Chapter 219
Ji Wanmei thought for a while and came up with an idea for her father:
“Dad, the central government is currently promoting cooperation with foreign investment and issuing documents to encourage increased investment attraction. Our factory must have been assigned a quota as well. Yang Zhiping studied in Guangzhou. Why don’t you send him to Guangzhou as a ‘representative for investment attraction’ for six months? After he returns, you can give him the position. I think he definitely won’t refuse.”
Therefore, Yang Zhiping, eager to secure this coveted position, would certainly not refuse the overseas assignment. Returning after six months on assignment would result in a promotion, a highly tempting prospect for someone as ambitious as him.
Furthermore, according to Ji Wanmei, Yang Zhiping had more than one girlfriend when he was in Guangzhou.
That's his haven of comfort; he'd definitely be willing to go there.
Furthermore, Yang Changhua stated that the largest sum of money he received as bribes came from foreign businessmen.
This time, Ji Wanmei devised a plan that put the Yang family, father and son, in the spotlight of investment promotion.
If you want him to perish, first make him go mad.
Yang Zhiping's ambitions did not match his abilities, nor did he possess the shrewdness and ability to feign honesty of his father, Yang Changhua.
Once he gains power, he becomes arrogant.
When the time comes, pulling out the roots and bringing out the mud, no matter how good Yang Changhua is at hiding, he won't be able to hide his true colors.
Ji Wanmei will definitely make the Yang family father and son taste the pain she experienced in her previous life, which was ten times worse.
Families destroyed, people imprisoned, and despair from which there is no light of day.
Ji Xingguo listened and nodded thoughtfully: "That is a good idea, but in my opinion, Yang Zhiping's temperament will only cause trouble if he comes into contact with large amounts of foreign capital."
Ji Wanmei smiled gently: "I'm just afraid he won't cause trouble."
If he doesn't cause trouble, where will she find evidence?
If it were simply a matter of making the Yang family father and son lose their jobs or their reputation, that would be quite easy.
Ji Wanmei now has ways to do all of that.
Without their jobs or reputations, given Yang Changhua's shrewdness and Yang Zhiping's shrewdness, they could easily leave Pingquan County and start over somewhere else.
In a strange place, people who don't know their past will accept them again and respect them as virtuous and capable people.
This is definitely not what Ji Wanmei wants to see.
She wanted to personally send the Yang family father and son to prison to avenge herself, her father, and Lei Tingjun!
Whenever the Yang family father and son were mentioned, the coldness in Ji Wanmei's eyes was almost uncontrollable. She picked up her teacup, took a sip, and slowly calmed herself down.
The father and daughter chatted about things at the factory, and then Ji Xingguo asked Ji Wanmei about her time at school.
When the topic returned to school, Ji Wanmei's heavy mood eased considerably, and a smile appeared on her face.
To prepare her father in advance, she decided to tell him now: "It's Grandma Song, the Shu embroidery teacher I told you about last time. She's celebrating her birthday on the seventh day of the first lunar month and invited me to attend. I think Grandma Song has been very kind to me, so I should definitely go to her birthday celebration. What do you think, Dad?"
Ji Xingguo said seriously, "Well, it's the old lady's birthday, so we should go and pay our respects. Besides, she's taken you as her last disciple. How about this, Dad will take a couple of days off and go with you to visit her, and we can also bring some New Year's gifts for Grandma Song."
Ji Wanmei froze instantly: "..."
That's not what she meant at all; she didn't want her dad to come with her.
Oh no, I've made things worse!
If Ji Xingguo really insists on going with her to the Lu family in East China for a birthday celebration, how will Ji Wanmei find Lei Tingjun?
Sigh... Ji Wanmei regretted speaking up just now.
If I had known, I wouldn't have said anything earlier. I would have waited until after the New Year, when her father was busy, and then she would have said she wanted to go to his birthday celebration. By then, even if he wanted to go, he wouldn't have had the time.
Ji Wanmei secretly blamed herself for her miscalculation.
Just then, the landline rang.
Ji Xingguo got up to answer the phone, saying to Ji Wanmei as he walked, "Dad will go kill a goose later and make you something delicious tonight."
Ji Wanmei puffed out her cheeks, looking resentful, and forced a smile at her father, saying, "Okay."
Ji Xingguo answered the phone, his deep, resonant voice saying, "Hello, who is this?"
The person on the other end of the phone paused, as if they hadn't expected the person answering the phone to be such a vigorous middle-aged man.
Two seconds later, a gentle voice came from the phone receiver: "Hello, are you Uncle Ji? Hello Uncle Ji, I am Ji Wanmei's senior brother, my name is Lu Zhuoxuan."
Ji Xingguo paused for a moment, then turned to look at his daughter, who was sitting on the sofa with her knees drawn up to her chest, poking her cheeks as if she were in great distress.
Ji Wanmei was unaware that Ji Xingguo, who was on the phone, was observing her without saying a word.
She was still reeling from her earlier blunder.
Ji Xingguo glanced at his daughter twice, then looked away and asked, "Who did you say you were?"
Lu Zhuoxuan served as the president of the student union during his university years, and it was not uncommon for him to broadcast announcements within the student union.
His voice was gentle and clear, and even when it came through a telephone line, it was easy to win people's favor.
Moreover, when he realized that the person answering the phone was Ji Wanmei's father, his attitude became even more respectful and humble. He said on the other end, "Uncle Ji, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm a senior from Ji's school. Also, she usually learns Shu embroidery at my grandmother's house on weekends. I don't know if she has mentioned it to you."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xingguo let out a long, drawn-out "Oh, it's you."
“She did mention this to me, but I didn’t know about… your existence.” Ji Xingguo then looked at Ji Wanmei with his observant eyes.
Seeing her poking her cheeks, sometimes sighing in distress, sometimes laughing to herself like an idiot.
She looked exactly like her mother when she was dating him in her youth.
Lu Zhuoxuan replied respectfully on the other end of the phone, "It's nothing. I just wanted to ask if my junior sister has arrived home yet. I saw she was alone when she got on the bus. It's not safe for a girl to travel such a long bus ride alone."
"I just got home a little while ago and I'm resting. Do you want to talk to her on the phone?" Ji Xingguo asked casually.
Lu Zhuoxuan hesitated for a moment: "If it's inconvenient, then forget it. I'll just make sure she gets home safely."
Ji Xingguo said, "It's convenient. Wait a moment, I'll go and call her to answer the phone."
Ji Xingguo placed the phone receiver upside down on the coffee table, then walked to the sofa and gave his daughter a scrutinizing look.
Ji Wanmei looked at her father, puzzled, and felt that there was something strange about his gaze.
He asked, "Dad, what are you doing? Who called just now?"
Ji Xingguo deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "Meimei, tell Dad the truth, are you dating someone at school?"
Ji Wanmei's heart tightened. Had her father discovered something?
Ji Xingguo: "A man called looking for you."
Ji Wanmei tensed up. It couldn't be Lei Tingjun, could it? He wouldn't be so impulsive.
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