"What's all the fuss about? Is it appropriate to argue with an old lady in public like this?" Li Jiabao came over and immediately launched into a tirade against the young woman.
The young woman pouted, angry but unable to speak out, and shielded her son behind her.
Jiang Rou felt a lump in her throat and forced a smile.
"Minister Li, it's me, Jiang Rou. You really have a bad memory!"
Is she that old now? It's one thing not to recognize her, but to call her an old lady is the worst thing a woman can do. I'd rather slap her!
Li Jiabao looked at her for two seconds before saying with a forced smile:
"Oh my, old friend, it's been so many years, I almost didn't recognize you. What a coincidence to run into you here today."
He had a smile on his face and spoke in an intimate tone, but it was clearly distant; he was just maintaining his public image.
Jiang Rou could tell what was going on, but for her brother's sake, she had no choice but to humble herself.
"Minister Li, I have a favor to ask of you. Could you please treat me to a meal?"
The woman beside her, upon hearing Jiang Rou's invitation, scoffed.
"Do you know what kind of cadre my husband, Lao Li, is now? When others invite him to dinner, it starts at five figures. Looking at how shabby you are dressed, can you afford to treat him?"
After the woman finished speaking, Li Jiabao shook his head at her, "Wife, don't be rude. You take our son home first, I'll be back in a few minutes."
The couple whispered among themselves for a long time, and finally the young woman left with the boy.
Li Jiabao apologized and told her that he could give her a few minutes to see what the problem was, but that his abilities were limited and he might not be able to help.
He didn't dare to openly break ties with Jiang Rou, after all, they had a painful past together.
Jiang Rou didn't waste the opportunity and immediately offered to borrow money.
Li Jiabao, now over fifty, is a shrewd man. He knows that Jiang Rou had some confidence in him, and to avoid her from resorting to desperate measures, he agreed to lend her 100,000 yuan.
"There's no rush to pay this money back, but if I ever need your help in the future, I hope you can lend me a hand."
As he spoke, he wrote down Jiang Rou's phone number.
If a chess piece is offered to you, you might as well use it.
As for the 100,000 yuan, he considered it as paying off a past debt.
Jiang Rou took the check and left satisfied.
Li Jiabao watched her departing figure and revealed a wicked smile.
After returning home, Xiao Li complained to him somewhat:
"Why do you always side with outsiders? Hao Hao is heartbroken."
Upon hearing this, Li Jiabao hugged Hao Hao and comforted him.
"I've come to see my little darling. I'll definitely help you scold back next time. But, when Dad is out, he has to maintain a kind and approachable image and can't lose his temper."
When you're out in the future, don't be like your mother, so easily provoked. Learn to hide your emotions.
Hao Hao nodded, "Dad, I understand."
Xiao Li shook her head with a smile, "You're just like my dad, very concerned about your image. That old lady was so rude, I couldn't stand it."
Li Jiabao looked at his wife, who was just over thirty, and sighed. She was still young and impatient.
When it comes to composure, he's the one.
Back then, he was marginalized for many years, doing meaningless work, but he did not give up and kept lying low, looking for opportunities.
Later, she met Xiao Li's father and saved him by chance. She even did a lot of dirty work for him, which immediately gained his trust.
In the following years, after Yu Qi, Yang Ziqiang and others retired, his position began to rise slowly.
Especially after marrying Xiao Li, he became very successful in the industry and eventually rose to a relatively high position.
He married a woman in her twenties and had a son; he was riding high and utterly arrogant.
However, seeing that Fuqiang Group had become so powerful that he alone could not shake it, he was still unconvinced.
Especially this time, all of Jiang Ning's high-end villas were completed, and most of them were reserved even before they were finished. Xiao Li also wanted to buy one, but when she asked about the price, she realized that no matter how much she climbed up the social ladder, she could never afford it, and a sense of imbalance arose in her heart.
Since he couldn't enjoy it, he didn't want to see Jiang Ning so smug, pocketing so much money.
Just then, Jiang Rou became a convenient pawn. After she redeemed Lu Ming from Macau, he gave her a task.
She was instructed to post anonymously online, claiming that the underground area of Fuqiang Group's high-end residential complex was once a cemetery in ancient times.
The people who buy houses there are all wealthy, and the wealthy pay attention to feng shui.
Once this news got out, it was a fatal blow to the project.
When Jiang Ning heard the news, she was coaxing her grandson. Tongtong had gotten pregnant soon after marrying Sophia and gave birth to their son, Lin Song.
Lin Song is of mixed race, with fair skin and eyes that are as clear as glass with a hint of blue; he looks just like a porcelain doll.
Jiang Ning held his hand and played with him in the living room, which was over 50 square meters, while teaching him to speak.
When Lin Tong returned, she hugged her son and then solemnly recounted the matter of the online post.
"Tongtong, check the IP addresses of those posts and see if you can find that person. But be careful not to alert him. I believe he's not the real mastermind."
Jiang Ning gave the instructions.
Lin Tong agreed and immediately gathered the company's best programmers to begin tracing the source of the post.
He is also a very skilled programmer, and if necessary, he can easily become a hacker and break into other people's computers.
He quickly found out that the post was made in an internet cafe, and even the specific computer position.
By waiting patiently, he discovered that the person who posted the message was Jiang Rou.
"You just need to block the post so that more people can't see it, and then create the illusion that her post has been commented on by many people."
Jiang Ning gave Tongtong new instructions.
Although Jiang Rou's previous post attracted a lot of attention, it was pulled away by Lin Tong and no one could see it anymore.
However, the feedback Jiang Rou received was one of righteous indignation, with many people even clamoring to cancel their reservations.
Jiang Rou took the opportunity to extend an invitation to everyone to gather at the Fuqiang Group office building on the weekend.
A large number of people responded online, all intending to attend the rally.
Jiang Rou informed Li Jiabao that if things escalated, they should not forget to organize a joint enforcement action to completely ruin the reputation of that high-end residential complex and deal a heavy blow to Fuqiang Group.
When the weekend came, a large number of people gathered in front of the Fuqiang Group office building.
Jiang Rou disguised herself and blended into the crowd, intending to stir things up.
However, once she squeezed into the crowd, she realized that these people had no intention of causing trouble at all; they were just casually discussing things.
The inspection team dispatched by Li Jiabao is already on its way; she cannot afford to give up now.
So she started stirring things up, bringing up the argument that the basement of high-end residential buildings is a cemetery, and even inciting people to cancel their purchases.
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