Good news! My sister Lin finally stopped being abstract today!

Chapter 204 Those Glorious Past Events

Still no response?

Inside Yage's office, Lu Nan looked up and asked his assistant, who shook his head.

Lu Nan placed the documents on his desk, then rubbed his forehead in exasperation. "Where's my second sister over there?"

There's still no news.

"Keep looking."

The assistant did not reply.

Lu Nan looked up. "What's wrong?"

The assistant forced a smile. "Mr. Lu, they're unwilling to hire anyone else because they haven't received payment. Furthermore, the company hasn't received any new contracts this month, and many employees haven't received their salaries for almost two months... they're all..."

Lu Nan understood what her assistant didn't say. She propped her head up, closed her eyes, and said, "You can go out now."

"Ok."

After the office door was closed, Lu Nan turned his head to look out the window. A gentle breeze rustled the leaves.

When the company was doing well, she sat in a high-rise office overlooking City A. Now, she sits in a small building in an alley, starting from scratch.

For two months, the company only spent money and didn't receive any work.

Lu Nan looked out the window, his brows furrowed and never relaxed.

-

Back home, Lin Zhihao looked at the empty house and sighed, "Sigh, I'm home alone again."

Shen Yuyu has returned to Qingcheng to be with He's father. Without her spending her days getting beauty treatments and manicures at home, the house feels much quieter.

"Ugh, so lonely, so boring, so tired~" Lin Zhihao howled as she lay on the sofa.

Aunt Wang came out from behind the sofa. "Where are you tired? Let me give you a massage."

"Who is it?!" Lin Zhihao jumped three feet high.

Wang Ma straightened up. "Me? Who else could it be?"

"Grandma Wang? What are you still doing here?" Lin Zhihao walked around the sofa, her lips twitching. "You even hid and startled me."

Aunt Wang: "Tch, who's hiding? I'm cleaning under the sofa right there."

Lin Zhihao: "Huh? Mom has already gone home, shouldn't you go back to the old house, Grandma Wang?"

Wang Ma is about the same age as Lin Zhihao's maternal grandmother, and is already retired. However, because she is used to staying in the old house, she usually grows flowers and chats with Lin Zhihao's maternal grandmother. She has entered the retirement stage.

"Go back? You and that girl Manman, two young girls living here, eating takeout every day, how can you grow tall?"

Wang Ma put the mop back in the bathroom. "I'm going to stay here so I can take care of your daily meals and stuff. I fed your mother and raised her. Now that it's your turn, I don't feel comfortable letting you eat takeout or food cooked by others."

Lin Zhihao was speechless. "No, Grandma Wang, do you know how willful you are? Does the housekeeper know?"

Previously, because of Lin Zhihao and He Manman's health issues, we asked Wang Ma to come over. If she stays here in the future, she's so old, and we have to cook for her every day. Not to mention her grandmother, even her mother would complain.

"So what?" Wang Ma said nonchalantly. "Whatever I decide, they can't possibly have any objections."

Lin Zhihao had her own thoughts, but of course she couldn't have any objections. After all, the butler was her son; could he really control her? He was getting on in years, and he was going through a rebellious phase.

"Oh dear, no, we can't let you serve us like this. It was a special case before, but you can't stay here forever," Lin Zhihao said, trying to persuade Wang Ma.

"Ugh, stop nagging," Wang Ma said impatiently. "Are you trying to kick me out? I don't care, I'm staying here."

Aunt Wang chuckled, ignoring Lin Zhihao's opinion. Lin Zhihao wanted to say something more, but Aunt Wang interrupted her by covering her mouth, "Shh, are you hungry? How about Grandma makes you some midnight snacks? The kind that won't make you fat~"

Lin Zhihao: ······

Twenty minutes later, Lin Zhihao sat down at the dining table. "Grandma, I have something to tell you." (chewing) "This is the last meal, tomorrow." (chewing, gurgling) "Ha~ I'll send you back to the old house tomorrow." (burp)

"Oh." Wang Ma didn't take Lin Zhihao's words to heart. Laughable, someone could kick her out? Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Lin Zhi had just finished his late-night snack and put the bowl back in the kitchen when He Manman returned.

"Ugh, so tired."

He Manman felt completely drained. After meeting many people in the industry at Sister Lin's coming-of-age ceremony, resources kept coming her way on her first day back at work.

We filmed from morning till night, all day long, only taking a break at lunch and dinner.

She filmed three commercials today alone.

Lin Zhihao sat down next to He Manman. "What's wrong? You look so tired. But this is great. You'll soon become a superstar and the top star of Xinghui."

"Oh dear, although it is indeed very good, this job is not something everyone can do." He Manman does not currently have an agent, and Lin Zhihao helps her with some of her business.

"Why don't you let Sister Nani arrange a meeting between you and your agent first? That way, you won't have to do all the work-related things yourself," Lin Zhihao suggested.

After all, it's not good for He Manman to only have one assistant to help with odd jobs.

"No." He Manman shook her head in refusal.

Although Nick Zhang didn't say it, she wanted to wait for him.

Lin Zhihao: "Alright, I'll lend you a hand anyway, but I'll ask Sister Nani to find you a more professional assistant so you can relax a lot."

He Manman: "Really? Hmm~~ Sister Lin, you're so good to me~"

He Manman stared at the ceiling. How could she not wait for Zhang Nick? When she was down on her luck, he had stayed by her side and was the only person in the world who had been kind to the original owner of this body. Now it was her turn to protect him.

"correct."

Lin Zhihao handed Yage's cooperation proposal to He Manman, saying, "Take a look at this."

He Manman got up and flipped through the photos. "Hmm, this one is... well, it's alright. But I've heard of this company before. Apparently, the boss here is a bit inconsiderate."

“There’s a reason why she didn’t distinguish between what’s important and what’s not.” Lin Zhihao shared the inside information that Xiao Yang had shared with her with He Manman. When she heard that the other party’s career had plummeted because of her search for someone, and that it was a real-life version of the “true and false heiresses” story she had read in a novel, she immediately became excited.

"This, this, this, I love watching these kinds of melodramatic plots the most!" He Manman said excitedly.

"I'm not asking you to sit here and read a real-life version of a novel; I'm asking if you're interested in collaborating."

"Actually, when Nick was still with us, they sent me a cooperation proposal, but Nick refused, saying that their company's situation was too risky and could easily cause trouble. Although the boss was very capable, Nick still rejected their offer of cooperation."

Lin Zhihao carefully put away the letter of intent for cooperation.

"That's true, but the cancerous elements in her company have been removed, so it's worth a try now. Besides, their shooting style is exactly what I'm looking for."

Lin Zhihao did not finalize the cooperation simply because the other party's boss was pitiful. Instead, she compared several large companies and all the partners that Nani had given her before choosing Yage.

As for what happened to Yage before, it only shows that she is easily influenced by her relatives, not that she has a problem with her abilities. She has seen it, so the magazines that Yage collaborated on and were published with were all very well received.

He Manman: "Then let's give it a try. As long as we can keep that fake heiress in check and prevent her from causing trouble, it's just one shoot, nothing serious."

The fact that some employees are still willing to follow Lu Nan despite the constant internal strife within Yage Company shows that Lu Nan is a decent person.

"Row."

Once the two had reached an agreement, Lin Zhihao sent her opinion to Nani.

Nani replied immediately, indicating her agreement, because Lin Zhihao's choice was the same as her intention.

-

In Yage's dimly lit office, Lu Nan sat in front of his computer, flipping through magazines that the company had previously photographed.

"boss!"

With the sound, the office lights were also switched on with a snap.

Lu Nan looked up and saw his secretary's excited expression. "What's wrong?"

"StarHui!" The secretary was so excited she was about to cry.

"Ok?"

"The Xinghui contract has arrived!" The secretary's voice cracked with excitement. Damn it, she used to work in a high-rise building with the boss. Now she was stuck in this small workshop, feeling utterly humiliated.

"Really!" Lu Nan couldn't believe it. She was about to give up, but someone was actually willing to give them a chance.

"Mmm, ahhhhh! We've got work to do!" Secretary Orange excitedly hugged Lu Nan, "Sister Lu Nan, waaaaaah!"

With his heart finally at ease, Lu Nan showed his first genuine smile in a long time.