Chapter 923: Back to Hong Kong

At Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, Li Qian ran towards Xia Yu, holding the hem of her skirt as she saw him walking out.

'Yu, I've missed you so much, you're finally back!'

'Qianqian, I've missed you too!'

Feeling the trembling delicate body in his arms and listening to Li Qian's heartfelt words, Xia Yu was touched. He stroked her hair gently and said in a warm voice:

'My sister is still waiting for you!'

Although she was enchanted by Xia Yu's embrace, Li Qian did not forget the person who came with her to meet Xia Yu at the airport. She quickly gathered her emotions and broke away from Xia Yu's words.

Xia Yu suddenly looked over to the person standing tall but with red eyes, smiled, and opened his arms wide. The latter immediately flew towards Xia Yu, who embraced her firmly.

'Xia Yu...'

There was another intimate conversation, and Li Qian's mood finally calmed down.

Realising that there were always people looking over nearby, Xia Yu immediately said, 'Let's get in the car first.'

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a reflection of glass not far away. Xia Yu looked over subconsciously and suddenly saw a person taking a picture of him with a camera.

Xia Yu frowned slightly and said to the bodyguard, 'Destroy it!'

After saying that, he ignored it and just ran straight away to chase after the two bodyguards chasing the fleeing reporter. He got into the car with Li Qian, and about two minutes later, the two bodyguards returned and reported that the photo had been destroyed, and then got into another car. The convoy immediately drove away from the airport.

'Do you want to come to my house for a visit?'

'Yes!'

Hearing Xia Yu's words, her eyes lit up, and although her heartbeat quickened, she still followed her heart and nodded her head lightly in response.

Along the way, Xia Yu chatted with the two women, mostly about his experiences abroad.

Before they knew it, the convoy returned to Xia Yu's seaside villa.

It seemed that Xia Ming, who was on winter holiday, had heard the rare roar of a few cars and immediately exclaimed, 'Big brother is back!' when he saw Xia Yu, and then his parents and others kept running out.

'Dad, mom, I'm back!'

'It's good that you're back, I was wondering if you were coming back for the New Year.'

'It's good that you're back safely, come inside!'

'Xi Xi, you guys come inside too!'

...

After entering the house, the bodyguards again put in the trunk, Xia Yu brought back from abroad all the gifts were moved into the house, and suddenly the house was filled with laughter again.

I do not know where my mother smiled beautifully pulled Li Qian, Xia Yu sat in the living room chatting with his father.

'Yu, what are your plans after returning this time? Are you still going abroad?'

Xia Yu's father lovingly stroked the Rolex watch his son gave him and asked cheerfully.

Xia Yu smiled faintly and shook his head, saying, 'Not for the time being. At the moment, I plan to stay in Xiangjiang after the New Year. Even if I go out, it will be for a short period of time. Of course, there's no telling.'

Knowing that his son was tentatively planning to stay in Xiangjiang, Xia Dahai was already very happy, and said understandingly, 'Plans are plans, but reality is more important. But when your mother finds out that you're planning to stay in Xiangjiang, she'll definitely be very happy.'

'You've been away most of the year, and your mother doesn't see you a few times a year, let alone how much she misses you.'

...

The father and son chatted about family matters as the time gradually passed.

At some point, Xia Yu's mother, Chen Mei, came into the living room alone, sat down next to Xia Yu, took his hand, and whispered, 'Yu, how come you brought Sisi home with Miss He at the same time? Mom is confused by you.'

Xia Yu patted his mother's hand and said with a faint smile, 'Mom, you picked me up from the airport, so I can let her go back?'

'Since I brought her back, you just treat her the same as you would treat me.'

Xia Yu's mother was taken aback and asked nervously, "Is he willing to? Will you get into trouble?'

Xia Yu smiled indifferently and said reassuringly, "Mom, you don't need to worry about these trivial matters. I will take care of things. Don't underestimate me. You should have more time to do happy things.'

Chen Mei, Xia Yu's mother, was instantly relieved. She continued, 'That's good, but you said you wanted to let me do something happy. Nothing would make me happier than to have a grandchild. When I go out with the other old ladies, they always talk about their grandchildren...'

Xia Yu was at a loss for words, and quickly said, 'Mom, if you like children, why don't you and Dad have another one? Our family can afford it anyway.'

Xia Yu's father, who had been sitting happily watching the opera, was suddenly dumbfounded and stunned by his son's words.

He was just watching the opera, and his son had dragged him into it!

After a moment of shock, Xia Yu's mother, Chen Mei, blushed and said awkwardly, 'What are you talking about? Mom is so old, and Xi Xi and Miss are still upstairs. I'll go up first.'

After saying this, Xia Mu Chen Mei got up and left quickly.

Seeing her mother seemingly running away, Xia Yu looked at his father Xia Dahai with a smile.

Facing his son's winking, Xia Dahai felt like his butt was on fire, and he didn't feel like chatting with his son anymore. He made up an excuse and ran away.

Xia Yu gave a derisive smile and took a mango out of the fruit bowl on the coffee table and started peeling it.

At noon, the whole family had a happy lunch together, with Xia Yu's mother, Chen Mei, constantly helping to serve the food to Li Qian and He Chaoqiong, who were sitting on either side of her.

Li Qian was fine with it, but she was a little overwhelmed by Xia Yu's mother's enthusiasm, and seemed to have noticed something, as her face kept turning red.

If Xia Yu hadn't stopped her in time, he reckoned that there wouldn't even be any rice grains left in the bowl.

After lunch, during the break, Xia Yu called Huo Jianning and asked him to notify all company heads to come to the headquarters for a meeting the next morning. He also gave detailed instructions on preparations for the meeting, and asked Huo Jianning to notify everyone in advance.

Afterwards, he took the two women out for a trip, and at three o'clock, he boarded the ship to Macau with his bodyguards. He waved goodbye to them with lingering looks in his eyes, and then Xia Yu went to visit his master Li Chunqiu.

In the evening, Xia Jun and Xia Leide visited Xia Yu, and Xia Yu had a very enjoyable chat with the two brothers at home.

They didn't say anything the whole night.

The next morning, Xia Yu was in a good mood. After finishing breakfast, he went to the Jiuding Building.

However, his good mood didn't last long, and it was ruined by a newspaper handed over by his subordinate.

It was a third-rate tabloid called 'City News', which Xia Yu had never heard of before.

The cover of this newspaper was a distant photo, which only captured Xia Yu's profile, but also included the figures of the two women Li Qian, although a little blurry, but if seen by acquaintances, they would definitely be able to recognise one of them at a glance.

That was fine, but below the picture in this newspaper was an extremely exaggerated description of Xia Yu's return to Xiangjiang and the gossip about the stock god's good fortune, etc.

'Boss, the photo of that reporter from yesterday was definitely destroyed, and the work permit was from the Hong Kong Economic Journal. And judging from this picture, the angle of the shot was also wrong. It should have been taken by another reporter.'

Li Wuming immediately said to Xia Yu when he saw that Xia Yu was upset.

Afterwards, he added, 'Boss, I'll go and have someone take care of it.'

Xia Yu said with a gloomy face, 'Go do it right away, don't let the impact expand, but there's no need to see blood.'

Li Wuming nodded and went off to make arrangements.

At 9am sharp, in the large conference room of the Jiuding Building, Xia Yu sat in the middle of the room. Liu Tianci, Wang Qi, Yan Wenhan, Ma Tengdong, Liu Shihao and other company heads were all there. Everyone looked at Xia Yu intently, waiting for his speech.

'It's been a while since I last saw everyone. It seems that you've all been doing well, so I'm relieved.'

'Today is the 2nd, and the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Before I know it, another year has passed. Here, I would like to wish everyone a happy new year in advance!'

'...

After some pleasantries, Xia Yu finally got down to business.

Xia Yu's face became serious, and everyone perked up.

'Before I came back, I had already asked Huo Jianning to notify you. I presume you have also prepared the bonus payment books for your respective companies. I will check them one by one after the meeting, and if there are no problems, I will arrange for the payments to be made directly.'

After saying this, Xia Yu looked at Liu Tianci, who was sitting on his left, and said to him, 'Tianci, you have to work a little harder these two days. You must arrange for someone to pay out all the employees' bonuses in these two days, so that the employees of other companies can have money to celebrate the New Year.'

'Yes!'

Liu Tianci immediately nodded in response.

Most of the others revealed smiles, obviously the matter had put everyone in a good mood.

'Since I returned so late, I will arrange matters for each company after the New Year. However, you must submit a summary of this year's work, a report on the company's development, and a plan for next year.'

'...'

The main purpose of this meeting was to unify thinking and set the tone in terms of the general direction. Xia Yu did not mention the details.

Despite this, the meeting still lasted over an hour.

After the meeting was adjourned, Xia Yu asked the others to stay behind to sign the documents before dismissing them, except for Yan Wenhan.

Xia Yu threw the Metropolis News newspaper in front of Yan Wenhan, who immediately picked it up. When he saw the cover, his face immediately changed.

Without waiting for him to speak, Xia Yu said directly, 'Wenhan, I remember that you are already the chairman of the Xiangjiang Newspaper Association?'

Yan Wenhan nodded and said, "Yes, I was just elected in October this year.'

Xia Yu continued, "I have already sent someone to deal with this newspaper, but you must take this opportunity to set an unspoken rule. From now on, unless I take the initiative to come to the forefront, I don't want to see any news about me in the outside world.'

'Rules must be set, and this rule cannot be broken, no matter if it is the current newspaper or a newcomer.'

Yan Wenhan's heart trembled, and he immediately replied, 'I understand. Today I will call a meeting of all newspapers to set the rules.'

Xia Yu's face eased slightly, and he nodded without saying anything more.

It was not strange for Xia Yu to react so strongly, but he knew how far the media would go for heat and sales.

Newspapers like Ming Pao and Hong Kong Economic Journal have a high sense of awareness and never report negative or gossipy news about Xia Yu. At most, they report some positive news, but not much.

It's just that some small newspapers have no bottom line.

Think about the future, there are a lot of newspapers that like to report on celebrities, tycoons and playboys, ruining the reputation of the tycoons in an instant.

For Xia Yu, who wants to be the person behind the scenes, this is absolutely intolerable, and this evil trend must be stopped early.

After Yan Wenhan stepped down, Xia Yu looked at the photo in the newspaper again, shook his head helplessly, and sighed, 'My ears haven't been quiet these past few days...'

As he sighed, he couldn't help but think about it again, pondering what to do.