Chapter 127: Friend or Foe
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Perhaps it was the headwind that choked the smoke into her eyes, Liao Wanyu stood beside Gu Pan, watching her eyes gradually moisten, and in the end, her lower eyelashes could no longer bear the weight, and with a "snap", she landed on the white stone railing, leaking out a dark circle.
Liao Wanwen has been married for almost five years, if what Gu Pan said is true, then she should not have come out of the shadow of her fiancΓ© being snatched away all these years.
"That ......" She wanted to ask her why she changed her name and why she pretended to be a courtesan, but Liao Wanyu felt that this question was very rude, and when the words came to her mouth, she still didn't ask after all.
Gu Pan seemed to know what she was thinking, took two puffs of cigarette, and laughed self-deprecatingly, "My family is doing a small business, after the Wu family regretted the marriage, Abba became angry, procrastination for more than half a year, a lot of money was spent, and the Western doctor also saw it, but the person still didn't stay." β
She gently knocked off the gray ash on the cigarette and took another puff, which seemed to give her a sense of security, "Abba is gone, and the business will fall into the hands of the eldest brother, but what will he do, it won't take long for him to fight with the guests." We lost some money, and thought it would be fine, but we didn't expect that the man still hated the eldest brother, and got drunk and set fire in the middle of the night, burning down our shop and two or three families around. β
Liao Wanyu tore off the silk handkerchief from the side button of her cheongsam and handed it to Gu Pan, who shook his head and didn't want to.
"The money for the goods and the funeral expenses for the work of the dead in the shop for the night made us sell the house, and I went to work to fill the family, but where is the enough? Then one day, the eldest brother said that he was drunk and asked me to pick up ......"
By the end of her life, her voice began to tremble, and she choked and swallowed two or three times of saliva, but still could not stabilize.
Liao Wanyu stretched out her hand and gently stroked her back twice, "Don't say it, don't say it again." β
Gu Pan didn't say anything more, and the two of them stood quietly on the terrace, looking at the sunset in the distance, and they saw the sun sinking little by little, leaving only some faint light.
"I know, you were kicked out by the Liao family." She turned her head sideways to look at Liao Wanyu, "I'm not your enemy. I want to make Wu Zhiyou regret his choice, and I also want to make Liao Wanwen pay the price. So......" she emphasized again, "I am not your enemy. β
Liao Wanyu was a little sympathetic to Gu Pan.
She had hated someone who had abandoned her for five years, and there might be another five years to come. However, how many five years can a person have in this life?
"But I don't think we can be friends."
Gu Pan obviously didn't expect Liao Wanyu to say this, she was slightly stunned, and quickly recovered, "You also want to take revenge on them, don't you?" β
Liao Wanyu shook her head, "I didn't think about revenge, I just wanted a truth, and then, help my brother get back what belongs to him." β
Gu Pan decided that Liao Wanyu denied it because she didn't trust her, so she was not in a hurry. She felt that the little girl was reluctant to use words as extreme as revenge, so she changed her expression to a softer way.
"You want to get back your brother's due family business, of course there is nothing wrong with this, I tell you this, first, I want to ask you not to talk to Mr., and second, I want to help you fulfill your wish in what you can."
After listening to her words, Liao Wanyu turned around and leaned against the railing, she looked into the room from the door leading from the terrace to the interior, and the light in the corridor was already on, "I won't tell Mr. Lin, what your name is and what you want to do, it has nothing to do with me." However, Mr. Lin may not be unaware. β
"In addition...... she looked at Gu Pan at the head of the car, "what I am going to do has nothing to do with Miss Gu." I hope that Miss Gu will not be clever. β
It didn't look like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl said this, Gu Pan stared at her eyes for a long time, and finally nodded, "I know." I mean......"
"Mr. Lin is back." Liao Wanyu heard the sound of the car and interrupted Gu Pan with her mouth, "I'll go downstairs first, Aunt Juan." β
Gu Pan was interrupted, and it wasn't until he saw Liao Wanyu raise her legs and walk into the house that she reacted and said "yes".
What she means means she won't tell Lin Keji, right?
As soon as Lin Keji got out of the car, he found Gu Pan standing on the edge of the terrace upstairs, he only glanced at it, and then strode in, Gu Pan smiled and waved at him, as if he didn't see it.
Liao Wanyu went down from the upstairs, walked to the first floor halfway up the stairs and met Lin Keji who pushed the door in, Lin Keji obviously didn't expect her to be there, his footsteps paused for a moment, and then while closing the handicap at the collar of the long shirt, he asked, "Waited for a long time?" β
Liao Wanyu stood halfway up the stairs without moving, and Lin Keji came up from downstairs, and when he passed by her, he told her to go to the study and wait.
After about fifteen or sixteen minutes, Lin Keji finally changed into a short coat and trousers, pushed the door and entered the study.
"I heard that the goods are on board in the afternoon?"
"Yes."
The docks were Lin Keji's sphere of influence, and it was normal for him to get the news.
"What's the matter with me?" He had already discovered that since this girl moved out, she had no official business, and she would never come to the Lin family to look for him.
"Let me first report to you on the profitability of the soap factory so far."
Lin Keji never checked the accounts, and Liao Wanyu suddenly took the initiative to report the accounts to him, and he felt that this was just an introduction, "I heard Gu Yongchou say, you have worked hard in the past few months." β
Liao Wanyu saw that he knew that "Chang'e" was selling well and was very profitable, and it was useless all of a sudden if she was ready, so she lowered her eyes and avoided Lin Keji's gaze for two or three seconds before she mustered up her courage again.
"Mr. Lin, you see, the soap field has been able to operate stably, can I ......?"
Lin Keji thought she wanted money, "How much do you want?" β
"Huh?" Liao Wanyu looked at Lin Keji in confusion, "What do you want?" β
"Don't you want money? Buying a house? β
Liao Wanyu realized that he had misunderstood, and shook her head again and again, "No, I don't want to borrow money." I just, I just want a little time. On the premise of not affecting the soap factory, I wanted to do something else on my own. β
Lin Keji chuckled, this is the wings are stiff. "What do you want to do?"
The question of what to do was something she had been thinking about before she went to Nanyang.
If the ultimate goal is to get the Liao shipyard back, but if the current goal is to put it bluntly, without violating her conscience, she wants to make money, a lot of money.
In this way, even if something happens to her one day, her younger brother will not rely on others for help for the rest of his life.
Although Lin Keji can help them, they should not count on Lin Keji's help for the rest of their lives.
"I want to be an apprentice to Mr. Tang, the chief comprador of the Yihe Foreign Company."
"Tang Ting'ou?"
"Yes, it's Mr. Tang Tingou." Liao Wanyu hesitated for a moment and added, "I want to make 'Chang'e' bigger, but I found that I don't have such ability. β
One by one, she counted her shortcomings. "I'm not good at managing money, and I know that making some other investments might make the soap factory more profitable, but ...... I can't find the eyebrows. In the purchase of raw materials, if it weren't for the help of nobles, I wouldn't have been able to negotiate such a favorable price on my own, so this is also my own lack of ability. β
Glancing at the map hanging on the wall of Lin Keji's study, Liao Wanyu smiled embarrassedly, "I want 'Chang'e' to fly to every place on the map." But ......," she smiled awkwardly, "I found that I didn't know anything." β
To be sure, Lin was not interested in business, preferring to teach in a school rather than take care of the businesses left behind by his family.
But for Liao Wanyu's strong interest in business, Lin Keji can also understand.
She came from a merchant family, and even if the girls were no longer exposed to family business, they could always hear many related topics between their father and brother at home from a young age.
"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Tang's company is in Fuzhou, right?"
Tang Tingou, as the chief comprador of the Yihe Foreign Bank, was very famous in the whole Fujian. Although he is a member of the previous dynasty, he has studied abroad in Hong Kong for several years, so he is very good at foreign languages.
Because of his close relationship with the British government in Hong Kong, the amount of goods entering and leaving through his hands was huge.
The types of businesses involved in its companies are also relatively complex, ranging from trade sales to cargo shipping. As for him personally, he has even published a "Complete Works in English", which has been translated into many dialects and is an English textbook for middle schools in many provinces.
If Liao Wanyu can be his apprentice, this is of course a good thing.
"Yes, Mr. Tang's company is in Fuzhou."
"Not to mention whether you can take care of the operation of the soap factory, are you sure that Mr. Tang will accept female apprentices?"
What Lin Keji said was not wrong at all, Tang Tingou did not accept female apprentices.
"Mr. Tang has never accepted female apprentices, I think, does not mean that he will not accept them. As far as I know, my husband has been in Hong Kong for many years and is a very enlightened person, and there are many female workers in the foreign firm, and there is no unequal treatment. β
"You investigated him?"
Liao Wanyu shook her head slightly, "I can't talk about the investigation, if I want to be an apprentice for him, I must try to understand him first." β
"What if I don't allow you to go to Fuzhou as an apprentice? To be honest, I don't think that with your ability, you can do both. β
Liao Wanyu had already planned for the worst before she came, she had been conflicting for several days, and finally decided that even if Lin Keji did not allow her to go to Fuzhou, she must give it a try.
"If Mr. Lin does not agree with me to go to Fuzhou, then I will definitely hand over to Manager Gu as soon as possible."
This means that you are going to do it.
"Haven't you thought about it? Being Tang Tingou's apprentice does not guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing, but 'Chang'e' can. β
He could.
Liao Wanyu smiled bitterly, "But I can't rely on Uncle Lin for the rest of my life." β
Her name changed at this time because she wanted Lin Keji to understand that the reason why Lin Keji asked her to take care of the soap factory was not because she was capable.
If she wasn't mistaken, Lin Keji had been prepared from the very beginning that the soap factory would not make money.