Liu Meng narrowed her eyes. "First, I don't consider you a disabled person. A physical disability doesn't mean the person is incapable. I know many big shots who use wheelchairs."
Thinking of the Yu family head, the Yu family's young master, and the Ai family head, Liu Meng almost laughed out loud, but she held it back, revealing only a hint of a smile.
Yet, it was precisely this hint of a smile that captured all of Park Gukgi's attention.
Liu Meng continued, "Second, whether you like me or not is your business. However, I can tell you clearly, I will not like you."
Liu Meng was not the kind of woman to be indecisive, especially since she truly had no feelings for Park Gukgi.
No matter how rich, handsome, or kind Park Gukgi was, Liu Meng would not like him.
Because Liu Meng... already had someone she liked.
"It was presumptuous of me. Then, President Liu, please go ahead."
Liu Meng left with a smile, leaving Park Gukgi behind with a sigh.
He wasn't absolutely determined to have Liu Meng. In fact, he felt somewhat inferior deep down, due to being suppressed by his family since childhood.
But precisely because of this, he had learned to be exceptionally patient and endure.
However, the deeply ingrained inferiority born from that suppression made him dare not defile the angel in his eyes.
Lately, he often felt ashamed for having entertained possessive thoughts about Liu Meng.
So be it.
Liu Meng was the wind, and he was just a cripple.
It's also good to watch the direction the wind blows from afar.
Wasn't that his initial thought anyway?
At Dongtian Manor, Luo Yao was lying in bed.
Although Luo Yao was in good health, ever since she decided to keep this baby, she had been trying to avoid any overly strenuous movements to prevent the risk of miscarriage.
"The first three months are the most dangerous period for the fetus," Lin Ran said while feeding Luo Yao.
"Yao Yao, don't worry, I'll always be here. Also, regarding Luo Corporation, Liu Meng just called. The Yu and Ai families are already fighting among themselves."
"Especially the Yu family. The father and son are now at loggerheads. It's said they got into a physical fight right in the hospital. Yu Paoyan pulled out Yu Taiduo's oxygen tube, but Yu Taiduo was quite fierce too. Even with only one hand usable, he nearly beat Yu Paoyan to death..."
Luo Yao found it quite amusing as she listened. This father and son pair, led around by the nose by a woman, were almost bringing the Yu family to its knees.
"What about the Zhang family?"
Mentioning the Zhang family, Lin Ran rolled his eyes.
"The Zhang family is putting up a front, struggling on the surface, but in reality, Zhang Deshuai has already fled with his wife and children. They've gone to Country X to live like local despots."
Luo Yao was taken aback. "Country X?"
"Yes. Zhang Deshuai is very cunning. While participating in the business war, he also amassed a large amount of cash and then ran. The Zhang family has become a house without its master, now barely propped up by a few poor relatives. If they can't hold on, they'll likely all end up queuing on the rooftop, leaving a pile of problems for society."
A smile curled at the corner of Luo Yao's mouth. "Luo Corporation has some cooperation with the current king of Country X..."
Hearing this, Lin Ran also grinned.
"Then... have Zhang Deshuai 'taken care of' in Country X?"
Luo Yao was silent for a moment. "That might be difficult. After all, Zhang Deshuai is not an ordinary person. 'Taking care of' him would have too great an international impact; they probably wouldn't do it. However, compared to that, having him sent back to the country might be a more suitable choice."
You want to be a local despot abroad? Dream on.
Last time when Lin Ran was ambushed, although Zhang Deshuai didn't show up, the Zhang family was involved. Luo Yao naturally wouldn't show any mercy.
Lin Ran fed Luo Yao another bite. "That sounds great. But let's not worry about those things for now. You need to eat well. I won't allow your stomach problems to get worse."
Luo Yao's eyes suddenly became very warm. She loved the current Lin Ran so much.
Actually, yesterday in her room, she had overheard Lin Ran's conversation with Yi Siyin.
Lin Ran already knew she didn't have stomach problems, but he was still feeding her as usual, pretending not to know.
This was simply indulgent pampering towards her.
Now she needed to confirm one thing.
"A Ran, you're not being so good to me just because I'm pregnant, are you?"
Lin Ran was momentarily stunned. "Yao Yao, how good I am to you has nothing to do with the baby. Even without a baby, didn't I feed you every day?"
"But that's because..." Luo Yao stopped halfway through her sentence.
If Lin Ran wasn't exposing her, why should she expose herself?
"Because of what?" Lin Ran asked, feigning "confusion."
"Nothing. Because A Ran is my husband, heehee."
Luo Yao felt extremely happy inside.
If Lin Ran wanted to pretend, then she would just let him keep pretending.
Hopefully, he could pretend for a lifetime.
Lin Ran was somewhat entranced by Luo Yao's smile.
Who said this wife of his was yandere? This wife was simply too adorable, okay?
"Yao Yao, we should be able to start our retirement life soon, right?"
Luo Yao nodded. "We're already living our retirement life now. The Yu, Ai, and Zhang families are about to be finished. There won't be any more opponents appearing in the future."
Luo Yao estimated that if someone from the Yu, Ai, and Zhang families could step up, they might still maintain their position within the circle. If no one could hold on, they would likely be directly downgraded to first-tier families, or even worse.
Lin Ran also smiled. He had been waiting for this day for a long time.
The outcome was as they expected.
Another day passed, and news about the three major families in the capital exploded completely.
Three pieces of news changed the entire landscape of the business world.
The first: Ai family head Ai Renqi announced his retirement, handing over the Ai family to his younger brother to manage.
In reality, Ai Renqi was taken away for investigation by official authorities, and his younger brother seized the opportunity to stage a power grab.
The second: Zhang family head Zhang Deshuai fled to Country X but was deported back. The reason was that Zhang Deshuai had repeatedly disregarded local laws.
Zhang Deshuai was apprehended right at the airport and brought back to the capital.
His actions were suspected of economic crimes, and he was immediately taken into custody.
The other members of the Zhang family also breathed a sigh of relief. The head being arrested meant their money might be recovered.
That would allow the Zhang family to cling on for survival.
Therefore, the other members of the Zhang family all raised the white flag in surrender and began self-preservation efforts.
However, reality dealt them a heavy blow. The Zhang family had developed too many huge financial holes over the years, holes so large they required the entire Zhang family to be buried.
They were instantly downgraded from a top-tier family to an ordinary second-tier family.
The third piece of news was even more shocking: Yu family daughter-in-law Chang Lüfù and Yu Paoyan were dead.
It was said they committed suicide. No one knew the reason.
However, right after their suicide, Yu Taiduo was taken away by China's highest judicial authority.
This major battle in the capital, while not as perfectly executed as the one in Shanghai, ended within an acceptable range.
Luo Yao had also ordered Liu Meng to act with restraint, suppressing the Yu, Ai, and Zhang families was enough; they shouldn't be completely destroyed.
Apart from these, there was another piece of news circulating throughout the capital.
A fire broke out at the entertainment city owned by Brother Dao, the number one figure in the capital's underground forces. Although most people escaped, Brother Dao himself was trapped on the underground third floor. By the time he was found, he had already stopped breathing.
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
