Zhenxi immediately entered combat status and arranged and deployed a response plan.
Xie Chengrun looked at his son's determined expression and felt proud.
During the anxious wait, Zhenxi and his men boarded the unidentified ship for inspection and discovered that it was actually the ship of his cousin from his mother's family. They tried to take advantage of the chaos to smuggle contraband to the island.
Zhenxi mercilessly ordered the seizure of ships and personnel. Xie Chengrun knew that this time, his mother's family had completely touched the bottom line of the Xiao family.
After returning to Hangzhou, Xie Chengrun resolved to completely sever ties with her venerable relatives and focus solely on running Taizheng Pharmaceutical. She also understood the good intentions of Xiao Zhen and Zhenxi, and realized that only by keeping a tight rein on their calculations could the Xiao family survive in this complex world. From then on, she led Taizheng Pharmaceutical on a more stable path of development.
The morning mist had not yet cleared from the Xixi Wetlands in Hangzhou. Xie Chengrun stood at the R&D center of Taizheng Pharmaceutical. Amidst the constant barrage of @reminders in the family group chat, she clicked on a video sent by Zhenxi. In the video, the lieutenant colonel's epaulettes gleamed in the rising sun, and behind the young man stood a South China Sea sovereignty monument covered in red flags.
"Mom, I've been promoted to lieutenant colonel." His voice was hoarse than usual, "But I might have to be transferred..."
"Where are you being transferred to?" Xie Chengrun felt her throat tighten. The screen suddenly flickered, revealing a group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms—Zhenxi was organizing a flag-raising ceremony. As the national anthem blazed across the sky, she noticed a fresh scab on the base of her son's right hand as he saluted.
The glass walls of the R&D center reflected countless images of Xie Chengrun. Some busied themselves at microscopes, some pored over financial statements, and still others arranged abacus beads into the shape of the Big Dipper. And in the farthest image, Mr. Zhenbei's Tai Chi pendant glowed faintly—the secret code to the Xiao family's bloodline, the key Xie Chengrun would use to rewrite his destiny.
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