Guilongchao: I played the domineering CEO to the bone.

Chapter 39 Little Ice's Sullen Temper, But She Has a Clever Way to Overcome It

"Snapped!"

Yu Bing lowered her hand, which had been holding a folding fan and pointing it at Min Moyou, and slammed it on the table. She then stood up, leaving Min Moyou with a cool, aloof profile, and glanced at her sideways.

Watching Min Moyou feed her subordinates with the same enthusiasm she had shown him before, occasionally cracking a joke, the atmosphere was incredibly harmonious and pleasant...

A strange sense of imbalance welled up inside her—she had tried so hard to embody the role of his fiancée, to fulfill her duties, and to genuinely cultivate feelings for him before the arranged marriage...

Does Min Moyou even resemble my fiancé, Yu Bing, at all?!

This is not fair! !

A nameless fire inexplicably ignited in Yu Bing's chest.

"I won't stay here and delay you from building relationships with your subordinates. As the head of the family, I still have family affairs to attend to."

Min Moyou simply nodded slightly to indicate that she understood, continuing to feed the animal.

"Okay, you go."

"Although you are now my fiancée, you still have this freedom and do not need to report to me."

Yu Bing sighed and shook her head—reporting? This guy has such a big face! He thinks I'm reporting to him?

Is he really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?

Can't he tell whether I'm making a statement or just being stubborn?

Is it really that hard to get him to tone down his overly familiar attitude towards his subordinates?

Hopeless!

Yu Bing didn't say anything more. She walked towards the study at the back of the room, closed the door, but politely didn't slam it shut.

This must be the clan style, right?

..........

In the room, Yu Bing was finally alone, and her body relaxed. She sat at her desk, propped her head up with her hand, and looked at her little spirit eye, which hadn't sent her a single message...

Having few friends means having few greetings;

Immediate family members are either dead, have left home, or have disappeared without a trace;

Other relatives and elders, in order to firmly grasp their own interests, regarded her, the so-called "head of the family," as a thief.

Her subordinates were outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant. The moment she was away from the area, the tasks she assigned never materialized, and there was absolutely no response to her requests for reports…

That's hilarious! What kind of business does she need to handle?

What business is it that she has to handle?

Once outside the Wuli District, Yu Bing once again realized just how little control she had over her family and the Yu Clan's affiliated businesses.

Sure enough, everyone in the Quanyu Clan treats her as a joke...?

Why did Yubing suddenly feel annoyed?

The reason was that she had just felt the same sense of being ignored that she had been experiencing every day at the Yu Clan for the past few years when she saw Min Moyou.

She felt that Min Moyou's behavior just now was no different from the attitude of the elders in power in the family or the various people in charge of the Yu family's businesses towards her—it was a disrespectful act that showed contempt for her status and ignored her actions and words.

Despite holding the title of "Head of the Family" in the Yu Clan, even a department head from a random outsourced business dared to disregard her orders and make excuses for her requests.

She was presented as Min Moyou's "fiancée." Although it was a marriage of convenience, and it was very likely that Yu Youming and the Yu family had swallowed their pride and begged for the marriage, her strong sense of self-respect still made her place Min Moyou, as her "fiancé," on an equal footing with herself.

As her "fiancée," wouldn't it be reasonable for her to ask her "fiancé" to change his attitude towards female subordinates and not be too intimate with them?

Why didn't he accept it? His argument was clearly very reasonable and true!

Why shouldn't he accept it? He just doesn't respect me as his "fiancée"!

They don't care at all! They have absolutely no respect!

Yu Bing couldn't deny that if Min Moyou could truly become her ideal partner, she could then conveniently marry him through a political alliance, and naturally use the power behind him to fulfill her long-cherished wish...

This is definitely one of the best outcomes she could come up with.

As for: the power struggle, the beating of Yu Youming, the resistance against the arranged marriage, the kicking of Min Moyou...

Once he becomes the official head of the Yu family, he has complete control over the entire family, and everyone in the Yu clan obeys him...

Using his own power and that of the Yu family, he successfully learned the truth about what happened back then and resolved the issues with his father and brother...

While resisting the pressure exerted by the Min family after their defeat, they rescued the family from peril and eliminated all enemies both inside and outside the family...

Finally, choose the man you like, get to know him, date him, and marry him...

These are undoubtedly the most perfect results.

But where in the world is there anything that's so good and so cheap?

Regardless of whether she has the ability to defeat Yu Youming—even after he died, she still has to fight against his son, who is Yu Bing's uncle.

Now, Yu Bing's uncle is also one of the major figures in the Yu family. If he inherits Yu Youming's power, he will probably be a man at the pinnacle of the Yu family's power, even more so than Yu Youming!

Her uncle had inherited Yu Youming's true teachings and was much younger than Yu Youming, in the prime of his life... Yu Bing didn't even dare to think about dealing with a Yu Youming in his prime.

Her only way out now is to defeat Yu Youming directly, seize power from him, and use that as a foundation to enter the core of the Yu family's power structure, then slowly erode the power within the Yu family, big and small...

Even if she defeats Yu Youming, which of the other elders of the Yu clan isn't more powerful than her? Why should they just sit idly by and watch her inherit Yu Youming's "legacy"? How much can she ultimately gain?

Yu Youming became the most powerful person in charge of the Yu clan not because the elders of the other direct or collateral branches were weak or stupid, but because Yu Youming was too strong.

Emmm, aside from my second grandfather Yu Youquan, Yu Youquan truly had no desire for power or profit. He devoted himself entirely to the art of calligraphy and painting. Apart from having a reputation as a master calligrapher and painter outside the Yu family, he had absolutely no power within the Yu family.

But this old man was the one who valued family the most, and he was the only clan elder who sided with Yu Bing.

The thought of vying for power and influence made Yu Bing start to speculate and imagine again:

If she were to completely seize all of Yu Youming's capital, power, and assets, then she would truly be the head of the family.

But as the head of the family, she would do everything in her power and resources to find her father and brother, to find out the truth of what happened back then, and to solve the problems that caused the decline of her lineage—she believed she would be unable to resist doing so.

However, internal power struggles within the family are never lacking. For unknown reasons, the Yu Clan is now outwardly strong but inwardly weak, surrounded by wolves waiting for the Yu Clan to expose its weaknesses so they can launch a coordinated attack, completely devouring and decimating the Yu Clan...

Moreover, if she refused to marry Min Moyou, she would definitely face hostility and pressure from the neighboring Min family. As the head of the family and the person involved, Yu Bing would have to face it herself—could she really handle it?

Having risen to become the head of the family with real power, she has so many things to handle and resolve at the very least—does Yu Bing really have the ability? Does she really have the energy?

Finally, Yu Bing considered the issue of her own happiness—which she undoubtedly placed after her career. But even if she could solve all the above problems, how much time would it take?

Does she still have time?

Does she still have time to experience what is called dating and love?

What kind of old age and fading beauty will she eventually reach?

Will the man who wants to marry her be truly sincere?

Or is it for the money, power, and influence they will eventually control?

Will I still be a good match for a young and handsome man by then?

Will we really have more options when choosing a partner than we do now?

......

Sighs echoed in the study, becoming more frequent, deeper, and more powerless...

Yu Bing locked himself in his study, thinking about many things... many things...

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Is Minmo You really stupid?

Did he really not realize that Yu Bing was sulking?

Not really.

But Yu Bing was too straightforward, and his words were too blunt—he told him to distance himself from his most loyal subordinate right in front of him and his subordinates, and then added the ambiguous comment, "Human hearts are unpredictable"...

Anyone who didn't know better would think she was trying to sow discord!

Min Moyou felt resentful being pointed at and talked about by Yu Bing—he wanted to tell Yu Bing that they were all absolutely loyal, would never betray him, and were subordinates he could entrust his life to...

But how could he tell Yubing this? And how could Yubing believe him?

As long as she still believes there is even the slightest possibility that Nightingale and the others might betray her, she will firmly believe that her own judgment is correct.

There is no solution to this problem in the short term; we can only rely on time to work things out and let Yubing believe and accept it over time.

At least Minmoyou couldn't think of any other way.

Moreover, Yu Bing's feelings for him are still unknown, but his subordinates are truly working tirelessly, loyally, and wholeheartedly for him, even risking their lives to complete the tasks he assigns...

How could Min Moyou bear not to stand up for his subordinates? How could he bear to distance himself from them based on Yu Bing's one-sided story?

Even if they were rewards created by the system, the people Min Moyou saw in front of her were real people with flesh and blood!

They also have their own personalities, feelings, thoughts, ideas, logic, and emotions. If I hurt them like that, how heartbroken they would be.

Minmoyou can't do it, absolutely can't!

Even knowing they wouldn't betray me, I still couldn't do it!

Min Moyou shook his head, trying to shake off these unpleasant thoughts, and attempted to continue his feeding game.

The chopsticks reached out, but Dujuan stopped them helplessly. Her bright eyes were filled with distinct emotions: hesitation, confusion, grievance, and guilt...

"Master...have we caused you any trouble...?"

Du Juan's thoughts were written all over her face as she lowered her head—her mind was as pure as her appearance, and judging from her youthful face, she was probably not very old.

"Oh...that's not true..."

Then, with a sharp "thud!", the white dove knelt down and kowtowed, pulling the cuckoo down with her as well, and cried out in a sorrowful and regretful tone:

"Your subordinate, Ji Yue, has angered the mistress! I have caused you trouble, Master! Please punish me!"

"Please, Master, do not indulge the Mistress! Every word she speaks comes from her sincere heart! She is thinking of you! Please follow her words! Correct the inappropriate behavior of your subordinates! Adjust the distance between you and your subordinates, so as to uphold your dignity and inviolability!"

Although the voice was sorrowful and full of repentance, it was unusually loud—the kind of voice that Yu Bing, behind the heavy soundproof wooden door of the study, could hear clearly.

"you......"

Min Moyou was completely bewildered by Bai Ge's actions. Du Juan, who had been pulled to kneel, and Min Moyou looked at each other in disbelief.

Du Juan: Ah...? Am I really that sinful?

Since we don't know anything, how about...? Go with someone?

The next second, Dujuan obediently prostrated herself before Min Moyou and cried out, "Please punish me, Master!"

Minmo Youren was completely dumbfounded—what kind of show is this now?

He then bent down to help the white dove and the cuckoo up.

"I didn't intend to punish you, it's none of your business, why are you pressuring me..."

Du Juan rose easily with a helping hand, but Bai Ge was different. Min Moyou reached out to help her up, but Bai Ge maintained her bowing posture, only to subtly raise her head, wink playfully at Min Moyou, and then glance towards the study…

oh~~~~

What a thoughtful subordinate!

She is really good at it!

How could anyone not love it?

Min Moyou's lips curled into an uncontrollable grin, her finger pointing little by little at the pretentious white dove, unsure of what to say to her.

Seeing that Min Moyou understood, when Min Moyou reached out to help her up again, Bai Ge was naturally helped up.

He pulled the white dove and the cuckoo into his arms, giving them a tight hug, and whispered in their ears:

"You've worked hard... and you've been wronged."

"I'm giving you half a day off so you can get some rest. You can help me 'look after' Tong tomorrow."

"Remember, never set foot in the Dragon Tide Pavilion again, and stay away from that woman, Shen. Under no circumstances should you put yourself in danger. If you encounter danger, come back without hesitation."

"Like I said before, I can't bear to part with any of you."

"Did you hear that clearly?"

The white dove and the cuckoo whispered in response, "Yes, Master."

"That's good."

Min Moyou savored the warmth of their soft, delicate bodies one last time, deeply appreciating the unique charm of each of them. Then, she decisively released them, took a few steps back, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and slammed her hand heavily on the table!

"boom!"

His eyes were slightly upturned, full of amusement, but the lower half of his face was unusually serious. He spoke in a very loud voice, with a tone of utter displeasure, loudly rebuking:

"Humph!"

"Ignorant of good and evil!"

"Yu Bing hasn't even married into my Min family yet, and you're already starting to betray us?!"

"Who is your master, she or I?!"

"Since you are so self-aware, then go and accept your punishment from Nightingale."

"Get out! Get out of here!"

"Even if you die outside, don't even think about getting close to me again!"

The cuckoo and the white dove, with mournful faces, responded loudly and with great grievance:

"Please calm down, Master! What the Mistress says is all reasonable. Please listen to what the Mistress has to say!"

"Your subordinate takes his leave! I hope Master will reconsider!"

Then, the white dove, holding the cuckoo's hand, turned away with a sorrowful expression, tears welling in its eyes.

Actually, it was almost entirely the doves calling out the whole time, with the cuckoo following suit—she still couldn't figure out why her owner had two faces.

She was genuinely wronged, but Baige would explain everything to her later.

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