flstandardbreds Chapter 148 Aunt An
Chapter 148 Aunt An
An Ling's aunt is of course An Shuhai's older sister. An Shuhai has an older sister named An Qilan, who is five years older than him. Because she is mainly in charge of the An family's overseas businesses, she spends most of the year abroad.
Her daughter, An Yi, is also pursuing her doctorate abroad. Since the holidays for schools abroad are different from those in China, An Yi hasn't been home for Chinese New Year for several years. This year, she finally managed to get more than a month of leave and was able to come home for the holiday.
An Qilan and An Shuhai have always had a good relationship since childhood, and there is no drama of siblings from wealthy families fighting to the death for the inheritance.
An Qilan's stay abroad is not due to "exile." The reason why she and An Shuhai are now in a situation where one is in charge of overseas industries and the other is in charge of domestic industries dates back to An Qilan's youth.
Anling felt that her aunt's life before the age of thirty could be described as "unrestrained and free-spirited".
There's no rule about inheritance in Anjia that passes the family business to sons only. Who gets to inherit the family business depends on which child is more capable. If they are all capable, they can inherit together. Anyway, the family has a lot of assets, so no one will be left out.
Although An Shuhai was also excellent, An Qilan was the best of the best. She did everything very well and skipped grades all the way through school. Grandpa An valued his daughter very much and was already planning to raise her as his successor.
As a result, Grandpa An sent An Qilan abroad to study management with high expectations, but she suddenly became interested in fashion and design. She secretly dropped out of school and started studying from scratch abroad. She successfully applied to a prestigious university for fashion design and was indeed very talented in this field. Her work while still in school was recognized by many professionals.
To keep her family from finding out, she lied to them again, saying she was going to pursue a master's degree, when in fact she was going to become a fashion designer.
By the time the old man and woman of the An family found out about this, An Qilan had already become a designer for a well-known luxury brand and was participating in fashion shows at the domestic fashion week. She was only 23 years old at that time.
Grandpa An was naturally furious and told her to resign immediately.
An Qilan didn't listen at all. After Fashion Week ended, she went abroad again to continue being a designer, and her fame grew higher and higher.
Grandpa An had no choice but to compromise. He discussed with his daughter whether they could each take a step back, saying that since she liked fashion, he would hand over the An family's fashion-related businesses to her.
An Qilan agreed this time, resigning from her position as a designer to take over the family's fashion business. She seized the opportunity presented by the rapid improvement in everyone's living standards and the increasing demand for fashion in those years, multiplying the profits of the An family's fashion business several times over.
As it turns out, An Qilan actually ended up with a blond guy!
This blond-haired man is Cheng Yaozu, An Ling's current uncle. Cheng Yaozu is also 5 years younger than An Qilan. An Qilan took a liking to him the first time she saw him, but it was in a different sense.
It was when An Qilan returned to China at the age of 23 to attend Fashion Week that she saw Cheng Yaozu working as a waiter at a restaurant in Haicheng.
At the time, Cheng Yaozu was only eighteen years old. Although he was tall and handsome, he had just arrived in the big city and his face still showed obvious unease and naivety. When An Qilan saw him, she suddenly had a design inspiration. Moreover, she immediately saw that Cheng Yaozu had the potential to become a male model, so she asked Cheng Yaozu if he had any thoughts about entering the modeling industry.
After Cheng Yaozu agreed, she took people abroad to provide him with resources to be a model for her works. Later, Cheng Yaozu really became an international supermodel. The two gradually developed feelings for each other and became a couple, which became a beautiful story in the fashion industry.
But what's a beautiful story in the fashion world isn't a beautiful story in the eyes of the An family. When Grandpa and Grandma An found out, they were so angry that they couldn't eat. In their eyes, Cheng Yaozu was just a young man who had only graduated from junior high school and started working. He was not good enough for their daughter.
Old Master An hardened his heart and insisted that An Qilan break up with him, otherwise the An family would pretend she was not their daughter, and she would have no further connection with the An family's assets.
As a result, An Qilan said she didn't care at all. She returned all the businesses that the An family had previously managed for her, started her own clothing brand abroad and became very successful. She also accepted Cheng Yaozu's marriage proposal and had a daughter named An Yi when she was thirty years old.
Grandpa An was completely at a loss. Although he had said some harsh words before, they were just words spoken in anger. He couldn't possibly abandon his daughter.
Moreover, Cheng Yaozu didn't seem as bad as he thought. Not only did he agree to let his daughter take the An family name, but he also started his own modeling company and did quite well. This changed An Shuhai's opinion of his son-in-law a lot.
Moreover, An Qilan seems to have changed her personality after having a daughter. Her behavior has also changed a lot, and her relationship with the An family has gradually improved.
She offered to take over the An family's overseas businesses, and after Old Master An agreed, she did not disappoint him. The An family's overseas business empire expanded repeatedly under her leadership.
An Shuhai was not idle either. He not only stabilized the An family's original industries, but also made continuous investments in emerging industries with his keen eye.
Thus, the siblings, one in charge of external affairs and the other in charge of internal affairs, not only prevented the long-established wealthy family of An from resting on its laurels, but also continued to make progress. With such worry-free heirs, the old master An must have been the envy of countless wealthy family heads when he was still alive.
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The next day, Yan Yu still came to the An family's house to check in as usual in the morning, but he made an excuse to leave in the afternoon. After all, tonight's dinner was the first family banquet that An's eldest aunt had attended since her return, and it was not appropriate for him to stay given his current status.
During dinner, Anling noticed that the atmosphere in her aunt's family seemed a bit tense, especially since An Yi seemed to be ignoring her uncle.
That's a bit strange.
Although my aunt and uncle spend more time abroad, they try their best to come back to An Yi's home whenever An Yi's school is on holiday.
In Anling's memory, her aunt and uncle had always been very loving, and her cousin had a good relationship with them. She had never seen their relationship so strained before.
What's wrong? Could it be that my uncle is mostly in China for work, so my aunt, cousin, and I are seeing each other less and less and have become estranged?
[That shouldn't be the case. Didn't my uncle come back to China a few years ago to start a company? They've never done this before.]
Hearing An Ling's thoughts, the An family members sensed something was wrong and immediately looked up at An Qilan's family. Sure enough, they found An Qilan and An Yi staring at An Ling in disbelief, while Cheng Yaozu continued eating as usual.
The An family has gotten used to this situation.
An Shuhai, sitting next to An Qilan, immediately showed his older sister the text he had typed on his phone beforehand. An Yun, sitting opposite An Yi, also winked at her cousin, signaling her to look at the newly received WeChat message.