In the grand hall of the An family.
Wen QingCui's face instantly changed color because of An Nuan's sarcasm.
In that moment, she was furious to the point where she couldn't get a word out for quite some time.
It wasn't just her.
The faces of An YanKun's family were also extremely ugly.
Fortunately An Zhao was not present.
If she had been, she probably would have been angered to death.
Right now she probably didn't dare go out either.
After embarrassing herself in front of so many people, An YanKun had probably locked her up as well.
For a time,
the atmosphere was somewhat stiff.
However, An Yanyuan acted as a peacemaker, hastily saying, "Those are all things of the past, let's not bring them up again. As for An Nuan and Jinghuai coming back a day late, it was because something happened in Jinghuai's family, and I told them not to rush back. Although they didn't come back themselves, they quietly had the servants bring back many gifts, to the point where I felt a little embarrassed. I didn't give a dowry initially, but received a pile of betrothal gifts... Take a look, the Ye family was truly too generous this time."
At this time the servants had brought in the things they had fetched from the Ye family on their behalf.
There were so many things that even Wen QingCui and An YanKun were truly surprised.
But both were very tacit in pretending they didn't see anything.
Wen QingCui deliberately changed the subject, saying, "I didn't come today to argue with you all. I have some important matters to discuss with you."
"Please go ahead," An Yanyuan still treated Wen QingCui with respect.
After all, she was his mother.
Wen QingCui was merely taking advantage of An Yanyuan's filial piety, which was why she was so arrogant and domineering.
Previously, An Nuan had been just as obedient to her as her father, acquiescing to everything this outrageous grandmother did.
But from now on.
She wouldn't be so kind anymore.
She just watched expressionlessly as her grandmother schemed again.
Wen QingCui also didn't beat around the bush, appearing somewhat overbearing, "Today I brought An Xiao over for no other purpose than to tell you all that starting tomorrow, An Xiao will be working at Anshi Group. She will take over her sister An Zhao's position. An Zhao is not in a good emotional state recently, so let her stay at home for now."
She claimed it was to discuss,
but there wasn't a single word up for discussion.
An Nuan was somewhat sarcastic inwardly.
Wen QingCui was clearly playing her cards well here.
She knew that with An Zhao in this state, she was ruined for life, so she wanted to prop An Xiao up in her place.
An Yanyuan clearly had some objections to Wen QingCui's arrangements.
After all, An Zhao had worked at the company for over a year, and had just gotten familiar with her responsibilities. Replacing her so suddenly now, especially with someone like An Xiao who had never set foot in the professional world, seemed inappropriate no matter how he looked at it.
Just as he was about to speak up.
An Nuan said, "Okay."
An Yanyuan was startled, turning to look at An Nuan.
Hadn't she always refused to let An Xiao into Anshi?
Why did she suddenly agree so readily now?
Not only An Yanyuan was surprised.
Wen QingCui and An YanKun were also shocked by An Nuan's decisiveness.
The two had originally made ample preparations, anticipating that the obstacle would be An Yanyuan or An Nuan, but they didn't expect An Nuan to agree so breezily that it made them somewhat uneasy instead.
After all, An Nuan's behavior recently had left them completely confused about her motives.
And now she was acting so out of the ordinary that they couldn't help but feel she had some scheme up her sleeve.
Of course An Nuan knew what they were all thinking.
The reason she agreed outright was because Wen QingCui had personally come to say An Xiao would start working, so she must have made full preparations already. An Nuan was too lazy to waste time arguing only to give them ammo, so she might as well let An Xiao into the company generously and leave Wen QingCui and An YanKun with nothing to say.
"My cousin certainly isn't suitable to appear in public right now, and fortunately An Xiao is willing to share some of her workload, so of course we won't fail to appreciate An Xiao's sincerity," An Nuan said sanctimoniously, appearing utterly magnanimous. "Don't you think so, Dad?"
An Yanyuan hurriedly nodded. "Yes, yes. An Xiao is willing, so of course we'll support her fully. Just come to the company with your father and brother to report in tomorrow."
"Thank you uncle, thank you cousin," An Xiao promptly expressed her gratitude.
She hadn't expected it to go so smoothly at all.
That she could so easily usurp An Zhao's position.
A trace of an imperceptible cold smile pulled at the corners of her lips.
So.
Taking An Nuan's position afterwards wouldn't be such a difficult matter either.
"With cousin's work settled, I'm just not sure if uncle has considered how to resolve cousin's living situation in the future," An Nuan kindly brought up.
An YanKun assumed An Nuan was about to mock him again.
No matter what.
An Zhao had secretly gotten involved with Gu Yan Sheng behind An Nuan's back, so An Zhao was completely in the wrong for tarnishing the family name.
Naturally, his expression was very ugly in that moment, "An Zhao will reflect on her own, no need for you to worry about it!"
"After all is said and done, I don't actually think this matter was cousin's fault. It takes two hands to clap, Gu Yan Sheng is also greatly at fault, has uncle never considered making Gu Yan Sheng take responsibility?" An Nuan reminded.
An YanKun was taken aback, as he seemed to have never thought in that direction at all.
He had only thought about how his daughter had done something disgraceful, but never considered what benefits could be derived from this matter.
An Nuan continued casually, "Of course, I'm not without personal motivations either. Now that I've married Jinghuai, there's bound to be some controversy, so if Gu Yan Sheng and cousin become a pair, it would be a happy ending for everyone, and then no one would have anything ill to say."
"You sure have thought of everything well," An YanKun clearly desperately hoped for such an outcome, yet refused to openly admit it.
An Nuan pretended not to notice, simply saying, "Actually I still want to find an opportunity to thank cousin and Gu Yan Sheng. If not for the relationship between them, I wouldn't have been able to marry Jinghuai. Only after marrying Jinghuai did I realize what true love is. What Gu Yan Sheng and I had before was probably just childhood attachment that I misunderstood as love. Now, I sincerely hope we can each find happiness."
The more good-sounding she made it, the more easily An YanKun would fall for it!
