Chapter 174: The Rupture Between Yang and Pan

Su Bingming sighed and said earnestly, "Qingli, your mother and I made many mistakes in the past. It now appears that your decision was the correct one... Your mother and I are here to apologize to you."

Su Qingli's tone was tinged with sorrow. "What is the use of saying this now? Things have already happened, and they can no longer be undone."

Both Su Bingming and Zhang Liping looked awkward and helpless. They seemed to want to say more, but after a moment of hesitation, they ultimately said nothing and walked out of the villa courtyard together.

Jiang Hao walked over, closed the courtyard gate, and returned to Su Qingli.

"Why are your eyes red?"

Jiang Hao asked, pulling out a tissue to wipe Su Qingli's eyes.

Suddenly, Su Qingli threw herself into Jiang Hao's arms and began to sob softly.

The Su family had finally surrendered.

That arrogant, lofty Su family, who had looked down on Jiang Hao and Su Qingli and had even once attempted to drive them out of the house, had finally yielded before them.

Even Su Qingli's parents, Su Bingming and Zhang Liping, had admitted their mistakes and apologized of their own accord.

However, all of this was simply too late.

What had happened could not be reversed. No matter what they said now, Su Qingli and Jiang Hao would never return to the Su family.

Su Qingli's eyes were red, and she was even shedding tears, simply because she was happy!

In the past, they had been looked down upon by the Su family, but now it was the other way around. The tables had completely turned!

"I just feel happy..."

Su Qingli rubbed her eyes and said with an embarrassed smile.

"Alright, alright. Uncle Bai is still waiting for us inside. Stop crying and come inside with me." Jiang Hao said with a chuckle, patting Su Qingli's shoulder to comfort her.

After lingering at the doorway for a while, Su Qingli finally managed to calm her emotions and returned to the living room with Jiang Hao.

After dinner, Bai Qiming took his leave.

Before he left, Jiang Hao gifted him several bottles of special medication, enough to last him three years.

This was Jiang Hao's small token of appreciation for Bai Qiming.

Over the next few days, Maple Leaf City was swept by turmoil, with undercurrents surging violently beneath the surface.

The two major events that shocked the people of Maple Leaf City the most were the decline of the Yang family and the fallout between the Yang family and the Pan family!

Deprived of its cooperative relationship with Bai's Heavy Industries, the precision manufacturing enterprise upon which the Yang family relied for survival saw its status plummet overnight, with losses mounting into the hundreds of millions!

Although it didn't take long for the Yang family to find new partners in other cities and establish new sales channels, they could not reverse their downward spiral. The decline of the Yang family had become inevitable!

Even so, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Despite its decline, the Yang family still managed to maintain an edge over the Pan family.

The split between the Yang family and the Pan family directly accelerated the downfall of the former and inflicted massive losses upon the latter!

The fallout between the Yang family and the Pan family was also inevitable.

That day at the East Suburb Villa, Yang Yunhua had shifted all the blame onto Pan Yixuan. Naturally, Pan Yixuan refused to accept this, and in front of so many people, the two engaged in a frantic shouting match, which could only be described as dogs biting dogs.

Things having reached this state, how could the Yang family and the Pan family not attack each other?

Facing the economic warfare waged by the Yang family, the Pan family retreated in defeat, suffering heavy losses that abruptly knocked them out of the ranks of Maple Leaf City's top five prestigious families.

Meanwhile, the Yang family stepped down from its position as the premier wealthy family of Maple Leaf City, while the Zhao family successfully ascended, leaping to become the new power broker in Maple Leaf City!

As for where the Yang family currently ranked—whether they were the second or third largest family in Maple Leaf City—that remained unknown.

During the period of conflict between the Yang family and the Pan family, Qingli Health and Wellness Diet Company seized the opportunity to grow steadily. Its revenues increased, and the scale of the company expanded significantly.

A new branch was added in Maple Leaf City, two new branches were opened in Donglin City, and another new branch was established in Nanyang City.

Currently, Qingli Health and Wellness Diet Company had four stores in Maple Leaf City, three stores in Donglin City, and one store in Nanyang City. The total number of stores had reached eight, directly doubling in count!

With the expansion of the company's scale and the enhancement of its performance, corporate revenue naturally rose step by step.

Today, Qingli Health and Wellness Diet Company in the Central Building had already taken on the embryonic form of a major enterprise.

Su Qingli served as the company president, supported by a general manager, a deputy manager, and four distinct departments—Personnel, Sales, Logistics, and Publicity—each headed by a departmental manager.

If one included the store managers and staff of every individual location, the total headcount of Qingli Health and Wellness Diet Company had already exceeded one hundred employees!

Although the company was still a long way from being a true conglomerate, it could now barely be considered a mid-sized enterprise!

"All of this feels just like a dream... If it truly is a dream, then I hope I never wake up!"

In the president's office of Qingli Health and Wellness Diet Company, the beautiful female president, Su Qingli, lay resting against Jiang Hao, her face glowing as she spoke.

Jiang Hao smiled and massaged Su Qingli's temples, saying, "This is not a dream. This is reality, and it is something we created together. Most importantly, our lives will only get better and better."

Su Qingli felt a surge of joy in her heart and gave a heavy, affirmative nod.

At that moment, a young man pushed the door open and walked in.

"President Su, our company..."

Before he could finish, the man froze, as he caught sight of Su Qingli lying on the sofa with her head resting on Jiang Hao's lap.

Jiang Hao's expression remained completely nonchalant and natural, but Su Qingli was so mortified she hastily scrambled up from the sofa and hurried back behind her desk to sit down.

She coughed to mask her embarrassment and, pretending as though nothing had happened, said, "Wang Dongyang, what is it?"

The young man was Wang Dongyang, the general manager of Qingli Health and Wellness Diet Company. He had joined the company through recruitment a couple of days prior, and his position had been personally appointed by Su Qingli.

Keeping his gaze fixed straight ahead, Wang Dongyang placed the documents he was holding onto the desk and said, "This is our company's financial summary for the week. I have already reviewed it and found no issues, but I thought it would be better for you, President, to take a look as well."

"Oh, right. I'll review it later."

With that, Su Qingli waved her hand, signaling for Wang Dongyang to leave.

Wang Dongyang took two steps back before turning toward the door. However, just as he was about to step out, Su Qingli suddenly spoke up again: "Wang Dongyang."

"Is there something else, President Su?"

Wang Dongyang immediately stopped in his tracks and turned back around to ask.

"Next time you enter my office, knock on the door first," Su Qingli said earnestly.

"Apologies... I understand. I won't let it happen again."

Wang Dongyang nodded hastily before exiting the office and pulling the door shut behind him.

As soon as he left, Su Qingli's face flushed crimson, and she said with a mixture of shyness and vexation, "It's all your fault! You made me die of embarrassment!"

"Is this my fault? Weren't you the one who said you were too tired and asked me to massage you?" Jiang Hao said with a wry smile.