Chapter 47: Wife is Not at Home

Chapter 47: Wife is Not at Home

Qiyue started out in the field of artificial intelligence research. However, due to an unclear direction in its early stages, the company once fell into a miserable situation of capital depletion, repeatedly teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. It wasn't until the founder, Su Qi, made a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble by deciding to focus exclusively on autonomous driving technology that the company finally made its breakthrough.

During Su Qi's most difficult period, the company could barely afford its office rent. All that remained were the six core founders, including himself, who worked for free without any salary.

They simply refused to give up, hoping to see a result.

Coincidentally, during the school anniversary, driven by the idea of treating a dead horse as if it were alive, Su Qi went to the university, hoping to leverage his alumni connections to attract investment.

After several setbacks, through his mentor's connections, he met Gu Lanxi, who had returned to campus for her graduation defense.

After conducting her due diligence, Gu Lanxi felt the project had great prospects and poured in almost her entire net worth to help Qiyue rise from the dead.

In the years that followed, Su Qi used Gu Lanxi's connections several times to sign several crucial major contracts.

Because Qiyue had caught the trend of the era and developed rapidly, and because the initial investment was substantial, Gu Lanxi's shares in the company accounted for nearly half of her total assets.

Su Qi was grateful to her for stepping in at the critical moment, and she believed in Qiyue's future, so the two maintained a very good personal relationship.

For many years to come, as long as no major disasters occurred, she basically would not abandon this investment.

Calculating it this way, that Vice President named Gao could be considered one of their own.

Causing someone's niece and nephew to fail a political background check seemed a bit inappropriate, after all...

Speaking of which, aside from watering her money trees with boiling water or saltwater, that man hadn't really done anything heinous or evil.

After all, besides hiring a master, the money trees themselves weren't worth much.

But why didn't this Gao guy ask her senior brother for help? Instead, he went in circles and found Liang Shizhao. What was the meaning of that?

Especially since Liang Shizhao had taken this attitude...

Gu Lanxi would certainly feel uncomfortable.

Having known her for many years, Liang Shizhao could tell she was angry just by looking at her expression. Seeing her about to leave, he hurriedly called out to her

"It's not what you think! It's just a matter of a few words, don't be so impatient, okay? Think about it, even if I let you down, I wouldn't let my own wallet down, right?"

What kind of relationship would be worth offending a major client to maintain?

He should use his brain for a second!

Liang Shizhao was dying of frustration!

There were still about ten minutes left before the scheduled time, so there was enough time for a quick conversation.

Seeing that he had gone as far as saying this, Gu Lanxi ultimately stood under the ginkgo tree at the corner and let him continue.

Liang Shizhao didn't beat around the bush.

"This Vice President Gao has been at Qiyue for less than two months. You might not be very familiar with him, and he likely isn't very clear about the relationship between you and President Su either, otherwise he wouldn't have come to me!"

The evidence in this case was conclusive and the facts were simple. Liang Shizhao had sent a lawyer's letter to the other party early this morning, notifying them that he had taken on the case.

Knowing that those money trees were so precious and that there was a high possibility of a prison sentence, it was only natural for the other party to panic and start looking for ways out.

Gu Lanxi had seen the personnel appointment reports CC'd at Qiyue and knew about the change in Vice President, as well as the man's resume, but she truly wasn't clear about Gao's specific background.

After all, with so many companies and so many personnel changes, she couldn't possibly investigate every single executive.

Ultimately, a single executive does not play a decisive role in the life or death of an enterprise.

Seeing her listening intently, Liang Shizhao said earnestly, "His whole family is part of the establishment. Although they aren't incredibly wealthy, a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake, understand? You've come from far away to invest on your own. If you offend them to the bitter end, even if they just trip you up on some minor detail, it will be enough to make your life miserable. It's not worth it just for a few trees! I'm telling you this because I'm truly considering your interests; otherwise, wouldn't I rather just earn a fee for myself?"

Gu Lanxi had fought her way to where she was today and had encountered all sorts of things.

Some things, even if you meet all the requirements, people might choose not to do them just to obstruct you. It was truly disgusting, and there was nothing you could do about it.

Knowing he was looking out for her, Gu Lanxi pursed her lips and gave a smile. "I know, I'll go in now, Uncle Zhao!"

That boss was both petty and cowardly. Just because she was good at making money, he secretly came to destroy her money trees; his family members were likely just as narrow-minded.

If she actually sent him to prison, given his family's situation, it might truly result in a lifelong vendetta.

But she was the type of person who would insist on taking twelve parts of profit when eight parts were available; if she suffered a loss, she would never let it go easily.

Since that Vice President Gao wanted to stand up for his brother-in-law, she would have to cut a little bit of flesh.

This matter was becoming increasingly complicated and couldn't be solved immediately; the matter at hand was more important.

Liang Shizhao breathed a sigh of relief, knowing she was no longer blaming him, and hurried to catch up.

***

While Gu Lanxi was busy, Lu Nanting was so bored at home he could have died.

[Wife is not at home, how to spend a fulfilling day?]

Less than half an hour after Gu Lanxi left, Lu Nanting had finished a bowl of wonton noodles and a small pear. Lying on the sofa in the study, he began to miss her.

Feeling truly bored, he couldn't help but pull out his phone, intending to get some inspiration from netizens.

As a result, when the page refreshed, what did he see?

1. Buy a dozen beers, invite your best bros, and watch the ball game at home.

He didn't like ball sports, and he certainly wouldn't invite his bros over to party without his wife's permission. Pass.

2. Play games to your heart's content, with no one nagging in your ear anymore!

He didn't like playing games either. Pass.

3. My god, finally can go night fishing!

Thinking about "fishing enthusiasts" now just made his heart ache. Pass!

4. Invite the bros to a club to play cards, call young models...

As Lu Nanting read through them, his brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

What kind of nonsense were these people answering with?

His wife isn't his mother; is there a need to indulge oneself in a retaliatory way just because she's not home?

He was not that kind of person.

However, one point gave him inspiration.

Many people suggested one thing: if the wife isn't home, go find the bros.

Lu Nanting thought that made a lot of sense.

He was a local, known for his loyalty, good looks, and good family background. Since childhood, he had a group of childhood friends with similar backgrounds playing with him.

Especially during high school when they played in a band, a few of them had been in a group with him, making their bond even more special.

It was just that others weren't like him; he had two smart and capable older brothers, and his father was still in his prime, so there was no pressure to inherit the family business.

In the end, the band broke up, and only he continued on this path, doing what he loved in his youth.

Perhaps because of this rarity, his close friends were quite tolerant of him; even if he occasionally spoke with a bit of a snarky attitude, no one ever truly got angry with him.

It was currently summer vacation, and his group of brothers were all interning at their own family companies. He was also very busy and hadn't had a proper chat with them in a long time.

But as soon as he opened the group chat, he saw 999+ messages. Scrolling up, they were all discussing his wife.

The number of times he had been @-ed over the past few days was uncountable.

As a result, he hadn't replied even once, and he had even muted the chat because the messages were too many and too noisy...

This was a bit awkward.

Lu Nanting rubbed his chin for a long time before a flash of inspiration struck. He found a newly edited video by his fans titled "Brother Ting's Concert Highlights" and forwarded it to the group, pretending he hadn't looked at the message history

[Sigh, as expected, the real masters are among the people. If this creator weren't my fan, I'd want to recruit them to my studio. Look at that timing, look at that rhythm—top-tier performance!]

The first rule for recruiting people to an artist's studio is that they cannot be a fan of the artist.

Setting aside the issue of professionalism, bringing personal emotions into work makes it easy to make wrong judgments, which would inevitably bring trouble to the artist.

As soon as Lu Nanting appeared as if nothing was wrong, he was immediately met with a wave of sarcasm

[Yo, isn't this the noble married man? Why have you come to mingle with us single dogs again?]

[Hey! A rare guest! How many of you are there, sir?]

[Let me see, who is this? Looks a bit unfamiliar. Brothers, should we just kick him out?]

...

Since he had already boasted in the description, he couldn't let the hype die down before it had been on the trending searches for a week. Heh.

Time to stir things up!