Then, she put on a coquettish smile and pretended to be nonchalant, "What's the matter? Can't you wait for me to get off work? Come on, let's go over there and talk."

Yu Qingyan glanced at the woman who was obviously much more distant, and restrained some of his laziness and carelessness. A trace of inquiry flashed across his eyes, and a solemn look flashed by.

"Yu Qingyan, are you hiding something from me?" Xiao Jinglan interrupted her teasing and asked with a cold face.

This time he called her by her full name without any hesitation.

Yu Qingyan's face suddenly darkened. Hearing Xiao Jinglan's cold tone, she felt uncomfortable. "What do you want to ask?"

"Xiao family, what happened to the Xiao family in these years?" Xiao Jinglan looked at her without blinking, with a trace of pain in his eyes.

Yu Qingyan's expression suddenly changed, and her voice became cold, with a bit of hostility in her tone, "You only remember to ask this after coming back for so many days?"

"Miss Xiao is so majestic. Why are you asking me questions so aggressively now? What were you doing before?"

Yu Qingyan's face turned cold, and her words were full of sarcasm.

Xiao Jinglan was stunned for a moment, his voice suddenly softened, his eyes filled with hope and pain, "Yanyan, it's... I'm not good, my attitude just now was not right, can you please tell me what happened?"

Yu Qingyan wasn't really angry, she was just annoyed by her cold tone. When she heard her words of surrender, she didn't care anymore. She raised her head proudly, but her voice softened. "Forget it, I won't bother with you. If you really want to know, I'll tell you."

"Just a few days after you left, the Xiao Group was reported for financial fraud. The China Securities Regulatory Commission began investigating, and the police also began to intervene. It was nothing at first, but not long after, Uncle Xiao also got into trouble. He was first taken away by the police for investigation, and then suddenly fainted in the police station. He was diagnosed with cancer in the hospital. Aunt Xiao suddenly became seriously ill and was admitted to the hospital. The Xiao family suddenly lost its backbone, and the group was in chaos. Shareholders clamored to elect a new chairman to manage the group."

"Later, your second uncle stepped up to take charge of the situation, but not long after, another fatal incident occurred at Xiao's property, and there were multiple food poisoning incidents at its restaurants. Xiao's stock price plummeted, and its partner companies terminated their cooperation one after another. It was difficult to reverse the decline."

"In the end, Uncle Xiao could only ask the second uncle of the Xiao family to help sell some stocks to alleviate the financial crisis, but the Xiao family suddenly fell from the top of the four major families and its status was far worse than before."

"Later, the case was verified to be true, and Uncle Xiao was sentenced to prison for a year. During that time, Aunt Xiao and Uncle Xiao relied on the close relationship between the Xiao and Lan families to barely maintain the group. Later, Ling Yisheng took over the Ling family. The first thing he did was to help get Uncle Xiao out. Then he began to look for experts to treat Uncle Xiao. He used Ling's resources and connections to help Xiao, and saved Xiao, which was about to declare bankruptcy and repay its debts at that time."

After hearing this, Xiao Jinglan felt very complicated.

She didn't expect that so many things had happened in the Xiao family during the years she was away.

What made her even more heartbroken was that she only now realized what her parents had gone through.

No wonder she didn't receive any news from home during the years she was abroad.

My mother always reports good news but not bad news, and my father was so anxious to send her away, probably because he had anticipated something.

She was hiding outside alone when her family was in the most difficult time, which was really heartless.

Seeing Xiao Jinglan looking thoughtful, Yu Qingyan sighed and stroked her hair to comfort her.

"How are my parents now?" Xiao Jinglan asked with concern.

"I don't know much about your parents. No one has seen them since Ling Yisheng intervened. But I heard that they were sent away." Yu Qingyan frowned and sounded helpless.

"Okay." Xiao Jinglan sorted out his thoughts and decided to go back and ask Ling Yisheng. After all, the answers to these questions ultimately depended on him.

He has helped her so much over the years, and she wants to thank him.

Yu Qingyan looked at her calm face, worried that she might think too much, "Do you want me to accompany you today?"

"No need. I'd better be alone and calm down. I'll go back and ask Ling Yisheng about the specific situation." Xiao Jinglan waved his hand and said goodbye to her.

Before leaving, he still felt bad and pulled her aside to apologize again, "Yanyan, I'm sorry for today. I was too impatient and my tone was not very good, but I'm not..."

"Okay, do we still need to say all this to each other? I understand. You should go back early and have a good talk with Ling Yisheng. See his feelings and attitude towards you. He must have told you everything." While speaking, Yu Qingyan thought of the doting look in the eyes of the arrogant man when he picked someone up at the bar. She couldn't help but feel happy for Xiao Jinglan.

Although he is a little cold, he is really good to Xiao Jinglan, and his affectionate eyes can't lie.

Xiao Jinglan felt relieved to see that she was not angry. He nodded in response to her request and waved goodbye.

After Xiao Jinglan left, Yu Qingyan thought about it and picked up her phone to make a call.

"Hello? Who is this?" The phone rang for a while before it was answered, and a deep voice came from it.

"Master Ling, it's me, Yu Qingyan." Yu Qingyan greeted him briefly, "Lanlan came to me today to ask about her parents. I gave her a general idea. Please explain the details to her in person. She is very anxious and worried."

Ling Yisheng took the pen and signed the document in front of him. After listening to her words, he just responded lightly, "Got it."

He had originally planned to explain everything to her after returning home today.

"Okay, that's it. I won't bother you anymore."

After saying this, Yu Qingyan decisively hung up the phone and turned back to the rest area on the set.

……

Xiao Jinglan parked the car in front of the villa and casually threw the keys to the bodyguard beside him.

Not long after I walked in, I received a strange phone call.

"Hey."

"Excuse me, is this Miss Xiao?" A gentle and sweet female voice came from the phone.

"Yeah." Xiao Jinglan responded indifferently.

"I'm a teacher at Teikyo University. I'm calling to inform you that your admissions procedures have been completed. You can officially enroll next Monday and take classes with this year's senior students. Can you please report here next Monday morning?"

"Ok."

"Please come to the A401 office in Qingyu Building to pick up your student ID, campus card and other items."

"Ok."

call ended.

Xiao Jinglan hung up the phone and walked into the hall.

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