I stole someone else's ticket to rebirth

Before Xiangnu could come to his senses from his confusion, Li Yang said something that was so heartbreaking.

"Didn't you tell your family about what happened between us?"

"????"

Say what?

I invited you to my house for dinner, but it was either windy or rainy, and I don't know why you suddenly agreed today.

But then he started talking about meeting the parents for no apparent reason?

At this time, Xiangnu's brother Zhao Tianming smiled and said, "So you two have been together for a long time, then we are a family. Li Yang, don't be restrained, we will just have a simple family dinner today, just like at home."

Li Yang said helplessly: "I originally thought of it as a family dinner, but the elders were a little enthusiastic and I didn't know what to say."

"Oh, we didn't know about this before. Kaori didn't tell her family either."

Regardless of whether it is true or not, this responsibility can only be borne by Xiangnu, who else can he blame?

The only one who can come to eat today and is of the same generation as Xiangnu is Zhao Tianming. The other two brothers are not worthy of sitting at the table. They can only come to take a look and then have to go to the side hall to eat.

With Zhao Tianming's guidance, Li Yang and Xiangnu quickly arrived at the main hall.

The round table is not small and can seat more than 20 people if you squeeze a little.

However, there are only nine seats at the table at the moment.

Although there is no clear main seat or secondary seat, the central hall of the room is still the main focus, with a total of three positions arranged there.

Li Yang and Xiang Nu each sat in one seat, and the other one was Xiang Nu's grandfather, a retired old man.

In essence, the Zhao family has already begun the transfer of power. After all, Zhao Tianming is almost forty years old, Xiangnu’s other two cousins ​​are thirty-five or thirty-six years old, and his younger brother is already in his twenties.

The most important thing is the soul figure Xiangnu, who is already 28 years old.

At this age, it is the age for struggle. If you don’t give power, will it be a waste of time until you die?

Therefore, the retired old man sitting in the main seat is simply a ritual of respecting the elderly and loving the young, and the main seat of the slave is something she earned herself.

As for Li Yang's main position?

He was attending a meeting at a conference hall in Beijing and sat in the main seat, but he was rather low-key and didn't like to show off about this.

After sitting down, Zhao Tianming asked, "Li Yang, do you want to drink something today?"

Li Yang said: "Of course, if I eat out, I definitely won't drink, but at home I will definitely have a few sips."

"Then I'll get it."

Zhao Tianming got up to get the wine.

Originally, he didn't have to go there in person, but he had to make room for family matters.

The old man next to Li Yang said, "Yangyang, is it okay to call you that?"

"No problem, no problem. That's what my family calls me."

The old man smiled and said, "When did you and Kaori get together? Kaori never said anything, and the family was kept in the dark, otherwise they would have called you over a long time ago."

Li Yang held Xiangnu's hand awkwardly, "We've only been together for a short time, about a month."

Xiangnu: "..."

Li Yang continued, "I came to the capital just to meet the elders, but I had too many things to do and only found time today. I hope the elders will forgive me."

"I understand. A man should always focus on his career. I just don't know what plans you and Kaori have for the future. As an old man, I feel sorry for my granddaughter. She is getting worse every year, and I want to see her have a good ending."

Li Yang felt Xiangnu's hand and seemed a little nervous?

Why are you nervous? You have the final say in everything in this family.

The status of elders is to be respected, not to be taught a lesson.

Li Yang smiled and said, "I haven't made up my mind yet, but the purpose of dating is to get married. We will work towards this goal, and I believe it won't take too long."

The result Li Yang mentioned is actually not clear.

So it didn't cause much reaction on the desktop.

If Li Yang were to say that he would get married by the end of the year, everyone present would jump up immediately.

Even people in their seventies and eighties can dance!

If they said the wedding would take place within three months, the Zhao family would immediately buy news headlines all over the world.

If the wedding is to be held within a month, no one except Li Yang and Xiang Nu will eat this meal. They should hurry out to make arrangements. Any delay would be disrespectful to the event.

When eating at home on weekdays, as long as Xiangnu is there, others usually ask for her opinion and listen to her.

But today, Xiangnu didn't say a word after sitting down.

No one thinks it's wrong anyway.

Li Yang is very easy to talk to. He can chat with anyone and has a very gentle personality.

It was not until Zhao Tianming brought the wine and personally opened the package and distributed the wine.

The dishes on the table had been served. After the wine was divided, Zhao Tianming took the initiative to stand up, picked up a glass, and clinked it with Li Yang's glass. "Li Yang, come to my house more often in the future. I'll drink first."

He had to drink it first to prove that the alcohol was okay.

Li Yang also stood up and said, "Of course I should."

After saying that, he finished the wine in the glass.

But this time, it was Xiangnu who poured him the wine.

The rest of the dinner went on much more normally, mostly chatting about family matters, with Li Yang only occasionally asked about his work.

Some people praised Jiying Automobile, some appreciated Li Yang's business model, and some admired Li Yang's vision and execution ability.

In fact, what Li Yang can do, many people can do.

He had a forward-looking vision and avoided taking detours.

Others may not be able to achieve his level in a short period of time, but if they sincerely want to do it, it will definitely not be bad.

It's just that no one is willing to do it.

Who would be willing to do that? Currently, Li Yang has paid 200 billion yuan in cash to Jiying Group, and only this year will he be able to make money from cars.

Not to mention the Green Water Group, which has spent hundreds of billions of dollars and borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars in the past seven years.

No one is willing to do this, no matter how rich he is.

Unless you firmly believe that this model will break out of the chaotic times and occupy a place, and you have too much money and nowhere to spend it.

Coincidentally, Li Yang meets both requirements.

Even though live streaming is very popular on the Internet now, some people can generate hundreds of millions in sales in just one live broadcast, and many internet celebrities earn millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions a month.

But the more those influencers earn, the worse the quality of the products they sell.

This is actually consuming everyone's confidence in the market.

Starting next year, various industries will face heavy losses, and consumer confidence will be hit again and again. The final result is self-evident.

The simplest example is that Douyin achieved a net profit of 2022 billion yuan in by selling goods through live streaming.

That year, ByteDance's entire net profit was only 20 billion US dollars. You can imagine what the situation was like.

2023 was equally strong. ByteDance’s other projects began to make profits, and it did not expand as crazy as before. The final net profit was around billion US dollars, but the net profit from live streaming was only billion.

Not to mention 2024, it is rare to see a host’s sales exceeding million in a single live broadcast, and the personalities of several top hosts have all collapsed for various reasons.

The consumer market has become very distorted, and those live-streaming hosts use all kinds of tricks to sell more things.

Price limits are set by agreement, products are branded as genuine products, language traps are used, and even fakes and three-no products are sold openly.

In sharp contrast, Pangdonglai's turnover was only 2022 billion in 2023 and reached 177 billion in .

……

After dinner, Li Yang had almost finished drinking, so Xiangnu helped him to his bedroom to rest.

As soon as he lay down, Li Yang said, "You won't accompany me?"

Xiang Nu then spoke up: "How do you say that we should accompany each other? We have already accompanied each other to eat and drink, and now we want to accompany each other to sleep?"

"Forget it, I'll sleep alone."

Li Yang buried himself in the pillow.

Xiang Nu, who was sitting not far away, didn't say anything else. She didn't want to go out at this time.

Li Yang came here today and did just one thing.

show off!

In essence, he didn't take anyone seriously, including her.

After all, Li Yang can define her as his girlfriend with just one sentence, and others have to believe it.

From beginning to end, Li Yang did not answer a single question directly and accurately. To put it bluntly, he was just being perfunctory.

In the end, all the pressure fell on her.

It all depends on her choice.

You can use this incident as an excuse to get angry and lose your temper with Li Yang.

He just said something sarcastic, and Li Yang didn't say anything.

But that would be pointless.

If Li Yang had said something affirmative like "getting married next year, the year after, or even ten years later", the nature of the statement would have been completely different.

Li Yang is coming today, and many people will know the news one after another.

If she was angry with Li Yang, even if it didn't affect her subsequent work, she would be laughed at by others.

After about half an hour, Li Yang suddenly said, "I'm thirsty..."

"Wait, I'll get you some water."

After Xiangnu finished speaking, he stood up and left the room.

At this time in another box, Zhao Tianming was also talking to his elders and brothers at home. They couldn't talk about anything and were just waiting for Xiangnu.

After a while, Xiangnu opened the door and came in. Zhao Tianming hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"Li Yang said he was thirsty, I'll bring him some water."

Xiangnu took the teapot and left.

Zhao Tianming and the others looked at each other in confusion.

"What does this mean?"

"What else can it mean? Just accept it! Whatever Li Yang says is what it is. He has already made his attitude clear at the dinner table today. No one can interfere with him."

Silence. Everyone in the box was silent.

This is not what they want.

They wanted to tie Li Yang to their own family so that they could share interests and honor and disgrace.

Although it seems like marrying above her station, and in fact it is, but Xiang Nu is not bad either.

As a result, Li Yang didn't give them any chance at all, and almost stepped on their heads and said they were not worthy.

……

After Xiangnu fed Li Yang some water, he sat beside the bed and said, "You just don't like me that much?"

Li Yang dazedly responded: "Why is there a tea smell in the tea?"

"Heh, you didn't mention tea to me before, why is it tea now?"

"Who knows."

In essence, Li Yang does not reject this kind of behavior, as everyone is doing it for their own benefit.

In the past, he didn't want to face this matter, for fear that problems would arise in the circle that he had been accompanying for seven years.

But now he is not afraid anymore.

If you really want to be angry, then bye, he still has two more anyway.

At least I won't end up in the capital with no relatives or friends, nor will I not be able to drink a sip of hot tea.

He came to the capital to seek status, which was something that originally belonged to him.

At this moment, as long as one's stance is correct, no one wants anything to happen to him, no matter how much they hate him.

At this time next year, as long as Li Yang didn't kill the other person's entire family, no one would want anything to happen to him even if the other person's stance was problematic.

This is his greatest confidence in staying in the capital.

Xiangnu saw Li Yang lying down again, so he went straight to the bedside, stretched out his hand to gently pinch his temples and forehead.

"I'm not as caring as Ruyi. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me."

Li Yang closed his eyes and said, "No, no, it's not much different."

"What's the difference?"

"Uh... you have too many clothes..."

Xiangnu: "..., aren't you closing your eyes?"

"There are gaps. Usually closing your eyes is just a lie on my part."

Xiangnu sighed and adjusted her position so that Li Yang could lie on her legs.

While helping Li Yang relax, he asked, "You are so cruel today. I have worked hard over the years, even if I have no credit. You are so unkind."

Li Yang retorted: "Am I not inhuman? If I were inhuman, I wouldn't even go over to see you dying of illness in Jiangbei! Let's talk about what we have to say. You all want to take a piece of meat from me, why should I?"

"It's not like I didn't make it up to you." In Xiangnu's view, cooperation is mutual and both parties have to make contributions.

"Putting two bandages on the wound is called mending it? Who knows if the wound will get infected one day and I will die! I never asked for help from anyone when I was the poorest. Am I going to ask for help from anyone in the future? Xiangnu, don't say that I broke your heart. In fact, you broke mine."

Xiangnu shuddered all over when he heard this.

What Li Yang said was not wrong. It seemed that he had never asked anyone for help in his life.

As for whether I will ask for help from others in the future, no one knows.

At least for now, whoever touches him will hurt him.

Liu Ruyi and Song Yu had been staying with Li Yang in Ruyi Pavilion, and nothing happened between the two families.

It is I who seem to be eager for quick success.

Li Yang didn't hear Xiangnu's response for a long time, so he said, "Forget it, just send me two photos to compensate me. I'm not such a stingy person."

He was still happy to get along with Xiang Nu. At least for one thing, this woman was very ruthless!

Have your own style!

In the future, she will be the most suitable person to do many things that I am not convenient to do.

Other people around him are not good enough and cannot learn his shameless essence. If I expect them to teach me every day, I will be exhausted.

Now Xiangnu is very good at playing tricks, and he should just read a few more books by Yilin Reader in the future. Currently, he has only mastered the method of being rational, and has not yet mastered the two tricks of cross-dressing and playing the emotional card.

At this time, Xiangnu suddenly said, "Li Yang, I want to know if what you said counts."

"what?"

"It's about us being together."

"Ok?"

"I don't want to be laughed at. I don't expect to get married, but I should at least have a legitimate relationship, right?"

"Uh...wait a minute, I'll call Jiang Banxia."