After a while, Marven arrived at Joanna's office holding flowers.
But when he entered the door, he found that the atmosphere was not right. An Kexin had been beside Joanna, comforting her in a low voice, and neither of them looked very good.
"Senior sister, what happened?" Ye Chen asked with a frown.
"Junior brother, you are here..."
Joanna glanced at Ye Chen and forced a smile.
"Fifth Senior Sister, what happened?"
"I'm not sure. Senior Sister's family just called me. They seemed to want to talk to Senior Sister about something, right?"
After speaking, An Kexin looked at the flowers in Ye Chen's hand and asked curiously: "Junior brother, who did you buy the flowers for?"
"I almost forgot, the flowers are for you. I wish my senior sister a successful concert!" Ye Chen smiled awkwardly and hurriedly presented the flowers.
"You have a lot of heart, kid!"
An Kexin took the flowers happily, took a deep breath, and her face was suddenly filled with a happy smile.
"Senior sister, what did the capital say?" Ye Chen turned to look at Joanna.
"My grandpa and the others came to Ningzhou and asked me to have lunch together!" Joanna frowned slightly.
"Hmph! The Qiao family paid a sudden visit. I think it was probably the Hongmen Banquet!"
Ye Chen snorted coldly. He still still has fresh memories of the way everyone treated Joanna at the Qiao family in the capital last time!
"What are you afraid of at Hongmen Banquet!"
An Kexin snorted proudly and said to Ye Chen: "Junior brother, you will protect the senior sister anyway, right?"
"A must!"
When Ye Chen heard this, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Fifth Senior Sister, I'm not going anywhere today, I will be the flower protector for Senior Sister!"
"Pfft!"
Joanna couldn't help but smile when she saw Ye Chen's serious look.
But she felt warm in her heart. Women all want to be cared for by men, and Joanna is no exception.
As expected, Marven didn't go anywhere throughout the morning. He stayed in Joanna's office and acted as a 'flower protector'!
An Kexin also had to make concert arrangements, so she sat for a while and then left.
"Fifth Senior Sister, wait!"
Seeing this, Ye Chen hurriedly stepped forward and told Su Xueyi what she wanted her to sign.
"Junior brother, there is a celebration banquet tonight, please let Xueyi come with you!" An Kexin said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll thank you for Xiaoxue!" Ye Chen nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
"Tsk, tsk, you just said you would be the guardian of the flowers for Senior Sister, now you are acting like a 'wife-loving maniac' again, right?"
"Well......"
"I'm teasing you, I'll call you later!"
An Kexin smiled brightly, turned around, twisted her waist and left quietly after speaking.
Looking at An Kexin's graceful back, Ye Chen swallowed instinctively. The fifth senior sister has such a good figure...
Near noon, Joanna's cell phone rang, and she turned on the speakerphone and answered the call.
"Joanna, come to the Sihai Hotel quickly, everyone is waiting for you, don't wait any longer!"
"Um."
Joanna didn't want to pay attention to the other party's aggressive tone, she simply hummed and then hung up the phone.
"Senior sister, who is so loud?" Ye Chen frowned and asked.
"It's my third uncle."
"Don't worry about him, let's do whatever we need to do. If he likes to wait, just wait. If he doesn't like to wait, he will be pulled down!"
"Let's go, it's time for lunch anyway!"
Joanna was very calm, tidied up in a hurry, and left the office building with Ye Chen.
Sihai Hotel, supreme private room.
After Qiao Jianye was hung up on, he was so angry that he slammed the table and even vented his anger on Qiao Wenbin!
"Second brother, look at how rude your daughter is. I, the third uncle, just called her without calling anyone, but actually hung up after just saying yes. You really have no tutoring!" Qiao Jianye said angrily.
"This...maybe Anna is busy?"
Qiao Wenbin tried to excuse his daughter, but he was the least important person in the family, so he was almost humiliated by Qiao Jianye and did not dare to say anything!
"Wait for that girl to come over later, I must teach her a lesson!"
The person who spoke was Qiao Xinjun. As the eldest son of Qiao, he still had a strong say in the family.
"Forget it, let's just wait a little longer!" George Hanshan spoke up and said bluntly: "Don't forget, Anna is different now!"
"Dad, don't say anything! Joanna must hand over the group, otherwise in the name of the Qiao Group, if something happens, wouldn't we be at risk?" Qiao Jianye said righteously.
"Jianye is right, I support him!"
"As for Joanna, I think women should focus on marriage. Find someone to marry. Don't participate in the operation of the group in the future. Just give her some shares!" Qiao Xinjun suggested.
"You, you are going too far!"
Mo Yunxin, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help it anymore and said angrily: "My daughter worked hard to create this group. You want to pick her up and kick her out. This is simply too much!"
"shut up!"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xinjun shouted angrily: "When the men in the Qiao family are talking, when is it the woman's turn to interrupt? Wen Bin, take care of your wife and don't talk nonsense!"
"Brother, I also think you are going too far!"
Although Qiao Wenbin has a gentle personality, he is not temperamental. The industry that his daughter has worked so hard to manage is about to be "peach picked". As a father, he naturally wants to help his daughter speak up.
"This matter is settled. Don't forget Joanna's last name. What's wrong with leaving the group to family management?" Qiao Xinjun retorted.
"..."
At this moment, the private room door was pushed open, and the manager personally sent Ye Chen and Joanna in.
"Mr. Ye, if you need anything, just ask me. I'll be at the door!" the manager said with a smile on his face.
"Well, you go out first!"
Ye Chen nodded, turned around and found that the Qiao family were all looking at him.
"daughter!"
When Mo Yunxin saw Joanna again, she couldn't bear it anymore, got up, walked over and hugged Joanna tightly, her tears falling quietly.
"Mom, let's sit down and talk!"
Joanna gently patted Mo Yunxin on the back. The only person she cared about in the Qiao family was probably Mo Yunxin. She didn't even care about Qiao Wenbin because it was Qiao Wenbin who forced her to marry in the first place.
For Xia Houjie!
No matter what the reason is, Joanna still can't forgive Qiao Wenbin for what he did!
"Anna is here, come sit next to Grandpa!"
Qiao Hanshan was smiling all over his face, and those who didn't know it thought he was just a kind grandfather.
"Junior brother, let's sit down!"
Joanna found a seat casually, and Ye Chen sat down at the dining table without being polite.
"Joanna, we asked you to come here for business, why did you bring him here?" When Qiao Jianye saw Ye Chen, his face was full of displeasure.
"Ye Chen is my junior brother. If you don't want to, we will leave immediately!"
After Joanna finished speaking, she stood up, which made Qiao Jianye very angry. He didn't expect that this girl would dare to challenge him in this way!
"My dear granddaughter, don't leave in a hurry. Now that you're here, let's have a meal together!"
Qiao Hanshan is an old man. When he saw that the situation was not good, he knew that he could not resist it, so he quickly came out to smooth things over.
"Joanna, grandpa asked you to sit down, do you hear me?" Qiao Xinjun snorted coldly, obviously dissatisfied with Joanna's display of strength.