Chapter 348: Chapter 236: Each to Their Own

Airport, at the exit.

Standing at the front is a middle-aged man wearing glasses and an executive jacket, slightly chubby.

Qi Yun had previously seen a photo of this person online, so he already knew his identity.

A 36-year-old Deputy T-level Executive Vice Minister, two years younger than Zhang Dayong, a rarity nationwide.

The young Xiao Hao approached him and softly called, “Dad.”

The middle-aged man nodded, seeing his son was okay, his long-held concern finally eased.

You Wenlan walked over and whispered a few words, the middle-aged man looked up at Qi Yun, enthusiastically extended his hand: “Mr. Qi, thank you very much for saving the two children.”

Qi Yun also extended his hand to shake: “Haha, it was nothing, you can just call me Qi Yun.”

The middle-aged man patted Qi Yun’s arm, smiling: “My name is Shao Yuewen, I should be a few years older than you, so I’ll call you Brother Qi.”

He stepped aside to introduce the others to Qi Yun, “This is Xiao Qing’s father…”

The others stepped forward to shake hands with Qi Yun, expressing their gratitude.

“Brother Qi, I’ll take the children home first, let’s find a place tonight to sit down together.” Shao Yuewen spoke concisely.

“No rush, I think you all should spend time with the kids first, Sister You and they must be tired from the long flight, rest well, we can gather tomorrow.” Qi Yun kindly replied.

Shao Yuewen turned his gaze to You Wenlan, who smiled and nodded: “Little Qi is considerate, let’s do it tomorrow, we’re family now, no need to be too formal.”

“Alright.” Shao Yuewen patted Qi Yun’s shoulder, “Tomorrow then, I’ll find a place.”

You could tell Shao Yuewen respects his wife’s opinion a lot.

After the greetings, they headed to the parking lot, Zhong Rui came to pick up Qi Yun.

Qi Yun didn’t rush to leave, instead, he first saw off the others into their cars.

“Brother Qi, I’ll go now, see you later.”

“Bye, Brother Qi.”

The two kids bid farewell to Qi Yun.

Qi Yun nodded with a smile: “Alright, go home and rest well.”

“Brother Qi, we’re off, I’ll call you tomorrow.” Shao Yuewen rolled down the window and waved.

“Okay.” Qi Yun smiled and nodded.

After they had all left, he got into the business car, patted the back of the driver’s seat: “Let’s go.”

Meanwhile, in the back seat of the Audi A6.

You Wenlan, checking messages on her phone, said to Shao Yuewen beside her: “Is Qi Yun’s background clear?”

Her face was expressionless, no trace of her earlier warmth.

Shao Yuewen nodded: “We had it checked, his background is clean, he had a company that went bankrupt but made a comeback later.”

“He once donated a valuable meteorite to the city museum, and a few months ago, he donated a precious Qingnang Book to the Beijing Chinese Academy of Sciences.”

“Now he owns two companies and is a major shareholder in two others, he’s a city ZX committee member and was on CCTV a few days ago.”

You Wenlan, upon hearing this, just slightly raised her eyelids, as if such a feat unattainable for ordinary people was nothing in her eyes.

She put away her phone and replied nonchalantly: “Since he’s not a fool, I might as well truly acknowledge him as a brother.”

Sitting in the front passenger seat, Xiao Hao was not happy, turned around, and grumbled: “Mom, why do you say that about Brother Qi.”

Shao Yuewen raised his hand to tap his son’s head, saying disapprovingly: “Your mom takes him as a brother, and you call him Brother Qi, what kind of relationship is this?”

Xiao Hao turned his head nonchalantly: “To each his own.”

Facing her son, You Wenlan’s cold expression turned helpless: “Xiao Hao, you’re not allowed to run around anymore, it’s too dangerous outside. If Qi Yun hadn’t saved you this time, what would you have let your parents do?”

“Got it.” Xiao Hao replied perfunctorily, bowing his head to continue discussing Thailand’s shows with his group.

…

On the other side, in the business car.

Zhong Rui, driving, reported to Qi Yun: “Boss, the city announced today, the new campus of No. 15 Middle School is set at Xuanwu Street, many agencies have already called, wanting to buy our properties.”

“What’s the price?” Qi Yun casually pulled out a pack of cigarettes and lit one up.

“20% higher than when we bought them.”

“Too little.” Qi Yun exhaled a smoke ring, rejecting without hesitation, “Let’s wait and see in a few days.”

“Alright.” Zhong Rui nodded, “Also, Dong Anyun from Maple Capital called again yesterday, wanting to meet you.”

“Dong Anyun?” Qi Yun wondered, “Didn’t she go back to Shanghai?”

“Not sure.” Zhong Rui shook his head, “I asked her what it was about, offered to pass it on, she wouldn’t say.”

“Okay, I got it.” Qi Yun responded.

Soon, the car turned into Golden Collar Villa.

Qi Yun returned home, took a shower, then went to the nearby supermarket for fresh ingredients to cook dinner for Zhao Qing and their daughter.

About an hour later, a lavish meal was laid on the dining table.

Just then, Zhao Qing and Nuannuan returned.

The little girl, upon seeing Qi Yun, rushed to him without even taking off her shoes: “Daddy, you’re back!”

Zhao Qing put down her bag and teased with a smile, “Look at how anxious you are. Go take your shoes off and put your bag away first.”

The little girl listened to Zhao Qing and obediently kissed Qi Yun on the neck before taking off her shoes.

“When did you come back?” Zhao Qing changed into slippers, glanced at the table full of dishes, and said, “Not bad.”

Qi Yun grinned, hugging her waist, “Just arrived this afternoon.”

The little girl saw their intimate gesture, covered her face in mock shyness, and ran off to wash her hands, giggling.

Zhao Qing blushed and swatted Qi Yun’s hand away, “I’m going to change clothes.”

Qi Yun reluctantly let go, “Alright, come eat soon.”

At the dinner table, Zhao Qing mentioned what happened at the kindergarten today.

“By the way, Miss Dong came to the kindergarten looking for me today. She said that their chairman wanted to meet you but couldn’t reach you.”

“Came to the kindergarten to find you?” Qi Yun was a bit surprised, sensing something unusual. “How did they know you were at the kindergarten?”

“I don’t know either.” Zhao Qing shook her head, “I tried calling you in front of her, but couldn’t get through. Then they left.”

She was worried it might affect Qi Yun’s business, so she chose to tell him, but didn’t mention the odd behavior of Chairman Zhao.

“Okay, I got it.” Qi Yun replied with a frown.

After dinner, Qi Yun went outside to call Dong Anyun, wanting to ask what was going on.

But Gao Min got out of the car first and walked straight to him.

“What’s up?” Qi Yun asked her.

Gao Min nodded and truthfully reported everything that happened at the kindergarten gate today.

After listening, Qi Yun’s brows furrowed instantly.

He pulled out a cigarette, lit it, took two deep puffs, and then picked up the phone to call Dong Anyun.

“Hello, Mr. Qi.”

“I heard from my assistant that you were looking for me?” Qi Yun’s tone was calm.

There was a pause on the other end of the line before replying, “Yes, Mr. Qi, do you have time now? Can we meet?”

“Okay, where do you want to meet? I’ll come over now.”

“Let’s meet at the Hilton Hotel’s café.”

“Alright.” Qi Yun acknowledged, then hung up the phone.

He went back inside to inform Zhao Qing, then got into Chen Wei’s car and headed to the Hilton Hotel.

…

France, Paris.

It’s still midday with bright sunlight.

Ah Jiao, Lao Hei, and A Jie were quietly infiltrating a high-rise apartment.

A Jie marveled at the expensive-looking paintings on the walls, clicking his tongue, “Looks like this guy Perry really has some money.”

“Stop gawking and move faster. See if you can find any useful information.” Ah Jiao scolded, frowning.

“Oh.” A Jie pouted and started searching the room.

At that moment, Ah Jiao’s phone vibrated slightly. She saw it was from Niu Da and quickly answered.

“Hello, Big Brother Niu.”

“Get out of there! Someone’s coming for you!” Niu Da warned in a deep voice.

He wasn’t acting with Ah Jiao and the others but had been following them secretly.

“Don’t take the elevator, use the fire escape!”

“Okay!” Ah Jiao heard this and, without thinking, put away her phone and signaled to Lao Hei and A Jie, “Let’s go, we’ve been found!”

Upon hearing this, the two quickly put down what they were holding and headed swiftly towards the door.

Ah Jiao and her team had just left less than a minute ago when six or seven strong men burst into the room.

They searched around but found no one. The bearded leader’s face turned grim as he picked up his phone to call the team guarding downstairs, but no one answered.

The bearded man swiftly moved to the window and looked down, seeing only their car and another white SUV.

“Let’s go!” he barked briskly and rushed downstairs.

When they reached the ground floor, they found the four men in charge of watching the place lying sprawled on the ground, and the white SUV previously parked outside was already gone.

The bearded man’s face was extremely upset. He grabbed a subordinate by the collar and shouted, “Where are they?”

“They… they ran. Someone suddenly appeared and attacked us.” The subordinate replied through gritted teeth.

Hearing this, the beard slammed the subordinate to the ground, “Useless!”

After venting his anger, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

“They got away, and there’s someone outside helping them. They must be really skilled.”

There was a brief silence on the other end, “Keep sending people to search for them. I’ll send Bert over to help you.”

“This is your last chance. I hope you won’t disappoint me again.”

The bearded man, upon hearing this, lost all his previous ferocity. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, “Yes, yes, don’t worry. I will definitely catch them.”

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