Office Building! Get!

Mother Ji ultimately nodded, then hesitated a little. "You've always had your own ideas since you were little. You can decide these things yourself, but will the school agree to let you switch classes?"

Ji Xi thought that if Yan Xianjue wanted him to switch, then he could switch.

The issue was not the school, but what that young master Yan Xianjue thought.

Asking Yan Xianjue over the phone whether he needed physics tutoring had been deliberate on his part.

He had merely subtly shown Yan Xianjue that he could be useful.

Unfortunately, the young master did not seem to have gotten the message.

He had even specifically sought out Shen Fangli and indirectly inquired about Yan Xianjue's family background and standing.

If there was anyone at this school who could stand against Lin Shi, he thought it could only be Yan Xianjue.

It was just that this young master was usually not as openly forceful and domineering as Lin Shi.

That was also why he had chosen Yan Xianjue.

But he told his mother, "I'll discuss it with the teachers first. The elite class has too many class hours. I don't need that many lessons—I want time to do my own things. If the teachers say no, then forget it."

Seeing that Ji Xi had thought it through clearly, Mother Ji simply let him handle it himself.

She got up and continued making a simple dinner for two.

Ji Xi returned to the bedroom that belonged to him.

He carefully looked over the entire room. There were pitifully few things in it.

His textbooks from childhood to the present had been carefully and neatly stored away.

There were freshly washed school uniforms, along with a few clothes so washed out they had turned pale.

Even this apartment had only been rented after he was admitted to high school.

He had used the scholarship the school had promised in order to persuade him to attend.

He had wanted to give this bedroom with its small balcony to his mother, because she liked flowers.

But his mother said he needed better light for reading.

So she gave him the only room that received direct sunlight.

If it were daytime now, warm sunlight would be streaming in here.

He could lie on the bed and bask in the sun.

Ji Xi lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

It was as though the scent of sunlight still lingered at the tip of his nose.

He kept his eyes closed and lay perfectly still, thinking about what he should do next.

If Yan Xianjue truly disagreed, did he have any other choices?

At that moment, Yan Xianjue was still suffering for dear life in the ocean of physics.

He suggested, "Mom, I'm thirsty."

Mother Yan said coolly, "In this short time, you've been thirsty three times, eaten two plates of fruit, and gone to the bathroom twice. What else do you want to do?"

Save me, save me, save me!

Father Yan and Yan Yi'an both laughed unkindly in the study.

Their eyes met, and with perfect mutual understanding, they ignored Yan Xianjue's frantic distress signal.

After all, Yan Xianjue did not know they could hear his thoughts!

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They shook their heads helplessly and returned their attention to discussing Yan Corporation's upcoming work.

As it happened, they brought up Yan Xianjue.

Father Yan said, "I think his investment company is getting a little too large. You should think it over carefully. Don't be too high-profile."

Yan Yi'an held a different view. "Dad, in a family like ours, as the last child in the Yan Household to come of age, whatever Yan Xianjue does will draw attention. How could it not?"

Yan Yi'an tapped the office building with his pen. "No matter how we choose this office building, people will talk."

"Maybe they'll compare Yan Ci and Yan Xianjue, or say Yan Xianjue is too arrogant at such a young age."

"But if we keep a low profile, they'll still have something to say. They'll say the family doesn't value him, that he's only doing this for fun."

"Since no matter what we do, we can't shut everyone up, why not simply go all the way?"

Father Yan was somewhat tempted. "But if we do that, the Lin Household..."

Yan Yi'an's entire face turned cold, frost practically billowing off him.

Father Yan knew it was not directed at him. Rather, during a report from his subordinates earlier that day, they had indeed discovered a loophole in the laboratory.

They had also caught a researcher and called the police to send him to the station that very day.

If Yan Yi'an had not made preparations in advance, the man would nearly have succeeded.

The researcher had been extremely familiar with the laboratory's layout.

They had only discovered him because the smart pinhole cameras installed later had issued a danger alert.

"Dad, do you think the Lin Household looks like it intends to stop?"

Father Yan shook his head in silence.

He took a deep breath. In truth, he now suspected that his elder brother's accident back then had been the Lin Household's doing.

Yan Yi'an said, "Since that's the case, instead of letting those people with ulterior motives investigate in secret, it would be better to openly stamp Yan Corporation's name on it from the very beginning."

"Make those who harbor ill intentions wary and hesitant."

"You can't guard against everything."

"Wasn't our protection of Yan Ci thorough enough? Yet that still happened."

Yan Yi'an said firmly, "As long as we remain in a passive position, defending against every blow, there will inevitably be something we miss."

Yes, after overhearing Yan Xianjue's thoughts,

Yan Yi'an no longer intended to remain passive. He wanted to become the hunter who took the initiative.

Father Yan hesitated somewhat.

In fact, that was one of the reasons he had chosen to retire early.

He had not originally been raised as the heir.

With his elder brother leading the way, he had grown up rather freely.

Only after his elder brother's accident had he taken over Yan Corporation from his father and brother in a moment of crisis.

His philosophy leaned more toward that of a conservative ruler who maintained what was already there.

Yan Yi'an, on the other hand, was more like his elder brother, who had been raised under the expectations placed on an heir.

When it was time to step into the arena and take a gamble, he chose to strike first.

Yan Yi'an saw that Father Yan was wavering.

He continued persuading him. "Yan Xianjue knows what will happen in the future. Sooner or later, he'll become famous because every investment he makes will turn a profit."

"You know his personality too. It's impossible for him to deliberately choose money-losing projects just to avoid attention."

"By then, the people who want to make a move against this little golden nugget may not be limited to the Lin Household!"

In the end, Father Yan did not say he agreed. He merely told Yan Yi'an to ask Yan Xianjue for his opinion first.

He thought that Yan Xianjue, who wanted to loaf around, probably would not want to open such a large company.

The result was completely different from what Father Yan had expected.

When Yan Xianjue heard at the dinner table that Yan Yi'an had prepared an office for him,

he showed none of the concern or hesitation Father Yan had imagined.

"Is this for real?!"

"This is really for me to use?"

"It's the top floor of Cloud Summit?"

Yan Yi'an patiently nodded three times.

"What do you think?"

What did he think?

Yan Xianjue nearly jumped up without a care for his image.

If not for the more mature side of him desperately trying to restrain his excitement,

wasn't it said that there were three things people could not hide?

A cough, poverty, and love.

But the Yan family now felt that the sparkling glimmer in Yan Xianjue's round cat eyes could not be concealed either.

Yan Yi'an raised an eyebrow at Father Yan.

Father Yan watched his eldest son, who was unusually lively and rather competitive, then nodded helplessly.

Mother Yan ignored the silent exchange between father and son and merely cared about her younger son. "How do you want to decorate it? Do you want Mom to find you a designer?"

"Mom! You're the best!"

The moment Yan Xianjue heard that, sweet words immediately followed.

"Wuwu, Mom, you're the best mom in the whole world!"

Mother Yan chuckled. "Not like when you were silently bad-mouthing me while studying physics just now."

Yan Xianjue adamantly denied it. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"I'm the one in this family who loves Mom the most."

Father Yan shot him a look.

Yan Xianjue said aggrievedly, "Fine. Dad can barely tie with me."

"Pfft." All three of them were amused by his expression.

Only when Father Yan saw that Yan Xianjue truly did not enjoy being treated as the family's entertainment did he hurriedly change the subject. "With such a big office, how do you plan to arrange it?"

Yan Xianjue stopped eating.

Resting his chin in both hands, he thought carefully.

"I don't know. I'll find a partner first."

"I don't want to do all the tedious work."