Chapter 79 Mother-in-law
Yitao Culture is a subsidiary that the Li family acquired in its early years, even before Li Tingxi became the president of the Li family.
In the tumultuous era of the previous generation, Yitao Culture once enjoyed a glorious period. With its outstanding technology and excellent team, it developed from an unknown small pottery factory into a listed company, and undertook the production of ceramic products for state banquets many times. It was once praised by foreign websites as the "guiding star of Chinese pottery culture".
Mr. Ai, a once-famous ceramic artist, was one of the founders of Yitao Culture. His superb skills were said to be inherited from his ancestors for hundreds of years, and no one could match them. However, many years ago, Mr. Ai suddenly left Yitao for unknown reasons and disappeared without a trace.
Without Mr. Ai, the art and ceramics culture was like a tree without roots, quickly withering and dying. It was at that time that the Li family acquired the art and ceramics industry, which had plummeted.
Later, the Li family changed their technology and marketing teams, and took advantage of the new media era to make their marketing extremely popular. Although orders seemed to be booming, the level of pottery was not as good as before. In the past few years, after changing the person in charge, Yitao Culture's financial reports have been unsatisfactory every year.
"Professor Jin praised your pottery skills, saying they are on par with industry professionals, and that you are more suitable to manage Yitao Culture than the technology company I mentioned before." Li Tingxi had said back in Chenzhou that he would give Su Youling a branch company to manage independently, allowing her to fully utilize her talents.
At that time, he only considered that the technology company was in City A, and that doing so would be the best of both worlds, keeping Su Youling by his side and slowly repairing their relationship. He did not take into account Su Youling's own wishes.
Jewelry design wasn't her hobby, nor was managing a tech company. After all these years, he finally discovered that Su Youling's true passion was pottery, and that she was involved in various high school projects.
Over the past three years, in order to play the role of Shen Xiyue, she has truly buried her past completely.
“Su Su, although Yitao Culture is not as strong as it used to be, it’s still a giant. I believe you can make it shine again.” Li Tingxi raised his hand and patted her head. “From now on, I will respect your ideas and let you do what you like.”
"In Shen Xiyue's name?" Su Youling smiled sarcastically, closed the file, and politely refused, "Li Tingxi, I'm really tired."
Li Tingxi paused for a moment, then instinctively grabbed her hand, pulled her into his arms, and said without thinking, "No, you can be the new director of Yitao Culture—Su Youling!"
Su Youling was about to break free, but she froze upon hearing this. "You don't need to coax me like this. Do I look like a fool?"
If she remembered correctly, the new president of Yitao Culture was a member of Li Tingxi's maternal family. It was Li's mother who had put her own family members into the management of Yitao Culture, but she had tarnished Li Tingxi's reputation.
She had heard Wei Ning say that one of the key targets of Li Qidong's attack on Li Tingxi this time, in conjunction with the shareholders, was that the managers of several of Li's subsidiaries with stagnant performance were all put in place by Li's mother. Li Tingxi bears an unshirkable responsibility for these losses.
"You sent me to Yitao just to use me to make Yitao successful so you could quell the shareholders' criticisms and completely defeat Li Qidong." Su Youling lowered her eyes. "President Li has always been decisive and efficient. When did he learn to use such underhanded tactics?"
Li Tingxi felt a sharp pang in his heart from her sarcasm.
However, he cannot reveal Su Youling's identity to the public right now, so he can only handle it indirectly and do his best to allow Su Youling to live an open and aboveboard life.
With a cold expression, he threatened seemingly ruthlessly, "If you don't agree, then come back to City A with me."
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Su Youling twitched her lips, and after a long while said, "Li Tingxi, I never had a choice in front of you."
She took the documents and closed the door.
Through the door, Su Youling's voice was calm and ruthless: "Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Li. I will be reporting to Yitao Culture tomorrow."
Li Tingxi's raised hand froze at the door. After a long while, he sighed and left silently, his face extremely ugly.
Once in the car, Li Tingxi called Qin He and went straight to the point: "How are Li Qidong and those two from the Shen family doing?"
"Mr. Li, as you instructed, I sent a lawyer to meet with Mr. and Mrs. Shen Cong separately. At first, they were hoping that Li Qidong would come to bail them out and refused to tell the truth. However, after these few days of psychological warfare, Shen Cong's wife let slip the truth, and Shen Cong's attitude softened." Qin He's tone sounded more relaxed and cheerful. "As long as they openly identify Li Qidong, the charge of Li Qidong in planning the kidnapping will be completely confirmed."
Without Li Qidong as their backbone, those old guys from the Li family won't dare to cause any more trouble, and this turmoil will soon be over.
"Qin He, find a way to contact Wei Ning. No matter how much it costs, I want all of Shen Xiyue's personal information to disappear completely from the internet." Li Tingxi paused, then added, "Whether it's three years ago or three years later."
Although the internet is so developed nowadays that it's normal for everyone to know about someone's affairs, he and Shen Xiyue are not entertainment stars after all. In the past three years, he and Su Youling have deliberately reduced their exposure in public, so netizens don't have a very clear memory of the real Shen Xiyue.
City A and City B are far apart, the two branch offices have little contact, and their main businesses are completely different and have no overlap. It wouldn't be difficult for Su Youling to take over as director openly and legitimately. Apart from a few managers who have met her, no one else would suspect anything.
Qin He quickly reacted and objected without hesitation, "President Li, the turmoil at the Li Group hasn't subsided yet. Li Qidong still has a chance to cause trouble. It's too risky for you to let Madam regain her original identity at this time. Why don't we wait a little longer..."
“She’s waited long enough.” Li Tingxi pinched the bridge of his nose, a deeper calculation in his eyes, wise and composed. “Don’t worry, I have my own explanation for her identity. What you need to do is protect Su Hong and Su Youling’s past and bring Li Qidong’s crimes to justice as soon as possible.”
Since the boss had said so, Qin He had no grounds to continue opposing and could only do as he was told.
The next day, Su Youling told Su Hong about her upcoming job at the new company. She was worried about leaving Su Hong alone at home and wanted to hire a housekeeper to look after her.
Unexpectedly, Li Tingxi personally came to the door and even brought a 'professional nanny'—who turned out to be a nurse who had taken care of Su Hong at the A City Sanatorium for more than two years.
Although Su Hong had her doubts, she was happy for Xiao Lin when she heard that the nurse had resigned and was now a professional rehabilitation therapist at a hospital in B city.
With the company of familiar faces, Su Hong's mood improved considerably, and Su Youling felt at ease getting into Li Tingxi's car. The two exchanged a glance, but neither spoke first.
Lu Tingdong was not used to her being so distant and silent, and for the first time ever, he took the initiative to explain, "I asked Xiaolin to come not to monitor you, but to help you share the burden."
Su Youling nodded. "Thank you. But I will pay for the nursing care myself; this is my mother."
“She’s also my mother-in-law.” Li Tingxi’s tone became domineering. Seeing that Su Youling didn’t speak, he pulled the car over to the side of the road, adjusted the seat, and then actually picked Su Youling up and sat her on his lap, facing her with his arms around her waist.
The ambiguous temperature suddenly soared to an explosive level.
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