"Um..." Lu Zhenhai glanced at the clothes, then at her. "No problem, no problem... What are you two still sitting on the ground for? Hurry up and take the old lady's things inside."
"Master..." One of the maids wanted to say, "Aren't these things for us? Why did you change your mind as soon as Qing Yan arrived?"
It seemed like the master was being exceptionally polite and deliberately trying to please this wretched girl...
The two maids didn't understand what was going on, and they were also resentful deep down. They were about to pick up the clothes and take them inside...
Qing Yan coldly interrupted, "Get someone else to do it. I find their hands dirty."
"You..." The two maids were infuriated.
However, Lu Zhenhai complied without question and quickly called someone else to handle it.
"Yan Yan, are you satisfied with this? It's been a while since you've come back to this house. Go inside and sit down. I'll have someone prepare your favorite fruits for you..."
As he said this, he whispered to the maid behind him, "What fruits does Yan Yan like?"
"Master, I'm not sure..."
Miss Qing Yan seemed to have no specific preferences for fruits? She ate everything?
But in the past, they rarely cut fruits for her, and no one remembered what she liked to eat.
"Then prepare her favorite snacks!" Lu Zhenhai raised his voice again, as if intentionally speaking for Qing Yan to hear.
The maid spoke softly, "Master, I don't know what snacks Miss Qing Yan likes..."
All the snacks at home were liked by Miss Yao Yao!
No one had ever paid attention to what Qing Yan liked.
Lu Zhenhai glared at her, "Then bring all the fruits and snacks from the house. Although Yan Yan has left this house, she is still my daughter, Lu Zhenhai's daughter! Yan Yan, come in and sit down!"
Xu Aiqin rolled her eyes to the side. Although she didn't want the wretched girl to eat the things in the house, she had to admit that the wretched girl now had some value.
Just give them a few lists, and they could eat for a long time!
"We were supposed to discuss cooperation, right? Fire these two and let me see your sincerity."
Perhaps they didn't expect Qing Yan to make this request. The two maids were stunned, and one of them angrily said, "Who do you think you are? You say 'fire' and they'll be fired? Will the master listen to you?"
Firing the two maids could bring enormous benefits to the Lu family. Lu Zhenhai couldn't ask for more, so he hurriedly said, "Someone, settle their wages and immediately kick them out. They will not be employed again!"
"Master??" Both maids were shocked, unable to believe that the master would agree just like that because of a random comment from this wretched girl?
Did the sun rise from the west today?
"Madam, Master wants to dismiss us. Can't you say something?"
These clothes were said to be given to them by Madam, letting them choose freely!
Why is it now that they're being blamed?
"Liu Jie, Huang Jie, since Master has made the decision, you can take an extra month's salary and go work for someone else."
"Madam??" The two maids didn't expect even Madam wouldn't save them. Although they didn't understand why, the two maids still glared at Qing Yan resentfully, feeling aggrieved, and left with frustration.
"Now, it's time to settle our accounts." Qing Yan shifted her gaze to Lu Zhenhai and said coldly, "Return the things you took from Grandma."
Lu Zhenhai immediately felt guilty upon hearing that.
Xu Aiqin quickly stepped forward and said, "Those were personally given to us by your grandmother. How can you want them back? Even if you want them back, it shouldn't go through your hands, an outsider. Who knows if your hands are clean? What if it's like last time when you stole Yao Yao's necklace..."
The nearby steward couldn't help but sneer. She still remembered the incident from last time. Before Qing Yan left the Lu family, she casually stole Miss Yao Yao's gemstone necklace! It was later discovered, and Qing Yan, in a fit of anger, threw it into the trash can!
"Well, if that's the case, then we have nothing more to discuss." Qing Yan was about to enter the house to find it.
Unexpectedly, Lu Zhenhai thought she didn't want to cooperate anymore and hurriedly pushed Xu Aiqin, "What are you standing there for! That's Mom's thing. Now that she wants it, let Yan Yan take it back!"
"Why should we!" Xu Aiqin knew those things were extremely valuable. Selling them could fetch a lot of money, which was worth more than the orders Qing Yan gave them!
"Think about the bigger picture!" Lu Zhenhai urgently reminded in a low voice, "Go and get them quickly!"
Previously, the Li family made a strong statement, forbidding any company from cooperating with them. If the subsidiary where Yan Yan is can take the lead in getting closer to them, other companies would surely follow suit, thinking that the Li family and them are getting along well...
Moreover, later on, Yan Yan will have to ask that designer Yin to design more new styles for them for free...
In the long run, cooperating with Yan Yan would bring the greatest benefits!
"Yao Yao, bring yours out too."
Hearing Lu Zhenhai's words, Lu Muyao bit her lip unwillingly. That gemstone flower was so vivid and could even play piano music. She didn't know how much she loved it...
She had only just obtained it, and now she had to return it!
Reluctantly, Xu Aiqin gave Qing Yan a resentful look and went to get the things.
Qing Yan put away three things and headed towards the door with long strides, as if eager to distance herself from this family.
Lu Zhenhai hurriedly called out, "Yan Yan, about the cooperation..."
"No discussion," she replied.
"You, you little brat..." Xu Aiqin realized she had been fooled and immediately blocked Qing Yan's path. "Since you don't plan on cooperating with us, hand over the things!"
"Just because you said so?"
"These belong to your grandmother..."
"So you do know they belong to her? If it wasn't for you stealing them, her condition wouldn't have worsened."
Hearing Qing Yan's words, Lu Zhenhai was taken aback. "What are you saying? What happened to your grandmother? She was perfectly fine when we visited her this morning..."
"Zhenhai, don't listen to this little brat's nonsense..." Xu Aiqin pointed her finger at Qing Yan's face as a warning. "I told you to hand over the things, do you hear me?"
"If you have the guts, come and take them."
"You little brat!" Xu Aiqin turned to the nearby servants. "What are you all standing around for? Don't just stand there, get her!"
The butler and the driver immediately rushed forward, intending to teach Qing Yan a lesson.
To everyone's surprise, before they could even touch a hair on Qing Yan's head, she had already brought them down to the ground.
Shocked, Xu Aiqin couldn't help but raise her hand, wanting to deliver a resounding slap to this brat.
However, Qing Yan grasped her wrist and looked at her coldly. "Thanks to you, my grandmother's health, which she has maintained for so many days, has been ruined."
"You, let go of me..." Xu Aiqin didn't care about the old woman's well-being. "I told you to let go, did you hear me? You're so audacious..."
She raised her other hand, intending to strike Qing Yan, but Qing Yan blocked her.
Qing Yan let go, and Xu Aiqin fell onto the grass, clutching her waist in pain, her face turning pale.
"Ouch... My, my waist..."