Chapter 735: The Things Kang Yali Said

Kang Yali and I clinked glasses.

Although the wine was so good, I tasted a bitter flavor.

This is not wine, but medicine.

A very bitter medicine.

No matter how bitter the medicine, I will drink it.

There are some things I truly cannot figure out.

After drinking a glass of wine,

Kang Yali gestured for me to eat the dishes,

I ate the lamb in big bites.

Kang Yali looked at me and smiled,

"Jianqiang, I love watching you eat, because you eat with such manliness.

A man should devour his food.

Not like a woman, slowly eating.

Only a man with a good appetite can eat the world."

After I swallowed the lamb,

"Ya Li, I don't have such a huge appetite to eat the world.

I just need to see rice in the bowl."

"Don't worry, in the future, there will be not only rice in the bowl but also in the pot, enough for you to eat," Kang Yali added, then picked up a piece of fish for me.

"Ya Li, tell me about your matter, how it got entangled with the Liu Family," I asked directly.

"How should I tell this? I'm afraid you won't believe me if I say it. Come, Jianqiang, let's have another drink," Kang Yali lifted her wine glass.

"Just say it, and I will believe you," I said, holding my glass.

"Alright, here's how it is: I was in the South, working continuously at Mr. Liu's company.

Back then, Mr. Liu sent me to work at Zhang Zong's Southern Group as an undercover.

At that time, Zhang Zong's Southern Group and Mr. Liu's company were competitors.

Mr. Liu sent me there to investigate the Southern Group's network of relations.

It turned out the Southern Group was established in the South by Liu Shiru relying on the Zhou Family's connections.

You should know the South is dominated by the Liu Family, and they didn't want the Zhou Family to intervene.

Later, when your Da Heng Group ran into trouble, Zhang Zong sent me to your Group Company.

Mr. Liu's plan was to sabotage the Southern Group's affairs.

So I caused Niu Ju and Kong Shi to fall out.

Then I tried to help you, preventing the Southern Group from swallowing you. Everything I said is true.

Only the story didn't go as we had planned.

You went to Sijiucheng, approached the Wen Family, and using their connections, defeated the Zhou Family.

After Niu Ju got into trouble, Mr. Liu arranged for me to withdraw.

Everything then waited quietly for events to change," Kang Yali said lightly.

After I heard Kang Yali finish speaking,

"You just said we didn't follow Mr. Liu's wishes.

Then what does Mr. Liu mean."

"Mr. Liu's intention was to let you get through, preventing the Southern Group from acquiring.

Then he would act again to help you. He also has confidence in your Da Heng Group.

Then you would cooperate with Mr. Liu again. It just happened suddenly; even Kong Shi's side gave us no time, and he sent people to capture you.

You fled from the Da Heng Group.

Thus you lost any usefulness, so Mr. Liu abandoned you.

I was only trying to help you.

Actually, I knew long ago about your disguise as Zhou Fuhai, but I pretended not to recognize you to help you.

Jianqiang, even regarding Niu Ju, I have been doing my best to help you.

Perhaps you don't believe.

If you don't believe, there's nothing I can do; it's all in the past.

I am just an ordinary woman, with limited ability.

I helped whenever I should, and I didn't help when I shouldn't.

Especially the romantic matters with Sun Dajun afterward, those were accidental, not in my plan.

By the way, how is Sun Dajun?" Kang Yali asked with an uneasy expression.

"He's fine, sentenced to two years, should be released today," I said, taking a sip of wine.

"Oh, actually I feel quite sorry for Sun Dajun; he's a simple person.

Sigh, I loved someone I shouldn't have. Some things I can't explain to him.

I can only comfort myself with this: in the Martial World, we are not in control of our bodies. I hope Sun Dajun can understand my heart," Kang Yali sighed.

"Sun Dajun will understand. He won't waste his two years in prison. Your matter, both of you, let it rest for now.

Isn't Mr. Liu also eyeing my Da Heng Group?

Actually, if the Southern Group doesn't take it, Mr. Liu will also find a way to take it.

Then cooperate again, I would be the Liu Family's White Glove, right?"

"It should be."

"Brother Jianqiang, today I want to say yes to you,"

"You and I are ordinary people,"

"Living in a small county town is no big deal. After going to some cities to strive, one realizes the importance of one's background."

"If your Da Heng Group were just a small company, it would also be no big deal."

"But your Da Heng Group has already grown to a point that makes others covet it. Many things are no longer under your control."

"Society is like that; without a backing, it's hard to achieve anything. The same goes for a company's development."

"Your Da Heng Group once rose thanks to Zhu Sheng, but Zhu Sheng's foundation is also unstable."

"It can be easily toppled by others."

"Then the Da Heng Group becomes a rootless enterprise,"

"a piece of fat meat that everyone wants a bite of."

"Even without the Zhou Family, there are still the Wang family, Li family, and so on."

"Big fish eat small fish. Small fish eat tiny shrimp. We are all tiny shrimp."

"For a tiny shrimp to become a fish is extremely difficult."

"Many renowned people are White Gloves, merely other people's gloves."

"Just like they are merely tools for handling money."

"We have no way to change it yet."

"I can only tell you this much."

"The Liu Family, Wang Family, and Wen Family are all similar."

"No one is good, no one is bad; each maintains their own interests."

"All are trying to keep their own clan forever lofty, forever enjoying a life above ordinary people."

"Brother Jianqiang, whether you hate me or resent me, I truly have no way out." Kang Yali said, raising her wine glass at that moment.

"I listened to Kang Yali's sigh and stayed silent for a long while."

"I had already understood what Kang Yali said."

"We are rootless people; to find a backing, we must pay far too much."

"Ya Li, if I were to hate you, I wouldn't eat with you."

"I understand your meaning."

"We are all Martial World wanderers, drifting within the Martial World."

"Living with gains and losses, with love and hatred."

"In fact, wealth to us can be either great or small."

"Today's society won't starve anyone; as long as one is willing to work, there are money‑making opportunities everywhere."

"This money can only sustain a livelihood."

"Changing one's fate is very hard."

"I, Zhao Jianqiang, happened to have built up the Da Heng Group."

"The Da Heng Group was built, and I earned that much money."

"But what did all that money bring me,"

"happiness? bliss?"

"none at all."

"It is precisely because of the wealth that disaster was invited."

"I had a car accident; my wife became a vegetative patient."

"To survive, I endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, staying alive."

"I endure suffering that others cannot bear."

"I suffer sins that others cannot endure."

"This abundance of money is a bad thing for me."

"You and I are both mortals; since we have no foundation, we should not covet that sky‑splitting wealth."

"I have already thought it through clearly."

"Just now, Mr. Liu asked me,"

"I answered plainly that the Da Heng Group has no relation to me."

"I, Zhao Jianqiang, have already walked out of that process."

"That is the attitude toward money."

"Small money is one's own, large money belongs to everyone, and even more money belongs to society."

"Small money does small things, big money does big things."

"Thus, we are born with nothing and die taking nothing."

"Ordinary people should not dream of great riches and high status."

"Just eat and drink enough, and that's all." I finished speaking and drained the wine from my cup.

"After I finished speaking, Kang Yali clapped at me with great pleasure,"

"Brother Jianqiang, you finally understand life. Come, I'll have a drink with you."

"You and I are both mortals, born in the human world."

"All day we hustle and suffer, not a moment of leisure… This song sings so well."