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In the meeting room.
Mr. Tassen’s gaze fell on Qin Jiang sitting in the chairperson’s seat, then he glanced at Ms. Liang, who was usually ruthless in the business world, and found she had actually taken the number-two seat.
His expression shifted from stunned to horrified.
After several looks back and forth, he finally came to his senses.
“Ms. Liang, we trust that the cooperation between Tianxing Group and the Yan Group has long reached a deep collaboration, but your sudden change of CEO is an act that’s a bit too disrespectful to our partner.”
“Also, why has your group’s name… changed?”
“At first I thought I had walked into the wrong room.”
Mr. Tassen’s words, both explicit and implied, were full of doubt and disapproval toward Qin Jiang.
Of course, that didn’t rule out that Qin Jiang happened to be fairly good-looking.
A reason he might seem unreliable.
“Mr. Tassen, are you questioning my judgment?”
“He is my husband. I am willing to share all my achievements with him. If you have a problem, keep it to yourself.”
“We are indeed partners, but we are the client and you are not. Is this how you talk to your company’s financier?”
Even sitting in the vice-chair’s seat, Yan Liang’s intimidating pressure was enough to startle anyone.
The Young Mistress spoke casually, and though she seemed to speak each word slowly, every word carried a steady core.
Clearly, Yan Liang had brought Qin Jiang here specifically to broaden his horizons, to let him experience being beside the world’s top tycoons and temper his courage.
She was, in her consciousness, doing her utmost to give Qin Jiang everything she could.
QinYan International was her sincerity.
“Ms. Liang, please understand our cautious attitude as partners.”
“This gentleman looks young. If his only skill is convincing women in bed, that really isn’t enough to sit in a position that can control the lifeblood of the global economy!”
“At least, it’s not just me who disapproves. I think your employees and your other business partners would also object!”
“Our cooperation with the Yan Group is worth $30 billion. You want us to recklessly accept such a rookie CEO unless… he has some real ability?”
“Now, besides your support for him, what other abilities can he demonstrate?”
Mr. Tassen’s doubts caused the executives of QinYan Group to also turn their skeptical eyes to him.
At this moment, Qin Jiang completely understood what was going on.
Yanyan had brought him here to face absolute skepticism, precisely to test him.
He was the one who proposed to go out and make his own way. He was the one who wanted to prove his strength and stand by Yan Liang!
And now, Yan Liang had directly opened a battlefield for him.
As long as he won, the Young Mistress would share with him the most valuable control, power, and status of the Yan Group she held in her hands.
If he failed, he’d obediently return to Liangyue Manor to be the Young Mistress’s “caged canary” for her to toy with.
In short, whichever path he eventually took.
The Young Mistress would set everything up for him. It all depended on what Qin Jiang truly needed.
As a man, what Qin Jiang wanted… of course, was to prove his own strength.
At this point, he had to make a statement.
“Mr. Tassen, as far as I know, you are only a department manager at the Middle East Tianxing Group. First, the fact that I, this newly appointed CEO, personally received you, was out of basic respect.”
“Of course, since I’ve just taken over QinYan International, I do need a transition period, and I need to achieve results to prove my strength and satisfy our partners.”
“Before this, Ms. Liang and I have already made considerations.”
“I have currently established a subsidiary, JY Group. I promise to grow it to a market value of over $100 million within a month, and I ask that during this month everyone understands and keeps their eye on this business.”
“If I can’t do it, I will voluntarily step down from the core position of QinYan International.”
Facing Mr. Tassen’s clamor, Qin Jiang did not appear flustered.
Instead he answered rationally with a strong, stable core, and issued a military-style pledge.
Yan Liang looked at Qin Jiang. Though she was in the vice-chair’s seat, the two seats were actually very close.
Ms. Liang raised her arm and lightly placed it on the back of the chair behind Qin Jiang.
An invisible backing of Qin Jiang and pressure on the rest of the room!!
No one dared to voice a rebuttal, but doubts about Qin Jiang’s abilities remained.
“Good, then we’ll look forward to little… CEO Qin’s good news!”
Mr. Tassen nodded. For a moment he had actually seen a shadow of Ms. Liang in this ‘ordinary’ young man.
Hmm, he must have been mistaken.
…
At the hospital.
Qin Yun overturned the medicinal soup that second sister Qin Muyun brought to his lips, his cheeks stained with tears and his already weak body sobbing in spasms, which broke Qin Muyun’s heart.
“Yun, what’s going on with this withdrawal-from-school agreement?”
“Our Yun is a genius student who skipped grades to enter Huajing University. What right does that principal have to make you withdraw?”
Qin Yun sniffed. “Second sister, this isn’t Brother Qin Jiang’s fault…”
After Qin Muyun arrived at the hospital, she first went to visit Mrs. Qin. After that, at her mother’s urging, she went to check on Qin Yun’s condition.
After all, Mrs. Qin was very worried that if she wasn’t there, Yun might start overthinking why she didn’t come to take care of him.
When Qin Moyun coldly watched Mrs. Qin being kicked, she had originally wanted to go up and help, but when she met Mrs. Qin’s resentful gaze directed at her, Qin Moyun stopped.
So in their mother’s view, the fact that she could endure such humiliation and still stand ‘civilly’ with Qin Jiang was seen as self-degradation.
Qin Moyun didn’t say anything more and left.
It was the first time she had abandoned her responsibilities as the eldest sister of the Qin family: not respecting her family elders and not caring for her younger brother…
And after Mrs. Qin was kicked by Qin Jiang, her burn worsened. She was sent back to the ward.
The nurses hurriedly treated her inflammation, applying medication to the skin. The pain made Mrs. Qin feel like she might die.
All of this was entirely thanks to Qin Jiang!
While Jiang Yuyao lay on the hospital bed full of resentment, her second daughter Qin Muyun finally arrived belatedly.
After a preliminary examination, Mrs. Qin’s injury had indeed worsened because of that kick. Scarring was inevitable!!
The doctors had no choice.
Fortunately, the burns were on the chest and abdomen, so they would be well hidden by her clothing.
But… Mrs. Qin simply couldn’t accept it!!
She had always loved beauty and was famed among the matrons for her well-maintained skin. She knew full well this was due to her insistence on using the Qin family’s special anti-wrinkle creams and beauty ointments.
These should all have been tributes from Yun to honor her.
But now they had all been taken by Qin Jiang. How could she not be angry!
Qin Muyun hadn’t expected that while she was studying abroad, Qin Jiang could stir up such a huge wave at home.
For a moment she was also furious.
Hearing that Yun was about to be expelled from Huajing University and that Qin Jiang was behind it only made the fury in her eyes even harder to contain.
“Yun, don’t worry.”
“Second sister will definitely get justice for you.”
“When Qin Jiang was in the Qin family he always obeyed me most. I will make him willingly come apologize to you and continue to donate blood to you.”
“He’s from a poor village, don’t forget his status—donating blood to you is the most important obligation keeping him alive in the Qin family!”
After saying this, Qin Muyun had the orderly care for Qin Yun and went out to call Qin Shuyun.
“Fourth sister, I’ve already seen the social media post you put up. I hear you plan to sue Qin Jiang. Coincidentally, my new boyfriend is the chief lawyer at Yunhai Law Firm—Gu Hai.”
“Since he began practicing, any case he took has never been lost. He’s the most famous big lawyer in the capital.”
“Recently his looks were accidentally exposed online, and because he’s handsome he gained some fans. If you two team up to sue Qin Jiang, you can perfectly use public opinion… maximizing the blow to that kid!“
Qin Muyun spoke calmly, but her expression darkened.
She would not allow anyone to bully Yun.
Including her other biological younger brother!
After all, Yun once saved her life!
That alone meant Qin Jiang could not get close to her with a few small favors.
She and Yun would be the most united siblings in the whole world!!
…
After the meeting.
Qin Jiang was called to the university by a phone call.
Yan Liang stayed behind to continue handling group affairs.
In the CEO’s office.
Mr. Tassen sat opposite Yan Liang, his expression heavy and serious. “Ms. Liang, did I go too far just now? With you backing him, who would dare truly question CEO Qin’s strength?”
“We business partners do have this much discernment.”
“Besides, you’re the paymaster. Who would dare interfere with you…”
“Can we really trust CEO Qin?”
Mr. Tassen looked troubled. Having just played the ‘villain’, he sheepishly looked toward Ms. Liang.
“Of course. He’s my Jiang.”
Yan Liang’s mouth curved into a gentle, indulgent smile: after all, Jiang was her little lamb of a husband.
Just thinking of him made her unconsciously smile with happiness.
“Jiang needs to prove himself, so I’ll give him a bridge to prove himself and then he’ll naturally take over QinYan Group.”
“Otherwise… Jiang wouldn’t want to come work by my side~”
Yan Liang propped her head with a troubled look. On the face of the domineering, cold-blooded tycoon female CEO there appeared an expression of puppy love.
Mr. Tassen wasn’t sure what to think.
*I’m investing **$30 *billion with you, and you treat me like a tool to fish for men??
I mean… what an honor to be used!
“Ahem… Ms. Liang, I mean, what if…CEO Qin fails to fulfill his promise?”
Mr. Tassen was also troubled. Did he act too well and cause CEO Qin to get overly excited and blurt out a $100 million within a month target?
As far as he knew, CEO Qin’s tiny crappy group only had a dozen or so employees.
What would they use to make money?
“Impossible to fail.”
“Zhou Ning has already prepared a $300 million lottery ticket. At the critical moment, just have him scratch it.”
Zhou Ning and Mr. Tassen were speechless.
Young Mistress, you literally rain down money!!
Is this the ‘forced love’ that only a top tycoon family’s young mistress can shower on her lover?
How should they sleep such that they can make such wonderful dreams come true…
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