I love you the most in the world [Entertainment circle]

Chapter 227.1

Editor: Princess

The New Year arrived early this year. By mid-January, New Year’s Eve was already approaching.

Lin An Lan closed his shop and handed out red envelopes to his employees, wishing them a happy New Year.

The Cheng Group had a slightly later holiday schedule, but they also gave time off before New Year’s Eve, allowing employees to return home for family reunions.

The day before New Year’s Eve, Lin An Lan was putting up Spring Festival couplets under Yu Hanshuang’s direction. He was wearing a white turtleneck sweater, and when he lowered his head, his chin would disappear into the collar, making him look exceptionally pure and handsome.

Yu Hanshuang found his temperament increasingly appealing. She couldn’t help but pull him over to take several photos, thinking to herself that such a good-looking son shouldn’t be kept to herself alone.

When Cheng Yu returned home, he saw them taking selfies at the doorway, with Lin An Lan cooperatively making a peace sign with his fingers.

“Why are you taking photos here?” Cheng Yu walked over, casually removing his coat and draping it over Lin An Lan’s shoulders. “Aren’t you cold?”

“I’m fine.” Lin An Lan replied. “I was just inside the house earlier. I only came out to hang the couplets, so I’m not cold.”

“Still, be careful not to catch a chill.” Cheng Yu helped wrap the coat around him tighter, then looked at Yu Hanshuang. “Are you finished? Let me handle the rest.”

“We’re done.” Yu Hanshuang said. “Look how much you dote on him. If An An were a girl, I’d say you should just marry him directly.”

Hearing this, Cheng Yu extended his arm and pulled Lin An Lan into his arms, laughing. “That would be perfect. I’d definitely treat him well.”

Lin An Lan was so startled that he quickly nudged Cheng Yu with his elbow, his ears burning red.

Yu Hanshuang smiled without taking it seriously and turned to walk back into the house.

Only then did Lin An Lan look up and glare at Cheng Yu. “What nonsense are you saying?”

“It wasn’t nonsense.” Cheng Yu whispered. “Whether you’re male or female, I’ll always treat you well.”

Lin An Lan felt somewhat embarrassed and stopped paying attention to him, lowering his head as he entered the house.

Cheng Yu followed behind him, walking slowly inside.

The Cheng family’s New Year’s Eve celebration included only Cheng Feng’s family and Cheng Xiao.

Then during the subsequent Spring Festival, other branches of the family would come over successively to pay their New Year respects to Cheng Xiao.

Lin An Lan followed Cheng Yu, politely greeting the Cheng family relatives. The Cheng family members had practically watched him grow up and were well aware that although he didn’t carry the Cheng surname, he had grown up beside Cheng Xiao since childhood and was far more favored by Cheng Xiao than any other grandson except Cheng Yu.

Because of this, there were always people who would smile and ask him, “Does An An have a girlfriend yet? Just the day before yesterday, someone was asking me about you, saying they wanted to meet you.”

Lin An Lan quickly declined, expressing that he had no intention of dating at the moment.

Now that he and Cheng Yu had graduated, various relatives from both families had become quite active. After spending one New Year together, the number of people from both the Cheng and Yu families wanting to arrange marriages for the two of them could hardly be counted on two hands. Especially Lin An Lan – those who didn’t dare arrange matches for Cheng Yu but wanted to build good relationships with Cheng Feng for future advancement had all set their sights on him.

Fortunately, Cheng Yu pulled him aside with a cold expression and voice, rejecting them all, which allowed Lin An Lan to escape.

“Next time, be a bit fiercer with them.” Cheng Yu said. “The more polite you are, the more they’ll want to pester you.”

Lin An Lan nodded but found it difficult to do. These were all relatives of the Cheng and Yu families. Since he ultimately had no blood relation with them, he couldn’t be as unscrupulous as Cheng Yu, completely unconcerned about whether the other party would feel embarrassed.

How could Cheng Yu not understand him? He put his arm around Lin An Lan’s shoulders and ruffled his hair. “Forget it. I’ll help you speak up instead, so you won’t feel uncomfortable.”

“It’s not really a big deal.”

“Yeah, nothing’s ever a big deal to you.”

“That’s not entirely true.” Lin An Lan tilted his head to look at him. “Your matters are quite important.”

Hearing this, Cheng Yu smiled, pinched his face, and led him to a quiet place.

**

After the Spring Festival ended, Lin An Lan and Cheng Yu returned to work. Lin An Lan’s business was now so busy that his schedule was completely packed. The students who initially came because of his appearance had gradually become customers drawn by his professional capabilities.

Lin An Lan considered taking over the restaurant next to his bookstore and converting it into a tutoring center, hiring several more teachers. This would represent another business opportunity.

He now had many repeat customers, with many students specifically requesting his tutoring. Some were even willing to pay high prices to buy tutoring slots from others, leading to the emergence of queue-holding services and scalpers at the bookstore. Lin An Lan felt he could fully utilize this resource. After all, in the education industry, as long as there were students, there would always be a market.

He discussed this matter with Cheng Yu, who naturally supported him wholeheartedly. Cheng Yu had always been unconditionally supportive and indulgent regarding Lin An Lan’s affairs.

Lin An Lan asked him, “What if it fails?”

Cheng Yu remained calm. “Then we’ll just deal with the tutoring center. It won’t be stuck on our hands. At worst, we’ll lose some money. Maybe you’ll even discover other business opportunities from this experience.”

“What if we lose a lot?”

“How much could we lose?” Cheng Yu hugged him from behind. “Don’t worry about losses. Your husband has plenty of money. Don’t touch your own money – keep it for buying things for yourself. I’ll pay for everything from the storefront to the decoration, and hiring teachers will also go on my card. If we lose money, I’ll consider it paying to avoid disaster. If we make money, I’ll buy you property with it for appreciation.”

Lin An Lan felt his words were simply too wonderful to hear. Originally, he had thought this was a very serious matter, but after listening to Cheng Yu, he felt no pressure at all.

He turned around, cupped Cheng Yu’s face, and kissed him. “Thank you, little flower. But I have enough money, so I can handle it myself.”

“That won’t do.” Cheng Yu disagreed. “You work so hard to earn money. I just sit around and collect dividends every day, so I should be responsible for this. Besides, it’s all joint marital property anyway – there’s no distinction between yours and mine.”

“If there’s no distinction, why do you still insist on using yours?”

Cheng Yu couldn’t argue with him, so he simply kissed him directly. “Anyway, it’s settled like this.”

Lin An Lan was helpless. Fine, if he said it was settled, then it was settled. After all, from childhood to adulthood, Cheng Yu had always been eager to give him everything he had, including himself – hadn’t he eagerly given himself to Lin An Lan once they grew up? So there really wasn’t much distinction to be made.

They quickly contacted the owner, rented the storefront, and began renovations.

Cheng Feng and Yu Hanshuang were quite pleased to see their two children being so motivated.

Even Cheng Xiao praised them repeatedly, feeling that Lin An Lan’s decision not to focus on the Cheng Group but instead slowly explore and develop his own career step by step was admirable.

He praised Lin An Lan in front of other Cheng family grandsons, implying that the Cheng Group belonged to Cheng Yu, and if others had the ability, they could start their own businesses like Lin An Lan.

Because although his enterprise wasn’t large, it showed initiative.

Because of this, when the new store opened, Cheng Xiao even gave Lin An Lan a villa as a reward.

He actually wanted to give Lin An Lan some shares in the Cheng family company.

After all, after all these years, Lin An Lan had grown up under his watchful eye. While Cheng Feng and Yu Hanshuang would sometimes not come home due to business trips, Cheng Yu and Lin An Lan had always stayed at home, living with him.

And Lin An Lan was thoughtful. He remembered what he liked and disliked, remembered to tell him to add more clothes when it was cold, advised him not to go out on rainy days, and reminded him not to eat too many high-sugar, high-protein foods during regular meals.

Sometimes, in his dazed moments, Cheng Xiao would even feel as if Lin An Lan was actually his own grandson – someone who didn’t share his surname but was very close to him.

This feeling grew stronger as he aged.

Elderly people tended to be softer-hearted than when they were young, especially toward children they had raised themselves, so Cheng Xiao couldn’t help but waver, wanting to give him some shares.

Especially now, when Lin An Lan clearly showed he didn’t want to depend on the Cheng Group, he liked this kind of character and wanted to give him some shares to let him know that he saw everything and kept it all in his heart.

It didn’t need to be too much, Cheng Xiao thought. Just enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life. After all, too much would cause problems.

However, this wasn’t a simple matter, so he needed to think carefully.

However he was afraid he might not make up his mind in the end, so he gave him a villa as compensation for now.

He would think about it more later, Cheng Xiao sighed. There was no rush anyway, since Lin An Lan was still young.