Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 489 - 488: End and Beginning (Grand Finale)
Bai Zhongyuan nodded at the side, looking at Fang Shaonan with a teasing smile, "Yeah, Shaonan, I didn’t expect you to be so open-minded. How come I didn’t notice this when we were studying abroad?"
Fang Shaonan saw quite a few people at the door, his face immediately flushed, realizing everyone heard what he said.
The worst part was, Ye Mingyue, drunken and clinging to him, sitting on the ground, which was too easy to misinterpret.
"Alright, alright, Shaonan, why don’t you help Mingyue back to her room to rest. Everyone, disperse."
Gu Xiaoqing winked at Fang Shaonan.
"No way, I can’t entrust Mingyue to this lecher."
Guo Donghua pushed Fang Shaonan aside and then helped Ye Mingyue away.
While Bai Zhongyuan was joking with his friend, he moved closer to Fang Shaohan and quietly asked, "Who is that girl helping Fang Shaonan’s wife back?"
"Are you interested too?"
Fang Shaohan replied with a sly smile.
Although it was a minor incident, it added a bit more joy to Gu Xiaoqing’s wedding.
After being promoted to bureau chief, Fang Shaohan was very busy, and although he set aside ten days for a honeymoon with Gu Xiaoqing, it was clearly not enough for him.
At Gu Xiaoqing’s call, Gu Ruhai returned to Gu Family Village with his wife.
Nowadays, the whole village relies on Gu Xiaoqing’s favor to live. Without farmland, the young and able-bodied villagers all work and eat at Gu Xiaoqing’s factory.
So, upon seeing Gu Ruhai return to the village, they almost worshipped him like Buddha. Gu Ruhai originally didn’t want to return and was prepared to have conflicts with the villagers for Gu Xiaoqing’s sake.
But in reality, he found that Gu Xiaoqing was practically the Empress Dowager, being served and revered by the villagers, who were afraid of being even a bit remiss.
After staying in the village for a few days, Gu Xiaoqing received a call from Fang Zhixue, hastily returning to the Capital.
Because Fang Zhixue informed her that Mr. Nalan, Nalan Hongtu, wanted to talk to her.
Upon arriving at the Capital, Fang Zhixue drove Gu Xiaoqing to a large courtyard house, where inside the study, Nalan Hongtu was quietly lying in a rocking chair with a breathing apparatus and an IV drip.
Fang Zhixue knocked on the door, then led Gu Xiaoqing inside. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
"Mr. Nalan, this is Gu Xiaoqing."
Fang Zhixue did not show Nalan Hongtu any good face, explaining that although the Nalan Family was on par with the Fang Family, the Nalan family had not started from scratch and fought alongside the organization until liberation like Mr. Fang.
The Nalan family, having been hesitant during the late period of the war, only joined the current government when they saw things were not going well on the other side.
However, due to the national need for reconstruction post-liberation and the Nalan family’s wealth, they gained prominence.
"Gu Xiaoqing?"
Nalan Hongtu looked at the ordinary woman beside Fang Zhixue and gave a bitter smile.
"It turns out, we all lost in the end, lost to you."
"I don’t quite understand your words, Mr. Nalan."
Gu Xiaoqing replied with feigned ignorance, calm and serene.
"Haha, the industries the Nalan family painstakingly built domestically, washed away by floods, the remaining projects either exposed by you or squeezed by you, requiring the funds to bail out. And the few plots and assets remaining, you maliciously acquire at low prices."
"I’m not sure about that. All I know is that if I haven’t done anything wrong in my life, I’m not afraid of ghosts knocking at my door at midnight."
Gu Xiaoqing’s words were laced with irony.
Nalan Hongtu took a deep breath, looked at Gu Xiaoqing, and asked, "Did you know about the financial crisis in advance?"
"What?"
"Thus, you went with the flow and handed over all your enterprises to Feng Qingyang, because you knew that the heavier the industry there, the greater the impact of the financial crisis."
"I don’t quite understand your words, Mr. Nalan."
"Alright, since you pretend to be ignorant, I won’t ask any further. Now, Gu Xiaoqing, your wealth is substantial, and Qingyun Company almost monopolizes the entire beverage market, your ’Aier’ milk powder successfully crushed all domestic dairy industries. Your factories, acquired lands, coal mines, and various rare minerals, combined, could rival half the country, couldn’t they?"
Gu Xiaoqing smiled without commenting on her industry’s size; she naturally knew.
Half the country might be an exaggeration, but in another five or six years, as Bai Xun Company develops and the United States market grows steadily, her wealth could indeed rival half the country’s wealth.
"Would you be interested in acquiring the rest of our assets? Including Feng Qingyang’s damaged industries in South Asia and the industries you had initially."
Nalan Hongtu sighed.
"My industries, why would I need to acquire them?"
Gu Xiaoqing questioned back.
Nalan Hongtu felt helpless: "I knew it, Feng Qingyang told me all the previous industries have been returned to you, but he wants to cash out with the remaining industries, including some of our Nalan family’s industries. Are you interested?"
"I’m not interested."
Gu Xiaoqing’s answer surprised Fang Zhixue, who hadn’t expected such a decisive rejection of Nalan Hongtu’s compromise.
The wrinkles on Nalan Hongtu’s face deepened, as he seemed to vaguely understand something.
"If there’s nothing else, Mr. Nalan, please get some rest."
Gu Xiaoqing smiled as she turned to leave.
Fang Zhixue also said ’Take care,’ then followed Gu Xiaoqing out of the courtyard house. Just as they were about to leave, they heard Nalan Hongtu’s loud laughter resound through the courtyard.
"Hahahahaha, good, such a Gu Xiaoqing, hahaha, I finally understood. Finally..."
In the car, Fang Zhixue and Gu Xiaoqing exchanged glances.
"Call 120." Gu Xiaoqing said to Fang Zhixue.
She estimated the old man might have passed out from a lack of breath.
"Yeah, but what did he understand? I’d really like to know." Fang Zhixue said while dialing.
"My people took advantage of the financial crisis retreat to buy up and acquire many industries. Feng Qingyang has been struggling under pressure, and his Hong Kong business circle has mostly disbanded due to arms issues. With no support, he can only sell those industries to me at extremely low prices. Since it also involves Nalan family shares, Nalan Hongtu wishes I would take over the industries they hold, trying to recuperate some losses."
Gu Xiaoqing did not hide it.
Fang Zhixue then realized that this was what Nalan Hongtu ultimately meant. Seeing Gu Xiaoqing’s outright rejection, Nalan Hongtu instantly understood who was suppressing them in South Asia, thus saying, ’Such a Gu Xiaoqing.’
The car started, and Fang Zhixue asked, "What are you planning next?"
"I don’t know, maybe invest more in the internet and pharmaceutical industries." Gu Xiaoqing gazed out the car window, saying that at her wealth level, counting it was no longer necessary.
Real estate was just a transition for her; the next era is the internet era, and the medical field might trigger the next revolution as it truly holds the lifeline.
Gu Xiaoqing wanted to be at the forefront, and the layout had long been planned.
"I really can’t understand you. I think your biggest issue next is..."
"Is what?"
Gu Xiaoqing asked curiously.
"It’s to quickly have a child with Shaohan."
With that, Fang Zhixue started the car, and the vehicle filled with joy and laughter, drove slowly into the dusk in the slanting sunlight.
The End~
