On the way back, Sun Meng Meng deliberately kept her car speed under control.
She did not dare to send Xiao Chu Ran home too quickly, because she worried that if they returned early and Ye Chen on the Yan Jing side had not yet boarded the plane, if Xiao Chang Kun or Ma Lan had a lapse in judgement and sent Ye Chen a message asking something, then everything would likely fall apart.
So, she thought that as long as Xiao Chu Ran stayed with her until the plane took off, and had no contact with the outside world, then naturally all risks could be eliminated.
Moreover, to ensure nothing went wrong this time, they had even used their connections to have the WiFi module on the plane Ye Chen was taking removed for maintenance in advance.
Now many transoceanic flights offered free or paid internet services, and generally first-class cabins had free internet available, so if the plane’s WiFi was not disabled, Ye Chen could potentially receive messages throughout the entire flight.
Once the WiFi function was shut down, ten minutes after takeoff, all passengers on the plane would temporarily lose contact with the outside world, only regaining it just before landing.
At five thirty in the afternoon.
The plane Ye Chen was on took off on schedule.
Ten minutes later, the plane climbed to an altitude of three thousand five hundred metres, at which point mobile phones had completely lost all signals.
The hair clip Sun Meng Meng wore on her head vibrated subtly three times; this was their internal agreed communication method, three vibrations meaning Ye Chen was now in a state of communication blackout.
Thus, she then accelerated, sending Xiao Chu Ran back to the family home in Tang Chen Yi Pin.
Xiao Chang Kun had already arrived home by then and was watching television in the living room with Ma Lan.
Seeing Xiao Chu Ran enter alone, both looked over immediately, and Xiao Chang Kun said with a cheerful laugh, “Oh, my daughter is back! Did you all have a good time in Yan Jing this trip?”
Xiao Chu Ran smiled faintly. “Pretty good.”
Ma Lan looked left and right but saw no sign of Ye Chen behind her, so she asked in some surprise, “Daughter, has Ye Chen not come back?”
“No.” Xiao Chu Ran smoothed her hair somewhat unnaturally and said, “Ye Chen went to Australia; Mr Hong asked him for help, saying a friend needed him to go and look at some feng shui, so I came back by myself first.”
When Xiao Chang Kun heard Mr Hong, he quickly asked, “Is it Fifth Master Hong?”
“Yes.” Xiao Chu Ran nodded.
Xiao Chang Kun said with a cheerful laugh, “Oh, Fifth Master Hong really has a good relationship with Ye Chen; he always thinks of him for clients, not bad, not bad at all.”
In Xiao Chang Kun’s view, whether he could return to being the executive vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association in the future depended on whether Fifth Master Hong was willing to put in a word for him.
Previously, he had messed up and been demoted in the association, but everyone knew the unspoken rules in the circle: demotion during the heat of the moment, and once the storm passed, there would soon be a chance to be promoted back, it just depended on whether those above were willing to give the opportunity.
Xiao Chang Kun knew he had no solid foundation, but as long as Fifth Master Hong helped, this matter would definitely be no problem.
So, as long as Ye Chen maintained close cooperation with Hong Wu, he felt his own issue would surely still have a chance.
Xiao Chu Ran could roughly tell from her father’s expression what he was pondering, but she also knew clearly in her heart that her parents would soon leave Jin Ling, and might never return afterwards; the whole Calligraphy and Painting Association thing was all just fleeting clouds.
Then, she said to the two of them, “By the way, Dad, Mum, our company business has been light lately, and just after the New Year things are also few, plus a friend recommended a cruise travel project starting from Dao Cheng all the way to Tahiti, they say the facilities are excellent and it’s really fun too, so how about we set off tonight!”
