After Gong Mingrui arrived in Yangcheng and smoothly found Gong Zheng, he made a phone call to inform them, and then no further news came.

Of course, Gong Zheng made several complaints to Gong Tao over the phone, grumbling about Gong Tao’s stinginess.

For this, Gong Tao acted as if he hadn’t heard anything, and whenever Gong Zheng said something over the line, he would hang up the phone.

Even later, when Gong Zheng changed his tune to say that due to Gong Mingrui, the household was in chaos, Gong Tao just laughed it off.

Gong Zheng felt helpless; he really didn’t expect that even though he slipped away first, Gong Tao could pull off such a thing.

Blaming this on Gong Mingrui, who is just a kid—sigh, all kinds of worries.

Gong Zheng was troubled; the family chaos was one thing, but mainly the attitude of the Wang Family changed significantly after they learned about the unfinished business.

Mo Litong was deeply upset. She had already arranged to work at the agency; although the salary wasn’t as high as in a foreign company, the job pressure was lower.

More importantly, there was authority involved. Unexpectedly, soon after starting the job, it all fell apart.

Mo Litong didn’t have a good attitude when looking at Gong Mingrui returning with his school bag.

If it weren’t for this kid’s incompetence, how would she end up like this?

She shot him a murderous look, but what of it?

He turned around and closed the door, returning to his room to read, and this indifferent attitude and action made her very angry.

Standing for a long time, Mo Litong realized she must take action; otherwise, there would be no place for her and her son in this household.

Gong Zheng and his wife were extremely displeased with how ruthless Gong Tao could be.

Actually, there was another dissatisfied person. After receiving news from Yangcheng, Cao Li was so angry her face turned white.

"How could this happen?" Cao Li thought she could cause some trouble for them this time.

It would be even better if she could uncover some information she wanted, but unexpectedly, they were all a bunch of fools who couldn’t handle this.

How could Cao Li not be anxious? Ever since she came back, she hadn’t given up on her hopes for promotion, although her family provided a lot of help, she was demoted upon returning to Beijing.

How could this make Cao Li happy? She kept thinking about how she might achieve rapid promotion, only to find it wasn’t easy, especially since the Zhuge Family seemingly had good connections with some leaders.

How could Cao Li be reconciled? She was just thinking about investigating whether Zhao Gang and his people were engaged in any tax violations, but her filed application was simply ignored.

She submitted it multiple times, and finally, the upper management warned her to behave, which strengthened her suspicion that there was definitely something fishy here, otherwise why would they try to stop her?

If she couldn’t approach this openly, she would look for evidence to tackle it. But unexpectedly, none of these plans went through; it was truly infuriating.

Should she just give up? Cao Li was unwilling; if she merely climbed the ladder step by step, she had already developed well in Yangcheng back then, so why bother?

"I can’t give up." Cao Li kept reminding herself, if she gave up like this, her life would be over.

"There will definitely be opportunities." Cao Li thought she should continue probing; she couldn’t believe everyone’s in good relations with Zhao Gang and his people.

Such reckless actions from Cao Li would eventually lead someone to relay this information to Zhao Gang and his people.

When Zhao Gang received the news, he was bewildered, "She still hasn’t settled down after returning to Beijing?"

Gong Ruini, knowing that Cao Li held a grudge against them, hadn’t expected her to be plotting how to deal with them.

"After all, we have a large family business. If she really finds something, it would be her accomplishment, and it could both strike us and build her capital," Zhao Xuran didn’t think it was an issue.

"Why not just satisfy her." Gong Tao was already impatient, initially considering the Cao Family’s face, but now he found it hard to believe that with Cao Li being so active, the Cao Family wouldn’t know.

"Once she acts this time, there will be no reconciling relationship with the Cao Family," Gong Tao looked at Zhao Gang and his wife.

Zhan Jing remained calm, "There hasn’t been any reconciliation for a long time, so don’t stop her and save ourselves from being accused of bullying."

Hoping that some people won’t regret it later, anyway, they wouldn’t suffer losses, "After all, the little girl needs to be happy, or what?"

Zhan Jing’s calm demeanor indicated her anger, and everyone began to pray for the Cao Family, hoping they wouldn’t come begging.

Gong Ruini recalled An Jing studying and attending class diligently at school, working hard. The semester was about to end, and this girl seemed to have only gone home twice.

Turning a home-loving girl into this was definitely not easy for the Cao Family.

Gong Ruini felt a bit sorry for An Jing, but life goes on as it should.

With the year soon coming to a close, as a shareholder of the tutoring school, she had to consider how to distribute benefits to the teachers.

Despite having her status as a college entrance examination top scorer, Gong Ruini knew the teachers’ hard work had undoubtedly brought her immense profits.

She couldn’t earn money while letting those below live a meager life; obviously, more benefits should be distributed.

"You decide how much benefit to distribute." Zhao Xuran barely had enough time to manage big tasks, really had no time to deal with these matters.

Gong Ruwen was even more so, busy chatting with Old Sir Chu, the sheer volume of information making him feel immense pressure.

It was Gong Ruini’s first time realizing her eldest brother was dealing with all this daily, "Brother, you’ll make people jealous."

Jealousy? Gong Ruwen was well aware many people envied him; after all, such a grand figure seriously mentoring him, an outsider, and not even his own grandchildren, could certainly stir envy.

"I want to cry, though there are some teachings, the pressure is even greater."

Gong Ruwen took a deep breath, "Barring any surprises, I’m aboard now."

"Although Old Sir Chu shared many things, not all are suitable for me."

"Every time I visit the Chu Family, there are many eyes watching me," Gong Ruwen admitted his mentality was generally strong, but those gazes.

"Actually, the Chu Family can’t really offer me much support," Gong Ruwen pondered that it might not be correct, "The Chu Family’s realm is within the military, not local."

"I also feel Old Sir Chu hopes we can slightly accommodate the retired," that’s what Gong Ruwen initially thought.

"Ah." Upon understanding, Gong Ruini realized accepting retired military personnel would be a big issue in the future; state-owned enterprises were the usual destinations for such people, but they were already struggling to sustain existing workers, let alone recruiting more.

Yet presently, the problem isn’t that severe, and Old Sir Chu perceives this. His vision deserves admiration.

Having an elder around is like having a treasure, Gong Ruini couldn’t help but sigh, "Brother, you must hold steady."

Even if deeper cooperative ties with the Chu Family are sought, Gong Ruini doesn’t hope for extensive equality in relations, at least ensuring the Chu Family is aware of who is seeking whom.

Initially, the Chu Family would intervene to promote the procurement of Shiyu Hall Black Ointment within the military, should have been to take an initial step, now their requests are made, presumably to avoid the impression of an exchange.

Zhao Xuran remained silent on the side, lost in thought, "I think we can talk, Rui Wen, go explore carefully and then tell me."

Gong Ruwen intentionally spoke this for Zhao Xuran to hear; Zhao Xuran preferred not to create an impression of coercion.

"Alright, and thanks to Xuran."

Thank him? "Actually, it’s you we should thank."

Is such modesty necessary? Gong Ruini felt they were quite insincere because mutual help on matters beneficial to both parties is clearly advantageous.