Chapter 1205: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1205: You Told Me So Much, What Exactly Do You Want To Do

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai had indeed never mentioned those so-called outrageous rumors to Zhang Yueran; he only told Zhang Yueran that internal strife at the top of Liguo Mountain was severe, he didn't want to keep draining himself there, so he resigned.

Zhang Yueran respected Wang Erhai's choice and trusted Wang Erhai's character, so she didn't inquire too deeply.

Unexpectedly, Wang Erhai had been gone from Liguo Mountain for so long, yet Huo Guoqiang suddenly came knocking.

Huo Guoqiang said:

"Liguo Mountain previously established a Public Relations Department; inside the Public Relations Department there was a Song and Dance Troupe, every single one in the Song and Dance Troupe was a top-tier beautiful woman. Your husband, due to business reasons, took quite a few of the Song and Dance Troupe's beautiful women out to entertain public relations clients, making no small contribution to the company. But precisely because of this, he was exploited by people with ulterior motives, who used this to manipulate and threaten him, saying they would tell you that he had affairs with the beautiful women in the company's Song and Dance Troupe. He didn't want any misunderstandings with you, so he had no choice but to leave the company."

"This……"

Zhang Yueran exclaimed in surprise: "This Song and Dance Troupe matter, he never mentioned it to me?"

Huo Guoqiang said:

"How would he dare mention it to you? Once mentioned he'd fear you'd misunderstand, but in reality he guarded his personal bottom line very strictly; he fundamentally never touched those women in the Song and Dance Troupe."

Zhang Yueran fell silent, her expression heavy.

Although Huo Guoqiang put it this way, was the truth really so?

She indeed should trust her own husband's character, but what if……

Also, Huo Guoqiang suddenly showed up at her door today and said these things to her — what exactly was his purpose?

Seeing Zhang Yueran's heavy expression, Huo Guoqiang knew that once these words were spoken, doubts would surely arise in Zhang Yueran's heart.

But this was normal too — which wife, learning her husband deals with Song and Dance Troupe women all day, could avoid doubts?

Huo Guoqiang continued:

"Miss Zhang, your husband taking the Song and Dance Troupe's beautiful women out — I have records here, and evidence proving he took them out to do public relations for others. You mustn't let suspicion fall on your husband. If you don't believe me, I can lay all this evidence before you."

Zhang Yueran's expression turned serious; she couldn't help but ask:

"So, you telling me so much — what exactly do you want to do?"

Huo Guoqiang frankly admitted:

"I want you to help persuade your husband to return to Liguo Mountain. Him farming in Shanggou Village is ultimately not a proper path; never mind exhausting himself and earning little money, someone even poisoned his fish pond and he had to pay money out of pocket. If he returns to Liguo Mountain, the work is relaxed, the distance to you is close, and the time you two spend together will increase."

Zhang Yueran had to admit, Huo Guoqiang's words had quite a bit of reason.

Back then Wang Erhai was both running a farm and serving as Village Committee Secretary, holding multiple posts; she had already started urging Wang Erhai to give up some of the rural ventures.

Only later, fate played a trick; Wang Erhai resigned from Liguo Mountain and ultimately had to return to Shanggou Village to run the farm. At first the farm did well, so she had nothing to say.

But recently the farm's fish pond was poisoned, directly causing Wang Erhai heavy losses; this made her feel that entrepreneurship in the countryside truly isn't a viable path.

Poor mountains and bad waters produce treacherous people.

If someone poisons it every so often, then forget making money — not losing money would be burning high incense.

Moreover agriculture depends on the heavens for food; if next year the climate is poor and his two hundred acres of high-standard farmland yield half the harvest, that would also make him work a whole year for nothing.

So after pondering a moment, Zhang Yueran said:

"Alright then; when there's time later, I'll talk to my husband about this."

But Zhang Yueran still had a question:

"General Manager Huo, my husband leaving Liguo Mountain isn't actually a bad thing for you; why do you now want to persuade him to return?"

Huo Guoqiang smiled awkwardly; he knew at this moment honesty worked better than any scheme, so he truthfully said:

"Because the main contradiction inside the company now is between the veteran employee faction represented by me and the new force faction represented by Zhang Sheng. I need to win over the 15% equity in your husband's hands to counterbalance Zhang Sheng."

"So you're doing this for profit? Not out of kindness to help explain things for my husband."

"Correct." Huo Guoqiang didn't avoid it at all. "Merchants pursue profit; I admit I came for profit. If I didn't need your husband to help me oppose Zhang Sheng, I might never have helped explain this matter, and might even have hoped your husband never returns to Liguo Mountain."

Hearing this, Zhang Yueran sighed:

"No wonder my husband said your company's internal strife is severe; with you like this, how could it not be severe? Also don't know what you're thinking — shouldn't you unite everything and then develop together?"

But Huo Guoqiang said:

"Unity is needed, but struggle is unavoidable too; only seek development through struggle, and unity through development. Miss Zhang, you should understand this principle too."

Zhang Yueran said:

"I don't understand; I'm just a teacher. Alright, that's it then. Later I'll talk to my husband about this, but whether he returns depends on his own willingness. General Manager Huo, I have some other things to go out for in a bit; how about we stop here?"

Truth be told, hearing Huo Guoqiang put it this way, she instead felt a bit opposed to Wang Erhai returning to Liguo Mountain.

Now Wang Erhai's equity was half less than before; returning would probably make it hard to realize personal value — he'd merely be a pawn in Huo Guoqiang and Zhang Sheng's internal strife.

Even if her husband truly guarded his bottom line before, what about afterward? Under those people's scheming, would he muddle-headedly lose his bottom line?

Seeing Zhang Yueran issue a dismissal order, Huo Guoqiang couldn't stay longer; he smiled politely:

"Fine, then that's it! Goodbye!"

Finished speaking, he turned and walked out the door.

Just as he stepped out the door, he stopped his footsteps again, turned back, and said one sentence to Zhang Yueran:

"Miss Zhang, the reason I want your husband back at the company has one more important reason: he is the most reliable person in character I've met in all my years of doing business, bar none. So suspect whoever you want, but the one you least should suspect is your husband."

Before leaving, Huo Guoqiang specially emphasized Wang Erhai's character again — to win Zhang Yueran's trust, so she wouldn't have too many doubts about Wang Erhai.

As for whether Wang Erhai really was the most reliable person he'd met in his business years, actually even he himself didn't know; because over these years, among the all sorts of people he'd encountered, there were quite a few bad people, but also quite a few with reliable character.

Hearing Huo Guoqiang's words, Zhang Yueran's expression couldn't help but freeze in a daze.

She couldn't help feeling guilt in her heart for her suspicions just now.

Right, as a wife, how could she suspect her own husband?