The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 482 - 492: Burn the Bridge after Crossing

Yue Rujing laughed carelessly and said, "Of course, with the renown of Jisheng Hall being so resounding, it would be foolish not to capitalize on it. Moreover, the profit in silver your pharmaceutical factory makes each month is truly tempting, and since I am in such need of money, why would I waste this opportunity, right?"

"You’re in need of money?" Gu Youyou nearly spat out her tea.

She thought to herself: Who doesn’t know that your family is the wealthiest in Lingnan! Are you really trying to play the country bumpkin with me?

Yue Rujing said with utter seriousness, "In need, indeed I am. Our Lingnan Marquis Residence bears a hereditary title that will be passed down to me. However, I am not like my father; he managed to save up quite a fortune when he was young, whereas I have wasted my years away at the Taoist Temple, sitting before the Three Pure Ones Statues for more than a decade. Before I bought shares in your pharmaceutical factory, I didn’t have a penny to my name. Imagine me, a penniless Princely Heir succeeding as a Marquess, where would that leave my face?"

Gu Youyou: "..." How could she have known all these intricate details?

"But how is that related to me? I plan to set up the Jisheng Hall in Beijing on my own—without pooling investments."

Back in Lingnan, asking Yue Rujing to invest was out of necessity: first, she had no capital; second, she lacked connections. If she had to handle it herself, it would involve more trouble, and she did not have the luxury of time to waste in Lingnan.

Upon hearing Gu Youyou’s words, Yue Rujing’s face turned red with anger, and, standing up excitedly, he shouted, "Gu Youyou, you’re incredibly disloyal, you’re burning bridges after crossing the river. When you were in Lingnan, you used me, and I never realized you were such a crafty, opportunistic businesswoman. In my territory, you needed me, so you asked me to invest, but now that you don’t need me, you kick me aside?"

Gu Youyou put down her teacup, looked at Yue Rujing with surprise, and said, "What are you talking about? When you invested, I didn’t shortchange you by a single silver piece. According to you, just because you invested in Jisheng Hall in Lingnan, I should let you get involved in every new pharmacy I open? If I don’t, does that make me disloyal, a bridge-burner, an opportunistic businesswoman?"

Yue Rujing, having never won an argument against Gu Youyou whether he had a point or not, found himself at a loss for words after just a few sentences, so he cast a pleading look at Jin Zijin, who was calmly sipping tea on the side.

Jin Zijin maintained his composure quite well; the two of them were quarreling so fiercely that it was as if he heard none of it, sitting by the window, savoring his tea slowly, occasionally glancing outside.

As for Yue Rujing, who was desperately hoping he would intervene with a few words, Jin Zijin didn’t even bother to look.

Yue Rujing, becoming anxious, rushed forward and snatched the teacup from Jin Zijin’s hand, saying, "Senior Brother, Boss Gu is becoming more and more unreasonable—won’t you step in? I’m doing this for her own good. Without me, how could she succeed? As a woman, there are many situations where it’s not convenient for her to show up, right?"

While Yue Rujing was making faces at Jin Zijin, Gu Youyou, on the other side, glared at Jin Zijin, indignant.

Although she didn’t speak, her expression said it all.

Are you going to help him, try it?

Nobody can influence Gu Youyou’s decisions. She’s a doctor and a businesswoman; when it comes to maximizing profits, she always conducts affairs impartially. She couldn’t give preferential treatment just because she was related to someone—this was what her modern-era grandfather had taught her.

Gu Family had been a major clan for hundreds of years, with side branches and relatives as dense as a spider’s web. If she had to consider every single one, she might as well not run her business at all.

So her firm decision, in Yue Rujing’s view, equated to being a disloyal, bridge-burning businesswoman.