novelraw Chapter 582 - 583: Why Give
Chapter 582 - 583: Why Give
These days, Zhuge Mingshan is really having a tough time, both at school and at home.
Originally, she planned to give Gong Ruini a hard time at home, to ensure she couldn’t recover, but instead, she ended up angering her to the point of fainting.
"No, I must get my hands on the formula." Zhuge Mingshan had already decided that if she could really get the formula, she would expand significantly.
Zhuge Mingshan wouldn’t be like Gong Ruini and them, having such a good business yet stubbornly not expanding it to make more money.
"She’s really a fool," Zhuge Mingshan regretted; if she had known this girl had such abilities, she wouldn’t have fallen out with her. She could have waited a bit longer, what a pity.
Engulfed in annoyance, Zhuge Mingshan never even considered whether Gong Ruini would genuinely want to be friends with a woman who constantly thought about stealing her man.
"Did you notice Zhuge Mingshan earlier?" Zhao Xuran’s first reaction after moving the stuff inside the gate was to close the door. There were so many shameless people following them, so he thought he might as well be shameless himself.
Impossible, they just shut us out like this. The two were dumbfounded, "How can they do this?"
"Weren’t they supposed to be good students, polite in every way?"
The previous information indicated that Zhao Xuran and others were sensible and polite people, but reality proved that they were far more rude than imagined.
Impossible, how can they do this? Zhuge Mingshan, who hurried over, was also dumbfounded; she really didn’t understand why this was happening. Zhuge Mingshan was shocked.
Even though Zhao Xuran’s group had closed the door, they were still peeking out through the crack.
"Ah, I think she has a connection with these two." Although these two middle-aged people hadn’t interacted much with Zhuge Mingshan, their exchanged glances made Gong Ruini feel there had to be some connection.
"Yes, there is a connection." Zhao Xuran noticed something, too, though due to the crack in the door, and since Zhuge Mingshan knew this wasn’t the best place for a conversation, they changed locations.
"At the very least, we can confirm they came for us." Zhao Xuran looked truly troubled. "To ask such a question in front of so many people."
"No."
"Why give it?"
Zhao Guangran and Gong Ruini said in unison.
"Absolutely not, I’m planning to make this business long-term." The business had been booming recently, and Zhao Guangran counted the money every night.
Because Zhao Guangran was particularly fixated on money, they always split the daily earnings evenly.
Zhao Guangran expressed that he hadn’t had enough of the days when he could count on daily earnings, or rather, he would never have enough.
"This is something I’ve put a lot of effort into creating; why should I just give it away?" Even though it was just a small tea egg recipe, it took a lot of trial and error to perfect it.
"If I didn’t care about making money, I could share it, but if I’m earning money, why should I be the good guy?"
"Even if it is just a boiled quail egg recipe, it’s still our hard work."
"If we reveal this formula now, if we start a test paper business later, won’t they want a share of that too?"
Gong Ruini’s concern was exactly that, "Especially since we know the Zhuge Family is behind them; once they make money, they’ll have the capital to start a test paper business."
"That’s absolutely not going to happen." Zhao Guangran was irritated, "They’re really shameless."
"How can they do this?"
"It’s not right, they don’t have money." Even though he was from the Zhuge family, Zhao Guangran had been gathering intel on them; he knew Zhuge Mingshan’s family had been declining for a while.
To really make the business work, a lot of money was needed, otherwise, he wouldn’t be so anxious.
It’s because they’ve fallen on hard times that they’d resort to every trick to gain benefits from Grandpa Zhuge. For people fallen so low, how could they have money?
"They care about their reputation." Zhao Xuran hadn’t interacted much with Zhuge Mingshan’s elders, but from a few encounters, he knew they cared deeply about face.
Zhao Xuran found it amusing, their actions truly couldn’t be described as anything other than shameless.
"That’s why they are interested in our quail egg business." Gong Ruini pointed out how Zhuge Mingshan’s eyes were almost devouring when she saw how flourishing their business was.
It’s not strange that some people love money; after all, most people do. Even though their quail eggs tasted great, weren’t there always rumors?
Indeed, there were many, as Gong Ruini’s group was used to making money for themselves and didn’t care about being any less thin-skinned.
The problem was Zhuge Mingshan herself was a money-loving character who simply refused to make an effort to earn money, insisting on benefiting at their expense, leaving Gong Ruini speechless.
"Exactly, if she really has the ability to earn money, she should do that, why the constant murmuring at school?" Zhao Guangran wasn’t happy recalling Zhuge Mingshan’s antics at school.
Even Gong Ruini couldn’t fault her publicly; if she had made a mistake, it was because she showed a concerned face, worried about tarnishing her third grandpa’s reputation.
"She genuinely worries for her elders, what can we do about that?" If it was done secretly, Gong Ruini could find a way to punish her again, but being so openly stated, Gong Ruini was at a loss on what to do.
"Sigh, seeing her gives me a headache." Zhao Guangran used to think Zhuge Mingshan was alright but repeated contact revealed he found her utterly disgusting.
"I refuse to believe she has no weaknesses." Zhao Guangran was infuriated, "The Northeast is better; if she were so harmful, I would’ve taken people to settle accounts with her long ago."
"Alright, let’s head back." Zhao Xuran noticed that Gong Ruini was exhausted, and besides, Zhuge Zhi was expected to return soon; seeing them discussing Zhuge Mingshan’s affairs at the door might not please him.
"Next time, let’s discuss these matters back at home." Although Zhan Banxia and their peers weren’t that old, they kept their mouths tightly shut. If something couldn’t be mentioned, they genuinely wouldn’t speak of it.
Having their discretion was a relief, or else Zhao Xuran would have had to worry about where to discuss matters without them leaking prematurely.