"Yes, An'an is my daughter." Lin Jinhua responded and turned around to prune the flower branches. She didn't know whether she remembered it or simply listened to her father's words and recognized this daughter.
When Yu Anan changed her shoes and entered the door, Mr. Lin was sitting by the window playing Go with a young man wearing a shirt and trousers. The young man was playing with a black chess piece with his long and clean fingertips and was thinking about where to put it. Look focused.
Mr. Lin was also looking at the overall situation with a gentle smile on his face. He seemed very happy to meet his opponent.
The servant who was about to deliver tea to Mr. Lin was about to call Yu Anan when she raised her hand to take the fruit plate that the servant had given to Mr. Lin and the two of them, and gave it to them herself.
As early as when Yu An'an entered the door, Mr. Lin had already heard the servant calling "Miss An An" repeatedly. He observed the man opposite him calmly and saw that the other man was completely focused on the chessboard and did not remind him.
It wasn't until Yu Anan walked up to the two of them that Mr. Lin said: "Anan is back."
"Grandpa is in great spirits today." Yu Anan placed the fruit plate on the small table with incense burning on one side.
The young man looked up in the direction of Yu An'an and saw Yu An'an who had not yet changed out of her professional attire. The young man put the chess pieces in his hands back into the chess box, stood up calmly and stretched out his hand to Yu An'an: "Ms. An'an, hello, I am Guo Yuanwen..."
"Hello." Yu An'an held Guo Yuanwen's hand, "Just call me An'an."
"An'an came back just in time! Yuan Wen is the grandson of my grandfather's old friend. He just came back from abroad." Mr. Lin picked up the teacup at hand and said with a smile, "He is half a child in our family! He often came to our house to stay with us when he was a child. Look at me and your mother, you two are about the same age, so we should be able to talk together."
"I heard Special Assistant Zhou say that on the way back." Yu Anan responded with a smile.
"I not only heard Grandpa Lin talk about you, but we have met, even though we only met once..." Guo Yuanwen looked at Yu An'an with sincere and warm eyes, "In the German Physics Competition, you won the gold medal and I won the silver medal."
Yu Anan's expression was astonished. After Guo Yuanwen reminded him, he finally remembered.
"You have changed so much from before, I'm sorry... I really didn't recognize you just now!" Yu Anan let go of Guo Yuanwen's hand.
In my memory, the silver medal winner at that time wore glasses and was not very tall.
But the man in front of him has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, and his height has reached a terrifying height of 1.87 meters. It can be seen that his figure has been maintained well through years of exercise.
"An'an has changed a lot." Guo Yuanwen said with a smile, "You can call me Yuanwen like Grandpa Lin."
"I didn't expect such a fate!" Mr. Lin obviously knew it. He was so surprised that the performance left traces, and then he put the chess pieces into the chess box. "That's just right. An An will take over for me. The old man is getting older and has more energy to follow." If you can’t get on, I’ll watch from the side! Does Yuan Wen mind?”
"Of course not." Guo Yuanwen responded with a smile.
So, Yu Anan took over Mr. Lin's place and played chess with Guo Yuanwen, while Mr. Lin himself sat aside and drank tea while watching the young people fight on the chessboard.
"Yuanwen just came back from abroad. His grandfather wanted Yuanwen to learn something at the Lin Group and then go back to take over the company at home. I thought... assistants are the best people to learn from. Originally, I was thinking Let Yuanwen follow Jinrong, but there are too many things going on at Jinrong, and Assistant Su specializes in everything, and the Secretariat can’t even get involved!" Mr. Lin thought about it and said with a smile, "Xiao Xu, the assistant next to you, I probably haven’t fully mastered it now, so Yuanwen can help in the past.”
"Is this appropriate?" Yu An'an asked hurriedly, "Before I came back, I asked Special Assistant Zhou that since Yuanwen will return to his family's business, why not let Yuanwen follow the experienced Mr. Zhong? After all, I have just entered the forestry industry. I haven’t been here for a long time, and my experience is not as rich as these old-timers.”
Guo Yuanwen saw that Yu Anan seemed reluctant and did not want to forcefully leave a bad impression on Yu Anan, so he smiled and said: "Grandpa Lin, I think we should just listen to An An and wait until he joins the company... I hope An An can give me more advice."
"Since you said so." Mr. Lin looked at Yu An'an, "Then I will leave Yuanwen to you. In the group, you must take care of Yuanwen as if he were your own family!"
"Don't worry." Yu Anan responded.
"Men should take care of women." Guo Yuanwen looked at Yu Anan opposite with his smiling eyes, gentle and polite, "How can it be the other way around?"
Mr. Lin said with a smile: "We are all family members. You two children take best care of each other. I will go out to see Jin Hua while you play chess!"
Mr. Lin put down his tea cup and stood up with a cane, leaving this place to Guo Yuanwen and Yu Anan.
Yu Anan focused on the chessboard. She knew that Mr. Lin wanted them to be alone.
"I heard from my grandpa that Grandpa Lin has prepared many blind dates for you, and I am one of them..." Guo Yuanwen did not hide it. After he settled down, he looked at Yu Anan with his smiling peach blossom eyes.
Facing Yu An'an's slightly stunned gaze, Guo Yuanwen's smile became gentler: "Am I too direct?"
"No..." Yu An'an also laughed and said, "It would be more natural for us to get along with each other this way."
Guo Yuanwen still had the same gentle and calm attitude, and said calmly: "I came here when I knew that the blind date was you. Firstly, I really want to learn something from the Lin Group, and secondly... if... You are also troubled by the blind date, I think we can also help each other."
Guo Yuanwen has a natural affinity that makes it easy for people to let down their guard in front of him.
"Have you also been arranged on a blind date by your elders?" Yu Anan asked.
Guo Yuanwen nodded with a helpless expression, and quickly closed the distance with Yu Anan.
That day, before the two children came back, Guo Yuanwen left first because he had something else to do.
After dinner, Yu Anan played with the two children for a while without leaving in a hurry. She was just waiting for Mr. Lin to ask her about her impression of Guo Yuanwen. Unexpectedly, Mr. Lin didn't ask.
He just warned her before she left: "Tomorrow Yuanwen will go to the group, please take care of him."
"Okay! I understand." Yu Anan agreed.
Early the next morning, Guo Yuanwen, who followed Yu Anan into the company, was taken to the morning meeting, and Yu Anan asked Xiao Xu to arrange seats.
Lin Jinrong came a little later. He came back at 6 o'clock in the morning. He went back to the villa to take a shower and then rushed back to the company. His pair of deep eyes looked even deeper because he stayed up late.
His eyes paused for a moment on Guo Yuanwen next to Yu Anan, then unbuttoned his suit and sat down: "Let's get started."
