Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss
Chapter 925 - Chapter 925 Chapter 899 Desolation Beyond Words

Chapter 925: Chapter 899: Desolation Beyond Words Chapter 925: Chapter 899: Desolation Beyond Words “It’s okay, I can handle it. Don’t mention it to Dad; if you do, he’s likely to curse you and might even show up at your workplace to cause trouble. I’ll deal with it. He loves me the most, so there won’t be any problems,” said Yuki Stone, pretending to be at ease.

“I should be the one to say it,” Zenith Kyan couldn’t bear the thought of his beloved wife being scolded, even though it was his fault, even though he had no control over it.

“If you mention it, it’ll never be the end of it. Have you ever seen Dad really get angry with me from when I was little until now? Historical experience tells us that Dad loves me the most. With him, no problem is too big.”

“Then it’s hard on you… Once I am done with this busy phase, how about I give you a surprise?” Zenith Kyan felt relieved and yet heartbroken. His wife had grown too sensible over the last two years, much like an older girl now.

“Sure, you should rest early too; I’m sleepy.”

“Hmm, I love you, honey!”

After hanging up the phone, Yuki Stone hugged her knees and wept silently.

She desperately wished there was someone to share her sorrow with right now, but there was no one.

Her two best friends couldn’t be reached when she needed them, and her husband was in the military barracks. Distracting him and causing him to neglect his work was a minor concern, but taking his attention away and causing an accident was a major one; a moment’s distraction at his post could cost lives.

And her dearly beloved father, who loved and cherished her most, had now become unreachable…

Thinking of her missing father, Yuki Stone sniffled, and tears flowed again.

“Shayna!” her mother called out from inside the house. Yuki Stone instantly wiped away her tears, quickly took out some face powder, and patted it on her face so she wouldn’t look too haggard.

“Coming!”

She jumped down from the bed, clutching her laptop, and in just one minute, she transformed back into her lively, energetic self, although the dark circles under her eyes betrayed her inner turmoil.

In the hospital bed, the once spirited Mrs. Stone from the Pharmacy Factory lay gaunt, with an intravenous drip inserted in her hand.

“Shayna, did Zenith say when he’ll be back? The wedding…”

“What are you talking about at a time like this?” Yuki Stone went to check the IV drip, sanitised it with a cotton swab, and swiftly changed the medicine bottle for her mother.

“Ah, I have wronged you, my daughter. You are about to get married, yet our home’s Pharmacy Factory is facing bankruptcy. Your dad hasn’t come back yet, and I may not be able to give you a grand wedding…”

“Mom, what does it matter at a time like this? What difference does a big or small wedding make? It seems like a lively and harmonious crowd, but who would remember us when real trouble hits?”

Yuki Stone’s words sounded rather desolate.

Lying in the bed, Mrs. Stone sighed, looking at her daughter, who had transformed from a naive and carefree young girl into someone who now understood the ways of the world; she felt profoundly sad.

“It’s all because your father was too greedy, eager to expand. In his rush to win the bid, he lowered the prices blindly, leading to a cash flow problem at the factory. Then he took out loans to buy equipment, and a miscalculation in costs caused a break in the capital chain…”

The Stone Family Pharmaceutical Factory was very large, ranking among the top few domestically. Tiara Stone never imagined she would go from being a carefree princess to a bankrupt heiress.

With the pharmaceutical reforms of the past two years, many drugs were openly tendered to ensure low-cost services for the public. The profits of pharmaceutical factories were not as high as before, and many small ones began to shut down. Mr. Stone, ambitious to expand the business, made a risky move to gain policy support, deliberately lowering the prices to win the bid.

Yet, they hadn’t fully understood that the winning bid was priced too low to provide any profit margin. Coupled with the insistence on only emphasizing output value and the failure to timely shift operational strategies, it led to a break in the capital chain. Signs had already appeared at the beginning of the year.

But at that time, Mr. Stone hadn’t realized the risk and didn’t make any decisive moves. He still thought his own ‘big ship’ could withstand any risks and continued to aggressively expand. By the time he realized something was wrong, the enterprise was already facing a severe crisis.

When Tiara Stone returned home after graduation, she hadn’t realized such a huge issue had befallen her family. She was still excitedly thinking about her wedding, preparing to be a blissful bride and marry Zenith Kyan, the man she had thought of for many years.

It wasn’t until yesterday afternoon, when her father suddenly disappeared and her mother suddenly fell ill, that she discovered the seriousness of the family’s situation.

Actually, Mrs. Stone’s illness was nothing more than acute stress reaction, not very serious, but the family’s problems were urgent. At this crucial moment, her father, who had gone out to seek help, hadn’t returned. His phone was unreachable and no one could get in contact with him.

When the bank’s calls for repayment came, Tony Stone was running himself ragged.

She sought help from everyone she could think of, but those uncles who used to affectionately call her Shayna either were on business trips or shut their doors in her face. Only one met her and, after a few useless words, handed her a check for 50,000, which Tiara Stone threw back in his face.

That man had once received guidance from her father — it’s fair to say that his success today was inseparable from the support and funds initially provided by her father.

Ten years ago, this uncle wanted to start a business, and her dad gave him 50,000 yuan.

What did 50,000 yuan mean, ten years ago?

Just with the money from her father, the connections her father provided, and the sponsorship her father arranged, this man became a catering tycoon. And now, with a net worth of tens of millions, when her father was in trouble, all he could manage was a few lukewarm words and hand over 50,000 yuan to Tiara Stone, nothing more.

What does it mean when people say favors are as thin as paper, that crowds push over a falling wall, or that rich men have distant relatives in the mountains while poor men have no one to ask about them in crowded streets? She had learned the hard truth!

Just as Kiara told Mario Yuno, Arlong needed to face the harsh realities of life in order to grow, and so did Tiara Stone.

Her previous experience of being kidnapped with Mrs. Kiara had already made her grow once, and the false faces of those people in the afternoon had made her grow yet again.

On this bitterly cold night, she had no one to turn to.

“Mom, let it be, even if Our Home goes bankrupt, the house and car Dad left for you will be enough for you to live a secure life. We’ve watched Zenith Kyan grow up from a young age; he was never afraid of Our Home’s threshold when we were rich, and now that we are poor, he won’t despise you. Have a good life with him. We don’t know where Dad is now, and if it really comes to it, I will go to jail on his behalf.”

These words spoken by Mrs. Stone had an indescribable desolation.

Now to this point, she had clearly seen that her family was likely unable to escape disaster. She might even end up in jail for debts exceeding assets. To an entrepreneur who had fought for half a lifetime and suddenly lost everything, this was a catastrophe.

“Mom, I don’t want the house or the car. You can sell them and pay the workers their wages,” Tony Stone said, with an unspeakable sadness in her heart as she looked at her mother.

“Silly girl, the bit of money you have is but a drop in the bucket and won’t solve the problem. But don’t be too pessimistic. You might not live like a princess anymore, all because of your dad…”

What Mrs. Stone felt most guilty about was her daughter. As soon as she finished speaking, Yuki Stone’s Tears began to flow.

“Why talk about that… Things have come to this, just take care of yourself and don’t get upset. At your age, your body can’t stand it. Money and possessions are external things; I will always find a way.”

That’s easy to say, but who wouldn’t be upset?

As if they were on cloud nine one moment and the next plummeted into an abyss, the mental shock was undoubtedly immense.

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