Chapter 100: Daughter's Family Banquet

  The subsequent negotiations were simple, Li Qiang was eager to please Wu Rui, and Wu Rui also wanted to entrust the work of the car factory to Li Qiang. The two were a perfect match, so the final decision was that Li Qiang would be responsible for the construction site and related costs, and after the establishment of the car factory, he would have full control over production and sales.

  Wu Rui's job is to provide advanced production lines and product design.

  As for the interests, after a simple negotiation, Wu Rui owns 60% of the shares of the car factory, with absolute control, and Li Qiang gets 40%.

  Under the current circumstances, Li Qiang is clearly at a disadvantage. After all, the land is worth hundreds of millions, and building a factory will also cost over 100 million. But he doesn't mind, his main purpose is still to curry favor with Wu Rui, but what he doesn't know is that this time he has taken advantage of an enormous opportunity.

  In this regard, Wu Rui's mind is as clear as a mirror, and he also has the confidence to make the car factory profitable, but he doesn't care. Firstly, he didn't invest anything, the production line was obtained through transactions, even the designed products were gained effortlessly. Moreover, worldly wealth is not important to him, he just needs to see the Wang family being destroyed step by step.

  "Haha, Dr. Wu, just wait for my good news, I will definitely be able to build the factory in the shortest time possible, as soon as your production line and materials are in place, we can start production immediately!" Li Qiang was particularly happy to have established such a relationship with Wu Rui, but then he suddenly thought of something and curiously asked: "Dr. Wu, isn't your clinic closed this afternoon?"

  "What's going on? Why are you closing down?" Wu Rui felt bewildered.

  "Huh?" This time it was Li Qiang's turn to be surprised, scratching his head and saying: "Xu family's daughter is getting married today, they're having a banquet at her maternal home this afternoon, didn't she invite you?"

  "What!" Wu Rui's face changed, and he asked in surprise: "Isn't it tomorrow?"

  "Tomorrow is their wedding day, but according to our Goose City customs, on the eve of the wedding, a grand ceremony must be held at the bride's home, which is this afternoon. How..." Li Qiang couldn't ask any further, he was usually so astute in his dealings with others, how could he not see that something was amiss here?

  "So that's how it is!" Wu Rui suddenly realized, but his heart sank. Lei Qiang's words made him unexpected and also bitterly smiled, it seems that Xu Niang was angry with him, otherwise why didn't she even notify him of such a big thing.

  After a few changes in his complexion, Wu Rui finally asked Li Qiang: "Mr. Li, when does the banquet start? Where is it held?"

  "6 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Wild Goose City Hotel!"

  ………

  Xu Family Villa

  Looking at the beautiful self in the mirror, Xu Manli felt more awkward than ever. The originally sacred and beautiful wedding dress was especially dazzling at this moment. Thinking that she would soon marry Wu Mu, Xu Manli's heart was filled with endless bitterness.

  For some reason, she suddenly thought of a scene on the banks of Goose River last night, Wu Rui's refusal to herself was despicable, but also very lovely... But after thinking about it, it was endless sorrow.

  As Xu Manli's best friend, Liu Ruoxi was invited to be a bridesmaid, but since today wasn't the formal wedding, she just wore her own dress. The clever her also didn't deliberately dress up, because that would overshadow her sister's limelight, which isn't what she wanted to see.

  "Hey... Manli, what are you thinking about?" Liu Ruoxi sighed and asked, as her best friend, she knew that her sister didn't like Hei Mu, but family was like this, a free marriage was a luxury, let alone for her best friend, even her own future was full of unknowns.

  "I'm thinking of another man." Xu Manli said with a light smile, her tone carrying a hint of playfulness but also a tinge of nostalgia.

  Liu Ruoxi covered her mouth, looking at her sister in disbelief. After glancing at the closed door, she cautiously asked: "Have you already found a man you like?"

  "Like...?" Xu Manli was somewhat perplexed, to be honest, she couldn't tell the difference herself, she didn't know if she considered Wu Rui her greatest reliance or truly liked him, but in any case, better than this Wummu now, so she simply said: "I guess so!"

  "Really?" Liu Ruoxi was somewhat bewildered, but didn't probe further, only furrowing her brow to ask: "Didn't you tell him about the marriage?"

  "How could he not tell me? I was still sitting on him last night, but that guy turned out to be a Liu Xiahui, and he didn't even budge! No, it should be Yue Buqun instead, obviously his lower body had reacted greatly, but in the end, he actually pushed me away, what a gentleman indeed!" Xu Manli gritted her teeth and said fiercely, her voice full of sarcasm, clearly very angry with someone.

  "Pfft!" Liu Ruoxi burst out laughing at the words, but her face turned a bit red. Although she and her best friend often made some off-color jokes, this time was unprecedentedly bold, and it happened to her own sister, making her feel embarrassed just listening to it.

  But soon after, she quickly collected her smile and frowned: "Why? Is he afraid of the power of the Wu family?"

  "He's afraid of the Wu family?" Xu Manli burst out laughing at this, because Wu Rui dared to confront the Liu and Wang families head-on, so he naturally wouldn't put the Wu family in his eyes. However, she didn't dare say these words out loud, after all, her best friend was a member of the Liu family, and she didn't want to see her embarrassed. In the end, she just let out a sigh and said: "Maybe it's because I'm not good enough... maybe I'm not pretty enough, not charming enough, so he looks down on me!"

  She almost blurted out the widow, fortunately, she braked in time and changed her words, otherwise, with BFF's intelligence, it would be easy to guess who it was.

  "Really?" Liu Ruoxi was somewhat skeptical, her sister's personality might be a bit careless, but she was absolutely a beauty. If someone disliked her personality, that was understandable, but to say she wasn't good-looking was unlikely.

  Facing her best friend's suspicious gaze, Xu Manli let out a sigh and didn't say anything, nor did she want to continue the topic. Instead, she said sorrowfully: "Born into a wealthy family, living a life of luxury for over a decade, but now I'm going to marry someone with whom I have no feelings. Don't you think our fate is quite tragic?"

  "Hehe, what a pity, but what can be done? Can't just leave the family and fly away, right?" Liu Ruoxi smiled wryly, looking at her sisters wearing their holy wedding dresses. A sense of crisis deep within her heart, but it quickly turned into determination, with a strong glint in her beautiful eyes.

  She absolutely mustn't follow in the footsteps of her best friend, the only way to do that is to make herself stronger, this strength isn't referring to ability, but rather her influence, and what weighs heavily on this influence is wealth.

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