According to the investigation, although only two members of the Yue family, Yue Jialiang and Yue Feiying, lived in Yue Mansion before, it seemed that the population was small, but in fact the Yue family's branch in the country was very prosperous, but most of them were distributed in coastal cities, not in Ning City.

When Yue Jialiang went abroad to study, he stayed in Country E to start his own business. It seemed that he had no interest in taking over the Yue family's domestic industries, and he had no intention of returning to China at all.

As he grew older, Mr. Yue, who had worked hard all his life to build up a huge family business, was no longer able to support himself. His only son was far away, so he could only divide his property among the Yue family's side branches to help manage it.

By the time Yue Jialiang failed in his business venture and returned home in disgrace, those industries had been in the hands of the Yue family's side branches for more than 20 years. During this period, they had undergone countless transfers, and the account books that were finally handed over to Yue Jialiang were all heavily in debt.

Yue Jialiang had been away from the country for many years and felt that his clansmen had worked hard to help his father run the business. Even if there was a loss now, it would be difficult to hold them responsible. Instead, he felt guilty for not playing a leading role as the leader of the Yue family. Out of a compensatory mentality, he distributed the few remaining profitable businesses to the Yue family members.

But after Qi Shengzhi spent several days studying the Yue family's businesses, he felt that there was something strange about them.

Yue Jialiang is a returned Chinese businessman who has been away from his homeland for decades. He has no understanding of the current industry development in China. In addition, China has a vast territory and the Yue family's industries are spread across the coast, making it difficult for him to conduct on-site inspections.

But in Qi Shengzhi's opinion, at least 80% of the Yue family's original industries should not suffer losses even if they do not make money.

For example, the storefronts on Jiangchuan Road in Shanghai, the textile factories on Yuquan Road in Hangzhou, and the clam farming factories in Huaide Town in Nanshi...

In order to become independent from the Qi family, Qi Shengzhi traveled all over the country to investigate when he was looking for his own entrepreneurial direction. He has been to all these places and has conducted in-depth research on the advantageous industries in various places.

If it weren't for the limited initial start-up capital, which meant he didn't have enough money to start a business, and could only start small by smuggling cigarettes, he would have considered those businesses. They were definitely profitable, so how could he have suffered such huge losses?!

Qi Shengzhi immediately became suspicious, but these matters were ultimately the Yue family's business, and it was not up to him to decide whether to investigate or not.

His most urgent task at the moment was to build a bridge for the little business that Yue Jialiang had and get the Yue family's business up and running first. He would find an opportunity to discuss other things with Yue Jialiang.

As for whether Yue Jialiang believed it or not, or what actions he would take, it had little to do with him.

Under the desk lamp, Qi Shengzhi watched very seriously. After all, the Yue family couldn't stand any more trouble at this moment. If the business ran into problems again, he would probably not be able to help with his current abilities.

In the silent night, the second hand of the wall clock moved rhythmically, making an extremely slight yet regular sound.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Shengzhi finally finished reading the information in his hand and selected three relatively satisfactory partners. He planned to help "his friend" find his father-in-law to seek cooperation tomorrow.

He turned off the light, lifted a corner of the quilt and lay down, sleeping on the left side of the bed as usual, and soon he began to breathe evenly.

As time passed, the bright moonlight slowly moved to the window, casting an oblique shadow on the big bed in the room.

I saw the quilt on the right side of the bed move twice, and a flawless white arm slipped out from under the quilt and casually draped to the side, revealing a pure jade-like sleeping face under the quilt. There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and I don't know what she was dreaming about.

......

Shao Jingque had a nightmare.

In her dream, she returned to Xiefang Garden. When she realized it, she was already standing in a dark corridor where she could not see the way forward or backward.

She looked around nervously, but couldn't tell which direction led back to the private room. She was suddenly scared and stood still for a moment. From time to time, a cool breeze blew from somewhere in the originally closed corridor, which was cold and creepy.

Seeing that there was no waiter passing by, Shao Jingque could only muster up the courage to choose a direction at random and walk forward along the wall.

As she walked, there was suddenly some light at the end of the corridor in front of her. Shao Jingque quickened her pace excitedly. No matter where she went, it would be better than this pitch-black and cold corridor.

But when she walked out of the corridor, she suddenly stopped -

The scene that appeared before her eyes was very familiar. It was surrounded by grass and trees, with rugged rockery. There were many butterfly-shaped flowers growing beside a steaming pool, but these flowers were no longer pink and white, but pink.

Shao Jingque's heart skipped a beat. Why did she come up with such an idea? Why did she know that the flower was originally pink and white?

The small garden in front of her was dimly lit by the moonlight and had beautiful scenery, but Shao Jingque was beginning to have second thoughts in her heart, and a very strong one at that. She even felt that returning to the deep corridor with the cold wind would make her feel more at ease than standing here.

The uneasiness in her heart made her dare not stay for another second. Shao Jingque turned around and was about to return the way she came, but suddenly a strange man's voice came from behind her:

"You're here."

Shao Jingque was startled and stopped walking unconsciously. The voice was obviously very unfamiliar, yet it gave her an inexplicably familiar feeling.

She was hesitating whether to turn around when she heard the man say:

"The small door next to it is open for you. Don't jump down from the corridor this time. Be careful...safe."

His words suddenly reminded Shao Jingque that she had been to this small garden before and met a young man in the garden. He pulled her up by the hot spring pool, saving her from falling into the water.

Remembering that this was someone he had met before, Shao Jingque felt a lot more at ease.

She turned around and saw that the person standing at the bottom of the corridor was indeed the young man she had seen before.

The young man's face was still a little pale, but unlike the last time when he was so cold and indifferent, this time the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, with a faint smile in his eyes, and he was looking at her quietly.

Shao Jingque was delighted. He had met this young man twice at Xiefangyuan. He must be an employee of Xiefangyuan. It would be right to ask him how to get back to the private room. Who knows, maybe he is a kind-hearted person and willing to walk with him for a while?

She happily pushed open the small door, walked down the stone steps she had taken when she left last time, and entered the small garden again.

As we got closer, we could see more clearly that the flowers blooming beside the steaming hot spring pool were more intense in color, and some of the petals were faintly purple.

The last time Shao Jingque came here, she was very curious about these butterfly-like flowers, but she was an unwelcome guest at that time, and she left in a hurry and had no time to ask the man. Now was a good opportunity.

Shao Jingque smiled and turned to look at the man. Before she could speak, she heard the man say:

"This flower is called Cleome."