Chapter 147 — The Long-Awaited...
Years of Heartflutter · Page 123 of 501
Naturally, Lin Yanhe had no objection. If Chen Shutang did not mind, how could she possibly oppose it? Besides, Zhou Yanning's story was truly poignant and beautiful, and Lin Yanhe felt that caring for her was simply the right thing to do.
Still, the fact that Chen Shutang had asked her opinion gave Lin Yanhe a small thrill of excitement. She, too, had a voice in this household.
Yang Jiyan had not expected Lin Yanhe and Chen Shutang to get along so well. When he called Chen Shutang again at noon, he received an even more staggering piece of news—the two of them were actually both in Zhou Yanning's hospital room.
For a moment, Yang Moyi was at a loss, unable to guess what Chen Shutang was up to. A three-way summit?
"Are you going to tomorrow's concert?" Yet Yang Shuoxuan could not be bothered with all that—let them do as they pleased. As long as no one came to blows, it was all to the good.
"Tomorrow? Yes, I'm going. Things on my father's side are settled now." Chen Shutang was in a fairly good mood, which set Yang Ce's mind at ease.
"Then... Lin Yanhe too?" Yang Ce asked tentatively.
"You'll have to ask your little sister Lin about that." After spending the morning with Lin Yanhe, Chen Shutang no longer felt the awkwardness of before; their relationship had become much more harmonious. So she did not think there was anything wrong with going to the concert together with Lin Yanhe.
As she spoke, the phone was passed to Lin Yanhe's ear. Startled, Lin Yanhe hastily said, "Hello?"
"Zhiyun, come to Shuya's concert with us tomorrow," Yang Yanchuan said.
"S-sure!" Lin Yanhe was so flustered by Chen Shutang's suddenly thrusting the phone at her that she barely caught what Yang Yanzhou was saying before agreeing.
Chen Shutang smiled. Lin Yanhe's temperament was still a little fragile; she would need proper training before she could stand on her own in society. Chen Shutang was no fool—Yang Juehuan's business was growing larger and larger, and he would surely need no small number of helpers in the future.
And the people he could trust, apart from his parents and Zhang Bin, would have to be his women. She was not someone without a sense of the bigger picture; she knew that Yang Ce had put Lin Yanhe in the position of company manager precisely to train her, to prepare her for an even greater enterprise in the future.
So Chen Shutang would never deliberately suppress Lin Yanhe's abilities. After that time in the car when she had wept her grievance out, she had also come to understand Yang Juehuan's weak spot: the more she tolerated, the more she accommodated, the better she smoothed over her relationship with Lin Yanhe, the more guilty Yang Ce would feel toward her—and only thus could she forever hold the most important place in Yang Lanxu's heart.
Taking back the phone, Chen Shutang said to Yang Ce with a touch of mockery, "You've achieved your goal of having a woman on each arm. Anything else?"
Yang Xutang was a little embarrassed at Chen Shutang's sarcastic tone and said sheepishly, "I didn't mean anything by it. One has to treat everyone equally—can't play favorites, right? It's only fair if we all go together."
"I can't be bothered with you." Chen Shutang pursed her lips. "Come pick us up at the hospital in a bit."
"Sure, no problem." Yang Ce agreed at once.
Seeing Chen Shutang and Lin Yanhe come out of the hospital hand in hand, Yang Ce's tense heart instantly relaxed. It seemed their relationship really had made a breakthrough. No wonder Chen Shutang had refused to go to the concert with Lin Yanhe a couple of days ago, yet just now had raised no objection at all.
"How is Jiajia?" Yang Ce opened the rear door for Chen Shutang and Lin Yanhe and asked with a sigh.
"Still the same." Chen Shutang shook her head. "Aren't you going up to see her?"