When explaining to the Yue family head, Xia Qingtian omitted the system's involvement, presenting the incident as calmly as possible, attributing it to the keen reactions of professional personnel and her own good luck.
The Yue family head, still gasping for breath, calmed himself down.
"If something had happened to you, how could I face Qiyan?" the Yue family head's voice trembled, the palm holding Xia Qingtian's hand also breaking out in a fine sweat.
"It's alright, it's all over now," Xia Qingtian said with a smile. "This afternoon, the raw material department experts and staff from Z City will be arriving. Once they're here, the specific mining and extraction plans will be handed over to specialized personnel. I won't be going over there anymore. Grandfather, please don't worry, this was just an accident."
"It was an accident, but also man-made trouble!" the Yue family head never imagined that his indulgence towards his second brother's family would foster such wicked intentions.
Yue Lan had actually dared to hire assassins to blow up the mine, nearly costing him his only granddaughter her life.
"The Yue family as a whole needs a thorough overhaul," the Yue family head's tone deepened, his gaze firm and resolute.
In less than half a month, the Yue family head acted decisively, not only reclaiming all the shares and private assets that should not have been under the Second Master Yue's name but also thoroughly dealing with the collateral branches of the Yue family.
Furthermore, the Yue Corporation achieved a greater unification of power, and Yue Chengfeng demonstrated the demeanor of an heir at this time.
Yue Chengzong, for once, wasn't hiding somewhere indulging in clandestine fishing trips. He began frequenting clients, turning Yue Chengfeng's newly designed jewelry from a pre-order target of 136 million to 300 million.
After being discharged from the hospital, Yue Chengfeng did not slacken. Not only did he complete the initial drafts of new jewelry designs in the shortest possible time, but he also successfully organized a new product launch for Yue Corporation's jewelry and a fashion show for the Yue Corporation's legendary jewelry series. From that single fashion show alone, Xia Qingtian received a million in dividends.
The Yue family, through this incident, finally understood that there were no longer opportunities for hesitant indulgence.
Since someone, no matter what, intended to strip the Yue Corporation bare, devour it, and consume it entirely.
Then they would make the Yue Corporation grow into something they couldn't possibly swallow, forging the hardest shell with strength.
Should anyone, in their ignorance, insist on taking a bite, the Yue Corporation would shatter their fangs, burst their bellies, and fight to the bitter end!
With this conviction, Yue Corporation's jewelry, a brand with many years of history, carved out a new path. It went on to be voted the most beloved jewelry brand for consumers of all ages for ten consecutive years.
Of course, that was a story for later.
At this moment, after seeing Xia Qingtian leave his room, the Yue family head summoned the brothers Yue Chengfeng and Yue Chengzong to express his thoughts.
"Let's go for broke! This time, it was fortunate that Qingtian returned in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable! We're facing both external threats and internal strife, with everyone practically wanting to suck our blood and feast on our flesh. Even a clay figurine has some spirit! The days of being fish on a chopping board are over. Since indulgence is ineffective, from now on, we will no longer indulge!"
"Good!" Yue Chengfeng and Yue Chengzong, their faces bearing the marks of the incident, agreed in unison. The brothers' eyes blazed with determination, resolved to go all out.
Meanwhile, Xia Qingtian, finding herself annoyed by Er Ya's resentful gaze and constant murmuring, finally took Er Ya and Xia Shang out to enjoy the desserts she had promised them the day before.
After all, it was a city's seasonal special, and the taste was indeed excellent. Er Ya was also satisfied and stopped being noisy.
"After eating, we can go upstairs and stroll around. I'll buy you both some new clothes," Xia Qingtian said.
"I don't need any. I still have a lot of clothes that the sister-in-law bought for me that haven't even had their tags removed," Xia Shang quickly waved his hands. Aunt Liu was always very enthusiastic with everyone in the family. It went without saying that she bought clothes for Xia Qingtian and Xia Qingyu. She even knew Xia Shang's sizes and would buy him clothes whenever she found something nice. If there was a sale, even better.
"What about Er Ya then?" Xia Qingtian looked at Er Ya. Ever since she had known Er Ya, she had always worn those overalls. The only changes were the occasional color swap of the plaid shirt worn underneath, and the canvas shoes on her feet were so worn they were starting to fray.
"I don't need any either," Er Ya said. "I just like wearing overalls; they're convenient for carrying things." As she spoke, Er Ya proudly patted the pocket on the bib of her overalls. Xia Qingtian had indeed often seen Er Ya pull all sorts of peculiar items from those pockets.
"Then let's look at shoes," Xia Qingtian said, glancing at the shoes on Er Ya's feet. This time, Er Ya didn't refuse. "Alright~ Consider it your niece, showing filial piety to your future aunt~" After saying this, Er Ya tilted her head and leaned into Xia Shang's embrace, playfully blinking her large, watery eyes. Seeing this, Xia Qingtian recalled the matters concerning the Miao and Tang families, and her mouth twitched.
After leaving the dessert shop, Xia Qingtian took Er Ya and Xia Shang to the sales floor upstairs. Er Ya preferred simple, easy-to-move sports shoes and canvas shoes, with a price of only a few hundred yuan per pair. Xia Qingtian bought Er Ya three new pairs of shoes.
Xia Shang felt embarrassed and wanted to pay, but Xia Qingtian stopped him. "Er Ya saved my grandfather's life, and I wanted to thank her. A few pairs of shoes are no big deal." Only then did Xia Shang stop insisting on paying.
With her new shoes on, Er Ya's steps were light. She hopped around Xia Shang, looking incredibly adorable. Xia Qingtian just smiled and watched her. Her peripheral vision caught sight of a newly released handbag, and her eyes lit up. She immediately dashed towards it at a hundred-meter-dash speed.
"Let me see that bag!" Xia Qingtian and the beautiful woman standing by the counter, with long wavy hair, spoke in unison.
"I'm sorry, this is a global limited edition, and this is the only one we have in our store," the sales assistant said, glancing at Xia Qingtian and then at the beautiful woman. Knowing that neither of them was someone a junior sales assistant like herself could afford to offend, she explained with a smile, "If you want to buy it, you'll need to have a purchase allocation, um..."
"Let me see it first," Xia Qingtian said, extending her hand and looking at the beautiful woman beside her. "Is that alright?"
"Please do," the woman replied, looking at Xia Qingtian. A smile still played on her lips, but it didn't reach her eyes. Xia Qingtian examined the bag and found a small scratch on the underside of the handle. It didn't affect its usability, but it would likely impact its future value and resale. She recalled that in her previous life, she had acquired a similar model from this series for 600,000, which later appreciated to 1.27 million due to some trend. Although the trend didn't last long, and the bag's price had declined, it still remained above seven figures. Currently, this bag was a debut release. Even with the purchase allocation, it could be obtained for under 300,000. With good maintenance and no secondary damage, it could still be sold for a million.
"Do you want to take a look?" Xia Qingtian asked the beautiful woman beside her after confirming.
"My surname is Shen, and everyone calls me Miss Shen," the woman replied, not answering Xia Qingtian's question but looking at her with a smile.
"Miss Shen?" Xia Qingtian was somewhat taken aback. Why was this person introducing herself while looking at a bag?
"I'll gift this bag to you," Miss Shen said, turning to the sales assistant. "Pack it up for Miss Xia and put it on my tab."
"Certainly, Miss Shen," the sales assistant replied respectfully.
"No need, I don't accept gifts without reason," Xia Qingtian felt that there was no need for someone to give her something worth hundreds of thousands.
"It's nothing," Miss Shen curved her lips towards Xia Qingtian and turned to leave. She was always generous with the deceased.
"Wait a moment, have we met somewhere before?" Xia Qingtian vaguely felt that Miss Shen's voice sounded familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before. Miss Shen did not answer, merely smiled faintly, and turned to leave.