"Master Fox...?"
Back in the room, Lin Ying could immediately see Master Fox staring blankly, his mouth slightly open, as if he was shocked by something he saw.
Lin Ying scanned the room but didn't see anything unusual.
[No problem, I just scrolled past a hell joke on Notation, where a white doctor told a Black patient with a cold that even his legs were black and needed amputation. Then it flashed a picture of a panda-man with a slap mark revealing a round hole at the center.]
Ansheng gradually calmed his facial expression and spouted nonsense, brushing away the subject.
"Master Fox's sphere is really broad." Lin Ying was slightly startled by the words, showing a faint, subtle smile.
The hell joke told by Master Fox wasn't actually funny to Lin Ying, but seeing Master Fox squatting on the table, quickly writing a line and holding the phone screen up before him, was quite amusing.
......
Lin Ying tidied up a bit and boarded her usual black business car.
But instead of heading to Hailing Long as planned, the black business car went to a residential area and picked up a person already waiting at the community entrance.
The person was a woman in her forties, wearing a black long-tail suit over a black vest and white shirt, with neatly tied hair forming a ponytail at the back of her head.
She gave off the impression of a stereotypical English drama butler.
"Miss Lin."
She smiled at Lin Ying, undid the button of her suit jacket, and sat in the front passenger seat.
"Ying ying ying?"
Ansheng looked at Lin Ying with some curiosity, not quite understanding why another person was picked up.
"Lin Bingyun, my housekeeper." Lin Ying, seeing Master Fox's confusion, said, "Or rather, she's the Chief Steward of the housekeeping team. Her main responsibility is family finance and financial management, and secondarily personnel planning and event coordination."
Lin Bingyun turned and smiled at Ansheng.
"I previously gave them a long holiday, but as I'm recovering now, I need to handle some matters at the company. If I'm not home, Master Fox can always call her if there's anything."
"She's trustworthy. Besides not being able to hand-craft a nuclear bomb, she's adept at everything else."
The confidence Lin Ying showed in Lin Bingyun was evident, indicating her importance in Lin Ying's life.
"If it were thirty years earlier, Miss, there might actually be ways to obtain a nuclear bomb." Lin Bingyun joked with Lin Ying, "But now, at most dirty bombs would be the limit for commercial entities."
Ansheng glanced at Lin Ying and then at Chief Steward Lin in disbelief: "Is there really someone in the world who can handle everything? I don't buy it."
"Unless... you turn a bottle of cold Coke for me."
Getting Lin Bingyun to produce a can of Coke naturally wasn't reasonable.
Since her illness, Lin Ying hadn't visited the company for a long time. Though the physical industries weren't like the internet and finance sectors, where meetings never end, before falling ill, Lin Ying's schedule was filled with never-ending invitations, site inspections, and meetings with company leaders.
In short, she was always on a business trip, especially as she was in charge of the investment department back then.
Though Lin Group Holding Company still operates as before, a considerable portion of projects and new investments require Lin Ying's approval and assessment.
Though physical industries don't collapse overnight, if the wrong decisions are made, the effects won't be visible immediately; they require time to ferment and return feedback.
Making new decisions while patching past decisions is Lin Ying's daily routine.
The company might keep her busy for a while, and Lin Ying realized she might not be able to pay attention to Master Fox. Thus, she summoned back the team previously tasked with caring for her daughter...
Summoning might not be the right word; Lin Ying had only given them a long vacation. Aside from not needing to appear before her and caring for the little princess, everything else remained the same, and they continued living in Lin Ying's residence.
However, Lin Ying didn't stay at her own home but instead lived in a countryside villa in Changxi Town.
The residential community Lin Bingyun just left was actually where Lin Ying usually lived.
Now that the driver, housekeeper, and maids are all arranged for Master Fox, Lin Ying felt that even after she goes out for work, Master Fox wouldn't go hungry and could rely on the housekeeper to keep updated on his situation.
So as to prevent any dizziness or problems with Master Fox without her knowledge due to being out working.
......
The black business car drove straight ahead and parked in the lot behind Hailing Long.
"Hmm? Why is Lin Hao crouching there?"
Just as they drove into the parking lot, Ansheng saw Lin Hao, who usually carried a gold-rimmed hedgehog, but today, without the hedgehog and having swapped his flashy suit for a regular white shirt.
He stood at the back door with a group, occasionally glancing at his wristwatch.
"Just drive over there!" Lin Bingyun instructed, directing Lin Shu to drive to Lin Hao.
As soon as the car stopped, Lin Bingyun stepped out from the passenger seat, fixing her suit button and opening the car door.
"Welcome, Lin... Chairman Lin?"
Lin Hao wore a friendly smile, about to approach and greet this veteran in his field.
The Lin family from Xia Country might seem gentle and clean, but their overseas branch ventures as wild as the skies. Notorious outlaws seem extremely weak in comparison. Their folks in Europe dabble with armored units and authentic American equipment.
In some sense, Lin Ying became an idol for all Xia Dong's gray market entrepreneurs.
However.
When the black business car door opened, the little fox's eyes widened at Lin Hao. Lin Hao, having been simmering on a mental speech for quite a while, was scared speechless seeing Master Fox on the car.
"Fo... Fox!"
Lin Hao's eyes widened in shock and horror as he saw Master Fox: "You you you..."
In the morning, with Granny Hedgehog's blessing, Lin Hao maintained his business demeanor on encountering Master Fox.
But at night, in the same parking lot, seeing the striking appearance of Master Fox again, Lin Hao's mind raced back to the recent memory of [Master Fox's Pumped Iron Night].
The fierce Master Fox, thrashing the granny and nearly pulling her skin off, like a nightmare.
"Do you know each other?"
Seeing Lin Hao's pale face and the wide-eyed Master Fox in his arms, Lin Ying scanned between the two, asking with some confusion.
"Chairman Lin, Master Fox, you... I..." Lin Hao was at a loss for words, struck dumb.
Somehow, Lin Hao suddenly felt a pang of grievance welling up inside him.
The simultaneous appearance of Ansheng and Lin Ying evidently led Lin Hao to some misunderstanding.
Pondering how massive their business is, with an armed force and Spirit Beast Gang on one hand, and real estate, finance, shipping, and healthcare on the other, the Lin brand famed overseas... why come trouble small fries like them?
They hadn't provoked them, nor did they have any business competition...
Why subject to a slap from them?
What sort of submission test is this?