Return to 88: Starting from Marrying My Sister-in-law

The windows of the Mercedes-Benz S600 shut out the noise of the highway, leaving only the deep hum of the engine. In the spacious back seat, however, the atmosphere was as stagnant as ice that could not be melted.

Lu Yang remained asleep with his eyes closed, his brows still bearing the lingering fatigue of the previous night and the residual force of dealing with the infighting among the young geniuses.

Xu Siqi curled up beside Lu Yang, the thin blanket wrapped around her chin, but her big eyes darted around, her gaze piercing through the gaps like two small knives, silently stabbing at Du Manni, the woman opposite her who was resting with her eyes closed.

"Hmph, pretending to be asleep!"

"Prude!"

"Dressed so professionally, she's still a vixen!"

The little voice inside Xu Siqi's heart was roaring wildly.

Du Manni's sharply tailored champagne-colored suit, her meticulously styled updo, and the composed and capable aura she exuded when she got into the car all made Du Manni feel a pang of jealousy and a surge of insecurity.

Especially when he thought about how this woman was about to take over Wanyan Electronics and become a "local tyrant," instantly surpassing his own "nameless and unranked" board secretary status by a large margin, his sense of grievance and resentment intensified, and even the frustration he felt last night about "borrowing sperm" from Qian Youyou surged up all at once.

As if sensing that tangible gaze, Du Manni's long eyelashes trembled almost imperceptibly, but she did not open her eyes.

She stood upright, her hands folded on her knees, a faint smile playing on her lips, as if she were scrutinizing Xu Siqi with unwavering insight, yet also with a hint of condescending...pity.

"Naive and innocent."

"They turn away opportunities even when they're handed them, and cherish empty titles like treasures."

Du Manni chuckled inwardly: "Very well, the position of President Wan Yan is just what I want. Following President Lu, this is the real path to success."

With this step, I have finally entered the top arena of professional managers in China.

Besides realizing one's life value.

And financial freedom.

Even without relying on a man, I can stand up and proudly declare: "I don't need to marry into a wealthy family, I am a wealthy family myself."

She works so hard, struggles so much, all so that she can stand up without fear and say those words out loud. And isn't that much better than those pretty vases that might be discarded by billionaires at any time?
snort!
That's right.

That's the naive and innocent girl on the other side.

Although President Lu is a good person, he may not necessarily become the kind of person who plays with women's feelings and then discards them. But it's better to take control of your own destiny than to leave it in someone else's hands. Du Manni has suffered and lived a very humble life in the first half of her life, and she really doesn't want to go through that again in the second half.

inside the carriage.

The two women had different thoughts.

However, due to the different environments in which they grew up and the different experiences I had with the world, their choices were completely opposite, and they even looked down on each other.

Even so, they were still relatively restrained because of Lu Yang's presence.

Du Manni kept her eyes closed and pretended to be asleep, just like Lu Yang, and never opened them.

After staring at her for a while, Xu Siqi realized that the other woman was ignoring her and immediately felt bored.

Come back.

She started to harass Lu Yang with her little hands.

At some point, a small hand quietly slipped inside Lu Yang's T-shirt, climbed up his waist, and prepared to pinch his soft flesh.

Lu Yang opened his eyes a crack.

With one hand on her waist, she decisively grabbed the mischievous little hand.

What?
Lu Yang asked with his eyes.

Hmph! It's all your fault, you stinky boss, you bad boss.

Xu Siqi gave him a provocative look, her lips curving upwards wide enough to hang an oil lamp: Let go, let go right now, or I'm going to pinch you.

Lu Yang couldn't help but smile.

They covered it up even tighter.

When his gaze swept across the opposite side, he saw that Du Manni had her eyes tightly closed, showing no intention of opening them at all.

He immediately and decisively pulled again...

Xu Siqi let out a soft gasp and involuntarily bumped into Lu Yang's arms.

"do not move."

Lu Yang leaned down and put his mouth close to her ear. His warm breath went into her ear, making her feel numb and itchy all over.

"You, you mustn't do anything rash, there are still people..."

She couldn't help but blush and whispered, her voice barely audible.

Lu Yang pretended not to hear, domineeringly cupped her face, and kissed her.

a long time……

Releasing Xu Siqi, who had fallen silent—no, she was practically stunned—he smiled wickedly and said, "Are you done now? Can you be quiet now?"

Xu Siqi covered her eyes, not daring to say a word this time.

He dared not even look to see if the woman had opened her eyes.

That's it.

I covered my eyes.

Okay, let's just pretend we didn't see it.

Lu Yang was amused by her adorable appearance and almost teased her, but then he thought better of it and decided against it, considering that the girl was shy.

Think of this.

He also subconsciously looked to the side.

Then I saw Dumani. Although he was still the same as before, with his hands crossed over his lower abdomen, his head slightly tilted back, and his eyes tightly closed, as if he was pretending to be asleep, his body was more taut than before, and there were some slight trembling movements.

Was this... someone spying just now?
Or... do you want to peek but don't dare?
That's it.

Lu Yang shook his head, not taking it seriously.

Du Manni was different from any other woman in his life. There was no affection between them. Perhaps there was affection, but neither of them took it seriously. All they had was the purest exchange of benefits and mutual benefit.

Lu Yang simply closed his eyes again, put his arm around his secretary, and began to rest.

. . .

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye...

Lu Yang completed the handover with Du Manni in Xingcheng, stepping down as president of Wanyan Electronics. Du Manni, who had been with him for three months and was temporarily serving as vice president of Wanyan Electronics, was now very familiar with the company's business.

For the past three months, Lu Yang has not left Xingcheng at all.

Xu Siqi finally got what she wanted, spending three months on a honeymoon with her stinky boss, inseparable every day, their days fulfilling, even a little too fulfilling.

I feel like my whole body is being filled up every day.

And what about Du Manni?
However, he seized this rare opportunity and worked like a sponge to absorb Wan Yan Electronics' management experience. While Chairman Lu Yang was still in charge of the company, he made sure to do all the necessary work thoroughly so that he wouldn't be caught off guard after taking over.

And how does one deal with relationships?
What is emotion? Can you eat it? Or drink it?
If you can't eat or drink, what's the point of having him?

Faced with a chance that may be the only one in life to change one's destiny, one must go all out. And there are some things that, although one is reluctant to give up, and sometimes feels lonely and unbearable in the middle of the night, and the thought of them is like being cut by a knife, one can only give them up.

Although President Lu is a good person, he doesn't belong to her alone. If she can take over Wanyan Electronics and hold onto this position, then the value of her life will be completely different!
Only a flower raised in a greenhouse, a naive and innocent girl who has never experienced any setbacks, would give up a livelihood and the independent personality that we women should have for love.

"President Lu, what are the group's overall plans for the company's development? Is there anything... we can do to cooperate?"

Before leaving.

She still maintained a humble and eager-to-learn demeanor.

Lu Yang was satisfied with her performance, so he didn't mind giving her a few more pointers before boarding time.

"I don't have any major plans for you at the moment. My advice to you is to proceed steadily and cautiously, step by step. Wait for Chief Engineer Jiang Wanli from the lab to bring you good news. He is the father of VCD. He previously focused too much on management, but now that he has returned to the lab and is burying himself in research again, I believe it won't be long before he brings us a surprise."

Lu Yang spent a lot of money to acquire Wan Yan Electronics and turn it into his private holding company, but he did not reinvest in it. So it remains the same as before, still half-dead. In his eyes, the biggest role of Wan Yan Company is to accumulate copyrights and patents, to provide a patent moat for his VCD industry chain, and perhaps in the future he can even become a patent troll in the VCD industry.

As for the rest...

The two companies with the largest sales share in the domestic VCD industry are Xiaoshentong, which stands out from the crowd, and Lu Yang's Laosu Renren Bubugao, whose founders are also among the founders. Although his shareholding is not the largest, it is not small either.

In this way, if we focus on investment, restart Wan Yan Electronics' VCD brand, and optimize channels, wouldn't it be like our own people competing against each other?
That makes sense, but it only goes as far as Lu Yang's perspective.

As for Dumani...

That's definitely not what she wants. For her, making Wanyan Electronics bigger and stronger is her goal.

However, judging from the boss's words, he only wanted to treat Wanyan Electronics as a copyright and patent storage company, and he had no intention of investing in Wanyan Electronics' sales channels, which were on the verge of collapse.

So she stammered, "Boss... isn't this a bit too wasteful? Everyone in the lab is working hard, but the marketing department has nothing to do right now. I... I... I still want to give it a try."

Some people won't turn back until they hit a wall, while others, once they hit a wall, are even less likely to turn back.

Lu Yang didn't have time to pay attention to Du Manni's unwavering confidence. Instead, he said directly, "If you have nothing to do, I'll give you a task: find someone to write a few lawsuits and draft a few lawyer's letters. Go and sue all the VCD manufacturers that haven't been authorized by us, led by Wan Yan Electronics and BBK Electronics!"

This is so Lu Yang.

Although it may not be useful, it can be used to harass people and plant a seed so that it will naturally come in handy when the real patent law is enacted in the future.

"ah!!?"

Du Manni was completely taken aback by Lu Yang's words and was momentarily stunned. She asked, somewhat confused, "Boss, are you... are you joking?"

If a lawsuit were effective, and if litigation were useful, Wan Yan Company would have already arranged for its legal department to sue all these counterfeiters and imitators. But since no action was taken before, it must mean that this approach is not feasible.

Lu Yang smiled and said, "Do you think I'm joking?"

Du Manni hesitated and said, "But... Boss, your company BBK is also involved, isn't there a mistake?"

Seeing that she was quite focused, Lu Yang gave her some extra guidance, saying, "You don't need the patent now, but you won't need it for a long time to come. Let's set an example first, to make an example of them. Even if it doesn't succeed, it will still plant a seed in their minds. Isn't that good?"

So that's how "knocking on the mountain to scare the tiger" is used.

After hearing this, Du Manni was somewhat tempted, but she also considered that even if she won the patent lawsuit in the short term, she wouldn't get much compensation, and there was no possibility of reviving the company through patent fees. So she pitifully said, "Boss, who knows when the patent law will be implemented? Please give me another chance, just one more time. I will definitely rebuild Wan Yan Electronics' marketing department and restore the classic Wan Yan VCD brand..."

Lu Yang interrupted her, "Alright, if you want to do it, then do it. But we don't have the funds right now. The limited funds I have will only be invested in your Wanyan Electronics Laboratory, so don't even think about diverting the funds for other purposes. Your task for the short term is to do as I said and sue all those counterfeit manufacturers mentioned above. You'll be fighting lawsuits for years, won't you?"

Du Manni immediately wore a bitter expression.

It seems that being a CEO isn't as easy as one might imagine.

Lu Yang waved his hand, said nothing more, and walked into the airport check-in channel.

What needs to be said has been said. From the perspective of the group, there is indeed no need to spend a lot of money to restart Wan Yan Electronics' VCD product sales department for the time being.

From Du Manni's perspective, she did indeed have this idea, but unfortunately...

She couldn't refuse Lu Yang's decision; she had no choice but to comply.

After the plane took off, Lu Yang, perhaps out of boredom, asked Xu Siqi the same question again, "If you were her, from her perspective, would you stick to your own ideas, or would you follow my arrangements and treat the group company's instructions as the highest standard of execution?"

Although Little Prodigy and BBK have also experienced waves of fierce attacks from members of the Asian Audio-Visual Foundation group led by the Li family over the past three months.

But sales...

Fortunately, it's still around, firmly holding onto the top two spots in VCD sales.

It did not give the other party much of a chance to take advantage.

Xu Siqi tilted her head and thought for a long time before finally nodding: "If I were him, I would still listen to you. Whatever you say goes. Hehe, I'm so stupid, how could I dare to make decisions on my own?"

She was laughing quite happily, and seemed rather carefree.

Lu Yang stared at her silently for a long time, and finally said speechlessly, "Fine, if you want to be the source of joy, then you can continue to be the source of joy. I won't bother you with these kinds of troubles anymore."

Adults should be responsible for their choices, and Lu Yang couldn't really comment on Xu Siqi's decision. At least for now, he felt a lot of emotion, but he couldn't say what the future held. (End of Chapter)