Why didn't you tell me earlier that my little sister is still waiting for me?

Qu Lianjie's fist, seemingly filled with endless anger, was actually no different from a tickle to Lin Bufan. Lin Bufan could easily dodge it, but he didn't. Instead, he took the initiative to hit it with his shoulder!

"Ouch!" Lin Bufan yelled exaggeratedly, and as he fell to the side, his elbow "accidentally" hit Qu Lianjie's ribs. Qu Lianjie groaned, and his swung arm froze in mid-air.

"Qu Lianjie, what are you doing!" Qu Xiaoxiao exclaimed while holding up her cell phone, but the camera accurately captured Qu Lianjie's ferocious expression.

Qu Lianjie felt a lot of pain, not only in his ribs, but also from the punches he received from Lin Bufan. However, at this point, Qu Lianjie was already blinded by rage, and with a bit too much adrenaline, he managed to endure the pain for a moment!

Qu Lianjie raised his leg and kicked Lin Bufan in the abdomen. Lin Bufan seemed to awkwardly dodge sideways, but in fact he secretly used his knee to push Qu Lianjie's popliteal fossa. Qu Lianjie's center of gravity suddenly lost, and his kicking foot hit the iron door frame hard, and the tip of his leather shoe was dented on the spot.

"Ah!" Qu Lianjie hopped twice on one leg, holding his foot, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. Lin Bufan, panicking, reached out for help, but his fingers precisely pinched the tendon in his elbow. Qu Lianjie's entire arm suddenly felt weak and limp, and he swung his fist again, striking Lin Bufan with "precision."

Lin Bufan shouted as he staggered and dragged Qu Lianjie to the edge of the stone steps. He looked as if he had been beaten back by Qu Lianjie. "Brother Qu, calm down. Think about what our parents and teachers have taught us since we were young. How can you fight?"

While struggling, Qu Lianjie slipped and his knee hit the sharp corner of the granite steps hard, causing him to grimace in pain.

When Qu's parents rushed over, they saw Qu Lianjie, eyes red, lunging at Lin Bufan. Lin Bufan, panicking, raised his hands to block the blow, the back of his hand colliding with Qu Lianjie's nose. Blood immediately gushed from his nostrils, a few drops splattering on Lin Bufan's sleeve, glaring in the sunlight.

"Stop!" Qu's father shouted. Lin Bufan immediately stepped back three steps and raised his hands, revealing blood on his sleeves and a torn collar. Qu Lianjie, due to inertia, lost control and banged his head against the garden's landscape stone, causing a bump the size of an egg to appear on his forehead.

Without waiting for Qu Lianjie to react, Qu Xiaoxiao rushed forward, holding up her phone screen and almost hitting his face: "Dad! Look! I don't know what's wrong with my brother! My boyfriend kindly brought him a gift, but he came up and hit me!"

Upon hearing this, Qu's mother immediately grabbed Lin Bufan's hand with a distressed look on her face: "Oh, child, let auntie see where you are hurt? Lian Jie, you are becoming more and more unreasonable. People think that our family has no family discipline!"

It is obvious that Qu Xiaoxiao and her mother don’t care what the original situation was. They just want to put the blame on Qu Lianjie first!

Qu Lianjie ignored Qu Xiaoxiao and her mother, and went straight to his trusted supporter: "Dad, you have to make the decision for me. They were the ones who reported the incident at the hotel last time!"

Qu Xiaoxiao naturally wouldn't ignore Qu Lianjie's "slander" and jumped out to say, "Qu Lianjie, don't lie. You said we reported it. Do you have any evidence? If not, I'll sue you for defamation."

"What hotel?" Lin Bufan pretended to be confused and looked at Qu Xiaoxiao. Qu Xiaoxiao immediately understood and immediately "explained" to Lin Bufan: "It's Qu Lianjie whoring..."

Before Qu Xiaoxiao could finish her words, her father suddenly shouted, "Enough!"

Qu Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue, but still managed to whisper the last three words: "...the prostitute was caught."

Qu's father glared at Qu Xiaoxiao fiercely, his face gloomy enough to drip water. Qu Lianjie covered his bleeding nose and was about to continue complaining when his father waved his hand impatiently: "Old Liu, take Lianjie to the hospital."

The driver standing nearby immediately stepped forward and half-helped and half-dragged Qu Lianjie out. Qu Lianjie struggled to turn around and said, "Dad! It's really them—"

"Isn't this embarrassing enough?" Qu's father interrupted harshly, his eyes sweeping over the bloodstains on Lin Bufan's torn collar and cuffs, his brows furrowed even tighter. "Let's talk later if you have anything to say."

Looking at Qu Lianjie's back as he was forcibly taken away, Qu Xiaoxiao secretly winked at Lin Bufan. The meaning was obvious. She thought Lin Bufan performed well and wanted to sign a few more billion-level contracts with him.

In response to this, Lin Bufan just curled his lips and said, "That's it?"

Seeing the awkward atmosphere among everyone, Qu's mother quickly tried to smooth things over: "Hey, don't stand in the yard, come into the house. Auntie heard from Xiaoxiao that you especially like to eat squirrel fish, so I specially asked the kitchen to make it for you." As she said that, Qu's mother was about to pull Lin Bufan into the villa, as if the farce just now had never happened!

But before Lin Bufan could say anything, Qu Xiaoxiao, remembering Lin Bufan's nickname "Mother-in-law Killer", suddenly stepped in between the two of them and forcibly pushed Qu's mother aside: "Mom! Don't touch me!"

"Ouch!" Qu's mother stumbled a bit, and patted Qu Xiaoxiao's back, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "What's wrong with you, kid? There's such a wide road next to you, why do you have to squeeze me?"

Qu Xiaoxiao grabbed Lin Bufan's arm and made a face at Qu's mother: "This is my boyfriend! Of course I have to stay close to him!" As she said that, she deliberately hugged Lin Bufan's arm tighter and shook it as if in protest.

Qu's mother was amused and poked Qu Xiaoxiao's forehead with her hand: "Stingy guy! Can't you even let your mother take a look?"

"You can look, but you can't touch!" Qu Xiaoxiao pulled Lin Bufan behind her like a kitten protecting its food, and raised her chin towards her mother.

Qu's mother was so amused that she reached out and pinched Qu Xiaoxiao's cheek: "You silly girl, who do you think your mother is?"

Lin Bufan naturally knew what Qu Xiaoxiao meant, and immediately glared at Qu Xiaoxiao unhappily!

After the group entered the living room, Lin Bufan handed the exquisite gift box to Qu's mother. "Auntie, I heard you like skin care. This is the latest anti-aging cream developed by my Xiaohei subsidiary." Lin Bufan gently opened the gilded packaging, revealing the crystal bottle inside. "This formula can activate cell telomerase and reverse the aging process of epidermal cells..."

Before Lin Bufan could finish, Qu Xiaoxiao suddenly rushed over screaming, "Wait! Could this be the reverse clock series that Zhenzhen has been developing?"

Lin Bufan smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's right, this is exactly the reverse clock series developed by Zhenzhen's team."

After confirming Qu Xiaoxiao's question, Lin Bufan turned to Qu's mother again and continued to introduce: "Auntie, this anti-aging cream can not only reduce wrinkles, but also restore the skin condition to ten years ago. Clinical trials show that after 28 days of continuous use, the subjects' biological age is reversed by an average of 3-5 years."

Qu's mother took the crystal bottle in amazement, her fingers gently stroking the words "Xiao Heizi" embossed on the bottle. "So amazing? How come I've never heard of this brand?"

"Because it hasn't been officially released yet," Lin Bufan explained, "This product is currently only available in a small number of stores. The bottle you have is a limited edition, numbered 007. There are only 50 bottles in the world."

Although the rest were all improvisations by Lin Bufan, he did not lie about the small-scale circulation. As for how small it is, it depends on how much Lin Bufan and Ye Zhenzhen give out!

As for why Lin Bufan improvised, there was no other way. Ye Zhenzhen had developed more than just this one product, and Lin Bufan couldn't remember the thick stack of research results!

As for why one formula can produce so many products, it's actually quite simple. If you want to make money, and want to make more money, you have to put in some effort, right?

How can you make money if you don’t divide your products into more categories, don’t divide them into different grades, and don’t leave customers room to choose?

Especially how to make money from those rich people?

Do we have to use things of the same price as ordinary people?

Are you kidding me?

This is an insult to those rich people!

After introducing the gift to Qu's mother, Lin Bufan was about to take out the big gold chain for Qu's father. But at this moment, Qu Xiaoxiao suddenly grabbed Lin Bufan's hand and ran upstairs!

Qu Xiaoxiao's sudden action startled her mother: "Xiaoxiao, where are you taking Xiaolin?"

Qu Xiaoxiao waved her hand without even turning her head: "His clothes were torn by Qu Lianjie just now. I'll take him to change his clothes!" Before she finished speaking, the two of them had disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

The living room fell silent for a moment. Qu's father sat down on the sofa with a gloomy face, his fingers drumming on the armrest.

Qu's mother seemed not to notice Qu's father's expression. She said excitedly, "Old Qu, what do you think of Xiaolin? I think he's quite good. He looks energetic and speaks politely..."

"Hmph!" Qu's father slammed the armrest. "Where were your eyes? It was clearly that kid playing tricks just now!"

Qu's mother curled her lips and played with the crystal bottle in her hand: "Isn't it clear in the video? It was Lian Jie who started it. Besides, don't you know what kind of person Lian Jie is? He spends his days drinking and partying..."

"That's enough!" Qu's father interrupted harshly, "No matter how bad Lian Jie is, he's still my son! Look at what kind of boyfriend Xiao Xiao found! He tries to sow discord between the siblings the moment he shows up!"

Mother Qu curled her lips in disapproval: "I think Xiaolin is a good person. He even brought gifts for us."

Father Qu sneered, "You think you're being bought off with such small favors? I think this guy is a slippery talker, not a good person!"

Mother Qu rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Since you think Xiaolin is not a good person, why did you let him come?"

Mr. Qu was choked and speechless for a moment. He leaned back on the sofa angrily and stopped talking.

……

In the bedroom on the second floor, Qu Xiaoxiao slammed the door shut and immediately pressed Lin Bufan against it. She stood on tiptoe, almost reaching the tip of Lin Bufan's nose with her head. "Lin Bufan! Why did you give my mom such a nice thing?"

Lin Bufan looked puzzled: "That's your mother, how can you ask such a question?"

"Because she's my mother!" Qu Xiaoxiao poked Lin Bufan's chest angrily, "You haven't even given me a gift, so why should you give her one first?"

Lin Bufan held his forehead helplessly: "Sister, this is the basic operation to please the mother-in-law, okay? Which son-in-law comes to visit without bringing gifts?"

Qu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and grabbed Lin Bufan's collar with her fingers: "I'm warning you, don't have any improper thoughts about my mother!"

"I'm so fucking angry—" Lin Bufan almost laughed out loud. How could he be so at odds with his mother-in-law? Did he seem like someone without a bottom line? Even if he really was, his target should be someone like Aunt Dasheng. No matter what, it wouldn't be that bad...

Qu Xiaoxiao stared at Lin Bufan's eyes for a long time, and when she saw that he looked frank, she felt relieved.

Qu Xiaoxiao released the hand that was grabbing Lin Bufan's collar, and instead patted Lin Bufan's chest gently, saying in a coquettish voice: "Handsome Bufan, actually, I called you here today because I have something to tell you..."

"Hmm?" Lin Bufan raised an eyebrow, waiting for Qu Xiaoxiao's next words. However, he had already guessed the general situation. If it weren't for the interests involved, Old Qu would definitely be furious if his son was beaten up just now.

Qu Xiaoxiao bit her lip, her eyes wandering: "Um...my parents invited you here today, actually, they wanted to see if there is any opportunity for cooperation..."

"Cooperation?" Lin Bufan pretended not to understand and asked, "What cooperation?"

Since she had already spoken, Qu Xiaoxiao decided to go all out and said it directly: "Oh, I just want to see if I can make some money from you!"

Lin Bufan was stunned, then he exaggeratedly covered his chest and stumbled back two steps: "What?! Monster Qu! You actually betrayed me! I trusted you so much, and you actually set up a Hongmen Feast for me?!"

Lin Bufan pointed at Qu Xiaoxiao with a look of deep sorrow and anguish on his face: "I really misjudged you!"

Qu Xiaoxiao quickly stepped forward and took Lin Bufan's hand, shaking it coquettishly: "Oh, I didn't mean it~"

"Not on purpose? Then why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"If I had told you in advance, you definitely wouldn't have come."

Lin Bufan pointed at himself with a look of grief and indignation on his face: "Xiao Xiao, I didn't expect that in your mind, I would be like this!"

Qu Xiaoxiao glanced at Lin Bufan, then whispered, "Then tell me, am I right?"

Uh--

It seems that is indeed the case!

If I had known about this in advance, wouldn't that be another reason not to come?

Of course, Lin Bufan didn’t mean that he didn’t want to give the Qu family some benefits, but he felt that it was not worth coming just for this matter. If he had the time, he might as well make a dinner appointment with Dabao tonight!

But if I can beat someone up for fun, it’s not a wasted trip!

After sighing, Lin Bufan said helplessly: "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Qu Xiaoxiao immediately beamed, and she stood on tiptoe and kissed Lin Bufan on the face: "Whatever you want, my job is to bring you here, the rest is none of my business!"

Lin Bufan wiped the lipstick marks off his face unhappily: "Your Qu family is so rich, do you still need to seek cooperation from me?"

"Oh, how can my family be rich? Isn't it far behind yours?" Qu Xiaoxiao pulled Lin Bufan's hand and shook it: "My family's company is mainly engaged in construction and decoration. Aren't you working on the Universal Pearl project recently? You must need a partner in this field.

Besides, whoever makes the money earns it, right? There's no harm in letting my family make a little, right? "

Lin Bufan agreed with the reasons given by Qu Xiaoxiao, but in view of Qu Xiaoxiao's previous deception, Lin Bufan felt that he should not let Qu Xiaoxiao be too happy!

"Qu Yaoguai, there's no problem giving your family the project. But it's hard to say who will ultimately get the money. After all, besides you, your little darling, your family also has a much bigger darling..."

Qu Xiaoxiao was stunned when she heard this, and then she looked thoughtful.

Just when the atmosphere was getting a little heavy, Qu's mother's voice came from outside the door: "Xiao Xiao, Xiao Lin, come down for dinner!"