Chapter 512 - 411: Assets Bottoming Out

Chapter 512: Chapter 411: Assets Bottoming Out

They were all Yang Yixue’s customers, and they were furious after learning the truth.

The thought that the meat buns they had eaten before were infested with pests made their stomachs turn.

It was only natural for them to be so worked up.

Especially since some families had brought their children.

If a child got sick, would the owner of a shop like this even have the integrity to pay up?

Yang Yixue scrolled through a few comments, her face pale with panic.

Some people even sent private messages threatening to dox her.

She quickly turned off her DMs.

Then, she started frantically deleting the videos she had posted on her account.

She prioritized deleting the especially pretty selfie videos.

She couldn’t let anyone see her face!

After ten minutes, she finally finished deleting all the videos.

Yang Yixue had just taken a sip of water to catch her breath when a new wave of trouble arrived.

Some of the food bloggers she had hired before were now kicking her while she was down.

A Taste of Huaxia: "Boss Yang, you’ve gone too far! I promoted you, and this is the kind of stuff you fed me? Aren’t you afraid of karma?"

Foodie Roasts: "We had an agreement. You said even if the flavor was just average, you’d absolutely guarantee the ingredients were sanitary. But what the hell is this stuff? A kitchen that stinks to high heaven? Are you kidding me!"

Aunt Wang’s Food Adventures: "I’ve already deleted the video. Do you have any idea you almost ruined me? My fans are all flaming me right now, you know? According to the contract, you have to pay me 100,000 in damages for breach of contract!"

This Place Is So Good: "You’re really something else. Well, you’re a viral sensation now, aren’t you? Pay up. My reputation has been seriously damaged because of you."

With some of the more professional food bloggers, both parties had signed contracts before the store visit.

The contract stipulated that the food blogger guaranteed over 100,000 "hearts" within five days.

And over 500,000 views.

At the bottom, there was another clause stating that Yang Yixue must guarantee the store’s ingredients were sanitary and promise there were no issues with price or taste.

Furthermore, there absolutely must be no negative press.

Food bloggers in this line of work are very protective of their own reputations.

The thing they feared most was encountering a garbage business like this that would drag them down into the abyss.

That’s why they signed contracts with businesses before visiting, so even if they got dragged into a mess, they could still demand compensation.

When Yang Yixue saw more than ten food bloggers messaging her on WeChat to demand compensation, her face grew even paler and her legs felt weak.

’It’s over... I’m really done for this time. What do I do? Can anyone help me...’

Yang Yixue was on the verge of tears. She was terrified of being saddled with enormous debt and having to return to that tiny, shabby house.

To grow moldy right along with it.

Right now, a mountain of problems hammered into her head like wooden stakes. Her head was splitting, about to explode.

But Yang Yixue was, after all, a woman once worth tens of millions. She forced herself to endure the sharp pain and calm her mind.

After a moment, she took out her calculator to figure out how much she would have to pay.

’I signed eight contracts. The compensation for the first one is seven times the hiring fee, the second one...’

Soon, she had calculated the exact number—2.56 million!

Yang Yixue felt as if she’d been struck by lightning.

"Over two million... How can it be so much?!"

She hadn’t wanted to sign these kinds of contracts at first, but some of the well-known food bloggers wouldn’t promote her unless she did.

These people made their living off their follower counts; they were terrified of their reputation and credibility being dragged through the mud.

With a contract, even if something went wrong, the compensation would give them the money they needed to build their follower base back up.

Yang Yixue had hesitated, but ultimately decided to agree.

She worried that if she didn’t pay, they might sue her.

The bank interest was one thing; at worst, she could just let them auction off the mortgaged shop.

She’d pay back what she could, and just owe the rest for now.

’Over two million... Across all my accounts right now... I have 1.55 million...’

Panic seized Yang Yixue’s heart.

She was still short one million. Where was she supposed to get that kind of money?

After a moment of thought, she called Li Xiaoyan.

"Get everything valuable out of our house. Sell what you can. We’re getting ready to move back!"

Li Xiaoyan was bewildered. "What’s wrong, honey? Why are we suddenly moving?"

"Ugh, it’s too complicated to explain. I’m going to sell our last beauty salon and let the bank take the house. I’ll transfer 1.5 million to you. Put it in your account and don’t tell a soul!"

Yang Yixue had already thought it through. There was no way she could weather this storm.

What was mortgaged to the bank would just have to be lost to the bank.

Let them do whatever they wanted with it.

Even if she became a deadbeat debtor, it didn’t matter. The money would be safe with her mom.

When the time came, they’d go back to their small county town and open a little shop in her mom’s name just to get by.

’It’ll be hard to sell the shop now... I’ll just have to get what I can for it...’

Li Xiaoyan realized the gravity of the situation. She said, "That works. Staying in the city is what it is. Let’s go back to our hometown. It’s full of people we know. With over a million in hand, we can live a comfortable life!"

Although she wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, was quick to curse people out, greedy, cowardly, and hedonistic...

...when her daughter went bankrupt, she didn’t say a word against it, but instead offered optimistic comfort.

Deep down, Li Xiaoyan was worried Yang Yixue might do something rash.

After all, it wasn’t easy for a mother and daughter to survive, clinging to each other.

After a few words of comfort, Yang Yixue was suddenly overwhelmed by an endless sense of grievance and rage.

The thought that she, a gorgeous and successful city career woman, would now have to eke out a living in some broken-down place filled her with indignation, humiliation, and fury.

"I don’t want to go back, Mom!!"

Yang Yixue shrieked.

"Why should I?! Jiang Liu is making a million a day right now! He could settle all our debts with a single word! But instead, we have to lose everything and scurry back to our hometown like rats!!"

"Why is this happening to me?! It’s not fair!!"

She was losing her mind.

Consumed by jealous resentment.

Just now, while calculating her debts, she had also specifically calculated Jiang Liu’s probable income.

It was very likely over a million a day!

Why had she, Yang Yixue, ended up like this, while he, Jiang Liu, was doing so well?!

Li Xiaoyan was startled by her daughter’s shouting.

She quickly said, "It’s okay, it’s okay, honey. We can live anywhere. When we get home, Mom will ask around for you. We’ll find you a man even better than that Jiang Liu!"

"I don’t want to!!" Yang Yixue screamed, her voice shrill. She was a strong, independent woman; why should she have to rely on a man!

"Okay, okay, we won’t." Li Xiaoyan quickly changed her tune and started cursing, "Men these days are no good anyway. Look at that Jiang Liu—he’s the one who stole our good fortune! The money he’s spending is our money!"

"Honey, you just wait. Mom will get even for you. Before we leave, I’ll go and smash up that bastard’s entire shop!"

Li Xiaoyan’s face was a vicious mask.

She was genuinely furious. This was all that bastard Jiang Liu’s fault for bullying her daughter!

Yang Yixue broke down even more, her voice a choked sob as she spoke.

"Mom! Can you please stop making things worse?"

"Do you know why Jiang Liu is doing this to us?! It’s because you were loitering outside his shop threatening to smash it! The security cameras got a crystal-clear shot of your face, do you realize that!?"