The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 657 - 654: Nothing is Bigger Than Death10_1

Liu Daqing said coldly, "She can’t entirely blame Donglin for dragging her into this. In families like ours, when we marry a daughter-in-law, we don’t expect her to bring benefits, but at least she shouldn’t be a complete liability. She hasn’t even properly become the young missus yet, and she’s already started living a pampered life? If she keeps dragging Donglin down and he chooses to abandon her, she deserves no sympathy..."

Wan Dongmei gave a bitter smile. "So cruel."

"If Donglin loves her, he’ll naturally find a way. Since Donglin himself has stopped contacting her, why should we meddle? If their feelings for each other truly fade because of this separation, I would be delighted to see it happen."

Mother’s words were harsh, but that was her style. Besides, it truly wasn’t convenient for the Wan Family to intervene at this time. It’s a man’s prerogative to love and cherish someone. If he no longer loves her, it’s not up to anyone else to foot the bill. Liu Daqing certainly wouldn’t be the one to foot that bill.

「It was Saturday.」

Unusually, no one came to cause trouble. With high foot traffic in the area, customers steadily came in. They were mostly small-time customers buying the most affordable basic models, but the sales assistants were incredibly enthusiastic. As long as there was a sale to be made, they did their utmost to provide the best service.

The day passed peacefully. Finally, dusk arrived, the busiest time of day for customer traffic. Just then, the fire inspectors arrived.

Perhaps it was too hot, so they waited for the temperature to drop before coming out?

In an instant, all the customers in the store cleared out.

Xu Xiaoya hurried out to greet them, while Yan Xixi, standing behind a pillar on the second floor, heard everything clearly.

"Who’s in charge here? Your fire safety measures don’t meet the standards. You must rectify them..."

Xu Xiaoya hurriedly asked, "How do we rectify them?"

"This... this... and this... none of it is acceptable... You must rectify it immediately!"

Xu Xiaoya said anxiously, "This is the building management’s responsibility... It’s standardized for everyone; how can we rectify it ourselves?"

"Are you blind? It’s clear your renovations disrupted the original layout! Rectify it immediately, or you’ll face severe penalties..."

Xu Xiaoya completely lost the energy to argue.

The group finally departed.

Xu Xiaoya stared at the rectification notice, trembling with anger. "We’re finished, we’re finished! This rectification means we have to renovate entirely... According to their demands, we have to tear down the core parts of our renovation. Aren’t they just forcing us to shut down?"

Yan Xixi just looked at her phone.

Xu Xiaoya continued, "They’re demanding we shut down for rectification within three days. Even if we do as they require, I bet they’ll just keep finding other faults with us. I reckon once we close, we’ll never be able to reopen..."

That was Yang Wei’s goal. Once we close for rectification, it’ll just drag on endlessly... As long as they’re determined to find fault, the problems will be never-ending. It’s just like when Lu Tiexie wanted to pick a fight with Zhen Guanxi: the meat couldn’t be too lean, too fat, or even a mix of both—he’d find fault no matter what. ’So you have a three-story shop, huh? Business is booming, is it? It’s a real eyesore to me.’ ’Fine, I’ll make you rectify, shut down, get sealed off... Drag it out for six months, a year. Not only will you be unable to do business, you won’t even be able to rent the place out.’ ’I won’t let you earn a single penny.’

"Xixi, what should we do? Are we just going to sit here and wait for ruin?"

"..."

"Or... should we try to find Huang Xiaojue? I subtly asked Zhou Xiaoxuan about him. She mentioned he went out of town for a conference a month ago and should be back soon. Yang Wei always bullies us like this when Huang Xiaojue isn’t around. When he gets back, he’ll surely step in to stop this, right?"