Yu Xiaxing immediately retorted, “Worried about her? As if. I just think that if she’s going to let someone cheat her out of her money, it might as well be me. I’m afraid Su Hao will bleed her dry, and then there won’t be anything left for me to swindle.”
Yu Zheng nodded perfunctorily. “Mm-hmm. You’re so wicked. You really are a terrible person.”
Faced with his sister’s tsundere act, he couldn’t be bothered to expose her anymore.
Yu Xiaxing huffed and picked up the game controller, continuing to play.
The side hall fell quiet for a while.
Sitting cross-legged on the sofa with the controller in her hands, Yu Xiaxing controlled the little character on-screen and kicked Yu Zheng’s character straight into the lava.
Yu Xiaxing said expressionlessly, “If you suck, practice more. Playing with you is so boring.”
Yu Zheng: “…”
Yu Zheng decided to get serious too. Otherwise, his sister would really call him boring.
He had just reached out to start the next round when both his and his sister’s phones lit up.
He glanced down at his screen, raising an eyebrow. “Tsk.”
Without looking up, Yu Xiaxing asked, “Which homeowner is cursing at you this time?”
Yu Zheng looked at his phone. “It’s not a homeowner. It’s a message in the family group.”
Yu Xiaxing’s fingers paused.
The little character on the screen stood motionless and was promptly hacked to death by a monster.
She picked up her own phone and took a look.
[We’re All One Big Happy Family (With Every Elder Present)]
Grandpa: “Once midnight passes tomorrow night, the monthly leaderboard results will be announced. Nervous?”
The monthly rankings and the settlements for individual tasks were two entirely different evaluation systems.
Task settlements focused on performance in a single assignment. Being able to resolve a problem quickly did not mean one could handle a long-term issue.
The monthly leaderboard, on the other hand, was comprehensive and measured the overall picture. It would calculate whether everyone had made or lost money on their accounts over the past month.
Yu Xiaxing estimated that taking first place wouldn’t be so easy for her…
The high-profile school administration team she had hired was really expensive. Aside from that, she didn’t seem to have any other profitable ventures. As for management, she had just made a formidable enemy in Director Gao.
And public opinion… Tsk. Why had no one been criticizing her lately? Would she not get any points if nobody cursed at her?
Grandpa sent another message: “Seventh Sister, you’ve made quite a splash lately. You have a good chance of taking first place on the monthly leaderboard. But Eldest Brother’s cash flow has recovered incredibly quickly. Second Brother, you’re such a social butterfly—you’ve brought in quite a few major clients through your connections. Third Brother, your average order value was already high to begin with, so you should have started making money by now…”
He went on and on, praising every one of them.
The more Yu Xiaxing read, the more relieved she became.
Wonderful. Everyone was so capable. That put her mind at ease.
Grandpa: “At this point, I don’t even know which one of you will take first place on the monthly leaderboard. I’m so nervous. I can’t wait to find out.”
Even Grandpa, who was just watching the show, was getting nervous…
No one knew how to respond.
Should they be modest? That would be too fake.
Should they insult one another? Grandpa was still in the group.
So everyone remained silent.
Suddenly, Fourth Sister sent a message.
Yu Lingyi: “At nine tomorrow morning, Su Hao and I are going to the hospital for our premarital checkup. At two in the afternoon, we’ll be going to the civil affairs bureau to register our marriage. I’ve posted the time and addresses below. Any family members who are free are welcome to come and witness our happiness.”
She attached the address of the hospital and the civil affairs bureau.
The group fell silent for several seconds.
Grandpa sent a message: “You’re an adult now. Whatever decision you make, you need to think through all the possible outcomes, both good and bad.”
Yu Lingyi: “Thank you for the reminder, Grandpa. I’ll take responsibility for my choice.”
The topic immediately became much easier to handle, and everyone began performing the etiquette expected of a wealthy family.
All the brothers and sisters jumped in to offer their congratulations and wish them a long and happy marriage.
No matter what they truly thought, they had to maintain appearances.
Yu Zheng also sent a message saying, “Congratulations.”
Seeing that his sister remained unmoved, he asked, “You’re not going to reply?”
Yu Xiaxing curled her lips. “This family is just like a company. It’s full of social niceties.”
Yu Zheng smiled. “It’s not like this is your first day as a member of the Yu family.”
Yu Xiaxing still couldn’t bring herself to offer her congratulations.
She had already sent all the evidence to Yu Lingyi. How could she still be going through with the marriage registration?
After thinking it over, she sent a reply to the group as well.
“Haha.”
The sarcasm was unmistakable.
In an ordinary family group chat, some elder would definitely have gotten angry or asked what she meant by that.
But there was no such thing in the Yu family. Everyone maintained their superficial courtesy.
Fourth Sister even personally stepped in to smooth things over, replying, “Xingxing, I knew you’d be happy for your sister too. [Smile]”
Yu Xiaxing didn’t reply again.
Although she didn’t want her competitor to suffer and take away her chance of being eliminated, some people were simply beyond saving.
Yu Zheng cast a sidelong glance at his sister.
He understood now. His sister was clearly still worried about Fourth Sister’s marriage, but as the tsundere she was, she didn’t dare say it outright.
Fine, then. He, her brother, would help her.
A stubborn little sister needed a proactive older brother.
Yu Zheng suddenly suggested, “How about we go to the hospital tomorrow and check on Fourth Sister and her fiancé’s premarital exam?”
Yu Xiaxing’s eyes darted around. In a small voice, she asked, “Can we go in and watch? I read in the information that people have to take off their pants for the premarital checkup… Will they let us see?”
Yu Zheng said, “We won’t go in to watch the actual examination. We’ll just see how the results turn out.”
Yu Xiaxing: “Then I’m not going.”
What was the point if she couldn’t watch the interesting parts?
“Besides, I have to keep working hard tomorrow.”
There was still ten million yuan sitting in her account that she hadn’t spent yet. She was so anxious she could barely breathe. How could she have the time to worry about Fourth Sister’s life or death?
Yu Zheng: “All right.”
The siblings played another round.
This time, Yu Zheng had learned his lesson. He stayed eight paces away from Yu Xiaxing right from the start, terrified that she would kick him into the lava again.
Looking at his cowardly behavior, Yu Xiaxing couldn’t help mocking him. “Fifth Brother, you’re so pathetic.”
Yu Zheng said expressionlessly, “You can never be too careful around your little sister.”
Yu Xiaxing was just about to retort when her phone vibrated again.
What was going on tonight? Why did people keep interrupting her?
She glanced down at the screen. It was a message from Lu Yanzhao.
“Director Yu, I’m just confirming the proposal. Can you get back to me tonight?”
This man really was work-obsessed.
Who sent their boss reminders to approve proposals?
That was why Yu Xiaxing always blocked him during the weekends and unblocked him on Mondays.
And yet he still hadn’t learned his lesson.
It seemed that from now on, she would have to block him as soon as work ended every weekday!
She reached out to block him.
Then Lu Yanzhao sent another message: “Once you’ve made your decision, our arts exam prep class can publish the enrollment announcement tomorrow night.”
Yu Xiaxing’s finger paused.
That was right. If she got the class up and running as soon as possible, then once they failed to attract any students, the class would be able to burn through her money at top speed.
So she didn’t even download the file to look at it.
It was so large. Did he have any idea how much storage space it took up on her phone?
She simply brushed him off: “I’ve looked it over. No problem. Go ahead and move forward.”
Lu Yanzhao: “Understood.”
Seeing Yu Xiaxing smiling with curved eyes and looking very pleased, Yu Zheng leaned over to see what was going on.
Yu Xiaxing immediately turned off her phone screen. “Do you have no manners? Are you spying on my conversation with someone else?”
