After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

"Trying to poach someone from us?" Lan Qingqing turned her head and stared at Lin Feng suspiciously.

"Then you might as well give up on that idea. I have my own career plans!"

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

What are your career plans?

"I was bored on the bus, so I thought I'd tell you."

When it comes to her career, Lan Qingqing is quite open and honest.

"I'm going to set a five-year plan for myself!"

"In my studies, I strive to obtain the highest barista certificate from the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, win the World Barista Championship, and become a top-notch barista in China."

"At work, I hope to run the coffee shop well, make it the best and most professional coffee shop in southern Hunan, and successfully support the branch stores."

"I hope to make a significant leap in my income, earn more money, build a new house for my family, and pay off all our debts!"

"Also, I think..."

Lan Qingqing was counting on her fingers, preparing to continue, when Lin Feng quickly interrupted her.

"That's enough, that's enough!"

"If we keep talking, we'll probably miss our mealtime and sleep time."

"Your five-year plan is far too packed with activities. Don't you have any other ambitions besides making money and working?"

Lan Qingqing glanced at him sideways, raised an eyebrow and said, "Look at what you're saying, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering."

"I'm still so young, shouldn't I prioritize my career?"

"I believe that as long as I lay a solid foundation for my career and earn and save more money, my future will naturally become smoother and smoother, and all my wishes will come true."

Lin Feng scratched his head, slowly leaned back in his seat, and was momentarily speechless.

"Yes, what you said does make some sense."

Seeing that he seemed a little unhappy, Lan Qingqing couldn't help but ask with concern, considering the "money power" of the God of Wealth:

"And what about you?"

"What are your plans for the next five years?"

Lin Feng curled the corners of his lips and said with a faint smile:

"Me? I don't have any plans or ambitions."

"I hope the next five years will be as free in both body and mind as the past five years!"

Lan Qingqing blinked and simply said "Oh" softly.

Freedom? Isn't that something everyone is born with? Why do we need to deliberately pursue it?

Lan Qingqing was a little confused.

However, she was too lazy to think about such profound and incomprehensible questions and simply filtered them out.

When we returned to Qingxi B&B, it was still early.

Everyone was a bit tired after playing all day, so they went back to their own rooms.

The rest of the time is free time.

Lan Yujuan and Chen Mo had just sat down in their room when the doorbell rang.

"It might be Xiaoman coming back. I'll go open the door!"

Lan Yujuan smiled and prepared to get up, but Chen Mo gently pressed her down, saying, "You rest, I'll go open the door."

After saying that, the long-legged man walked to the door in a few steps, looking even more anxious than she was.

"They're here!"

When the door was opened, there was no sound.

"Who is it?"

Lan Yujuan realized that it might be someone else, and immediately turned around curiously to look towards the door.

"Hello, Mr. Chen! I'm a staff member at the guesthouse."

"Mr. Xie, who lives in Villa 1, specifically asked me to invite you to have a casual dinner tonight."

Chen Mo refused outright.

"Excuse me, could you please convey to Mr. Xie that this is my private time and I only want to spend time with my family?"

"If Mr. Xie has work-related matters that require discussion, we can schedule another time."

The waiter seemed unsurprised by his refusal, and instead politely replied:

Mr. Xie said that if you want to spend time with your family, you can bring them along tonight.

"Our owner, Qingxi B&B, will also be there tonight."

"Mr. Xie, I've long heard that you and the owner of our guesthouse are comrades-in-arms. I'm sure you'll do me the honor of coming, out of respect for the owner."

Chen Mo leaned against the door frame, stood at the doorway and pondered for a moment before finally changing his mind.

"Okay, tell me the time and place, and I'll be there on time."

The waiter breathed a slight sigh of relief upon receiving confirmation, and immediately took out the pre-prepared invitation from his pocket, handing it to Chen Mo with both hands.

"Mr. Chen, this is the invitation letter, which specifies the time and location."

Chen Mo accepted the invitation and then closed the door.

Lan Yujuan could hear the conversation at the door clearly from inside the room.

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't you say you didn't want to go? Why did you change your mind at the last minute?"

Normally, even during work hours, Chen Mo would usually refuse such dinner invitations.

He disliked this drinking culture, and given the Qin family's background in southern Hunan and the strength of Chen Mo's own company, they could allow him to do as he pleased.

Chen Mo glanced at the invitation and then casually tossed it onto the coffee table.

"That old fox surnamed Xie, I wonder what he's up to now."

"If it were in the city, I wouldn't go if I didn't want to, and he couldn't do anything about it."

"But here, the owner of the guesthouse is my comrade-in-arms, an honest man who worked diligently and steadily to start his own business after retiring from the military, and he doesn't have any special background."

"That old fox surnamed Xie is his superior."

"The investment in Qingxi B&B is quite large, and it has only been open for a short time. If I offend that Xie guy and make it difficult for him to do business in the future, then it will be a loss."

Lan Yujuan finally understood. The waiter had suddenly mentioned the guesthouse owner because the other party was taking advantage of Chen Mozhong's weakness regarding brotherhood and openly threatening him.

"It's just a meal, it doesn't matter where we eat it," Lan Yujuan gently squeezed the man's hand, trying to comfort him.

"It's okay, I'll go with you tonight."

Chen Mo glanced down at her, then sat down beside her and said softly:

"No need, I can go by myself."

"If you are tired, you can have the waiter bring dinner to the villa."

"If you rest for a bit and recover, you can eat with Mom and Dad, Qingqing, and the others. It'll be more fun with more people!"

Lan Yujuan reached out and grasped his hand, their fingers intertwined, and slowly leaned against his shoulder.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

As the sun gradually set, Chen Mo left home on time.

Lan Yujuan stayed alone in the room, holding her laptop, and created on the terrace while watching a breathtaking sunset.

Water birds occasionally skim across the water, a scene of tranquility.

By the time she finished her work and went inside, it was almost completely dark.

I opened my phone and saw messages from my parents one after the other.

Hearing that Chen Mo had plans for the evening, he specially left his daughter behind to stay with her grandparents.

Lan Yujuan thought for a moment, then decided not to go out again. She picked up the room phone and asked the housekeeper to bring dinner to her room.

After hanging up the phone, she nestled on the sofa, ready to rest for a while, when her phone rang.

"Feed?" Lan Yujuan picked up her phone to answer, and suddenly Li Le's urgent voice came from the other end.

"Sister-in-law, something terrible has happened! Shuyi is missing!"

Lan Yujuan was startled and sat up abruptly from the sofa.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and her heart pounded wildly.

"Ah Le, explain yourself! How could Shu Yi have disappeared?"

"Didn't she twist her ankle and rest in her room?"

On the other end of the phone, Li Le was so anxious that his throat was practically on fire.

"That's how it was!"

"But after she went back to her room for a while, she got bored and asked me to carry her out for a walk to get some fresh air."

"She was watching the sunset in the pavilion. I went to the front desk to borrow a wheelchair, and when I came back, she was gone. I couldn't get through to her on the phone either."

"I searched around the pavilion but couldn't find her. I thought she had managed to get back to her room."

"When I went back to the room just now, there was no one there. I checked the security camera footage and found that she never came back."

"Sister-in-law, it's almost dark, she sprained her ankle, and didn't even bring her crutches. Where could she go?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Yujuan immediately reassured him, "A-Le, don't worry!"

"Take a picture of the last place Shuyi was seen and send it to me, along with her location."

"Then, using the pavilion as a center, search the surrounding area first."

"Ask her if she might have gone to the restroom to ask a waiter for help?"

"I'll call Chen Mo right now and ask him to find out how to retrieve the nearby surveillance footage as soon as possible so we can all help in the search!"

"Don't worry, we'll definitely find Shuyi!"

"Keep in touch by phone if there is any progress."