Chapter 167
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Chapter 167: Trouble Comes Knocking
“Of course, this isn’t something we can rush. Director Bao has been in the entertainment industry for years. The forces behind him are bound to be deeply entrenched—pull one string and the whole web moves. If someone tries to move against Director Bao, the capital backing him definitely won’t sit still. So we need to take our time and plan carefully. We can’t act recklessly.”
“Mhm, I’ll listen to you.” Jiang Shuyan nodded obediently, taking her cue entirely from Ye Xiao.
Now, if Ye Xiao told her to go east, she absolutely wouldn’t go west.
“Then you can just drop me off at home first. The auction items I bought yesterday should be arriving soon.”
After dropping Ye Xiao off, Jiang Shuyan bid her farewell.
Meanwhile, Shen Yunchu, who was just about to head to work, stood confused at her front door, staring at several large, tightly packed boxes being delivered.
Just as Ye Xiao returned, she instantly figured it out. “Xiao Xiao, what on earth did you buy?”
“Oh, nothing much, just a few trinkets.”
“You must be Miss Ye Xiao, right? The items from yesterday’s auction have arrived. Please sign here.”
The delivery staff politely handed Ye Xiao the receipt. After verifying everything, Ye Xiao dug through the boxes and pulled out a jade pendant she had bought for Shen Yunchu.
The jade was smooth and warm to the touch, ideal for nurturing the body. The material was excellent, though it wasn’t crafted by a renowned artisan, so it wasn’t expensive. Ye Xiao had picked it up for just over a million yuan.
It’s said that people nourish jade for three years, and jade nurtures people for a lifetime. A good piece of jade can offer many benefits.
According to Sister Tongzi, this particular jade contained unique trace elements that could relieve fatigue. Wearing it long-term could even enhance a person’s overall vitality and energy.
Considering all the stress Shen Yunchu endured managing her company, Ye Xiao gave her the jade without a second thought.
“This is way too valuable, Xiao Xiao. I really can’t accept it…”
Seeing Ye Xiao offer her the jade pendant, Shen Yunchu quickly tried to push it back into her hands.
“So what you’re saying, Sister Yunchu, is that our relationship isn’t worth even a piece of jade? I, for one, think you’re worth way more than any gold or gemstone.”
Ye Xiao said this seriously.
The seriousness in her tone left Shen Yunchu briefly stunned.
There were more and more girls around Ye Xiao now, and her time with Shen Yunchu had become scarce.
With so many boxes, it was clear other gifts were for people like Sister Ruoxue and the others.
But Shen Yunchu didn’t feel jealous. She quietly kept the jade pendant. At the very least, Ye Xiao had thought of her when picking out gifts—and she was probably the first to receive one.
“Xiao Xiao~” Shen Yunchu murmured to herself, a blush creeping over her face as Ye Xiao’s faint citrusy scent wafted by.
She was completely lost in it.
Even though it felt a little inappropriate to be cuddling so early in the morning, Shen Yunchu truly couldn’t help herself.
Ye Xiao, of course, welcomed her with open arms.
In the days that followed, Ye Xiao delivered the gifts she’d carefully picked out to each of her big sisters, one by one.
What she gave Shen Yunchu might not have been the most expensive or extravagant, but Ye Xiao truly felt that jade was the most suitable for her.
Of course, every gift delivery came with a warm, intimate moment with that big sister.
A noteworthy incident happened when Ye Xiao went to give Lu Shiqing her gift—and ran into Lu Shiyu.
Naturally, Lu Shiyu started clamoring for a gift too. But when Ye Xiao had picked the presents, she’d deliberately skipped over this perverted big sister.
After all, she treated all her big sisters seriously—except for Lu Shiyu, whom she instinctively tried to avoid.
Eventually, while passing a shopping mall on the way to Lu Shiqing’s place, Ye Xiao spotted a sex toy store. She pulled Lu Shiyu in and picked out a few little toys to give her, hoping the woman would stop bothering her.
Of course, things didn’t go as Ye Xiao hoped. Lu Shiyu wasn’t mad at all when she saw what Ye Xiao had bought—in fact, she blushed with a shy expression and immediately darted into the mall restroom, clutching the items.
Ye Xiao immediately wanted to make a run for it, but while hailing a cab by the roadside, she was chased down by a red-faced and unsteady Lu Shiyu.
Under Ye Xiao’s increasingly disturbed gaze, Lu Shiyu bashfully handed her two pink remote controls.
Ye Xiao was completely speechless. Sis, you really are a certified pervert.
At first, Ye Xiao refused. You can’t just hand her a remote and expect her to take it. She had to at least try it out first.
So, Ye Xiao set the remote to maximum.
In an instant, Lu Shiyu trembled violently and collapsed to her knees on the ground.
This remote could actually immobilize a pervert. What a useful little gadget!
If this were an RPG, a prompt would’ve popped up:
[Acquired: Pervert-Control Tool – Escape from Perverts]
Before the remote went out of range, Ye Xiao quickly dialed it back to the lowest setting.
Because as twisted as Lu Shiyu was, they had shared some super-close moments. If some random guy picked her up off the street, Ye Xiao definitely wouldn’t be okay with that.
A few steps later, Ye Xiao messaged Lu Shiqing—not explaining the details, just saying Lu Shiyu had collapsed and asking her to come pick her up.
A few more days passed. As Old Master Lu’s birthday banquet approached, Ye Xiao started to tone things down.
After all, she’d promised Lu Shiqing she’d dance with her at the ball.
So lately, Ye Xiao had been spending her nights either at Shen Yunchu’s or Qin Yunxi’s places, and her days practicing dance with Lu Shiqing—then sticking close to the other big sisters afterward.
She was all about equal affection for all.
Meanwhile, the Yun-Xiao Company’s manga site and new game projects were progressing steadily.
Everything was advancing in an orderly fashion.
As for Jiyin Film & Entertainment, once the authorities had gathered all the company’s files, Ye Xiao discovered the company still had debts totaling 500 million yuan.
However, it still held many valid contracts with artists.
Some of these artists, after Jiyin’s downfall, breached their contracts and signed with other agencies.
Others simply vanished from the spotlight and left the industry.
There was an unexpected windfall regarding music and film rights—turns out Jiyin still held unexpired Chinese distribution rights for several major foreign blockbusters.
These were all assets that could be monetized.
Artists who breached contracts could be pursued for hefty penalties. Film rights, well, no need to explain their value.
All in all, the company’s debts roughly balanced out with its remaining assets. But those penalty claims weren’t easy to enforce—too much hassle for too little return. That’s why the previous owner had opted to sell the company off.
After all, they’d bought it in the first place to see if there were any scraps worth salvaging.
One day, Ye Xiao was using a simple card-flipping game she’d developed with a basic game template to randomly decide which big sister to visit that day…
When she got a call from someone claiming to be a friend of Jiang Shuyan’s—instantly shattering her peaceful, sister-cuddling daily life.
“Hello, is this Miss Ye Xiao? Shuyan told me to call you—she said you’re the only one who can save her now!”
The caller’s tone was anxious.
“When I went to see her today, a fat man suddenly barged into her home with several other men. Shuyan told me that if anything ever happened to her, I should call this number.”
Ye Xiao’s brows furrowed, her expression turning grim.
“That fat guy talked with Shuyan about something—I don’t know what—and in the end, she actually left with them.”
As soon as Ye Xiao heard this, she understood exactly what had happened. That so-called Director Bao had come all the way to Binhai to find Jiang Shuyan.
Most likely, Jiang Shuyan had once again rejected his unspoken rules, and now he was retaliating by showing up in person.
She hadn’t even gone after them yet, and that damn fat bastard had already come knocking.
