Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 766 Not only did he covet my person, he also coveted my money.
Although Luo Yang changed his mind and agreed with Liang Yuxin's point of view, he did not express his opinion on the spot.

"I'm going to stay here for more than a week."

He only vaguely said, "After you're done with recruiting people, you can go back to China first, or you can stay a few more days and come back with me then."

Liang Yuxin probably understood the meaning behind Luo Yang's words, so she didn't continue talking about the topic.

"Alright, now that we've finished talking about business, let's talk about something else."

"?"

"A while ago, Lao Liang went to Guangzhou to have a good talk with me."

Liang Yuxin looked at Luo Yang and said, "He said that as long as I am willing to go back to Shanghai, he will no longer force me to go on blind dates."

"You refused?"

If Liang Yuxin hadn't refused, or if she had hesitated, she wouldn't have discussed Pinduoduo's financing with Luo Yang earlier.

The order in which some things are said is very important.

If she puts discussing financing later, Luo Yang might think she's using it as leverage.

Liang Yuxin believed she was quite familiar with Luo Yang's personality, and that if she really did that, Luo Yang would absolutely not compromise.

He's the kind of person who responds better to gentleness than force.

"Yes, I refused."

Liang Yuxin nodded and said, "But I also told Lao Liang that I won't stay in Guangzhou forever. I might go back to Shanghai in a year or two."

There's more to these words than meets the eye.
"You mean you want to move Pinduoduo's headquarters to Shanghai in a year or two?"

Based on the context of what was just said, that's how Luo Yang understood it.

"Yes, once Pinduoduo begins to expand into the national market, moving its headquarters to Shanghai would be significantly more advantageous than it is now."

Although Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are often referred to as the four first-tier cities in China, there is still a significant gap between Guangzhou and Shanghai. After all, Shanghai is comparable to a provincial-level administrative region, while Guangzhou is only a sub-provincial city.

Whether in terms of economic scale or administrative authority, Guangzhou is inferior to Shanghai.

"It's a small matter. You can move whenever you want."

Anyway, Pinduoduo didn't enjoy many preferential policies in Guangzhou. Moving to Shanghai before it takes off will face less resistance.

"What are your plans for me once I get back to Shanghai?"

"The CEO of Pinduoduo."

Luo Yang feigned ignorance and asked, "Do you still want to be the chairman?"

“You know that’s not what I’m talking about.”

Liang Yuxin stared intently at Luo Yang; "Before, I had a fight with Lao Liang and hid in Guangzhou, which is far from you, so there were some things I couldn't say. When I go back to Shanghai, we'll be in the same city, and we'll run into each other all the time. Besides, I'm almost 30 years old. No matter how much my family spoils me, life won't be easy then."

Luo Yang knew this matter wouldn't be so easily resolved.

When Luo Yang saw Liang Yuxin again in Guangzhou, the woman kicked and bit him, cried, and tried to provoke him. If Luo Yang hadn't brought up Jiang Fan and if Miss Liang hadn't been unwilling to submit, Luo Yang would have almost been defeated in Guangzhou.

At the time, they managed to calm Liang Yuxin down by talking about the acquisition.

Several months later, Liang Yuxin brought up the old issue again, and this time, knowing that Jiang Fan was involved, she once again pressured him to resign.

Feeling invincible?

Luo Yang's mind raced. He first looked at Liang Yuxin curiously for a moment, noticing nothing unusual in her expression, before finally speaking, "Isn't our current way of getting along fine? Why do we suddenly want to change it?"

"Are you just going to keep me hanging like this, without any clear explanation?"

Now that Liang Yuxin has brought this up, she can't be easily dismissed.
She stood up, slowly walked behind Luo Yang, and turned his chair 90 degrees so that it faced the Central Park outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"What do you want?"

Luo Yang knew that Liang Yuxin had definitely come prepared this time, so he didn't rush to bring up Jiang Fan, but instead asked her for her thoughts.

"hehe."

Liang Yuxin chuckled a few times, then leaned back on the conference table, swinging her black-stockinged legs as she said, "You have the nerve to ask me? A grown man, you dare to do it but not to admit it."

What does it mean to dare to do something but not dare to take responsibility?

Luo Yang clicked his tongue and said, "I didn't do anything at all, how could I dare to take the blame?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than her jade-like foot, clad in black stockings, stepped onto his leg. Using the momentum, Liang Yuxin leaned forward, cupped Luo Yang's face in her hands, and said, "Tell me honestly, you had absolutely no feelings for me back then!"

As he spoke, he stared intently into Luo Yang's eyes.

If Luo Yang's reply didn't suit his taste, a storm would follow.

Have it?

Honestly, Luo Yang was slightly attracted to Liang Yuxin back then. After all, Liang Yuxin was a great beauty and genuinely treated him well.

But because of Jiang Fan's presence, he knew there was no future, so he extinguished that last thought.

"Back then, we were at most more than friends, but not quite lovers."

"Luo Yang, you bastard!"

As soon as Luo Yang uttered the words "more than friends, less than lovers," Liang Yuxin's eyes immediately reddened: "Don't you have any conscience? Back then, which of the company's senior executives couldn't see how I felt about you? You just pretended not to understand, and now you dare to deny it?"

She choked back tears as she clenched her fist and pounded it against Luo Yang's chest.

It wasn't a light punch; it was a real, forceful blow.

"cough cough"

Luo Yang coughed a few times and quickly grabbed Miss Liang, who was going berserk.

"Fine, fine, even if I had feelings for you back then, so what?"

Luo Yang was also getting a little frustrated: "We haven't clarified our relationship, and after that, you went to Guangzhou and then we didn't contact each other for two years. Maybe what you feel for me is no longer affection, but just an obsession. Why can't you let go and be friends like when we first met?"

While trying to persuade her, he also had to hold Liang Yuxin's wrist with one hand and press down on her delicate feet with the other to prevent this fierce girl from kicking him.

"Let go first!"

"Promise you won't hit anyone again!"

"You hurt me!"

"Promise you won't move again!"

"Okay, I promise I won't hit anyone anymore."

Luo Yang looked into Liang Yuxin's eyes, and after a moment, he slowly released his hand with some doubt.

"That jerk, he has no chivalry whatsoever."

While rubbing her slightly reddened wrist, Liang Yuxin glared at Luo Yang and said, "Do you really think that my feelings for you are just an obsession?"

"I just think so."

Luo Yang said sincerely, "After all, we only spent less than a year together back then. Even if we did develop feelings for each other, I don't think they could go very far. Besides, we were separated for two years afterward. The way you are now, I think the only explanation is obsession."

"Can you tell me something?"

"What's the matter?" "Before you started your business, your family's financial situation was only average, right?"

Liang Yuxin suddenly fell silent, looked at Luo Yang and said, "And at one point, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, which is why you came to work part-time at Jincheng Real Estate, right?"

"Well, you're right."

Luo Yang told the truth: "My father is just a small contractor who earns about 500,000 to 600,000 yuan a year. When I was a freshman in college, he took on a project, but not only did he not make any money, he also caused my family to incur a lot of debt. That's why I went to work for your real estate company after I started my sophomore year."

"Then tell me, how did Jiang Fan, whose family is no worse off than mine, fall for you?"

Liang Yuxin immediately followed up with a question: "Is it because you're handsome? Or because your family is a good match?"

"Forehead"

Suddenly, Luo Yang didn't know how to explain this problem.

"In terms of looks, you're only a 7 out of 10; in terms of intelligence, you don't even qualify for a 211 university; and in terms of family background, your family is barely middle class."

Liang Yuxin's lips curled up, and she continued with a strange smile: "You allow Jiang Fan to fall in love with an ordinary person like you, but you don't allow me to fall in love with someone like you who has already shown promise and seems very outstanding?"

Indeed, during his high school years, Luo Yang was really just an ordinary person.

They're the kind of people who would blend into a crowd and go completely unnoticed.

Although he had asked Jiang Fan this question before, and Jiang Fan had given an explanation, it always seemed a bit far-fetched.

This reason was not convincing in front of Liang Yuxin.

However, after the start of his sophomore year, Luo Yang's soul was replaced by his own from more than ten years later. He also showed an extremely extraordinary business talent at Jincheng Real Estate. To put it realistically, the profits he brought to the company during his year of part-time work at Jincheng Real Estate alone were more than one or two hundred million!
Keep in mind he was only 19 years old at the time.
Luo Yang himself may not realize it, but in the eyes of others, he is a high-potential stock.

Therefore, Liang Yuxin's journey from doubting Luo Yang to recognizing him, then to appreciating him, and finally to liking him was traceable, unlike Luo Yang and Jiang Fan, whose beginnings always seemed somewhat casual and nonchalant.

Luo Yang was stumped by Liang Yuxin's question.

"So can I think of it that way?"

Seeing Luo Yang's dazed look, Liang Yuxin immediately added, "You and Jiang Fan started dating in high school. It was probably very innocent back then, but you didn't get her family's approval. Perhaps in Jiang Fan's elders' eyes, you could date, but marriage was impossible. The change came after your sophomore year of college. Both Jiang Fan and her family discovered your excellence, and that's why they opened their doors to you. Is that right?"

This is a question that Luo Yang also finds difficult to answer.

Because in their previous life, Luo Yang and Jiang Fan did not end up together.

After his family incurred a large debt and even had to sell their house in the city, Luo Yang fell into a state of inferiority and stopped contacting Jiang Fan. Their relationship ended in their sophomore year of college and continued until his rebirth.

Jiang Fan's lack of knowledge does not mean that Luo Yang has no memory of it.

Sometimes he wondered if, during his National Day holiday, he hadn't gone to the class reunion and met Jiang Fan like he had in his previous life, would the story have continued in the same way, with the two of them drifting apart?

This is a thorn in my side that I can't shake off.

Perhaps, just as Liang Yuxin guessed, Jiang Fan's feelings for him weren't as deep as she had imagined.

It's just a kind of inertia.

When it's on the track, it continues to run along its original trajectory. Once it derails, there will be no external force to correct it.

Perhaps this is how most relationships between men and women in this world are?
Suddenly, Liang Yuxin sat on Luo Yang's lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and leaned close to observe his eyes carefully.

I see confusion in your eyes.

Miss Liang became excited: "Could it be that what I guessed earlier was true?"

She was genuinely excited because something she had previously felt powerless about had suddenly become more manageable.

Liang Yuxin had a plan in mind for this trip to the United States with Luo Yang.

Of course, this wasn't her original tactic.

Now things have unexpectedly taken a turn for the better.
"My relationship with Jiang Fan is no longer a simple matter of feelings."

Luo Yang had calmed down by this time. He turned his head slightly to avoid Liang Yuxin's gaze and said, "You don't know, I now have multiple cooperative projects with the Jiang family, involving billions of yuan in funding alone. Further projects involve new energy vehicle manufacturing, with the cooperation amount reaching tens of billions of yuan."

Liang Yuxin: "."

"Moreover, Yangshi is just a small fourth or fifth-tier city. Jiang Fan and I have already held an engagement banquet in our hometown."

Luo Yang continued, "You should understand what it means for two families of our size and wealth to publicly get engaged in such a small city."

He didn't need to explain; Liang Yuxin understood what he meant.

To be realistic, Luo Yang and Jiang Fan can divorce in the future, but they can't afford any problems now, as it involves the reputation of both families.

Especially Jiang Yuanshan, who has a lot of influence in Yangshi.

"I understand what you mean."

Liang Yuxin gently pressed her forehead against Luo Yang's: "Right now, your relationship with the Jiang family is more like a business marriage. If you were to separate, it would be more troublesome than changing the shareholding of a listed company."

"Pfft!"

This time, it was Luo Yang's turn to burst into laughter.

"What are you talking about?"

Luo Yang clicked his tongue and said, "There are still feelings between Jiang Fan and me, it's not as bad as you say."

"Hmph, she's just a rich girl, what's so great about her?"

"Ok?"

Luo Yang leaned back, looking into Liang Yuxin's eyes, and asked, "You investigated her?"

“Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.”

After the two met again in Guangzhou, Liang Yuxin learned that Luo Yang's official wife was Jiang Fan, so she started asking around for information about Jiang Fan.

After a few months, while I wouldn't say I know everything, I at least have a detailed understanding of her university life and current situation.

"In terms of family wealth, my family is no less wealthy than Jiang Fan's family, is it?"

Liang Yuxin snorted, "In terms of looks, I'm on par with her. In terms of intelligence, she's just an undergraduate from Suzhou University, while I'm a top student from Fudan University and a master's graduate from Wharton Business School. In terms of business talent, she and I are incomparable. I can be your soulmate in life and work."

Luo Yang: "."

"She knew me before you did!"

"so what?"

Liang Yuxin pressed her forehead against Luo Yang's again; "As long as you're not married yet, it's uncertain who the final winner will be!"

It seems she doesn't know that Luo Yang proposed to Jiang Fan two weeks ago.

They will most likely get their marriage certificate before the end of the year.

Should we tell her?

Luo Yang hesitated.
"Since you say that the Jiang family has entangled business collaborations and financial dealings with you."

Liang Yuxin suddenly hugged Luo Yang tightly and whispered in his ear, "After I return to China, I'll ask Lao Liang for help. When you invest in Pinduoduo, I'll also contribute some money to ensure that our existing 20% ​​stake isn't diluted before the financing. Hehe, my Liang family will also get entangled with you. We'll see what you choose then!"

You, Liang Yuxin!

Not only do they covet me, but they also want my money!
(End of this chapter)