Seeing Yang Lu standing there, she seemed somewhat unhappy.

Gao Baoliang quickly said goodbye to his parents and pulled her back to her room.

He pressed her back into the covers, then quickly took off his clothes and crawled in himself.

"Why did you run outside? It's so cold!"

Yang Lu pouted, snuggled into his arms, and said angrily:

"Why didn't you wake me up when they were yelling at you!"

Gao Baoliang hugged her tightly, playfully pinched her nose, and laughed:

"Why did I wake you up? To get yelled at too!"

"No, I'll help you yell back!"

Yang Lu snorted.

Gao Baoliang's hand stroked her face, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"They are my parents, brothers and sisters after all. As long as it's not a matter of principle, there's no need to ruin the relationship. Anyway, we're leaving in a couple of days."

But I'll probably give my mom a few thousand yuan every year as a filial gift from now on. What do you think?

Yang Lu rubbed her nose against his nose and smiled gently.

“I heard you say you'd give me control of the money. Since I'll have the final say in finances, I approve it. Whenever they need money, just give the order and I'll send it to them immediately.”

Gao Baoliang slipped his hand inside her clothes, tracing its path over her smooth skin, a glint of lust in his eyes.

"Wife, you are so good."

Yang Lu bit her lip, knowing he was going to torment her again, and twisted her body in resistance.

"You're at it again. You're exhausting me every day. I can't even get out of bed in the morning, and then they still criticize me."

"Who dares to say anything to you? I'll speak up for them!"

His lips licked her fair neck, his voice becoming hoarse.

That night, the two of them were so exhausted that they finally fell asleep.

......

The next day, the sun shone through the thin clouds and shone onto the bed through the gaps in the curtains.

Lin Qiao released Luo Guangming's embrace, peeked out from under the covers, and vaguely remembered that she had forgotten to call Lin Chen yesterday.

She glanced at the time and quickly got up to get dressed.

Luo Guangming also sat up, smiling as he looked at her.

"Don't worry, I called them first thing this morning. They left early, and I wanted to tell them as soon as possible so they could discuss it. We should get a response by now."

Lin Qiao put on her clothes and jumped out of bed.

"Then I'll go help with the cooking."

She walked towards the kitchen.

Liu Fang and Aunt Luo were already busy there, steaming big, soft meat buns early in the morning.

Just as Lin Qiao was about to help start the fire, the phone rang.

She went to Aunt Luo's room to pick her up.

Lin Chen's loud voice rang out from the other end:

“Xiaoqiao, I haven’t found out the market price of stones here either. If all else fails, you can try to ship them over. Don’t worry about the cost, I’ll cover it.”

Lin Qiao agreed:

"Okay, then I'll make the arrangements with Guangming."

At this moment, in Lin Chen's house, Zhao Ergou paced anxiously in the room, glancing at the dark, grimy stone every now and then at the gate outside the courtyard.

"It's almost ten o'clock, why haven't they come yet?" he muttered to himself.

Seeing him like this, his wife scolded him for being useless, saying he was just a broken rock, like a hot potato.

"Stop walking around like that, you're making me dizzy. I don't believe this stone is really a treasure!" His wife was worried sick seeing him like this.

Zhao Ergou leaned close to her ear and said with an exaggerated expression:

"Don't doubt it, Lin Qiao and the others are very knowledgeable. If they say it's a good thing, they're definitely right. It could probably sell for tens of thousands of yuan!"

Upon hearing this, his wife quickly covered her mouth with her hand, afraid that she would cry out.

"Why don't you just keep it for yourself? We can leave the money behind."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ergou's face darkened, and he glared at her.

"Foolish woman, this stone belongs to Brother Chen, can I take it?"

Don't forget whose house you're living in now, and who taught you how to make money.

Even if a broken rock is valuable, it's still lifeless. Only by clinging to Brother Chen's coattails can we ensure a comfortable life for the rest of our lives.

His wife clicked her tongue at him and shook her head.

"You're always calling me 'Brother Chen,' you're practically a magic wand. I don't believe there's anyone that powerful!"

Zhao Ergou only got married a couple of years ago. His wife is from another village, which is quite far away, and she doesn't know anything about Lin Chen's past.

Lin Chen's deeds were all heard from Zhao Ergou. In his mind, Lin Chen and his wife were very impressive people, and his eyes were full of admiration every time he mentioned them.

"Why isn't it there...?"

Just as Zhao Ergou was about to tell her about Lin Chen's deeds, Lin Qiao called to him from outside the courtyard.

"Zhao Ergou, come out here for a moment."

Zhao Ergou immediately went out and asked them what Lin Chen had said.

Lin Qiao told him that they had found a small truck, which had already parked at the village committee, and that he needed to transport the stones there to load them onto the truck.

“That’s easy. Guangming, come and lend me a hand. I have a cart here, we can pull it over.”

When Zhao Ergou learned that Lin Chen was going to move the stone away, he felt a weight lifted off his shoulders.

Last night, he seemed to hear other noises next door again. Stone is a menace if he stays.

With the combined efforts of several people, the stones were loaded onto the truck, and Zhao Ergou pulled the cart toward the village committee, with the others following behind.

Along the way, they encountered many villagers who were curious about why Lin Qiao had taken away a stone. Lin Qiao had no choice but to make up an excuse.

"Guangming's branch in the capital city was established, and they wanted to use this stone as its foundation."

Here, it's a tradition to lay the foundation stone for any new factory, so people don't dwell on it.

When they passed Gao Qiang's house, Gao Xiaolong jumped out, his drooling, fat, and silly face startling Lin Qiao.

Luo Guangming quickly chased him away to prevent him from harming his wife.

Gao Xiaolan quickly called her younger brother back, her eyes filled with resentment as she looked at Lin Qiao.

She felt resentful. Why could Lin Qiao now wear glamorous clothes, live in the city, and after marrying Luo Guangming, Luo Guangming's career was also booming. They had become the elite of society.

Looking at myself, having just come out of prison, my face was sallow, and I didn't look like a young woman at all, but rather like a resentful woman.

She had no money and could only live in her parents' house. She couldn't find a good job and was looked down upon wherever she went.

No man dared to marry her; they even considered it bad luck to get close to her.

Just a few years ago, they were classmates in the same classroom!

Why did it turn out like this?

All they did was switch her exam papers and set a fire, but it didn't cause any serious consequences, did it?

Yet she has to endure such a tragic life!

She was really unwilling to accept it.

During her five years in prison, she thought every moment about how to get revenge after she got out. Now, the opportunity has finally arrived.

Just as Lin Qiao and her group passed by their family's pond, she whispered something in Gao Xiaolong's ear and then pushed him out.

Gao Xiaolong, a tall, stocky man over 1.7 meters, charged towards Lin Qiao like a cannonball...