Chapter 1: The Eye-Catching Wedding

  "Ah?" Su Yu was stunned again, "Brother-in-law, are you going to appoint another general manager?"

  "Of course, after all, someone needs to manage the company and be in charge of specific projects." Ning Fan nodded, "This person doesn't need to have exceptional abilities, but it's best if they have some prestige and are relatively familiar with the company employees."

  "Brother-in-law, to be honest, I'm not very familiar with him either. It's just that you mentioned it, and it seems like Zhang, the manager of the HR department, is quite suitable for the position. He's in charge of personnel matters and is familiar with everyone. Moreover, he has a certain prestige within the company. I've heard rumors that before Song Wenbin was transferred here, everyone thought this position belonged to Manager Zhang." Su Yu said after some thought.

  At last, Su Yu felt a bit embarrassed: "Brother-in-law, I'm not speaking for Manager Zhang just because he helped me out recently. It's just that I'm more familiar with his situation."

  "Oh? Zhang Yang just helped you?" Ning Fan was somewhat surprised.

  Su Yu nodded and didn't hide anything, telling Ning Fan everything that had happened before. Ning Fan finally found out that Su Yu had been fired by Song Wenbin earlier.

  "This guy is quite aware of the situation, pretty good. In that case, I reckon he won't dare to be hypocritical, at least not until this project is completed." Ning Fan muttered to himself, "Alright then, no time to waste, Su Ye, go call Zhang Yang over here for a moment."

  Su Yu immediately went to arrange it, and a few minutes later, he appeared with Zhang Yang.

  "Mr. Ning, you're looking for me? Something's up?" Zhang Yang asked with a respectful face.

  "Manager Zhang, I'll get straight to the point. I won't interfere with the company's management affairs. I'll be leaving the company soon, and Su Yu will be my representative hereafter. If there's anything, you can contact me through him. Also, I'll appoint an interim general manager to take charge of the company's daily operations." Ning Fan said directly, "Su Yu recommended you to me, so I've decided to trust him. From now on, you're the interim general manager of this branch."

  "Thank you Mr. Ning, thank you Mr. Ning!" Zhang Yang was suddenly overjoyed, and then turned to Su Yu, "Little Su, thank you, thank you for recommending me!"

  "Manager Zhang, don't be too happy too early. You should know that the company's main task now is to do a good job on the Qingyun Mountain Scenic Area project. Whether you, as the interim general manager, can become permanent depends on whether this project succeeds." Ning Fan said calmly: "I'll explain the specific situation later. For now, please notify the management team to come to the meeting, and I will formally announce your appointment at the meeting."

  Although Ning Fan wanted to get things done quickly, in fact, announcing the appointment and handing over the specific requirements for developing Qingyun Mountain took up his entire morning.

  "What a self-inflicted suffering!" Ning Fan sighed to himself as he walked out of the Qingxue Group, feeling somewhat tired since he wasn't good at this kind of thing.

  The phone rang again, it was Ye Zi's call. This girl had already called nearly ten times in the morning, and because of this, Ning Fan didn't even have lunch at Qingxue Group, and hurried back and forth.

  "Yèzi, I'm on my way back." Ning Fan said as soon as he picked up the phone.

  "Uncle, hurry up, I'm starving!" Yezi said weakly.

  "You go ahead and eat something first." Ning Fan couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

  "Uncle, if you don't go home I won't eat dinner, I'll go on a hunger strike! You haven't accompanied me for many days!" Yezi said with a puffed up face.

  "Alright, I'll be right home." Ning Fan was somewhat helpless. This girl had called him in the morning and claimed she would go on a hunger strike. He hadn't taken it seriously, but now it seemed like she might actually do it?

  Half an hour later, Ning Fan rushed home with a take-out meal bought from a roadside restaurant. As soon as he entered the living room, he smelled the aroma of instant noodles in the air.

  When Ning Fan arrived at the restaurant, he saw Ye Zi sitting there eating instant noodles in her pajamas. As soon as she saw Ning Fan, Ye Zi's beautiful eyes widened suddenly, looking like a thief who had been caught. There were still a few strands of noodles in her mouth that she hadn't swallowed yet, and she looked at Ning Fan with an innocent expression, but it made her look especially adorable.

  After a few seconds, the leaves seemed to react and quickly swallowed those noodles, blinking: "Uncle, I thought that if I starved to death, I would never see you again, so I felt very sad. Then I thought that if I starved to death, Uncle, you would never see me alive again, and you would definitely be sad too. So, in order not to make me sad and not to make Uncle sad, I decided to come down and eat instant noodles..."

  "Have this for now, it's fast food but better than instant noodles. I'll cook dinner for you tonight." Ning Fan put the bought fast food on the table.

  "Oh, uncle, have you eaten?" Ye Zi immediately put down the half bowl of instant noodles she hadn't finished and asked while opening a lunchbox.

  "Not yet." Ning Fan shook his head.

  "Alright, uncle, you eat first." Yezi immediately pushed the opened lunchbox in front of Ning Fan.

  "Alright, let's eat together." Ning Fan didn't decline, but his heart couldn't help but feel a hint of warmth.

  Looking at Ye Zi's wolf-like devouring, Ning Fan also felt a little guilty in his heart. Recently, he hadn't taken care of Ye Zi much. Although they lived together, when Ye Zi was at home, he was at the hospital, and when he was at home, Ye Zi was at school. And today being the weekend, he happened to have something on again, no wonder Ye Zi was throwing a tantrum.

  "Yèzi, are you going shopping this afternoon? I happen to be going out to buy some things too." Ning Fan asked as soon as they finished eating.

  "Uncle, what are you going to buy?" Yezi asked curiously.

  "I want to buy a motorcycle." Ning Fan didn't hide it either. Without any means of transportation, it was indeed inconvenient.

  "Wow, I want to go too!" Yezi immediately became interested. "Uncle, I know a place that sells the best motorcycles, let me take you there!"

  "Leaves, I just need to buy an ordinary motorcycle." Ning Fan said with a bitter smile.

  "How can that be?" Yezi blinked her eyes, "Uncle, a handsome and cool man like you, how can you ride an ordinary motorcycle? You must stand out from the crowd!"

  "Let's go take a look first." Ning Fan couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. He definitely had a generation gap with this girl.

  "Alright, alright, uncle, let's go now!" Ye Zi dragged Ning Fan and wanted to run out.

  "Yèzi, you haven't changed your clothes yet." Ning Fan was somewhat speechless. How could this girl be more anxious than him? She wanted to rush out wearing her pajamas?

  Ye Zi stuck out her tongue and ran back upstairs. A few minutes later, she came running down again, dragging Ning Fan outside once more.

  Just as she ran out of the villa gate, Yezi suddenly felt a shadowy pressure coming over her. Subconsciously raising her head, she instantly felt an even stronger sense of oppression. The figure was almost a head taller than her, with a torso that was at least twice as large as hers. Those long legs and slender waist all made Yezi feel an intense sense of pressure.

  "Hey, you're flirting with my uncle again?" Yezi raised her head and glared fiercely at the shirtless man in front of her.

  "There's something I want to tell you." Yu Rou didn't respond to Ye Zi, but instead looked at Ning Fan.

  "Speak up quickly, Uncle and I are busy!" Yezi glared at Wu Yi with a hostile expression, this woman's threat to her was just too great.

  "When adults talk, children shouldn't interrupt." A careless remark that almost drove Yezi crazy.

  "I'm not a kid, I'll be sixteen soon!" Yezi shouted at Wuyi.

  "You're only eighteen and still a minor. You're still young." Wu Yi looked down at Ye Zi with a condescending gaze, his eyes seeming to hold a hint of disdain: "Compared to me, you're just a kid."

  The leaves suddenly felt a bit resentful, this big-breasted and long-legged stinky woman was looking down on her for having a poor figure!

  "Wow, you've got a big chest! Isn't it just because Sanlu drank too much?" Yezi glared fiercely at Wu Yi.

  "Can you guys stop arguing?" Ning Fan was speechless, what's going on here?!

  "I have something to say to you alone." Wu Yi said calmly and walked away, obviously Ye Zi was no match for her. Now, Ye Zi's face turned red with anger, but Wu Yi acted as if nothing had happened.

  "Uncle, you can't go!" Yezi said with a huff.

  "Leaf, it's official business." Ning Fan could only whisper to her, "I'll go and come back right away."

  Before Yezi could respond, Ning Fang quickly walked towards Wuyi, leaving Yezi standing there with a wronged expression, huffing and puffing.

  "Ye Zi is still just a kid, do you have to quarrel with her?" Ning Fan said somewhat displeased as he walked up to Wu Yi.

  "She's not a kid, at least not mentally." Wu Yi said faintly: "Not to mention you don't understand her feelings for you."

  "This has nothing to do with you, does it?" Ning Fan said somewhat discontentedly.

  "It has nothing to do with me, but it does have something to do with Ye Rou." Wu Yi's face revealed a hint of a strange expression. "What I want to tell you is that from now on, you officially become Ye Rou's boyfriend."

  Ning Fan suddenly became annoyed: "You're just like Ye Rou, are you crazy too?"

  He didn't get angry, but instead started talking about something else: "These past few days, I've been investigating the news from the Tianming side. Chui Meng has returned to that person's side, and your matter has caused quite a stir in that small circle. However, the good news is that they all think you were protected by some kind of technique from Liu Daozhang. So, I need to confirm one thing: does your ability to defeat Chui Meng have anything to do with Liu Daozhang?"

  "My martial arts skills were basically all taught by him, and it's also related." Ning Fang furrowed his brow slightly.

  "That's irrelevant now." Wu Yi seemed to breathe a slight sigh of relief, "But this matter, we must keep it confidential. We have to let them continue misunderstanding like this, otherwise, you might become the public enemy of the Heaven's Chosen."

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "We are now outnumbered and outmatched, and we also can't let other Tianming people think that we're taking on their entire group. So, we have to make others believe that this is purely a personal vendetta, and two men fighting over a beautiful woman until they're bloody and bruised is actually a good show that everyone would love to see."

  "You mean I should pretend to be Ye Rou's boyfriend?" Ning Fan asked with a frown.