Chapter 1036

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai came out of the construction site and got into his ride.

Only at this moment did he feel the pain transmitting from his hand.

Looking at the wound on the back of his hand where the skin was peeling and bleeding, he began to feel a bit of lingering fear.

He didn't know if Yang Xiaoxiong would report it to the police; if he did, handling it would be quite troublesome.

In the eyes of outsiders, he might be that General Manager Wang with great influence, who operates in both the legal and illegal spheres.

But only he himself knew that he actually had no background or backing to rely on.

If Yang Xiaoxiong reported it to the police, he would most likely have to pay a significant price to settle the matter.

He hurriedly took out a cigarette and lit one to calm his nerves.

Now he could only hope that the violent beating just now would deter Yang Xiaoxiong; as long as Yang Xiaoxiong was deterred, everything would be easy to handle.

He just feared Yang Xiaoxiong wouldn't accept it and would choose retaliation.

But things having come to this, he could only take it one step at a time.

In any case, he would not regret it.

Even if he had to do it all over again, he would still choose to ruthlessly beat Yang Xiaoxiong up!

That experience of being cheated into a pyramid scheme back then nearly drove him out of his mind; he returned to his hometown to recuperate for a good long while before gradually recovering.

Now that there was an opportunity for revenge, naturally he could not miss it.

Especially since he learned that Yang Xiaoxiong was now just a low-level renovation worker scraping by at the bottom!

This person has no background and no ability now; if he doesn't retaliate now, when will he wait until?

Wang Erhai finished a cigarette, then made a call to Liang Xinghua:

"Xiong Hua Shu, put the word out — all outsourced projects connected to Liguo Mountain cannot hire a worker named Yang Xiaoxiong."

Liang Xinghua is now the head of a Liguo Mountain subsidiary, specifically in charge of the outsourced workers.

This one call from Wang Erhai to Liang Xinghua was equivalent to blacklisting Yang Xiaoxiong in the county town's renovation industry.

After all, Liguo Mountain Decoration Company now controls over sixty percent of the renovation business in the county town.

Yang Xiaoxiong taking on some private jobs on his own might still let him pick up some scraps.

But wanting to make a name for himself in the county town's renovation industry — that's impossible now.

This was equivalent to completely strangling Yang Xiaoxiong's chance to turn things around.

"Okay, I'll send the notice down in a moment... but, General Manager Wang, who is this Yang Xiaoxiong, that you have to treat him like this?"

Liang Xinghua asked with an extra question.

Wang Erhai smiled:

"Rest assured, just a small figure, my high school classmate, the one who cheated me into the pyramid scheme back then was him."

Liang Xinghua immediately understood:

"Right, then he must be blacklisted from the whole industry!"

So he hung up Wang Erhai's phone and immediately sent the notice down.

Anyway, Yang Xiaoxiong was just a figure as small as they come; blacklisted is blacklisted, it absolutely wouldn't have any impact on the company's business.

Liang Xinghua had just sent the notice down when his mobile phone rang again.

He took it out to look — it was actually Zhong Liying calling.

"Hello, Liying, what's up?"

Zhong Liying's voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Xinghua, how's the bride price money situation?"

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua's heart gave a jolt, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Before the Spring Festival, Zhong Liying had him secretly divert some company money for the bride price; now it was just the first day back at work after the holiday, and unexpectedly she was urging him again.

"I'm looking for an opportunity right now; you can't just take it directly, wait a bit more, okay?"

Liang Xinghua said truthfully.

Although he was the head of this subsidiary, matters involving company finances weren't something he could decide on his own.

So he really couldn't just take it directly; he had to find an opportunity to make a move.

"I can wait, but my parents can't wait; they just called to urge me again."

Zhong Liying's tone was a bit impatient.

She also said:

"If you really don't want to get married, I won't make things difficult for you either."

Liang Xinghua could only hurriedly comfort her:

"I didn't say I don't want to marry; give me a few more days, alright?"

Zhong Liying said:

"Then hurry up, don't dilly-dally; right now just after the holiday everyone's still not in the groove, it's your best chance to make a move; once the company resumes normal operation later, you'll have even less chance."

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua also felt it made some sense.

It's just that in his heart he actually didn't want to do this kind of thing.

He was an honest man.

And he had been honest for more than half his life.

He had never even done something like taking small advantages.

When his mother hanged herself inside the Wang Family New Building back then, he did not take the opportunity to blackmail the Wang Family for money; instead, he felt his mother had been wrong and specially went to apologize to the Wang Family.

For such a person, to have him misappropriate public funds—to be honest, he really could not bring himself to do it!

So he weakly said:

"Liying, why don't we go talk to your parents again?"

Zhong Liying got angry:

"Their attitude is already very clear; what more is there to discuss? If you have this attitude, then let's not get married!"

Liang Xinghua had no choice but to hurry and apologize:

"Don't be angry, I was wrong, I will gather the 288,000 bride price as soon as possible!"

Zhong Liying, hearing this, her emotions finally calmed somewhat:

"You must not disappoint me; for you, I have given too much, you have no idea how others look at me, saying I followed you, this old man, for your money; the rumors and gossip outside are almost making me collapse!"

Liang Xinghua felt full of self-reproach:

"Liying, sorry, I was wrong, I failed to protect you well."

Zhong Liying added:

"Also, there is no woman in this world who would accept a child that does not belong to her, but for you, I still chose to accept! Do you know how much courage and determination that takes?"

After Zhong Liying said this, Liang Xinghua felt even more self-reproachful and guilty.

"Liying, I made you suffer; I guarantee that after we get married in the future, I will definitely treat you well and make you happy for the rest of your life!"

Zhong Liying, however, said:

"I don't even dare to hope for happiness anymore; I just hope that by then things won't end up in chaos. After we get married, we must have a child of our own; then, how you handle the matter of you and your ex-wife's child, how she is in this family, how we get along with her?"

Hearing these words, Liang Xinghua felt not only self-reproach but also moved.

He felt Zhong Liying was already considering things after marrying him and having children, which meant she had decided to spend her life with him.

But he still hesitated because of the matter of misappropriating public funds, unwilling to take risks to do certain things.

Wasn't this too useless, too lacking in responsibility?

Was he still a man?

He had been useless for a lifetime!

This time he had to be a man once!

Thinking this way, Liang Xinghua made up his mind.

He must get 288,000 out of the company within three days!

Zhong Liying was right; this matter should be done early, not delayed!

To avoid complications!

He was the head of this Liguo Mountain subsidiary company; if he couldn't even come up with this bit of money, wouldn't he be too incompetent!