Chapter 125 Untying the Bond "There's no way around it, I was too impatient."...

Chapter 125 Untying the Bond "There's no way around it, I was too impatient."...

After hearing the whole story from Tao Tao, the family was eager to get started and acted quickly.

They had just been able to openly show off Tao Tao to everyone when this happened, and they had to prove their strength to Tao Tao.

It was at this moment that Zhou Ti received news from her secretary and said with great surprise, "Yang's third wife has gone to great lengths to find connections in the Zhou family and hopes to invite Tao Tao and me to dinner."

Zhou Mingsheng's brows furrowed coldly. "The person who got involved with Yuan Kai is most likely Yang Tingyu."

Ye Hantao felt that Yang Tingyu's name sounded familiar. After thinking for a couple of seconds, she suddenly said, "That bastard who wanted to join HT's management team and then kick you out, big brother?!"

Normally, Ye Hantao rarely swears. The first person she was ever scolded was Huang Mao from junior high school.

"I knew he was targeting you for no reason!" Ye Hantao frowned. "He just doesn't like me, so he's bullying you again!"

Zhou Mingsheng moved his lips, but still didn't tell Tao Tao about Yang Tingyu's despicable intentions.

Never mind, Yang Tingyu will never have the chance to appear in front of Tao Tao again.

Ye Hantao glanced at the whole family, slightly raised her chin, and said smugly, "Our family is not the same as before. We have now turned evil, no, we have become arrogant!"

Their power has expanded.

Zhou Ti sneered, "Yang's third wife probably just found out what her own son did. Instead of bringing him here to admit his mistake, she's using this trivial matter at the Weiluo Company to test whether we know the inside story."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Ti suddenly noticed that Tao Tao was staring at her without blinking.

"..."

Zhou Ti quickly put away her indifference and smiled slightly.

She smiled gently as always, "Tao Tao, you chat with your friend first, Mom will go make a phone call."

After saying that, Zhou Ti picked up her phone and stood up. Before she could leave her seat, Tao Tao suddenly grabbed her wrist.

Zhou Ti turned her head, lowered her eyes, and met a pair of bright, dark eyes, which were overflowing with admiration.

"Mom, you looked so cool just now!" Ye Hantao hugged Zhou Ti's arm and praised, looking up at her. "Is this your style at the company?! So commanding and efficient!"

Zhou Ti was a little flattered by the praise.

Ye Hantao shook Zhou Ti's arm from side to side, pleading softly, "Mom, sit down and make the call, I want to learn from you!"

When Zhou Ti's mind cleared up again, she found herself sitting next to Tao Tao in a chair, her phone screen showing her dialing her secretary.

The next second, the secretary's voice came through the receiver, "Boss?"

Zhou Tigong.

"Tao Tao wants to hear me call you."

"...?"

"She's sitting next to me right now."

"Good evening, young boss!"

Ye Hantao's eyes crinkled into a smile. "Hello~ I'll have to trouble you to help me get revenge later."

"Someone is bullying the young boss?!" the secretary exclaimed immediately. "Boss, young boss, just give the order!"

Hahaha, she might be the first employee in the entire group to be bothered by the junior boss. Her future looks bright!

Although only about ten minutes had passed between learning the general direction from Tao Tao and making the phone call, Zhou Ti's tone was unwavering, clearly indicating that she had already outlined the plan.

"Chloe, you take the team to investigate Yuan Kai first, focusing on whether he has any contact with Yang Tingyu, the son of the third branch of the Yang family in Hong Kong, and what their chat content is like. Try to get a breakthrough on Yuan Kai's side by tomorrow morning."

Ye Weizheng moved closer to Tao Tao's other side and, through Tao Tao, spoke to the secretary on the phone: "There's more."

He immediately sensed something was off as he opened his mouth, so he deliberately lowered his voice, "Investigate the Chen family's existing businesses, and proceed with the projects and—"

Ye Weizheng noticed Tao Tao's gaze and quickly lowered his voice, narrowing his eyes to make himself look like a ruthless capitalist.

That's not difficult; he dealt with Ye Weiheng's faction in roughly the same way back then.

Ye Hantao's reaction did not disappoint Ye Weizheng: "Dad, you're always so domineering at the company!"

Ye Weizheng straightened his back and said modestly, "It's a little worse than working at the company."

The secretary on the phone was on high alert, listening to the bosses' instructions while simultaneously coordinating the team on the tablet.

I've never seen my boss so angry before!

The small business owner is really clever; she softened the boss's attitude with just one sentence, and she's no longer terrified when the boss speaks to her.

Zhou Mingsheng noticed that Tao Tao's attention shifted from her mother to her father.

After a moment, his voice turned cold: "The lawsuit against the netizens who previously slandered Tao Tao and her great-aunt online also needs to be initiated."

The secretary quickly agreed.

When the secretary hung up the phone and was questioned by other people in the secretarial office, she suddenly came to her senses.

How did I end up holding three jobs?!

Ye Hantao looked at her family members with completely new eyes, as if she were just meeting them.

To be precise, her understanding of her family members has improved significantly.

"My uncle said that a new greenhouse has been built in Guangsheng Group."

“It was completed at the beginning of the month,” Zhou Ti replied. “I adjusted the little garden you designed in the game and brought it to life.”

Ye Hantao exclaimed in surprise, "A life in the garden!"

Zhou Ti smiled and nodded, "You'll only be able to complete the garden in this game."

"Mom!! I want to see the garden!" Ye Hantao was overjoyed. "Last night, Uncle said I could buy whatever I wanted with the black card, but I didn't really feel like there was anything I wanted to buy."

Ye Hantao couldn't sit still any longer and started pacing back and forth in the restaurant in her slippers. "I designed several gardens inside, including a rooftop garden, an ice and snow garden, and a treehouse garden."

Zhou Ti looked at Tao Tao with affection, "These haven't started construction yet. When you have your winter break, you can meet with the designer and see how to implement them."

The fact that the garden in the game could be realized as a real-life place opened up new avenues for Ye Hantao to explore spending money.

She asked expectantly, "Can those ink-wash cartoon drawings of mine be made into physical objects?"

Zhou Mingsheng spoke up before Zhou Ti could, "Yes, I'll provide the team and funding. You make the final decision."

Ye Hantao stretched out her arms and hugged him. "Thank you, brother!"

Zhou Mingsheng ruffled Tao Tao's hair and then glanced almost imperceptibly at his parents.

Zhou Ti & Ye Weizheng: "..."

Before going to bed, Ye Hantao came across another trending topic related to Yuan Kai online.

The company terminated its contract, the endorsement contract was terminated, and the company also faces a breach of contract penalty of up to 50 million yuan.

Ye Hantao remembered Yin Danxi saying that they had signed a prenuptial agreement, which stated that each person would bear their own personal debts.

At the time, Yuan Kai was wary of Yin Danxi's exploitative family members; now, he's just trying to avoid Yin Danxi sharing the debt with him.

[Yin Danxi: I received two job offers and will start working after my divorce. Thank you.]

Two portions?

Soon, Yin Danxi answered Ye Hantao's question: [One copy came from Guangsheng, and the other from Dingxin.]

Ye Hantao: "Oh."

Ye Hantao didn't know the contents of Dingxin's offer, but she had seen Guangsheng's offer on her mother's tablet.

Yin Danxi is a junior designer with a two-month probationary period. Whether she stays on depends entirely on her abilities.

It should be fine.

Yin Danxi was already an excellent designer before she resigned.

Ye Hantao replied, "You're welcome," when she suddenly heard an electronic voice in her mind.

[Host, we will unbind you in ten minutes. We wish you all the best in the future.]

"I also hope you can keep meeting your KPIs." Ye Hantao was prepared for this, so it wasn't unexpected. After hesitating for a few seconds, she asked uncertainly, "I really don't need to participate in any more dating reality shows, right?"

[The positive interference you've received in this world far outweighs the rejection from the world's consciousness; it can no longer do anything to you.]

To be precise, world consciousness no longer exists.

It is making a mistake by using the host's luck to help Liao Jiayue, who will have problems in future calculations.

"Thank you, System," Ye Hantao said earnestly.

[You're welcome, host.] After a pause, the system spoke, [You should have received these much sooner.]

Not long after, Ye Hantao inexplicably felt freed from her bonds.

"System? Are you still there?"

No more electronic voices came to my mind; the system had left without a sound.

Thank you.

I had a good night's sleep.

Ye Hantao hadn't had a chance to fully experience it on the cruise ship yesterday, but tonight, she personally experienced just how high the quality of 100% healthy sleep is.

I woke up feeling light and refreshed.

During dinner, Ye Hantao was reminded by Zhou Mingsheng to browse the web and unexpectedly saw Yuan Kai going crazy online.

He launched a live attack on Yang Tingyu, the third son of the Yang family, accusing him of intentionally interfering in the management of the HT base. Maze rejected the accusation, which fueled his resentment.

Yang Tingyu paid him to create a scandal with her on a variety show to tarnish her reputation.

In an instant, passersby were shocked, Maze fans were furious, and HT team fans followed suit.

【？？？！！】

[Thanks to the endorsement company for demanding a penalty for breach of contract; it drove Yuan Kai crazy, allowing us to see more of the truth!]

[Yang Tingyu sounds familiar?]

[Have you forgotten about the Weiluo incident? The staff subtly manipulated public opinion, saying that Ye Hantao demanded exorbitant prices, which is why they couldn't film their advertisement. Yang's third wife even issued a statement apologizing to Ye Hantao.]

[Damn it, that bastard!!!]

[He even wants to interfere in the management of our HT base. May he suffer from boils on his head and pus oozing from his feet (smile.jpg)]

[Speaking of the HT base, some people are saying that Maze, the big boss, is only in name, and that there are actually major shareholders behind the scenes. Haha, could it also be Yang Tingyu's doing?]

With Maze's family background, he'll definitely have complete control over the base!

[Look at the homepage, it's buzzing! Several guests from "My Classmate's Here" have shared this trending topic!]

Yang Tingyu hasn't responded yet. What if Yuan Kai is spouting nonsense?

[Where is the Yang family's PR department? They would have responded to such nonsense long ago!]

The next afternoon, after class, Ye Hantao saw Yuan Kai and Yang Tingyu's names trending on social media on her way to the school gate.

However, Yang Tingyu's content was no longer about instructing Yuan Kai in the morning, but rather about old news from two years ago that surfaced in the early hours of the morning.

A drunk driver caused an accident, and the Yang family paid the driver to take the blame and go to jail.

The setting sun cast long shadows of the sycamore trees, casting shadows on the phone screen.

Ye Hantao stopped and looked at the contents of the entry.

When Yang Tingyu instructed Weiluo's employees to slander her, the eldest brother had someone investigate Yang Tingyu's past.

The investigation results we received last week were originally intended to be reported directly, but we released them all at once this morning while they were still generating buzz.

I heard that Yang Tingyu, in addition to instructing Yuan Kai, is also threatening other young girls.

Now, he can no longer threaten them.

"That's great."

What made you feel this way?

A clear, smiling question came from in front of me.

Ye Hantao looked up blankly, only to be suddenly met by a pair of pale blue eyes.

Like a glacier blending into the twilight, its extremely cold and desolate hues are so captivating that they soften the heart.

The evening breeze rustled through the sycamore leaves, carrying with it the light, slightly astringent scent of herbal soap emanating from him.

Ye Hantao put her phone back in her pocket. "Didn't you say you'd wait for me at the door?"

Cheng Zhao chuckled softly, "There's nothing I can do, I'm just too impatient."

"Do you get anxious when you're photographing animals in the wild?"

"Different objects require different approaches, so generalizations cannot be made."

Cheng Zhao walked with Ye Hantao toward the school gate, his tall and upright figure blocking the flow of people on the outer path.

“There’s no rush now,” he said. “It’s good if the road is a little longer.”

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Author's Note: Cheng Zhao: Let's walk together until the end of time [dog head with rose in mouth]