As soon as Ji Yanzhi arrived at the group headquarters, he called Yu Lin over.
"Starting tomorrow, I'm taking my annual leave."
The announcement was so sudden that Yu Lin blurted out an instinctive, "Huh?"
It wasn't that Yu Lin was slow to react. Ever since she had joined the group, she had never seen Ji Yanzhi take an extended break. Forget annual leave-she rarely even saw him take weekends off.
Ji Yanzhi offered no explanation. Instead, he briskly turned the monitor on his desk toward her. A clear project list and authorization documents were already on the screen. "I'll transfer final decision-making authority over the current projects to you. I've also listed the scope of your authority in emergencies, along with the key milestones you'll need to report to me regularly. You'll review and approve the month-end reports from the Strategic Investment Department and the R&D Center, but I'll conduct the final review."
"Aside from these agreements, send anything requiring my electronic signature to me promptly. You'll have full authority over all other routine decisions. Also..."
Over the next two hours and more, Ji Yanzhi worked like a precision instrument settling into a steady cruise after running at high speed, methodically handing the reins of the vast group over to Yu Lin.
Once the handover was complete and the last document closed, he rose from his chair almost immediately. Immense anticipation mingled with searing impatience, swelling in his chest and urging him to head home at once. Even "desperate to get home" fell short of describing his haste. Every second of delay felt unbearably long.
When Ji Yanzhi returned to the Old Residence and stepped out of his car in the garage, the butler was already waiting nearby, looking slightly uneasy.
Noticing the obvious hesitation on his face, Ji