A short while later Ye Mingzhe left the conference room and was escorted by Zhou Jianyu to his waiting car. After a very stressful day he was headed back to his hotel to get a much-needed rest.
Bai Zhenzhen booked a room under his name at a five-star hotel close to Ouyang Group and had arranged for a private car for his convenience.
He could still remember the first time he had received a call from Bai Zhenzhen. He had.
'It was a raining heavily the day he received her phone call. He had just clocked out from work and drove back to his apartment.
'He drove into the underground parking lot and parked the car on his designated parking space. He lived in the penthouse suite and had a personal elevator that led directly to his apartment.
He got down from his car and walked straight to the private elevator. A security guard dressed in a uniform was standing by the elevator.
"Hey Matthew" he said as he got closer to the elevator.
"Hello Mr Ye, welcome back" Matthew replied pulling the door open for him
He had lived in New York City for nearly a decade and was doing quite well for himself. His was now a senior executive in his company and lives in the penthouse apartment of one of the cities' most expensive apartment buildings.
"Thanks Matthew It's late, good night a see you tomorrow" he said putting in his key card and unlocked the elevator.
A few seconds later the elevator arrived at his apartment and the door gently slid open. The Apartment was pitch black when he got in, his son was spending a few days at his parents' house, so he was all alone in his apartment.
'He walked into his apartment and threw his house key into the bowl by the door. He had suit jacket, loosened the tie and was opening the bottoms of his neck blue dress shirts when his phone began to ring.
He glanced down at the screen before answering the phone call. It was an unknown number with a Switzerland zip code.
"Hello Ye Mingzhe speaking" he said on fluent English
"Hello I'm Bai Zhenzhen" a soft female voice said in English.
"Bai Zhenzhen, Zhou Jianyu's wife?" he asked surprised.
"Yes"
"How can I be of help"
'That was the start of their relationship, after a few weeks of communication they became good friends. He served as her broker and to purchase Ouyang group shares from minority shareholders in her name so as not to draw any unnecessary attention.
'After a many weeks of planning they were victorious. He was really grateful to her for giving him an opportunity to reconcile with Zhou Jianyu. He most definitely wouldn't have been able to do that this soon if it wasn't for her'.
Back to the present.
Zhou Jianyu saw Ye Mingzhe to his car. Ye Mingzhe got into the car and the driver very drove away.
Zhou Jianyu stood by the door watching the car leave until it was completely out of sight. He turned around and walked back into the company.
The company was very active even though it was already late in the evening. Everyone was going about their duties. He got into his private elevator and went up to his office.
He was taken a back the scene that greeted him when he walked into his office. Bai Zhenzhen and vice President Yao were seated on the couch discussing cheerfully while eating snacks.
He had no idea they were familiar with each other. He stood silently by the door taking in the shocking scene.
It was Bai Zhenzhen that noticed his presence, she looked up at him with a smile, and she said
"Jianyu you're back, why are you standing there, come over here"
"Um yeah that's right" he replied walking forward until he was a few steps away from them. He was still trying super hard to take in everything.
In the two years they dated, he had never mentioned His families complicated relationship much less his relationship with Yao Chiyue to Bai Zhenzhen and yet here they are chatting and giggling like school girls.
This was a situation he could not understand. Yao Chiyue was the friendliest type of person. He has known Yao Chiyue for over fifteen years and they hardly ever discussed anything that wasn't work related.
Yao Chiyue didn't do feelings, she wasn't remotely sentimental. This is a woman that has completely been against her entire family for over a decade.
She had been working with his father since day one, keeping tabs on his uncle's and the Yao family's many shenanigans. A fact that he never knew about until two weeks ago when she had confessed to him.
He was pretty much super scared of this woman. In the years he had known her he has never seen her this chummy with anyone at all. It was fascinating seeing her with an expression other than her usual stone faced one.
"Wow this is surprising how did this happen, whatever this is. I had no idea you two were familiar with each other" he said seating on the couch opposite them.
"Oh we haven't exactly met face to face, but we did speak over the phone and on face time. I reached out to sister Chiyue a month ago to get some help dealing with your uncle.
"It was Elder brother Chiyue that recommended her, apparently they were former classmates and of course he vetted her obviously" Bai Zhenzhen replied.
"Really?"
"Yep, so we spoke for sometime and pretty much became close. It was Sister Chiyue that helped me arrange everything well that and of course Ye Mingle" Bai Zhenzhen replied.
"Is that so how come I never heard of that?" he said looking straight at Yao Chiyue.
"It was supposed to be a secret. While spying on your uncle I suspected that he may have spies close to you. Even though we already had a plan I still wanted us to have like a backup plan just in case.
"When Bai Zhenzhen approached me with her plans I agreed to help her. Yang Guangli is too dangerous to be underestimated. Since we were going up against him I wanted to ensure that we were well protected" Yao Chiyue said.
"Wow, thanks for your help. It must have been hard" he replied.
"It was nothing, it's the least I could to make amends for the pains my family caused plus I promised your father that I would be take care of you and your mother if anything happens to him. I am so happy to hear that his awake"
"speaking of my dad we have to get going to the hospital" Zhou Jianyu said.
"yeah that's true, you should both get going I will hold down the fort until whenever" Yao Chiyue said
"Thanks a lot but there's no need for that. I will come in tomorrow"
"okay whatever you say see you then" She said and be walked out of the room.
After packing up Zhou Jianyu and Bai Zhenzhen went back to the hospital but not before stopping at the store to buy some fruits. Ouyang Wenchang was now in recovery so he needed a dose of nutrients to help him get better.
The hospital room was packed with a lot of relatives when then arrived so as they walked in they said their greetings and began chatting.
The room was so lively, it had been a stressful few months. A lot of laughter could be heard from the formerly mellow room.
While Zhou Jianyu and everyone cought up Bai Zhenzhen washed up the fruits and put them away.
As it got later the guests began to leave until it was just Zhou Jianyu, his mother and Bai Zhenzhen.
Old madam Ouyang and Suyin had both left together a short while ago. Zhou Jianyu and Bai Zhenzhen had offered to stay back in the hospital but we're convince otherwise by Zhou Mei.
The returned back to Ouyang residence to gets some sleep they would be back the next day. When they got home Zhou Jianyu went straight to the sturdy to sort some things out while Bai Zhenzhen went up to their room and had a bath.
Zhou Mei had sent over her luggages From the hospital so after washing up she changed into a night gown and began drying her hair. After drying her hair dye walked out to the balcony to admire the stars when she felt someone hug her from behind.
"So I don't think I have told you before this today but thanks for being there for me today. You have no idea how shocked I was to see you walk in"
"You're my husband Jianyu, we are a team. I will always have your back no matter what"
"thanks baby, so I've got to ask how did you pull this off Zhenzhen. you should be filming in Switzerland right now, how come you're here?"
"like I said before Jianyu,We're a team. I can't let you face this alone"
"But it is your dream to act in an international film and win an award. why would you do this?
"because I love you Jianyu. The main reason I wanted to win an international award is because I thought that winning an international award would make me worthy to be with you but I realized that I was wrong.
"I don't need that to make me worthy to be with you because I don't need anyone's validation but yours. Relationship is about making sacrifices and you have done a lot for me it's about time I do something for you
"who cares about international awards there will be many other opportunities for that and even if there isn't that doesn't matter at all as long as I have you"
"I love you Zhenzhen"
"I love you too Jianyu" she replied pulling him down for a kiss.
Who needs an award when she has him.