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

Chapter 344 Establishing Rules: Parents Are Different
Yang Deyuan had to discuss business in the afternoon, so he left in a hurry after lunch.

Hu Yifei went back to school to be on duty, while Guan Gu continued to work on his manuscript behind closed doors.

While clearing the dishes and wiping the table, Liu Wenjing eavesdropped on Li Na's report to Yang Muye in the living room.

"Mr. Yang, Aunt Gao called me just before dinner."

Yang Muye was not surprised by his mother's good information.

Liu Wenjing, who was by his side, was one of them, and Xu Sanduo was half a person; both of them could potentially tip off Gao Yunyue.

The only thing that surprised Yang Muyi was that Gao Yunyue actually called Li Na directly.

Keep in mind that today is only Li Na's first official day at work.

"Wenjing gave your phone number to my mother?"

Li Na nodded.

"What did my mother tell you, and why did she ask you to find out why my father came here?"

"That's exactly what Aunt Gao told me."

As soon as Li Na finished speaking, she saw Yang Muye turn his head towards the kitchen.

"Wenjing, come here for a moment."

Liu Wenjing walked over.

I was so nervous that I forgot to take off my gloves.

Before Yang Muye could speak, she confessed on her own initiative.

"Mr. Yang, it was indeed me who sent the text message to Aunt Gao just now."

Yang Muyi picked up his phone without saying a word and dialed a number.

The phone was answered after only one ring.

"Sanduo, come out here for a moment."

Upon hearing this, Liu Wenjing's heart skipped a beat.

She thought Yang Muye had summoned Xu Sanduo to confront her.

Xu Sanduo quickly came out of the room.

Seeing Liu Wenjing standing in front of Yang Muye with her head down like a child who had done something wrong, Xu Sanduo had a vague idea of ​​what was going to happen next.

"Mr. Yang, what is it?"

Yang Muye's gaze swept across the faces of Liu Wenjing, Li Na, and Xu Sanduo one by one.

"The three of you are the people I'm closest to, so today I'll tell you the rules."

“My father and mother have both started their own new families, and I don’t want to disturb their lives, so I’ve decided to keep a certain distance from both sides.”

"Although they are divorced, they will always be my parents. You can pass on messages about me to them, but there is one condition: you must tell me first."

"Can it be done?"

No sooner had the words been spoken than Liu Wenjing was the first to lose her composure and step forward.

"Mr. Yang, I'm sorry, I secretly texted Aunt Gao today to tell her about Uncle Yang's visit."

Xu Sanduo's voice followed immediately.

“I was also involved in this, Mr. Yang. As I told you last time, Ms. Gao helped settle my comrade-in-arms. I owe her a favor, so I promised to report your situation to her from time to time.”

"Even if Wenjing didn't tell me, I would have told President Gao about what happened today."

"I can guarantee that next time I need to report to General Manager Gao, I will definitely report to you first."

Liu Wenjing nodded vigorously in agreement: "Me too."

"How about this."

Looking at the two who were sincerely apologizing, Yang Muye said, "Next time you're going to inform my father and mother, ask Li Na if she wants to do it. If Li Na says yes, then tell my father and mother."

Li Na looked shocked.

Yang Muye's words were tantamount to bestowing upon her a sword of Damocles, allowing her to act first and report later.

This is both recognition and a great deal of trust.

Yang Muye hadn't finished speaking when he said that.

“If Lina advises you not to tell, but you still feel it is necessary to tell my father and mother, then you can ask me again.”

In other words, ask Li Na about ordinary matters, and only ask yourself about important matters.

The degree to which this is done is something that Liu Wenjing and Xu Sanduo need to grasp themselves.

However, Yang Muye still gave them an example.

“For example, in today’s incident, my father came to visit me. If you want to tell my mother, you only need to ask Lina first.”

“If your mother asks you further why your father came to see you, then you can come and see me.”

Yang Muye estimated that the probability of this happening again was extremely low.

Since Yang Deyuan and Gao Yunyue already knew that Li Na was their secretary, they would go directly to Li Na after receiving messages from Xu Sanduo and Liu Wenjing.

Li Na would decide whether to tell Yang Deyuan and Gao Yunyue, and whether to tell the truth, based on her instructions.

"Mr. Yang, how should I reply to Aunt Gao's call?" Li Na's voice rang out at the right time.

Before Yang Muye could speak, Liu Wenjing and Xu Sanduo both consciously and proactively avoided any appearance of impropriety.

One person said they needed to go back to the kitchen to continue washing dishes, while the other said they needed to go back to their room to get something.

Yang Muye called the two of them to a stop.

“I told you that you’re not outsiders, and this isn’t a secret. My father came here mainly to confirm whether I have any intention of inheriting his business. I don’t want the right of inheritance; I want the family trust fund.”

Li Na immediately asked, "Can I tell Aunt Gao about this?"

Yang Muye nodded.

"of course."

Li Na nodded, took out her phone, and went to the balcony to call Gao Yunyue.

At that moment, Xu Sanduo's voice rang out.

"Mr. Yang, may I tell Uncle Yang that Mr. Gao already knows that you rejected the right of inheritance and chose a family trust fund?"

Yang Muye looked at Xu Sanduo with a satisfied expression, as if he were a promising student.

Who would have thought that Xu Sanduo was a simpleton? Isn't that clever?
Seeing that Xu Sanduo had won first place, Liu Wenjing couldn't help but feel annoyed.

But he didn't mince words: "Mr. Yang, may I tell Aunt Gao about Brother Sanduo informing Uncle Yang?"

Yang Muye nodded in satisfaction.

That's good, you've already learned to apply what you've learned to other situations.

After obtaining Yang Muye's consent, Xu Sanduo went back to his room to call Yang Deyuan.

Liu Wenjing also went back to the kitchen to continue washing the dishes.

She wasn't in a hurry to inform Gao Yunyue; she wanted to wait until Li Na finished her fight and returned.

On the balcony, Li Na relayed Yang Muye's words to Gao Yunyue verbatim.

No one knows a child better than their mother, and Gao Yunyue immediately guessed that this was at Yang Muye's behest.

"Secretary Li, give the phone to Ono, I'll talk to him."

Li Na returned to the living room and handed her phone to Yang Muye.

"Mom—"

Yang Muye picked up his phone, but was interrupted by Gao Yunyue before he could even speak.

"Ono, why did you give up your inheritance rights to your father's company? Those should have been yours, and now they're just going to be given away for nothing—"

This time it was Yang Muye's turn to interrupt Gao Yunyue.

"Mom, there's something I've always wanted to ask you. You and Dad parted ways amicably, right?"

"Correct."

Gao Yunyue hesitated for a moment: "Xiao Ye, why are you asking this?"

“Mom, what I mean is that since you and Dad parted ways amicably, the division of property should be even. The family business was built by you and Dad, and as your children, we have no right to demand that you do what you should do.”

Yang Muyi's words were already quite tactful.

To put it bluntly, children are ranked lower than their spouses in terms of property ownership.

Yang Deyuan's ability to fairly distribute his family property between Yang Muye and his wife and young son is already considered fair.

Not to mention that the decision to choose a family trust fund was Yang Muye's own. Yang Muye's "sensible" attitude only made Gao Yunyue feel more guilty and remorseful.

"Xiao Ye, I can't control what your father does, but your mother has already made a decision, and your Uncle Xiao supports it. In the future, all the businesses and assets under your mother's name, except for a portion that will be used as your sister's dowry, will be yours."

"Mom, why don't you set up a family trust fund too?"

"What, you've grown too big for your britches now, and you look down on your mother's meager resources, huh?"

It's not that I look down on them, but rather that I'd have to put in a lot of effort to manage these companies in the future.

In particular, Gao Yunyue works in the mid-to-high-end hotel catering industry.

What is a positive asset now could easily become a negative asset in the future.

“I know you find it troublesome, so I will try my best to find a suitable person to manage these businesses before I retire… Didn’t you just say that this family business was built by me through my own hard work, and I should decide how to handle it? So it’s settled.”

After hanging up the phone, Yang Muye returned the phone to Li Na.

"Actually, I really don't want to accept gifts from my parents. Although it sounds fake, I guess that's just how contradictory people are."

He shrugged and said.

Li Na did not respond.

From a psychological perspective, how one gets along with their father is how one gets along with society, and how one gets along with their mother is how one will get along with their family in the future.

She felt that this statement was perfectly embodied in Yang Muye.

"Mr. Yang, there's one more thing."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Muye's voice rang out.

"I also have something to tell you. Who should go first?"

Li Na glanced at Yang Muye.

Have you ever seen a secretary interrupting her boss?

"Okay, I'll go first. Sanduo has already informed my father. I reckon he'll definitely call you later to ask about this. Have you thought about how to answer him?"

Li Na knew very well that this was a test of Yang Muye's ability to manage his secretary.

If Yang Deyuan really calls, and my answer doesn't satisfy him, Yang Deyuan will definitely call Yang Muye directly.

If it really comes to that, then it's a dereliction of duty on my part.

“I will tell Uncle Yang that you suggested Aunt Gao set up a family trust fund like him, but Aunt Gao did not clearly say whether she agreed or refused, only that she would think about it.”

Yang Muye nodded in satisfaction after hearing this.

Li Na's answer may not be the best answer, but it is definitely the best choice at the moment.

It wasn't that I wanted to deliberately deceive Yang Deyuan.

The main reason is that Yang Deyuan was repeatedly outdone by Gao Yunyue, and his damned competitive spirit had become an obsession.

Gao Yunyue is good to Yang Muye, so Yang Deyuan must be even better to Yang Muye.

What Yang Deyuan considers good, Yang Muyi believes is truly good.

Therefore, sometimes a white lie is still necessary.

Sure enough, just as they finished talking about that topic, before Li Na even had a chance to mention her own situation, Yang Muye's phone rang.

Yang Deyuan chose to play a straight shot this time.

Instead of calling Li Na, he called Yang Muye directly.

Yang Muye didn't answer the phone; instead, he handed it to Li Na.

“Uncle Yang, this is Li Na. Mr. Yang went to the restroom. Yes, Aunt Gao did call me just now. Mr. Yang spoke to Aunt Gao himself. I was right there and heard everything.”

Li Na repeated the answer she had just prepared to Yang Deyuan.

Yang Deyuan accepted this explanation and had no intention of confronting Yang Muye face to face.

When he hung up the phone, Yang Muye gave Li Na a thumbs up.

Li Na handed the phone back to Yang Muyi: "Now can I do something else?"

Yang Muye raised his hand and gestured for him to enter.

“This morning, after you added me to that vegetable-collecting group, two people proactively added me as a friend: Chen Nanxing and Zhu Suosuo.”

At this point, Li Na glanced at Yang Muye.

After confirming that Yang Muye didn't react in any particular way, he continued, "Chen Nanxing asked me to keep an eye on your activities related to Xu Hongdou. It seems like she wants to set you two up."

"What about Zhu Suosuo, because of Jiang Nansun?" Yang Muye asked.

Li Na nodded.

"Yes, but her goal is exactly the opposite. She explicitly told me that she wanted to prevent you from getting too close to Jiang Nansun."

Yang Muye smiled.

"You really can agree to this?"

He wanted to see how Zhu Suosuo would stop him.

-

After finishing her piano practice in the evening, Jiang Nansun took a shower and dried her hair before sitting down in front of the computer.

When you log in to QQ, all you hear is a series of "beep beep beep" sounds.

Several unread messages.

Skip over the irrelevant messages and open the chat window with Zhu Suosuo directly.

"I've finished showering, what are you doing?"

Zhu Suosuo replied shortly after the message was sent.

"I'm chatting with a new friend."

Jiang Nansun immediately became interested and started typing rapidly.

"Male and female?"

"Of course it's a woman."

"Who is it? Do I know him?"

"It's Li Na, the one Yang Muyi just added to the vegetable-collecting group today."

"Isn't she Yang Muye's secretary? How come you're chatting with her?"

"I'm just curious. Last time when we went to Dali, Yang Muye asked me to be his secretary, right? Brother Fan took it seriously and shared a lot of his experience as a secretary with me along the way. I just wanted to test Li Na's abilities."

just you?

Jiang Nansun originally intended to reply in this way, but changed his mind before clicking send.

Don't discourage your best friend too much.

She deleted the original text and retyped it.

"Did you find the answer?"

"It's alright, considering he was chosen by Yang Muye."

"What, you're actually speaking up for Yang Muye now?"

"You can say Yang Muyi is a bad person, but you can't say he's incompetent. Am I being fair?"

That's absolutely fair!

Just as Jiang Nansun was about to type a reply, Zhu Suosuo sent another message.

"Alright, let's not talk about Yang Muye anymore. How was your video shooting trip to Dali?"

Without hesitation, Jiang Nansun began typing.

"It went quite smoothly. We selected three filming locations: the foot of Cangshan Mountain, the shore of Erhai Lake, and the ancient village of Yunmiao."

"You went to Yunmiao Village again?"

"Yes, I also took the opportunity to visit Grandpa Yang. We had a meal together there last time, so I brought some gifts with me this time."

"And then have another meal?"

"How could that be? I sat there for a while and then left."

In the girls' dormitory of Yanjingmao, Zhu Suosuo took a deep breath after reading the message sent by Jiang Nansun, as if she had made a decision.

His hands began typing rapidly on the keyboard:
“Nan Sun, I have something to tell you. This morning, after I added Li Na on QQ, I specifically asked her to keep an eye on your and Yang Muye’s latest activities. Then she told me about your visit to Grandpa Yang.”

(End of this chapter)