Chapter 1002: Still Taking It

In the top-floor private room of Zhezhen Garden, unsurprisingly, Li Li also asked about Miss Wang.

"How is it? Burned out, right?" Li Li raised the corners of her mouth, looking like she was watching the fun.

"Miss Wang's matter has been solved, but it was just a purchase order, proving the value, which proved Miss Wang's innocence. But it can indeed be considered burned out; for this purchase order, that group of people at Night Tokyo almost overturned the house."

"Tell me about it?"

Seeing her gossiping look, Wang Yan couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, but still explained the ins and outs of the matter to her.

After hearing Wang Yan's account, Li Li smiled: "I understand, these people all do business with President Bao."

"President Bao is a person who values human feelings and pays attention to face. Tao Tao paid money to let him earn the first pot of gold, Lingzi can be considered to have helped him solve the difficulty of the first foreign trade business, and served as his translator in Japan.

As for Ling Hong, President Bao had no money at that time, hungry and cold, Ling Hong worked in a ramen shop, and in a bowl of ordinary ramen, she insisted on adding many things, letting him eat until he was full. Teacher Ge is a bit worse, but he also gave convenience when renting a house, helping to contact some people for renovation, etc.

So President Bao knows some of their little thoughts, but has always pretended not to see them."

"I heard that every time you go on a business trip, you bring them gifts when you return, and Maotai is moved into Night Tokyo box by box. Looking at it this way, you are also a person who values human feelings and pays attention to face."

Wang Yan laughed: "I'm just because I got rich too fast, and have too few friends. But generally speaking, that group at Night Tokyo has many small problems, but they are all not bad. Of course, this Ling Hong is indeed worse, but having known each other for so many years, she didn't say she wanted me to give her a way to make money, this point is commendable."

"That's true, you Wang Laoban are the God of Wealth. It's just that Night Tokyo still earns a few bottles of wine from you, but I have been losing money since I opened."

"They all say women are fickle, I see it's not wrong at all. Before, you told me that coming to Zhezhen Garden at any time was free, now you say you're losing money on me."

Li Li raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Before was before, now is now."

While speaking, the dishes were already served, and the two sat down to eat.

"Do you still remember that Qiang Mujie I told you about last time?"

"The one who looks down on me and wants to make me lose everything—how could I forget?" Speaking of this, Wang Yan also shook his head with amusement. So, people must have knowledge and professional culture; Qiang Mujie's confidence lies right there.

Qiang Mujie thinks Wang Yan is a lucky person with big guts and good luck, a country bumpkin who has no culture and acts arrogant just because he has a little dirty money. This is the arrogance of a high-level intellectual who has studied abroad.

Little does he know that the ocean of knowledge in Wang Mou's brain could drown him, and even an aircraft carrier battle group would get lost in it.

"The main force from Shenzhen has already arrived, and the Shanghai headquarters of Nanguo Investment is in the Lianyi Building. And I also heard that the Shanghai Stock Exchange is conducting research to allow legal entities to open securities accounts, opening the door for institutions to enter the market, raising the Shanghai Stock Exchange from a regional market to a national market. This means a great prosperity for the stock market, and it also means Qiang Mujie's revenge operation is about to begin."

Wang Yan certainly doesn't think so, because next year, there will be a round of stock market crashes with violent rises and falls. The stock market prospers for the bookmakers and the high-level executives of listed companies.

"Actually, the best way is not to participate. For someone like Qiang Mujie who is holding back his thoughts to find trouble, there will be no shortage of irregular operations; in a few years, he should be inside."

"Afraid?"

"You asked that before." Wang Yan shook his head and laughed, "I provide the capital; the one doing the work is still Bao Zong. He likes playing with stocks, and if someone comes to the door to fight, he certainly doesn't want to hide."

"Pretty good; when the time comes, I can also take the opportunity to earn some money to pay off my debts."

Looking at her sparkling eyes, Wang Yan simply took a checkbook out of his pocket, and under Li Li's gaze, began to fill in the numbers and sign his name. Then, pressing the check with two fingers, he moved it in front of Li Li.

Li Li picked up the check, looked at the string of zeros on it, as well as the words 'Forty Million Yuan', and flicked it with her finger: "To tell the truth, this is the largest single check I've ever seen in my life."

Seeing Wang Yan smile without speaking, she asked again, "Not afraid I'll run away?"

"The truth is, I'm not afraid." Wang Yan reached out and pulled Li Li.

Li Li also cooperated by sitting on his lap, and naturally wrapped her arms around Wang Yan's neck: "What about the lie?"

"The truer truth is, you can't run."

"So confident?"

"It's not that I'm confident; it's that I think highly of you."

Li Li smiled, blinked her big eyes, looked fixedly at Wang Yan, and took the initiative to lean forward and kiss Wang Yan's mouth.

After a long while, their lips parted, and she smiled: "Thank you for thinking highly of me."

"You said before that it's better after brushing your teeth."

"Didn't you also say it wasn't really clean?" Li Li shook the check in her hand and said, "I won't cash the check, but I want to keep it as a souvenir. As for the money, it's better to pay it back myself."

"You have persistence." Wang Yan laughed, "It's all up to you. The check has a cashing date of ten days starting from today; it will be void after it expires. During this period, if you change your mind, you can cash it at any time."

Li Li gave him another shallow kiss, then got up and sat on a chair to the side, carefully put away the check, and then smoothed her hair: "Shall we go to my place after dinner?"

"You'd better think it through; once you take this step, there's no turning back."

"You say it as if we're doing something bad. I'm thirty years old, not some little girl who doesn't understand anything." Giving Wang Yan a charming, sideways glance, Li Li, with flushed cheeks, continued to eat her meal.

Wang Yan smiled, picked up his wine glass, and began to drink...

Truth be told, it has been several months since the two met, and they had been going out to play every day before, so they were already very familiar with each other in all aspects. Especially from Li Li's perspective, she understood Wang Yan more than Wang Yan understood her.

They had chatted, kissed, and touched, and today Wang Yan didn't say a word before opening a forty-million check for her to pay off her debts. She didn't know how much money Wang Yan had, but she clearly knew the weight of forty million, because that was the account she had to settle for herself and for the past.

Just as she said, she was not some little girl who didn't understand anything. Since she had understood and had contact, and now that Wang Yan dared to give her forty million without having succeeded yet, how could she, a woman who lacked support and security, have so much nonsense?

As for Boss Abao, who resembled Mr. A, she might feel close because of the similar appearance and thus develop some feelings, or she might keep her distance because she didn't want to stir up sad memories or find another person who was the same. So, in the presence of him, Wang Mou, it could only be the latter.

So after dinner, Wang Yan drove Li Li to Taojiang Road; the house Li Li rented was there.

It was an old building, but the interior decoration had a very old flavor; it was an old building from before the liberation. The house Li Li rented was on the top floor, an apartment with a not-small area.

It's just that Wang Yan didn't have time to look, because after entering the room and closing the door, Li Li took the initiative to kiss him. Wang Yan just lifted her with both hands, and Li Li's two big legs wrapped around his waist...

Li Li was a woman with a story, a woman suppressing her worries, a woman lacking security and support. Just as Lingzi needed an outlet, Li Li also needed an outlet. At this moment, there was a man who could see through her weakness, gave her a strong sense of security, and touched the softness in her heart.

Her outlet was found.

Not to mention it was the authentic activity between men and women, and Wang Yan was so powerful; the charm of the flaming red lips and big waves was displayed to the fullest, and the joy in this is truly hard to tell others...

"Hoo..."

Exhaling a long puff of smoke, Li Li, lying lazily in Wang Yan's arms, spoke with a hoarse voice, low and weak, "I know now why you want to find so many women."

"Then I'm afraid you've misunderstood. I just like too many women, and a marriage certificate can't hold them all." Wang Yan was also smoking, but at the same time playing with the big treasure, "According to your meaning, what I should actually do is put several women in one bed and sleep together."

"What you say makes sense. I really didn't expect your body to be so good. When I sat on your lap before, you didn't have any reaction at all, and I thought you..."

"That's called sitting in the lap without being chaotic. I didn't expect you to be so open."

"Don't like it?" Li Li extinguished the smoke and reached out to tease.

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but add some force to his hand, nodding with a smile: "I like it to death. It's a good thing that everyone enjoys, so it's about refreshing the body and mind."

Li Li also laughed, her hand movements didn't stop, but she turned to talk about serious business: "Let me tell you about the past."

"Say it if you want."

"Actually, my name is not Li Li, but Chen Zhen. In ninety-one..."

Following Li Li's narration, those young people with ideals and ambitions who were the first batch to return from studying abroad to participate in the country's economic construction formed an alliance to work hard for a common cause, how difficult it was to lobby others to obtain funds, how they manipulated the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to earn money and develop and grow, how it collapsed, and where the people who scattered are now.

Of course, there was no shortage of things between Li Li and Mr. A, as well as what happened after they broke up, etc., and how she ran to Shanghai step by step to open Zhizhenyuan, all the way to the bed now, in Wang Yan's arms.

"Saying dead people is definitely wrong, but this Mr. A is quite average. He harvested people's wealth and even came up with a set of his own great, glorious, and correct theories, and even brainwashed his subordinates to instill this kind of thinking. He didn't die unjustly; it was still late when you met me."

"Then aren't you still paying back money for me?"

"Hearing me say Mr. A is no good, you are unhappy, but don't torture my brother. If it has a problem, you'll be the one to regret it."

Li Li gave him a charming, sideways glance, but still became gentle.

Wang Yan replied: "You also said it was paying back money for you. You wanted to take on those thirty-plus million to settle an account for yourself, and I took a fancy to you. Otherwise, no matter how much money I have, even if my head was kicked by a donkey, I wouldn't be so stupid, right?"

"Are you always this generous?"

"I thought you already knew."

"That Betty, of course I know. It's just that when it comes to myself, it's inevitable that it still feels like a dream, unreal."

"Is it real now?"

Li Li's breathing stalled for a moment, and then she took the initiative to kiss him...

The wild Li Li still had factors of venting and resolving, plus the long period of emptiness, and the stimulation of Wang Yan's forty million, which to a certain extent boosted her spirit...

A new day is a sunny day, but in Shanghai in June, it has already become very hot.

The sun shines on the earth, and a clear breeze blows between heaven and earth. This light penetrates the glass, penetrates the white gauze curtains rippling in the breeze, and shines softly on the naked men and women on the bed.

The sound of "Ding... ding... ding" rang out, Li Li muttered impatiently, trying hard to block it out, and also trying hard to wake herself up; she struggled in the chaos.

Wang Yan picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and answered: "I am Wang Yan."

"Oh my, Little Northeast, this is terrible; Lingzi is missing. I went for a walk after breakfast, and when I passed by Ye Tokyo, I saw Xiao Wen, Xiao Qin, and Little Monk squatting at the door eating popsicles. I asked and only then learned that Lingzi didn't come.

Then I went to find Ling Hong, but Ling Hong also said she hadn't seen anyone. It just so happened that Tao Tao came to deliver goods, so I took them to knock on Lingzi's door together, but there was no sound at all. Tao Tao is strong and kicked the door open. After entering, Ling Hong looked around and found that Lingzi's clothes were much fewer. It looks like she left overnight last night."

"Then you call Bao Zong."

"Tao Tao is calling next to me. In short, if you are not busy, come over quickly. Alright, that's it, you come over quickly."

Li Li leaned over in a daze and nestled into Wang Yan's arms: "Who is in trouble?"

"Oh my, Little Northeast, you really are, how should I put it, you..."

Wang Yan hung up the phone, didn't listen to the old guy's nagging, put the mobile phone aside, and hugged Li Li to talk: "The group of people at Ye Tokyo I told you about yesterday, didn't they have a conflict? As a result, Lingzi was found missing this morning. Teacher Ge called me anxiously and asked me to go over."

"Such a big person, can she still get lost? If she wants to leave, you won't be able to find her even if you look." Li Li became more spirited and asked in turn, "Is it because this Lingzi has a conflict with Bao Zong?"

"You are able to grasp the main contradiction." Wang Yan nodded with a smile, "I guess, Lingzi and Bao Zong had a showdown last night, and the result is definitely not ideal. Lingzi left in a fit of anger and packed her luggage to leave. Maybe she wants to relax, or maybe she will never come back."

"Which possibility is greater?"

"Relaxing. Lingzi doesn't have many friends. At this age, going to a strange place alone and making friends again is actually a very painful thing. So I think she is just going out for a walk and will come back after adjusting for a period of time. Get up? Let's have breakfast together. I'll send you to Huanghe Road first."

"Don't want to move, I'll go over in the afternoon." Li Li stretched lazily, not caring at all about being fully exposed.

Wang Yan pulled a thin quilt over her stomach, got up, put on his clothes, and said: "Then you lie down, I'll go downstairs to buy breakfast for you and come back before leaving."

"Hmm."

Wang Yan's movements were very quick; he soon went downstairs, brought back a breakfast, put it on the table outside, and left after giving an instruction.

"Wait." At this time, Li Li inside the room shouted, "Are you coming back tonight?"

"I'm going to Huanghe Road for dinner."

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Li Li in the bedroom lay flat; she narrowed her eyes and smiled contentedly, her body and mind were filled...

A black, inconspicuous black Santana stopped at the entrance of Ye Tokyo. Wang Yan smiled and responded to the greeting of someone he knew who was passing by, pushed open the shop door with a bell tied to it, and walked in.

As soon as he entered, six pairs of eyes looked over in unison.

"Bao Zong didn't come over?" While speaking, Wang Yan reached out and pulled a can of refreshing herbal tea from the boxes of drinks piled at the door.

"Didn't come. He just said he knew, and also said Lingzi wouldn't be gone for too long and would definitely come back, then said he was busy and hung up the phone." Tao Tao supported his chin, weak and powerless.

"Oh my, I really misjudged Bao Zong; he doesn't care about Lingzi at all." Ling Hong was filled with righteous indignation.

Teacher Ge looked disdainful: "Oh my, you still have the nerve to say that. If it weren't for you, everyone would be fine now; where would there be so many things?"

"Don't push everything onto me, okay?" Ling Hong defended herself with a loud voice, "I figured it out; Lingzi is angry, of course, because I did somersaults to earn her money. But more than that, it's those things you said about her, like being old..."

"Didn't you say it? You were the one who said the most serious things. Teacher Ge and I were still holding back yesterday; we didn't tell Lingzi the even uglier things you said."

"Alright, alright." Wang Yan tapped the table with the herbal tea, letting everyone quiet down, "I think Bao Zong is right; Lingzi is just going out for a period of time..."

After hearing Wang Yan's statement, Teacher Ge said: "Then what if she doesn't come back? I'm eating quite well here..."

"Oh my, you old guy, I thought you were talking about feelings, but I didn't expect you to be afraid of eating cold leftovers?" Tao Tao condemned Teacher Ge.

"Nonsense, I'm worried about her not coming back first, then worried about me eating cold leftovers, understand? The former is feelings, the latter is my predicament. You call me old guy, old guy, don't you know how old I am? Oh my, thinking about it is truly desolate. When I was young, my family's factory and house were divided, and later when I grew up, I became a teacher.

The wife I finally managed to get didn't have a few good days, died in dystocia, and the child couldn't be saved either. Now that I'm old, I'm alone, and my body is not good..."

"Oh my, I've heard you say that eight hundred times." Ling Hong patted the table impatiently, "Can you stop chanting?"

"Lingzi will definitely come back, in ten or eight days at the shortest, and three to five months at the longest."

Wang Yan said while drinking herbal tea, "Even if Lingzi doesn't come back, isn't this shop Bao Zong's? If he doesn't care, then I'll take over. Even if I lose money every day, I won't lose much. It's no big deal, stop nagging."

"Little Northeast, I knew you were the most conscientious; I didn't misjudge you. When you first came here..."

"Shut up quickly, otherwise you pay for the meal."

This trick is very useful; Teacher Ge immediately stopped casting spells, but his eyeballs rolled, and he asked again: "I called you before and heard a woman talking. That voice sounded like she hadn't woken up yet. What's your situation?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I wanted to ask just now. Wang Laoban, reveal a little?"

"You two pay. Why do you care about so much idle business?"

Wang Yan ignored them and nodded toward Little Monk and others sitting in the back, "Don't just stand there, clean up and get to work quickly. It's almost noon; you still have to earn the money you should earn. Re-label the prices; there's no Bao Zong now, so it's not easy to slaughter others.

Now that Lingzi is gone, Teacher Ge, you collect the money here, help serve plates, take drinks, etc., and keep the accounts. Ling Hong, your shop business is not busy, so come over and help. Tao Tao, stop messing around; anyway, you don't want to go home, so work here. If you want to eat, if you don't pay money, then put in effort. Any problems?"

"Little Northeast, you arranged everything so clearly for us, what are you doing?"

"I'm watching." Wang Yan glanced at Teacher Ge, as well as Tao Tao and Ling Hong who obviously wanted to speak, "Is my wine drunk for nothing? Or should I move all the Moutai here away?"

"Alright, having money makes sense, having no money makes no sense; eating people's food makes one's mouth soft, taking people's hands makes one soft. Oh my, my life is bitter..." Teacher Ge started to moan...

Without Lingzi, this group of people at Ye Tokyo is very laborious to do things. Don't look at Lingzi as not being good at this or that, but she is very crisp and neat. The remaining three people are not good; they drag their feet and don't produce results, while dragging their feet and fighting with words. They are missing Lingzi and recalling the past. They are all stories that have already been told, and they have to be dug out and continued to be recited again.

It is the one in the original drama, Tao Tao talks about him being sick, being in the same hospital with that Japanese person, that Japanese person having no one to care for him, Boss Abao selling Ban Lan Gen, seeing this Japanese person pitiful, sending some medicine, thus making friends. It is also Ling Hong nagging about some things that happened when Boss Abao went to Japan.

They also have to discuss whether Lingzi is better with Boss Abao or with the international student she met in Japan. When opinions differ, they have to argue and debate.

Wang Yan was too lazy to pay attention to them; after experiencing a chaotic noon, he ate lunch here and left, letting them continue to be messy.

After all, he wanted to deepen his relationship with Li Li, and actually, he should pay more attention to Miss Wang, but Miss Wang had just experienced human affairs for the first time and really needed to rest well for two days. And the mess on Wang Yan's side, although the relationship is indeed deep, Miss Wang always has to think about it well by herself and heal herself. Being worried about gains and losses is a normal situation.

These things, no matter how much Wang Yan says, are useless. On one hand, Miss Wang needs to think it through herself, and on the other hand, she still needs to have deeper contact. After all, pain and happiness, in the end, still carry pain; it must be happy...