After the divorce, I became a mountain god

After hearing Xu Bo'an's words, Liu Yan said, "We can't say that business management isn't important, but there are plenty of people who know how to do business. Without connections, even if you're good at business, you won't make much money. So connections are absolutely crucial!"

Liu Wei, standing to the side, chimed in, "Yes, Mr. Xu, you have no idea that ever since you introduced such a high-end client as Mrs. Zhang to my sister, Mrs. Zhang has brought along many of her wealthy girlfriends. They've topped up several long-term membership cards at my sister's shop. My sister is practically a little rich woman now, and it's all thanks to you!"

Xu Bo'an smiled and said to Liu Yan, "Haha, then it seems I really have become your benefactor!"

Liu Yan said to Xu Bo'an, "Yes, you are truly my benefactor! I'm doing quite well here, but I'm a little worried about my sister! I'd like to ask you if you could help me find out what Dongjiang Construction Group is thinking!"

Liu Wei chimed in, "Sister, Mr. Xu has already helped us a lot, and I don't want to trouble him any further. Mr. Xu just mentioned that Dongjiang Construction Group is currently undergoing a merger and transformation, and management positions are in high demand. Although Mr. Xu has a good relationship with the chairman, if Mr. Xu were to speak to the chairman about this matter, the chairman would definitely grant him this favor."

However, with the company undergoing such a major reform recently, the chairman must be in a very difficult situation right now. I think it's inappropriate for President Xu to speak up at this time. Not only will President Xu owe Chairman Su a favor, but I'm also afraid that it will put Chairman Su in a difficult position at this critical juncture. I have made too many mistakes in the past, and I will never do anything like this again!
Since the situation at Dongjiang Construction Group is so tense lately, I should make other plans. How about this, I'll apply for a job at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory tomorrow!

Xu Bo'an was deeply moved by Liu Wei's words. Back then, Liu Wei had conspired with others to make him suffer terribly, but now she seemed to have completely reformed. Although Xu Bo'an had hated Liu Wei intensely before, now that he had risen to a higher position, had a good classmate relationship with Liu Wei's sister Liu Yan, and had witnessed Liu Wei's own transformation, Xu Bo'an was slowly letting go of his hatred for Liu Wei.

Liu Yan looked at her younger sister Liu Wei and said, "Little sister, since you're so sensible and want to rely on yourself, then I'll cheer you on and hope your interview goes well tomorrow!"

When Liu Yan first suggested that Liu Wei go for an interview at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory, Xu Bo'an wanted to tell the two sisters that he was the owner of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory. However, seeing that Liu Wei genuinely didn't want to trouble him anymore, Xu Bo'an changed his mind and decided not to tell the two sisters. Otherwise, if he said that he was the owner of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory, Liu Wei would feel that she would owe him a favor again. But this was fine too. If Liu Wei got the job at Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory, it would be her own ability, and she wouldn't feel so indebted to him. If she didn't get the job, it would only mean that she wasn't capable enough.

Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an said to Liu Wei, "Then I wish you success in your interview!"

After chatting for a while at the teahouse, the group went home. Once home, it was already late, so Xu Bo'an quickly washed up and went to rest.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Xu Bo'an got up early, had a simple breakfast, and then called Ma Lu to tell him that he would arrive in about fifteen minutes and to ask them to get ready.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Bo'an drove to pick up Ma Lu and his daughter Ma Shiyao. When Xu Bo'an arrived at the residential area where Ma Lu lived, he was about to drive into the area when he saw Ma Lu and Ma Shiyao already standing at the entrance waiting for him. At the same time, Ma Lu also saw Xu Bo'an's dazzling red pickup truck.

He waved to Xu Bo'an, who then stopped the car. After Ma Lu and Ma Shiyao got in, Xu Bo'an drove towards Ma Shiyao's school.

Xu Bo'an spoke first to Ma Lu, saying, "I was thinking of picking you up downstairs in the apartment complex, but I didn't expect you to be waiting for me at the main gate. Do I need to be so polite with your buddy?"

Ma Lu said to Xu Bo'an half-jokingly, "Of course! Otherwise, it would cost you tens of dollars to step on the gas pedal with your big pickup truck. I'm saving you some money!"

Xu Bo'an said, "Come on! I have enough for this ten or so yuan, I don't need you to save money for me!"

Ma Lu laughed and said, "I know you have plenty of money, brother. My son and I had nothing to do at home after dinner, so we strolled out early to wait for you!"

Xu Bo'an said, "Alright, so what are your plans regarding Panpan's matter?"

Ma Lu said, "This is the first time, and I don't plan to make a big scene with them. As long as that kid apologizes to my Panpan in front of the whole class, I promise to keep my word and never allow the same thing to happen again!"

Xu Bo'an looked at Ma Lu and said, "Most people would apologize to the other party if they did something like this, but I met that family yesterday, and they don't seem like the kind of people who would apologize on their own initiative! What will you do if they keep making a fuss?"

Ma Lu said, "If you make a mistake, you have to bear the consequences. If they won't even grant me such a simple request, then I won't be polite to them. I'll just transfer schools!"

After all, Panpan is Malu's daughter, and Malu is Panpan's primary guardian, while he is just Panpan's godfather. Although he also wants to protect his goddaughter's own interests, he should also consult her biological father, right? This way, he will have a general direction when he goes to help.

The two chatted casually for a while and soon arrived at the gate of Panpan's school. Panpan's kindergarten is a chain of private international bilingual kindergartens, which is almost one of the best kindergartens in Dongjiang City. The tuition alone costs more than 30,000 yuan a year and it is known as a noble school by the people of Dongjiang City!
It has to be said that the high tuition fees are justified. The school gate is very grand and imposing, and the cars parked in front are almost all high-end vehicles!

After Xu Bo'an parked the car, the group got out and walked towards the school gate. When they arrived at the school gate, they happened to run into the chubby little boy named Li Ruihang who had bullied Panpan yesterday!

The two families had a falling out over the children at the restaurant yesterday, so when they ran into each other today, they naturally didn't like each other at all!

None of them intended to greet each other, especially the boy's mother, who glanced at Ma Lu and Xu Bo'an and walked past them haughtily.

Perhaps it was because the boy named Li Ruihang had been bullying Ma Shiyao for a long time, that as he and his mother passed by Ma Shiyao, he said to her, "Poor wretch!"

He also stuck his tongue out at Ma Shiyao and made a strange expression!

Ma Shiyao glanced at Li Ruihang and glared at him fiercely, too lazy to pay him any attention.

However, Ma Lu was quite unhappy to see this scene. He reached out and grabbed the little boy named Li Ruihang who had just walked out. The little boy stopped in his tracks instantly when Ma Lu pulled him so hard.

Upon seeing this, the mother of the little boy named Li Ruihang turned to Ma Lu and shouted, "What do you want to do?"

Ma Lu said, "I didn't mean anything by it. Your son was so rude to my daughter just now, aren't you going to do anything about it?" The little boy's mother looked at Ma Lu and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How was my son rude to your daughter? I didn't see or hear anything!"

Upon hearing the woman's words, Ma Lu retorted without any politeness, "Are you blind or deaf? I clearly heard your son call my daughter a poor wretch, and I even saw him sticking his tongue out at her. You were right next to him, how could you not have heard? You have absolutely no manners!"

After hearing Ma Lu's words, the woman gave him a contemptuous sneer and said, "Hey, what's wrong with you? So many people came and went, and no one else saw it, but you did? Stop slandering my son!"

Upon hearing the woman's words, Ma Lu angrily replied, "You..."

Xu Bo'an said to Ma Lu, "You can't reason with this kind of unreasonable person. Let's go inside and find Panpan's teacher to resolve this matter. There's no need to waste our breath on her here!"

After hearing Xu Bo'an's words, the woman adopted an even more indifferent attitude, saying to Xu Bo'an and Ma Lu, "Let's find them then, who's afraid of who!"

After the woman finished speaking, she walked into the school gate with her son in her high heels. Today, the teacher in charge of Ma Shiyao's class was on duty and standing inside the school gate.

When the woman reached the school gate and saw her son's teacher, she said to the teacher, "Teacher Yu, is my son always being bullied by that girl named Ma Shiyao at school? Just now when we ran into her, Ma Shiyao actually said some nasty things to my son!"

After hearing what Li Ruihang's mother said, Teacher Li replied, "Really? Is that so? I'll give her a good talking to later!"

Just then, Ma Lu and Xu Bo'an brought Ma Shiyao over. Ma Lu was about to speak when he saw Panpan's teacher, but the teacher looked at him first and said, "Ma Shiyao's parent, come with me for a moment!"

Ma Lu nodded to the teacher, who then left the duty station and led them to their classroom.

The classroom was already quite full of children. After the group walked to the classroom door, Teacher Yu looked at Ma Lu and said to him in a not-so-friendly tone, "How are you educating your children? How can your daughter, Ma Shiyao, speak ill of Li Ruihang like that?"

After hearing the teacher's words, Ma Lu looked at the teacher with great confusion and said, "Teacher Yu, aren't you asking the wrong question? It was clearly Li Ruihang who bullied my Shiyao. He even said some very unpleasant things to my daughter when we met at the door just now."

Teacher Yu said, "What's wrong? Just now, Li Ruihang's parents told me that it was Ma Shiyao who said bad things about Li Ruihang. How can you deny it?"

Upon hearing the teacher's words, Ma Lu said to the boy's mother, "Well, I didn't expect you to be the one to accuse me first. How shameless!"

Before the mother of the little boy named Li Ruihang could speak, Teacher Yu, upon hearing Ma Lu's words, tapped the table beside her and said to Ma Lu, "Parent, this is a school. Please watch your words and actions! Don't use foul language!"

The boy's mother said, "That's right, your language is so vulgar and offensive. No wonder your daughter speaks ill of my son. It's all because of what she's been exposed to at home!"

Upon hearing the woman's words, Ma Lu angrily retorted, "What an unreasonable woman! What did my daughter say about your son? Tell me, how can you make up such a baseless story?"

The woman thought for a moment and stammered, "It's just... it's just that your daughter said my son is fat, yes, your daughter said my son is fat!"

After hearing what the woman said, Ma Lu chuckled and looked at her, saying, "Oh, you really know how to make things up. My Shiyao has never said your son is fat! This is just something you made up yourself. My daughter has never had the bad habit of talking about people behind their backs!"

Ma Shiyao was met by Ma Lu's wife, Shi Xinyi, while she was doing volunteer work. She had been observing the child for quite some time and felt that she had excellent character, so she discussed with Ma Lu and decided to adopt her.

Moreover, after spending this time together, Ma Lu has come to know his adopted daughter, Ma Shiyao, very well. Despite her young age, she is definitely of good character and would never speak ill of others behind their backs for no reason.

Xu Bo'an said to the woman, "Then may I ask when Shi Yao said your son was fat?"

The woman made up a story on the spot: "Just now, when we met at the gate, your daughter said that my son was too fat. I heard it clearly!"

The woman dared to make up excuses like that because she knew Teacher Yu was definitely on her side; that's why she spoke so casually.

Before Xu Bo'an and Ma Lu could even speak, Teacher Yu said to them in an annoyed tone, "Ma Shiyao spoke ill of someone. You parents should set an example for your child and apologize to her right now!"

Ma Lu looked at Teacher Yu and asked in confusion, "Teacher Yu, you still haven't figured out the whole story. This parent said that our Shiyao said her son was fat, and you just believe her? You want us to apologize to them? What kind of logic is that? It's clearly a deliberate distortion of the truth!"

Teacher Yu looked at Ma Lu and said, "What's wrong? Do you think I've wronged your child?"

Ma Lu said to the teacher, "Yes, that's what I think too. Don't I know my daughter better than you do?"

Seeing that Ma Lu was angry, Teacher Yu said to him irritably, "Heh, that's not necessarily true. Your daughter is just adopted. She's spent less time with me than with you. Do you dare say you know her better than I do?" (End of Chapter)