Chapter 317: Crazy Enough to Report Herself

"You say that as if anyone else would buy it if I don’t. Besides, I saw you were all quite happy to be rid of that land in the South Suburb."

"If you came here today just to get me to use my shares to support you, then let me tell you in no uncertain terms... Not. A. Chance!"

"If you’re unwilling, I won’t force you. Dad now knows about Jiao Jiao’s parentage and has already made her leave the Xia Family."

"You’ve never liked her, have you? Now that she’s gone, when will you come back?"

The matter of the shares was just a pretext. Xia Zhiyun’s main purpose for seeking out Yun Zijin today was still to convince her to return to the Xia Family.

"Well, I never knew Young Master Xia had such a naive side to him."

Yun Zijin scoffed. Hadn’t she made it perfectly clear from the very beginning that she had no intention of returning to the Xia Family?

"Regardless, you’re still Dad’s biological daughter. If you don’t return to the Xia Family, are you planning to marry into the Lu Family as an orphan?"

Seeing that Yun Zijin was still unwilling to return to the Xia Family, Xia Zhiyun played what he thought was his trump card.

The Lu Family was, after all, one of Dijing’s most prominent and respected families. If the socialites in their circle found out that the Lu Family’s President Xiao Lu was marrying an orphan, it would become the subject of endless gossip.

As long as Yun Zijin returned to the Xia Family, the shares in her hands would naturally be considered part of the Xia Family’s assets by default.

It had to be said, Xia Zhiyun’s calculations were so obvious they were practically written on his face.

"The Lu Family doesn’t even mind, so what are you worried about? And let me make this clear again: I am not returning to the Xia Family. Whatever scheme you’re cooking up, you can just drop it!"

’She and Lu Yunque were still just boyfriend and girlfriend, yet they were already thinking about her marrying into the Lu Family. Do they think I can’t see what they’re plotting?’

The Xia Corporation was currently on the verge of collapse. If they could solidify the rumors of becoming in-laws with the Lu Family, the Xia Corporation could absolutely skyrocket out of its slump.

All the smaller companies that could never curry favor with the Lu Corporation would come sniffing around.

However, Yun Zijin had no intention of giving them that opportunity.

"A family like the Lu Family... are you sure they won’t mind your status as an orphan?"

Xia Zhiyun was still unwilling to give up. With a marital connection to the Lu Corporation, all the problems the Xia Corporation was currently facing could be easily solved.

"Didn’t you know? I’ve already been to the Lu Family’s Old Mansion."

If she had been to the Lu Family’s Old Mansion and her relationship with Lu Yunque was still smooth sailing, it proved that the Lu Family’s elders had given them their blessing and had not objected.

This was good news for Yun Zijin, but for Xia Zhiyun, not so much.

He just hadn’t expected that Yun Zijin had only been with Lu Yunque for a short time, yet she had already met his family.

So his trip today had been a complete waste.

Xia Zhiyun’s expression turned ugly.

Yun Zijin, on the other hand, was smiling brilliantly, her mood absolutely wonderful.

"Is that so? You’ve only been together for a short while and you’ve already met his family. Don’t you think you’re moving a little too fast? It could easily give people the impression that you’re a promiscuous girl."

The moment Xia Zhiyun’s words fell, the curve of Yun Zijin’s lips straightened, and her eyes grew cold as she looked at him. "Young Master Xia, you should watch your mouth."

"I’m just speaking the truth. You grew up in an orphanage, so you don’t understand the procedures for marriage alliances between prominent families. I don’t blame you. In the future..."

"I am dating Lu Yunque as an orphan. This has nothing to do with a marriage alliance between prominent families. If there’s nothing else, you can leave. Before I have someone beat you up."

If not for the surveillance cameras everywhere in the shop, Yun Zijin would have already had Zero One make a move.

’The Xia Family... it’s nothing but a gathering of hypocrites!’

Xia Zhiyun glanced at the row of bodyguards standing behind Yun Zijin and, in the end, tactfully left the coffee shop.

After Xia Zhiyun left, Yun Zijin grew angrier the more she thought about it. When she was unhappy, she wanted to make others even more unhappy.

So she took out her phone and sent a message to Mei Lin.

Mei Lin replied quickly. Yun Zijin let out a soft hmph, grabbed her bag, and left.

「Thirty minutes later.」

On her way home, Yun Zijin received a call from Xia Zhiyun.

"Yun Zijin, was it you?!"

"Hm? What are you talking about? I don’t understand."

Yun Zijin put her phone on speaker, her tone of voice incredibly smug.

"If it wasn’t you, who else could it be?"

"I don’t know what you’re talking about."

"The Xia Corporation was reported for tax evasion! If you didn’t do it, who did?!"

Xia Zhiyun’s voice was frantic and exasperated.

"I own 36% of the shares. Would I report myself?"

She hadn’t received a single cent in dividends since getting the shares, so even if they were reported, she wouldn’t be the one under investigation.

Besides, all of her income was legally taxed. In fact, she was one of Dijing’s major taxpayers.

Xia Zhiyun was momentarily at a loss for words. Thinking it over, he had to admit that what Yun Zijin said made a lot of sense.

"It had better not be you. If I find out you had anything to do with this, I swear I won’t let you off!"

’Half-sister? She was far less important than his own interests.’

"You sound so frantic. Did the Xia Corporation really evade taxes? Wow! You people are really something... If this drags me down with you, I won’t be so polite."

Yun Zijin’s completely unconcerned attitude gave Xia Zhiyun a sense of powerlessness.

Even now, he couldn’t figure out how the Xia Corporation, which had been doing fine, had suddenly ended up in this state.

"What exactly did you do?"

Xia Zhiyun still felt that Yun Zijin had to be involved in this matter.

"I didn’t do a thing."

The whistleblower had been arranged by Mei Lin. She had merely sent Mei Lin a message.

’As an employer, what’s wrong with sending a message to my assistant?’

Unable to get an answer from Yun Zijin, Xia Zhiyun could only hang up and continue trying to manage the situation.

As the saying goes, water that is too clear has no fish. No matter the company, it was impossible for it to be perfectly clean from top to bottom and withstand any inspection.

If the Xia Corporation’s tax evasion was proven to be true, then the situation would truly be beyond saving.

Yun Zijin couldn’t care less what the Xia Corporation was about to face. She cheerfully sent messages to Lu Yunque, Su Mengyao, and a few others to tell them what was happening with the company.

After returning to Xingyu Mansion, before Yun Zijin could even sit down, someone rushed out of the kitchen.

"Miss!"

It was the Chinese cuisine chef who had used the nourishing, anti-hair-loss ginger shampoo she had brewed yesterday.

"Miss! Look at my hair!"

The Chinese cuisine chef immediately stuck his head out, showing Yun Zijin his previously bald scalp.

The scalp that had been completely smooth before now actually had a lot of dark stubble growing.

’Is this... the beginning of new hair growth?’

’As expected, the system didn’t lie to me!’

"It’s starting to grow hair!"

"Right? Right? I thought I’d have to wait a couple more days to see any results, but I didn’t expect to see them today."

Wasn’t this more effective than those hair-growth shampoos he bought that cost thousands of yuan at a time?

"Very good. Keep observing it."

Right now, one could only say it looked like it was about to grow hair. In a couple of days, they would know if these follicles could truly sprout new hair.

"Yes, Miss! I will definitely keep a daily record!"

Although he was being used as a guinea pig, the Chinese cuisine chef was more than happy to do it.

A Chinese cuisine chef who didn’t want to grow hair was not a good chef.