"Mmm." Lin Yujing smiled happily, "A-Yao is still as sensible as he was when he was a child."
After saying this, Song Tianyao rested his head on the table and nodded a few times, seemingly in considerable pain from his decision. When he straightened up again, a smile returned to his face.
"It doesn't matter if we don't do business with the Lin Family, right? We can use Shanghai people money to buy the land in Tsim Sha Tsui where Shanghai people live now, it's the same! Once I make money this time, I'll buy shares in Wing On Company and buy all the streets and that little hill in Tsim Sha Tsui that Wing On Company owns."
Song Tianyao genuinely hadn't expected his third aunt to no longer hold a grudge against him for his past mistreatment. To be honest, Song Tianyao had been researching Hong Kong's land market even longer than he had been researching wigs. His wig business, where he ruthlessly snatched orders from other factories, was actually aimed at raising funds in the short term. He wanted to buy land while the situation on the North Korea battlefield was uncertain, Hong Kong was in a state of panic, and land prices were at a low point. Even though real estate wasn't Song Tianyao's main business focus, in Hong Kong, land would be a more reliable form of hard currency than gold in the future. It was necessary to stock up on land while it was cheap, even if it was just for emergency cash flow.
His initial idea was to carve out a piece of the pie from Lin's Xizhen Real Estate. The kind of talk about a snake swallowing a whale was just for outsiders to hear and shouldn't be taken seriously. No matter how powerful the Lin family was, it wouldn't be difficult for him to take a piece of the fat pie, and he had plenty of reasons to do so. First, the Lin family had accumulated a lot of land, and second, there was the Lin family's arrangement for his third aunt. He could get land and help his third aunt get revenge at the same time, killing two birds with one stone, so why not?
As a result, Lin Yujing is not angry at all; instead, she is advising Song Tianyao to stop.
Song Tianyao's parents advised him to stop, but he might not listen. However, he did have to consider his aunt Lin Yujing Song Tianyao's feelings. His uncle had been fair to everyone except his aunt and Yunzhi. Song Chengqi was upright and honest, and even at his age, he always stood tall in front of others, but he would only say that the Song Family had wronged Lin Yujing.
However, is it really possible for him to simply decide not to buy? The money flowing into the stock market is like a knife raised by both sides; without a clear winner, how can he leave so easily? Even if he were willing, the Lin Family might not want to see Song Tianyao emerge unscathed.
"Let's go. Remember to dress nicely tomorrow, Yunzhi. I'll pick you up to go to the Lin Family to clear things up, and then you can go back to Kowloon to see Grandpa." Song Tianyao stood up and said to Feng Yunzhi.
Lin Yujing and Feng Yunzhi saw Song Tianyao to the door. Song Tianyao turned around, smiled, and said to Lin Yujing, "Third Aunt, those people in the Lin Family might not appreciate your kindness now."
"Not everyone is as well-behaved as A-Yao," Lin Yujing straightened Song Tianyao's coat. "They don't need to be grateful, and I'm not doing this for them."
Song Tianyao got into the car, Huang Liu started the engine. After they descended Ngau Tau Shan, Huang Liu looked in the rearview mirror and asked Song Tianyao, who was rubbing his temples in the back seat:
"Boss, really..."
"They can't stop themselves." Song Tianyao opened his eyes, looked out the window, and said calmly, "Tomorrow I'm going to pick up Third Aunt and Yunzhi to leave the Lin Family. What does that mean to those who have already received the news that I'm going to acquire Xizhen Properties? It means that Song Tianyao has officially broken ties with the Lin Family and will definitely acquire it. There will definitely be followers. So no matter how sincere or clear Third Aunt's words are, the Lin Family won't believe them. Their hearts are dirty, just like mine."
Not long after Song Tianyao's car left Ngau Tau Shan, another car drove up. When Wen Jingyuan saw Lin Xiaokang driving, he said "Young Master Kang" and let the car drive up the Mid-Levels.
Lin Xiaokang knocked on the door of the small building with a gloomy expression. Inside, Lin Yujing, Feng Yunzhi, and Sister Xiang were clearing the dining table. Feng Yunzhi was excitedly talking to Sister Xiang about whether they should buy a gift for their grandfather when they returned to Kowloon City to see Song Chengqi the next day.
Hearing the knock, Sister Xiang went to open the door and saw Lin Xiaokang standing outside. She called out, "Young Master Kang."
Lin Xiaokang pushed aside Sister Xiang and went into the room. He walked directly to Lin Yujing, who was wiping the dining table, and glared at Lin Yujing with resentment. "What are you trying to do?"
"A-Kang, what's wrong?" Lin Yujing was startled by Lin Xiaokang's angry appearance. Although Lin Xiaokang had hurt her feelings before, Lin Yujing still managed a forced smile, "Sit down and talk about it slowly. Sister Xiang, get A-Kang a cup of tea..."
"No need for tea, Second Brother has already given me a cup." Lin Xiaokang glared at Lin Yujing and roared, "Didn't you tell Second Brother that I charged you interest on the vegetable rent? Fine, now I'm being reprimanded, scolded for being irresponsible, for not taking care of my own sister! Are you satisfied now? Are you happy if I take care of you and give you tens of thousands of dollars every month? Do I have to be so close to you that Madam thinks I deserve to be reprimanded too? Do you know how hard I worked in the Lin Family, smiling at everyone, trying to please Madam, to get to where I am today! To be able to manage the Soda Factory business for the Lin Family! Do you really want me to become like you, like a homeless stray dog wagging its tail for mercy, before you're happy!"
Lin Yujing stared at Lin Xiaokang in shock. "What exactly are you...?"
"Are you happy now? Second brother is now telling eldest Fourth Brother brothers that because I haven't been good enough to you, are you considering handing over the Soda Factory I manage to Ji Yueqing and fifth A-Jie -Jie, so I can go to the construction site to supervise and temper my character! Ji Yueqing! The young master of the Ji Family of Bank of East Asia, my fifth brother-in-law! The eldest madam's own son-in-law! I finally gained some status in the Lin Family and managed cash expenditures, and now it's all ruined because you told second brother that I charged you interest! You know that the eldest madam dislikes you, and I was just trying to please her by targeting you, so why did you do this to me? Why don't you dare tell second brother that you hate the eldest madam! But you insist on ruining my status in the Lin Family!" Lin Xiaokang roared at Lin Yujing in front of him, almost like a hysterical beast.
Lin Yujing was so startled by Lin Xiaokang's shout that she stumbled backward and fell back into her seat, stunned and at a loss for what to do.
"You weren't leaving?! Go ahead and leave! Here's your money back!" Lin Xiaokang grabbed his handbag, took out a wad of banknotes, and threw them at Lin Yujing. "You shouldn't have come back that day! Ever since you came back, I've been living in fear! I'm terrified of being implicated and making the Madam despise me too!"