Chapter 733: Chapter 555: Retreating at the Last Minute Is Not the Yin Family’s Way

She could even hear him calling her name...

Meng Meng... Meng Meng...

Her eyes felt a bit hot, Su Xiaomeng slightly raised her head, reminding herself she must not cry easily.

Su Xiaomeng couldn’t guess Yin Shixiu’s condition, nor did Yin Shixiu anticipate that Su Xiaomeng had followed clues and was close to uncovering the truth.

The phone rang again—Chen Lan.

The news that Yin Technology’s developed electronic chip caused Huayong Technology’s new model phone to explode, injuring innocent consumers, broke soon after she arrived in London.

Adding insult to injury, that’s how the situation was.

Upon seeing this news, Su Xiaomeng almost had thoughts of dying.

However...

After sitting down for a good talk with Eric and Princess Sherry, Su Xiaomeng felt relieved a lot.

No matter how bad things get, how much worse can they become?

She even accepted the news of Yin Shixiu’s death at one point; what else could she not face?

"Have the results from the relevant departments come out?"

Su Xiaomeng asked directly. If it was indeed a problem with the electronic chip developed by Yin Technology, the quality assurance department wouldn’t be oblivious.

Products from Yin Family have always been flawless. Why did problems arise as soon as she took over?

"The test results will be out tomorrow morning." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Su Xiaomeng contemplated for a moment before saying,

"Since they’ll be out tomorrow morning, a press conference will be held at Yin Family at 1 PM tomorrow afternoon. You make the arrangements."

"Madam, is this really okay? What if the test results..."

"If the test results indeed show that our product has problems, then we must provide an explanation to the public consumers as quickly as possible. We can’t drag it for even a day."

"Understood."

"I should be able to reach Beijing tomorrow morning. You take full charge of the press conference arrangements."

"Alright."

"Chen Lan."

"Yes?"

"Prepare for the worst, make the most comprehensive preparations."

"...Understood."

Hanging up the phone, Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath and looked at the street view by the roadside.

"Madam, shall we head to the airport now?"

Su Xiaomeng glanced at the time, then said,

"Left turn at the next intersection, Royal Wharf."

"Okay."

Since it was still early, Su Xiaomeng returned to their home.

Floor twenty-seven.

The door opened, the room remained tidy, Claire and Lily still came to clean two or three times a week.

Su Xiaomeng walked to the sofa and sat down, set an alarm clock, and then leaned her body onto the sofa.

She took a nap.

Even though her nerves were constantly tense, her body was genuinely exhausted.

Once the heavy eyelids closed, they couldn’t be lifted again.

She still felt heartache, thinking about not knowing where her husband was now.

She still felt tortured, pondering the massive weight of the Yin Family on her shoulders while she couldn’t lean on that person.

She still felt anger.

This world is full of cunning people, sinister people, and malicious people... so many.

Can the law be relied upon? Can it provide justice for her and her husband?

Or is it that only a devil more wicked than the devil can defeat the devil?

She and Shixiu... Do they have to become more evil than those villains to protect everything they cherish?

Su Xiaomeng remembered a palace drama that was very popular a few years ago.

Based on the Qing Dynasty harem, three thousand beauties surrounding one Emperor.

At that time, Xiao Meng was only seventeen or eighteen, naive, watching those beautiful women in the harem employing every trick to win the Emperor’s favor.

Like most viewers, she watched with enthusiasm.

The female lead Zhen Huan initially was just an ordinary official’s daughter, with simple and beautiful dreams of marriage, love, life, and people...

Taking that step into the deep palace seemed destined to go against her wishes.

The intrigue between people was alarming, the darkness made one’s back feel cold.

Xiao Meng thought it was just a TV series, just a very exciting novel.

But she never expected that both novel and script creations have always been life-inspired.

They say novels are bizarre and mysterious, yet reality is far more bizarre and mysterious.

Human nature is dissected and transformed into text, the good things people watch joyfully, the bad things people instinctively want to deny.

Xiao Meng never imagined that years later, she would genuinely feel the grim and cruel side of human nature in such a way.

She strongly remembered seeing Zhen Huan returning to the deep palace from the nunnery with firm determination, seemingly armored to "slay demons", feeling excited and passionate!

Vividly remembered the pleasure at the end, especially the satisfaction when Zhen Huan drove the Emperor to death on his sickbed with heartbreaking words.

Everyone loves this kind of plot.

Bad people ultimately suffer.

But how many have thought?

At the story’s end... the beautiful woman with the pure and kind heart and the most beautiful hopes disappeared.

She became tougher than anyone, more ruthless than the Emperor, more skilful than anyone, seemingly indestructible.

But Zhen Huan... was gone.

In the end, no one won, even if they survived, it was still a lonely life.

The alarm bell rang, Su Xiaomeng woke up calmly.

Adjusting her clothes, turning off the phone’s alarm, she got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face, then left the house and closed the door again.

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The next morning at ten, Su Xiaomeng arrived in Beijing.

She brought back pastries from London for her siblings, took a bath, and changed her clothes, while the driver waited downstairs.

To Yin Family, at twelve o’clock.

Su Xiaomeng in the president’s office, reviewing the questions reporters might ask at the press conference, organized by Chen Lan.

She had repeatedly reviewed them on the plane.

Feeling a bit anxious, flipping through these documents, her expression showed impatience.

Chen Lan entered without knocking, Su Xiaomeng immediately glanced at him,

"What about the results?"

Chen Lan frowned deeply,

"The test results are still not out, they said it might not be today."

"What’s going on?! Wasn’t it said it would be out this morning?"

Regardless of the outcome being good or bad, Su Xiaomeng had prepared responses, but never anticipated a scenario where the test results weren’t ready.

Veins bulged on Chen Lan’s forehead.

Su Xiaomeng narrowed her eyes,

"Is someone messing behind the scenes again?"

"They said they must first test Huayong Technology’s product. So for ours..."

With this said, Su Xiaomeng understood.

It seems she was a bit too rushed, should have waited for the test results before announcing the press conference.

Someone more experienced than her was watching her every move.

Any decision that wasn’t cautious enough would be an opportunity for "that person" to exploit.

"Huayong Technology held a press conference yesterday afternoon, claiming their product is fine, and it’s Yin Technology’s electronic chip issue."

Chen Lan gritted his teeth while speaking,

"Someone must be backing Huayong Technology, openly opposing our Yin Family. Aren’t they afraid of losing footing in this industry!? When President Yin was around, Huayong’s boss was eager to kneel and lick President Yin’s shoes!"

"Truly thinks with Yin Family they have no other partners!"

Su Xiaomeng raised her eyes,

"Besides Huayong Technology, I remember there are two other partner companies for this electronic chip?"

"But only Huayong Technology released a product first, and after the incident, the bosses of those two companies expressed reservations, not to be underestimated."

Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips...

For a moment she didn’t know what to do.

"Perhaps cancel the press conference?"

After long contemplation, Chen Lan hesitantly suggested.

"Have the media already arrived?"

"It’s not just the media, representatives from enterprises cooperating with Yin Family have arrived too, unclear if anyone among them is allied."

Su Xiaomeng felt her head was about to explode.

With a fixed gaze on the conference materials that seemed almost useless...

"Backing down temporarily isn’t Yin Family’s style. Canceling the press conference today would make Yin Family the biggest laughingstock in Beijing!"