APTnovel Chapter 158 is outrageous!
Chapter 158 is outrageous!
When he was recognized, Lu Ran was completely bewildered because he didn't know the person.
"May I ask who you are?"
Liu Xian's face flushed slightly.
Several of his older brothers had suffered at Lu Ran's hands, and even Uncle Dong had suffered a great loss. He had heard Lu Ran's name and seen him countless times.
But upon closer reflection, he realized that he had indeed never actually met Lu Ran.
It's normal that other people don't know him.
With his brothers having conflicts with Lu Ran, and his father having recently taken over Lu Ran's company, Liu Xian really didn't dare to reveal his identity right now.
He laughed and said, "Yeah, haha, I heard about you from my friend. You're such a young man, a big boss, a prominent figure in Chengjiang. Yes, that's right, I admire you."
Lu Ran was still completely confused. He didn't understand why this person looked so afraid of him, or why he looked so scary.
Xu Jia and Liang Heyun looked surprised.
If Liu Xian envied Lu Ran, they thought it was normal, after all, someone who could afford such a car was definitely not an ordinary person.
But what's going on with Liu Xian looking so obsequious and even a little fearful?
He's the young master of Xinghe Electric Appliances, after all; he shouldn't be this incompetent!
Who is this Lu Ran? Could he possibly be even more powerful than the massive family business behind Liu Xian?
Lu Ran ignored Liu Xian's rambling and inexplicable behavior.
After declining the ribbon-cutting ceremony prepared for him by the sports car shop owner, he drove away from the shop in his Bugatti.
While Lu Ran turned around, Liu Xian took out his phone and snapped several photos of Lu Ran after she got into the car.
Then I sent the photos to my brothers.
"Honey, what are you doing?"
Xu Jia couldn't understand why her boyfriend had become so strange after meeting this Lu Ran. He even secretly took pictures of her.
"Never mind that."
Liu Xian wasn't in the mood to explain to his girlfriend right now.
He sent Lu Ran's photo to his father again, letting him know how awesome Lu Ran was, that he could afford a car worth over 40 million, and that playing cash games with someone like that was just asking for trouble!
at this time.
In a private room of a bar in Tianhai City.
Lin Shaoxian, Wang Jiachao, and Liu Yan sat in the private room, drinking silently. There were no female companions or music around them, and the only sound was the gurgling of alcohol down their throats.
Liu Yan was the least affected of the three, so he was just there to provide background entertainment, not to relieve boredom.
It's mainly to offer comfort.
"Shao Xian, you can always find another woman. Why are you so heartbroken over a woman who doesn't appreciate your kindness? Don't tell me you've actually fallen for your ex-girlfriend!"
"With your success and wealth, you don't need to worry about not having women. Listen to your brother, find two tonight, and if you still miss your ex-girlfriend tomorrow, find two more. Keep changing them, and you'll be over it in a week at most."
Lin Shaoxian tilted his head back and drank half a glass of cocktail.
He shook his head and sighed, "They like me? No, they don't like me, they just like my money."
Liu Yan shrugged: "Does that matter?"
"As long as she's obedient in bed, who cares what she thinks?"
Lin Shaoxian held his wine glass, looking at the flickering lights through the glass, his mind replaying his experiences from childhood to adulthood.
No one would know that his appearance was a scar that had haunted him for half his life.
No one knew that he cared deeply about why women were with him. Recalling those women in bed, looking at his face with instinctive disgust and revulsion, he realized that all his efforts and indulgences were merely attempts to numb the little self-esteem he had left.
He didn't hate Lu Ran, nor did he hate Liang Mengying.
The pursuit of beauty is human nature; he himself also likes beautiful women.
Even a rich ugly person is still an ugly person. In this world, appearance is the hard currency etched into the genes. If he could, he would give up everything to have a good appearance.
"Don't worry, Lu Ran won't be able to cause trouble for long. His momentum is too strong, and it has already caught the attention of our elders. Although I don't really want to make enemies with Lu Ran, I believe that with the Liu, Wang, and Lin families surrounding him, no matter how powerful Lu Ran is, he will be crushed sooner or later."
"According to my analysis, all of Lu Ran's businesses are currently operating at a loss, and he needs at least a year to recover and become profitable. By then, he definitely won't have much cash on hand. If we create any trouble for him, it will be enough to make him suffer."
"Jia Chao, you need to pull yourself together. Uncle Wang didn't say he was really abandoning you. He just wants you to calm down for a while. Maybe this is a test. If you keep going down this path, he might really give up on you."
Upon hearing this, Wang Jiachao put down his wine glass and looked at Liu Yan.
Now that you mention it, it does make some sense!
"Even if my dad creates a new character, that new character won't be useful for more than ten years, and there's no guarantee that my dad will have a son. If he gives me a sister, the family will still have to rely on me!"
Liu Yan clapped his hands: "Yeah, that's why you need to work hard to improve yourself. Even if you don't work hard, you have to pretend to work hard. If you're going to bars every day, I wouldn't want a son like that to take over the family business."
"Get the hell out of here! You're trying to take advantage of me, aren't you!"
"Haha, isn't that just a metaphor?"
Wang Jiachao thought about it more and more and felt that his brother made a lot of sense. He couldn't be discouraged and had to do something to show his father.
"Alright, Ayan, Shaoxian, let's find some time to go to Chengjiang and cause some trouble for Lu Ran."
"Taking advantage of his current predicament presents us with the perfect opportunity for revenge."
Liu Yan immediately shook his head: "No, I won't do it."
Wang Jiachao looked at him with disdain: "Your second and third uncles' businesses are all in Chengjiang. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Chengjiang is your Liu family's territory. Are you really that spineless? You don't even dare to go there!"
"Of course I dare to go, but I don't want to get into a conflict with Lu Ran."
"Then why the hell did you encourage Shao Xian and me to go after him?" Wang Jiachao slammed his wine glass on the table and said, clearly annoyed.
Liu Yan pursed his lips and said, "Don't you have a grudge against him? I just want you to cheer up. Of course, it would be best if you could put aside your grudges and develop yourselves without conflict with Lu Ran."
Wang Jiachao ignored him and looked at Lin Shaoxian beside him: "Shaoxian, if we're talking about grudges, you and Lu Ran have the biggest grudge among the three of us. How about it, do you want to stir up some trouble for him together?"
Just as Wang Jiachao finished speaking, his phone rang a few times.
Then Liu Yan's and Lin Shaoxian's phones rang a few times.
Several people picked it up and looked at it, and after a moment...
The expressions on the three people's faces slowly changed.
"Holy crap, does this guy have a money-printing machine at home? Buying a Bugatti worth over 40 million!"
Wang Jiachao gritted his teeth, feeling unwilling, confused, and even a little wronged; his mentality was about to explode.
Every time they thought Lu Ran was being severely suppressed, this guy always managed to surprise them, and it was always a big surprise.
Lin Shaoxian frowned and pondered. Lu Ran's financial abilities always gave him a very strange feeling, as if Lu Ran had superpowers and could continuously conjure up wealth. He could build so many industries in Chengjiang and still afford a Bugatti worth more than 40 million. It was simply outrageous.