I lent my brother 500 yuan, and he offered his wife as collateral.

……

After the data was sealed, Xiao Henian had already carried Xiao Kuang back to the car.

He wasn't planning to leave; he just wanted to let Xiao Kuang leave the transitional warehouse while Su was busy processing the mother pattern data.

As soon as the stretcher reached the warehouse door, Su Qingxue came up from the basement.

"Master Xiao, you can take the person with you, but the debt must be settled first."

Xiao Henian stopped in his tracks.

"Song Wuji is dead, and it has been confirmed that he violated regulations to activate the Third Sequence."

"so what?"

"The Xiao family was also used by him."

"I didn't say the Xiao family was responsible for the third-order strangulation."

Su Qingxue retrieved the mandatory purification contract.

"Song Wuji is in charge of adding more strangulation."

"The Commerce Authority is responsible for the mandatory acceptance process."

"The Xiao family was responsible for delivering the high-risk pollution source into the Su family's transitional warehouse, and concealed the full risks before delivery."

Xiao Henian looked at the risk confirmation page.

It has his signature on it.

"The Xiao family did not hide anything."

"You only confirm when asked."

"Before delivery, you did not proactively submit a record of the Life-Taking Curse draining the pharmacist's life force."

"You also did not submit the detection results showing that the mother pattern remnant has appeared in Xiao Kuang's Qi Sea."

Su Qingxue submitted the contact records of the three pharmacists from the Xiao family.

One of them suffered a loss of life force. The Xiao family made internal compensation, but it was not recorded in the enforcement documents.

Xiao Henian's face darkened.

"These records belong to the Xiao family's internal medical information."

"The information was internal before the patient was sent to the Su family."

"After forcing the Su family to take over, there are high risks that must be disclosed."

"You knew the contacts might die, yet you still sent them in. You can't blame Song Wuji for this."

Xiao Kuang, lying on the stretcher, moved his arm upon hearing their conversation.

"grandfather……"

Xiao Henian lowered his head and said:

"Shut up."

He doesn't have the energy to appease Xiao Kuang right now.

With his Qi Sea destroyed, Xiao Kuang's value to the Xiao family will be reduced to the lowest level in the future.

Keren must be taken back.

If he were left in the Su family, the Xiao family would think that the head of the family couldn't even protect the direct descendants.

Xiao Henian looked at Su Qingxue again.

Name your price.

Su Qingxue did not personally report the numbers.

"Qian Shao".

Qian Shao walked over carrying the account books.

After going through the third sequence, his complexion had not fully recovered, but the accounts had already been settled.

"The first item is the cost of repairing the transitional storage array base."

"The core of the mirror array, the underground interface, and the three isolation layers were all damaged."

"Public maintenance is estimated at 160 million."

The steward of the Xiao family immediately said:

"The array base was damaged by the third sequence; it shouldn't have been the Xiao family's fault."

Qian Shao flipped to the liability ratio.

"The third-order responsible entity has been immediately formatted, and the corresponding compensation has been deposited into the Special Affairs Department's Violation Fund."

"The Xiao family will only provide basic repairs for the pollution source entering the warehouse, which accounts for 20%."

"That's more like it."

"Don't rush, there's more."

Qian Shao continued reporting.

"The second item is the cargo suspension fee. Ten boxes of array core blanks and six boxes of purification base materials were forced into a high-risk blockade, and the fee will be settled according to the actual blockade duration."

"Thirdly, the cost of high-risk epidemic prevention and control was covered by the Su family, which included stabilizing Xiao Kuang's life, removing the Death Curse, and sealing off the contaminants."

"Fourthly, merchant credit loss. The high-risk rating in the background was linked to Xiao Kuang's warehouse entry, which led to 27 merchants suspending their supporting negotiations."

"Fifth item: Temporary activation fee for mirror firewall."

"Sixth item: Cleanroom base wear and tear costs."

"Seventh item: Emergency authorization maintenance fee for the Shen family's array bone copy. This item will be separately included in the Shen family's old case investigation fund."

The steward of the Xiao family grew increasingly anxious as he listened.

"You charge for a temporary formation?"

Shen Banxia came out from behind.

"It's free, would you like a ride?"

"That structure is already shattered."

"It's only expensive if it's broken."

"What kind of logic is that?"

"It withstood the deadly curse for your Xiao Kuang and even helped you remove the contamination. If this formation hadn't shattered, you wouldn't be carrying a living person right now!"

Shen Banxia looked at the stretcher.

"It's a corpse."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Kuang turned his head to the other side.

He hasn't accepted the fact that his Qi Sea has been destroyed.

In the past, relying on his death warrant, he often forced others to do things for him.

Now that the Great Order is gone and his cultivation is gone, the Xiao family still has to sacrifice their own flesh for him.

He dared not blame Qin Feng.

He didn't dare blame Su Qingxue either.

In the end, all the resentment could only be directed at Song Wuji and the Commerce Bureau.

Xiao Henian glanced at the bill.

"What is the total amount?"

Qian Shao announced the final figures.

The steward of the Xiao family immediately shook his head.

"Too high."

"This is based on system calculations, not something I just blurted out."

"The Xiao family can use medicinal herbs and array materials as payment."

Su Qingxue said:

"No ordinary medicinal herbs."

What do you want?

"Three mining areas."

Xiao Henian had already guessed that she would ask for assets, but he did not expect her to ask for the mining area.

Su Qingxue pulled up the inner ring road resource map.

The first site is the Qingshiling Red Gold Mine.

The second location is the Nanqiao basalt mine.

The third location is the West Seventh District Clean Sand Mine.

None of the three mining areas are the most core ancestral properties of the Xiao family, but they are a stable source of materials for high-level array cores and purification bases.

The Xiao family can secure a large number of inner-ring orders every year thanks to these three mines.

"Change to something else."

Xiao Henian refused outright.

"The Xiao family owns two medicine shops, and their value is no less than that of three mining areas."

"The pharmacy has no direct supply relationship with this pollution treatment."

Su Qingxue opened the compensation terms.

"Compensation assets should prioritize stable income related to the lost projects."

"Red gold, dark crystal, and pure sand correspond exactly to the array core blank, the mirror array repair, and the purification base wear."

"The responsibility is clear: three mining areas will be used to offset the debt."

Xiao Henian fell silent.

Su Qingxue did not take the opportunity to ask for the Xiao family's residence, inheritance warehouse, or unrelated businesses.

That would actually make it easier for the Xiao family to sue her for malicious annexation.

She only took three mining areas that were directly related to the supply chain of the accident.

There is a reason for everything.

Every single part can pass the system's review.

Xiao Henian said:

"The value of the mining area is higher than the current compensation amount."

"Therefore, it was not a free transfer."

Su Qingxue pushed the new plan forward.

"The compensation amount will be deducted from the first installment payment."

"The remaining amount will be paid by the Su family in three installments."

"The Xiao family retains the original miners and basic management personnel, and their salaries and benefits will not be reduced."

"The entire supply chain related to pollution has been cut off."

After reading it, Xiao Henian found it even harder to refuse.

Su Qingxue did not openly rob her.

She acquired the property based on the inner ring's valuation, only deducting the compensation from the initial payment.

The Xiao family will be able to receive the subsequent payments and also keep the people in the mining area.

If you continue to refuse, the system will initiate a mandatory compensation procedure.

The assets seized at that time may not be limited to just three mines.

"Patriarch Su's calculations are very clear."

"If the accounts aren't clear, there will be more arguments later."

"Aren't you afraid the Xiao family's miners won't cooperate?"

"The contract states that the employee will be retained as normal."

Su Qingxue looked at him.

"Those who perform their duties normally will be paid their wages as usual. Whoever destroys the mines, hides the goods, or alters the accounts for the Xiao family will be held responsible."

Xiao Henian's last shred of hope vanished.

He originally intended to leave a few hidden tricks after signing the agreement, so that the three mining areas would become a burden for the Su family.

Su Qingxue wrote down the responsibilities of each person in advance.

If the Xiao family organizes sabotage, it will be a second breach of contract.

He raised his hand and pressed down on the family head's seal.

The transfer agreement for the three inner-ring mining areas belonging to the Xiao family has taken effect.

The compensation amount will be deducted from the first installment payment.

The remaining balance will be settled in installments.

The current labor relations for workers in the mining area remain unchanged.

[The original supply chain has been completely terminated.]

Qian Shao immediately took over the mine's ledgers and production records.

He used to think that accounting was just about looking at numbers.

I only truly learned today that accounting involves who did what and who is responsible for what extent.

Taking even one more point will give the enemy an opening to appeal.

If we take even one less point, our own people will suffer a loss for nothing.

Shen Banxia turned to the profit distribution page.

What happened to the investigation fund for the Shen family's old case?

Su Qingxue separately allocated a portion of the annual revenue from the clean sand mine.

"Publicly recorded revenue."

"Can't we just give it to the evidence repository?"

"The evidence storage facility can only charge maintenance fees."

"The investigation fund needs to be allocated separately. Qian Shao is responsible for reviewing it, and Zhou Ye is responsible for disclosing the source."

Shen Banxia nodded.

"Okay. As long as people don't say we're making money off our family's inheritance."

"Whoever dares to say that, let him come and see the accounts."

……

After witnessing the entire liquidation process, the merchants outside the warehouse no longer considered Su Qingxue a candidate who relied solely on Qin Feng's protection.

Qin Feng was responsible for turning the enemy's blade back.

Su Qingxue was responsible for turning responsibility into mining areas, sources of goods, and long-term profits.

Neither of them took anything without permission.

But nothing that was supposed to be put into the Su family's account was left out.

The manager of the pharmaceutical alliance finally came over with the contract.

"Mr. Su, are we still open to discussing the accompanying services?"

"talk."

"Can we sign it today?"

"The source, responsibility, and exit conditions must be clearly stated before signing."

Several other merchants also opened up cooperation channels one after another.

They hid far away just now, but they're back quickly now.

Nobody felt ashamed.

In the inner ring of the city, survival is more important than saving face.

The Su family has emerged from the third tier and acquired three more mining areas, thus establishing a stable supply capacity.

Cooperating with this kind of person is a bit complicated in terms of procedures.

At least they won't make their partners take the blame for their dirty laundry.

As the three mining areas were taken over, bells rang out from the direction of the inner ring tower.

As soon as the first sound rang out, all public transportation on the street came to a halt.

As the second sound faded, a gold-edged mark appeared above the Su family's transitional warehouse.

After the third sound ended, the mark slowly unfolded!