A few people chatted for a while. Yang Yun suggested taking some photos on this occasion to serve as a memento.
Just as the photographer was called over, Zhou Yangfeng realized his sister was missing. He had to sneak away to make a phone call.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the call connected, he heard a fierce argument and the sound of something being smashed. Zhou Yangfeng frowned and angrily said, "Zhou Lanlan, what are you doing? Come over quickly for photos. Do you know what day it is? What kind of occasion?"
"Brother! Come save me!"
The girl on the other end screamed dramatically. Zhou Yangfeng was instantly terrified. Although Zhou Lanlan often did outrageous things, she was his sister, and he worried something might happen to her.
Concern can cloud judgment.
If it were anyone else, Zhou Yangfeng would have calmly realized that this was Zhuo Jin's territory, and no one would dare cause trouble here unless they were tired of living.
By the time he rushed over with people, the matter had just been resolved.
It turned out that a relative brought by one of the invited guests had had a bit too much to drink during the wedding ceremony and was resting in the lounge. Zhou Lanlan and her friend had entered the wrong room.
The person was a notorious scoundrel, nearing forty and still unmarried, who frequented entertainment venues and was known as a lecher in social circles. Seeing young girls enter his room, he mistook them for wanting to throw themselves at him and lunged forward without a word.
While Zhou Lanlan was arguing with him, Zhou Yangfeng called. The man tried to snatch her phone, accidentally knocking over a vase and breaking it.
Guests outside heard the commotion and came in, and someone finally stepped in to rescue Zhou Lanlan.
At this moment, she was being protected by a man. He had his suit jacket draped over her shoulders. The man himself was wearing a white shirt, a tie, and perfectly coiffed hair, with well-fitting suit pants that made him appear tall and handsome.
"Lanlan."
Zhou Yangfeng pulled his sister over, casting a displeased look at the man. After hearing the full story, he relaxed his guard slightly and said, "Thank you, sir, for helping my sister."
The man smiled elegantly, "Young Master Zhou is too kind."
Hearing this address, Zhou Yangfeng frowned slightly in annoyance.
As the host of the banquet and Zhou Lanlan's older sister, Zhuo Jin naturally felt obliged to speak up.
She didn't remember the invitation list clearly, but she happened to recall this person. Before she got engaged to Zhong Yan, he had made several overt advances, all of which she had rejected.
When compiling the guest list for this event, her assistant had specifically asked her. Considering the business cooperation between their companies, Zhuo Jin hadn't removed him.
Whether this "hero saving the damsel" was a coincidence or deliberate, she couldn't say. But it was Zhou Lanlan's foolishness that she had entered the wrong lounge.
"Thank you, Mr. Yan, for helping my sister. Second Sister, please accompany Lanlan to change her clothes."
The woman who was addressed seemed a bit flattered and, after a moment's hesitation, quickly came over and led Zhou Lanlan away.
The venue maintenance crew quickly restored everything. A waiter brought several glasses of red wine. Zhuo Jin raised her glass and toasted the man. Seeing Zhong Yan, she waved him over.
"Ah Jin."
"Is everything handled?"
Zhong Yan nodded, "That gentleman who was drunk has been sent back."
Zhuo Jin nodded and asked for a glass of wine for him as well.
"This is a business partner, Mr. Yan Huai Zhang from Yan Group. Mr. Yan, this is..."
"Director Zhou's partner," the man interjected, raising his glass to him. "No need for introductions. I believe in the circle, no one doesn't know Mr. Ran's name. It's an honor to meet you."
The remark was a bit sharp, but Zhong Yan maintained his composure, clinking glasses with the man and taking a sip of red wine.
Zhuo Jin, however, didn't let it slide and frowned as she asked, "The circle? Mr. Yan, which circle are you referring to?"
Yan Huai Zhang seemed to suspect she was feigning ignorance.
Speaking of this in front of them, he was naturally referring to his circles, of which there were more than three active ones.
Zhong Yan was in research, so he couldn't relate to their conversations. He was naturally referring to the circle that included both of them.
But he didn't state it so directly, instead saying, "The circles where we usually chat casually. Director Zhou is busy with work, so it's normal that you wouldn't know. In any case, I've admired Mr. Ran for a long time. Mr. Ran is a respectable researcher. My grandfather wanted me to study hard, but I wasn't cut out for it. Mr. Ran..."
The Yan family's background was different from Zhuo Jin's YL. YL was a major conglomerate she had built over more than a decade. The Yan Group, on the other hand, was the accumulation of several generations. The first one or two generations engaged in unsavory businesses. It wasn't until Yan Huai Zhang's father married a lady from a scholarly family that they began to reform their image.
With such a large company as Yan Group, and Yan Huai Zhang being the only son, even if he truly wanted to, the Yan family wouldn't let him bury himself in a laboratory.
These were just pleasantries.
This was how things usually went, and Zhuo Jin hadn't taken it to heart.
To her surprise, not long after this incident, she heard some unfavorable rumors.
It seemed Yan Huai Zhang had taken a liking to Zhou Lanlan. Su Dan Novel Network.
There were photos as evidence: Yan Huai Zhang had driven his luxury car to pick her up several times, and they went out to eat, watch movies, and visit amusement parks together.
Her assistant, who was now quite familiar with her, commented sarcastically, "Yan Huai Zhang is a seasoned fox. What kind of woman hasn't he seen? How could he possibly like a skinny girl like her? Director Zhou, I think he's coming after you."
Zhuo Jin's brow furrowed slightly.
Someone like Yan Huai Zhang wouldn't be interested in Zhou Lanlan, especially since Zhou Lanlan was not yet seventeen.
This move was rather clumsy.
"Go investigate Pan Heng Garden under Yan Group, and also, investigate the people around Yan Huai Zhang."
The Yan family's real rise to prominence came from real estate. However, what made them, also broke them. Pan Heng Garden was Yan Group's most significant investment in recent years, but it had recently encountered problems and was now halted.
The official reason was safety concerns, but Zhuo Jin knew the inside story; it was far more complicated than what was being circulated.
Considering the events at the wedding, Zhuo Jin couldn't help but suspect that the Yan family was genuinely in deep trouble.
Otherwise, Yan Huai Zhang wouldn't have made such a clumsy move.
She didn't care about Yan Huai Zhang's attitude towards Zhou Lanlan. If Zhou Lanlan didn't want it, no one could force her. If she did, it wouldn't be impossible for them to get married.
The key was whether she would be so cruel.
Her subordinates quickly replied. After reading their messages, Zhuo Jin decided not to be cruel for now.
She began to suspect something else.
If the girl who had shown up at the wedding was a protagonist, then Yan Huai Zhang, who in her past life was a foolish victim and in this life was the heroine's gentle, considerate, wealthy, handsome, tall, rich, and attractive white moonlight, was 90% likely to be the male protagonist.