"Outrageous!" Ruan Wanyi slammed the bowl in front of her to the ground in anger, her face as pale as paper. "I've been tricked! They know my personality, they know I'll protect Jingting at all costs, so they set a trap for me yesterday, provoking me to fall into it! It's all over, I've ruined the Zhan Group, I've ruined Jingting..."

"Madam, this is not your fault..."

Ruan Wanyi shook her head in anguish, filled with self-reproach. "I should have discussed it with Jingting. I couldn't have let him run away just because he wanted to. I was so thoughtless!"

Zheng Ma didn't know how to persuade her, "Madam, please don't do this..."

"Auntie, now is not the time to blame yourself. You should talk to your uncle and see if there's any way to resolve this," Zhan Yin advised.

"Yes, we absolutely must discuss this with Jingting." Ruan Wanyi hurriedly stood up. "I'm going to find Jingting right now..."

As soon as Ruan Wanyi reached the top of the stairs, Jiang Dong stopped her. "Madam, I have already reported the Zhan family's affairs to Master Zhan. Master Zhan's attitude remains the same. He said that everything from now on is up to you and he will not get involved."

Ruan Wanyi said anxiously, "Did you explain clearly? Zhan Xiuwen and his group have set up some kind of group that is going against our Zhan Group."

"Master Zhan already knows about this, but he doesn't care."

"How could this happen..." Ruan Wanyi was utterly desperate. "It's over. Jing Ting doesn't care. That group is destined to be ruined in my hands. How am I supposed to face my ancestors...?"

After Ruan Wanyi finished speaking, everything went black and she fainted!

"lady!"

"Someone, call a doctor!"

Wutong Bay was in chaos, and all the servants were even more careful in their service.

Cheng Zaozao came out of the room, and Zhan Yin immediately stepped forward to ask, "How is my aunt?"

"The doctor said it was a fainting spell caused by excessive emotion, and there's nothing seriously wrong, but you must keep your emotions stable after you wake up."

"How can we maintain stability under these circumstances? It seems unlikely." Zhan Yin sighed. "It's over. Wutong Bay is completely finished now."

"Stop saying such unlucky things!" Cheng Zaozao said angrily, "If Wutong Bay is ruined, your dad and the others will be smug, of course you're hoping for that."

Zhan Yin immediately flew into a rage, "If I were hoping for this, would I be standing here waiting? Cheng Zaozao, are you even human? How could you make such malicious assumptions about me!"

"I spoke without thinking, I'm sorry," Cheng Zaozao hurriedly apologized. "But your father is indeed targeting people from Wutong Bay. Won't he have a problem with you blatantly running around here like this?"

"I'm going through a rebellious phase right now, he can't do anything about it," Zhan Yin warned sternly. "If you dare to slander me again, I'll kill you!"

Cheng Zaozao shrank back in fright, "I know."

Zhan Yin chuckled and couldn't help but ruffle her hair. "Look how scared you are. Weren't you so tough just now? Why did you chicken out so quickly?"

Cheng Zaozao whispered, "I really didn't mean to just now..."

"Alright, you're right to defend Wutong Bay and your sister and brother-in-law. I'm magnanimous and I'll forgive you."

Cheng Zaozao smiled and said, "Mm."

"Oh, right." Zhan Yin suddenly remembered something, "Why do I feel like you always avoid Lin Mo whenever you see him? Did he bully you?"

“Of course not,” Cheng Zaozao explained. “I really like Brother Lin Mo, but didn’t he have a disagreement with my sister before? Of course I’ll side with my sister, so I need to keep my distance from him.”

"It's good that you know." Zhan Yin said truthfully, "Lin Mo is Professor Yu's student. Professor Yu asked for his permission, and my uncle couldn't refuse him, so he allowed Lin Mo to join the medical team. But have you ever seen Lin Mo come to Wutong Bay alone? He always comes with Professor Yu. When Lin Mo is around, my uncle is always there. It's clear that he's wary of Lin Mo."

"They are both smart people. They may not say it, but they know each other perfectly well. How could they really turn enemies into friends?"

"I didn't think that much about it," Cheng Zaozao said. "I just felt that, given that my sister is already married, Brother Lin Mo shouldn't like her."

“Yes, male homewreckers are really disgusting,” Zhan Yin said with disdain. “You’re right to keep your distance from him. People like him should be all alone.”

"I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to the kitchen to have someone make something for Madam Zhan to eat."

"Go."

......

The Hezhong Alliance rose to prominence in the capital with lightning speed. Because of the Zhan family's name, the fact that the core team had left the Zhan Group, and the strong capital backing, its strength should not be underestimated.

In just half a month, the Hezhong Alliance's publicity campaign made it a household name in the capital.

Ruan Wanyi looked at the news report and was so angry that her eyes were seeing stars. "The Zhan family's motto is to keep a low profile, but they're doing the opposite, advertising everywhere, as if they're afraid people won't know that they have such a nouveau riche conglomerate!"

"Their money is all siphoned off from the Zhan Group, yet they still have the nerve to use that money to snatch away the Zhan Group's cooperation projects at exorbitant prices. What gives them the right!"

"Because he's shameless." Zhan Yin crossed his legs and leaned back on the sofa. "Yesterday I went to my dad and told him that what he did was not ethical. My dad said that as long as you can make money, who cares if you're ethical or not? Money is king. I scolded him for being unscrupulous and ungrateful, and he even slapped me."

Ruan Wanyi looked at him with heartache, "Xiao Yin, I'm sorry to have wronged you."

"Auntie, I don't want to go back to that filthy house anymore. I'll live here with you from now on."

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