is much more difficult to get information out of Li Na.

After exchanging a few words, Yang Deyuan and Xu Li both gave up.

Although Li Na kept her mouth shut, her attitude was impeccable.

As the conversation progressed, Yang Deyuan kept thinking that if Li Na had become Yang Muye's secretary earlier, the father and son might have been closer than they are now.

After all, Li Na's voice is much more pleasant to listen to than Yang Muye's.

As they were talking, the door to the room next door opened.

Guan Gu Shenqi, dressed in normal clothes, came out and immediately bowed to Yang Deyuan and Xu Li to apologize.

His attitude was unusually sincere, almost to the point of wanting to commit seppuku.

After confirming that he had received Yang Deyuan's forgiveness, Guan Gu Shenqi finally sat down on the sofa.

Yang Deyuan looked at Guan Gu Shenqi, who sat upright with a straight back and proper posture.

"Guan Gu, Li Na just told me about your family situation. I'm quite curious why you don't want to inherit the family business. Is it because it's too hard?"

Guan Gu shook his head.

"I'm not afraid of hardship, and of course I don't dislike cooking. I'm just more interested in drawing comics. If a person can do what they love and also make money, I think that's the happiest thing."

At this point, Guan Gu adjusted his glasses and looked at Yang Deyuan very seriously, asking:

"Uncle, you're asking me this question because you really hope that Makino will go back to inherit the family business after graduating from university?"

this--

Not only was Yang Deyuan stunned, but Xu Li's expression also changed.

Seeing Li Na constantly giving him meaningful glances, Guan Gu became increasingly confused.

"What, did I say something wrong?"

Seeing that she couldn't win back Guan Gu's support, Li Na had no choice but to change the subject.

"Uncle and Aunt, how many days are you planning to stay this time?"

"Stay one night, take the flight back tomorrow morning."

No sooner had Yang Deyuan finished speaking than Guan Gu's exclamation rang out.

"Only one day? Is it really that rushed?"

“My child just started kindergarten. Although we have a nanny to take care of him, we are still a little worried if we leave him for too long.”

Xu Li explained on behalf of Yang Deyuan.

Guan Gu was shocked.

"Mr. Yang has a younger brother who just started kindergarten?"

Li Na immediately realized that Guan Gu didn't know Xu Li was Yang Muye's stepmother, and fearing he might say something wrong, she spoke first:
"What, Guan Gu, you also have a younger brother who's much younger than you?"

Guan Gu shook his head.

"I do hope to have a younger brother, so that he can inherit the family business and I can concentrate on drawing comics."

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested.

Yang Deyuan suddenly spoke up: "So your father doesn't support you drawing comics?"

Guan Gu sighed.
“He really doesn’t support me. I even had a big fight with my father over drawing comics, and now our relationship is very bad.”

Yang Deyuan nodded with a sense of sympathy.

Seeing this, Guan Gu couldn't help but ask:

"Uncle, I've been living here for a while now, but I've rarely heard Mu Ye mention you and Auntie. Are you also—"

Just as I was saying this, I saw Li Na giving me a series of winks.

So this matter can't be mentioned?
Just as he was wondering, Yang Deyuan sighed.

"It's alright, ignorance is no excuse. It's normal that Ono didn't tell you, because Ono's mother and I divorced a long time ago."

"Nani!"

Guan Gu exclaimed in surprise.

Then his gaze fell on Xu Li.

No wonder he looked to be only in his early thirties; I thought he was just well-maintained.

So she's my stepmother.

Thinking of his earlier recklessness, Guan Gu immediately stood up and bowed again to apologize to Yang Deyuan and Xu Li.

This time, Yang Deyuan was quite magnanimous, gesturing for Guan Gu to sit down.

"Actually, I share your father's hope that Ono can come back and inherit the family business after graduation, but—"

"Mr. Yang, like me, wants to do what he loves!"

Guan Gu spoke the rest of the sentence for Yang Deyuan.

Yang Deyuan was stunned on the spot.

They've already learned to answer questions quickly!
I should have forgiven you so quickly.

The atmosphere had already been built up to this point, so Yang Deyuan could only continue, following Guan Gu's lead:

"What you said is indeed one reason. Another reason is that after my divorce from Ono's mother, I kept it a secret from Ono until he finished his college entrance exams."

“Our original intention was not to affect Ono’s college entrance exam, but he was still very angry after he found out about it, and his relationship with me became distant.”

It turned out to be the case.

Guan Gu nodded.

Thinking about my terrible relationship with my father, I felt deeply moved by Yang Deyuan's words.

What Guan Gu didn't know was that Yang Deyuan actually had another reason he didn't mention.

Even if he wanted Yang Muye to graduate and inherit the family business, Yang Muye probably wouldn't be interested.

However, it would be too embarrassing to say that out loud.

Yang Deyuan would certainly not admit it in front of Guan Gu, an outsider.

After chatting for a while, we heard the sound of a key turning in the door coming from the other end of the hallway.

Xu Sanduo walked in first.

"Uncle, what brings you here?"

When his gaze fell on Xu Li, who was standing to the side, Xu Sanduo's smile froze for a moment, but then returned to normal.

"Hello, aunt."

Yang Muye followed Xu Sanduo into the room, but he changed his shoes at the door first, so he was a step behind Xu Sanduo.

"Father."

"Auntie."

Yang Muye greeted Yang Deyuan and Xu Li with a normal expression.

"Didn't you say you were going to invite your roommates from both apartments to dinner? Why are only the two of you back?"

Yang Deyuan asked.

Before Yang Muye could speak, Li Na preemptively began to explain.

"Uncle, Mr. Yang's other roommate works at the radio station and can't come back at noon. Sister Xiaomei in our apartment is the same. I've already told Yifei that she'll be there later."

Seeing that the sofa couldn't seat so many people, Guan Gu stood up with great tact and offered his seat to Yang Muye.

He made an excuse to go back to his room to get something and then decisively left.

After washing his hands, Xu Sanduo went into the kitchen to help Liu Wenjing.

After receiving a signal from Yang Deyuan, Xu Li also stood up.

"Oguri, could you show me around your area?"

Li Na nodded and led Xu Li to the next room.

Only Yang Deyuan and his son Yang Muye remained in the living room.

“I called Siping a couple of days ago and heard that A Yao has also started her own business, and you even came up with the product name… What do you think about me investing some money in A Yao?”

(End of this chapter)