Chapter 1010: Chapter 690: The Uninvited Guest (2)
The servant quickly swallowed a gulp of saliva and hurried out the door to invite Yin Shiqing back.
"And let him know he doesn’t need to come again in the future."
"...Alright, alright."
The servant responded and went to carry out the task.
Rong Qiao looked at his father with some confusion,
"Dad, that was Yin Shiqing... You and he..."
"Rong Qiao, remember this, from now on, our Rong Family has nothing to do with Yin Shiqing."
"..."
Rong Si leaned on his cane with one hand and held his wife’s cold hand with the other,
"Let’s go inside."
Old Madam Rong felt a sour sensation in her nose, and tears involuntarily filled her eyes again.
She understood...
Her husband’s heart had completely softened.
Karma, they hadn’t believed in it, until it happened to themselves, until they tasted the bitterness...
Believing, they no longer dared.
They were old, and even if struck by a thunderbolt, it wasn’t a frightening thing. Everyone dies, sooner or later.
Having lived sixty years, not long, but not short either.
A stooped old man, a hunched old woman...
But if wrongdoing would cause the younger generation to suffer, then it absolutely must not be done again.
...............
Yin Shiqing never expected that coming personally to the Rong Family, he would be turned away with just a few words from a servant.
"Did Elder Rong really say that?"
"Mr. Yin, please go back. The master truly isn’t in the mood to receive any guests."
"Am I just any ordinary guest?"
Yin Shixiu was still struggling.
"Yes, you are the commissioner, but... the master said not to see you, and we truly don’t have the courage to let you in. You can just call him later."
Facing such a prominent figure, the servant broke out in cold sweat.
Yin Shiqing squinted. Simply barging in was possible, but as such a ’prominent figure’, making such an unbecoming move in front of a servant...
He truly couldn’t bear to lose face like that.
The servant looked troubled, and Yin Shiqing didn’t press further.
"Please pass a message to your master for me."
"Couldn’t you just call the master yourself?"
The servant recalled Rong Si’s stern demeanor earlier and the numerous recent troubles in the Rong Family, and was extremely reluctant to step into this mess.
"I fear your master won’t even take my call, right? Passing a message isn’t too much to ask, is it?"
An unfriendly look appeared on Yin Shiqing’s face, scaring the servant.
Inwardly complaining, she wondered who she had offended, thinking it might be best to leave after this month.
"What would you like to say..."
The commissioner had spoken up to this point; the servant, no matter how afraid, dared not refuse.
Yet, at the same time, she grew dissatisfied with this so-called high official, feeling oppressed by his authority.
If he had the power, why not exercise it on her master instead? Bullying a common person like her showed no prowess.
"We are all crew on the same ship; if this ship sinks, no one can escape."
Yin Shiqing finished speaking and turned back to his high-end car, rolling up the window.
Even if she were illiterate, the servant would understand that people with power and influence liked to speak cryptically...
However, this sentence wasn’t particularly cryptic.
The servant worried whether conveying this message would lead to her being implicated by the master’s wrath if he got angry...
Hesitating, she secretly conveyed the message to the eldest daughter, asking her to relay it to the master.
Rong Qiao didn’t understand why her parents had turned Yin Shiqing away...
With the Yin Family successfully acquiring the Rong Family, Yin Shixiu controlled only fifty-one percent of the shares, yet the majority of the board members had sided with him.
The Rong Family was truly powerless now.
Her parents even severed ties with Yin Shiqing...
The statement "We are all crew on the same ship; if the ship sinks, no one can escape" seemed blatantly threatening.
What were her parents thinking?
Rong Qiao didn’t understand, only recalling the heartbroken expressions of her parents earlier.
She did not immediately relay Yin Shiqing’s message to Rong Si.
Instead, Rong Qiao returned to her room.
Her brother had been imprisoned, her parents were deeply despondent, her boyfriend had left her...
Everything she had was now turned upside down.
Sitting on the recliner by the window, looking outside, the wind blew, autumn leaves fell; this autumn was most untimely.
A season of withering desolation.
It mirrored the state of their Rong Family.
.................
In the morning, Jingzhi held the first board meeting.
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