Hearing this familiar yet annoying voice, Yan Yincheng immediately turned his face towards where Brother Hu was and said menacingly,
"Hu, repeat what you just said."
Brother Hu wasn't afraid of him at all. Instead, he provoked, "I said I miss our young lady so much. Are you jealous? If you've got the guts, come and bite me! Come on!"
Yan Yincheng actually took steps towards Hu Yuankang. Although Brother Hu had a sharp tongue and dared to provoke Lord Yan the Third, he was actually quite timid inside. He immediately jumped up and hid behind Xu Zixi, then continued to provoke Yan Yincheng,
"Yan, don't think you can relax just because you tricked the young lady into making up with you this time. Although your Yan family is wealthy and powerful in Fengcheng, it's nothing in Haicheng. I, Brother Hu, have quite a bit of influence in the western part of the city. You'd better think twice in the future. If you dare to deceive and bully the young lady like before, I'll definitely teach you a lesson!"
Yan Yincheng sneered, "My Yan family is nothing in Haicheng? Fine. I'll make your influence completely disappear from Haicheng within 24 hours."
Brother Hu said, "Young lady, look at him. He even dares to threaten his brother - in - law!"
Lord Yan the Third said, "Get lost. Who's your brother - in - law? Did Zixi admit it?"
Brother Hu said, "Young lady, my dear sister, please tell me. Am I your good little brother?"
Lord Yan the Third said, "Zixi, we're clearly together. Why did you call this annoying fly to pick you up? I don't want to hear his voice anymore!"
The two grown men circled around her like they were playing hide - and - seek and bickered with each other like kids. The scene was really comical.
"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. We'll be late for the meeting. Let's go quickly."
Xu Zixi held back her laughter, took Yan Yincheng's arm, turned his body around, and pushed him towards the Maybach. She whispered in his ear,
"Brother Cheng, it's not that I don't want to ride in the same car with you. I often have to go to the market to check materials, so it's more convenient to have my own vehicle. And Brother Hu is from Haicheng and has his own connections. He can help me find good - quality materials at reasonable prices. It's a waste not to take advantage of this. You know what I mean, right? Come on, don't be jealous."
So she only used this Hu guy?
Yan Yincheng felt a bit better. But then he remembered that after she moved out, Hu Yuankang had hidden her in a house under his name. Lord Yan the Third was very unhappy.
So before getting in the car, in front of Brother Hu, he put his arm around Xu Zixi's waist, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her as if to claim his sovereignty. He said,
"See you at the project site."
Brother Hu pretended not to see this. He turned his head, looked at the sky, and whistled. He even checked his appearance in the car window.
He looked so dashing and handsome today. He wondered if he could see Zhou Yaru, that little girl, today. Hehe!
...
The construction site of the "City of Hope" project.
It had been more than half a month since the project started. During the days when Yan Yincheng and Xu Zixi were away, as the weather forecast had predicted, it had rained continuously for two days in Haicheng.
Thanks to the pre - emptive measures, the rain hadn't had a significant impact on the project's progress. Several machines were working together to pump out the water, and then the weather cleared up.
Before they left, the excavation of the foundation of the main building was almost completed. As long as it passed the inspection, they could start the piling process.
So Yan Yincheng and Xu Zixi came back just in time.
The Maybach and the Audi drove into the project site one after another. Xu Zixi and Yan Yincheng got out of their cars respectively.
As soon as they appeared, they instantly caught everyone's attention.
There was a reason for this. First, they appeared on the Haicheng TV with their child. Then they returned to Fengcheng and "showed their talents". There had been topics about them on the internet and in real life for several days. Even those who didn't care about gossip had heard a thing or two. It was hard to ignore them.
Seeing everyone looking in that direction and whispering, someone asked, "Engineer Qiao, who are those two people over there?"
The person being asked was Qiao Wang, an engineer in the engineering department. After hearing the question, he sized up the questioner and found that it was a newly - recruited assistant under him. He patiently explained,
"Remember their positions clearly. The man is Mr. Yan the Third of the Yan family in Fengcheng. He's also the biggest investor in this project and currently the largest shareholder of the Pei Corporation. The woman is the chief designer and project manager of this project... Yuan Xi."
"What's their relationship? I feel like they look very close."
"Well... Their relationship is quite complicated. You just need to know that Yuan Xi is Mr. Yan's fiancée."
Mr. Yan, the investor, asked for a project - wide meeting as soon as he came back after being away for a few days. As the general project director, Pei Mingyuan also rushed to the site from the Pei Corporation. He arrived ten minutes earlier than Xu Zixi and Yan Yincheng.
In the meeting room, hearing the staff from various departments noisily gathering by the window and whispering, and faintly hearing something like "Yuan Xi" and "Mr. Yan", he involuntarily walked forward and looked out.
What he saw was Xu Zixi holding Yan Yincheng's hand and carefully leading him around the puddles on the ground. And behind her, Lord Yan the Third looked extremely gentle, fully trusting the woman holding his hand.
The atmosphere between them was even more intimate than the last time he saw them in the revolving restaurant. He just stood there quietly, as if torturing himself, watching them.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated. Pei Mingyuan looked down and saw that it was a message from the young miss he had dined with in the revolving restaurant. She asked if he had time recently. She had bought two concert tickets and wanted to invite him to go with her.
Pei Mingyuan pursed his lips, moved his fingers, and replied, "Okay."
"Mr. Yan is coming. Hurry up and get ready. The meeting will start soon." someone shouted. The people gathered by the window immediately dispersed and sat down at the tables. A moment later, Xu Zixi and Yan Yincheng pushed open the door and walked in.
The moment she stepped into the meeting room, Xu Zixi felt everyone's eyes turn to her, but they shifted away the next second. After she and Yan Yincheng took their seats respectively, the meeting officially started.
After being away for a few days, every department had a lot of matters to report to Yan Yincheng, the investor. So this meeting lasted for a total of four hours before it ended. After the meeting, they went to inspect the site.
A group of people stepped on the wet mud and walked around the construction site. As they walked, they discussed the piling work in the next few days based on the meeting content.
When passing by a working area, Xu Zixi didn't pay much attention at first. But after walking a short distance, she suddenly stopped and turned to look back.
A face that was both familiar and extremely strange appeared in her sight.