Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

At this point, Lou's father completely recognized Lou Xiao'e's abilities, and was more confident in handing over the Lou family's business to Lou Xiao'e. Even the other children of the Lou family, who were originally not very convinced of Lou Xiao'e as their sister, were impressed by her sharp vision in business, and were willing to serve under Lou Xiao'e and cooperate with her in managing the Lou family's business.

Therefore, in this life, the degree to which Lou Xiao'e is respected in the Lou family is countless times more important than in the original drama. It can even be said that she is now the real person in charge of the Lou family. This time when she returns to the mainland, to the old city, she is much more prosperous than in the original drama, and the resources she controls are far more than the money she brought when she returned to the old city in the original drama.

The current Lou Xiao'e is no longer like in the original drama, where she simply opened a bigger restaurant after returning to Beijing. Instead, she is obviously planning to make a big splash in China this time. According to her, the Lou family's assets are now at least around 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. Although this size may not be considered top-notch in Hong Kong, it is definitely a behemoth in the current economically backward mainland China.

Therefore, Lou Xiao'e came back this time to choose an investment direction. Lin Geng felt that it was necessary for him to help the Lou family complete the investment. This would benefit the country and the people, and also allow the Lou family to dig up a pot of gold from the reform and development of the mainland. It was a win-win situation.

Originally, Lin Geng wanted to see Lou Xiao'e off, but Lou Xiao'e refused with a smile. She said that she had not been back to Sijiu City for a long time and she wanted to take a walk and have a look. She would come again tomorrow.

Lin Geng did not insist and sent Lou Xiao'e out of the company office behind the Pinweixuan main store. He watched Lou Xiao'e's back as she left, feeling mixed emotions.

In fact, he knew very well that he had never forgotten Lou Xiao'e over the years, but he buried her deep in his heart. He would think of her from time to time and was a little worried about how she was living after arriving in Hong Kong.

After all, Lou Xiao'e was his first love in this world and also his first woman. When they separated, it was not because of any problems in their relationship, but because of the times, which forced them to break up.

Even after he married Yu Li, he did not forget Lou Xiao'e. In the years after the reform and opening up, he had been paying attention to the situation in Hong Kong, wanting to get news about the Lou family. However, communication between the mainland and Hong Kong was relatively difficult before, and he had no channels to inquire about the situation in Hong Kong. So he waited until now, until Lou Xiao'e suddenly appeared in front of him.

When Lou Xiao'e appeared in front of him again, he suddenly found that he was still deeply in love with Lou Xiao'e in his heart, but now he was married and had Yu Li, so he could only suppress his love for Lou Xiao'e in his heart.

Especially after hearing that Lou Xiao'e married Xiang Jiang, she has been single for so many years. It is conceivable that the reason why Lou Xiao'e has been single is that she must still have him in her heart and has been waiting for him, waiting for him to come back to find him after the mainland's reform and opening up.

However, not long after Lou Xiao'e left, he married Yu Li, got married and had children, and started his own life. He also had three children. However, he didn't know that Lou Xiao'e had been alone in Hong Kong, enduring the hardship, waiting for the day she would come back to find him.

What made Lin feel even more guilty was that he knew better than anyone that this storm would eventually stop and things would change. If he was willing to wait for Lou Xiao'e, then he would definitely be able to wait for Lou Xiao'e to come back.

However, Lou Xiao'e waited for him in Hong Kong for more than ten years without hesitation, just because he said that the storm would stop sooner or later and she could return to Hong Kong after the storm died down. She firmly believed that he would not lie to her, and she waited alone until the moment of his return.

Although Lou Xiao'e appeared very calm today, Lin Geng always felt that there was a hint of disappointment and resentment in her eyes, but she hid it very well.

Lin Geng suddenly felt that he was a scumbag. He finally failed Lou Xiao'e's love for him, but at the same time he asked himself, did he love Yu Li? The answer he got was that he also loved Yu Li. Maybe when he married Yu Li, he didn't love her very much, but at that time he felt that he should marry a wife, and Yu Li was very suitable, so he married Yu Li naturally.

But as they lived together for many years, he fell in love with Yu Li. Yu Li did everything a wife should do. She was always loyal to him, stood by his side, gave birth to children for him, and accompanied him carefully and comforted him when he was in a bad mood. So to say that he did not love Yu Li, that would be absolute bullshit.

In this way, he became a scumbag who loved two women in his heart and didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, Xu Damao came over stealthily, looked at the direction where Lou Xiao'e left, and asked Lin in a lower voice: "Lin Zi, this is a bit troublesome! Lou Xiao'e is back, what are you going to do?"

Lin Geng was in a state of confusion at the moment. He was in no mood to listen to Xu Damao's teasing. He rolled his eyes and yelled at Xu Damao, "Go away! Get out of the way! You can handle whatever you want. I'm not in the mood right now!"

After saying that, Lin Geng returned to his office, slammed the door, and threw himself on the sofa. For a moment, he didn't know how to get along with Lou Xiao'e.

By the time she got home at night, it was already very late. Yu Li is now in charge of managing all the branches of Dingzhuang Hotpot. She often has to pick a branch to inspect business at night, so she gets home late.

When Yu Li returned home, Lin could clearly feel that Yu Li's face was not very good. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, secretly sighing that there are really not many things in this world that can be hidden.

The news that Lou Xiao'e had returned to Sijiu City could not be concealed. Everyone in the company knew that she had gone to the company to look for herself. Moreover, all the Pinweixuan and Dingzhuang Hotpot restaurants were now equipped with telephones, so the news must have reached Yu Li quickly.

Before Yu Li married him, she was not very clear about the affair between Lin Geng and Lou Xiao'e, but after all, the incident of Lou's family running away had caused a big fuss. Lin Geng was also implicated in the incident and was taken away for investigation.

So Yu Li naturally heard from others later that before her, Lin Geng had had a relationship with Lou family's eldest daughter Lou Xiao'e. Later, she asked Lin Geng about Lou Xiao'e in a roundabout way.

Lin Geng also frankly told Yu Li about his relationship with Lou Xiao'e. Yu Li also knew that his breakup with Lou Xiao'e was forced by the situation, not because of any unpleasantness between them.

But at that time, Yu Li never thought that Lou Xiao'e, who had gone to Hong Kong, would return to Beijing one day, and the first thing she would do after returning was to find Lin Geng.

So after receiving the news today, Yu Li felt very complicated, but she still had to go home and face the matter with Lin Geng.