Chapter 222 Warning rainy night. The rain splashed from the tilted umbrella eaves onto the bluestone road and dripped into the shallow grass, adding to the coolness of the autumn day. The housekeeper stood outside the yard holding an umbrella, watching a small black car slowly approaching on the rainy mountain road, stopping in front of the stone steps. The young master in the driver's seat got out and walked around to the next person in the passenger seat. Silver stiletto heels stepped on the stone steps, from the white and smooth calves to the slender waist, the slender and beautiful wrists were raised and lazily placed on the hand of the owner of the umbrella handle. The umbrella brim was raised upwards, and a couple could be seen under the umbrella. The housekeeper was shocked. Qin Yanfeng tilted his umbrella-holding hand slightly toward Shen Manzhi, and together they stepped onto the stairs, with Qin Shizheng following behind. "Second Young Master," the housekeeper paused for a second, then bowed his head and said naturally, "Young Madam." Finally, he called the youngest young master. Qin Yanfeng nodded, "Yeah, Uncle." Ye Shu led the way into the main hall.
Qin Yanfeng turned around to fold the umbrella, and a servant immediately came forward to take it. The sound of a man and a woman talking came down the spiral staircase upstairs, but they stopped when they saw someone standing in the living room. "Uncle." Qin Yanfeng nodded slightly to the people upstairs, then shifted his gaze to the smiling woman beside Qin Deyang, his expression becoming a little colder. Uncle Ye took the young master's hand and left the living room. Qin Deyang walked down the stairs, "Ayan, you're back just in time. I was just about to introduce someone to you." Qin Yanfeng concealed the strange look in his eyes and pulled Shen Manzhi's hand, but felt her hand was cold. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it, only to realize that her eyes were fixed on the woman upstairs. Helande. Qin Yanfeng was also surprised that she appeared here. He embraced Shen Manzhi and tilted his head to whisper, "What's wrong?" Shen Manzhi looked at the dashing woman in a dark suit on the steps and naturally looked away, "It's okay." Helandai curled the corners of her mouth slightly and followed Qin Deyang to the living room. Qin Deyang also raised his eyebrows when he saw Shen Manzhi, but he just nodded slightly at her without avoiding her, and then introduced the people around him to Qin Yanfeng. "This year's annual inspection for the Southwest District has been completed. The person in charge, Deputy General Manager Ms. He Landai, will be accompanied by Qin for the next six months to conduct internal self-inspections and assist in district inspections..." After that, he turned to He Landai beside him and said, "Qin Yanfeng, the new executive president of Qin Corporation, will assist Manager He in this annual inspection." He Landai smiled gently and extended her hand to Qin Yanfeng, "Nice to meet you." Shen Manzhi was somewhat surprised that Qin Yanfeng had already become the executive president less than a year after his return, and he always looked at He Landai's outstretched hand with great interest. He was wearing a well-tailored suit, with a fair wrist revealed at the cuff. He was wearing an ordinary ladies' watch. If one looked closely, one could see obvious calluses at the base of his thumb. Qin Yanfeng did not move until Qin Deyang called out in a deep voice. He then lowered his eyes slightly, raised his hand and barely held half of He Landai's hand, and said in a flat voice, "It's hard work."
In just three seconds, Qin Yanfeng withdrew his hand. This time, He Landai's eyes fell openly on Shen Manzhi, who had been silent the whole time, and she smiled elegantly, "Who is this?" Qin Yanfeng replied, "My wife." Qin Deyang's eyes moved around Shen Manzhi's face and then retracted, "It's just right, it's still early, Ah Yan, you can talk to Manager He, Manager He has to go to Lincheng for a meeting tomorrow morning." Eight o'clock in the evening is actually not early enough to keep guests. "Okay," Qin Yanfeng agreed quickly this time, "I'll take the Madam back to her room first. Please wait for me, Chief Steward He." He Landai smiled and said, "Please go ahead." Qin Yanfeng almost never stayed overnight in the old house in the past six months. Although it was not occupied for a long time, it was cleaned regularly and could be occupied at any time. Qin Yanfeng went to the bathroom and washed his hands for three minutes before coming out. He took out a thin blanket from the cabinet and spread it on the bed. "You rest first." Shen Manzhi leaned against the sliding door of the balcony, looking at Qin Yanfeng's hands, whose knuckles had turned white from being soaked for too long, in silence. Before Qin Yanfeng left, he reminded her again, "You'd better not go out before I come back. Call me if you have anything." Shen Manzhi raised his eyelids slightly, "Okay." The door closed and the room became empty and quiet. Shen Manzhi turned around and looked at the courtyard outside the balcony. Small clusters of lights were decorated on the flower stands and embedded in the stone walls, creating a hazy and dim atmosphere. Qin Yanfeng told her that the only reason he wanted her to make up for his birthday gift was to accompany him to the old house, but there were other reasons why she agreed. There is more than one study room on the third floor. The main room is often used by the old man to meet guests or talk with his family. The old man's health is getting worse and worse. Although he is not in the company, he hears all the important matters. At this moment, Qin Yanfeng and He Landai were the only ones in the side study. Helandai followed Qin Yanfeng in and saw the man walk to the center of the room, bend down and take something from the coffee table, then sit down lazily on the sofa, without any intention of greeting her. She didn't get angry either, and sat down on the sofa opposite Qin Yanfeng. "We just shook hands, and I didn't expect Mrs. Qin to be right beside me. If I'm being rude, I hope Mr. Qin will understand." The corners of Qin Yanfeng's narrow eyes slightly raised, and a haughty expression appeared in an instant, "There are no surveillance or listening devices here, so you don't have to install them in front of me." He Landai was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Didn't Mr. Qin pretend not to know me first?" After these words were spoken, Qin Yanfeng's face turned a little colder. When Shen Manzhi encountered a fire in the resort hotel after the New Year, he suspected that it was Helandai's trick; later, when he met Lanser in Las Vegas and took the opportunity to lure and capture Don that night, he later found out that Helandai did not let him enter Don's room because Shen Manzhi was inside. He was targeted twice, but due to insufficient evidence, he used some tricks to set up a trap and had He Landai removed from her position by the overseas 816 organization. Unexpectedly, she was assigned to another department. "I haven't settled the previous matter with you yet. Are you sure you want to come here and cause trouble?" "What are you talking about?" After Helandai left the overseas organization, she felt less tense, and her tone was capable but with a hint of public relations. "I am only the deputy general manager of annual inspections. At the very least, I still need your company's assistance. How can I hurt our relationship? At the most, ..." She paused for half a second, looked up with half-closed eyes and smiled, "As for the annual inspection, it depends on your cooperation." What this means is, doesn't she have the final say on the level of cooperation? Qin Yanfeng was not timid at all. He put one long leg over the other and leaned against the backrest with his body straight and relaxed. The aura of a king had inadvertently leaked out since he entered the room.
It was only now that Helandai intuitively felt the sense of control that Qin Yanfeng possessed. She saw that man curl his lips slightly, with a hint of sneer in his eyes, and his tone was as condescending as ever. "I think you may not have transitioned from being a combat commander to your current role as deputy chief of the annual inspection area," Qin Yanfeng placed one hand casually on his knee, tapping his index finger nonchalantly, "This position is only for useful people." He Landai's tone became more serious. "Mr. Qin, please don't talk to me as a specially hired person. We are now in a relationship of mutual assistance." "Ah." Qin Yanfeng lowered his eyes and sneered, then raised his eyes again with a cold expression, "Really? Maybe next week, the deputy chief inspector of the southwest region will be replaced." He Landai's face changed slightly, and she smiled bitterly, "Mr. Qin had me dismissed from my position in the organization, and now he wants me to lose my job. Are you trying to slander me again?" "Thirteen days after the New Year, a resort hotel outside Beijing caught fire at night. This abuse of power for personal gain and malicious harm to the people violated the principles of the organization. You call this slander?" Helandai's expression changed only for a moment, then relaxed again, "Any evidence?" "You've been in 836 for so many years, it's not difficult for you to leave no evidence behind," Qin Yanfeng said without getting anxious about her noncommittal attitude. "Similarly, it's not difficult for me to find evidence." He Landai spread her hands and smiled, "Isn't this contradictory, Mr. Qin? If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext." Qin Yanfeng clasped his hands together, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I mean, I want evidence that will make it impossible for you to turn things around." "..." After hearing these words, Helandai broke out in a cold sweat. He was so confident, as if he could really do as he wished. So her expression, which had remained calm for so long, finally broke down, and she said angrily. "You are just doing this for that woman. Do you have to make such a scene?" "How could that be?" Qin Yanfeng had a smile in his eyes, just on the surface, which easily reminded people of a cunning fox. After a show of hypocrisy, he finally showed his fangs. Only then did people realize that his initial indifference was just a bait, and he would gradually achieve his ultimate goal. All-round suppression and warnings. "You really shouldn't touch people," he stood up, slowly straightened the wrinkles on his sleeves, smiled at the man who looked obviously frustrated, and resumed his usual hospitality. "Regarding the annual inspection, please ask Manager He to do his part. Qin will definitely cooperate." Helandai was left alone in the study, her face turning pale and red.