Chapter 142 How Arrogant and Cruel
Xia Yuan was also very puzzled. Shao Yunlu was good-looking, but why couldn't she win a man's heart?
Before, she tried her best to arrange blind dates with several talented young men in Kyoto, but for some reason, everything went well during the blind dates, but it stopped after a few contacts, and the other parties said that they were not suitable.
This matter really gave her a headache.
When Shao Yunlu heard Xia Yuan say she wanted to replace her, she immediately became unwilling. The elegant expression on her face disappeared. She said dissatisfiedly, "Why do we need to replace her? If Xia Ying doesn't agree, it will be my turn. If Xia Ying agrees, I have to give up. Why?"
"What are you shouting about? Look at what you're like now." Xia Yuan leaned back on the sofa and said, "Ye Chi doesn't even know who you are now. What are you saying?"
Shao Yunlu pouted and kept silent. She really liked Ye Chi. She had seen Ye Chi from a distance a few times and she thought everything about him was good.
"If Ye Xingjian really gets divorced, even if he doesn't marry Xia Ying, it won't be your turn. There are so many people in Kyoto watching." Xia Yuan said, "The third son of the Zhang family is called Zhang Zijun, right?"
Shao Yunlu tensed up when she heard Zhang Zijun's name. "Yes, why are you asking him?"
Xia Yuan: "I heard that he broke off his engagement some time ago. The third son of the Zhang family, although not as promising as his two cousins and a bit idle, is not a big problem. How about I go to the Zhang family to feel out their feelings?"
"No." Shao Yunlu's voice was filled with fear. She said, "Mom, do you know how scary Zhang Zijun is?"
Seeing her nervous face, Xia Yuan frowned and said, "Why are you so nervous? I think he's fine. I saw him shopping with his aunt the other day. He was very well behaved."
"What do you know? You don't know how arrogant and ruthless Zhang Zijun is. I saw him beat a man until he was covered in blood. The man lay on the ground, looking like a dead person. Zhang Zijun arrogantly said that he would wait until the man recovered before beating him again."
Shao Yunlu still feels scared when she talks about it now. The scene was so terrible.
Xia Yuan frowned, "Do you know why he hit someone?"
Shao Yunlu shook her head, and then she heard Xia Yuan say, "It's not a big deal. He made some mess, but his father and uncle are there to clean it up for him."
"That won't work either. I get scared when I see him." Shao Yunlu was really afraid of Zhang Zijun.
She was the same age as Zhang Zijun and they were classmates, so she knew him quite well. He was a man no one could control, and she didn't want to have anything to do with him.
Seeing that she was truly frightened, Xia Yuan stopped talking about it. Actually, these second and third generation people in Kyoto all looked so bright and upright on the surface, but who knows how many things they had done that were not meant to be known to others.
Zhang Zijun simply didn't hide anything and revealed all his bad sides.
After talking about her eldest daughter, Xia Yuan turned to her youngest daughter and said, "Your book will be published soon. After it's published, I will arrange for you to join the Writers Association. You must work hard, read more books and write more, understand?"
When Shao Yunhan heard that her book was about to be published, she asked happily, "Really? Will all my classmates be able to see my book by then?"
Xia Yuan smiled: "Yes, so you must work hard. You have to behave differently from others, okay?"
Shao Yunhan nodded heavily, "I understand, Mom."
At this moment, Shao Yuhe suddenly stood up and said to Xia Yuan, "Xia Yuan, is this funny? Look at what you've taught these two children to become."
With that he strode back into the room and slammed the door.
Xia Yuan's eyes turned red with anger.
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Gu Siqing and Gu Jianguo returned to the hotel. Wang Yueju and the others had gone out to play and hadn't returned yet. Father and daughter chatted in the room. Gu Jianguo asked Gu Siqing, "Xiao Si, if we use a private publishing house to publish the book, will they underreport how many copies the book has sold?"
Gu Siqing sat cross-legged on the bed, took out some preserved fruit from under Gu Sanjing's pillow, and ate it while saying to Gu Jianguo, "I think everyone has selfish motives. There are definitely cases where publishing houses conceal how many books they have sold. But we are not fools. Although we can't know the exact number of books they have sold, we still have a rough idea."
"How do you know?" Gu Jianguo asked.
Gu Siqing stuffed another preserved fruit into her mouth and said, "After the book is published, it will definitely be sold in bookstores in Lizhou. As long as we roughly know how many copies have been sold in Lizhou, we can estimate the national sales. There may be some discrepancies, but they won't be too big. I think the publishing house will also be aware of this situation, and even if they conceal the figures, they won't be too exaggerated."
It's impossible to sell 100,000 copies and only report 1,000. A lot of things depend on communication. She also wants to make enough money from publishing books to buy a courtyard house.
Gu Jianguo felt that his little fourth child was really smart and more meticulous than he thought.
As they were talking, Wang Yueju and the others came back. Seeing that Gu Siqing had eaten all the preserved fruits she had hidden, Gu Sanjing came up to tickle her, "I hid it so well, but you still found it."
Gu Siqing: Hiding under the pillow, does that mean it’s hidden very well?
"That's because you didn't hide it well enough. Look, it's hidden in your belly now, how well!" Gu Siqing smiled and pushed her away to hide. Gu Sanjing chased after her, and the two sisters started quarreling again. They often quarreled with each other, and Gu Jianguo and the others ignored them and sat together to talk.
Wang Yueju and her friends went to see the three houses they had bought today. Since they had spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy the houses, they naturally had to take a good look at them.
"After we leave, the house will be empty and unattended. Will there be any problems?" Wang Yueju said worriedly.
Gu Jianguo didn't care. "Did someone demolish the house?"
"It's not good to keep it empty all the time, why don't we rent it out?" Wang Yueju said, "I asked around today, and it seems three rooms in Kyoto cost about ten yuan. With all the rooms in our three houses combined, we can make quite a bit of money a month. The key is that if we rent it out, it means someone will look after the house."
Gu Jianguo also knew that renting it out would be a good idea, but they were unfamiliar with Kyoto, so how could they rent it out? He didn't want to contact the Ye family. Yimin had already rejected Ye Chi, so it would be better not to have too much contact in the future.
"Let's take another look." Gu Jianguo said.
Gu Siqing heard their conversation and walked over and said, "Why don't you talk to Editor Yu and ask him to keep an eye out for anyone renting the room?"
Although this was the first time she met Yu Jianbai today, Gu Siqing had corresponded with him a lot before and felt that Yu Jianbai was a man of excellent character, so it should be okay to ask him for help.
Gu Jianguo also thought it was feasible, so he said, "Okay, next time we meet, treat him to a meal and talk about this."
Gu Erhui asked Gu Jianguo and Gu Siqing how their discussion about publishing went today. Gu Siqing recounted the entire story, and Gu Erhui said without hesitation, "Of course we'll take a commission. Good things take time, so let's not rush."
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