Rebirth 78: After being jilted at the altar, I reached the pinnacle!

"Who would come over so early in the morning?" Li Hanliang sensed something was wrong and immediately became alert, carefully walking to the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood at the door, he heard Liu Quanyou's voice, "Boss, are you there, boss?"

Li Hanliang hurriedly opened the door for him and dragged the bastard inside, saying, "What are you yelling about? Don't you know where you are?"

This is the county guesthouse, a place for entertaining real leaders. This idiot dares to make a fuss; he'll be reported if he doesn't.

"Boss, I'm just in a hurry."

The moment Liu Quanyou saw Li Hanliang, he breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately afterward, his eyes began to dart around, scanning the small standard room.

"Wow, this is truly a county guesthouse! Boss, this room is so luxurious! You slept here last night? If I could sleep here for just one night, it would be worth it for the rest of my life." Liu Quanyou patted the white sheets and soft Simmons mattress with envy. "Boss, I'm not leaving tonight!"

Li Hanliang was speechless. "Fine, you can stay."

"Look at your lack of ambition, staying in such a small, shabby standard room. When we become successful in the future, the boss will take you to a better place!" Li Hanliang sincerely promised.

"By the way, how did you find your way here?"

Li Hanliang had no recollection of reporting his whereabouts to him.

Liu Quanyou lay engrossed in the Simmons mattress, rolling around and letting out a long, comfortable sigh, "That feels great..."

"Boss, you're really something, getting into a hotel with Miss Pei so quickly?" He propped himself up, his gaze towards Li Hanliang filled with even more envy. "I saw you hadn't gone home all day and was worried something had happened to you, so I came to the county to look for you. I didn't expect to run into Miss Pei, who told me you were here."

Li Hanliang frowned. "What time was this?"

“Last night, around eight or nine o’clock, I saw her at a small shop near the guesthouse, buying food. She seemed quite unhappy, and she even told me, ‘I went there but couldn’t find you. I don’t know where you’ve been fooling around.’” Liu Quanyou confessed truthfully.

Upon hearing this, Li Hanliang was terrified.

Doesn't this mean Pei Shuxin came over last night? Did Pei Shuxin think he didn't come home all night?

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Seeing that his expression had changed, Liu Quanyou nudged him.

Li Hanliang snapped out of his daze and realized he had been taking it too seriously.

He quickly shook off these sentimental thoughts, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and called Liu Quanyou over, "Come on, I'll take you to a nice place."

Liu Quanyou hadn't had enough of lying down yet, and after struggling a few times, Li Hanliang pulled him up.

Along the way, Li Hanliang was so annoyed by him that his head was spinning, and he was almost out of saliva, but he finally managed to explain what happened yesterday to him.

"Boss, you've had quite the romantic encounter!" Liu Quanyou only noticed this one point after hearing the story.

Li Hanliang suddenly felt overwhelmed. With such a terrible teammate, when would he ever be able to rise to prominence?

"Alright, shut up!" Li Hanliang was too lazy to say anything to him.

"Boss, do you think this can really work out? We've already connected with the state-owned textile factory. If we also get the technical school connection, won't Xiaoliangzhuang be rolling in money?" Liu Quanyou finally got down to business.

However, this reminded Li Hanliang that the state-owned textile factory was not a benefit, but rather a crisis. He needed to secure the other two sales channels in Xiaoliangzhuang as soon as possible to have the ability to withstand risks.

However, he didn't explain such detailed principles to Liu Quanyou. Instead, he walked through the crowd and found Zhou Meiping's stall.

Zhou Meiping was sitting in front of the pork stall eating steamed buns. The big, fragrant pork-filled buns were so delicious that they were bursting with oil when you took a bite. Li Hanliang was tempted by what he saw.

Liu Quanyou, even more spineless, swallowed hard and asked, "Boss, you mean her?"

He has such a loud voice, as if he's afraid no one can hear him.

Zhou Meiping looked up when she heard the sound. She was initially delighted to see Li Hanliang, but when she saw that he had someone with him, her pretty face immediately fell.

"What? Afraid I'll eat you? You even brought a little follower with you!"

Zhou Meiping tossed the small stool aside, indicating that he should sit down.

Li Hanliang didn't explain much, but simply asked Zhou Meiping, "Is there any result regarding yesterday's matter?"

Zhou Meiping looked around, stuffed the last bite of her steamed bun into her mouth, then stood up and beckoned Li Hanliang to follow her inside.

Li Hanliang followed her a few steps inside, away from the chaotic street. He saw Zhou Meiping glance at Liu Quanyou with some wariness, and he was also worried that Liu Quanyou might say something inappropriate, so he raised his hand and told Liu Quanyou to go outside and wait.

Liu Quanyou scoffed, but still gave him face and left.

Zhou Meiping sighed, lit a lotus-shaped cigarette, and then said, "I advise you not to do this business deal. It's not worth it."

"What do you mean?" Li Hanliang was also tempted by her smoking. There was nothing he could do, since there were no cigars here, so he could only ask Zhou Meiping for a Lotus cigarette and light it with her light.

Seeing how skilled he was, Zhou Meiping's beautiful eyes held a deeper meaning: "Looks like you've had your fair share of women's cigarette butts."

Li Hanliang had no time to talk to her about these things; he just anxiously asked her, "What exactly happened?"

Zhou Meiping shook her head. "This is really not something you can handle. How about I introduce you to a new approach?"

Upon hearing this, Li Hanliang's stubbornness flared up.

The more others tell him he can't do it, the more determined he is to make it happen and do it well!

"Don't deny it yet, tell me exactly what happened." Li Hanliang said, somewhat displeased.

How dare that little brat look down on him?

Zhou Meiping looked at him through the smoke for a while before saying, "Supply and Marketing Cooperative, can you handle it?"

"What?"

Li Hanliang choked on his own cigarette smoke.

"A supply and marketing cooperative? How is that possible?"

He still held a sliver of goodwill towards people of this era, especially those in public, thinking that most of them were reliable and honest, and wouldn't dare to do anything too outrageous.

“It’s true,” Zhou Meiping flicked her cigarette ash. “My information is accurate. This was done privately by the deputy director of the supply and marketing cooperative. Besides the batch from the technical school, he also sold to other places. He even has people in our market.”

"Vice President? Jing Kaiyuan?" Li Hanliang asked.

Zhou Meiping nodded. "These two brothers from the Jing family are no pushovers. I suspect that the way they sell watered pork was brought up in the south by the eldest brother. The eldest brother was out there looking for technology and connections, while the second brother was in Anfeng County using the supplies from the supply and marketing cooperative to multiply profits several times over."

"That's really ruthless," Li Hanliang said, and to be honest, he was quite impressed. "They really risked their lives; they've got guts."

"What, you want to do it too?" Zhou Meiping noticed the envy in Li Hanliang's eyes.

Li Hanliang shook his head, "I can do big things, but I can't do things that will cost me my head."

“However,” he took a drag of his cigarette, a ruthless glint in his eyes, “I’m willing to make someone lose their head.”