Chapter 588: Chapter 587: Clean Up and Wait for the Wife to Inspect
"Heh, it really does feel like being the other woman," Yun Shu murmured to herself with a sigh, getting up to pack her clothes as Yang Fei informed her of Qin Yanyang’s imminent arrival. She understood what he meant.
Yang Fei had only mentioned that Qin Yanyang was coming; he hadn’t told Yun Shu to leave. However, she had already started packing to leave, especially with that resentful tone and demeanor, which left him feeling ashamed and embarrassed.
"This... uh... what are you doing?" Yang Fei asked, knowingly.
Yun Shu shot him a glance and suddenly felt a mischievous urge, "You’re asking even though you know. What if I don’t leave?"
Yang Fei was flabbergasted.
Yun Shu continued, "This is Tong Family property. You’ve discovered it’s important to the nation and want to reclaim the land from the Tong Family. As the current head of the Tong Family, it’s only normal for you to ask me to discuss it, isn’t it?"
Instinctively, Yang Fei nodded.
It sounded very normal, but that was for those with a clear conscience.
For Yang Fei, the fact of his relationship with Yun Shu was real, and the thought of Qin Yanyang meeting her under such circumstances filled him with dread.
He lacked the natural audacity and courage of a scoundrel, yet he had done what a scoundrel does.
Moreover, Qin Yanyang was an extremely intelligent person. Coupled with a woman’s innate intuition about certain matters, she would surely grow suspicious if she discovered Yun Shu here.
Seeing Yang Fei’s anxious and awkward expression, Yun Shu felt a pang of pity and said, "Never mind. A mistress needs to have the awareness of being a mistress. It’s only right for me to stay out of the way when Her Highness the Empress arrives; otherwise, it would seem like I lack manners."
His guilt deepened as Yun Shu showed such understanding.
Yun Shu glared at him, "What are you standing there for? Help me move these things."
Looking around the room at the various items, Yang Fei said, "There’s nothing essential to take with us, just leave them here."
Yun Shu laughed, "Are you sure?"
Seeing her expression, Yang Fei looked at her, puzzled.
Yun Shu retorted, "Since you’re temporarily afraid of her knowing about us, you should be more cautious and try to erase all traces of my presence. The dormitory is only so big; what if her entourage is large and they notice these things? Might that not lead them to wonder?"
Yang Fei hastily nodded and moved in to help pack, "You always think of everything. I knew you were the best to me."
Yun Shu snorted.
Men really do become worse over time.
He used to be such an innocent and honest guy, and now he’s learned to sweet-talk.
Makeup, clothes, and all the women’s items were packed into several boxes.
Yang Fei felt annoyed as he looked at these things. Damn it, it was all Tong Jinchuan’s fault.
To suck up to the Clan Leader of the Tong Family, he really provided too much in terms of living supplies. What a brown-noser!
Tong Jinchuan: ...
After running back and forth three times, Yang Fei managed to load all of Yun Shu’s packed items into the Land Cruiser.
In truth, many of these items Yun Shu would not use once she left, but she was genuinely considerate and gentle, determined not to leave behind any clues which might lead Qin Yanyang to suspect anything.
With the two of them scurrying about this late at night, naturally, it prevented others from resting, especially Zhou Fu.
By the time Zhou Fu got up to help, Yang Fei had already loaded all the items into the car.
"Young Master Yang, Chairman, are you leaving? The mountain roads aren’t great to travel at night. If you must go, why not wait until morning?" Zhou Fu said with concern.
Yun Shu shook her head, "We can’t wait."
Zhou Fu was taken aback, thinking to himself that it was nearly ten at night and daylight would come after a night’s sleep—why the rush?
He admitted to himself that he didn’t understand the world of the wealthy.
"Ahem, Brother Zhou, it’s a bother, but could you please drive the Chairman to the city?" Yang Fei asked Zhou Fu.
Zhou Fu immediately nodded, "Of course."
Having the opportunity to drive for the Chairman, he was certainly going to seize the chance to make a good impression in front of the Chairman.
"There’s no need to trouble Brother Zhou, I have other arrangements," Tong Yunshu said.
Zhou Fu felt somewhat disappointed.
Yang Fei asked, "What other arrangements do you have?"
Tong Yunshu humphed, "I’m not telling you."
Yang Fei became anxious, "I’m not at ease with you driving off alone in the middle of the night."
Tong Yunshu felt a warmth in her heart, knowing Yang Fei truly cared about her.
"You know what Realm I am at, what’s there to worry about?" Tong Yunshu said.
Yang Fei thought about it and agreed, but still shook his head, "But it’s still not good to be alone, let Brother Zhou give you a lift."
Tong Yunshu shook her head, "Really, there’s no need. I’ve already called Uncle Jin Chuan, he’s arranged for a helicopter to pick me up."
"Right, right, driving on mountain roads at night isn’t too safe, a helicopter is better, and it’s faster too," Zhou Fu said, relieved.
Yang Fei slapped his forehead, "How did I not think to have Tong Jinchuan send a helicopter to pick her up. Heh, I underestimated the Tong family’s financial strength."
He had money himself, but he didn’t pursue a high quality of life, so the idea of traveling exclusively by private plane never occurred to him.
Yang Fei silently calculated the time; even if Qin Yanyang were to come over, he’d have to travel from Binhai, which was much farther compared to Tong Jinchuan’s travel distance. There was no need to worry about the situation where Qin Yanyang arrived while Tong Yunshu was still here.
An hour and forty minutes later, a buzzing noise echoed above the valley.
The helicopter had picked up Tong Yunshu.
Even Tong Jinchuan had ordered the Land Cruiser to be driven away.
After seeing off Tong Yunshu, Yang Fei let out a sigh of relief.
He said to Zhou Fu, "Cough cough, Brother Zhou, there’s something I need to tell you, and please remind the other brothers as well."
Zhou Fu, seeing Yang Fei’s serious demeanor, couldn’t help but ask curiously, "What’s the matter?"
"Soon, some people from the Military Department will come over, and they might take over the place directly. In short, when you see the people from the Military Department later, there are some things you shouldn’t say," Yang Fei said.
Zhou Fu had known since the first day Yang Fei and Hu Lizhong came that this Medicine Land might be taken over by a mysterious department he had never heard of called the ’Military Department.’ Over the days, he had slowly come to accept this fact and was prepared to lose his job at any moment.
But now that Yang Fei mentioned it, he still felt somewhat disappointed.
As a local from Bear Mountain District, he and his brothers cherished the good job they had in their hometown.
After all, the Tong family had always treated them very well.
But now, they were about to lose their jobs.
"I understand, it’s a matter of national secrecy. Young Master Yang, rest assured, we won’t say anything to the outside," Zhou Fu immediately promised.
You don’t understand at all!
Yang Fei knew Zhou Fu had misunderstood, and said, "That’s not what I’m talking about. I mean, don’t mention my relationship with your Chairman, Tong Yunshu, to those people from the Military Department. Ah, let me make it clearer, tell the other brothers to act as if these past few days, your Chairman has never been here, and has never stayed here, got it?"
Zhou Fu paused, looking a bit confused but nodded, "Alright, essentially, not a word about the Chairman, that’s what you mean, right?"
"Yes, that’s right," Yang Fei said.
After repeatedly instructing Zhou Fu, Yang Fei asked him to go and tell the others right away.
Then he headed for Hu Lizhong’s room.
The key was really with Hu Lizhong here.
Even if Qin Yanyang and his group came over, they might not necessarily interact with Zhou Fu and the others, but Hu Lizhong would surely talk about what had happened here.
Although Hu Lizhong was supposed to have been ’bought’ by him, it was still necessary to give a precautionary warning, and they needed to align their stories to prevent any slip of the tongue later on.