Li Yang finally snapped out of it. He’d been taking her venomous jabs all day—he wouldn’t be a man if he didn’t get her back!
"And here I thought there’d be something to see. How unremarkable!" Li Yang even shook his head.
"You bastard, what did you just say?!" Qin Susu was about to explode.
’Somehow, that was even more infuriating than him peeking at me.’
’How dare you call me unremarkable!’
Li Yang quickly fled back to his room.
’That woman is probably fuming mad right now.’
’Whatever. Time for sleep!’
But just as he lay down, he heard a knock on the door.
Li Yang felt helpless. ’This woman...’
’Forget it. You win!’
After a moment’s thought, Li Yang climbed out his window, circled around to the back, re-entered the living room, and carried away the bucket of water he had treated with his thumb ring. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
’Looks like I won’t be getting any sleep tonight. In that case, I might as well go water all the vegetables on the plot that Sister-in-law Liyun sold me.’
’I’ll harvest the vegetables first thing in the morning. That’s the priority. That way, Han Qiuyue can take them back with her.’
Li Yang kept busy until just before dawn, finally finishing his work.
"Xiaoyang, you’re up so early?" Bright and early, Zhou Liyun had arrived to pick vegetables.
Not only had Li Yang bought her vegetable plot, but he was also paying her to manage it, so naturally, she had to be diligent.
"Sister-in-law Liyun..." Li Yang nodded. "Go ahead and start harvesting. Just let me know when you’re done. Manager Han is still at my house. I won’t be making the delivery today; she can take them back herself."
"Okay!"
Seeing the sun was about to rise, Li Yang snuck back into the house.
Just as he expected, Qin Susu, unable to find him, had long since gone to sleep.
Li Yang took a refreshing shower and lay down on his bed again.
He drifted off and slept until around nine o’clock.
Li Yang was startled awake by the sound of someone banging on his door.
He pushed the door open to see Qin Susu staring at him, her cheeks puffed out in anger.
Clearly, she was still angry about last night.
"You guys haven’t left yet?" Li Yang asked nonchalantly, seemingly oblivious to the murderous look in Qin Susu’s eyes.
"You..." Qin Susu gritted her teeth.
Han Qiuyue pulled her back from behind and said with a smile, "We’ve received the vegetables, and we can take them back ourselves. We won’t trouble you to make the trip today."
"Alright!" Li Yang nodded. "As for that wild boar, just let me know when you want it, and I’ll go catch one for you."
"Okay!" Han Qiuyue nodded. "Susu, aren’t you going to thank him for saving your life yesterday?"
"Cousin, I..." Qin Susu gritted her teeth, still indignant.
Li Yang gave a smug chuckle.
"You just wait!" Qin Susu huffed, turned, and stormed off.
Soon, they drove away with the vegetables.
Only then did Li Yang go out to find Zhou Liyun. "Sister-in-law Liyun, from now on, you’ll manage these vegetables for me. I’ll give you a fixed salary, three thousand a month. How does that sound?"
"Okay!" Zhou Liyun naturally agreed without hesitation.
"Right, you haven’t told anyone about those little yellow flowers, have you?" Li Yang asked.
"No, only we know about them," Zhou Liyun nodded.
’Good!’
"I’m going to dig some up and try to plant them, see if they’ll grow." With that, Li Yang went to dig up the flowers.
After digging up several dozen stalks and planting them in the field behind his house, Li Yang picked a few more of the flowers and headed into the city.
"Aunt Rong..." After getting through to Zhang Rong’s phone, Li Yang asked, "Didn’t you say we started a company? Where is it?"
"I’ll send you the address... You’re coming over right now?" Aunt Rong sounded a little surprised.
"That’s right, I’m already in the city!" Li Yang said with a smile.
"Alright then, head to the address. Yun Meng is there."
Following the GPS navigation, Li Yang soon arrived at Yunrong Cosmetics Company.
He parked his small pickup truck and went straight to the front desk. "I’m looking for..."
He was halfway through his sentence when he felt someone staring at him from behind.
It made him uncomfortable. He turned his head and was surprised to see He Hui.
"You actually followed me here?" He Hui looked at Li Yang, slightly angry.
"No, I came here to..." It seemed He Hui had misunderstood, so Li Yang quickly tried to explain.
"Stop explaining!" A trace of disgust appeared on He Hui’s face. "Li Yang, I really didn’t expect you to be this kind of person."
Just then, one of the girls who had been shopping with He Hui the other day also walked over.
If Li Yang remembered correctly, her name was Liu Qian, and she was also one of his former classmates.
"Li Yang, do you still not get it?" Liu Qian walked over, speaking with disdain. "We’re not in the same league anymore. See this? Yunrong Company. Do you know who the boss is? It was founded by Su Yunmeng, the famous beautiful boss from our very own Ruizhou. This is a new company, and since Huihui and I are here from the start, we’re basically founding members. If this company goes public, we’ll get dividends. You’re way out of our league now. Stop coming after Huihui. You’re not worthy!"
Li Yang was so angry he had to laugh.
This Liu Qian had always been the type to despise the poor and fawn over the rich, looking down on classmates like him who came from the countryside to attend school.
To think that after several years, she still had the same awful personality.
"He Hui, I really didn’t follow you here..." Li Yang explained earnestly. "I just came here to..."
"I’m not interested in hearing your nonsense!" He Hui sneered. "Li Yang, Liu Qian’s words might have been harsh, but she was telling the truth. Don’t come looking for me anymore."
With that, she turned and walked away.
"Did you hear that!" Liu Qian said coldly. "Li Yang, the most important thing is to know your place. Don’t get any more ideas about Huihui!"
After saying her piece, she followed He Hui.
’Are they fucking crazy?’
Li Yang couldn’t help but curse inwardly. ’What a bunch of idiots!’
He shook his head, then turned back to the receptionist. "Which office is Boss Su in? Could you give her a call and tell her Li Yang is here?"
The receptionist was a bit dazed, but she quickly made the call.
"Mr. Li, please follow me!" After getting confirmation, the receptionist led Li Yang upstairs.
They went all the way up to the eighth floor before the elevator stopped.
Li Yang couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement. ’Looks like Su Yunmeng is seriously wealthy,’ he thought. ’She laid low for two years, and then opens up a company this big right off the bat.’
"You’re here!" Inside the office, Su Yunmeng, dressed in a wine-red business suit, stood up with a smile.
With that one smile, Li Yang felt as if everything around them had lost its color.
"Have a seat!" Su Yunmeng gestured for Li Yang to sit.
Just as Li Yang sat down, a few people entered behind him, seemingly moving things into the office.
One of them, shockingly, was He Hui.
He Hui had been feeling quite pleased with herself, but she froze the moment she saw Li Yang sitting there.
Then, she heard her boss ask Li Yang, "For our partnership, what percentage cut are you thinking of?"
Li Yang paused for a second, a little confused.
"How about a fifty-fifty split?" Su Yunmeng said earnestly. "One of us provides the raw materials, and the other handles sales and so on."
"Deal!" Li Yang nodded, having no objections.
Behind them, He Hui looked as if she was about to collapse.
’So Li Yang really wasn’t here for me,’ she realized. ’He’s one of the bosses!’