Chapter 711: Chapter 541: From the Day I Married Yin Shixiu, I Was No Longer Ordinary

"What do you mean? If you keep saying things like that, I’m going to change jobs!"

"I’m inviting."

Bai Shunyuan smiled, and Su Xiaomeng scratched her head. Was he really here to comfort her?

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Following the shareholders’ meeting, the name Su Xiaomeng practically dominated the headlines of major media outlets that evening.

Even news media unrelated to finance and economics made special room for topics concerning Su Xiaomeng.

After Xiao Meng and Bai Shunyuan finished their meal outside, they returned together to Su Xiaomeng’s neighborhood.

The summer night’s breeze was pleasant enough, blowing away all the hustle and worries acquired during the day from one’s mind.

Bai Shunyuan and Su Xiaomeng strolled side by side in the neighborhood.

The dinner together was quite relaxed. Xiao Meng was naturally cheerful, and even when faced with such a blow in life, she would never easily pass her negative emotions onto others.

And Bai Shunyuan was even more unrestrained.

The two chatted now and then.

From Bai Shunyuan studying abroad in the United States, Su Xiaomeng studying in the United Kingdom to Bai Shunyuan interned at the Yin Group’s branch in the United States, and Xiao Meng participating in the national university interpreting competition in the United Kingdom...

And the friends Bai Shunyuan made, and the classmates Su Xiaomeng met...

The siblings reunited after more than a year, and there seemed to be endless topics to talk about over the meal.

Now, the night was quiet.

Those miscellaneous talks meant to break the awkwardness between them seemed less appropriate.

"After Yin Shixiu left, whether it’s the Yin Family or the Yin Group, troubles have emerged, and this burden seems to have fallen onto you. But actually... you don’t have to carry such a heavy load."

Bai Shunyuan took this moment when both of them settled their minds to speak softly of the words he had long shielded in his heart.

His words carried a rare gentle consolation unique to Bai Shunyuan.

Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips, her hands still in her pants pockets.

"Yin Group is such a large corporation. You can actually just be a major shareholder behind the scenes and leave the rest to others."

"You aren’t particularly knowledgeable about business operations and corporate management issues. Surely you wouldn’t naively think a corporate empire like Yin Group is something you, an outsider, can smoothly control?"

Su Xiaomeng looked at the small path paved with red and blue bricks ahead, stepping forward in her stiletto heels, walking step by step...

She had been wearing stilettos all day.

This was something she never even dared think about in the past; her forefoot was actually throbbing with pain.

It was likely that her sole had already blistered and even burst.

Pain, every step was painful, but she did not cry out.

Not crying out didn’t mean the pain didn’t exist, not crying out didn’t mean she couldn’t feel the gut-wrenching agony.

Just like what Bai Shunyuan said...

She understood it all; she just hadn’t expressed the unease in her heart or the myriad of issues surrounding her sitting in the President Yin position.

Because...

No matter how painful, how difficult, she would endure it; she had to persevere.

She does not want to, nor will she, let anyone see her collapsing in an ungraceful manner.

Until she reached home, she wouldn’t take off the high heels because the husband who lovingly helped carry her shoes while piggybacking her back home was not by her side.

Once the shoes were off, she could only walk barefoot.

"Rong Group hasn’t just started eyeing Yin Group yesterday. Even while Yin Shixiu was still around, whenever Yin Group eyed cooperative projects, Rong Group would always try to intervene."

"Such incidents are not unusual, and it’s not just domestically. During my internship at the U.S. branch, there were at least ten commercial competition projects related to Rong Group in just half a year."

"To argue the corporate strength, indeed, Rong Group is still a notch below Yin Group. But now, in the era of network information, it’s not like decades ago when everything revolved around physical economy."

"A billion-dollar profit advantage a year might just be due to one or two major project competition gaps."

"I must remind you that Yin Group is indeed a whole. Its current achievements are inseparable from every employee of the Yin Group."

"But... the role Yin Shixiu played within the entire Yin Group is far greater than you imagined."

"Your husband was the reason Yin Group repeatedly triumphed in various business competitions."

"Now, he’s gone, and you’re sitting in his place. It may seem natural at first glance, but in reality?"

"It’s replacing the strongest person at the core with arguably the weakest person in the entire Yin Group."

Bai Shunyuan’s words were blunt, even quite harsh.

Su Xiaomeng listened on without getting angry.

"The two elders of the Yin Family are in terrible health right now, and although they have other children to take care of them, you can’t help but worry."

"Your dad is seriously injured, and has been recuperating for a while. Your mom has to put more effort into taking care of your dad."

"Shuangshuang and Huang Huang, the two kids also need your attention. They’re still young and don’t understand anything."

"Xiao Meng, even if you had three heads and six arms, handling everything on your own right now, I fear you might be crushed."

Bai Shunyuan’s words were sincere, and indeed carried the most sincere concern for Xiao Meng.

Su Xiaomeng listened as she walked, while Bai Shunyuan followed beside her, not really caring about the direction she strolled.

It wasn’t until she stopped that they realized they had stopped below Su Xiaomeng’s building.

"Do you want to come up and sit down?"

Xiao Meng asked.

Bai Shunyuan couldn’t help but frown. He had painstakingly said so much, yet it seemed she hadn’t paid much attention!

Seeing him frown, Xiao Meng gently responded,

"Shunyuan Cousin, I didn’t expect you to say so much to me."

"..."

"How should I put it? My impression of Shunyuan Cousin has always been like a campus bully, although not bad-hearted, but really bad-tempered and impulsive."

Xiao Meng scratched her hair,

"I still remember our first meeting. You immediately sought justice for your girlfriend, and grabbed me wanting to hit me."

Casually recalling the incident of her first encounter with Bai Shunyuan three years ago at A University, she couldn’t help but chuckle; indeed, she found it quite amusing.

It was just when speaking about Bai Shunyuan that his ears turned red, his expression somewhat embarrassed.

They’re only two or three years apart, Xiao Meng at nineteen, Bai Shunyuan twenty-two, both at their most naive, foolish, and wonderful age.

Now, three years seem to have passed in the blink of an eye.

As Xiao Meng looked at Bai Shunyuan before her, his hair dyed a chestnut brown, although curled, it appeared fashionable yet retained a sense of steadiness.

He wore what he did attending the shareholders’ meeting earlier today, a neat suit hung over his arm, the first button of his shirt undone...

Bai Shunyuan, naturally handsome, had now transformed from a campus bully to a business elite. Honestly, Xiao Meng found it quite amazing.

The cousin had matured, and she was not any different.

"But cousin, your words are still as unpleasing as ever..."

Su Xiaomeng sighed lightly and smiled,

"It’s good that I know, that these words, although unpalatable, come from the heart. If you didn’t consider me a sister, you wouldn’t say them to my face."

Bai Shunyuan turned away.

Although his intentions were good, and with Su Xiaomeng’s understanding attitude, Bai Shunyuan appeared somewhat embarrassed.

"But cousin, regardless of what you can imagine I might have to undertake—my in-laws, Dad and Mom, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang..."

"You might also imagine that Yin Shiqing will not stop, and the Yin Group will face more challenges, the most immediate being the issue of the senior management personnel of Yin Group..."

"Everything you can think of, I know, but I cannot escape."

"Su Xiaomeng, you are just an ordinary woman. You don’t have to—"

Su Xiaomeng flashed a smile at Bai Shunyuan, her eyes filled with laughter, she countered,

"Ordinary?"

"..."

"Cousin, do you really think I’m that ordinary?"

"..."

When Su Xiaomeng asked Bai Shunyuan this, there was a momentary hesitation and stunning in his brain.

"Shunyuan Cousin, stop seeing me as an ordinary woman. From the day I married Yin Shixiu, I stopped being ordinary."