Chapter 516 - 515: The Label That Can’t Be Torn Off

It took three couriers working overtime more than an hour to finally finish sorting and packing everything that needed to be shipped.

When it came time to pay, the shipping fees alone came out to tens of thousands of yuan. This was mainly because many of the large toy cars were overweight, and the surcharge for excess weight was quite steep.

Yun Zijin simply scanned a QR code with her phone to pay via WeChat. This pile of deliveries didn’t even cost as much as a single pair of her shoes.

The three couriers watched Yun Zijin pay tens of thousands of yuan without batting an eye, and they didn’t even know how to describe what they were feeling.

Some people could spend tens of thousands just to ship some things, while they had to work themselves to the bone every day, clocking in and out, just to earn that same amount.

’How can the gap between people be so vast?’

However, the three of them only complained inwardly. They would never say something like that out loud.

This was a major client, after all. If they provided good service, a similarly large order might fall into their laps next time.

This single order they signed today would definitely put the three of them in the top three for sales performance among all couriers this month.

After the three couriers left with all the packed parcels, Wang Minli immediately arranged for people to start cleaning and disinfecting the area.

This wasn’t meant to be a slight against the couriers. Rather, among the many items just brought in, there was no telling which one might carry unknown viruses. If a lapse in hygiene caused someone living here to get sick or have an allergic reaction, the trouble wouldn’t be worth it.

Therefore, disinfecting after a major cleanup was absolutely necessary.

Knowing the staff had a big cleanup to do, Yun Zijin didn’t want to get in their way in the living room, so she simply went back to her room.

Back in her room, Yun Zijin opened her system panel. Seeing that she still had 12 million left on her weekly spending task, she started looking through messages from her sales associates on her phone.

In the end, Yun Zijin contacted a sales associate on WeChat and ordered a Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle self-winding tourbillon watch in white gold with diamonds, model 6057T, priced at ￥545,000.00.

An Earl Gala series 18K rose gold diamond watch for women, priced at ￥835,000.00.

She also ordered a pile of various useful and useless items from Hermes—pots, pans, bowls, silk scarves, and so on.

The final result was the sales associate setting aside a "Little House" bag in daytime white for Yun Zijin.

With that, Yun Zijin successfully completed her weekly spending task of ￥36,000,000.

However, the system wouldn’t finalize the tally until midnight on Friday, so even though Yun Zijin had completed the task, she couldn’t receive her reward yet.

That evening, without Yun Zijin even needing to ask, Lu Yunque naturally went wherever she did.

At Jade Lake, Lu Yunque was completely in the role of a kept man.

After all, even if he wanted to buy a house at Jade Lake, there were none available for him to buy.

"I heard you and Su Mengyao went on a crazy shopping spree on Wanbao Street today and shocked all the stall owners there?"

Lu Yunque said teasingly as soon as he walked in.

"How did you know?"

They hadn’t told anyone else they were going out today.

"Look at the hot searches yourself. ’Situ Family’s Granddaughter: A Sparrow Turns into a Phoenix, but Her Taste Is Still as Broke as Ever and Shows No Improvement.’"

"The video was posted by some influencer. It only shows your side profiles, but the ever-resourceful netizens still managed to recognize you."

Lu Yunque took out his phone, opened the video from the hot search, and showed her the bullet comments, which were almost all dripping with sarcasm and jealousy.

Yun Zijin watched the video, her expression indescribable.

"Is buying affordable toys and dolls something to be ashamed of?"

"If I were wearing a Patek Philippe, would they then be saying, ’The head of the Situ family dotes on his granddaughter, giving her a globally limited-edition Patek Philippe right after she was found’?"

They’d criticize her no matter what. Everything she did was somehow tied back to the Situ family.

This was exactly why she’d said she didn’t want her connection to the Situ family made public. Look at the situation now. No matter what Yun Zijin did, netizens would slap the "Situ family" label on her.

She had made herself perfectly clear to the reporters who had cornered her at school last time, but it was completely useless.

The thought that she would forever be labeled as part of the Situ family soured Yun Zijin’s expression.

’Everything she ate, used, and spent was clearly from the system. It didn’t have a single thing to do with the Situ family.’

"What’s wrong? Are you upset that people always associate you with the Situ family?"

Lu Yunque knew what was bothering Yun Zijin.

Otherwise, he would have been her boyfriend for this long for nothing.

"If it were you, wouldn’t you be angry?"

In any case, Yun Zijin couldn’t stand it one bit.

"I’ll arrange a meeting with Situ Wenze tomorrow and bring this up with him."

Knowing Yun Zijin didn’t want to see anyone from the Situ family, Lu Yunque took it upon himself to handle the matter.

Hearing Lu Yunque’s words, Yun Zijin nodded, her anger subsiding a little.

Seeing that Yun Zijin was in a bad mood, Lu Yunque didn’t pester her today and quietly returned to his own room to wash up and go to bed.

Meanwhile, six members of the Situ family were sitting in the living room of the detached villa Situ Wenze had bought in Dijing for an enormous sum. They sat in silence; not a single person spoke.

After a long while, Situ Yunliang finally broke the silence.

"Those rumors online, and that hot search tying Zijin to us—did any of you have a hand in it?"

Situ Yunliang tried to put herself in Zijin’s shoes, and just the thought of it was enough to make her angry.

But Yun Zijin was actually going through that cyberbullying. Those people, without bothering to find out the truth, just assumed that the life Yun Zijin had now was all thanks to the Situ family.

Little did they know, everything Yun Zijin had now had nothing to do with the Situ family; she had earned it all through her own efforts.

For a 21-year-old woman to become a wealthy woman whom others could only admire from afar, all through her own efforts, was already an incredibly inspirational story.

Situ Wenze hadn’t expected Situ Yunliang to have such a strong reaction. The current direction of public opinion was clearly in their favor.

’Who would have thought that without spending a single cent, they could twist the narrative so that all of Yun Zijin’s hard work looked like a gift from them?’

’Besides, the netizens were the ones saying it. If asked, all they had to do was neither confirm nor deny, and the netizens would naturally fill in the blanks themselves, eventually turning it into the story they wanted to hear.’

"It’s just netizens talking. Public opinion is subjective; different people will see it differently. It’s not like we can control what netizens think, can we?"

Situ Wenze and Situ Yunliang were clearly at opposite extremes: one was fighting an injustice on Yun Zijin’s behalf, while the other felt it had nothing to do with him and couldn’t care less.

"If you went out and bought a new shirt, and all the comments from netizens underneath said that Zijin was the one who paid for it for you."

"Or you post a picture of your limited-edition, collaboration sneakers and jerseys, and the comments are all: ’This guy is a total freeloader, always clinging to his cousin!’"

"Just think about it. How would you feel if people said that about you?"

Situ Yunliang stared at Situ Wenze, not letting him look away for a second.

Situ Wenze opened his mouth, but he couldn’t think of a single thing to say in rebuttal.