Chapter 34: An Adopted Daughter? So What?

At these words, everyone present gasped almost in unison.

It seemed as though he was putting Lu Yao on the spot, but in reality, he was calling out everyone who had just sided with Su Muxue.

There were two newcomers, yet they had swarmed around one while isolating the other—if that wasn't bullying, what was?

Live comments:
[Little Uncle: Clearing the board, leaving no one behind.]
[I’ll be honest, everyone here is trash. I hate workplaces that isolate newcomers the most (I’ve been isolated before, boo-hoo).]
[Hugs to the person above, it’s not your fault.]

Lu Yao swallowed hard. If she didn't take a stand and reorganize the team now, she might not even be able to keep her own position at Nine Heavens. He was her old classmate, but he was also the Living Yama.

She cleared her throat. "There was a misunderstanding just now. I guarantee that the team will be replaced for the subsequent recording, and such bullying will never happen at Nine Heavens again."

Her tone dropped. "If we hear anyone whispering behind their colleagues' backs again, they will face the consequences."

The crowd felt a sense of dread, especially the fence-sitters who had been most eager to crowd around Su Muxue. They had intended to curry favor with Yun Chuxia after the session and join her team, but now, their eligibility had been revoked entirely.

Si Yuchuan gave a lukewarm "hmm," took Yun Chuxia’s hand, and began to walk away.

"Wait."

Yun Qingqing finally snapped back to reality. The way Si Yuchuan had protected Yun Chuxia just now was so handsome. But why was it Yun Chuxia and not her?

She was just an adopted daughter, after all.

She took a few steps forward. "Mr. Si, you might not know this, but Yun Chuxia is only an adopted daughter of the Yun family. Her status..."

Si Yuchuan stopped in his tracks, raised an eyebrow slightly, and turned his head to ask Yun Chuxia, "An adopted daughter? So you have no connection to the Yun family anymore?"

Yun Chuxia nodded softly, feeling a bit humiliated by being exposed in public by Yun Qingqing. The Yun family was already far beneath the Si family, and now that she didn't even have the status of a Yun family daughter, she must be even less worthy of Si Yuchuan. He had just reminded Si Haochen to be mindful of the impact of his marriage alliance, after all.

Yun Chuxia’s hand tightened, and she noticed Si Yuchuan applying pressure in return. Confused, she looked up at him.

Si Yuchuan, looking as if he were dealing with a matter he had already decided upon, called over Assistant Peng, who had been waiting at the door, and commanded in a deep voice: "Suspend all cooperation between the Yun family and all enterprises under the Si Group, and place them on the blacklist."

Assistant Peng was startled, but very professionally responded, "Yes, sir."

One had to understand that if a company were blacklisted by the Si Group, no other business in Yancheng would dare to cooperate with the Yun family. As a small supplier, they likely wouldn't be able to survive.

Si Yuchuan looked at Yun Chuxia and said warmly, "If the Yun family doesn't cherish you, they should pay the price."

Si Haochen agreed with this wholeheartedly. After all, the Yun family had only been able to cooperate with the Si Group because of his relationship with Yun Chuxia, though he himself lacked the power to blacklist the Yun family directly.

Yun Qingqing was completely stunned.

It was over. This shouldn't have happened. He really didn't care about Yun Chuxia's status at all, and he had even slapped the Yun family in the face for her sake? If this got out, wouldn't her father beat her to a pulp?

Peng Lei looked at her and kindly reminded her, "Just because you have a 'family' at the end of your name doesn't mean you're a high-society elite." What was your Yun family anyway? Why, I’m from the Peng family myself.

Si Yuchuan reached out and pinched Yun Chuxia’s cheek. "No matter what happens, keep your head held high. Don't be afraid; I am here."

Live comments:
[Ahhh, I’m here too, I’m here too!]
[I declare that this is the couple I am going to ship.]
[Please, they’re in a fake marriage, what is there to ship?]
[There is no such thing as a fake marriage. Once you’ve received the certificate, you’re a real married couple, the kind protected by law.]
[Exactly, the couple you support is the one that’s fake—they might never become a real couple!]