Chapter 482 - 492: Burn the Bridge after Crossing
Yue Rujing laughed carelessly and said, "Of course, with the renown of Jisheng Hall being so resounding, it would be foolish not to capitalize on it. Moreover, the profit in silver your pharmaceutical factory makes each month is truly tempting, and since I am in such need of money, why would I waste this opportunity, right?"
"You’re in need of money?" Gu Youyou nearly spat out her tea.
She thought to herself: Who doesn’t know that your family is the wealthiest in Lingnan! Are you really trying to play the country bumpkin with me?
Yue Rujing said with utter seriousness, "In need, indeed I am. Our Lingnan Marquis Residence bears a hereditary title that will be passed down to me. However, I am not like my father; he managed to save up quite a fortune when he was young, whereas I have wasted my years away at the Taoist Temple, sitting before the Three Pure Ones Statues for more than a decade. Before I bought shares in your pharmaceutical factory, I didn’t have a penny to my name. Imagine me, a penniless Princely Heir succeeding as a Marquess, where would that leave my face?"
Gu Youyou: "..." How could she have known all these intricate details?
"But how is that related to me? I plan to set up the Jisheng Hall in Beijing on my own—without pooling investments."
Back in Lingnan, asking Yue Rujing to invest was out of necessity: first, she had no capital; second, she lacked connections. If she had to handle it herself, it would involve more trouble, and she did not have the luxury of time to waste in Lingnan.
Upon hearing Gu Youyou’s words, Yue Rujing’s face turned red with anger, and, standing up excitedly, he shouted, "Gu Youyou, you’re incredibly disloyal, you’re burning bridges after crossing the river. When you were in Lingnan, you used me, and I never realized you were such a crafty, opportunistic businesswoman. In my territory, you needed me, so you asked me to invest, but now that you don’t need me, you kick me aside?"