The next day, the weather wasn’t great, as the forecast predicted more rain.

Sure enough, by noon, a light drizzle began to fall. Song Yansheng stood by the window of the TK Group, watching the raindrops tapping against the glass, feeling quite content.

It was October, and October in T City had always been rainy. Song Yansheng even remembered that when he was about seven or eight years old, Wangjiang had once flooded.

Back then, he was in the car with his parents passing by, and he heard a four or five-year-old child on the bridge exclaim with delight, pointing at the floodwaters, "The sea, the sea~"

Yu Yao held Song Yansheng in her arms, closed the car window, and Song Yansheng withdrew his gaze, thinking that being a little younger was better, for it meant being more innocent and happier.

As he grew older, the troubles he encountered increased, making him feel more and more that childhood was indeed the happiest and most beautiful period.

However, counting carefully, his happiness and bliss ended at fourteen.

It was all destroyed by Song Zhongming.

Now, Song Yansheng was nearly thirty. He had started his own business and, in less than nine years, became the president of a multinational company.

You could say he had vast power and influence.

But the troubles he encountered also increased. However, now he no longer got entangled indoors, trapping himself, but instead learned to find rare joy and warmth amidst the complexities of the world.

Like at this moment, he called Gu Zheng, hoping Gu Zheng could send Ye Mingmei to Song Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Gu Zheng flatly refused.

The reason was that Ye Mingmei was recently grounded, unable to go anywhere.

Song Yansheng frowned: "Why is she grounded again for no good reason, A Zheng? Aren’t you being a little too strict with Mingmei?"

Gu Zheng naturally wouldn’t say that recently Ye Mingmei had been looking at all sorts of outrageous things online.

She had begun to become curious about men’s bodies.

First, she tried to secretly watch him bathe from the bathroom, then she sneaked into the men’s bathhouse at the camp.

If she hadn’t been caught in time and informed about it, he couldn’t imagine what else this girl would have done.

This really annoyed Gu Zheng. In fact, before receiving Song Yansheng’s call, Gu Zheng had already grounded Ye Mingmei for nearly five days.

But he was not planning to let her out yet. He had been very busy lately and didn’t have time to keep an eye on Ye Mingmei. How could he rest assured if he didn’t ground her?

Moreover, how could he allow Ye Mingmei to look at other men’s bodies?

Song Yansheng wanted to bring Ye Mingmei to Song Mansion, saying Shi Nuan had been in a bad mood recently and wanted Ye Mingmei to accompany her.

Ha, if his wife was in a bad mood, shouldn’t he accompany her himself? Why drag his little girl into this?

Moreover, Song Yansheng was also a man, and Ye Mingmei had cried out many times that she wanted to marry him.

Although they were just childish words, there was no guarantee that she wouldn’t sneak into Song Yansheng’s bathroom to watch him bathe.

Gu Zheng’s tone grew heavier: "Mingmei is young and unsettled; of course, I have to keep an eye on her!"

Song Yansheng said: "A Zheng, I think I’ve told you many times, you can’t watch over her forever, and Mingmei is nearly an adult, isn’t she?"

There was no response from Gu Zheng’s side.

Song Yansheng continued: "Since Mingmei can’t come, let it be. I’ll comfort my own wife myself!"

Gu Zheng sneered on his end, thinking: if you don’t comfort her, who else would?

"If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now!" Gu Zheng finished speaking and was about to hang up the phone.

Song Yansheng quickly stopped him and asked: "How’s the investigation on Zhong Jinnan and Xue Mobei going?"

"These two people aren’t easy to investigate, and Zhong Jinnan seems aware we’re looking into him, so he hasn’t shown up recently. Qin Ran has privately contacted Yan Ke, now even Yan Ke doesn’t know where he is... but with Yan Ke around, A Qing’s side can at least put us at ease to some extent!"

Song Yansheng squinted slightly: "Will Yan Ke take care of A Qing? He doesn’t seem like a man who’d care for his rival in love!"

"True." Gu Zheng said: "But no matter how much Yan Ke dislikes A Qing, he won’t ignore the child A Qing is carrying, after all, it’s Qin Ran’s child!"

...

Unable to invite Ye Mingmei, Song Yansheng thought of another person.

That person was Jiang Ziyuan, but Jiang Ziyuan was very busy with work, unable to come to Song Mansion, although she would be available on weekends.

Song Yansheng said: "I’ll have someone arrange a car to pick you up that weekend, and you can keep Nuannuan company shopping!"

Jiang Ziyuan responded with an "um": "So, what’s my benefit?"

Song Yansheng: "Whatever you buy, I’ll cover it all!"