Jiang Nan Fang smiled and said, "Whether the sisters are close or not, I don't know, but my son is closer to you. I'm going to check on my son."
Zhan Bei Jue was relentless.
"How many sons do you have? Are there others born behind my back? Aren't all the Zhan family members sitting in this house? Who are you going to care about?"
How dare she say that to him, Jiang Nan Fang raised her hand to hit him.
"Don't be so disrespectful. What nonsense are you talking about in front of the children?"
"Jia Ying's birthday is coming up soon. It's rare that I have time today to visit your sister's house. She's my son's leader now, so I had to chat with her for a bit to see the opportunity."
So that's how it was.
Zhan Bei Jue kissed her on the cheek, "Thank you, Madam, for your hard work. What did you find out?"
Jiang Nan Fang pinched his mouth, signaling him not to be so affectionate with her in front of the children.
She only let go and spoke when she knew Zhan Bei Jue had surrendered.
"It's very good. Jia Ying said he performed very well in all aspects, with almost no flaws. The only drawback is that he's not happy staying with people his age. So I want to discuss something with you."
Upon hearing Lu Jia Ying's name and his own, Jiang Jing Yu's gaze unconsciously shifted away from his book, but he didn't look at his parents, instead perking up his ears to listen.
When he heard that Lu Jia Ying found him impeccable, yet he was unhappy staying with people his age, a surge of anger instantly welled up inside him.
He clearly had shortcomings in his work performance, and he didn't appear unhappy when he was with them. Why was she lying?
Zhan Bei Jue simply loved Jiang Nan Fang.
His wife was like the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder, her beauty unchanged by the passage of time.
Even though their children were so grown, she was still breathtakingly beautiful, just as she had been years ago, making him fall for her all over again with every glance.
So when Jiang Nan Fang spoke to him in a sweet, cooing voice to discuss something, he agreed without hesitation.
"Don't you make the decisions on all our major and minor affairs? Just give me a command if you need anything, we don't need to discuss it."
"Am I that overbearing?"
Jiang Nan Fang pouted.
"Although I make the decisions on all major and minor affairs, you, the hired hand, also need to make time. We still need to discuss it."
"Madam, please give your orders. I will definitely make time. What do you want me to do?"
Jiang Nan Fang said, "Jia Ying is right. Jing Yu is still young. It's enough to temper his will and let him experience the hardships of work. There's no need for him to stay there day in and day out. It's not very meaningful, and it deprives the child of the free time he earned through hard study."
"Since we haven't traveled for a long time, and the children are free recently, let's take the two younger ones and go out as a family of five."
So, if Mom's meaning was that he didn't have to go to the company anymore?
Wouldn't he not be able to see Lu Jia Ying from now on?
Jiang Jing Yu's first reaction was 'no'.
Similarly, Ge'er and Tian Tian questioned their mother's words.
The three of them looked at her almost simultaneously, raising objections.
"Mom, what are you saying?"
Jiang Nan Fang knew that Tian Tian and Ge'er would question her decision, and she had already prepared her response.
"Jing Yu was recommended for admission based on his own merits, and he interned at the company for over a month without complaint, receiving good reviews from his superiors. This holiday is something he earned through his own abilities. Do you still have objections?"
"You two have to study and take exams. Even if you have objections, you have to keep them to yourselves. Otherwise, do you want to drop out and go play? If people knew our family was so ridiculous about traveling, your father would lose face."
The two pouted, and Tian Tian said.
"We didn't say we wanted to drop out and go play, but you can't calculate it like that. What do you mean 'our family of five'? Are we who aren't going on vacation not your children?"
Ge'er also said, "Exactly. Mommy speaks poorly. Mommy is biased."
Jiang Nan Fang smiled, "Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Mommy is old and has dementia. I can't calculate things and I misspoke, leaving you all out. I apologize."
"We are going to explore the path first this time. When all of you graduate and are on summer vacation, we will all go out as a family. Then we will put the globe on the table, point anywhere you want, and go wherever you say."
"That's really great, thank you, Mommy!"
Everyone became happy again.
Only Jing Yu frowned, looking uninterested.
Zhan Bei Jue was the first to notice his abnormality.
"What's wrong, Jing Yu? Aren't you happy that Dad and Mom are taking you out to play?"
Jiang Jing Yu closed his book, "Why is it so sudden? You didn't even discuss it with me beforehand. I still have a lot of unfinished business at the company."
Parents couldn't be happier to hear their child express such responsibility towards their work.
Jiang Nan Fang looked at him gently.
"It's okay, we're not leaving tomorrow. You can still go to the company tomorrow. We'll leave when you've handed everything over."
"Mommy, you're becoming more and more overbearing. Before, when I didn't want to go to the company, you and Daddy used sweet talk to force me to go. Now that I've finally gotten used to it and am willing to stay, you suddenly don't want me to go."
Jiang Nan Fang never expected that she would be blamed by Jiang Jing Yu for planning for him.
"So, you don't want to go on vacation with us?"
"I don't. What's so great about traveling? Isn't it just changing places to eat, look at flowers and grass, and sleep? Our family travels twice a year, and after so many years, I'm already tired of it."
"Then, according to you, you still want to go to work at the company?"
"What else can I do if I don't work? Everyone else is in school, I can't just stay home and play all day, can I?"
"..." Jiang Nan Fang was speechless for two seconds, then chuckled.
"It seems we were worrying too much, thinking you were unhappy at work and wanted to take you out to relax."
"Alright, since you don't want to go and are willing to work, then we'll do as you say. Speaking of which, I didn't force you, so don't blame me for not being democratic enough in the end."
Jiang Jing Yu was still unhappy, looking at the grinning Jiang Nan Fang.
"Did you put any pressure on General Manager Lu? Making her feel like I'm a burden in the department, so she wants to get rid of me quickly."
"Actually, what she said isn't true, it's against her will. I've never been unhappy."
Jiang Nan Fang almost stood up to protest her innocence.
"Am I that domineering? I made you go to the company for training, and then I oppressed your leader. Isn't that contradictory?"
"It was just a casual chat. Jia Ying said it so casually. She didn't say you couldn't go tomorrow. Don't cause trouble for me at the company tomorrow."
"Cause trouble?" Jiang Jing Yu thought to himself.
What right do I have to cause her trouble?
Before, you said she was my leader, and I didn't dare.
Now... I dare even less.
Could it be that she wanted to get rid of him because of this matter? Was her solution to pretend nothing happened, and from then on, they would go their separate ways and never see each other again?