Beijing Colors Lingering

The Huaheng Group headquarters building, located in the city center, stands majestically. In the top-floor conference room, a Monday meeting is underway.

The executives sitting on either side of the conference table all wore serious and focused expressions, but inwardly they were thinking that the atmosphere of today's meeting was too strange.

Although Jay Chou usually has this indifferent and calm expression, today he clearly exuded a chilling aura that sent shivers down people's spines.

Just now, when a senior executive was reporting on the latest progress of the project, he was more meticulous than usual, carefully delivering the prepared content, afraid of mispronouncing a single word or reading out a single piece of data.

After a long and serious morning meeting, everyone breathed a sigh of relief after Zhou Yancong left the meeting room, and some even felt as if they had come back to life instantly.

Yan Ze and Yu Feng, who were following behind Zhou Yancong, exchanged a quick glance, guessing that their boss was probably acting this way because of Miss Shen.

Meanwhile, at the Cheng family's old house, Shen Jinsui had breakfast with her grandparents in the dining room.

She then went back to the study next to her bedroom to participate in the department's online morning meeting, and after the meeting, she began her work for the day.

Shen Jinsui's comic "Entering the Dream" is about to end its second season of serialization, and the main task this week is to complete the final draft.

When He Xiaoxiao and the others arrived at the company this morning, they learned that Shen Jinsui would be working from home this week, so they sent her a message out of curiosity to inquire about her well-being.

After receiving their messages, Shen Jinsui smiled and replied to them one by one, explaining that she was working online because of family matters.

Grandpa Cheng Su and Grandma Cheng Yiqi learned last night that Shen Jinsui would be staying at the old house for the next few days and working from home, so they were naturally very happy and specially instructed several chefs to prepare their granddaughter's favorite dishes this week.

After Shen Jinsui finished lunch, she walked out of the main building and came to the beauty salon in the old house.

The beauty salon is located in the garden next to the main building. It is a spacious classical bungalow with blue bricks and gray tiles, carved beams and painted rafters, and a staggered roof.

The exterior walls are engraved with exquisite and intricate patterns, delicate and meticulous, exuding a calm and elegant atmosphere.

The afternoon sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the blue brick ground outside the house.

At this moment, Shen Jinsui was lying on the beauty bed with her eyes closed, and the Cheng family's beautician was giving her a skin care treatment.

A faint aroma of tea filled the room, refreshing and soothing. Sunlight streamed through the carved wooden windows, casting dappled shadows.

When Kang Yiqi learned that her granddaughter's menstrual cycle had been irregular for the past two months, she arranged for the Cheng family's traditional Chinese medicine doctor to examine her after her skincare routine was finished.

After carefully examining the pulse, the family's traditional Chinese medicine practitioner indicated that there were no other symptoms besides irregular menstruation, and that only a few doses of traditional Chinese medicine were needed to regulate the body.

Shen Jinsui has never liked drinking hot and bitter things since she was a child, so she resolutely refused the suggestion from her family's traditional Chinese medicine doctor to prescribe Chinese medicine for her. In the end, another family doctor prescribed several boxes of Western medicine.

In the evening, Shen Jinsui received a message from Zhou Yancong as usual. After reading it, she did not reply and turned off her phone.

Shen Jinsui didn't plan to have a long cold war with Zhou Yancong; she would take the initiative to contact him at most next week.

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The peaceful and leisurely days passed quickly. On Thursday, Cheng Yu returned to the Cheng family's old house after finishing work.

He later learned from the housekeeper that his sister had been staying at the old house for the past few days and had not gone out.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yu thought back to the last time he saw his sister. Could it be that she really had a conflict with Zhou Yancong?

When Cheng Su and Kang Yiqi met Cheng Yu, they first asked him a few questions with concern, and then instructed the housekeeper to prepare several dishes that their grandson liked to eat.

Immediately afterwards, Kang Yiqi looked at Cheng Yu, her brows furrowing slightly, and said slowly, "Xiao Yu, I always felt that Sui Sui was in a bad mood a few days ago, but she only returned to normal this morning."

Cheng Su added, "Your grandma is right. Could it be that Sui Sui had a fight with Zhou Yan Cong? She hasn't left the house for the past few days."

Kang Yiqi nodded slightly, indicating that she agreed with her husband's guess.

Although Shen Jinsui concealed it well, Kang Yiqi and Cheng Su could still sense that something was wrong with her.

They occasionally noticed that Shen Jinsui was lost in thought, and her low mood would inadvertently show. It wasn't until they had breakfast with her this morning that they realized her mood had returned to normal.

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment after hearing this, then slowly said, "I don't know what happened between them either. Don't worry, I'll go ask Zhou Yancong tomorrow. No matter what the situation is between them, I won't let Sui Sui suffer any injustice."

After hearing their grandson's words, Cheng Su and Kang Yiqi stopped discussing the topic and stopped getting too involved in the affairs of the young people.

Soon, the conversation between the three shifted to Cheng Yu.

Cheng Su stared at him, slightly dissatisfied, and said, "Xiao Yi is almost engaged, how come you, as the eldest of this generation, are still single?"

The "Xiao Yi" that Cheng Su mentioned refers to Cheng Yu's cousin, Cheng Yi, who recently accepted a blind date arranged by two elders and developed feelings for the girl, intending to get to know her better.

Kang Yiqi chimed in, "Xiao Yu, you don't want to date right now, and you don't want the blind dates we arrange for you either. That won't do."

When confronted with the couple's pressure to get married, Cheng Yu replied dismissively, "Grandpa and Grandma, I will seriously consider my relationship issues, so you don't need to worry."

Cheng Su glared and said in a deep voice, "You always say that, but I've never seen you have a girlfriend."

After thinking for a moment, Kang Yiqi said, "Xiao Yu, as long as the girl you like has good character, it doesn't matter what her family background is."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yu simply hummed in response and did not say anything further.

Seeing his grandson's attitude, Cheng Su's expression was not good.

Kang Yiqi also looked worried, truly afraid that her grandson might be a staunch non-marriage advocate or something else entirely.

Not long after, Shen Jinsui came to the lobby on the first floor after finishing her work for the day, which broke the awkward atmosphere.

When Cheng Yu saw Shen Jinsui, he asked, "Sui Sui, why did you suddenly decide to work from home? Don't you want to work at Nebula anymore? Then you might as well just quit."

Shen Jinsui first greeted her grandparents, then looked at Cheng Yu and smiled, "My work this week isn't very busy, so I'm working from home, and I can also spend time with my grandparents."

Cheng Yu observed Shen Jinsui's expression and found nothing unusual. Just as her grandmother had said, her emotions had returned to normal, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After dinner, Shen Jinsui watched the latest popular movies in the old house's movie theater.

The movie's opening credits had barely finished when Shen Jinsui received a message from Zhou Yancong: "Baby, are you busy?"

After calming down for a few days, Shen Jinsui had let go of her unhappiness and realized that her actions that day had been somewhat impulsive. So she quickly replied: "I'm watching a movie."

The next second, Zhou Yancong's message popped up: [Are you at the movie theater?]

Shen Jinsui: [No, I'm in the movie theater at the old house. Are you still working?]

Zhou Yancong: [I'm working abroad for the past two days and won't be back in Beijing until tomorrow night. Can I come see you?]

After thinking for a moment, Shen Jinsui typed back to him: "I'm going to Macau with Zhenzhen and the others tomorrow afternoon."

Zhou Yancong: [Shall I come to Macau on Sunday to pick you up and take you back to Beijing?]

After a few seconds of contemplation, Shen Jinsui replied: "No need."

At this moment, Zhou Yancong was in a large conference room.

When he saw the message, the slight upturn of his lips froze, and his eyes dimmed, thinking that Shen Jinsui still did not want to see him.

The executives sitting on both sides of the conference table noticed the boss's unpredictable expression. They looked at each other, but no one dared to say a word.

Shen Jinsui lowered her eyes and stared at her phone screen, seeing that there was no reply from the other end for a long time.

Zhou Yancong must be busy right now, right?

She blinked after a moment of stunned silence, then turned off her phone.

In fact, Shen Jinsui knew that Zhou Yancong's work was always very busy, so she wanted him to rest first after returning to China.

Shen Jinsui planned to go directly to him after returning to Beijing on Sunday noon, and even had a gift in mind.