Plunder-Chapter 316: There are Skies Beyond Our Sky

Chapter 316: Chapter 316: There are Skies Beyond Our Sky

"Director Zhou, I’ll go with you."

Cheng Lu, having learned the details, requested to go with Zhou Jin’an.

"Consider this carefully, going might make things worse."

The child was in Mrs. Jia’s hands, and since she is Lin Youyou’s mother, involving the police would change the nature of the situation.

Zhou Jin’an and Cheng Lu were both aware that Mrs. Jia’s sole purpose was to force Lin Youyou to break up with Cheng Lu.

If Cheng Lu appeared, Mrs. Jia would undoubtedly become emotional and speak rashly.

"That’s my child, I have to go."

Cheng Lu was resolute in his attitude.

Zhou Jin’an nodded and patting Cheng Lu on the shoulder, he said, "Let’s go."

In the living room, Lin Youyou was already waiting.

Knowing that Mrs. Jia’s whereabouts had been discovered, her inner anxiety intensified.

"Director Zhou, let’s go."

Lin Youyou urged.

Zhou Jin’an glanced at Qiao En, "You better not go."

Qiao En holding Lin Youyou’s arm, gently said, "I’ll stay with Youyou."

The group wasted no time and immediately set off.

They took two cars, heading directly to the neighborhood where Mrs. Jia was staying.

At that moment, she was in a flurry.

The children had been crying all night, and although she made formula, they refused to drink it.

She was older, tormented by the crying all night, and by now she was exhausted.

"My little ancestors, please stop crying, okay? Grandma is doing all this for your mom’s sake. Can we endure a bit longer? Once your mom gives in, Grandma will send you back, okay?"

She picked up Gege and soothed her while patting her softly.

"Youyou’s mom, come and see, does Beibei seem a bit feverish?"

Lin Bohan, holding Beibei, approached Mrs. Jia, who reached out to feel, and indeed, Beibei had a fever.

"Put Beibei down and hold Gege for a while. I’ll find a fever patch for him."

Mrs. Jia scrambled to look for things.

However, they hadn’t brought any fever patches with them.

"Didn’t I tell you to pack the fever patches? Why can’t I find them?" Mrs. Jia asked while searching.

Lin Bohan suddenly remembered, "Oh no, I think I forgot."

"You’re such a scatterbrain! How can you forget something as important as a fever patch? What do we do now that Beibei has a fever?"

Mrs. Jia came over, picking up Beibei, whose little face was swollen and red.

"How about this? You watch the kids, and I’ll go out to buy some. I’ll be right back."

Mrs. Jia, annoyed, dismissively waved her hand, "Hurry up, and bring back some breakfast as well."

Lin Bohan immediately left the house.

But as he reached the entrance of the complex, he was spotted by Zhou Jin’an and his group.

"Dad."

Lin Youyou shouted and quickly ran towards Lin Bohan.

He, however, reacted like a rat seeing a cat and took off running.

Cheng Lu had long legs and moved quickly; he hurried forward and caught up with Lin Bohan in three large strides.

"Dad, why are you running? You’re old, what if you fall?"

"I’m not your dad. I don’t need you to take care of me."

Lin Bohan hung his head low, shouting at Cheng Lu.

"Uncle Lin, I am Cheng Lu’s supervisor. I would like to have a private word with you about his personal life. Do you think now would be a convenient time?"

Zhou Jin’an stepped forward.

"It’s not convenient."

Lin Bohan immediately refused.

"Then when would be a convenient time?" Zhou Jin’an patiently asked.

Lin Bohan was in a hurry to leave. He pushed Cheng Lu away and quickly walked straight ahead.

"You go pick up the kids. I’ll follow him."

Zhou Jin’an said, calmly keeping pace with Lin Bohan.

He walked ahead while Zhou Jin’an followed behind.

He quickened his pace, and Zhou Jin’an matched him, maintaining a steady distance between them.

Ultimately, Lin Bohan, being older, started to breathe heavily after walking for a while. He stood by the roadside, gasping for breath.

"Why are you following me?"

"I’m not following you. You go your way, that’s all."

Zhou Jin’an casually pocked his hands, exuding a carefree demeanor.

"I have nothing to discuss with you. I have only one daughter, Youyou, and I absolutely will not allow her to marry a man who has been in jail."

Lin Bohan made his stance clear.

Zhou Jin’an smiled. "Is your face really more important than Youyou’s happiness? You keep saying you disagree with her marriage, but the fact is, she’s already had a child. Would you rather have your daughter live as a single mother, enduring people’s criticism, than see her marry Cheng Lu and be happy? Is that love?"

Lin Bohan was just about to retort when he suddenly choked up.

"Have you considered Youyou’s feelings? She has found the man she loves; she doesn’t mind his minor flaws, yet as her parents, you magnify these flaws and ignore her happiness. If she remains single for life, she’ll have to endure loneliness. If she remarries, she’ll have to face other people’s criticisms. Is this the outcome you want to see?"

Lin Bohan hung his head silently, unable to refute Zhou Jin’an’s words.

"Our Youyou is very capable, you don’t need to worry about her."

Zhou Jin’an laughed again. "Really? Then I invite you to visit Nanchen. You’ll see there are mountains beyond mountains, buildings beyond buildings. Lin Youyou is excellent, I don’t deny that, but I want to tell you, there are plenty of people better than her."

"Come on, my car is over there. I’ll take you."

Zhou Jin’an sincerely extended the invitation.

Lin Bohan was somewhat tempted, but then he remembered that Beibei was still feverish, "Hold on, I need to buy something."

Soon, he went to the pharmacy.

Zhou Jin’an didn’t follow him inside, but he noticed when Lin Bohan came out, his bag was filled with children’s fever-reducing patches.

In the car, Zhou Jin’an immediately sent a message to Qiao En.

Having bought what he needed, Lin Bohan hurried back the way he came.

To avoid raising suspicion, he left the items at the security gate and sent a message to Mrs. Jia.

Mrs. Jia had just received the message and was about to pick up the fever patches with the child when she bumped into Lin Youyou at the door.

"Mom."

Lin Youyou couldn’t help but cry again.

She rushed to embrace the child, but Mrs. Jia was quick to shut the door.

Lin Youyou was extremely anxious, constantly banging on the door, "Mom, can I see the kids for a minute? They’re hungry and need to be fed."

Mrs. Jia, however, acted as if she didn’t hear and refused to respond.

Qiao En saw the message and her heart became anxious as well.

"Auntie, the children are sick and need to be taken to the hospital immediately, we can promise you, we won’t take the kids away."

Inside the room, Beibei was crying particularly loudly.

Hearing that the children were sick, Lin Youyou immediately panicked.

"Mom, I promise you, I’ll agree to anything, please, please open the door, okay? Let me take the kids to the hospital, they’re still young and can’t handle all this stress."

Seeing Lin Youyou compromise, Mrs. Jia opened the door.

She blocked the doorway, still not letting Lin Youyou and the others in.

But she didn’t notice that Cheng Lu had also followed them.

"Mom, no offense."

After Cheng Lu spoke, he strode forward and violently pushed open the door.

Mrs. Jia couldn’t dodge in time and fell backward, rigid.

Cheng Lu acted quickly and caught Mrs. Jia.

"Mom, are you alright?"

Mrs. Jia, with a look of disdain, pushed Cheng Lu away harshly.

Lin Youyou and Qiao En had already rushed in, each picking up a child.

"Beibei, don’t cry, mommy is here, mommy is here."

Lin Youyou didn’t care about anything else and hurriedly sat down to breastfeed the child.

The little guy, starving, lay in Lin Youyou’s arms gulping down the milk.

"We should hurry to the hospital."

Qiao En suggested.

After Lin Youyou had fed one child, she picked up the other child.

"Okay."

As she was about to leave, Mrs. Jia again spread her arms to block her way.

"Youyou, you have already promised me, break up with this man, you can’t go back on your word. I’ve already arranged a blind date for you, you’ll go tonight."

"Auntie, is it appropriate to say this now? The children are the priority, can you bear the responsibility if something happens?"

Qiao En didn’t give Mrs. Jia time to continue speaking and took the lead in walking out; Lin Youyou immediately followed.

Cheng Lu was about to leave as well, but Mrs. Jia grabbed his arm, "Cheng Lu, I’m warning you, from now on, stay away from my daughter."

Cheng Lu’s brows were tightly furrowed.

If this woman were anyone else, he would have been unable to resist hitting her, but this person was his mother-in-law, so he had to endure.

"Mom, the children are sick, I need to take them to the hospital now, everything else can wait until the kids are better. Today, if I have offended, please forgive me."

Cheng Lu prised Mrs. Jia’s hand off and quickly followed the others out.

The car was parked downstairs, Cheng Lu quickly opened the door, and Qiao En and Lin Youyou climbed in; he returned to the driver’s seat, and the car sped off towards the hospital.

Meanwhile, Zhou Jin’an took Lin Bohan to Nanchen.

As soon as they entered the company lobby, employees respectfully greeted Zhou Jin’an.

"Director Zhou, hello."

Zhou Jin’an nodded coldly and emotionlessly.

Lin Bohan followed Zhou Jin’an, it was his first time witnessing such a scene.

From the moment he entered the lobby, everyone here seemed to shimmer and shine.

Zhou Jin’an led him through each department of Nanchen and then pointed to the corner and said to Lin Bohan, "That’s where Lin Youyou’s workstation used to be."

Lin Bohan looked at the most ordinary corner workstation, pondered for a long time.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you to the HR department."

Zhou Jin’an said as he dove back into the elevator.

Lin Bohan hastened to follow.

"Director Zhang, bring up Lin Youyou’s resume along with the resumes of her colleagues in the same department,"

Zhou Jin’an instructed.

Director Zhang complied.

Soon, more than thirty resumes were retrieved and laid out in front of Lin Bohan.

"This is Lin Youyou’s resume, she graduated from the undergraduate College of Finance and Accounting at Jiang University. These are her department colleagues’ resumes, take your time,"

Zhou Jin’an had seen those resumes before.

The recruitment standards of Nanchen had always been the strictest in Rong City.

A bachelor’s degree was the basic requirement, master’s and PhD were quite common, those with an international background were not even worth mentioning, and in the pool of talented individuals at Nanchen, Lin Youyou’s excellence seemed not very outstanding.

As Lin Bohan was flipping through the resumes, Zhou Jin’an sat lounging on the sofa in the reception room.

He crossed his legs, leisurely watching the scene.

"Did the child get picked up?"

He took the opportunity to send a message to Qiao En.

"Picked up, now on the way to the hospital."

Receiving this message, Zhou Jin’an felt much more at ease.

About twenty minutes had passed, Lin Bohan had finished looking through the resumes.

His expression wasn’t very good.

"Didn’t our Youyou get transferred to Singapore? She must be more outstanding than others to have qualified for this opportunity,"

Zhou Jin’an smiled, "The reason she was transferred to Singapore is because she offended someone at work, and for her safety, the company temporarily sent her to Singapore to study. Uncle Lin, would you like to also look at the resumes of the colleagues in our Singapore branch?"

This time, Lin Bohan didn’t dare act rashly.

He shook his head hurriedly, "No need, no need, Director Zhou, thank you for troubling yourself today and for your longstanding care for our Youyou."

Facing reality now, he seemed much more resigned than before.

"Right, you haven’t looked at Cheng Lu’s resume yet!"

Zhou Jin’an then instructed HR to fetch Cheng Lu’s resume.

Lin Bohan hadn’t expected that Cheng Lu had bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Columbia University. In terms of education, ability, and experience, he was incomparable to Lin Youyou.

"Uncle Lin, being an educator, you must understand this well. Cheng Lu indeed has been in prison, but you already know the reason. I think if any man were in his shoes, he would have made the same decision, right? Confucius said, ’Who can be devoid of fault? To change it, to do well, is the greatest of virtues.’ As a teacher, you educate students this way; as a parent, why can’t you be more lenient with your own child? Cheng Lu is an excellent man; he loves Youyou deeply, and I can assure you that his future is boundless. It’s a good match if Youyou marries him."

"But if you insist on opposing their relationship, then your daughter will lose an excellent husband, and you will lose a filial and ambitious son-in-law. You’ve seen Cheng Lu’s excellence; he and Youyou are not yet married, meaning he’s still single. Do you think with his current situation, he could find a better girl than Youyou?"

Zhou Jin’an’s questioning rendered Lin Bohan completely speechless.

He sighed heavily, "Thank you, Director Zhou. I understand now."

When he arrived, he was pompous, but now, having seen the bigger picture, he was no longer that frog in the well.

He walked toward the exit, and Zhou Jin’an also stood up.

"Let’s go, we are going to the hospital now."