Chapter 15: The Days of Rising to Prominence

Jiaci, Li Jiaci...

Please open the door, okay? Please...

I can explain it, I really can explain it...

Inside the room.

No matter how Li Qinglan pleaded, Li Jiaci did not open the door again.

If it weren't for having personally experienced that pain in my previous life.

If it weren't for seeing with my own eyes in this life her rummaging through boxes and cabinets at home looking for money, and even cursing me as a deadbeat.

Based on his feelings for this woman, seeing her like that, it's very likely he would believe her nonsense and forgive her.

But unfortunately, there are no 'ifs' in this world.

He personally experienced it and also heard it with his own ears.

And when he recalled everything from his previous life, Li Jiaci only felt a fire burning in his heart.

This woman is thoroughly rotten and thoroughly wicked.

He absolutely cannot have anything to do with this woman anymore.

And when he thought of this, Li Jiaci couldn't help but feel a moment of stunned bewilderment.

According to Li Qinglan's temperament and nature.

If I refuse her once, she should understand what's going on; she wouldn't keep pestering me over and over.

But she actually did just that, which is clearly abnormal.

Could it be that...

Is it the person behind her, that so-called Team Leader Lin, who hasn't given up on dragging me into his scheme?

When he thought of this,

Li Jiaci suddenly clenched his fists.

It seems he must speed up his pace.

If he waits for them to make another move and still lacks the ability to defend himself, then everything is over.

At the same time.

Outside Li Jiaci's room.

Li Qinglan bitterly pleaded for over half an hour before leaving.

And then she came downstairs.

Looking at the room where the light was still on, her gaze also changed.

From originally being pitiful and frail, she became fierce and vicious.

If it weren't for having to seek Li Jiaci's forgiveness.

And the reason to stay by Li Jiaci's side, why would she keep coming to him over and over?

"Li Jiaci, you wait for me!"

"One day, I will make you regret it, I will make you never recover!"

The next morning.

Li Jiaci was still struggling with that broken chair.

But after trying to piece it together, he gave up, because after he fixed that leg, the chair could no longer be assembled.

"Looks like I need to go buy a new chair..."

This truly is 'when it rains, it pours' (a leaking house meets continuous night rain).

Originally I had no money, and now I still have to go out to buy a chair.

You know, the end of 1998 is exactly when wooden products are at their most expensive.

Wooden products are the most expensive?

Li Jiaci thought of this, and his pupils suddenly froze.

"Damn!"

Li Jiaci cursed under his breath: "Really, I'm getting old, my reactions are slow, how could I forget such an important matter..."

He quickly got up from the floor and ran to glance at the yang almanac.

When he saw that the date written was September 25th, his eyes also began to sparkle!

Li Jiaci lowered his head to look at the broken stool leg in his hand, his eyes growing brighter and brighter, and he suddenly kissed the stool leg: "Whether we brothers can rise to prominence depends entirely on you..."

Having said that,

He then straightaway put on his clothes, ran out of the room, found Li Yihu, and pulled the still-sleeping Li Yihu up from the bed.

"Brother!"

"How come you came over so early?"

Li Jiaci ignored him and directly said: "Go wake Chu Qiang and Wang Lan to assemble downstairs; I'll call Liu Jiang and Zhao Chen."

"Ah?"

Li Yihu asked with a completely bewildered face: "Going out this early? What are you going to do?"

"Doing business!"

Li Jiaci casually replied.

Then he went downstairs to another room to call Liu Jiang and Zhao Chen.

Li Yihu stood at the doorway, his eyes full of confusion: "What kind of business requires getting up this early?"

However, he didn't hesitate either; he immediately went back to his room, got dressed, and went to wake the others as well.

About ten or more minutes later.

The five of them all came downstairs.

Because they had just been dragged out of bed, they could barely keep their eyes open.

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and get in the car!"

Li Jiaci had already warmed up the car, and he straightaway told the few people: "We need to hurry; if we're late, we'll miss this batch."

The few exchanged a glance.

Then they opened the car door and climbed inside.

Once the few were seated, Li Jiaci immediately started the car and drove onto the main road.

"Brother!"

"It's only 4:30 now."

"What business requires leaving this early?"

Li Yihu said: "You wouldn't be thinking of taking us to set up a stall at the market, would you?"

"Setting up a stall, my ass."

"The money from a street stall isn't even enough for you to eat."

Li Jiaci couldn't be bothered with him, furrowed his brow and asked Zhang Chuqiang, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Chuqiang, is Lu San's Mu Cai Chang in this direction?"

Zhang Chuqiang lifted his head, looked around, and nodded.

"Yes, it's this way."

"Go straight on this road for half an hour, you'll see a green sign, then turn right and drive forty minutes to get there."

Li Jiaci didn't say anything more.

He gave it full throttle, heading straight for Mu Cai Chang.

If he remembered correctly, the government would introduce a new forest protection law in a few days.

At that time, lumber prices across the country would also rise like a rocket.

And if they could stockpile a batch of lumber now, they naturally wouldn't have to worry about startup funds.

But Li Jiaci knew what he had to do, while the others didn't.

Li Yihu whispered to Liu Jiang beside him: "What do you think big brother is up to? He wouldn't be taking us to do day‑labor jobs, would he?"

"I don't know."

Liu Jiang shook his head.

Zhao Chen also came over at this point: "Isn't it said that business at Mu Cai Chang is terrible now? If we go looking for day‑labor work, would they even want us?"

The few exchanged glances, then fell silent, saying nothing more.

Li Jiaci up front also couldn't be bothered with them, focusing all his attention on driving.

Previous life.

For various reasons.

He hadn't touched a car in a long time.

Moreover, he had forgotten the road conditions around here, and now he was extremely nervous.

Fortunately, there aren't many cars on the road these days, especially at this time, so there are even fewer.

After driving for over an hour on the road, the number of cars he saw could be counted on two hands.

……

One and a half hours later.

The car stopped in front of a huge factory.

Li Jiaci glanced left and right, then turned to ask Zhang Chuqiang: "Is this it?"

Zhang Chuqiang also jumped out of the car, looked around, then hopped to look at the courtyard, before turning back to Li Jiaci and saying: "Brother, this is it, this is the Mu Cai Chang opened by Lu San."

Li Jiaci looked up.

A high arc curled at the corner of his mouth; the days of glory for him and his brothers were already within reach!