My master gave me a death mission: to go down the mountain and retrieve his granddaughter.

Yujiang Villa District

As the most upscale villa district in Nanjiang City, Jiangbei Province, it contains hundreds of uniquely designed villas, and the residents are all wealthy and powerful. It is recognized as the richest area in the entire Nanjiang City.

The Liu Family Villa is located at the southernmost part of the villa complex, separated from Luanjiang by only one road, making it the best location in the entire villa area.

The Liu family villa covers an area of ​​over 1,000 square meters. Although this includes a courtyard of several hundred square meters, the three-story villa itself occupies nearly 300 square meters.

The fact that the Liu family owns such a large villa in such a prime location shows that their wealth is extraordinary.

Upon arriving at Liu Ziyan's home, Su Muchen was immediately struck by the villa's luxurious furnishings. The living room was filled with antiques and famous paintings.

"Miss Liu, I didn't expect your house to be so big. Your jewelry business must be quite large!"

"God... Mr. Su, you're joking. This house was left to me by my parents. As for my family's jewelry business, it's all thanks to the hard work of my grandfather and father that it has reached its current scale. Although it can't compare to those multi-billion dollar companies, the total assets are still in the billions."

Although Liu Ziyan spoke very casually, it really surprised Su Muchen. He originally thought that Liu Ziyan's family was a little rich, but he didn't expect that they had so much money. Isn't she a complete rich woman?

"Miss Liu, I have a question. You're so rich, why don't you have a driver or bodyguard when you go out? That doesn't make sense."

Su Muchen's words dimmed Liu Ziyan's eyes, indicating that she had some unspeakable secret.

"Mr. Su, don't be fooled by my family's wealth. Every family has its own troubles. Ever since my father passed away, my uncle and aunt have been eyeing Liu's Jewelry's assets all the time. They..."

Su Muchen hadn't expected Liu Ziyan to be in such a difficult situation. Although the two siblings were born into a wealthy family, their current predicament was like that of birds in a cage.

Through Liu Ziyan's tearful account, Su Muchen finally understood how much heartache lay behind this seemingly strong beauty.

From Liu Ziyan's account, Su Muchen learned that Liu Ziyan's mother disappeared suddenly for unknown reasons not long after her younger brother was born.

Liu Ziyan asked her father why her mother had so heartlessly abandoned her and her brother. The answer she received was never to inquire about her mother, as it was for their own good. Clearly, Liu Ziyan's mother's identity was quite extraordinary.

A year later, Liu Ziyan's father also passed away due to hereditary heart disease, leaving the two siblings to depend on each other.

The death of their father left Liu Ziyan and her siblings billions of dollars in assets, all of which were inherited by Liu Ziyan. However, this very fact attracted the attention of their relatives.

Liu Ziyan's uncle and aunt, along with the company's board members and senior executives, are gradually sidelining her. Although Liu Ziyan appears to be the chairman of Liu's Jewelry, she is in name only and has little influence in the company; hardly anyone listens to her.

Especially since half a month ago, Liu's Jewelry suffered a setback, losing hundreds of millions of yuan. This gave Liu Ziyan's uncle and his associates an opportunity to impeach Liu Ziyan at the board meeting and force her to resign.

The main reason Liu Ziyan took her younger brother on a trip was because she was troubled by this matter. Rather than going on a trip to relax, it was more like Liu Ziyan was escaping and trying to postpone it for as long as possible.

However, the board of directors had already informed Liu Ziyan that there was no use in running away. The company's shareholders' meeting was in two days, and if she did not attend, it would be considered that she had voluntarily given up her position as chairman. This forced Liu Ziyan to end her trip early and return to Jiangbei Province.

Upon learning of Liu Ziyan's ordeal, Su Muchen felt genuine pity for this girl with such a tragic fate. It was truly heartbreaking that she had endured so much suffering at the tender age of twenty.

"Miss Liu, I have some questions. You said that your Liu's Jewelry suffered losses of several hundred million yuan some time ago, which is why your uncle joined forces with others to impeach you. What exactly happened? Also, are the company's shareholders all on your uncle's side?"

Although Liu Ziyan did not explain the specific reasons in her complaint, Su Muchen vaguely sensed that the matter was not as simple as it seemed.

Liu Ziyan wiped away her tears, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then explained the situation.

After Liu Ziyan's father passed away, Liu's Jewelry's business gradually declined. Especially with the power struggles among relatives, the entire company was in chaos. In just two years, Liu's Jewelry's assets shrank by one-third.

Last month, a jade merchant who had been cooperating with Liu's Jewelry for many years terminated the cooperation and stopped supplying goods to Liu's Jewelry. This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Liu's Jewelry.

Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of Liu Ziyan's uncle, a new supplier of raw stones was found in Myanmar. After discussion by the board of directors, in order to avoid a recurrence of supply shortages, it was unanimously decided to purchase more than 300 million yuan worth of raw stones in one go.

But it was this decision that dragged Liu's Jewelry into the abyss, or rather, made Liu Ziyan the target of public criticism.

Liu's Jewelry attached great importance to this purchase, sending many professionals to Myanmar to conduct a thorough inspection of the jade stones to ensure their quality.

Under the inspection of professionals, there was nothing wrong with this batch of rough stones. Moreover, the company sent people to accompany and escort them throughout the transportation process, so in theory there should have been no problems.

However, when the raw stones were transported back to Jiangbei Province and were ready to be processed, it was discovered that all of them had turned into stone. This made everyone realize that they had been cheated and that the raw stones had been switched at some point.

What made everyone most desperate was that after confirming the quality of the raw stones, Liu's Jewelry had already transferred the full payment to the other party, and it was impossible to get it back. In other words, Liu's Jewelry spent more than 300 million yuan to buy a bunch of stones.

Now Liu's Jewelry is truly in crisis. Although the loss of more than 300 million yuan is not a crippling blow to Liu's Jewelry, without this batch of raw stones, Liu's Jewelry will soon fall into a product crisis. Without the supply of products, wouldn't the stores below have to close down?

Furthermore, those partners of Liu's Jewelry, upon learning of Liu's Jewelry's situation, have no choice but to come to its door with their contracts demanding compensation. This is the real problem facing Liu's Jewelry.

Someone had to be responsible for this matter, and that person naturally fell to Liu Ziyan. There was no other way; she was the company's chairperson, and all the decisions, including agreeing to purchase the raw stones and making payments to the other party, required her signature as chairperson. Therefore, the responsibility naturally fell to her as the chairperson.

This gave Liu Ziyan's uncle an excuse to join forces with some shareholders and executives to pressure the board of directors to remove Liu Ziyan from her position as chairperson and force her to step down.

Of course, for this reason alone, some shareholders are not very willing to let Liu Ziyan step down. After all, they have followed Liu Ziyan's grandfather and father all the way. Now that the position of successor has been handed over to Liu Ziyan, these old ministers will definitely do their best to protect her.

However, when Liu Ziyan's uncle dropped a bombshell, even if these shareholders were unwilling, they had no choice but to compromise.

The bombshell dropped by Liu Ziyan's uncle was that he had reached an agreement with Liu's Jewelry's previous suppliers to continue supplying raw stones to the company, provided that Liu Ziyan stepped down and her uncle became the company's chairman. Otherwise, they would just have to watch Liu's Jewelry go bankrupt!