Chu Fangzheng dug the soil with a hoe, speaking slowly, “Your sister is doing this for your own good.”
“Brother-in-law, if you hadn’t met my sister, would you have gotten married?”
“No.”
“Then what the hell are you talking about!”
Chu Fang looked helpless.
Zhong Rou plucked a cucumber hanging nearby, rubbed it a few times, took a bite, making a crisp sound, and said while chewing: “Brother-in-law, I’m targeting Huarui Tong, do you have any objections?”
“If I had objections, would you listen?”
“Hmm... I would, but I don't want to listen.”
Chu Fang rolled his eyes at his sister-in-law.
What's the difference between this and dropping your pants to fart?
Just blathering useless nonsense here.
Zhong Rou chuckled: “I was thinking that Shao Bowen is your friend, and Xiao Jin and that Shao Xiang have been friends since childhood.”
“That old codger and I are not friends, we're not close. As for Xiao Jin and Shao Xiang, I don’t know about them.”
“Brother-in-law, you're becoming more and more of a slacker; you don’t care about these things at all.”
“Mind your own business!” Chu Fang was too lazy to pay attention to his sister-in-law.
As the sun set, the family began to eat dinner. At the dinner table, Zhong Tingyue kept scolding Zhong Rou, feeling disappointed in her.
After finishing dinner, Zhong Rou quickly ran away.
The next day, Zhong Rou got up early, went for a run, and then drove to the company.
As soon as she arrived at the company, Wen Qing came over and said, “Rou Rou, someone is looking for you.”
“Who is it?”
“Shao family's youngest son, Shao Xiang.”
Zhong Rou nodded: “Bring him to my office.”
Soon, Shao Xiang entered the office, seeing Zhong Rou eating bread while on a video call with her employees.
While eating, she choked. Shao Xiang poured a glass of water and handed it to Zhong Rou. She took a sip, feeling much better, and gestured for him to sit down as he pleased, continuing the video call.
The video call lasted half an hour. Shao Xiang witnessed firsthand how Zhong Rou worked and how she held meetings with her employees.
Seeing Zhong Rou finish her work, Shao Xiang stood up: “Aunt Zhong Rou.”
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“It’s okay, I’m bored anyway.”
“Indeed!” Zhong Rou nodded, “Huarui Tong Company is entirely controlled by your older brothers and sisters. The company's operations are airtight, and you can't do anything.”
After a pause, she cut straight to the chase: “You came here because of my targeting your company, right? Are you representing Huarui Tong Company, or in a personal capacity?”
“Personally.” Shao Xiang replied, “Aunt Zhong Rou, I hope you will give up targeting our company; it would benefit both of us.”
“Currently, Huarui Tong is operating well, moving towards a higher level; this is unstoppable. What you’re doing will only waste money.”
“Wrong, wrong, wrong.” Zhong Rou shook her head, “But I am making money now.”
“Your company's major shareholders have been manipulating and suppressing the stock price for years, causing the market to severely undervalue the stock. I bought a lot of shares at a low price. As I do this, you are all driving up the stock price, increasing my purchase cost, but in fact, my position is profitable.”
Shao Xiang was silent for less than a second, then said: “You won’t achieve your goals that easily.”
“Nothing in this world is easy; everything requires effort and dedication.”
“I’m sorry for disturbing you today.” Knowing Zhong Rou's determination, Shao Xiang didn't say more.
Then he left. Before leaving, he turned around: “Aunt Zhong Rou, I hope you won’t tell Xiao Jin about this.”
“Why?” Zhong Rou tilted her head, “In other people’s eyes, I’m the one at fault; I’m deliberately stirring up trouble. If Xiao Jin knows, she will only blame me.”
Shao Xiang replied: “I don’t want Xiao Jin to be involved in these things.”
“As long as you don’t say it, why would I?”
“Thank you.”
Seeing Shao Xiang's departing figure, Zhong Rou stroked her chin.
“What’s going on?” He frowned slightly.
An employee covered his face, looking aggrieved: “Young Shao, Manager Liu came to withdraw funds. I just asked about the purpose, and he hit me.”
The Liu manager next to him had a smiling face, looking nonchalant: “Young Shao, I’m withdrawing funds for entertaining clients, which is contributing to the company. It’s too much to ask that you don't cooperate, and even audit our expenses.”
This Manager Liu is the deputy manager of the department, a veteran of the company, and also a confidant of Shao’s eldest son. He has always acted recklessly in the company and doesn't even respect Shao Xiang.
He said: “The audit is what I requested.”
“Oh, it turns out Young Shao requested it. I apologize for that.” Manager Liu was still grinning, “Young Shao, you don’t know the difficulties of our department. We not only have to deal with clients but also with the company; we’re really too busy.”
“Show some mercy and approve the money for us; please do us a favor.” As he spoke, he clasped his hands, looking like he was begging.
Shao Xiang said: “Xiao Dai, release the money to Manager Liu.”
“Okay.”
Manager Liu grinned: “Thank you, Young Shao.”
Shao Xiang knew that he hadn’t been in the company for long and didn’t understand anything about it. No one took him seriously.
Just then, he saw several of his older brothers and sisters rushing out of the office. He asked: “What’s wrong, big brother?”
“Dad is gone.”
Then the Shao family members hurriedly left the company.
... ...
Zhong Rou was exercising in the office when Wen Qing walked in and said: “Rou Rou, Shao Bowen has passed away.”
“Huh? So soon?” Zhong Rou raised her eyebrows, muttering to herself, “That old codger was so promiscuous that his body was ruined; it’s understandable that it was so quick.”
“What should we do next?” Wen Qing asked.
“Hold back and don’t move.”
“Ah?”
“Speak no ill of the dead.”
