The Slacker Stepmother and the Non-Domineering CEO

After Gu Junxing left, Nian Suian didn't go out either. After breakfast, she stayed in her room watching TV shows.

At noon, Gu Junxing specially called to remind her not to forget about lunch.

The hotel had abundant dining options, so Nian Suian didn't bother looking at takeout and instead ordered directly from the hotel to be delivered to her door.

When she opened the door to get her meal, she happened to see the door of the adjacent room open as well, and the two people she had encountered in the elevator yesterday came out one after another.

The one walking behind was the man who had tried to chat up Gu Junxing in the elevator yesterday. Today he looked rather haggard and stumbled as he walked out, but the man in front steadied him.

"I told you to rest more, why are you being so stubborn?"

Nian Suian mentally went "wow," realizing their night must have been quite "intense."

The two men naturally noticed Nian Suian as well.

"Little sister, where's your husband?"

Nian Suian really hadn't expected that he could barely walk straight yet still dared to think about Gu Junxing in front of his "boyfriend"!

Sure enough, as soon as the man finished speaking, before Nian Suian could respond, the other man pulled him back into the room.

"I don't think you're going anywhere today."

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Seeing this situation, Nian Suian gave a helpless look to the server pushing the food cart, who returned a knowing smile, seemingly quite used to such scenes, then pushed the cart in to set up her meal.

After lunch, Nian Suian sat on the balcony for a while. The room was on the hotel's top floor, offering a beautiful view of the ocean from the balcony.

If only there weren't some strange noises...

The door to the neighboring balcony might not have been properly closed, allowing some sounds to leak out...

Nian Suian had no interest in listening to a live broadcast, and couldn't enjoy the ocean view anymore. She awkwardly went back inside and firmly closed her balcony door.

Just after four in the afternoon, Gu Junxing returned.

"I'm back. You didn't forget to eat lunch, did you?"

"No, I didn't forget. I had steak and dessert. You're back early! Did everything go smoothly?"

"Very smoothly. If there are no issues, we can sign the contract tomorrow."

The cooperation had already been mostly settled; his main purpose for coming this time was to negotiate the price further with the other party. And since Yang Jianan had other matters to attend to, he had to come personally.

"You've worked hard~"

After Gu Junxing sat down, Nian Suian poured him some tea. As a shareholder, she naturally hoped for his company to earn more and grow stronger.

Gu Junxing smiled as he accepted the teacup and took a sip.

"I heard something today, about the Yan Family."

During lunch with the executives from the partnering company, someone brought this up as an anecdote, probably because he was also from Jinjiang, and since the Yan Family was Jinjiang's wealthiest family, he thought to mention it.

"Can you guess how those videos of Yan Heyu ended up in Yan Zhensheng's hands?"

Nian Suian shook her head, indicating she didn't know. She had thought it was just someone wanting money.

"It was arranged by Yan Heguang. In fact, the whole video incident was orchestrated by Yan Heguang."

"What?! But he..." Nian Suian wanted to say he didn't seem like that kind of person, but thinking about it, she realized it wasn't impossible.

Yan Heguang had never hidden his dislike for Yan Heyu.

"Was Yan Heyu drugged? And then filmed?" Nian Suian imagined scenarios involving drugging and framing.

"No, nothing like that. Those two people were ones he met shortly after coming here, and Yan Heguang bribed one of them to film the video at the time."

In other words, if Yan Heyu had kept himself clean, none of this would have happened.

Nian Suian once again felt the terrifying nature of wealthy family feuds, but she was also curious why this matter could be discussed so casually as after-dinner conversation.

"Isn't Yan Heguang worried about Yan Zhensheng finding out the truth?"

If he found out, Yan Zhensheng would surely blame everything on his eldest son, while his younger son would remain the well-behaved good child.

"It doesn't matter if he knows now. The entire Yan Family is basically under Yan Heguang's control now, and all the extended family members have accepted him as the heir.

Since that incident, Yan Zhensheng's health has been poor. After leaving the hospital, he moved to a nursing home and hasn't had the energy to manage company affairs."

Moreover, Gu Junxing suspected that Yan Heguang intentionally wanted Yan Zhensheng to know - the feeling of knowing but being powerless was far worse than being ignorant.

After hearing this twisted tale, Nian Suian couldn't help but sigh, "You businesspeople have such deep schemes."

"I'm not like them."

Nian Suian smiled, "Yes, you're different. You're a Party member." Although business inevitably involved calculations, how one calculated and who one targeted made all the difference.

"You even know about that? Did Butler Su tell you?"

"Yes, he told me shortly after we got married."

Gu Junxing hadn't expected Butler Su to reveal even that, "He must have spilled all my secrets."

Nian Suian didn't know what other secrets Gu Junxing might have, so she asked, "Do you have any secrets I don't know about?"

"I never had any secrets."

"That's not true. What about that first love story from before?"

"What first love? I already told you last time, that was just Fang Anzhi making things up."

Mentioning Fang Anzhi reminded Nian Suian of something.

"I know now! I shouldn't ask Butler Su about your past, I should ask Fang Anzhi!"

Fang Anzhi had grown up with Gu Junxing since childhood, he must know all the secrets.

Gu Junxing, unable to scold his wife, could only silently pray that Fang Anzhi would never appear before Nian Suian.

However, he still needed to warn her, "Fang Anzhi is an old fox. Don't take what he says too seriously."

"Really? You're not just saying that because you're afraid he'll tell me something about you, are you?"

"I'm serious." Then Gu Junxing gave a rare genuine compliment, "If he actually focused on business, I might not be able to match him."

"He's that capable?!" Although Nian Suian had felt Fang Anzhi wasn't simple when she first met him, hearing Gu Junxing say this still surprised her.

"He's very clever, but his ambitions lie elsewhere." After just two compliments, Gu Junxing couldn't help himself, "He puts all his energy into chasing women."

Hearing this, Nian Suian casually remarked, "He's so good-looking, who knows who's chasing whom..."

"You think he's good-looking?!"

"Huh? Wouldn't it be too hypocritical if I said he was ugly?"

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