"Furthermore, Qin Yun set up a hot pot base factory specifically to bring my researched hot pot base into the market."

Mentioning Qin Yun brought an involuntary smile to Yu Leyao’s face.

Seeing the smile on her daughter’s face, Feng Min decided not to probe further and said with a smile, "It seems Qin really likes you."

It was obvious to her that her daughter was very fond of Qin Yun.

Subsequently, Feng Min didn’t insist further and temporarily put away the bank card.

Of course, she had her own plan; she intended to leave the card quietly when she was about to leave.

Time quickly moved to past two in the afternoon, and Qin Yun received a call from the company. He apologized to everyone and prepared to leave, while Yu Leyao went to see him off.

Just a few minutes after Qin Yun left, Professor Zhao blew up.

"Get out, all of you. I’m not going to the United States, and don’t think you can take away my dear granddaughter."

While Qin Yun was present, Yu Jiancheng didn’t say anything, but as soon as Qin Yun left, Yu Jiancheng brought up the matter of Professor Zhao and Yu Leyao going to the United States.

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhao was furious and wanted to grab a broom to hit the unfilial son in front of him.

"Mom, don’t be mad. I was just asking. If you don’t want to go, then don’t go."

Seeing his mother get angry and grab a broom, Yu Jiancheng was a bit scared and immediately said.

He felt helpless inside, realizing there was likely no hope for convincing his mother and daughter to go to the United States this time.

Beside him, watching Yu Jiancheng, who was always so assertive at the company, never allowing others to contradict his opinions, Feng Min almost burst out laughing. She held it in and quickly added, "Mom, we won’t force you. If you want to go, we’ll arrange it immediately. If you don’t want to go, we won’t say anything. Old Yu was just mentioning it."

"Yes, Grandma, Dad..."

Yu Jing and Yu Tianzhi hurriedly stepped forward, offering assurances.

Everyone was trying to calm the furious Professor Zhao.

"Hmph!"

Finally, Professor Zhao sat back down and glared at Yu Jiancheng, "If you dare mention taking Leyao away again, I’ll beat you to death."

If Qin Yun were there to see Professor Zhao’s anger, he’d likely be dumbfounded.

Because Professor Zhao was always a serious person, never cracking a smile, always stern, and Qin Yun had never seen him lose his temper.

...

"I didn’t expect that on the first day of confirming our relationship and officially visiting Professor Zhao, I would meet your parents." Qin Yun remarked as they walked back.

Beside him, Yu Leyao had a faint smile on her face and asked, "So, are you nervous?"

"Of course not,"

Qin Yun smiled and said, "I have the confidence!"

He was no poor boy who would be nervous in front of his future in-laws simply because he lacked a house, car, or money, things without which one lacks confidence.

Having all these gives one confidence, so naturally, there’s nothing to fear.

As the saying goes, money emboldens the daredevil.

"Actually, whether they agree or not doesn’t matter, as long as my grandmother agrees," Yu Leyao said softly.

"Oh?" Qin Yun looked at Yu Leyao, noticing she seemed to hold some opinions about her parents.

However, based on previous information, Qin Yun deduced some things.

He remained silent as they walked quietly, when suddenly Yu Leyao said, "Qin Yun, you know, I was actually quite withdrawn as a child, always alone, with no one to play with, nor did I want to play with anyone else."

She spoke about her childhood.

Qin Yun didn’t speak, and after a while, he asked, "Your personality now is entirely different from when you were a child."

When Qin Yun first met Yu Leyao, she was running for class president, joining the student council, and starting her own spicy-hotpot shop, which showed her outgoing nature and capability, things a withdrawn person wouldn’t typically accomplish.

"Yes, that’s because someone once said encouraging words to me," Yu Leyao said softly. "That was when I was just a few years old."

"A few years old?" Qin Yun was taken aback.

Yu Leyao shook her head, saying, "I don’t remember exactly how old I was, maybe three, maybe four or five years old. I even can’t remember what that person said, but I remember that’s when I started to slowly change, from being withdrawn to becoming more cheerful." (This is a key point for future reference.)

Seeing the hint of sadness in Yu Leyao’s heart, Qin Yun laughed and said, "Sometimes a single statement from others can lead to a different life, so it seems this is indeed an ultimate truth."

He could tell that Yu Jiancheng and the others suddenly reappearing clearly stirred more emotions in Yu Leyao than she showed on the surface.

"Yes, that’s why I strive to better myself and seriously cherish everyone I meet," Yu Leyao smiled and said.

"You are already outstanding," Qin Yun said softly.

The two walked quietly, and after accompanying him for a while, Yu Leyao went back, while Qin Yun returned to the company and started handling business.

With so many stores of the Celestial Fortune opening at once, there was a significant workload.

A quick tally showed that the number of employees at Celestial Fortune had already reached an astonishing figure.

In the clothing stores, with eighty-two locations nationwide, each over 200 square meters, and 149 locations of 40 square meters each, the number of employees approached four thousand!

Additionally, Qin Yun opened a garment factory in Jinling, while other factories were concentrated in Qingwu County, bringing the total number of employees there to more than three thousand, and it was still growing!

In China, Celestial Fortune had more than seven thousand employees! What an astounding number!

Including those abroad, with Qin Yun’s second clothing brand klucky, the total number of employees exceeded ten thousand!

In the country, there are very few enterprises with more than ten thousand employees.

Moving forward, Celestial Fortune’s operations continued, with three provinces’ clothing stores fully operational and klucky occupying markets in six states in the United States!

On the night of the first, Celestial Fortune’s turnover reached a tremendously shocking figure!

...

"Yun, are you planning to buy a house?"

At this moment, Qin Yun and his second sister Qin Lu were eating and talking about real estate.

"Yes, I plan to move to a place closer to the office building," Qin Yun said with a smile.

Now, he was going to school less and spending more time at the office building.

The place he currently lived in was found at the start of the semester, very close to school, but relatively far from the office building.

"After all this time, buying so many shops, the living quarters seem a bit small."

Internally, Qin Yun thought, having earned so much, he should enjoy it, and he shouldn’t hesitate to spend.

Who wouldn’t want to live in a bigger, nicer house?

To this point, he still didn’t have a place truly his own in Jinling.

"Where are you thinking of buying?" Qin Lu asked with a smile.