Chapter 1: Strange Phenomena in the Underworld

  Just as Lan Yutong and Lan Yuxing were silent, Lu Xiaoying secretly glanced at them, her heart was also extremely nervous, deeply afraid that Lan Yuxing would not regard them as siblings.

  "You're right," Lan Yuexing said after a moment of silence. "Miss Lu, my father is dead, and since everything has turned to ashes, I no longer have any relatives. Why should I help an outsider?"

  "But you have the same blood flowing through your veins!" Lu Xiao Ying said.

  "Is that so?" Lan Yuxing sneered, "What's the point? Someone else has their father's blood flowing through their veins, but they're also disloyal and unfilial, having squandered their father's legacy. Now they want to come and ruin me too?"

  "I'm not afraid of going to jail," Lan Yutong had been listening to his sister's cold words, he raised his head and looked at his sister for a moment before letting out a long sigh and saying, "Even if I go to jail it's my own fault, even if I die it would be hard to make amends, but sister, considering that the company is father's life work, you save the company, if you rescue the company then I'll hand over the management rights to you, really, even if you take the company away from me I won't have any complaints."

  "Who dares to want?" Lan Yuxing let out another cold laugh, but her voice had already softened a lot.

  As a woman, Lu Xiao Ying understood that Lan Yu Xing was actually also a sharp-tongued and soft-hearted person, but just didn't want to agree immediately. At this time, if she could find an excuse for her, she would definitely agree. So she shifted her body slightly and was about to speak when she heard Lan Yu Tong say: "It seems that my sister has made up her mind not to help me?"

  After finishing speaking, he stood up and silently walked out of the living room.

  Lu Xiao Ying saw Lan Yu Tong's sudden change, and her heart became anxious again. She quietly sighed. Just as they were about to succeed, their hopes were dashed because Lan Yu Tong didn't know how to read the situation.

  She awkwardly smiled at Lan Yu Xing, then stood up to follow him out. Lan Yu Xing nodded to her to sit back down, and she stood still, unsure of what to do for a moment.

  "Miss Lan," she stood up, extremely unnatural, and said after a moment of silence, "Actually, the chairman has been quite pitiful lately, he's endured a lot already, please don't blame him anymore, okay?"

  Lan Yuxing stopped talking, her eyes staring at the floor, her eyebrows tightly furrowed.

  "You know, a few months ago when we were raising funds for the company, because of thriftiness, the chairman couldn't even bear to eat boxed lunches. He bought them for us but secretly hid in an office to eat sweet potatoes instead. Of course, eating sweet potatoes isn't unusual, but for someone born with a golden spoon and used to living extravagantly to suddenly become so frugal, that takes a lot of courage. It's like if you, Miss Lan, were to suddenly live in a poor rural village, would you get used to it? Maybe you'd say you would too, but I'd say you've never experienced the taste of poverty in rural villages, so you can't imagine it. But I have lived in those villages, where people's emotions are numb, and they can't even afford proper food or clothes. To wear a new set of clothes, one has to go deep into the mountains to work and find something to exchange for money, sometimes at the risk of losing their life. That's how I lost my life."

  "Deliver oneself to death?" Lan Yuxing asked in surprise.

  "Oh," Lu Xiao Ying hastily said, "almost lost her life."

  Lan Yu Xing nodded slightly and let out a deep sigh once again.

  "So think about it," said Lu Xiao Ying, almost in tears. "I still have several colleagues who are working hard to help the company, and everyone doesn't even care about their salary. Miss Lan, if you can lend a hand, not only will you save the Lan Group, but also ease the tension between siblings. In this world, there is only one person who is your family member, just like there is only one person who is his family member - that's you. If you don't help him, who else can?"

  "You make me think. Lan Yuxing finally nodded, she looked up at Lu Xiaoying standing opposite her, stretched out her hand to pull her down, "Let's just eat here today, okay? I'm also very grateful to you all for working hard for the Lan Group."

  "It's an honor to have dinner with the beautiful Miss Lan," thought Lu Xiao Ying. Now that Lan Yu Xing had finally agreed, although it wasn't a direct agreement, what was the difference? So she let out a sigh of relief and sat back down again.

  Lu Xiao Ying had dinner at Lan Yu Xing's villa that night, and after dinner, the two of them chatted a lot about family matters. Afterwards, Lan Yu Xing drove Lu Xiao Ying back to the city, and they arrived at Qian Xiao Hong and Lu Xiao Ying's apartment. At this time, Qian Xiao Hong was lying alone on the bed, she had just talked to Zhang Ming Yu on the phone, but also because of mentioning that there was no money, Zhang Ming Yu hung up the phone. As soon as the call ended, Lu Xiao Ying and Lan Yu Xing walked in through the open door. Seeing a stranger coming in, Qian Xiao Hong quickly sat up and Lu Xiao Ying introduced them one by one. Qian Xiao Hong hurriedly offered Lan Yu Xing a seat.

  Three people in the house were very happy, and they all felt that each other was like an old friend. Lan Yuxing even felt a sense of regret for not meeting earlier. She thought Qian Xiaohong and Lu Xiaoying were kind-hearted, straightforward, and had a certain sense of justice, unlike those people she knew before who were pretentious and insincere. Qian Xiaohong and Lu Xiaoying also thought Lan Yuxing was beautiful, gentle, and kind-hearted, with a strong work ethic. So they quickly became close friends who could talk about anything, and that night, Lan Yuxing even slept in the same bed as them, chatting all night until dawn before finally falling asleep.

  After 8 o'clock in the morning, Lan Yuxing got up first due to work. She bid farewell to Qian Xiaohong and Lu Xiao Ying reluctantly and left their apartment. On her way out, she felt very good and thought that this was the happiest night in over twenty years.

  Qian Xiaohong and Lu Xiaoying didn't get up until noon because there was nothing to do at the company. After getting up, they casually ate something and strolled around on the street until Lan Yutong called them.

  Lan Yutong said he wanted to go find his sister again, because apart from his sister, no one else could help him now.

  Qian Xiaohong and Lu Xiaoying agreed to accompany him to Lan Yuexing's villa again, but the time had to be after 6 pm, because this morning Lan Yuexing said she would meet an important client today and might not return home until six o'clock.

  Lan Yutong could only anxiously wait until evening, hiding alone in his office, occasionally sitting on a chair staring blankly, occasionally standing by the floor-to-ceiling window with his arms crossed "admiring" the people and vehicles coming and going on the street below, occasionally pacing back and forth in the room. In short, he was restless. He had called Lu Xiaoying today and heard that his sister Lan Yuxing seemed to have softened her stance. If he made an effort, he would definitely be able to get his sister's help. However, despite this encouraging news, the money still hadn't arrived, so he was still a bit worried. After all, he and his sister had been like fire and water in the past, and it wasn't impossible that she might change her mind.

  It wasn't until the lights of Haiyuan City's lanterns first lit up, with countless lights shining like stars in the sky illuminating the entire bustling metropolis, that Lan Yutong finally received a call from Lu Xiaoying, who told him they could set off.

  The weather in Haizhou City is generally cold and dry in midwinter, but rain can occur at any time. The sky may be overcast with dark clouds one hour before, but suddenly turns into a misty rain, which can last for the whole night.

  As soon as Lan Yutong walked out of the company, he entered the elevator and went downstairs. As soon as he stepped out of the door, a cold air hit his thin body, and his face felt like it was being cut by a knife. To exaggerate a bit, standing outside in the blowing wind, he could feel fine cracks appearing on his face without any regularity.

  They agreed to meet at the bottom of the building and then drive to find Lan Yuxing. Now he has arrived downstairs, but Lu Xiaoying and Qian Xiaohong have not yet arrived. So he stood still waiting, due to the cold weather, he pulled his collar up a bit, his beautiful neck shrunk into the collar, and both hands were also placed on his mouth blowing air to warm himself up.

  Soon, Lu Xiaoying and Qian Xiaohong took a taxi and rushed over. After asking each other a few questions, they drove directly to Lan Yuxing's villa - a scenic spot with ancient trees on the outskirts of the city in the north.

  She arrived at Lan Yu Xing's villa, and Lan Yu Xing had just returned not long ago. She took a bath, sat in the dining room to eat something casually, changed her clothes to prepare for bed, and as soon as she finished changing, she heard the sound of a car coming from outside. So she lifted the magnificent floor-to-ceiling curtains and looked out through the gap between them, seeing Lan Yu Tong parking his car at the door. Seeing her brother made her feel uncomfortable in her heart, but when she saw Lu Xiao Ying and Qian Xiao Hong get off the car, she was surprised again, and hastily called the nanny Liu Ma to open the door, then returned to the living room to wait for them to come in.

  As soon as they entered the living room, Lan Yuxing hurriedly went forward to greet them, and separately hugged Qian Xiaohong and Lu Xiaoying with a scream before everyone sat back on the sofa.

  "Lan sister," said Lu Xiao Ying, who now addressed Lan Yu Xing as her sister. She sat down and said, "Although we are sisters, don't think we're bothering you, but since it's an urgent matter, let's get straight to the point. What do you think about what I told you yesterday?"

  Lan Yuxing glanced at her brother sitting next to her with his head down, but she didn't say a word.

  "We don't have much time left, I hope Lan sister won't hesitate," Qian Xiaohong also said.

  "Two sisters," Lan Yuxing said after a moment of silence, "I'm not unconcerned about the company Father founded with his own hands. But if I have to hand over the money to someone who only knows how to spend and not earn, do you think I'd be at ease?"

  "It was wrong of me before," Lan Yutong spoke up, "After going through this ordeal, I've learned how to be a person. Little sister, give your brother a chance to make amends, okay?"

  "It seems like you've said something like this before, huh?" Lan Yuxing said with a cold smile.

  "This time it's true," said Lan Yutong, "If I can save the company, I can change the company to your name, sister. Now I'm satisfied as long as the company is still surnamed Lan."

  "Yesterday you stormed off in a huff, which shows that personal dignity is the most important thing to you. How can someone who only cares about saving face like you possibly run a company?" Lan Yuxing said.

  "What do you want me to do, brother, for you to agree to help the company?" Lan Yutong asked.

  Lan Yuxing sneered and continued, "In front of your employees, kneel down outside the house and beg for your father's forgiveness. If you can do that, I'll help you."

  Lan Yutong did not expect his sister to make things difficult for him in this way, he stared at his sister in surprise, without saying a word.

  Lu Xiaoying and Qian Xiaohong also felt that this approach was too difficult, and they believed that Lan Yutong would not kneel down. Everyone looked at him silently.