Chapter 93 Yu Yuan is now completely convinced.
The Gongyang family members only greeted the Yu family before leaving, completely ignoring the underlings who had come with them.
The Chen and Wang families looked at each other, completely bewildered, but since their eldest son was gone, they had no choice but to say goodbye.
Yuqiao calmed down at this point.
I suddenly got angry and almost lost control, swearing.
Fortunately, the other party had something to do, which broke the tense atmosphere; otherwise, he wouldn't know how to handle the situation.
Not long after, a few people walked in through the entrance of the conference room.
The one leading the group was his father.
"Ah Qiao, you're still too impatient."
Yu Kunyao had a stern face. He watched the whole process through the monitor and frowned as he watched.
The person who came was not the one in charge of the Second Continent, so he naturally wouldn't show up. He also wanted to take this opportunity to train his eldest son, but this eldest son had always been impatient since childhood, and he was still like that even after the apocalypse.
"Dad, it's alright. Just let my eldest brother do as he pleases. That way, they'll think we're all such impatient people, and maybe they'll lower their guard against the Yu family."
The second daughter, Yu Lu, calmly spoke up, her smile quite sly.
Thinking of what had just happened, Yu Qiao's temper flared up again: "You're all just talking about me! Given what just happened, who among you sitting here wouldn't be angry? How could they even bring up those conditions! What do they take us for?"
"They've built the bridge, and now they want to tear it down? They practically want to drown us all! It's outrageous!"
Yu Lu sneered: "A family with a history of over a thousand years will not fall so easily. Even if they are in decline now, they cannot get rid of their arrogant habits."
"And Dad, have you seen those comments online?" Yu Qiao said indignantly. "Don't think I don't know they hired online trolls to do it. It's the same old brainwashing tactics of taking sides. They're so unchanging, ugh!"
"The methods don't need to be novel, as long as they work. We were really careless this time and failed to detect the poison. We need to be more rigorous in future security checks."
“Things are different now than before. No matter how rigorous the checks are, some superpowers can still be hidden perfectly. I think we need to strengthen personnel management and conduct more detailed background checks when recruiting people.”
The brother and sister were having a lively discussion, while Yu Kunyao listened quietly without interrupting.
"Dad, why are you so quiet today?" Yu Qiao looked at her father strangely, wondering what he was thinking about.
Yu Kunyao sighed: "We bear an unshirkable responsibility for this incident..."
I promised a powerful person that once the investigation into this matter was complete, I would give her—no, I would give those who were oppressed—an explanation.
"Who was being oppressed?"
"A strong person?"
Yu Kunyao didn't speak, and his secretary handed him a document.
After examining the items carefully, the brother and sister remained silent.
Aqing's older sister used to be a member of the temporary guard team. She had only average superpowers, but she was very hardworking and always volunteered to do the work, preferring to work overtime even if it exceeded her physical limits.
It was all so that my younger sister could have a better life.
However, because she worked too hard, Lao Shu and others thought she was stealing resources, so they warned her.
Sister Aqing didn't dare to offend them, but the seawater was constantly flowing, and the ship was still moving forward. They had to follow the ship and also sweep away the monsters. How could they possibly not cross the line at all?
Once again, Sister Aqing crossed the boundary they had set and was attacked by Lao Shu's men. Despite being injured, she continued to fight the monsters, and her injuries worsened after boarding the ship.
At this moment, Lao Shu and the others actually stopped the healing class from treating Sister A Qing.
Sister Aqing didn't want to waste this boat ticket, so she insisted on going into the water for the next few days despite her physical limitations, and the messages she sent to Aqing showed no signs of anything unusual.
She died at sea the day before the ship was to dock.
No remains were found.
The old man next to Aqing had a son who was bullied and given laxatives by Lao Shu and his gang simply because he didn't bow to Cheng Ge and the others when they met. This caused his son to become weak and eventually die in the belly of the monster.
The auntie in the kitchen, her daughter used to work in the kitchen too...
Cheng Ge and his group worked for the Gongyang family, so no one dared to offend them. The guards all actively tried to build good relationships with Cheng Ge. It was considered merciful if they didn't take advantage of Cheng Ge's misfortune, let alone help him.
The crew members didn't care about these things either.
No one on the ship helped them; if they died, they died.
Their relatives or loved ones were also very insignificant people, usually unremarkable and with little influence. If this hadn't happened, the three members of the Yu family would never have seen their information.
They would never have chosen such an extreme method if there were any other way to get revenge.
After the apocalypse, Yuqiao and Yulu had witnessed all sorts of hardships, but most of them were for survival and for resources.
Not because of bullying, differences in status, or class oppression...
Besides, what are Brother Cheng and Lao Shu? They don't even have the surname of the Gongyang family. They're just doing their jobs, yet they can act so arrogantly and recklessly.
Isn't it just because the Gongyang family is used to being domineering?
"Those beasts of the Ram family!"
Yu Qiao clenched her fists angrily, but her anger was interrupted by Yu Lu the next second.
"But we also have our own problems. The guards are our people, and we recruited the crew and cooks ourselves. But when that happened, no one stood up. They didn't dare to stand by the victim's side, and even befriended the perpetrators. They just thought that our Yu family was weak and no match for the Gongyang family, and not a strong backer, so they let such things happen."
Yu Kunyao nodded: "We need to learn from this experience and be more rigorous in training our employees in the future. We also need to let them know that we will never allow such a situation to happen again."
"A powerful figure was right: water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Our Yu family's little boat almost capsized. If it weren't for the help of that powerful figure, everyone on board would have been in danger, and the consequences would have been unimaginable."
"Another powerful figure? Dad, how many powerful figures have you met recently?"
Yu Kunyao glared at his son, but didn't say anything more. Instead, he gestured for the two of them to follow.
Yu Qiao and Yu Lu exchanged a glance, not understanding what was going on, and simply followed obediently behind their father.
Yu Kunyao led them to a basement.
This is where the Yu family uses as a strategic reserve space, similar to an air-raid shelter—secret, safe, and with a large storage capacity.
There were many lounges, and Yu Kunyao went directly to one of them and pushed the door open.
Yu Qiao entered first, then froze on the spot.
Yu Lu frowned, walked in, and nudged her older brother: "What are you doing standing here? I... Ah! Who is this?"
ah!
Is it mountain dye?
Looking at his older brother and sister's useless appearance, Yu Yuan proudly raised his chin and snorted.
Shan Ran knew Yu Kunyao was discussing business, so she waited for him there, but she didn't expect him to bring his children along, and his children...
She glanced at Yu Yuan beside her, whose chin seemed to be held high to the sky, and realized that this person's traits were all due to heredity.
Yu Yuan's older brother looks a bit like him, but he's not as flamboyant and has a wider jawline, making him look more upright. Yu Lu, on the other hand, looks more like their father.
At this moment, Yu Qiao's hands were clasped together, his feet were turned slightly inward, his face was flushed, and he spoke in a high-pitched voice, "Hello, Miss Shan, my name is Yu Qiao, I am the eldest brother of the Yu family, I..."
"Ranran! I... I'm a die-hard fan from your fan club! Look! A level 12 fan! Oh my god! Am I dreaming? I never imagined this..."
Yu Lu took out her phone, showed Shan Ran her fan badge, and then opened the camera to take a photo together.
Yu Yuan didn't think there was anything wrong with it; the more crazy his older brother and sister acted, the more normal he seemed.
Yu Kunyao covered his face and shouted helplessly, "Aqiao, Alu, that's enough!"
Yuqiao straightened up a little, but was still a bit awkward.
Before putting her phone down, Yu Lu quickly took two more group photos.
Yu Kunyao looked ashamed: "I'm so sorry, Miss Shan, you must have found this amusing. If I had known my son and daughter would look like this, I definitely wouldn't have brought them along. I'm really sorry to have bothered you."
Shan Ran was already shocked, but now she waved her hand nonchalantly: "It's alright, it's no trouble at all."
Suddenly, Yu Lu realized something.
"Dad, the one in the video who killed a bunch of monsters in the sea and was circling around the dolphin leader, that's Shan Ran, right?"
Yu Kunyao nodded.
"Ah!" Yu Lu screamed again. "I had a feeling about this back then! But there was no record of you being on the ship. The sea was full of monsters, and you couldn't see anything underwater. I didn't think much of it after that. It really was you!"
Yu Yuan rubbed his ears, rolled his eyes, and said helplessly, "Sis, can you turn your voice down a bit? It's really noisy!"
Yu Lu completely ignored him: "Ranran, can I sign my autograph? No, don't sign here. I have a printed photo of you, and I also have a large life-size cardboard cutout, though it's a bit shorter than the real person. I'll go get it later..."
"Shut up!" Yu Kunyao interrupted his daughter, unable to bear it any longer, afraid that she would say something embarrassing again.
Shan Ran didn't care about any of that. She smiled at Yu Lu and then looked at Yu Kunyao: "Patriarch Yu, thank you for helping to arrange those people."
Two days ago, Yu Yuan went with Rhein to the woods near the laboratory and has been waiting for news ever since.
I was worried that we wouldn't be able to get in touch, but Rhine suggested that Yu Yuan go into the dream world to communicate with Shan Ran.
"Huh? Are you sure, brother?"
"Last time, Ranran was conscious in your dream and even beat you up. Have you already forgotten?"
Suddenly having his painful past brought up, Yu Yuan felt a little embarrassed: "Big brother, that's not the point. My main concern is whether Sister Ran can wake up this time. After all, I haven't been able to lull Sister Ran into my dreams since that incident."
"Yes, I believe her."
Just as Rhine had said, Yu Yuan really did communicate with Shan Ran in his dream.
Not only that, but he also entered other people's dreams, and through all the information he obtained, he single-handedly destroyed an entire heavily guarded laboratory.
Hearing is not as good as seeing. No matter how many rumors you hear, nothing is as shocking as seeing it for yourself.
Yu Yuan is now completely convinced.
Upon seeing Shan Ran emerge from the smoke of battle, Yu Yuan felt his knees buckle.
The rest will require Yu Yuan's help.
Thankfully, at least there's something he can do to help, so he doesn't feel like he's completely useless.
Yu Yuan asked his father to borrow people, specifically his most trusted confidants, to find a way to relocate the surviving personnel from the laboratory.
These survivors were all experimental subjects. Besides Sister Juan and others, there were also those who had been transferred there before but hadn't had a chance to be experimented on.
Shan Ran killed all the other staff members, leaving none alive.
Shanran didn't have time to examine the evidence and data related to the laboratory closely; she had already stored them all in her spatial storage.
When she has time, she will examine it carefully to see if she can find any clues about other laboratories.
Yu Kunyao waved his hand: "It's nothing, no need to thank me."
"That's right, Dad, it's your honor to be able to help Ranran."
“Miss Shan, is there anything else I can help you with? My dad is getting old, and there's a generation gap. You can tell me anything you need, and I'll do my best to help.”
Yu Kunyao: ...You wretched child!
Just then, someone pushed the door open and entered.
When Rhine walked in, he was stunned for a moment, not expecting there to be so many people in the room.
"Ranran, those people have all been settled with the help of President Yuan."
Yu Yuan scratched his head and chuckled, "Big brother, don't be so polite. Just call me Xiao Yuan, that's fine!"
"Xiao Yuan? You went with Miss Shan and the others, did you get into any trouble?" Yu Kunyao only knew that Yu Yuan had asked him to borrow people and a car, but he didn't know exactly what it was about.
"Dad! Can't you think of anything good about me?" Yu Yuan gritted his teeth in frustration.
"It's because you're usually so unreliable."
"Patriarch Yu, I really have to thank Xiao Yuan this time."
Shan Ran glanced at the aggrieved Yu Yuan and began to explain.
Rhine's home is in District 2, so it's impossible for him to extend his reach into District 1 without being discovered. Those people need the Yu family's help to settle down properly.
So she told the Yu family everything about the entire laboratory.
After hearing this, the three of them were utterly shocked and remained speechless for a long time.
"They... they're actually conducting such inhumane experiments?"
"Surgery to cut open the brain, use a mental aid to strip away the superpower, and then graft it on—it's unbelievable that they even came up with such a method!"
"Heh, I'm not surprised at all that those top families would do this. When have they ever cared about other people's lives? They don't even care about ordinary families, let alone other people."
Yu Kunyao looked up at Shan Ran. He knew that since the other party had told him this, it meant that they had already tacitly agreed that they were in the same boat.
He suddenly felt a surge of excitement.
He was never a peaceful person to begin with, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the opportunity to acquire HNA's business all by himself.
However, a family background spanning thousands of years cannot be shaken overnight.
He is ambitious, but in his view, everything should be done slowly and not hastily.
Now, an opportunity has presented itself to him, and the changes it brings are happening much faster than he had imagined.
What he needs to do is to make this opportunity even more secure.
"Miss Shan, I noticed that the dolphin leader seems quite close to you. You two seem to have a good relationship?"
Dolphin Head?
The image of that enormous figure flashed through Shan Ran's mind: round, black eyes, skin that felt incredibly soft to the touch...
However, judging from Yu Kunyao's way of addressing the other person, it seems that he did not know that the other person was called Rou Rou.
"Yes, the dolphin's head is named Rou Rou. I like it very much, and it's nice to me too. We exchanged gifts."
"hiss......"
The four members of the Yu family all gasped in unison.
Although Yu Yuan was there, the sea was turbulent and full of waves caused by the fight, so he couldn't see what was happening below. Naturally, he didn't know that Shan Ran and the dolphin leader had such a good relationship.
Not only did he know her name, but he also gave her something?!
Outsiders are envious of the Yu family's acquisition of HNA's business, but they don't know how much hard work they put in behind the scenes.
His father and brother risked their lives to go into the sea, fighting tooth and nail with marine monsters and dealing with marine life for a long time, but they never actually saw the dolphin head more than a few times.
And they always kept a certain distance; they were never that close.
But then I thought, this is mountain dyeing, so it doesn't seem so strange.
Yu Kunyao's eyes darted around, then he put on a smile: "Miss Shan, would you be interested in investing in the Yu family's shipping business?"
"Investment?" Shan Ran asked, puzzled.
"Yes, Miss Shan, you don't need to contribute any money. All operations and ship technology will still be handled by us. All you need to do is occasionally communicate with the Dolphin leader, say a few words on his behalf, and maintain the relationship between the two sides."
"Didn't you two communicate quite well before?"
Yu Kunyao waved his hands repeatedly: "How can that compare to Miss Shan? I've only seen it twice in total. It's incredibly fast, appearing and disappearing without a trace. It vanished before we could even exchange a few words."
The content of our cooperation remains unchanged, as does the number of marine creatures required for each voyage. However, we are simply unable to meet with the dolphin leader frequently. Therefore, for occasional unforeseen circumstances or regular follow-up visits, we may need Ms. Shan's assistance in communication.
What percentage of shares?
"Forty percent."
Shan Ran: ...Could there be some kind of conspiracy behind all this?
Yu Kunyao: You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. There's no turning back anyway, so we have to get Shan Ran completely on board.
Seeing Shan Ran's hesitant expression, Yu Kunyao gritted his teeth and held out one hand: "Fifty percent!"
Shanran:?
That evening, Yujia Shipbuilding issued an official statement explaining the situation.
They first released the list of the dead.
The people killed by Shan Ran were among them, but the time of their deaths was unclear, so everyone naturally assumed that they were killed by the nightmare beast.
They then explained the whole story and attached the investigation results.
They even found surveillance footage from previous voyages, a few scattered clips, all showing Brother Cheng, Lao Gong, and others bullying and harassing people, while the guards stood by and watched coldly.
As for the girls in the cell phone video, the Yu family found footage of them running out of Cheng Ge's room in a disheveled state in the early morning, but only briefly mentioned it and did not release any photos or videos of the scene.
We have enough evidence now; we don't need them to add more evidence. Let them retain enough dignity after they die.
The Yu family first apologized, reflected on their dereliction of duty in this incident, and stated that they would definitely strengthen employee screening and management in the future to prevent such incidents from happening again.
The entire copy kept emphasizing Cheng Ge and the others' situation, unsurprisingly attracting everyone's attention.
After cursing the Yu family, everyone turned their anger towards those few individuals.
[Holy shit! I'm furious! They just want to earn money to support their families, their sisters, and their children. They work so hard killing monsters at sea, risking their lives for that money, and why are they being bullied? Why are they being beaten and verbally abused? Why?!]
They're all beasts, beasts that wouldn't even be enough to tear apart!
Our enemies are the Nightmare Beasts! The Mist! Alien races that are destroying our planet! Not humans. Can't humanity unite and stop fighting amongst ourselves?
[I almost cried. They're all people trying to make a living. I thought things would be fairer after the apocalypse, that we could just look at our ability levels, but I never imagined that even with abilities, they'd still be bullied like this.]
[Fairness? Where is the fairness? Look at the people of the First Continent, has their attitude changed since the apocalypse? Didn't they constantly refer to themselves as "inferior people" at the beginning? Even after being ravaged by the monsters, they still held their noses to the sky.]
These people seem to be working for the powerful families of the First Continent.
Yes, yes, I know! They're all from the Gongyang family, one of the world's top three aristocratic families. Those people aren't even family members; they're just low-level henchmen working for them, yet they dare to be so arrogant. Just imagine what it would be like if they were from the Gongyang family!
[I heard that the Gongyang family has been trying to seize the shipping routes held by the Yu family these past few days. They're fixated on this issue, claiming the Yu family isn't qualified and trying to take over the Yu family's entire shipping empire.]
This so-called rumor was obviously something the Yu family themselves released.
[How domineering! This is typical of powerful families. Whenever someone does well in a certain field, they want to get involved and then swallow them up. If they obey, they might get a little something; if they don't, they'll likely face serious consequences.]
[Yes! That's the process! Why have these top-tier families been able to endure for thousands of years? Isn't it all about this process? When a newcomer appears, they are either suppressed or recruited.]
[Yu family, hold on! Although you made many mistakes this time, it's not beyond redemption. Strive to correct your mistakes, protect your assets, and don't let the Gongyang family take them!]
The top families certainly have a lot of online supporters who have been actively clashing with those who support the Yu family. However, their arguments are nothing more than questioning the Yu family's incompetence and the fact that their rescue efforts were not timely, which almost resulted in the loss of all the passengers.
As for the matter of Cheng Ge and others, the online trolls selectively ignore it and don't mention it at all. After all, the chain of evidence is too complete, and there is no chance to refute it.
Someone tried to argue that these were all temporary workers.
He was immediately cursed from his ancestors for eighteen generations to his descendants for eighteen generations.
[What the hell is this "temporary worker" thing? They're full-time employees when they're being bullied, but when something goes wrong, they're just temporary workers?]
The two sides traded blows until the Yu family dropped another bombshell, and public opinion immediately turned against them.
This time, they've sided with the Yu family.
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