Quan Yuxun stared at her: "...What if I say no?"
"Young Master Quan, you're forcing my hand." Yun Nvluo raised her head high. "If you don't want Quan Caiwei's video to go viral on Star Network's social media, you better not interfere!"
Quan Yuxun nodded. "So, you've already gotten your hands on that video? And you plan to send it to Star Network's social media? Don't you know that you're in my Flying Vehicle right now, and I can stop you from sending anything in a matter of minutes?"
Yun Nvluo went all in, giggling. "Young Master Quan, you're so smart, always thinking ten steps ahead. How come you didn't see this coming? — Wait until now? I already sent that thing to my small social media account on Star Network and set it to send automatically. As long as I don't cancel the automatic sending one day, this scandalous video of a Noble Lady from one of the Four Great Noble Families will soon be seen by the general public through those marketing accounts..."
Although there had been cases of Noble Ladies being secretly filmed before, they were all daughters of the lowest-ranking Barons, not even Viscounts.
This time, it was the daughter of a bona fide Duke! One can imagine how big of a sensation it would cause on Star Network!
Quan Yuxun sat up straight and nodded, saying, "Interesting. After working by my side for five years, you've learned a thing or two."
Yun Nvluo was puzzled by Quan Yuxun's reaction, and an alarm bell rang in her heart. "Young Master Quan, aren't you afraid at all? Actually, I haven't sent it to anyone yet. As long as you let me leave and promise not to interfere in this battle for the title, I guarantee..."
Quan Yuxun looked at her and said faintly, "...Too late."
Immediately afterward, the next round of trending searches arrived on Star Network.
This time, it was a video of Yun Dagang, the current popular candidate for the new Baron title and former Admiral of the Interstellar Fleet, conspiring with others to steal the military achievements of his subordinate Mu Anyi back then...
Moreover, this video was quickly dug up and found to have been posted by Yun Nvluo, Yun Dagang's own granddaughter, on her small account!
She sent the same video to various marketing accounts and big influencers! This series of operations left the netizens on Star Network confused and enjoying the gossip immensely.
Some were denouncing Yun Dagang for daring to steal military achievements and demanding that he be brought to justice for the crimes of ten years ago.
Some were scolding Yun Nvluo for having some kind of grudge against her grandfather, kicking her own family members when they were down at this critical moment.
Others were gossiping about why Yun Nvluo was fired from the Quan Family, and after connecting the dots, wondering if she had done something else shameful...
Yun Nvluo was truly terrified when she saw this new round of trending searches!
Only she knew that the things stored in her small account were clearly the video of Quan Caiwei that night, which she had secretly downloaded from the Quan Family's large Flying Vehicle! How could it suddenly be replaced with a video of her grandfather from back then...
A video from ten years ago...
Doesn't this mean that the Quan Family had long been aware of what the Yun Family was doing?
But the Yun Family has always been the Quan Family's arm in the military! Yun Nvluo's mind was completely muddled at this moment, unable to think straight, let alone know how to face the inquiries from the public, from friends, and even more so from her family! Her mother was also sending her messages, telling her that her grandfather had been so angered by her that he had suffered a stroke and was hospitalized.
Her father directly cursed at her, telling her not to come back and wanting to kick her out of the Yun Family! But what did she do? If it weren't for the Yun Family, would she have offended the Quan Family so severely?!
Yun Nvluo covered her face and finally burst into a heart-wrenching cry.
Quan Yuxun sat there, watching her with an unchanging smile through the virtual display screen.
After Yun Nvluo finished crying, she knelt directly in front of Quan Yuxun on the virtual display screen, begging Quan Yuxun to let her go and let the Yun Family go.
Quan Yuxun smiled and said, "Yun Nvluo, you've been my secretary for five years. You should know what kind of person I, Quan Yuxun, am, right?"
Yun Nvluo shuddered.
Of course, she knew what kind of person Quan Yuxun was.
Anyone who offends the Quan Family will not only suffer misfortune, but their entire family and clan will also suffer misfortune.
Depending on the severity of the offense, if it is very serious, it is not enough to die without end, but it must be endless for generations to come.
At that time, she found this legend and brutality particularly attractive, and never thought that Quan Yuxun's methods would be used on her! Yun Nvluo shook her head desperately, crying and saying, "Young Master Quan! I was wrong! I know I was wrong! Look, that video wasn't of the Quan Noble Lady either, and I've been punished. Please spare me once! Spare me once!"
Quan Yuxun shook his head with a faint smile, sighing and saying, "If we hadn't deleted that video in advance and replaced it with another one, today's trending search would have been a different scene."
"Yun Nvluo, you know, originally, our people here wanted to give you a taste of your own medicine. You wanted to expose Caiwei's private video, so we would expose your private video."
"But later, I still stopped them. You can be so base, but we can't. Although you wanted to ruin Caiwei's reputation with this, I don't want to do that. It's too despicable to do that to a woman. I think it's more to my liking to let your family fall to the bottom of the Empire from now on."
Quan Yuxun crossed his legs, his voice even more amiable and gentle. "Right? Yun Nvluo, I've said before, no one can humiliate our Quan Family's daughter and get away unscathed. How could you and the Yun Family be an exception?"
Yun Nvluo completely collapsed on the ground, a huge panic and fear seized her heart, she opened her mouth wide, desperately breathing, but still felt breathless.
Quan Yuxun finally put away his smile and coldly clicked on the communication number of another secretary, instructing, "Send Yun Nvluo back to the Yun Family on Cangge Star. Remember to deliver her safely into the hands of the Yun Family. Even if she wants to die, she can't die on our Quan Family's territory."
"Yes, Young Master Quan."
...
In the following days, the entire Star Network was filled with gossip about the Yun Family and this battle for the title.
Xia Chujian had been very busy these past few days and barely had time to browse the Star Network for gossip.
After secretly returning home from her mission that morning, she had a video call with Huo Yushen, and ended up not feeling sleepy at all.
She simply left a note for her aunt, saying that Quan Yuxun needed her for something. She disassembled the generator around five in the morning, hugged it, and sneaked out of the house.
After wandering around outside, she returned home at six, just as Xia Yuanfang was getting up.
She openly carried the generator back, claiming it was discarded by Quan Yuxun, but its performance was still excellent, and it used Controllable Nuclear Fusion for power, so its lifespan was extremely long.
Xia Yuanfang seemed to know about Controllable Nuclear Fusion and was quite surprised.
However, when she saw the dilapidated appearance of the ultra-miniature generator and its blackened color, she believed Xia Chujian's words.
She said, "This is a good thing. Even if Chief Quan Da doesn't want it, it can solve our urgent needs."
Xia Yuanfang was also thinking about the energy needed for the land they had bought.
If they connected it from Mulan City or used energy blocks directly, the cost would be astronomical.
Now that they had this generator powered by Controllable Nuclear Fusion, it would save them a lot of trouble.
Xia Chujian secretly breathed a sigh of relief after getting past Xia Yuanfang, and said, "Aunt, I'll go install it."
"Do you know how to install it?"
"During the three years you were in the hospital, Aunt, I learned a little about installing circuits," Xia Chujian said, skillfully picking up the tools and starting the installation.
This was the second time for her, so she installed it smoothly.
Soon, the house warmed up, rising from about ten degrees to over twenty degrees.
Xia Yuanfang immediately changed into light clothing and went to prepare breakfast.
Xia Chujian went to the bathroom, finally able to take a shower.
By the time she finished getting ready and came out of the bathroom, it was already eight in the morning.
Si Xi and Wu Fu were especially well-behaved, playing with toys on the wool rug in front of her bedroom bed, without making a sound.
The girl and the dog sat facing each other.
Wu Fu gently tossed a soft red ball forward.
Si Xi didn't even need to stand up, directly tilted his head and caught the ball.
Then the little dog flicked his head and tossed the ball back to Wu Fu.
Wu Fu raised her chubby little hands, hugging the ball tightly, and then threw it back to Si Xi.
Over and over again, they never tired of it.
With just this simple game, the girl and the dog seemed like they could play forever.
Xia Yuanfang secretly peeked a few times, and seeing that Wu Fu and Si Xi were quite sensible, she didn't take them out, only taking the Housekeeping Robot Liu Shun to clean the house outside.
Finally having a Housekeeping Robot, Xia Yuanfang's instruction to it today was to give the whole house a thorough cleaning.
This was its forte, and Liu Shun accepted it without complaint, but while cleaning, its robotic head would always look in the direction of Xia Chujian's bedroom.
When Xia Chujian came out of the bathroom, she saw Wu Fu and Si Xi being so well-behaved.
She was in a great mood, and with one in each arm, she hugged the increasingly chubby little girl and the little dog who had become a ball of fluff, happily playing snuggle time.
Wu Fu giggled, "Sister! Sister! Eat noodles! Eat noodles!"
These days, Xia Yuanfang wasn't making greasy pork Meat Buns, but using high-quality Plain Girl Flour, mixed with the Purple Salmon meat Aunt Chen had sent, to make fish noodles.
The light and delicious fish noodles were especially suitable for breakfast.
Therefore, Wu Fu's favorite quickly changed to noodles.
Xia Chujian put the two little ones down, poked Wu Fu's slightly upturned little nose with one finger, and said with a smile, "Wu Fu, you need to learn to speak properly, don't always use reduplicative words. By the way, when is your birthday? Are you two or three years old?"
Wu Fu looked at her blankly, as if she had no idea what she was talking about.
Xia Chujian held out her fingers, showing him a two, then a three.
Wu Fu leaned over, looked at the two on her left hand, and the three on her right hand, playfully poked his own finger over, also making a two, but couldn't make a three with the other hand, and became frustrated.
Xia Chujian laughed so hard she collapsed on the carpet, her stomach aching.
Beside her, Si Xi, trembling, stood on its hind legs and actually put its front paws together, starting to kowtow.
Xia Chujian was very surprised: "Si Xi, who taught you that? You can actually kowtow!"
Xia Yuanfang heard the noise in Xia Chujian's room and pushed the door open, just in time to see Si Xi kowtowing and Wu Fu trying to play with its fingers.
Xia Yuanfang said with a smile, "Si Xi must have learned it from TV. It and Wu Fu have been spending a lot of time in the living room these days, and Liu Shun turns on the TV for them."
Xia Chujian clicked her tongue: "It seems Liu Shun is really trying hard to be a childcare robot, but only an irresponsible nanny would use TV to distract and fool children."
She pressed down Si Xi's front paws and said, "Si Xi, we're not learning this, we don't want to be servile. Come on, I'll teach you a move, Tiger Descends the Mountain!"
As she spoke, she let out a "*Roar*" and started charging while holding Si Xi.
Si Xi, terrified, barked madly, "Wu Er Fu, Wu Er Fu," its tail clamped tightly between its legs, its four little legs desperately clinging to Xia Chujian's arm, afraid of falling off.
Xia Chujian laughed: "Si Xi, you really are a timid dog."
She put Si Xi down, then picked up Wu Fu from the ground, and said, "Wu Fu, today I'm taking you out to see the land I bought!"
The land deed for her plot had been processed, and it was now legally hers.
She took Wu Fu and Si Xi to the dining room, placing one on the table and one under the table, to have breakfast together.
Xia Yuanfang said from the side, "That friend you introduced, Guo Sheng, is very helpful. He contacted a small construction company for us. I checked their reputation and rating on the Star Network, and they're quite good. I've already signed a contract with them. Today, they'll come with us to survey the site, and then we'll choose the style of fence we want."
Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang wanted to keep their plans private, so the aunt and niece agreed to build a fence first.
Xia Chujian said, "Aunt, what time are we going to survey the site?"
"One o'clock in the afternoon. I've already told Aunt Chen, she'll pick us up at half-past eleven, and then we'll go together."
Xia Chujian nodded: "Let's take Wu Fu and Si Xi with us."
Big chapter!
The second update is at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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