Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 204: The Gold Medal Returnee Young Master Wei, Reunited with Zhong Xiaoai After a Long Separ

Yanjing.

A Volkswagen Santana slowly drove down the street.

It's an old-fashioned design, and it's also the common black color.

This car drove on the streets of Yanjing, naturally keeping a low profile and not showing off at all.

Wei Lian, who was driving, enjoyed this low-key, unobtrusive feeling.

At the red light intersection, pull the handbrake to stop.

Seeing his younger brother Wei Jun sitting in the passenger seat, he was actually fast asleep by the window.

"Xiaojun, Xiaojun, why are you still sleeping?"

"Didn't we say we were going out for roast duck for lunch?"

"Didn't you sleep last night? It's almost noon, why are you still so sleepy?"

Wei Yun slowly woke up and glanced at her eldest sister.

"I'm so jet-lagged! I'm so tired, please let me sleep!"

"No way! If you want to adjust to the time difference as soon as possible, you have to stick to not sleeping during the day and only sleeping at night. How can you go to work if you don't adjust to the time difference?"

With that, Wei Lian simply turned on the radio and turned the volume knob to the maximum.

"...Manager Liu said that they have applied to the manufacturer, Huilong Electronics, for additional stock, but due to the extremely high sales of this MP3 player, they are still unable to meet the demand despite working day and night."

"Therefore, Manager Liu predicts that the goods in Yanjing may not be available until next month. In the meantime, due to speculation, the price of Huilong MP3 players will probably rise further."

"But he sincerely advises the public not to buy from scalpers at inflated prices, lest they be scammed, and not to participate in speculative trading, lest they be trapped and lose everything..."

The radio host's booming voice made Wei Jun's eardrums hurt.

He turned off the radio, looking annoyed.

"Noisy!"

"If I don't disturb you, you'll still want to sleep!"

Wei Lian shifted into gear, released the handbrake, and continued driving towards the Yanjing Hotel.

To prevent her younger brother from falling asleep again, she deliberately started a conversation by asking:

"Do you know that the Huilong MP3 player I gave you is selling like hotcakes right now?"

Wei Yun muttered impatiently, "I know, I'm not deaf. Didn't they just say on the radio that the goods are sold out in Yanjing, and there are still many people speculating and hoarding them!"

"I just don't understand why we Chinese love speculation so much. I can understand speculating on gold, stocks, jade, and even grain coupons, since they are scarce."

"But hyping up MP3 players? Are you out of your mind? I couldn't sleep last night and listened to music on it for hours. It's just an electronic product, what's so hype about it?"

"Although it is much more exquisite and compact than the tape recorder and portable CD player of the past, and has more advanced performance and more powerful functions, it is essentially just a microcomputer."

"Since it is an electronic product, with large-scale industrial production, the cost will decrease and the production capacity will expand, which will inevitably lead to a price drop. Moreover, with technological progress and market competition, the product will be updated and replaced very quickly."

"Spending a little over a thousand yuan to follow a trend, try something new, and enjoy the charm of digital music is not wrong, but spending money like crazy to hoard and speculate, even going bankrupt to participate in speculation, is simply insane!!"

Hearing her younger brother's insults, Wei Lian laughed.

Having successfully stirred up the younger brother's resentment, there was no need to worry about him falling asleep again.

Holding the steering wheel, Wei Lian kept an eye on the road while slowly saying:

As the old saying goes, "People die for wealth, and birds die for food!"

"If a business can make money, people will always flock to it, never learning from historical experience and lessons."

"Or rather, they all know very well that speculation is just a game of musical chairs."

"But under the influence of wishful thinking, people always thought that prices could continue to rise and that there would be a constant stream of new investors joining in."

"So they don't care whether the MP3 players they bought at huge sums of money can be sold or not, and they don't care who will end up bankrupt and in debt."

Wei Yun chuckled coldly.

"That's true, just like back then, many people speculated on orchids."

"That thing isn't pretty, it has no medicinal value, it can't be eaten, and it certainly can't be passed down as a family heirloom."

"But what was the result? A pot of clivia was once sold for over 100,000 yuan, enough to buy an apartment in Beijing!"

"Countless people go crazy for it, fantasizing about getting rich overnight, and participate in speculation and hoarding. In the end, only a small number of people get rich, while most fools lose everything."

"History seems to be repeating itself. The new generation of fools doesn't learn from the painful lessons of the past at all. They only think about making a fortune, and they deserve their misfortune in the end!"

Wei Lian hummed in agreement and then smiled, "Gamblers, they lose everything, even their families are ruined, and they take their own lives. They don't deserve any sympathy."

"But on the other hand, the MP3 music player developed by Handong Huilong Electronics is indeed quite good."

"With this, I no longer need to buy cassette tapes or CDs. I can just download any song I want from the official website and store a lot of songs."

"Besides being lightweight and portable, making it convenient to listen anytime and anywhere, the sound quality is also very good. A full charge allows for a long listening session, and switching between songs is also very convenient."

Wei Yun nodded slightly.

"This electronic product is indeed quite well made."

"It is no exaggeration to say that it has achieved world-class status."

"Even the earlier Diameng MP3 player cannot compare to it at all."

"I really didn't expect that our Dragon Country would actually have companies that can develop such advanced electronic products."

Wei Lian glanced at her younger brother with a broad smile.

"You know, there are many things you can't imagine."

"This Huilong Group is quite extraordinary..."

While driving, Wei Lian told her younger brother, who had just returned from abroad, about various aspects of Huilong Group.

You don’t know if you don’t hear it, but you will be shocked when you hear it.

Wei Yun originally thought that Huilong Group was a local enterprise run by the sons of powerful and wealthy families.

did not expect……

This group surprisingly doesn't engage in businesses like engineering construction, real estate development, or financial lending that are guaranteed to make a profit.

Instead, they invest in numerous high-tech fields such as electronic information, network communication, high-speed rail, and aerospace.

What surprised him even more was that this group was able to secure a massive investment of hundreds of billions of US dollars from overseas.

With so much money, they can invest heavily, pour money into scientific research, and attract talent.

It's not surprising that they developed the world's top MP3 music player.

But the problem is...

How did Zhao Ruilong and his sister manage to obtain hundreds of billions of US dollars from abroad?

After patiently waiting for her sister to finish speaking, Wei Yun couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:

"Even if Huilong Group has the Zhao family as its backer, and Handong Province is vigorously developing a high-quality economy under Zhao Lichun's leadership, Huilong Group shouldn't be so favored by international capital, right?"

"That's over a hundred billion US dollars, not just a few million. Let alone our Dragon Country, even in the whole world, has no company ever been able to raise so much money through financing?"

Wei Lian turned the steering wheel, slowed down, and drove towards the Yanjing Hotel.

"Where this money came from has now become a taboo subject."

"We can't ask, we dare not ask, and we can't investigate. As long as it benefits our Dragon Kingdom, we don't care where it came from!"

Wei Yun adjusted his glasses, leaned closer, and asked:

"So, someone has already investigated?"

"Of course, do you remember Zhong Xiaoai's father, Zhong Zhengguo? He once had someone investigate, but they couldn't find the source, and he ended up getting into serious trouble!"

"What? Zhong Zhengguo is in trouble? Then... how is Xiao Ai?"

"she……"

Wei Lian looked at her younger brother, but his tense and worried expression left her speechless.

Back when my younger brother and Zhong Xiaoai were high school classmates, he pursued her relentlessly but failed to win her over.

Later, Zhong Xiaoai was admitted to Handong University, just as her father was transferred from Yanjing to Handong.

Disheartened, the younger brother went abroad to study and worked there for many years before being summoned back by his father recently.

After backing the car into the parking space, engaging the handbrake, and turning off the engine, Wei Lian calmly said:

"Zhong Zhengguo has been brought down because he colluded with unscrupulous businessmen to accept huge bribes during the education and rectification campaign in Linjiang Province..."

After hearing her sister's story, Wei Jun was completely stunned.

He couldn't believe that Zhong Zhengguo, who had always given the impression of being honest, upright, and incorruptible, would actually be corrupt.

Even more unimaginable is that the former goddess Zhong Xiaoai married Hou Liangping, who would embarrass himself in public.

Seeing that her younger brother was in a daze, Wei Lian waved her hand in front of his eyes.

"What are you thinking about? Aren't you going to eat roast duck?"

"Sister, do you think Zhong Xiaoai will divorce Hou Liangping?"

Wei Yun asked with a cold laugh.

“It’s impossible not to separate. Does that mean Zhong Xiaoai has to wait for Hou Liangping for more than ten years just because he’s been sentenced to more than ten years?”

After Wei Lian finished speaking, she turned around and picked up her handbag from the back seat.

Seeing that her younger brother was still staring blankly into space.

"Hey, what are you thinking about? You're not still hung up on Zhong Xiaoai, are you?"

Wei Yun pushed up his glasses and gave a contemptuous sneer.

"What do you mean by 'can't forget'? The woman I was crazy about in high school, who also made me lose face, is now in dire straits and single. Can't I even express a little sentimentality?"

"What are you feeling?"

Wei Lian said with a serious expression:

"You need to understand that the disparity in your current status and background is too great!"

"Even disregarding your family background, you are a high-end international talent who graduated from a prestigious overseas university and has work experience in well-known companies, with a bright future ahead of you."

"And what about Zhong Xiaoai? After resigning from her job at the Discipline Inspection Commission, she went into business and became a businesswoman. Furthermore, her father and husband were imprisoned for corruption."

"If you can't forget her and want to make up for not being able to win her over in high school, it's fine to date her, but you absolutely cannot talk about marriage with her."

"Dad's health isn't very good to begin with. If he knew you were dating Zhong Xiaoai, he'd probably be furious. Do you understand? Still laughing? I..."

As Wei Lian spoke, she raised her hand to tap her younger brother on the head.

"Don't worry!"

"How could I possibly marry a divorced woman?"

"I'm just curious, what does she look like after all these years?"

"Is she still like she was in high school, aloof and cold like an ice queen, keeping everyone at arm's length?"

"However, her father has been dismissed and her husband has been arrested. I guess she no longer dares to be arrogant and domineering."

"As for pursuing her... forget it. She's been with Hou Liangping for so many years. Who knows how many times that bastard Hou Liangping has drugged her... What would I need a woman like that for?"

Wei Yun found it difficult to say anything too explicit in front of her sister.

However, deep down, he did have a strong urge to take revenge.

I was obsessed with Zhong Xiaoai for a long time back then.

It took a lot of courage for me to confess my feelings.

On Zhong Xiaoai's birthday, I bought her a gift and wrote her a love letter.

The results of it?

I wonder if Zhong Xiaoai was acting crazy that day.

Not only did they throw their carefully prepared gifts into the trash can.

She even read aloud the love letter she had painstakingly written, which she had spent a long time composing, in front of the whole class.

Furthermore, because Wei Yun loved reading comic books when she was young, she developed severe myopia.

So after Zhong Xiaoai read the love letter aloud in public, she called him, "Four-eyes, don't be a toad trying to eat swan meat!"

Wei Yun will never forget the embarrassment and awkwardness of that day.

If the classroom hadn't been on the first floor, he would have definitely jumped off the building and committed suicide that day.

Now that he has completed his studies abroad, he has returned to China.

With an impressive resume and a powerful family background.

He's about to be hired without taking any tests as an investment manager at Yanjing Urban Investment Group, which is a very promising future for him.

And what about Zhong Xiaoai?

Without a powerful background, he also resigned from his job within the system.

Is it still the swan that a toad can't afford to climb?

As the older sister, Wei Lian naturally understood what her younger brother meant.

Younger men look down on women who have been in relationships or married.

Given his qualifications, he certainly has the right to prefer quality over quantity.

"Since you're not interested in her anymore, what are you waiting for? Get off the bus! Don't you want your roast duck anymore?"

"Yes, I've been craving it for so long after living abroad for so many years!"

"Then get off the bus quickly, I'll treat you to a good meal today!"

The siblings got out of the car and took the elevator upstairs.

They had only taken a few steps out of the elevator when Wei Lian and her brother both froze.

Among the people walking towards them, Zhong Xiaoai was clearly one of them.

Because we haven't seen each other for many years.

Zhong Xiaoai, of course, did not recognize Wei Yun.

"Call me anytime if you need anything. I know this area very well and I'll be there whenever you call!"

As she spoke, Zhong Xiaoai led Zhao Ruilong toward the elevator.

They flew from Jingzhou to Yanjing this morning.

Zhao Ruilong came to Yanjing to meet with President Shen and try to secure a final decision to end the high-speed rail dispute.

She returned to Yanjing to pay off her debts and close her company, then moved to Jingzhou and officially joined Huilong Group.

Since the two of them coincidentally bought tickets for the same flight.

How could Zhao Ruilong possibly let her take a taxi home by herself?

So the two took a car arranged by the Handong Liaison Office in Beijing and went from the airport to the Yanjing Hotel, where they had lunch in advance.

at the moment.

Zhao Ruilong was preparing to go upstairs to his room to rest so he could recharge for his meeting with President Shen that afternoon.

As a subordinate, how could Zhong Xiaoai not see her boss off?

"Okay, go ahead and do your thing!"

Zhao Ruilong, who did not recognize Wei Lian and her brother, walked straight into the elevator.

Seeing the elevator doors close, Zhong Xiaoai prepared to turn and leave.

At this moment.

Wei Yun, who had already recognized her, couldn't wait to call out:

"Zhong Xiaoai, do you still recognize me?"

"Excuse me, may I ask who you are?"

Without power and influence, Zhong Xiaoai naturally knew she had to keep a low profile.

Especially since we're currently at the Yanjing Grand Hotel, the people who come to patronize this place are definitely either rich or powerful.

Wei Yun discovered that Zhong Xiaoai didn't even recognize her.

After glancing at his sister, he burst into laughter.

He took a step forward, pointed at his own nose, and sneered.

"I am Wei Yun, from Class 1, 1988, Yanjing No. 3 High School!"

"That four-eyed guy who wrote you love letters and gave you gifts, but you publicly called me a toad..."

Wei Yun spoke as she walked forward.

Zhong Xiaoai took several steps back.

They quickly retreated to the base of the wall, with nowhere left to go.

She looked at Wei Jun with surprise and embarrassment, her heart pounding with panic...