Chapter 182: Chapter 182

Jia Yanxiu, his face filled with emotion, held her hand and said, "Weiwei, rest assured, even if I can’t inherit the traditional Chinese medicine shop, I can still work hard through other channels!"

Xu Muwei nodded stiffly.

Ling Xiao led the applause, and Mu Enyu quickly followed suit, with everyone else in the store joining in.

Amidst the applause, An Yan ended the live broadcast.

She followed Jia Min upstairs to sign the contract.

In the meantime, An Yan handed Ling Xiao a document. Just as he was about to open it, An Yan pressed his hand, saying, "Wait until you get home to look at it."

Ling Xiao acknowledged with an "Oh" and put the document into his briefcase.

His phone vibrated once.

An Yan picked it up and saw it was a message from Li Tianyao which read, "Come downstairs."

He must have come over after seeing her live broadcast. He’d originally thought the little miss would spend the whole day at the university, but she’d run off again!

Once An Yan got into the car, Little Squirrel popped out of Lu Feng’s bag on the passenger seat. It jumped into the back but didn’t dare to hop onto her, instead squatting on the floor, looking up at her with its small head tilted.

An Yan reached out to pick it up, but Li Tianyao caught her extended hand, his voice, tinged with a chill, resounded in her ear as he asked, "Do you like teaching people that much?"

An Yan gave up interacting with Little Squirrel and looked at him. "Mm-hm, don’t you think there are too many scumbags and vixens in this world?"

"Besides, I can’t always stay in the lab, right? I need a change of pace. Moreover, this matter is related to our Xinyan Group, so I definitely can’t ignore it."

An Yan said this with a bit of trepidation, worried that Li Tianyao would get angry. But despite her concern, she still spoke her mind.

She couldn’t always be walking on eggshells every time she was with him, could she?

Unexpectedly, Li Tianyao wasn’t angry. "If you have the time, why don’t you manage me a little?"

He once had a subordinate who constantly complained about his wife being a "tigress," yet would inadvertently reveal a blissful expression.

Back then, he’d realized that perhaps having someone willing to manage you was also a supremely happy thing.

An Yan looked at him in surprise. Is Li Tianyao feeling neglected? Actually, setting that aside, he looked quite human and approachable . An Yan quirked her lips. "What about you needs managing? You’re intelligent, wise, devoted, you know when to eat, and you know enough to come home when it rains."

Just listen to that, the little miss even dared to tease him now!

And he didn’t feel offended, even looking for a way to gracefully defuse the situation. "Help me think of a way to find Gu Shifang!"

"I’m thinking about it," An Yan replied.

An Yan hadn’t expected Li Tianyao to actually find a way to save face for himself. Haha.

She habitually reached for her neck. Feeling its emptiness was quite unsettling. "Since the thumb ring is bound to Gu Shifang, and from this incident, we can infer that he probably won’t dare give the thumb ring to anyone else again. We just need to focus on the thumb ring itself." Googlᴇ search N0velFire.ɴet

Once she worked a little harder and got Bai Wu to produce more Yezi, she could try to use the thumb ring to divine Gu Shifang’s location.

"What’s your plan?" Li Tianyao asked.

"Divination! Once I’ve recovered a bit, I’ll use the Fortunetelling Technique to find the thumb ring’s location. Then Gu Shifang will naturally have nowhere to hide."

Li Tianyao reached out to stroke her earlobe. "Does divination drain your energy much?"

An Yan thought of all the effort it had taken her to restore the Yezi and sighed deeply. "Recently, I probably haven’t been able to do any proper work."

"You can’t perform the surgery on that drug dealer?"

Li Tianyao took out his phone. "No problem, I’ll contact the police..."

"Performing surgery isn’t proper work!" An Yan declared. "To me, performing surgery, live streaming—those are all just entertainment!"

Li Tianyao’s brow furrowed slightly. He thought he understood the little miss well enough, but he hadn’t expected these to be what she considered entertainment! Shouldn’t a normal girl’s entertainment be watching movies or binge-watching dramas? Or flying around the world on shopping sprees?

"Then what do you consider proper business?" Li Tianyao earnestly inquired.

"Doing scientific research in the lab! Dealing with bacteria and viruses, working for the health of all humankind!" An Yan patiently explained to him. "These are the truly great undertakings, the kind that require me to be serious, think carefully, and give my all, without a single misstep."

Li Tianyao was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Did Old Master Luo instill these ideas in you?"

"No, I feel like these things are ingrained in my mind. It’s my mission."

This girl is actually a workaholic!

"Take me to Luocheng University. I need to go to the lab to get my blood drawn for samples!"

Regardless, An Yan was still concerned about the poison in her body. She wanted to get samples for analysis first; she was also curious about the composition of the Golden Thread Worm’s poison.

"You still haven’t managed to get samples taken?"

"Yes. I attended a class at the university, then went to the pharmacy, and then I ran into Lin Yueru! Since I ran into her, how could I possibly let her off the hook?"

Li Tianyao was amused by her reasoning. "You went looking to be bullied, and you still think you came out on top?"

"I was live-streaming, you know! During a live stream, don’t I need to shape my image a bit?"

"And you shaped yourself into a doormat?"

"Ah, it was mainly to get the netizens to curse her out!"

The more people cursed Lin Yueru and her group, the more people would have their eyes opened, and the more Yezi she would get! Seeing the Yezi regain vitality in her mind’s eye filled An Yan with joy! Her eyes curved, and her smile was full of mirth!

"To Luocheng University!" Li Tianyao gave the instruction.

The driver turned the steering wheel, and the car turned onto the road to Luocheng University.

"What do you think of Shenghuang Entertainment’s team?"

"Pretty good, I guess."

After deciding to start live streaming, An Yan had also researched the industry. Shenghuang Entertainment was definitely a leader in the field. Furthermore, Shenghuang pursued a high-end strategy, producing television dramas that were popular on all major streaming platforms. There was a saying online: "Shenghuang productions are guaranteed quality!" This was a testament to their strength.

"I’ll assign a team from Shenghuang Entertainment to you. From now on, you just focus on streaming; leave everything else for the team to handle!"

Since the little miss considered it entertainment, he wanted her to have more fun with it.

"Shenghuang’s team? For me? Are you crazy? How could a team like that handle something like live streaming?"

"Why not?" Li Tianyao reached out and patted her head. "Shenghuang belongs to the Li Corporation. For the boss lady of the Li Corporation to live stream, having them assist is an honor for them."

An Yan was speechless.

"Little miss, you need to adapt to your new identity quickly!" Pride shone in the man’s eyes.

In the past, he made money and built his career solely to destroy Gu Shifang. But now, he could do it all for her!

"But I’m just treating it as a bit of fun."

"Even if it’s just for fun, it should be high-end! Tell them your ideas, and let them handle the operations and planning. You just need to supervise and approve. It saves time and effort, and you can still achieve your desired results—why wouldn’t you do it?"

An Yan herself hadn’t expected this. What she had intended as a small-scale hobby to earn Yezi through live streaming had suddenly become so grand and sophisticated after Li Tianyao’s involvement.

That very evening, several staff members from the live-streaming team arrived to report to her.