Chapter 27 Fairy Tale
When celebrating the New Year in the Zhao family, the busiest day is not New Year’s Eve, or the first or second day of the New Year, but the fifth day of the New Year.
Yu Yin has been entertaining guests since the third day of the New Year, and the event reached its peak on the fifth day because there was a family gathering on that day. Zhao Xinzhi has many relatives overseas, and he had returned from overseas that year.
Zhao Xinzhi's father died early, and his mother could not bear it and committed suicide for love. His three brothers and sisters were left without a father and a mother. He was smart and clever, which won the favor of his grandmother. He stood out among his many cousins. After his grandmother passed away, he received a considerable inheritance.
In the 1950s, facing intense family strife and neglect from his grandfather, he chose to leave his hometown and travel across the ocean to Hong Kong, seeking opportunity. Unable to overcome the local tyrants, his first venture failed amidst numerous obstacles. Soon after, he met An Wanlan, the daughter of a gang leader. They fell in love and married. He had wealth and overseas connections, while she had connections in both the black and white worlds of Hong Kong. Together, they built the Zhaoshi business.
In the 1970s, Zhao Xinzhi seized business opportunities and utilized his unique advantages to connect the mainland and overseas markets with the port city. The Zhaoshi Group ushered in another large-scale expansion and grew into an unshakable behemoth.
One of the key factors in his success in overseas markets is the connections he maintains with his family. A failed business venture in his youth taught him the importance of connections, which are absolutely essential in business.
Family gatherings are held every year, sometimes going overseas, sometimes gathering in Hong Kong. This is not simply about maintaining family ties, but about maintaining a relationship of interest. You need me, and I need your help...
Yu Yin started learning from Ms. Li on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year to prepare for the dinner the next day.
Ms. Li originally didn't plan to ask her for help. It was Zhao Yunbin who suggested it. He said that Yu Yin had been married for two years and it was time for her to learn how to handle these things so that she wouldn't be in a hurry to manage the household in the future and would not know how to do it at all.
Zhao Shunian also said that there is no harm in learning more.
If only Zhao Yunbin brought up this matter, Ms. Li would have found a reason to block it and refused to agree, but since Zhao Shunian also brought it up, she had nothing to object to.
Her son was a man of strong opinions and had grown up. He would never listen to her like he did when they were little. She knew she should follow his advice.
With a domineering and controlling mother and a grandfather who was a more assertive version of her, Zhao Shunian grew up in excruciating pain, feeling almost suffocated. He had only two options: either become an obedient, filial son without independent thought, or take control. He was the latter.
Yu Yin once studied so hard, to the point of a mental breakdown, that she could improve her status in her adoptive parents' hearts and avoid being abandoned. Through her studies, she could change and control her own destiny. Zhao Shunian became a work robot, gradually increasing his power and gaining more and more leverage. He also wanted to seize control of his life and avoid being constrained. There's no fundamental difference between the two.
Zhao Shunian gradually lost control of Ms. Li and Zhao Xinzhi...
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Yu Yin was busy with the banquet in the morning. In the afternoon, Lana and her studio members came back. Yu Yin let them manipulate her like a doll.
It was not until the evening that Yu Yin, whose hair was still delicate, was finally able to move independently.
The main venue of the dinner was in the central hall of the East Building, where she and Zhao Shunian entertained the guests who arrived one after another.
Uncle, aunt, cousin, uncle, aunt, some blood ties have become weak, but we can still call them by their names and exchange a few words with them appropriately.
Yu Yin spent the whole night memorizing the names, backgrounds and appearances of her relatives. Her hard work paid off and she did not make any mistakes tonight.
Aunt Zhao Yunyi looked at Yu Yin who was entertaining the guests with ease, and thought with disdain that even if she flew to a tree and turned into a phoenix, it could not change the fact that she was originally a wild pheasant, and sooner or later she would fall down and return to her original form.
Zhao Yunyi saw Mrs. Lian approaching with a glass of wine, and she took the initiative to talk to her. "I think the setting tonight is great. It feels like a fairy tale. It's like Cinderella attending a ball, but at the stroke of midnight, she'll get on her pumpkin carriage and leave, and everything will return to reality."
Mrs. Lian had a perfect smile on her face. "Don't forget that she left a crystal slipper for the prince to find. From then on, she no longer had to worry about the clock striking twelve."
"Auntie, do you think her prince will be like in a fairy tale?" Zhao Yunyi looked at Yu Yin when she asked Mrs. Lian this question.
"Fairy tales are just fairy tales, they can't be taken seriously."
Zhao Yunyi added, "No wonder Dad likes you. You're smart and funny. In my opinion, if you were to arrange the dinner, it would definitely be better than the current one."
Mrs. Lian smiled modestly and said, "Don't say that. Yunzi will be unhappy if she hears it." Yunzi is Ms. Li's name.
"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that my sister-in-law was also involved. Tonight, my sister-in-law is preparing a wedding dress for someone else."
The two spoke quietly, but it happened to fall into Ms. Li's ears. She walked away from them silently...
The wealthy relatives of the Zhao family are indeed very wealthy, and there are also some elites in some industries, but some are also down and out, and take the opportunity to come to the door to extort money.
Zhao Shunian was no longer by Yu Yin's side. He was called away by Zhao Xinzhi.
Yu Yin met a cousin who strongly recommended his son's project. He praised it to her and hoped that she would invest. However, she would not touch the Zhao family's business, and she had no intention of using her own money to subsidize Zhao Shunian's relatives. She used various reasons to finally refuse the cousin and took the opportunity to leave his sight.
Later, Yu Yin met a cousin who married a Manchu Chinese man who did not change his surname, and she took her husband's surname.
She seemed to have nothing to brag about, so she could only take this opportunity to talk about how prominent her husband's ancestors were and how proud she was of them.
Yu Yin silently complained that the Qing Dynasty had fallen, and the last emperor Puyi had to undergo reform, and those Eight Banners nobles who should or should not change their surnames had already changed their surnames.
Zhao Xiyan and Zhao Yunxin who were standing by were even more impatient about this. Yu Yin dealt with them briefly and left with them.
The relationship between the three of them is rather plastic, but even if it is a plastic relationship, it is a balanced relationship and they will not tear each other apart or become enemies. You say bad things about me and I say bad things about you, but we will get back together after a few days.
The age difference between the three of them was not too big, so they had relatively more common topics. Yu Yin was two years older than them.
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