Reborn in 85: Starting with a family split and becoming the richest man, the ungrateful wretch regre

Cheng Lin burst into laughter, grabbed Lu Yang, and said, "Stop talking, let's go have a drink!"

Lu Yang turned to Zhou Yunkai and asked, "Do you want to come along?"

Zhou Yunkai could tell that Cheng Lin and Lu Yang had a close relationship, so he waved his hand and said, "I won't go. It's getting late, I'll go back to school first."

Lu Yang nodded: "Be careful on the road."

He turned to say goodbye to Bai Yiyi, then Cheng Lin pulled him into the car, and the three of them drove away together.

They went straight to their usual restaurant. After all the dishes were served, Cheng Lin said with a grave expression, "Lu Qing has disappeared."

Lu Yang was somewhat surprised: "What happened after I left?"

Lin Hongshan continued, "After Lu Qing was expelled from school, she didn't want to go back to the village, so she looked for a job in the provincial capital."

"But it seems like there are always people causing her trouble, so she hasn't been able to find a job."

"Later, her ex-boyfriend arranged for her to work at a bank, but she was reported after only three days and fired. After that, she simply became a mistress."

At this point, Lin Hongshan wore a troubled expression: "I'll be too embarrassed to say it now, but we're from the same village."

Lu Yang fumbled for his wine glass, staring at him with a half-smile, and said, "She was only a mistress for a few days before she was exposed and then she got a beating, right?"

Cheng Lin couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's right. She was dressed up and walking down the street when some thugs stripped her naked and beat her up in the street."

“The onlookers were initially quite sympathetic to her, but once they heard that she was a mistress, no one helped her and just kept gossiping.”

Lu Yang didn't know who had done it, but he was certain that it was Yu Xintong who was dealing with her.

So Lu Yang couldn't help but ask, "Did Shen Xuwen hide her away?"

Lin Hongshan shook his head: "It doesn't seem like it, because no one else noticed Lu Qing's disappearance; it was Shen Xuwen who reported it to the police."

"And it seems he even got into an argument with his family, which made his family so angry that they had to be hospitalized and their pregnancy was threatened."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang immediately felt that Lu Qing was most likely missing, as even Shen Xuwen didn't know where she was.

This is strange. Lu Yang muttered to himself, "Where else could she go? To Guan Xiuqin? Or to Lu Yao?"

Lin Hongshan chimed in, "Guan Xiuqin didn't know where she was, and she even came to your newly opened restaurant to question us about where you hid Lu Qing?"

Cheng Lin rolled his eyes and said, "I called the police right away."

Lu Yang calmly shrugged and said, "Then she's most likely going to find Lu Yao."

"Given her personality, she wouldn't tell Lu Yao that she was fired; she'd probably find an excuse to go work there."

Cheng Lin, resting his chin on his hand, looked at Lu Yang and asked, "Why do I feel like you particularly hate your cousin?"

Lu Yang calmly said, "The snake didn't die but got bitten instead. Since we've already made a move, we have to kill her. You've seen my vicious cousin before."

Cheng Lin wholeheartedly agreed. Last time, when Lu Qing and Guan Xiuqin framed Lu Yang and got him arrested, it was Cheng Lin who bailed him out.

After chatting about business for a while, the conversation turned to Lin Hongshan.

Lin Hongshan said with a straight face, "I want to stay here for a while. Are you planning to open a shop here?"

Lu Yang thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll open a restaurant here that specializes in northern Chinese cuisine, and decorate it just like the one in the provincial capital. Can you manage it for me?"

Lin Hongshan had been in charge of managing that restaurant when he was in the provincial capital, so he was quite familiar with it and readily agreed.

"What made you suddenly decide to develop your career here?"

Lu Yang and Lin Hongshan are childhood friends and know each other very well.

Lin Hongshan is a cautious and steady person who prefers a peaceful life most of the time.

Since he's doing well in the provincial capital, it's unlikely he'd suddenly want to live here.

Lin Hongshan sighed and helplessly raised his head, saying, "My family came to the provincial capital and insisted that I arrange jobs for my two unemployed cousins ​​in a restaurant."

“If they were honest and law-abiding, I would have agreed, but you know what kind of people they are. They are lazy, good-for-nothing, and only want to take advantage of others all day long. They don’t want to work hard. I don’t want to cause you any trouble. It just so happens that Cheng Lin said he was coming here to pick up some goods, so I came along.”

Lu Yang gave a wry smile and said helplessly, "Then you can stay here for now."

“Let’s go back and visit together when I have winter break. Your younger brother seems to be two years older than Xingxing, he’s almost in his third year of junior high, right?”

“You dropped out of school after graduating from junior high. If your family doesn’t agree to your younger brother continuing his studies, you need to make plans early.”

In his previous life, Lu Yang was doing very poorly and had no ability to help his childhood friend.

I only heard that Lin Hongshan compromised with his family and married a woman with intellectual disabilities in order to give his younger brother a chance to go to high school.

However, when his younger brother was in his second year of high school, he got into a fight with his uncle's son and had his leg broken.

His younger brother's grades plummeted as a result, and he failed to get into university. Many people in the Lin family ridiculed his brother in various ways.

He was never cut out for studying, but he insisted on doing so. He failed all the exams, wasted so much of his family's money, and ended up with a cripple.

Lin Hongshan looked up; Lu Yang's words were exactly what he had been worried about.

His father was always blindly filial, more obedient than his grandmother, and if his grandmother pointed east, he wouldn't go west.

If his grandmother insists on not letting his younger brother Lin Hongjiang go to school, his father will definitely agree.

Lin Hongshan nodded and said firmly, "My mother is different from your mother. If they really force Hongjiang to drop out of school, I will make my mother divorce my father."

"Anyway, I have money now. If necessary, I can bring my mother and Hongjiang here to keep them away from me."

Lu Yang nodded and couldn't help but sigh. Lin's mother was indeed a person with a bad temper.

If she and Lu's mother had switched places, the Lu family would definitely not have been peaceful for so many years, and Lu Jianjun could not have pretended to be a hypocrite for so long.

He couldn't hold back any longer and started fighting with her, their relationship turning sour that they ended up in a brawl.

But Lin's mother was unlucky to encounter a domestic abuser who was only a bully at home and extremely blindly filial.

The Lin family had a lot of men, and they all listened to her grandmother. No matter what Lin's mother did, she couldn't resist.

The three chatted for a long time, finding common ground in each other's plight. They were all people who did their best to live for themselves and the people they cared about, so naturally they had something in common.

They chatted until almost dawn, then spent the night in Zhengjia Village.

The next morning, Lu Yang rushed back to school for class, while Cheng Lin and Lin Hongshan were taken by Bai Yiyi to buy electrical appliances.

After finishing his classes, Lu Yang rushed to a nearby real estate agency to ask them to recommend a house suitable for opening a restaurant.

The agent enthusiastically began to introduce the property, explaining that only a few months had passed since Qi Kang's family bought the house, and the price of houses in the area had already increased by 300.

Lu Yang couldn't help but gasp. He felt that if he made more money, he would have to hoard more houses.

The agent enthusiastically led Lu Yang to three different places. After entering the storefronts with the agent, Lu Yang went to the second floor first.

He needs to make sure there are no problems with the two-story house before he considers whether to buy it or not.