Volume 1, Chapter 40: Selling the House to Pay the Debt

He Xin stayed in Ji Yanli's office, waiting for him to return from his meeting. Before Ji Yanli even came back, she saw a notice issued by the human resources department to the entire group: In view of He Xin's gross negligence at work, the group had decided to dismiss her. The thirty million loss caused to the company was to be compensated at original value, and the group reserved the right to pursue legal liability.

This notice was simultaneously published on the official website of the Ji Group.

Seeing this notice, He Xin was not flustered. A mere thirty million—Ji Yanli would give it to her. It was just that Shu Xingruo had caused her to lose the CEO position, which was truly hateful.

She harbored a vicious thought in her heart: if she didn't manage to ruin Shu Xingruo's marriage, she would not be surnamed He.

He Xin took out a mirror from her bag and adjusted...

She had planted flowers in this valley, and he definitely knew about it. Moreover, he had inspected them, and there was nothing unusual. Was there something wrong with these Yutong flowers?

"Good wife, stop being angry." Xiao Yan grinned, a handsome face presenting itself right before Ji Xinliang.

Heaven knows, Teacher Qi had barely stepped one foot inside, not even reaching the podium yet, when she tripped and sprawled flat on the ground.

Hearing Doudou say this, I felt relieved and boldly followed him forward.

"The Three Pure Ones said they need some talisman paper, and these commoners will prepare it for us," Fan Youwei explained.

Ying Zheng showed neither anger nor surprise. He carefully observed Ruan Meng, sighed helplessly in his heart, and wore a faint expression.

Ruan Meng lingered on the couch, unwilling to get up. She had spent the entire previous night reading a storybook by candlelight, and now she was still drooping and unable to rise.

Sometimes she would go to the cafeteria to fetch food for Ji Yanmo and then call him downstairs to pick it up; other times, she simply wouldn't return to campus, leaving even Lu Tangtang with no idea where he had gone.

"Ji Nuanxin, if you ever dare to lay a hand on me again, it will definitely not be as simple as just shaking off your arm. I will surely treat you the way you treat me. Next time, it will be my palm landing on your face!" Ji Anqi tilted her head up in defiance.

"It's once a year. Last year was last year; this year I just wanted to use up my vacation a little earlier," Liu Yun said.

What Su Jing and Mu Qingyi never expected was that their discussion was transmitted to the S Group headquarters through the audio-sensing device on their watches.

As I walked up to the school gate, I hesitated, feeling a bit afraid to step inside—an emotion somewhat akin to the feeling that "the closer one gets to home, the more timid one feels."

"As long as the fever breaks, she'll be fine." The medical staff could not help but admire Su Jing's tenacious vitality; an ordinary person burned to such an extent would have died long ago.

Under the Old Madam's fury, naturally no one dared to go against her will. Yet, since Chu Zhaoyang gave no orders, these people did not dare to make a move either, leaving them caught in a dilemma.

She had met Gu Tianyi five years ago. Gu Tianyi's stubbornness and arrogance were incomparable to anyone else's. She would rather fiercely disappear for twenty years over a misunderstanding and avoid being found by Nangong Jue, so how could she easily trust Nangong Jue again now?

This made Madam Wu, whose roots ran deep in the Yun family, feel a sense of crisis. Although she did not want to reach the point of a complete fallout, circumstances left her no choice. Regardless of whether things would end unpleasantly in the future, at the very least, she should plan for herself now, rather than devoting herself entirely to the Yun family's interests as she had done in the past.

Backed by Le Shangxian, and coupled with the new specialties and delicious dishes, Gu Xingyue's Jiangnan Spring was doing a roaring trade.

That being the case, ordinary people could definitely not hurt him. But now that he was injured, and so severely at that, did it mean that the person who inflicted the injury was an extremely powerful expert?

"What a fine 'when was it ever remembered'. Good, truly good." Su Su admitted that at that moment, she harbored a deep, bone-chilling hatred for Jiu Qing.

In a car not far away, Mi Youqi covered her mouth in shock as she watched all this. Turning her head, she saw that Xu Ruoxi's expression had already frozen.

However, all this took time and was not so easy to digest. While keeping an eye on the company's movements, Lu Qian was also investigating Qi Fan, still unable to figure out why the other party had submitted to William.

Meanwhile, Li Yiru also suddenly and leisurely placed his hand on the buzzer button, making a gesture to answer first.

Sun Keyi's bright eyes flashed with endless helplessness and sorrow. He really stopped in his tracks and turned away. Looking at his slender back, the bitterness rising in my heart made my eyes sting with tears. He was the boy of my entire youth, yet not the boy I loved.

Lu Qian, however, found the rose on Shen Siyan's temple extremely grating. Frowning, he plucked the flower off and threw it into the bushes.

"His condition is not very optimistic right now. We'll have to see if he can pull through tonight. Tonight is crucial," the nurse said slowly after hesitating for a long time.

Su Machen went to the model room where Ling Anming was. Looking at him in bewilderment, Ling Anming asked, "I really don't understand why you still come to class on such a busy day." Just what kind of class was so fascinating?

All the illusions cracked like shards of glass and gradually shattered, causing the Peach Blossom Spring pool to vanish as fleetingly as an ephemeral blossom.

You Peng attacked like a madman, hoping to rescue Feng Dou, but it was already far too late.

Nangong Yuanhua gave Qian Dabao a deep look, taking in his entire obsequious and flattering demeanor. It didn't look faked and seemed quite sincere. Nangong Yuanhua mused to himself: Could this person be naturally suited to be a flunky?

Su Yi saw an unfamiliar face, but judging by the behavioral habits and gaze, he concluded that the newcomer was Ye Haoran.

After leaving the apartment building, the two walked behind another apartment building and stepped into a command vehicle.

"If used on these clones, it should be able to eliminate about twelve of them," that voice immediately stated.

Sanbao, the notched-ear cat, became the overlord of the manor, slaughtering the rodents living there.

True to Ye Haoran's prediction, to repay a debt of gratitude, Ha Daquan had eliminated many people for Brother Snake. His ruthlessness was notorious in the underworld; it was rumored that he had wiped out three entire families, with over twenty lives on his hands.