Group Pet Eldest Lady, She Just Wants To Be A Salted Fish

Chapter 50 Part 3 一 Brother, I beat someone up.

Three hours ago, Qi Zhiyan had just come out of the meeting room.

Yesterday, she received a report from Ruan Yōu about Yu Chi and Jiang’s family. The report stated that Jiang’s family and Yu Chi had snatched away a cooperative partner of Qi’s family’s subsidiary company. It wasn’t a big deal, but Ruan Yōu explained it briefly.

【A small company indeed doesn’t have much, but both Yu Chi and the Jiang family don’t have skincare companies under their umbrella. It’s definitely suspicious that they suddenly started to occupy the beauty industry. I’ve investigated and found that this small company has tremendous potential. It will undoubtedly become a lucrative brand for the Qi family in the future. You should look into it thoroughly.】

Qi Zhiyan had someone investigate, and indeed, this company has great potential. It can develop into a very good niche brand. The investment provided earlier was insufficient, so it was taken away by others. Ultimately, it’s due to the inadequate leadership and lack of transparency in the data provided by the subsidiary group.

Qi Zhiyan asked the leader of the subsidiary group to see her and specifically discussed this matter. However, apart from her, the company’s upper management blamed her for making a fuss over nothing. She returned to China to take control of the Qi Group four years ago, but some executives still don’t respect her. This time, the executives seized the opportunity to vent their frustrations, and the blamed employees were also feeling aggrieved.

She had a headache and felt a helpless and desperate feeling. Only Ruan Yōu understood her in the whole world.

Qi Zhiyan hesitated to call Ruan Yōu, but she heard that Ruan Yōu had gone south with Jiang Huai, so she quietly hung up the phone.

She finally understood the jokes circulating on the internet, dragging her weary body to work at the company. No one understood her, and when she returned home, there wasn’t even someone to accompany her.

Loneliness, a profound sense of loneliness until death.

The aunt brought the freshly cooked food and placed it on the table. There was only Qi Zhiyan alone at the long table, with the flickering shadows casting a half-dark, half-bright ambiance.

In the Moments section, Lu Xuan and Ruan Yōu both posted a Moment about watching the sunrise.

Under the sunshine, they laughed happily together.

Five people sat together to eat, and in a simple and quiet moment, Qi Zhiyan felt envious.

She thought of what Ruan Yōu had said.

Ruan Yōu told her to go home and see, that there would be someone who would be happy because she went home, because of this small gesture.

Qi Zhiyan decided to go back home once, never expecting that her grandfather would be so excited upon seeing her that he couldn’t find words to say.

Her mother asked her if she had eaten, and she shook her head.

With a simple shake of her head, the housekeeper’s face lit up with wrinkles of joy.

“I will arrange dinner right away, Miss Qi, please wait a moment.”

Qi Zhiyan sat in her seat, staring blankly at Ruan Yōu’s text message.

She used to close all the doors, complaining about the aristocratic education at home, blaming them for pushing her into the position of heir, resenting the life they brought, resisting everything her family brought.

The bad and the good, she blocked them all outside the door.

Even the most indifferent person would hope to be hugged in the cold winter.

Family grudges do not last overnight, and years of grievances and misunderstandings gradually fade away as they see their father’s aging hair, their mother’s moist eyes, and grandpa Qi’s restless movements.

Qi Zhiyan replied to Ruan Yōu with a text message.

【You’ve done a lot, accept it.】

Ruan Yōu stared at the message for a while.

“Ruanruan, what are you looking at? Come and have some cherry tomatoes, Dad has personally grown these organic fruits.”

Ruan Yōu put away her phone, nodded with a smile, and rushed to Gu Fuchen’s side to watch Gu Fuchen and Gu Youqian play chess.

That night, Qi Zhiyan returned to the Qi family for dinner, Jiang Huai was dragged to the Fu family by Fu Jiazhan to work on the reports, Mother Fu had the housekeeper send them fruit, and she herself chatted with Mrs. Lu in the bedroom, arguing about who was qualified to marry into the Gu family.

Lu Xuan lay on the bed, reporting to her brother, Lu Jin, about the whereabouts of the past day and night, and received a reward of 80 million yuan pocket money from Lu Jin, which made her extremely happy.

Everyone was very happy.

Except Jiang Wei.

The next day, Jiang Huai came out of the Fu family and went straight to the company.

Old President Jiang and Jiang Wei were waiting for him in the office, accompanied by the two major shareholders who had once supported him.

Jiang Huai threw his coat to his assistant and approached with a smile, asking, “Have the two uncles arrived?”

The two shareholders smiled awkwardly and quickly looked at Old President Jiang.

Jiang Huai’s heart sank as he understood most of it.

“Jiang Huai, it’s not up to Uncle Li to decide for you. How can you just say no to such a big project like Yawei? Gu Fuchen is your good friend, your resource, you should seize this opportunity.”

Jiang Huai smiled and replied politely, “I am following up on Yawei’s project, and some collaborations are proceeding properly. As for private transactions, even if Gu Fuchen agrees, the shareholders of Bozhan will not agree.”

“Your attitude is not right,” another shareholder frowned and said, “Any friendship and connections are resources of those in power. Business is paramount. Gu Fuchen has the ability to convince his shareholders. Jiang’s Company needs this collaboration now and must not easily give it to the Wen family. The Wen family has a higher price, we can offer a lower price. You should talk to Gu Fuchen privately, give him something, or even give something to Gu Youqian or their daughter. This way, we can utilize our connections.”

“Yes, we’re not asking you to steal anything. We just want to use our connections reasonably to turn something with low probability into something with high probability. If Gu Fuchen doesn’t help you, doesn’t that mean he doesn’t consider you a friend?”

Jiang Huai’s patience had worn thin. He pursed his lips and spoke softly, “Uncles, using friendship to coerce Gu Fuchen into signing the collaboration agreement is simple, but the crucial point is how he will face his own shareholders.”

Old President Jiang smiled faintly, “We are all businessmen. If he helps you once, you can help him in return.”

The older generation had a completely different attitude toward friendship compared to Jiang Huai.

Jiang Huai, Gu Fuchen, Lu Jin, and Fu Jiazhan maintained good cooperation most of the time, but they would never exploit personal relationships to help anyone.

Today, because of the good relationship between Jiang Huai and Gu Fuchen, Gu Fuchen chose to abandon the Wen family and cooperate with the Jiang family, which in a sense acknowledged the two families joining forces to exclude the Wen family.

The six major families were all powerful, and maintaining a dynamic balance was not easy. Nobody wanted to break that balance.

But the two shareholders, who only cared about immediate interests, clearly disregarded these considerations.

They both came over to get Jiang Huai’s attitude and to make sure he secured the Yawei cooperation case.

They had come here to gauge Jiang Huai’s stance and to make sure he secured the cooperation with Yawei.

Jiang Wei spoke up, “I heard that you have a good relationship with Ruan Yōu from the Gu family? Now Gu Fuchen is known as a siscon, and it has spread all over the internet. He will do whatever Ruan Yōu says. If it doesn’t work, why don’t you ask Ruan Yōu?”

Old President Jiang timely added, “Yesterday, Jiang Wei called Ruan Yōu hoping to cooperate, but instead got scolded. He has already spoken up like this. Jiang Huai, what are you hesitating about?”

They exchanged a few more words.

What Old President Jiang and Jiang Wei wanted now was not just Yawei, but to force Jiang Huai to take a stand in front of the two shareholders. If Jiang Huai couldn’t do it, Jiang Wei could.

Li Shu, who was referred to as Uncle Li by Jiang Huai, smiled and said, “It’s normal for friends to help each other. Jiang Huai, quickly give her a call. It’s not embarrassing to serve the company.”

Jiang Wei picked up the phone on the desk and dialed Ruan Yōu’s number. After two beeps, the call was answered.

“Hello? May I ask who is calling?”

Ruan Yōu’s voice was crisp and cheerful.

In the office, everyone was waiting for Jiang Huai’s next move.

Jiang Huai clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and answered the call under the satisfied gaze of the two shareholders.

“It’s me, Jiang Huai,” he said in a calm tone.

Ruan Yōu asked, “Oh, why is it this number? Is there something you want to talk to my brother about?”

The two shareholders smiled and nodded towards Jiang Huai.

Facing the deep gaze of Old President Jiang, Jiang Huai casually replied, “It’s nothing. I heard you went strawberry picking with Uncle today. Pick more and bring me some.”

“Oh, sure, no problem~”

Jiang Huai hung up the phone with a snap, simultaneously shattering the expectations of the two shareholders.

Jiang Wei felt triumphant in his heart.

It was not easy for Dad to persuade the two shareholders, and now their positions were unclear. Despite various dissuasions, Jiang Huai is relentless, and they will surely give up on him.

Everyone knows that profit is paramount, except Jiang Huai. Bah, how laughable.

Jiang Huai knew about Jiang Wei and Old President Jiang’s calculations. He smirked, his eyes filled with cold indifference.

“Dad.”

Old President Jiang raised an eyebrow.

“You don’t think that I, like you, am incapable and need to rely on my wife’s or friends’ influence to develop my company, do you?”

Old President Jiang’s face instantly darkened several shades, and he moved forward to slap Jiang Huai, only to be stopped by the two shareholders.

Jiang Huai dialed an internal line, “Send security up here to escort Old President Jiang out.”

“Jiang Huai, you shouldn’t act ignorant! I have shares in this company!” Old President Jiang angrily rebuked.

Jiang Huai sat back in his office chair, casually picking up a document and said, “There’s still half a month until the next shareholders’ meeting. If the two uncles want to pull me down by working with you, that’s not a problem. But for this half month, this position is still mine.”

“You may leave now.”

Even from a distance, one could still hear Old President Jiang muttering and cursing.

Jiang Huai remained silent and continued reading the documents.

. . . . .

On the other side, Ruan Yōu received a call from Jiang Huai and picked up a basket for him.

Ruan Yōu didn’t forget Qi Zhiyan, Lu Xuan, and Lu Ming, who was making her final push.

She picked a lot and sent them after washing.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Lu Xuan saw the strawberries and happily ran out, inviting Ruan Yōu to go shopping.

Her brother, Lu Jin, had just given her a large sum of pocket money, and Lu Xuan, adhering to the principle of spending it all, was determined to spend it well.

She had been bored lately. She didn’t want to work part-time anymore, couldn’t talk about love, her brother was working abroad and had no money for shopping, and her card was frozen by her parents. Besides watching TV at home, all she did was watch movies. Life was becoming so boring that she was about to grow moss.

After picking strawberries, Ruan Yōu quickly ran out and conveniently brought fresh, washed strawberries to her older brother Gu Fuchen. She waited for Lu Xuan and Qi Zhiyan at a café near Bozhan.

Qi Zhiyan’s willingness to go shopping was truly beyond Ruan Yōu and Lu Xuan’s expectations.

Qi Zhiyan’s explanation was that she wanted to conduct on-site research and see the daily sales volume, service quality, and customer satisfaction of the beauty brands under her.

Ruan Yōu and Lu Xuan didn’t mind her purpose. After all, shopping was shopping, no matter where they went.

They went to a luxury shopping center that only wealthy people would go to.

“Ruan Yōu?”

Just as they entered the VIP lounge and waited for the staff to bring out the things, an unfamiliar voice called out to her.

Ruan Yōu frowned and turned around.

It was Jiang Wei.

Today, Jiang Wei made Jiang Huai stumble and was extremely pleased. He came out to buy some top-quality tea and gifts for the two shareholders, to cultivate their relationship.

In addition to the shareholders, the shareholders’ family members, wives, granddaughters, and children all need to be taken care of.

He just finished buying Dahongpao tea and now he’s going to the shopping center to buy some bags.

Ruan Yōu remembered the text message she received yesterday, her expression turned cold by two degrees.

“We’re not familiar, so get lost.”

After saying that, she turned around and tried to leave.

Qi Zhiyan and Lu Xuan followed suit.

Jiang Wei no longer needs to plead with Ruan Yōu. After all, he has done his best for Yawei, and the shareholders have already seen it. Whether the cooperation with Yawei is successful or not is no longer important.

Now, all he has to do is wait for something to go wrong with Jiang Huai, and then make some money using Yu Chi’s investment ability, to show the shareholders his worth.

Ruan Yōu’s haughty expression that reaches the heavens has been annoying him for a long time.

Everyone is from the Gu family, so why does she have such an arrogant look?

The words that she called him a bastard yesterday are still fresh in his mind. Jiang Wei catches up in two or three steps and sneers, “Now everyone knows that Miss Gu from the Gu family walks around with arrogance in this circle. There’s nothing we can do about it. Parents spoil their children, but don’t you want to know why Gu Fuchen dotes on you so much?

You’ve only been back for a few days, and he has such deep feelings for you? If it wasn’t for the fact that he played hide-and-seek with you and didn’t come looking for you for a long time, allowing human traffickers to take you away, the subsequent problems wouldn’t have arisen. In the end, it’s all his fault. Gu Fuchen feels guilty towards you now, trying to make amends.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Yōu raised her hand and swung her bag. The bag drew a graceful arc in the air and headed straight for Jiang Wei’s head.

The hard bag “slapped” heavily next to Jiang Wei’s head, causing him to stagger and lean to the side.

With a “bang,” his head hit the white porcelain vase next to him.

There were two loud crashes as the vase fell to the ground, shattering into countless pieces on the floor tiles.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ruan Yōu stepped on her high heels and heavily kicked his knee.

The sharp pain shot into his knee, accompanied by a scream of agony. Jiang Wei fell to the ground, his hands reaching into the shards of the vase, blood flowing from two wounds.

It looked painful to watch.

Ruan Yōu took a deep breath.

Finally 一 satisfied!

Beating someone up can be so satisfying!!

She wouldn’t slap someone. If she did, her hand would also hurt.

Turning around, Lu Xuan was stunned.

She slowly raised her hands and clapped in astonishment, like a slow-motion version of a sea lion clapping.

一 Wow, Sister Yōuyōu, you’re amazing!!

Qi Zhiyan didn’t clap, but pursed her lips. Unable to resist, she gave Ruan Yōu a thumbs up.

一 Well done.

“Ruan Yōu, are you freaking crazy? F%&**, people within the six major families never argue among themselves. Just you wait!”

Ruan Yōu couldn’t stand dirty language, so she kicked him twice.

After kicking him, she took two steps back and took a photo, sending a voice message to Gu Fuchen:

“Brother, I beat someone up.”

Then, she sent a message to Jiang Huai.

【Jiang Huai, let’s work together to make money.】

Gu Fuchen called quickly.

“Are you okay? Did the vase fragments fall on you? Is there a security guard nearby?”

“Just hit Jiang Wei if you want to, he’s not human, it doesn’t matter.” Gu Fuchen quickly comforted.

Ruan Yōu: “But I heard him say something just now, that the six major families will have a meeting to reprimand me, and the elders will come too.”

Qi Zhiyan timely reminded, “Among the six major families, the eldest elder in Marysue City is Elder Qi.”

He will definitely suffer a severe price for bullying the beloved of the group, and Qi Zhiyan knew this even without attending the meeting.

Ruan Yōu: “Oh~”

Our own family.

Got it.