The plaque on the facade of the AM Wellness Center, once brown with yellow lettering, had been splashed with a bucket of red paint.
The bright red paint looked just like fresh blood, an assault on the senses.
"Yanyun's only been back for a few days, hasn't she? Who could she have pissed off?"
Shen Lingxue gazed at the scene, unable to help but worry about Su Yanyun's situation.
She knew this definitely wasn't the "surprise" Su Yanyun had ntioned.
"Probably a jealous competitor," Jiang Xinghai guessed. After parking the car, the two of them walked toward the AM Wellness Center.
Inside the wellness center, Su Yanyun was sitting by the entrance with a cold expression on her face. "Xinghai, Lingxue!"
"Yanyun, what on earth happened?" Shen Lingxue asked as she stepped into the entryway.
Jiang Xinghai glanced around. A few of the wellness center's employees were standing nearby, each wearing a different expression.
"Let's go upstairs to talk."
Su Yanyun led the three of them to the office.
Su Yanyun explained that the person who had thrown the paint was her cousin, Su Yani.
Su Yani was the one originally in charge of the wellness center.
But the wellness center was a business solely funded by Su Yanyun.
After the fall of the Yu Family, Su Yanyun was the sole survivor. For her own safety, she entrusted the wellness center to her cousin, Su Yani.
However, when she returned, she discovered that the center's books were off—two hundred fifty thousand yuan of funds were unaccounted for.
Su Yanyun didn't press the issue.
After all, while she was away, the wellness center had grown to its current size under Su Yani's managent. Even if she hadn't perford any great deeds, she had certainly put in the hard work.
Moreover, Su Yanyun had decided to give half of the wellness center's shares to Su Yani.
That way, she could focus on starting her costics company.
But not only was Su Yani completely ungrateful, she actually wanted all the shares of the wellness center!
How could Su Yanyun possibly agree to that?
Back then, she had lived in such poverty, agreeing to marry the old man of the Yu Family just to survive.
How could she be expected to just hand over the wealth she had traded her precious youth for? Who in the world would be able to do that?
Later, Su Yani hired soone to throw the bucket of paint.
And as she left, she threatened, "I'm going back to our hotown for a bit. You have until noon tomorrow to transfer all the shares of the wellness center to my na. Otherwise, I'll make sure everyone in the village knows that you, Su Yanyun, are nothing but a cheap whore who sold her body for money!"
The threat left Su Yanyun completely stunned.
She couldn't bear the thought of being utterly disgraced!
Otherwise, wouldn't her parents and two younger brothers be unable to hold their heads high for the rest of their lives?
Ultimately, she decided to invite Shen Lingxue and Jiang Xinghai over before making a decision.
"They laugh at the poor, not the prostitutes. So what if you earned your money with your body?"
After Su Yanyun finished her explanation, Jiang Xinghai was the first to state his position.
"Yes, Xinghai's right," Shen Lingxue sighed.
Su Yanyun swallowed hard, looking sowhat lost.
Jiang Xinghai continued, "Besides, you were properly married to the old man of the Yu Family. It was an official marriage, not like you were selling yourself in so brothel. Why are you so lacking in confidence?"
"I..." Su Yanyun was stunned speechless.
That's right!
She had married the old man from the Yu Family, and even though there was an age gap of over forty years, it was absolutely a legitimate marriage!
In this world, it's not at all strange for married couples to have a huge age gap!
"This Su Yani has her rits, but she also has her faults," Jiang Xinghai said, watching Su Yanyun with an unreadable expression.
"So her rits and faults cancel each other out?" Su Yanyun asked subconsciously.
"Not at all!"
Jiang Xinghai shook his head. "Based on what you've said, while I agree she contributed to the wellness center, her faults are far greater. She doesn't deserve to have them canceled out by her rits."
"That's right, I agree with Xinghai."
Shen Lingxue tilted her head up slightly and took Su Yanyun's hand. "Yanyun, even though you're the one who invested in and founded the wellness center, you were still in the Provincial City during its early stages. If it weren't for your cousin's hard work, the center would've struggled to grow and expand so quickly. Her contributions are undeniable, so giving her half the shares is perfectly reasonable."
Su Yanyun nodded lightly.
"And given the wealth you have now, plus the fact that she's your cousin, it wouldn't be a huge loss for you even if you gave her all the shares in the wellness center," Shen Lingxue continued. "But what she absolutely should not have done is threaten you. She never should have even considered ruining your reputation."
"So, you can't give in to her," Jiang Xinghai added.
Su Yanyun heaved a long sigh. "If I don't give in, in three days she'll definitely make up so malicious lie to ruin my reputation."
"Then find her within three days and take care of her," Jiang Xinghai said.
"Take care of her?" Su Yanyun was stunned.
"What else would you do?" Jiang Xinghai retorted.
"Yanyun, in this world, money isn't always everything. Sotis, you need to use force, especially with soone as shaless as your cousin." Shen Lingxue's temperant had changed a great deal.
This was the real world.
If you couldn't change the world, then you had to learn to adapt to its rules.
"RING RING RING!"
Just then, Su Yanyun's phone rang. The caller was none other than Su Yani.
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