Yukinoshita's Correction Method Chapter 453

After Xixi finished eating, we put her back in the stroller.

Dong Yunshan skillfully took the dishes that Yukino Yukinoshita and Dong Yunjin had tasted and quickly devoured them, plate after plate.

Everyone knew his appetite, but seeing him eat so heartily, they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Dong Yunjin patted Dong Yunshan: "Don't just eat, talk to me."

"Huh?" Dong Yunshan blinked. "Delicious."

Dong Yunjin touched Dong Yunshan's waist, "Hmm?"

"That's good." Mother Xue unfolded her folding fan. "Being able to eat is a blessing."

Mama Jin chuckled softly, "The greatest blessing must be meeting Yukino."

Yukino Yukinoshita blushed, lowered her head to avoid the elders' gaze, then raised her head again and looked at Dong Yunshan under everyone's watchful eyes.

Dong Yunshan reached out and touched her legs, gently stroking them to soothe her tension.

Then... Yukino Yukinoshita became even more nervous.

A long time ago, during dinner with Yuki's mother and Haruno Yukinoshita, Yukino Yukinoshita touched Dong Yunshan's leg for a long time for various reasons.

She had been thinking of finding an opportunity to let Dong Yunshan get back, but Yukino Yukinoshita didn't expect that this opportunity would come now.

Could it be... that Dong Yunshan is going to sneak back at this time?

"I am aware of how the two children have gotten along. It's a blessing for both of them to have met someone they like." Xue's mother closed her folding fan. "We both agree to their marriage—I wonder what your thoughts are?"

"It seems we share the same thoughts." Mama Jin glanced at Dong Yunshan, her gentle eyes looking at Yukino Yukinoshita. "Seeing Yunshan meet such a wonderful child, as a mother, I am truly happy for him."

Yukino Yukinoshita blushed and gently took Dong Yunshan's hand.

"We understand the feelings of parents." Snow Mother tilted her head slightly. "Haruno Yukinoshita?"

"Ah... it's Valentine’s Day today." Haruno Yukinoshita smiled. "I specially prepared tickets to the aquarium, let's go!"

"Sister...?" Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Haruno Yukinoshita in confusion, then, as if remembering something, turned her gaze to her mother.

"Go ahead," Snow Mother said, twirling her folding fan. "Let's chat a little longer and catch up."

Yukino Yukinoshita gripped Dong Yunshan's hand a little tighter.

Wow, that's quite a move...

Dong Yunshan looked at Mama Jin.

Mama Jin said with a relaxed expression, "Now it's time for the adults to chat."

Dong Yunshan's eyes flickered. "Then should I bring Xixi along?"

"Okay." Mama Jin pointed to the stroller. "The snacks are in the bag. Give her some if she gets hungry."

"Hmm." Dong Yunshan got up Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Take my car." Dong Yunyan took out his keys. "There's a baby seat."

"Okay." Haruno Yukinoshita took the keys and replied with a smile.

After leaving the restaurant, they found Shinonome Family's car, put Xixi in a child seat, and Dong Yunshan sat in the back to watch over her.

Yukino Yukinoshita sat in the passenger seat and turned to look at her older sister in the driver's seat. "What exactly does Mom want to say?"

"You're asking so directly," Haruno Yukinoshita, starting the car. "Looks like you've been worried about this for a long time."

"We all know her...personality." Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip, glanced at Dong Yunshan in the rearview mirror, her delicate brows furrowing slightly. "She hadn't agreed before, but now she's suddenly bringing it up, it must be..."

"No need to rush, you'll know soon." After a brief adjustment period, Haruno Yukinoshita merged the car into traffic. "The reason you specifically asked me to take you away is to let you skip the complicated process and get the simple result directly."

"Then we can go back now." Dong Yunshan helped Xixi tidy her slightly messy hair. "After all, going to the aquarium means coming back from the aquarium."

Haruno Yukinoshita gripped the steering wheel tightly, glancing at Dong Yunshan in her glasses. "Haven't you realized it yet? Because of your previous actions, Mom doesn't trust me as much anymore—otherwise, she wouldn't have appeared directly in front of you before."

"So..." Yukino Yukinoshita lowered her eyelids slightly, "You also know nothing?"

"It's not that bad," Haruno Yukinoshita sighed softly. "I do know a little about it."

Chapter 778 Simplifying Communication

"But even now, I can't be sure if her plan is the same as before." Haruno Yukinoshita drove the car towards the dome-shaped glass building. "If you'd like to hear it, I can briefly explain—it's probably part of her plan too."

Below the glass building is the aquarium's entrance hall. After having your ticket checked, you enter and are greeted by a curved structure made of a large amount of glass that gathers light. Combined with the high ceiling, the sunlight inside the building is exceptionally dazzling.

"I reminded you during our trip," Haruno Yukinoshita sighed softly. "The tea craze has already taken hold... and so has coffee. More and more people are entering the market, and the competition will become increasingly fierce. If Cloud Snow Tea can't maintain its leading position, it will be overtaken little by little, and eventually... swallowed up."

Standing on the long escalator leading to the aquarium, the further down you go, the dimmer it gets.

"This was already discussed back then." Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly. "If we're not prepared, the risks of expanding rashly will be much greater."

"The market won't wait for you to be ready, and neither will your competitors." Haruno Yukinoshita gazed at the end of the long escalator, where a water tank resembled a giant silver screen. "They aren't classmates from school, but dangerous predators from the same sea."

A three-meter-long whale shark swam slowly by, its massive body covered in white spots almost filling the entire field of vision. Its dorsal fin grazed the glass, as if it were about to break out of the tank at any moment, eliciting gasps from the crowd and a constant barrage of camera shutters.

Dong Yunshan stopped pushing the stroller to watch, while Dong Yunxi inside had her eyes wide open, showing no signs of being frightened.

"A shark," Dong Yunshan murmured softly.

There are explanatory boards nearby, introducing the various sharks swimming around.

The lazy nurse shark, the lively lemon shark, the reef sharks swimming in pairs...

"Shark!" Dong Yunxi repeated in her childish voice.

Haruno Yukinoshita gently touched the glass curtain wall with her hand. "I've already told you about your weakness: after achieving a partial victory, you stop there. So after you silenced me with your grand plan, you ignored my warning."

Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip lightly. "He has a plan."

"This leads to the second weakness I've discovered," Haruno Yukinoshita continued, "" Yunshan's attitude toward process and outcome."

Among the visitors strolling through the aquarium were elderly couples, leisurely lovers, couples with babies, and young students.

In the space, which resembled a movie theater, everyone tacitly lowered their voices.

"For everyday life that you enjoy, you'll savor the process immensely." Haruno Yukinoshita searches for a magnificent and elegant lionfish among the colorful corals, then takes out her phone and casually snaps a picture of a boxfish nearby. "For work you don't like, you'll skip the process and go straight for the result."

"This isn't really a weakness, is it?" Dong Yunshan pushed the stroller while observing her younger sister's expression. Noticing her displeasure, she began to move the stroller. "Should we call it... human nature?"

"You saw the outcome of Cloud Snow Tea and believed in your own abilities, so you didn't pay attention to the process. You were immersed in the process of falling in love and didn't carefully consider the result, thus ignoring her purpose." Haruno Yukinoshita stopped in her tracks. "The combination of both gave her the opportunity."

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, her voice low. "Does she... intend to use the outcome of our love to control the development of the Cloud Snow Tea?"

Although I had long suspected that my mother would do this, when it actually happened...

"Sister..." As if sensing that Yukino Yukinoshita's mood was off, Dong Yunxi, who had been lying obediently in the stroller, suddenly started to make a fuss.

Yukino Yukinoshita composed herself and hugged Dong Yunxi tightly. "Sister, you're alright~"

"Ah..." tide Baobao squirmed restlessly, "Goldfish~"

The fish in the tank were clearly not goldfish, but Xixi's knowledge was limited, so she called anything swimming in the water a goldfish.

Yukino Yukinoshita guessed what Xixi was thinking and carefully put her down.

As soon as Dong Yunxi landed, she happily walked forward.

As expected... Yukino Yukinoshita out a soft sigh.

Dong Yunxi didn't notice her emotions; she just wanted to get down and walk by herself.

Xixi had only taken two steps when she realized Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't followed, so she turned back and grabbed Yukino Yukinoshita's finger. "Goldfish..."

Yukino Yukinoshita paused for a moment, her gaze softening as she followed Xixi's clumsy steps.

Clownfish, seahorses, leaf-shaped seadragons, flounders with their faces on the left, butterflyfish with their faces on the right, ribbonfish as dreamy as the aurora borealis, sea lilies like feather shuttlecocks...

The three adults followed the baby, exploring the various fish in the deep sea.

"Is it still an investment issue?" Dong Yunshan tapped his temples lightly with two fingers together. "My original plan was to use the flagship store as an anchor point and then use branches to cover the surrounding areas. In this way, we could create sufficient influence while minimizing the capital requirements and personnel management pressure."

"Not enough," Haruno Yukinoshita stated bluntly. "The Yukinoshita Family needs a larger scale and a faster expansion speed. We need to open enough branches before our competitors, further expand our advantages, and grab the biggest slice of the pie."

"So Cloud Snow Tea needs to accept more funds from the Yukinoshita Family..." Dong Yunshan paused, "Given the Yukinoshita Family's situation, even with advance preparation, they couldn't come up with that much cash—is Cloud Snow Tea going to accept funds from interest groups centered around the Yukinoshita Family?"

"You know yourself that if Cloud Snow Tea were built by you alone, attracting enough investment wouldn't be difficult. Companies with independent founders, clean equity, and clear valuation logic are the targets that capital loves most. In fact, to ensure your control over Cloud Snow Tea, you also need to carefully select investors and reject overly high investments." Haruno Yukinoshita's smile contained complex emotions. "But Cloud Snow Tea is a collaboration between you and me, and I... am not just myself."

Haruno Yukinoshita the future heir of the Yukinoshita Family, and she herself represents a part of the Yukinoshita Family.

With the involvement of the Yukinoshita Family, the independence of the Dong Yunshan becomes difficult to verify.

If you invest in Dong Yunshan, you need to consider whether Dong Yunshan can withstand pressure from resource providers when the Yukinoshita Family needs funds.

This is a completely unnecessary risk.

As for investing in the Yukinoshita Family...

Investors looking to invest in the Yukinoshita Family do not need to go through Cloud Snow Tea, and investors looking to invest in emerging brands like Cloud Snow Tea are unwilling to be associated with a family that combines a construction company with political connections.

Ultimately, while Cloud Snow Tea has a promising future, investors interested in freshly made beverages would rather invest in other new brands than get involved in this murky water.

So who would be willing to get involved in this mess?

People who were already caught up in the mess.

The group's interests were already tied to the Yukinoshita Family, so there was no harm in binding them together again.

In this way, what was originally a business investment has turned into a situation where Yukinoshita Family leads everyone to make money.

The related groups that were originally working together on construction pooled some money to support the expansion of Cloud Snow Tea, with the plan to share the profits.

There's not even a need for division; as long as Cloud Snow Tea continues its current momentum, it can become a reliable cash savings pool.

As long as it exists, it can provide considerable reassurance to construction-related interest groups facing cash flow shortages.

It's like having an extra cash flow insurance policy.

But here's the problem.

With so many benefits, what about the risks?

The biggest risk is that the cooperation between Dong Yunshan and Haruno Yukinoshita will be terminated, and Dong Yunshan will break away and take Cloud Snow Tea to go independent.

As for how to dispel such concerns...

"So this is the real reason for moving the wedding date forward?" Yukino Yukinoshita's face revealed a cold smile. "Only if Yunshan marries into the family as soon as possible can Cloud Snow Tea secure investment and expand rapidly to gain a market advantage."

"Yunshan isn't old enough yet, so the wedding is just a formality. There are still nine months before she officially registers as a citizen. In the meantime..." Haruno Yukinoshita met her sister's gaze, then turned to look at the tank beside her, where small sharks and stingrays were swimming. "This is the best choice right now."

"You and I both know this isn't just a formality, it's a beginning." Yukino Yukinoshita stared at her sister. "Nine months from now, she will..."

"Yukino," Dong Yunshan called softly.

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita's thin cherry lips pressed into a line as she lowered her head to meet Xixi's gaze, which was a mixture of confusion and fear. The coldness on her face quickly melted away as she squatted down and softly asked, "Xixi, would you like something to eat?"

Dong Yunxi shook her head, then nodded.

Dong Yunshan took out a cheese stick from the stroller's pocket, tore open the packaging, and handed it to Yukino Yukinoshita.

Yukino Yukinoshita offered a cheese stick to Dong Yunxi's lips, but Xixi kept her mouth tightly shut and reached out to take it.

"Want to eat it yourself?" Yukino Yukinoshita 'Yukino Yukinoshita she handed the cheese stick to Xixi. "Hmm, then you can do it yourself..."

Before Yukino Yukinoshita could finish speaking, Dong Yunxi had already grabbed the wooden handle of the cheese stick with her small hand and brought it to Yukino Yukinoshita's mouth. "Eat~"

Yukino Yukinoshita's breath hitched. She opened her mouth slightly, took a small bite, and smiled gently. "Mmm, thank you, Xixi. I feel much better."

Dong Yunxi smiled brightly and then handed the cheese stick forward.

A hint of helplessness crept into Yukino Yukinoshita's smile.

"Eat up, eat up." Dong Yunshan took out another cheese stick. "There's more."

After Yukino Yukinoshita ate it, Dong Yunxi picked up the new cheese stick and happily ate it.

Dong Yunshan picked up a stick and waved it at Haruno Yukinoshita: "Want to try some?"

"..." Haruno Yukinoshita reached out and took it. "You seem to think you don't care?"

"Just don't show it." Dong Yunshan tore open a cigarette for herself; it tasted really good. "To be honest, I'm a little numb to it. Ever since we first met, she's been doing similar things non-stop."

Haruno Yukinoshita's eyes narrowed slightly. "So what do you plan to do?"

"Hmm..." Dong Yunshan's eyes flickered, "Slacking off."

Haruno Yukinoshita: "Hmm?"

"This is the interactive touch area, of course we have to try it out." Dong Yunshan pushed the stroller over, "There are sharks here you can touch."