Fang Miaomiao's eyes widened at this statement, "Does Wen Shi now belong to Fang Zhihuan?"
"Not entirely. Since the trafficking incident broke out, many Wen Shi shareholders chose to withdraw their investments. Fang Zhihuan bought it all up, but the majority is still held by Mother and Wen Zhi's family."
"I see."
After they sat for a while, Xu Lin called, asking Fang Miaomiao to attend a press conference the next day.
"Captain Xu, I don't think this has much to do with me."
Hearing this, Xu Lin didn't know what to say, "Miaomiao, this is an order from above, and we have to obey. Besides, you just need to answer some reporters' questions. You should be familiar with this sort of thing."
Isn't this a piece of cake?
"I'm just afraid I'll make a fool of myself if I go," Fang Miaomiao politely declined.
"What's there to be embarrassed about? It's decided. Be there on time tomorrow morning at ten."
Fang Miaomiao looked at the hung-up phone, stunned in place, unsure of what to say.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Miaomiao buried her head in Wen Zhiyan's shoulder, "I don't want to go."
"A commendation ceremony, and you don't want to go?" Wen Zhiyan stroked Fang Miaomiao's head, "Then will Miaomiao still continue acting?"
"Yes, I want to."
"Then go."
Fang Miaomiao remained silent.
Wen Zhiyan smiled gently, "Miaomiao, after attending the press conference, your path forward will be very smooth."
"I know. It's not that I'm being overly sensitive. I'm certainly not the biggest contributor. Moreover, I want the focus to be on the trafficking itself."
Wen Zhiyan pinched Fang Miaomiao's cheek, "I never knew Miaomiao could be so narcissistic before."
Fang Miaomiao grunted a few times, "I'll go, I'll go. I just hope those people don't criticize me too harshly."
"You are a great contributor; they cannot criticize you."
Fang Miaomiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and called Zeng Nian to discuss tomorrow's arrangements. Fortunately, she had no work scheduled, and the itinerary was quickly finalized.
After hanging up, Fang Miaomiao noticed that someone had gone to the study again, "Strange, why has he been running to the study for no reason lately?"
She was silent for a moment, then went to the living room to play games with Xi Xi.
"Why do you always go to the study when discussing matters?"
Wen Zhiyan looked at the faces in the video, somewhat puzzled, "Aren't major matters usually discussed and resolved in the study? Besides, Miaomiao is outside."
If he discussed this matter outside, there would be no surprise.
Fang Zhihuan, on the other end of the video, thought for a moment, "It seems... your words have a little bit of truth to them."
"Master Wen, are you planning to propose?" Xin Xuan asked excitedly, "Do you need our advice?"
Wen Zhiyan: If not, why was he having this video call?
"Little Uncle is getting married?" Wen Wenlan listened to everyone's chatter in the video, somewhat confused. Didn't Little Uncle already get married?
"Young Master Wenlan," Xin Xuan explained, "Master Wen wants to give Madam a perfect proposal and wedding."
Only then did Wen Wenlan realize that although Little Uncle and Little Aunt had registered their marriage, they hadn't had a wedding ceremony.
"So, our task today is to brainstorm ideas?"
"No." Wen Zhiyan shook his head. "Wen Wenlan, your task is to protect yourself."
"Protect myself? I'm doing fine."
Moreover, he had bodyguards, so he was doing more than fine.
"Fang Yan Huan is missing."
Wen Wenlan swallowed, "Can I take back what I just said?"
"Young Master Wenlan, I'm sorry, we weren't paying attention, and she escaped."
Wen Wenlan, upon hearing the report that she had escaped by jumping off a building, fell silent for a moment, "From today onwards, my assistant will follow me twenty-four hours a day."
"What about Xie Wanqing? Have you found out where Xie Wanqing is?"
A name suddenly popped up in the video.
Wen Wenlan shook his head, "No. Ever since Grandfather was arrested, Xie Wanqing has disappeared."
"This woman is quite peculiar," Fang Zhihuan said with interest, "Wen Zhiyan, do you remember the group I sent to investigate Xie Wanqing back then?"
Wen Zhiyan nodded.
"Those people, after investigating Xie Wanqing, fell ill one after another."
Wen Zhiyan fell silent.
Wen Wenlan shook his head, "Little Uncle, I actually investigated Xie Wanqing, and there's nothing wrong with her."
The only problem might be that Second Uncle saved her twice.
"You didn't find anything?"
"No," Wen Wenlan shook his head. "She was also normal when she returned before."
Wen Zhiyan's eyelids drooped, obscuring the deep thoughts in his eyes.
"No, aren't we supposed to be discussing the proposal and wedding? Why are you bringing up Xie Wanqing?" Fang Zhihuan asked, confused.
In his opinion, Xie Wanqing was even more bizarre than Fang Yan Huan.
"Yes, yes, yes, Little Uncle, this matter is over. Let's not talk about unpleasant topics," Wen Wenlan quickly added, "And I have a feeling Xie Wanqing won't appear again."
After a long discussion about Wen Zhiyan and Fang Miaomiao, the group finally ended the call.
The moment the call ended, a text message appeared on Wen Zhiyan's phone.
He opened it.
There were only a few lines of text.
The matter is completely concluded. Xie Wanqing has nothing to do with this, so there's no need to investigate further.
Wen Zhiyan looked at the lines of text, remained silent for a moment, and quickly dialed a number.
Again and again.
The phone on the other end only gave a mechanical and cold response, "The number you have dialed is currently in use."
Wen Zhiyan looked at his phone and called out, "Second Brother."
Instantly.
The phone that was previously in use called him back.
"Second Brother," Wen Zhiyan called out.
Wen Zhiyu on the other end smiled indulgently, "You, you're still so stubborn. To get the answers you want, you'll pursue them no matter the cost."
"Second Brother, the events of five years ago," Wen Zhiyan's voice was hoarse, his grip on the phone tightening.
"I don't do anything illegal."
Wen Zhiyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Second Brother."
"When Big Brother died, I sensed that something was wrong with this matter. I've been investigating it during that time."
"But you didn't find anything, did you?" Wen Zhiyan asked in a low voice.
"Yes, I didn't find anything. And I realized that whenever I was near you and An'an, either you two would get hurt, or I would get hurt."
In addition, his mother would occasionally badmouth Zhiyan in his ear.
While it sounded unpleasant, he vaguely sensed that he would end up like before, having to leave the Wen family, preferably as far away as possible.
Perhaps only then would he, An'an, and Zhiyan be better off.
Therefore, he chose to leave.
He left this city, this country, and went out into the world.