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Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Yours Went Bankrupt First.
Tong Yao pulled out a chair, gesturing for Guo Jinnian to sit and chat.
Guo Jinnian didn’t hesitate and did not beat around the bush in her conversation, asking directly, "I heard that you’ve divorced."
Frankly speaking, when Guo Jinnian first heard about Tong Yao’s divorce from her aunt, she was quite surprised.
Tong Yao was not that much older than her, seemed about the same age as Deng Wenwen, just a young girl. The fact that she had married and divorced already was simply unimaginable.
She had previously perceived Tong Yao as being as open-minded as herself, indifferent to marriage.
Futhermore, how could a woman as pretty and competent as Tong Yao get divorced?
"I’m not divorced." Tong Yao didn’t hide this from Guo Jinnian and said directly, "Ahchen’s mother does not like me, and she keeps causing trouble. Furthermore, Ahchen has noticed that someone is scheming behind the scenes, so we decided to put on a show of being divorced for others to see."
This could save them from a lot of troubles and without doing so, Si Chen would not be able to stay abroad peacefully.
"So that’s how it is." Guo Jinnian suddenly realized, "I was wondering how someone as beautiful as you could possibly get divorced."
Tong Yao smiled and shifted the conversation to the topic of ’flipping goods’.
"I thought about it last night and feel it’s best for us to flip lightweight items, or in other words, items with a high-profit margin and are not easily targeted by others."
Guo Jinnian was interested, "Tell me more, I’ve always been flipping clothing, and I’m not really familiar with anything else."
Tong Yao carefully analyzed, "Flipping clothes does indeed earn a lot, but it draws too much attention, and transporting the goods is inconvenient. So, I’m more inclined towards hair clips, bracelets, socks, and underwear. These small objects would fit well, and we can bring some clothing back."
Guo Jinnian’s eyes sparkled, "Alright, I’ll follow your lead."
With the goal set, Tong Yao reminded, "You should go back and get your overseas visa arranged, I’ll rush to get mine too."
"No problem." An excited light flickered in Guo Jinnian’s eyes.
She had never been abroad before. This trip would be a new step in taking her business abroad.
Both of them were the kind to move swiftly once they made a decision. After discussing matters, Guo Jinnian booked her flight home that day, and Tong Yao did not delay either, proceeding to arrange her overseas visa the next morning.
Everything went smoothly, and Tong Yao was excited when she finished applying for the visa.
In a few days, when her visa was ready, she could start her overseas trading business.
However, she could not tell her parents about these issues. She would have to find a plausible reason to disappear for a few days before leaving the country. Otherwise, if her parents could not reach her, they would definitely worry.
Tong Yao couldn’t think of a reason at the moment, but she wasn’t in a hurry. After all, the visa would take a few days to be processed anyway. With these thoughts in mind, Tong Yao hopped on her bicycle and cycled home.
"Shi Yan, see that person - doesn’t she look like Tong Yao?"
Lin Man pointed at the figure on the bike slowly receding in the distance, a hint of doubt in her heart. That figure looked like Tong Yao, but she found it unlikely - what would Tong Yao be doing here?
Shi Yan took one look and his expression instantly darkened, "What is she doing here?"
Lin Man thought for a moment, her face turned gloomy, "Could she also be planning to go abroad to flip goods?"
Some time ago, Tong Yao had just learned about Shi Yan’s way of making money and now she suddenly showed up here. It was highly likely that Tong Yao was eyeing the business of flipping goods.
Shi Yan seemed to think of something and a vicious grin appeared at the corner of his mouth. He snorted, "She’d better not covet this business."
"What do you mean?" Lin Man felt that Shi Yan was hiding something from her.
"Si Chen is abroad, Tong Yaohui is busy with his farming business, who do you think would accompany her on this reckless trip abroad?" Shi Yan smirked victoriously, "Tong Yao is a woman. Although she can conduct small businesses within the country, once she goes abroad, do you think she can handle the challenges? And who would spoil her there?"
Lin Man felt Shi Yan’s words had some truth, but thinking of Tong Yao’s fearless attitude, she added, "Tong Yao can be recklessly brave at times, she might actually make it through."
"Don’t worry! She won’t succeed." Shi Yan seemed to know something and spoke with certainty, "With Tong Yao’s looks, as soon as she steps out of the country, she will definitely become the target of bad people. Even if someone wanted to protect her, it would be hard for them to ensure her safety."
As a man, Shi Yan understood the mind of a man. Tong Yao was pretty and charming. Though he didn’t like Tong Yao, he couldn’t resist casting extra glances when he saw her - it was a man’s nature to admire beautiful women.
The outside world was not as safe as it was in their country, Tong Yao going out was akin to a sheep jumping into a wolf’s den.
Lin Man roughly understood Shi Yan’s meaning, but her face darkened when she recalled Shi Yan praising Tong Yao, "So you also think Tong Yao is very beautiful and want to find a mistress who looks like Tong Yao?" 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Shi Yan hadn’t expected Lin Man to think in this way and glared at her in annoyance, "Don’t create trouble out of nothing. Everyone is about to get off work, let’s go get our certificates quickly!"
At the moment, he was heavily in debt, how could he have the mood to think about anything else?
His parents had asked him for money in the morning, but he had none to give. The money for overseas purchases had to be borrowed from Xiao Mingqiang.
After getting the money this time, he had to do some reliable business. He wouldn’t fool around like before. Moreover, he would control Lin Man’s expenditures.
Lin Man had previously bought so many expensive and useless clothes, it was pure wasteful spending.
Of course, he also wouldn’t subsidize Lin Sicheng anymore. He had tried to persuade Lin Sicheng to join him in making big profits abroad recently, but Lin Sicheng didn’t have any courage and only wanted easy profits.
He even dares to think about using the money he had gambled his life on!
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In the blink of an eye, a few days passed. Shi Yan’s tea shop funds had been completely drained, even the cost of purchasing food supplies was almost impossible to cover. He had the nerve to once again approach Xiao Mingqiang to borrow money.
To his surprise, Xiao Mingqiang not only refused to lend him money, but also gave him a lecture, "Shi Yan, I’ve told you before not to do this. It’s impossible to bring down Tong Yao’s tea shop like this. You didn’t listen. Now, after losing so much money, you still won’t wake up. What are you thinking? As a grown man, are you planning on always being led around by Lin Man?"
Shi Yan was displeased to hear Xiao Mingqiang’s words. He felt Xiao Mingqiang was talking down on him because his business was better performing and his horizons were higher now.
But considering his own financial situation and that he had to borrow money from Xiao Mingqiang to go abroad, he swallowed his anger and said, "Tong Yao’s tea shop has been under my suppression for weeks and hasn’t opened. As long as I persist for a while longer, her shop will close down."
"If you keep going like this, your shop will close down before Tong Yao’s does."
Xiao Mingqiang frustratedly admonished, "Think about it, if your shop keeps losing money, do you have enough to cover it? What has Tong Yao lost? Even if she shuts down her business, at most she loses a bit on the rent. Once your promotion ends, she can immediately start business again."
This simple logic, he could not understand why Shi Yan could not grasp it.
