Unable to reach her by phone, Qiao Manman had no choice but to send a text message instead.

[Let me take this call. There's a reason for what happened earlier, and I think we can talk about it face-to-face.]

The message disappeared without a trace, and Jiang Tingyan did not respond for a long time.

Qiao Manman paced back and forth in the room, sitting and standing, lying down and sitting again.

Two hours later, there was still no reply from Jiang Tingyan.

Qiao Manman glanced at the time and saw that it was almost noon, so she simply grabbed her car keys and headed straight for Jiang Tingyan's company.

In the living room, Qiao Qiqi was nestled on the sofa. When she saw Qiao Manman leave in a hurry, her eyebrows suddenly twitched.

She picked up her phone and continued sending messages.

Qiao Qiqi: [Do as I say, and find some online trolls to make this bigger, but whatever you do, don't involve Qiao Manman.]

After sending it, Qiao Qiqi thought for a few seconds and added a message.

[This must be completed by tomorrow, Monday.]

After the other party replied "Understood," Qiao Qiqi deleted the message, put down her phone, and continued watching TV.

-

When Qiao Manman arrived at Jiangtingyan Company, the receptionist said that he had not been to the company that day.

Qiao Manman revealed her identity and asked the receptionist for Assistant Chen's contact information.

She dialed Assistant Chen's number, and he answered shortly afterward.

Qiao Manman walked out of the company building: "Assistant Chen, are you with Jiang Tingyan?"

"Young Master Yan?"

Assistant Chen asked with a puzzled tone, "It's Sunday today, I'm not at work. Miss Qiao, are you unable to find Young Master Yan?"

Qiao Manman opened the car door and got in: "I had a little argument with Jiang Tingyan. Could you call him and ask where he is and if he can get back to me?"

Assistant Chen seemed to have stumbled upon some juicy gossip.

She looked curious, but didn't dare to ask too many questions.

After a few seconds of hesitation, he tentatively asked, "Miss Qiao, could you tell me what happened between you and Young Master Yan?"

"That way I can also speak to Young Master Yan on Miss Qiao's behalf."

Qiao Manman: "No need, I'll handle my own affairs. Just tell him to call or message me back."

Assistant Chen awkwardly touched his nose: "Okay, Miss Qiao."

Assistant Chen made a phone call to Jiang Tingyan as instructed by Qiao Manman.

It took Jiang Tingyan quite a while to answer the phone.

Before Assistant Chen could speak, Jiang Tingyan said coldly, "Perfect timing, I was just about to look for you. You've dismissed all the servants at the villa?"

Assistant Chen was taken aback: "Young Master Yan, you were the one who told me to stop their work for a while."

Jiang Tingyan walked out of the living room with a frown: "Get a few more people to come and clean again, wash the clothes again, and iron them."

When a task came up, Assistant Chen immediately jumped out of bed.

"Understood, I'll get on it right away."

After hanging up the phone, Assistant Chen ran to the wardrobe to get some clothes, muttering to himself.

"Young Master Yan initially went to the Qiao family home because of Miss Qiao, but now he's not staying there anymore. What kind of big fight did he have with Miss Qiao before going back? It feels like he's a timid wife who's been driven home in anger."

-

Qiao Manman waited for several hours but did not receive a call back from Assistant Chen.

She sat anxiously in the car until evening before finally calling Assistant Chen again.

Assistant Chen, who had been busy all afternoon, turned pale when she received the call.

How could he have forgotten Miss Qiao's phone number?

After glancing at Jiang Tingyan, who was sitting on the living room sofa looking at his phone, Assistant Chen secretly slipped outside the villa to answer the call.

"Hello, Miss Joe."

Qiao Manman suppressed her impatience: "Assistant Chen, have you contacted Jiang Tingyan? I've been waiting for your news."

Assistant Chen glanced back at the living room: "We've made contact. Young Master Yan has gone back to his own home and said he's not going back to the Qiao family."

Qiao Manman was stunned: "He...he said it himself??"

Assistant Chen had been curious all afternoon about what had caused such a big misunderstanding between the two.

Young Master Yan refused to speak, and neither did Miss Qiao.

He was about to suffocate.

Right now, with Miss Qiao in such a hurry, Assistant Chen has come up with a plan.

"Oh, Miss Qiao, you really should tell me what happened between you and Young Master Yan."

"Young Master Yan looks terrible. As his subordinate, I'm having a tough time too."

"Why don't you give me a little hint, so I can avoid this situation and maybe even try to reconcile you two?"

Qiao Manman tapped her fingers twice on the steering wheel: "Okay, send me the location of the villa, and I'll go find Jiang Tingyan myself."

"this……"

Assistant Chen looked troubled: "Miss Qiao, if Young Master Yan finds out that I was the one who leaked the location of the villa, he will definitely not let me off easily."

Qiao Manman understood. "Okay, then I'll ask my father."

The call was abruptly ended, leaving Assistant Chen standing there dumbfounded.

Are you really not going to say anything more?

Shouldn't we let him know what happened too?

Just as I was about to put my phone away, the doorbell of the villa suddenly rang.

Assistant Chen suddenly looked up at the door, and hurriedly went to open it with a puzzled expression.

The electric door popped open, and before Assistant Chen could even pull it open, a familiar, refreshing scent wafted into his nostrils.

Assistant Chen's smile only appeared when he saw the girl in front of him wearing a white down jacket and with her long hair tied in a high ponytail.

"Miss Tong, what brings you here?"

Tong Yan smiled at Assistant Chen and said, "Assistant Chen, it's been a long time."

"haven't seen you for a long time!"

Assistant Chen released the doorknob: "Miss Tong, are you here to see Young Master Yan? He's in the living room right now."

Tong Yan nodded: "Yes, I saw that your lights were on, so I came over to say hello as soon as possible. I wonder if Ayan welcomes me as a guest."

Assistant Chen stepped aside: "Young Master Yan will be very happy to see Miss Tong. Please come in, Miss Tong."

Tong Yan stepped into the villa, and after Assistant Chen closed the door, she followed him into the villa.

When it comes to shipping couples, Assistant Chen is the number one fan of Tong Yan and Jiang Tingyan.

The two grew up together since childhood, purebred childhood sweethearts!

It turns out that Chairman Jiang and the Tong couple had arranged a marriage between the two of them when they were children.

If it weren't for Young Master Yan being abroad for a few years, the two wouldn't have become estranged.

With a sigh, Assistant Chen led Tong Yan into the villa.

Tong Yan spotted Jiang Tingyan sitting on the sofa looking at his phone immediately. She gestured for her assistant to be quiet, then tiptoed closer to Jiang Tingyan.

Just as they were about to reach Jiang Tingyan, Jiang Tingyan said in a deep voice without turning his head, "Your amateurish tricks are always exposed, yet you always manage to use them."

As he spoke, he looked up at the youthful-looking figure on the television screen: "Tong Yan, after all these years, is your mental age still that of a child?"

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