Jiang Zhao gripped his phone tightly, his knuckles turning slightly white from the excessive force. He shouted angrily into the phone, "Whether it's useful or not has nothing to do with you! Let my oldest brother go immediately, or I'll call the police!"
His voice was full of determination and threat.
However, the other party didn't care about Jiang Zhao's warning at all. Instead, he said in a provocative tone, "Hmph, go ahead and call the police. Let's see whose speed is faster—you calling the cops to catch me, or me breaking your brother's other leg."
With that, without giving Jiang Zhao any chance to respond, the other party hung up the phone with a snap.
Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Jiang Zhao felt both anxious and angry.
He put away his phone, glanced at the Starlight Entertainment building, hailed a ride-hailing car on his phone, and planned to go back to find his parents to figure out a solution.
Unexpectedly, before one wave settled, another rose. When Jiang Zhao rushed back to the Qin family home burning with anxiety, before he could even catch his breath, he saw Jiang Yonghe being forced into a black seven-seater car at the door by several people.
Jiang Zhao's heart tightened. Without time to think, he hurriedly got out of the car and rushed over, roaring, "Where are you taking Jiang Yonghe?"
Those people ignored Jiang Zhao's roar.
Before Jiang Zhao could reach the car, someone pulled him back. Only then did he notice that his mother, Qin Yulian, and his uncle's son, Qin Xingcai, were also standing aside.
Qin Xingcai let go of his hand and glanced at Jiang Zhao. "Jiang Zhao, what are you yelling for? Do you want to stop the person Young Master Long wants?"
Young Master Long?
The Long family now hated his sister Jiang Youli to death, and taking Jiang Yonghe away at this time definitely meant no good intentions!
Jiang Zhao looked at his mother, Qin Yulian. "Mom, you can't let Jiang Yonghe, this vicious woman, go. The Long family taking her away clearly shows they are up to no good. They definitely want to harm Xiao Li. How could you let the Long family take her?"
Qin Yulian said awkwardly, "Zhao'er, Mom has no choice. Your cousin is right; we can't afford to offend the Long family."
Jiang Zhao wanted to rush over and drag Jiang Yonghe out, but Qin Yulian quickly pulled him back. "Zhao'er, be obedient."
Jiang Yonghe, sitting in the car, had a men's suit jacket draped over her shoulders. She looked at Jiang Zhao outside the car, her gaze no longer as weak as before, but full of resentment. "Jiang Zhao, I will always remember how your family treated me!"
Jiang Zhao clenched his fists. "Jiang Yonghe, you deceived us first. You deserve it!"
"I deserve it?" Jiang Yonghe laughed loudly, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes. "Jiang Youli is your biological daughter and sister. You guys didn't know how to cherish her yourselves, so of course, I went along with your wishes! I already stole twenty years of Jiang Youli's good life, so I do deserve to fall to this point. But I don't deserve it as much as you do! Hated by your own biological daughter and sister, and now left with nothing because of her revenge. How pathetic!"
After she finished speaking, the bodyguard closed the car door and drove away, leaving only swirling dust for Jiang Zhao and the others.
After the car went far away, Qin Xingcai glanced at Jiang Zhao, his face full of impatience. "Auntie, you and Uncle should also find a place to settle down. You don't plan on living in our house forever, do you? Even if you don't find it embarrassing, we do. To think your whole family got kicked out without even a place to live."
Qin Yulian said, "Xingcai, you can't say that. This is also my maiden home."
"Auntie, this is your maiden home. It's fine to come back and stay occasionally during holidays, but what is your family's situation now? You were kicked out by Old Master Jiang and don't even have a place to live. Aren't you planning to stay long-term? Even if my dad agrees, my mom and I won't agree."
Jiang Zhao said fiercely, "Don't worry! We disdain living here! We will move out tomorrow!"
Qin Xingcai curled his lips into a smile. "Great, you'd better move out tomorrow!"
With that, he ignored Jiang Zhao and Qin Yulian and went back into the house by himself.
Jiang Zhao said, "Mom, let's go buy a villa right now! Let's not live here anymore!"
Qin Yulian said troubledly, "Where would we get the money to just buy a villa like that! It's not like you don't know the housing prices in Jing City! Even the worst one costs a hundred million!"
Jiang Zhao said in disbelief, "Do we not even have a hundred million on hand right now?"
Qin Yulian sighed and said, "Where would we get that much money? The company has been going downhill these years. Your grandfather has actually been strictly controlling our daily expenses. The money we have on hand now is just what I've saved up over the years."
Speaking of this, she said somewhat fortunately, "Thank goodness your sister didn't accept the ten million I tried to give her last time when I wanted to reconcile."
Jiang Zhao looked at his mother speechlessly. "..."
He said helplessly, "Mom, is this something to be glad about?"
Qin Yulian said, "Isn't it? If she had accepted it, we would be short another ten million."
Jiang Zhao reminded her, "If Xiao Li had accepted it, that would mean she was willing to forgive us!"
Qin Yulian froze, finally realizing it.
"That's right. If Youli had been willing to forgive our family back then, how would any of these things be happening now?"
Jiang Zhao, however, said dejectedly, "Not necessarily."
"As long as Jiang Yonghe was still in our family at that time, we would never have treated Xiao Li genuinely. With her personality, how could she be willing to let herself suffer grievances here with us?"
Qin Yulian was speechless and sighed again. "It's fine. Now that we understand the situation, we know we were deceived by Jiang Yonghe. From now on, as long as we try hard to care for her, she will change her mind."
Jiang Zhao mocked himself, "I hope so."
...
The first meeting Jiang Youli held at Starlight Entertainment lasted only ten minutes, and she only mentioned three things.
First: She is the new head of Starlight Entertainment.
Second: She will make Starlight Entertainment the largest entertainment company in Jing City.
Third: If everyone works hard, the bonuses will not be lacking.
When she dismissed the meeting, everyone was still stunned in place.
Just like that?
That's it?
Looking at Jiang Youli's departing back, everyone was dumbfounded. They had never had a meeting under President Jiang... Jiang Xing that lasted less than half an hour.
Leaving the conference room, Jiang Youli received a call from Ye Ying.
"Boss, Long Yuan has started taking action. First, he sent someone to the Qin family to take Jiang Yonghe away, and then he interviewed several entertainment companies. He probably wants to acquire them to strike at the Starlight Entertainment you just took over."
It seemed that the Long family still didn't intend to let her off.
There was no helping it then. Regarding the Long family's illicit activities both domestically and overseas, she originally did not intend to just turn a blind eye and mind her own business anyway.
But since the Long family wanted to make a move against her, she would just uproot the Long family completely!
"Mm, I understand."
Jiang Youli was still thinking about what Long Yuan planned to do with Jiang Yonghe when she heard Ye Ying continue:
"There is one more thing."
