Rebirth and Conquest

When Chen Yan finished her business and was about to leave the company, it was already very late. Zhou Linli and the others had not returned yet. Chen Yan thought that Zhou Linli should have already taken Chen Haoran home, so she did not plan to wait for them any longer. Chen Yan believed that Zhou Linli would not take her out to play too late, so she called Wen Mu and asked him to come and pick her up.

Soon, Wen Mu arrived and picked up Chen Yan. The two then went back together. On the way back, Wen Mu asked Chen Yan while driving, "I heard your brother is here?"

"Hmm, do you want to go see him? He seems to like you quite a bit."

“Okay, I miss him a little too,” Wen Mu said with a smile, but his face immediately fell. “It’s just that your mother probably doesn’t want to see me.”

Chen Yan smiled and said, "Then I'll pick him up tomorrow."

As the two were talking, Chen Yan's phone suddenly rang. Chen Yan took out her phone and saw that it was Xi Yichen calling. Chen Yan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, not expecting that Xi Yichen would contact her.

After the call connected, Xi Yichen's voice, which sounded like a half-smile, came through: "I have a guest here. Would you like to see him?"

Chen Yan chuckled silently and asked casually, "Who do you want me to see?"

Xi Yichen didn't say anything more, and directly sent Chen Yan a photo.

Chen Yan casually clicked on the photo and glanced at it, but his pupils suddenly contracted when he saw the photo. The person in the photo was none other than Chen Haoran.

Chen Yan sat up abruptly, her voice still calm but tinged with coldness: "Where is he now?"

Xi Yichen across from him chuckled, "Are you interested now?"

“I didn’t expect your brother to be such a well-behaved person. He’s playing at my house right now,” Xi Yichen said, pausing for a moment before adding, “Oh, you probably don’t know where I live, do you? I live at ‘Jiangting Villa’.”

After saying this, Xi Yichen hung up the phone.

Wen Mu turned to look at Chen Yan, but was startled by his unpleasant expression. He asked, "What's wrong?"

“Let’s go to ‘Jiangting Villa’,” Chen Yan said.

So the car changed course and drove directly to 'Jiangting Villa'.

Chen Yan's expression remained cold throughout the journey, and Wen Mu didn't say anything more.

As soon as the two arrived at the villa, another car drove up. After Chen Yan got out of the car, Lu Mengli stepped out of it.

"Xiao Mu?" Lu Mengli asked in surprise upon seeing Chen Yan and the others, "What are you doing here?"

Upon seeing Lu Mengli again, Wen Mu felt inexplicably awkward and forced a polite greeting, saying, "Mr. Lu, we're here to see Mr. Xi."

Hearing Wen Mu's distant tone, Lu Mengli couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't show it on his face. In fact, after so long, he knew in his heart that it was impossible for the two of them to be together, so he had let go of his feelings for Wen Mu. So he smiled and said, "Then let's go in together."

The two of them walked into the villa together, while Chen Yan had already gone in first.

At this moment, Xi Yichen was sitting on the sofa in the living room, leisurely sipping a cup of green tea. When he saw Chen Yan come in, he put down his teacup. "You came really fast?" He had just finished speaking when Wen Mu walked in. Xi Yichen's eyes flickered, but then he saw Lu Mengli next to Wen Mu. This time, Xi Yichen couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why are you here too?"

Lu Mengli coughed before saying, "I have some work-related matters to discuss with you."

"Oh, then let's sit together."

Chen Yan sat down on the sofa next to Xi Yichen, while Wen Mu sat down next to her.

"What about him?" Chen Yan asked Xi Yichen directly.

"I had someone play with him nearby."

"What are your conditions? Tell me."

"Tsk tsk," Xi Yichen shook his head. "You come to me asking for your brother back, and you're so self-righteous about it. Your brother just runs off to play without even picking a place. If I hadn't brought him back, who knows who would have eaten him."

Chen Yan remained silent and did not speak again.

Xi Yichen's smile vanished, replaced by a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes. "Chen Yan, do you think I'll let you off so easily?"

"So, you can tell me your conditions."

"Heh," Xi Yichen sneered, "It's time we settled our scores, but," Xi Yichen paused, then added, "I'm not going to make any demands today. How about we make a bet?"

"What bet?"

“Hmm…” Xi Yichen seemed to think for a moment before saying, “Meng Li came to me today to discuss our company’s next movie. The movie will be released in three months. I heard that your company also has a movie to be released. Why don’t we make a bet and see whose movie will have a higher box office?”

Chen Yan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, but Wen Mu couldn't help but say, "That's not fair." Even though he didn't know much about the film industry, Wen Mu had heard that JK's movies were big productions with many people having high hopes for them. Chen Yan's company did have a movie, and the production was decent, but it was still far inferior to JK's.

“It’s unfair, but there’s no such thing as absolute fairness in this world,” Xi Yichen said.

“Okay,” Chen Yan nodded in agreement. In fact, when Chen Yan came, he had already prepared what to exchange with Xi Yichen. He believed that Xi Yichen would definitely exchange it. He just didn’t expect Xi Yichen to make such a request. Well, that’s fine, it saves him the trouble of exchanging things.

“If we win, you should break up with this young master Wen,” Xi Yichen said with a smile. “From now on, you’ll be my mistress, and I can do whatever I want to you, and you can’t resist.”

After Xi Yichen finished speaking, Wen Mu's eyes widened suddenly, Chen Yan curled her lips in disdain, while Lu Mengli was speechless. It seemed that his boss Xi had really changed. He could even say such love-struck things. He felt embarrassed. He thought he would make some unreasonable request. Was it because his penis couldn't get hard? Lu Mengli made an unkind guess in his heart.

"If I lose," Xi Yichen shrugged, "I'll just consider it a free favor to save your brother."

"Sure," Chen Yan said without objection, then added, "I heard your movie is pretty good, and you claim that breaking 1 billion is no problem, right? If you can break 100 million, I'll accept my defeat, okay?"

Xi Yichen was severely provoked by Chen Yan's words. Perhaps because he had been suppressed by Chen Yan for so long, one sentence from Chen Yan was enough to completely provoke Xi Yichen. Xi Yichen held his breath and said, "Fine, but don't regret it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Haoran walked in from outside. As soon as Chen Haoran saw Chen Yan, he immediately ran towards her, saying, "Brother, you came so quickly."

Seeing Chen Haoran's happy smile, Chen Yan asked calmly, "Where did you go today? Why did you come here? You didn't even call your brother."

"When I went out to play today, I ran into Brother Xi. Brother Xi said he would take me to his house to play, so I came here, right, Brother Xi?"

The moment he called out "Brother Xi," the expressions on their faces changed. Xi Yichen smiled and replied, "Of course, if you ever want to come here again, Brother Xi is always welcome."

"OK"

Chen Yan stood up from the sofa, put her arm around Chen Haoran's waist, and said, "It's getting late, we should go."

"Okay," Chen Haoran nodded, then looked at Xi Yichen, "Then I'll be going, Brother Xi. I'll come to see you again later."

On the way back, Chen Yan didn't smile at all. Chen Haoran sat next to him and talked about his encounter with Xi Yichen.

"You said Qi Wenqing wanted to take off your clothes?" Chen Yan suddenly interjected.

"Yes, luckily Brother Xi saved me, and he even punched him for me," Chen Haoran said resentfully.

"Oh, I'll have someone take you home tomorrow."

"Ah!" Chen Haoran suddenly turned to look at Chen Yan. "I don't want to go back. I just arrived here."

"But I can't take care of you."

"It's okay, I can go play with Brother Xi."

Chen Yan smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes. She said, "I'll have Minghui take you back tomorrow."

"I don't want to." Chen Haoran refused decisively, then looked at Wen Mu in front of him, "Brother Wen Mu, look at my brother, I don't want to go back, I just arrived here."

Wen Mu forced a smile. "If your brother tells you to go back, then go back. He'll come back to see you once he's finished with his business."

Back at the apartment, Chen Yan received a call from Chen Lirong, who asked if Chen Haoran had returned.

Chen Lirong is currently unemployed, so she's been focusing on her son. She's genuinely worried that Chen Haoran isn't home this late.

Chen Yan told Chen Lirong that Chen Haoran had returned and was with her. Chen Lirong was relieved to hear this. Then she told Chen Yan something else: Chen Lirong wanted Chen Haoran to come here to study so that she could keep an eye on her son.

Chen Yan simply said, "I plan to send him back tomorrow."

Chen Lirong was immediately surprised and asked, "What are you doing? He's only been here for a day, and you want to send him away?" Then Chen Lirong became a little angry, "If you don't want to see your mother, you won't let him see her either? Do you have to be so domineering now?"

“No, I’m planning to change his school,” Chen Yan said.

"Then let's move here."

"The schools here are not suitable for him."

"What do you mean it's not suitable? Can't even your mother make this decision? Can't your mother keep an eye on her son? Are you going to put your authoritarianism into practice right now?"

"Okay, I'll have him go back to see you tomorrow, and then I'll send him off. If you want to see him, you can go back to see him."

After hanging up with Chen Lirong, Chen Yan called Zhou Linli again. Zhou Linli had been released by the people at the bar, but Chen Haoran was missing. How could he come back on his own? He was causing a scene at the bar demanding his return.

After receiving Chen Yan's call, Zhou Linli felt very guilty and kept saying things like, "I'm sorry, I didn't keep a close eye on him."

Chen Yan only said, "He's already back, so you don't need to blame yourself anymore. You should come back too." Zhou Linli finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

After entering the bedroom that Chen Yan had arranged for him, Chen Haoran took out his phone and made a call: "Hello, is this Brother Xi? This is Haoran."

"Yes, I'm back now, you don't need to worry."

“Okay, but my brother told me to go back. He seems really angry.”

"No, no, I really like you, but I won't tell my brother."

"Okay, then I'll hang up. Goodbye."

After finishing his story, Chen Haoran happily hung up the phone and prepared to go to bed.

Just then, Chen Yan pushed open the door and walked in.

Chen Haoran asked in confusion, "Brother, what brings you here?"

Why didn't you offer to keep me company today?

"No, I'm all grown up now."

Chen Yan raised an eyebrow, then turned to look at Chen Haoran's phone on the bedside table next to him, and reached out to pick it up.

Chen Haoran quickly asked, "Brother, what are you doing with my phone?"

"Who were you talking to on the phone just now?"

"No, not with anyone, just a friend."

"Oh? Then don't use this phone anymore, I'll get you a new one."

"No, I want to use this one. I can't remember any of the numbers on it." Chen Haoran said, trying to take the phone from Chen Yan's hand, but Chen Yan grabbed his chin and pressed him back onto the bed.

"You're not even listening to your brother anymore, huh?" Chen Yan looked into Chen Haoran's eyes and asked condescendingly. Although there was a smile in his eyes, Chen Haoran immediately wilted and didn't dare to say anything more.

“I’m confiscating this phone,” Chen Yan said again, releasing Chen Haoran. “I’ll buy you a new one.”

Chen Haoran didn't dare to refute, but still whispered, "Then, then don't forget to copy the number for me."

"Okay, go to sleep."

After Chen Yan came out of Chen Haoran's room, his expression immediately turned cold. He took a few steps to the bathroom door, and with a wave of his hand, he threw his phone against the wall inside. The phone shattered into pieces, scattering its parts all over the floor.

Just then, Wen Mu came out of the room opposite and saw this scene, which made him tremble.

Chen Yan turned her head to look at her, then quickly smiled again and asked, "Why did you come out?"

"No, nothing, I just came out to see you."

"Well, it's getting late, let's go back to sleep."

The next day, Chen Yan called Yan Minghui and asked him to send Chen Haoran away and change Chen Haoran to another school.

When Chen Yan handed the new phone to Chen Haoran, Chen Haoran first flipped through the contacts, then couldn't help but ask, "Brother, why is there only one number in there?"

"Okay, just remember my number," Chen Yan said.

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