Chapter 536: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 536: Unequal Feelings Begin to Lose Balance

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Du Xiaojuan heard Wang Dashan's request, but she slightly furrowed her brow.

However, she did not immediately refuse Wang Dashan, but asked:

"For the ancestral grave relocation in your hometown, can't your parents just handle it? Why do you need to make a trip yourself?"

Wang Dashan smiled bitterly:

"I suppose it's the Geography Master's rule. Those two old folks really believe in that sort of thing. You know, my father's health isn't good. This time, the ancestral grave at home was dug up, and it dealt him a heavy blow. I don't want to make him angry again, for fear something might happen to his health."

"Can't your second brother go back instead? He's right in County Town, and a trip back for him is much closer than for us."

Du Xiaojuan asked like this.

Wang Dashan patiently explained:

"My second brother has to attend a very important banquet in County Town tomorrow. You know, Shanhai Real Estate has only just established a foothold in County Town, and he must build more connections and resources."

Du Xiaojuan couldn't help but say:

"Wang Dashan, I know you two brothers are both very busy, but you should also know that I've been extremely busy lately. With Double Eleven getting closer, I've been working overtime almost every day until eleven or twelve o'clock before I can go back. I'm so busy I don't even have time to be intimate with you. Do you think I can spare time tomorrow to help you show properties to clients?"

Hearing this, Wang Dashan felt depressed in his heart, but he also knew Du Xiaojuan made sense.

She had indeed been very busy lately.

Du Xiaojuan went on:

"I know you might be unhappy, but I still need to make this clear to you. Put it this way: that client of yours who wants to see the Chaoji Haofang—even if this deal goes through, it's only a commission of ten or twenty thousand. On my end, daily turnover is over ten million, let alone a major holiday like Double Eleven. You want me to go help you show properties to clients at a time like this? Do you think that's appropriate? Even if I did help you show them, I know nothing about real estate. If I messed it up, what would you do then?"

Wang Dashan was left speechless.

After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence:

"But the matter of relocating the ancestral grave at home—I really can't ignore it. The banquet my second brother is attending tomorrow also concerns the future development of Shanhai Real Estate..."

Du Xiaojuan couldn't help but scold him a few times:

"Wang Dashan, I've discovered you really are like this. How can you be so unable to make choices, so unable to be flexible, so stubborn? If you had half the cleverness of your Third Brother, you wouldn't be in such a dilemma."

Being told this by Du Xiaojuan, Wang Dashan felt he couldn't save face, but he also couldn't bring himself to refute her.

He indeed couldn't think of a better solution.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Wang Dashan asked with a stern face.

Du Xiaojuan said:

"First, you need to learn to make choices. You're adults now; don't keep thinking like children, always wanting both. If you think relocating the grave is more important than the business at hand, then you must be prepared to give up this deal mentally. If you think the business is more important than relocating the grave, then clearly tell your parents you can't go back. They might be unhappy, but it's just unhappiness. Surely they wouldn't dare come down and beat you? You're an adult with your own freedom of action and freedom of choice."

"You mean, let me give up this order?" Wang Dashan asked.

Du Xiaojuan said instead:

"I didn't say that. I mean you make the choice yourself."

Then she added:

"I'm an outsider to the real estate industry. Let me say something rather amateurish: actually, showing properties to clients shouldn't require the head of your company to do it personally, should it? Didn't I tell you long ago? Managing a company requires knowing how to delegate authority. If you keep holding on to everything yourself like this, how can you make the company bigger and stronger?"

Wang Dashan explained:

"But this client is really important, and there's a good chance the deal will close. I'm afraid if I hand it over to my subordinates, they'll mess things up."

Hearing this, Du Xiaojuan laughed in anger:

"Then you might as well go home and farm. You're not suited to running a company."

What Du Xiaojuan said was rather harsh.

But it was precisely because she truly cared about Wang Dashan that she wouldn't only say pleasant things.

She hoped Wang Dashan could undergo a greater transformation and not be bound by small-farmer thinking.

She herself came from a rural area, and she clearly understood why Wang Dashan had this kind of thinking, as well as how difficult and painful it was to change it.

But this was a process that growth and transformation must go through.

If one didn't go through it, one could only remain stuck at that level for a lifetime, finding it hard to rise any higher.

"You tell me to delegate authority, but haven't you kept yours either? If you had delegated, you wouldn't have to work until eleven or twelve every night lately."

Wang Dashan couldn't help but mutter.

What Du Xiaojuan said was too harsh, making him unable to help but retort a few sentences.

"Is my busy the same as your busy? How big is Xiao Du Technology, and how big is your Shanhai Real Estate? Just the number of management personnel on my side is more than the total number of people in your entire company."

Du Xiaojuan felt she couldn't get through to Wang Dashan, and she didn't want to waste time saying anything more.

She was afraid that if she continued, Wang Dashan would be unhappy, and if that led to an argument between the two of them, it would be quite unnecessary.

"Alright, I won't waste words with you anymore. Anyway, I definitely can't help you show properties to clients. I don't have that time. But I can give you a suggestion: you can pick a trustworthy employee and have them help you show properties."

Du Xiaojuan finally said this sentence.

Wang Dashan felt somewhat depressed in his heart.

He knew Du Xiaojuan was very domineering and did things cleanly and efficiently.

But he never expected that she would refuse his request so cleanly and efficiently.

After all, they were in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. How could they handle things using business methods?

But Du Xiaojuan indeed used business methods to handle their relationship.

When marriage was mentioned before, Du Xiaojuan had said that after marriage they would each manage their own property, and they would also sign a prenuptial property notarization.

Wang Dashan felt it was strange to be so clear about such things even after marriage.

Still, he agreed, because he had no interest in Du Xiaojuan's money at all—he was even afraid others would say he was eating soft rice, which would be utterly embarrassing!

It was just that Du Xiaojuan was growing increasingly domineering while he was becoming increasingly weak, leaving him with a vague sense that this relationship was starting to lose its balance…

"Fine, since you're unwilling to help me, I won't force you. You're right—your business is far more important than mine. I was lacking in consideration; I shouldn't have asked you."

Wang Dashan said those words, then hung up the phone.

He was angry inside, but in the end he still accepted Du Xiaojuan's suggestion, finding a trustworthy employee at the company to have that employee help show the property to the client tomorrow.

He planned to return to his hometown tomorrow.

Actually, as soon as he learned the ancestral grave had been dug up, he had wanted to go back, but back then his parents said nothing, Du Xiaojuan didn't want him to return, so he didn't go back.

Now his parents had personally spoken up, so no matter what, he had to go back this time.

As the saying goes: Yiming Yunyun San Fengshui.

No matter what, he had to maintain sufficient reverence for fengshui.

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