"Bro, I'll take you home. I haven't been drinking—I'll drive for you."
"I can just call my driver to pick me up. Why are you taking me home? Don't you have to come back later?"
"I... I just don't feel at ease. I'll call my driver to come pick me up afterward."
"Damn it... Fine, then!"
Li Ye stayed at Huang Gang's father's house until very late. Huang Suwen was very interested in the "upstream real-estate industry chain" Li Ye had mentioned, and like an elementary school student, she earnestly asked him about countless details.
By the time Li Ye was ready to leave, it was already getting rather late.
But Wang Jianqiang insisted on seeing Li Ye off. After declining several times, Li Ye suddenly felt that Wang Jianqiang might have something he wanted to say to him.
So Li Ye let Wang Jianqiang drive him home. Once they got in the car, Wang Jianqiang indeed had something to say.
"Bro, I think my life is pretty good as it is, so... do I really need to spread myself that thin?"
Li Ye smiled. "Hey, Qiangzi, you don't want to grow bigger and stronger? Have you gotten too comfortable and decided to lie flat?"
Back when the five of them had sworn their blood-pumping brotherhood at the Second Grain Store, everyone except Wang Jianqiang now had "a career of their own."
Hao Jian had become a giant in the mainland garment industry. Jin Peng had established his own foothold in Soviet Russia and Eastern Europe. Li Dayong and Pei Wenhui, husband and wife, were deeply rooted in the machinery industry, with a very bright future ahead of them.
Only Wang Jianqiang, the simple-minded "fifth brother," remained half-transparent, steadily working as a mid-level manager at Fenghua Apparel.
Although Wang Jianqiang