Chapter 134 She was once the youngest entrepreneur
"I'm pregnant? What's wrong?"
Ling Huanwu's eyes widened, her whole body filled with resistance.
Isn't it said that the side effect of taking the "Shenjiao Tiruanwan" pill is that you can't have children?
Upon hearing this devastating news, Ling Huanwu was in a daze and absent-minded the whole way.
The fishing boat arrived at the dock, and after several transfers, it was already the next morning when they finally reached the city.
After finding a guesthouse, Ling Huanwu, along with Qiao Hui and Lin Xiaoqin, wandered around various state-owned aquatic product companies like headless flies, collecting clam samples and waiting at each company.
Because I didn't have an introducer, I encountered many setbacks.
Even if they could meet with the company's leaders, as soon as they mentioned that their farm had more than 2,000 kilograms of clams, they were mistaken for scammers and kicked out.
It's important to know that most clams on the market today are caught naturally by fishermen; I've never seen a clam farm.
Moreover, the clam samples they brought were so large that they didn't even bother to explain and simply told the guests to leave.
After being turned away by several state-owned aquatic product companies, the four of them stood on the bustling street, feeling utterly dejected. From a distance, they could even imagine the clams piling up in the farm, rotting and smelling terrible.
Lin Xiaoqin suggested, "Why don't we pick out those clams and sell them on the black market?"
“No, this is speculation and profiteering. If something goes wrong, it will implicate the whole village.”
Ling Huanwu rejected Lin Xiaoqin's suggestion. In her previous life, she had also engaged in speculation and profiteering in China, but this was ultimately not a long-term solution.
Suddenly, Ling Huanwu's eyes lit up, and she led the other three to the telecommunications department.
She spent money to buy a phone book, which contained the phone numbers of some enterprises and institutions.
After flipping through a few pages, she highlighted a few foreign seafood companies.
They inquired about the locations of these foreign seafood companies and the group rushed there to negotiate.
But when she bribed some money and met with the heads of those aquatic product companies, as soon as she mentioned the name of the Shitou Village aquaculture farm, they didn't even give her a chance to speak and started politely asking her to leave.
Several other places turned them away.
Sensing something was amiss, she reluctantly spent more money to inquire further.
Only then did they realize that Qin Jinshen had already spoken to all these companies, and they wouldn't risk offending a big shot in the port city for the sake of a small state-owned breeding farm.
The four of them worked all day but returned empty-handed.
On the way back to the guesthouse, Zhou Jiuzhen carried a dejected Ling Huanwu on his back and walked ahead.
Qiao Hui and Lin Xiaoqin watched from behind, looking quite embarrassed.
They had all witnessed Zhou Jiuzhen's meticulous care for Ling Huanwu throughout the journey.
Lin Xiaoqin lowered her voice and joked, "The eighteen-year-old Commander Zhou is still the best; he knows how to take care of his wife."
Qiao Hui watched the two figures disappear into the distance with envy, sighing, "Yes, I hope Jiu Zhen never regains his memory. Those five years were too painful for him. I hope Comrade Ling can stay with him forever and spare him so much suffering..."
Lin Xiaoqin was curious about what exactly happened to Zhou Jiuzhen during those five years. Just as she was about to ask again, the sound of festive suona horns came from the entrance of the guesthouse.
A band dressed in festive attire stood at the entrance of the guesthouse. A voluptuous woman in a red cheongsam, leading the band, immediately approached Ling Huanwu with a beaming smile, offering her congratulations. "Young lady, I'm the women's director of our neighborhood. You're so lucky! Your fiancé asked me to officiate your wedding, and he's even invited your parents. Come on in and see them..."
Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, Ling Huanwu's previous frustration vanished. When she got off Zhou Jiuzhen's back, she glared at him angrily, thinking that he had brought the women's director and wanted to marry her again.
It wasn't until the women's director finished speaking that Ling Huanwu realized something was wrong and looked at Zhou Jiuzhen in confusion, "Why wasn't it someone you sent?"
Zhou Jiuzhen was both bewildered and furious, his eyes filled with anxiety. "It wasn't me! I know you and your parents don't get along, why would I call them over? Which bastard is trying to steal my wife?"
"It's me!"
A familiar voice rang in my ears.
The group looked up and saw that it was Zhao Jingxiang, who claimed to have taken Zhou Shuyao to the hospital for treatment!
Zhao Jingxiang stood in front of Ling Huanwu, but defiantly met Zhou Jiuzhen's gaze. "Commander Zhou, Comrade Ling is my fiancée. Can you please keep your distance from her? Only I am qualified to carry her on my back!"
"Your fiancée? Are you daydreaming? Who agreed that you were Huanwu's fiancé?"
Zhou Jiuzhen was so angry that his chest heaved violently.
I heard that Zhao Ergou from the village was Ling Huanwu's childhood sweetheart, and now this man she doesn't like is actually jumping out and saying that he is her fiancé.
Why is there one "husband" after another? Why isn't he a husband?
Zhao Jingxiang watched with interest as he watched Zhao Ergou's exasperated expression. With a slight smile, he explained, "That Zhao Ergou is an imposter. The real Zhao Ergou is my brother. My Commander Zhao said that since my brother is missing, I will fulfill the marriage agreement made by the previous generation. Comrade Ling won't go back on his word, will he?"
"Commander Zhao?"
Ling Huanwu glanced at Zhao Jingxiang, then at Zhou Jiuzhen who hadn't refuted her, and felt as if a mountain had suddenly crashed down on her, pinning her down and making her unable to move.
Zhou Jiuzhen tried his best to cheer her up on the way to meet a client, as she had a bad day.
She originally wanted to go back to the guesthouse and confess to him that the person she really loved was him, who was twenty-three years old!
But who would have thought that a fiancé with a powerful father would suddenly appear out of nowhere!
What's more, this rival's father is someone Zhou Jiuzhen can't afford to offend.
Originally, it was thought that Zhou Jiuzhen would tolerate it because the other party's father was Commander Zhao, but to everyone's surprise, he stepped forward, stood close to Zhao Jingxiang, and stared at her without backing down, "Don't try to intimidate me with your father. Nowadays, things like child betrothals and arranged marriages are feudal dregs. If you want to marry Comrade Ling, you still have to see if she agrees!"
The street women's director, who had been standing to the side, immediately became unhappy and began to shower Zhao Jingxiang with compliments.
"Why wouldn't that girl agree? Don't you know that our Boss Zhao is a hot commodity everywhere!"
"Do you know the largest state-owned department store in our city? It only thrived because our boss, Mr. Zhao, was nominally the manager."
"Oh, by the way, our Boss Zhao not only has a high social status, but he can also ride horses, shoot arrows, play musical instruments, and speak eight languages. There are so many girls who want to win Boss Zhao's favor that they could line up all the way to Yuncheng. If Boss Zhao hadn't voluntarily gone to the countryside for training, you wouldn't have gotten these benefits..."
Listening to the women's director's flattery, Ling Huanwu looked her up and down, then smiled and said, "Director, you seem to know Boss Zhao very well. It seems you admire Boss Zhao quite a bit!"
One sentence made the women's director blush, and after glancing at Zhao Jingxiang, she dared not continue.
Ling Huanwu raised an eyebrow at Zhao Jingxiang, who seemed superior to her, and her face darkened. "Mr. Zhao, do you think you're so great? Do you even know whose property the largest state-owned pharmaceutical factory in Yuncheng was before it became a state-owned enterprise?"
“It’s our Ling family! Every machine there was bought by me on my trips back and forth to Hong Kong. I, Ling Huanwu, was once the owner of the People’s Pharmaceutical Factory, and your father personally awarded me the title of ‘Youngest Entrepreneur’!”
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