Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 281 Confession (6k views, please subscribe)

Lu Yao was completely stunned when he heard the news.

He looked at the test reports in his hand again. The ultrasound confirmed that Li Rongzhen was pregnant, and the date was relatively recent. The blood test report determined the sex of the fetus, and the date was a few days after Li Rongzhen's ultrasound.

Lu Yao held the two test reports in silence for a long time.

Honestly, he had never experienced anything like this in his past and present lives combined.

Oh, that's not right.

He actually went through it.

When he was studying abroad, he spent a long time in the south one year. The weather in the south was very hot, and the girls were very enthusiastic. He met a girl who was very tall, had worked as a flight attendant, and came from a relatively wealthy family.

It was rather coincidental that Lü Yao met that girl. They met at the hospital. Of course, Lü Yao didn't know what kind of examination the girl was there for. Anyway, he was a natural flirt, so they started flirting after a while.

At the time, Lü Yao thought that girl would be easy to get. In the south, where people are generally petite, that girl was 1.76 meters tall and had a really amazing figure.

After Lü Yao got the hang of the game and started playing cards with him, his opponent actually let Lü Yao use all his card skills without reservation, so much so that in the end Lü Yao had to shoot a very honest and genuine ball.

At first, Lü Yao thought the girl simply enjoyed this open and honest way of exchanging card skills, and he also assumed that a girl who played so freely would eventually take her drugs willingly. However, after exchanging card skills a few times, the girl disappeared.
Even when they met again later, the girl wouldn't let Lü Yao touch her.

At the time, Lü Yao didn't understand, but after some questioning, he found out that the girl was pregnant.

That girl wasn't actually a particularly outgoing or flamboyant person. The reason she acted that way in front of Lü Yao was because she wanted to borrow Lü Yao's "family heirloom." After that, the girl simply vanished without a trace.

If nothing unexpected happens to that girl, then when Lü Yao went abroad to study, his bloodline would actually continue.

But that time he only lent out his "family heirloom". In essence, he had no experience or feelings about being a father. So Li Rongzhen's words directly entered Lü Yao's blind spot.

So for a moment, Lü Yao didn't know what to say.

But Li Rongzhen was much calmer and more composed about this matter. She even guessed what Lü Yao was thinking, so she casually picked up the honey grapefruit tea on the table and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not telling you this to make you take responsibility."

Lu Yao remained silent, waiting for Li Rongzhen to continue.

Lee Yong-jin said, "After I found out I was pregnant, I started to investigate the sex of the fetus. If it was a girl, I didn't plan to keep it, but it's a boy, so that's why I came to tell you."

"As you know, the traditions in Silla are that families place great importance on male bloodlines. Even though I am a daughter in the family, giving birth to a son is a great benefit to me."

Lü Yao remained silent.

He knew, of course, that what Li Rongzhen said was true.

Did Lee Geon-seok, the former head of the Silla Samsung Lee clan, not know that his son was incompetent? Of course he did, but his long-held beliefs still made him more inclined to favor Lee Jae-young, his less-than-ideal son.

Lee Geon-seok's greatest tolerance for his more capable daughter, Lee Yong-jin, was allowing her to marry a so-called bodyguard who was easy to control, tacitly agreeing that she could stay in the Samsung Group and continue to work there, hoping that this daughter could help the Lee family of Samsung reach new heights in the future.

Unfortunately, Lee Geon-seok underestimated Lee Yong-jin's ambition.

Even Lü Yao underestimated Li Rongzhen's ambition; the other party had even taken him into account in order to secure her future power.

Lu Yao took a deep breath, suppressing the various thoughts surging within him.

He suffered twice in this life, both in his past and present, when it came to having children.

Moreover, both times the family heirloom was borrowed by someone else.

The previous time was fine; the girl herself didn't want anything from Lü Yao, she simply needed Lü Yao's family heirloom to pair up with him and complete the important task of procreation. But this time it's completely different.

The person who came to borrow his family heirloom this time was not an ordinary Dongda University girl, but the princess of the Silla Samsung Group, a woman who controls a large amount of resources and stands at the top of the world's wealth pyramid.

And Lü Yao is no longer the prodigal son he was when he went abroad to study.

The significance of having a child who shares your bloodline is immense.

Therefore, even though Lü Yao knew that Li Rongzhen might be telling the truth, he remained silent.

Seeing Lü Yao's wary expression, Li Rongzhen couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "I know that you, President Lü, have never really trusted me. When I came here with this message, I guessed that you would be particularly vigilant."

"But please believe me." Li Rongzhen placed her hands on her chest and said with great sincerity and emotion, "I have no ulterior motives towards you. I only hope that I can give birth to the child smoothly and safely and raise the child safely."

With this child, her position within the Samsung Group will be more secure, and this child is likely to inherit the Samsung Group in the future.

Lu Yao silently began to make plans in his mind.

This matter does not really harm him much. As long as he does not acknowledge this son, even if the son steals his genetic material for identification and comparison in the future, he will have many excuses and justifications. This bloodline will not have any impact on him.

But conversely... Lü Yao can influence the Samsung Group through this bloodline.

Li Rongzhen was much older than him, while Lü Yao was still very young, and his child was just an embryo... If, by chance, Li Rongzhen passed away early one day, who could he entrust the child to?
Even if Lee Yong-jin lives to be seventy, who can she rely on then when facing the succession struggle with Lee Jae-yong? And who can their children rely on?
But as he was calculating these things, a deep sense of sorrow suddenly welled up in Lü Yao's heart.

This child is truly pitiful.

Even before they were born, they were already caught in the scheming between their parents.

After clearing his mind of all the distractions, rationality returned to his center of thought. After a long silence, Lü Yao finally said, "So, you came to Dongda University with this message to seek refuge?"

Lee Yong-jin smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. The fact that I'm pregnant with a boy might leak out in Silla. Lee Jae-yong has been in a lot of trouble lately because of what we've done. He's starting to suspect that I'm behind all this. I can't imagine what he might do in a corner."

"Even if he doesn't kill me, the baby in my belly is very likely to die."

The fetus is too fragile. A single collision, a fright, or even an unusual gas can endanger the fetus. Such dangers are too difficult to guard against in Silla, which is why Lee Yong-jin came to Sangnam.

Lü Yao nodded: "I understand."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and sent a message to Zhu Junyan, hoping that Zhu Junyan could arrange a secluded place for him, a place with a good environment suitable for self-cultivation.

Zhu Junyan agreed without asking why.

A dozen minutes later, Zhu Junyan sent Lü Yao an address.

This place is located in a manor not far from the foot of Zhongshan Mountain in the south. Near the manor is a golf course, and around the course are many very luxurious private residences.

As a metropolis, Shangnan has a rich historical heritage, but its cultural transmission is interrupted. Coupled with the inherent involution of the scattered provinces, it appears to be a city that lacks vibrancy and nightlife.

But beneath the surface of every dark, lonely, and desolate night, countless stories of extravagance and debauchery unfold in those buildings unknown to outsiders.

Yes.

Shangnan prefers to close the door and play by himself.

This private manor at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain is called "Wenzhen Garden". It covers an area of ​​about seven acres and has all kinds of pavilions and terraces. It is a very typical Suzhou-style garden decoration style.

When Lü Yao and his group arrived, a very well-dressed female housekeeper was already waiting outside the door.

The housekeeper led Lü Yao and Li Rongzhen inside after they got out of the car. When they arrived at the main hall, Lü Yao asked the housekeeper to leave first, and then looked at Li Rongzhen and said, "This is my friend's residence. I've looked around here, and the environment is very nice. It's a good place for you to recuperate."

Li Rongzhen said with exceptional poise and ladylike grace, "I think this place is very nice, and I also believe that it is very safe here."

Lü Yao smiled speechlessly.

He thought for a moment and then said, "I'll contact the security company in Shangnan later and arrange some additional security for you in addition to the security measures at the mansion itself."

Actually, all of these are somewhat unnecessary.

Dongdaemun is not as chaotic as Silla. The criminal forces in the countryside are not respectable. Even a random official can make Fishmonger's heart skip a beat.

Despite Gao Qiqiang's formidable presence in "The Storm," in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," a mere captain could obliterate him in an instant.

So you can rest assured here.

After briefly explaining a few things to Li Rongzhen, Lü Yao glanced at her with a complicated expression, and after giving final instructions to the steward, he left the manor.

On the way back, Lü Yao's thoughts were no longer as chaotic as they had been at the beginning.

But Lü Yao still couldn't completely calm down.

After he returned to Guang'an Company, Chen Li, Zhang Jingwen, Yao Qiguang and others came to Lü Yao to report. Through their respective networks and intelligence channels, they found out the movements and plans of Tencent.

In the conference room, Yao Qiguang said, "According to the intelligence I have, Tencent is quite interested in our newly released game. Earlier this morning, Mr. Ren, the head of Tencent Interactive Entertainment Group, convened a group meeting."

"At the meeting, Mr. Ren pulled out some of the technical backbone of the 'CrossFire' project team from Timi Studio. They have already planned to plagiarize our 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'."

Zhang Jingwen immediately said, "President Lü, are we really just going to let Tencent copy us like this? To be honest, we're really not happy about it."

"Our CEO Lü came up with such a great idea that the penguin doesn't need to think about anything; it can just touch us and cross the river directly."

Lu Yao's thoughts were still a bit scattered over there when he heard Zhang Jingwen's感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, including regret and unease). He laughed and said, "Actually, it's not so bad. After all, we deliberately released it to them for plagiarism." Battle royale games will be very popular in the future.

However, PUBG, developed by Bluehole, has only sold a little over 1,700 copies on Steam, and its peak concurrent player count on Steam is just over 3 million. While this is partly due to the limited availability of gaming platforms, it also shows that the number of PC game users is inherently smaller.

Even the later hit PC games like Naraka: Bladepoint and Delta Force, released by major domestic companies, only had a concurrent player count of around ten million, still far from twenty million.

This is also why NetEase kept updating its mobile games; they desperately wanted to replicate the success of "Honor of Kings".

Therefore, Lü Yao's decision to launch the PC game was simply to stall Tencent's development efforts and buy time for Guangan's "Honor of Kings" to develop.

With Yao Qiguang in charge of Guang'an's "Honor of Kings", Lü Yao wasn't worried about the operation of "Honor of Kings" at all. He could devote himself to the game and struggle with Tencent. But how many people on Tencent's side could keep an eye on the operation of these games?

Lu Yao was willing to bet that the planners who took over the operation of the new game would definitely continue to insist on the ELO mechanism in order to make their data look good and to meet Tencent's internal KPIs. At the same time, various money-making operations would continue to be staged, and even people with connections would come to boost their ELO resumes.

Similar things are unavoidable for large companies like Tencent.

Lu Yao was betting that their corporate culture had changed.

After thinking for a moment, Lü Yao asked again, "By the way, what's the online feedback on 'League of Legends' and 'Heroic Moment'?"

Yao Qiguang said, "Thanks to your press conference yesterday, the internet is now full of discussions about the game 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds,' while the discussion about Tencent's malicious operations has become somewhat less."

Lu Yao nodded: "We still have some time. During this period, we will hire a large number of studios and online trolls to disrupt the game ecosystem of Tencent's two games."

AFK (away from keyboard), scripts, keyboard battles, deliberately ruining the game experience—they've used every method imaginable. Since Tencent already condones and tolerates such behavior, let's make the atmosphere of Tencent's MOBA games even worse.

Yao Qiguang nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, Mr. Lü, I'm already working on it."

Lü Yao nodded: "Besides that, we also need to create some disparaging and smear campaigns against Tencent Games, preferably things like 'I, who plays Heroes of the Storm, am not good enough for her, who plays King of Glory,' or 'Our brothers are going to suffer from this in King of Glory again.'"

This marketing strategy, though vulgar, is really effective.

Even years later, in Lü Yao's future studies abroad, there will still be many stories of him getting girls through playing King of Glory.

Even games like Golden Shovel can become platforms for earning money.

Yao Qiguang was no stranger to this type of marketing, and was even very familiar with it, so he readily accepted the task.

These were all preliminary arrangements. The final blow against Tencent's MOBA game still needed to be handled by the young genius Lei Feng. So, after the small meeting of senior executives at Guang'an Company, Lü Yao contacted Zhu Junyan again to ask him how the search for people was going.

Zhu Junyan said somewhat embarrassedly, "Master, I'm looking for it, but it will take a little more time."

Although the surname "Lei" is rare, the given name "Feng" is all too common. Recently, Zhu Junyan had shortlisted several candidates, but after he reported them to Lü Yao, Lü Yao personally interviewed them and found that none of them were the legendary Brother Lei.

Zhu Junyan didn't understand where his master had found out about this person, and why he had only given him a name.
Zhu Junyan didn't inquire about these things; he only knew that he just needed to do his job well.

After hearing about Zhu Junyan's progress, Lü Yao smiled and said, "It's alright, just do your best to find it. I believe we'll find it sooner or later."

Lei Feng first started playing PUBG Mobile in 2019. At that time, he showed his unique talent in the bug-based gameplay. Such a talent will shine sooner or later.

After finishing his company business for the day, Lü Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As the sky darkened and the endless stream of people outside the company's floor-to-ceiling windows rushed home with intertwined hopes, Lü Yaoqiang's composure and rationality, which he had maintained all day, began to slowly crumble in the deepening darkness.

really.

The people at Tokyo University are still too conservative when it comes to matters of bloodline and offspring.

Just thinking about it makes me feel heavy-hearted; it's nothing compared to Nige's talent for planting seeds everywhere and then leaving.

After a long while, until the night outside the window completely swallowed the last trace of dusk, and the seemingly impenetrable darkness completely enveloped Nanhou, Lü Yao finally made up his mind, took out his phone, and sent a message to his and Rong Nianqing's group chat: "@All members, what are you all busy with? Come out and have a meal together."

Rong Nianqing quickly replied, "Busy."

Her reply was concise and to the point, every word worth its weight in gold.

Gan Xiaoxi sent a helpless emoji in the group: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that our CEO Rong won't let me go."

"Why don't you, Lü Yao, try to persuade our CEO Rong? She's been working like crazy lately, completely absorbed in her job. I'm getting a little scared watching her work day and night. Could she be possessed by some kind of evil spirit? The Overtime Ghost?"

Lu Yao replied speechlessly in the group chat: "First of all, uninstall the novel app from your phone!"

At this moment, Wang Shu also chimed in, saying, "It seems that President Rong's work assignment for President Gan is not enough. Our President Gan even has time to read novels."

Gan Xiaoxi: "[Frustrated][Frustrated] Are you all crazy? How can you work like this? This is inhumane! Even the Prisoner of War Convention is more humane than this! Disgusting!!"

Rong Nianqing: "[Smile]"

Wang Shu: "[Smiling]"

Although she didn't know what had happened, Jian Xiaojie, who had rushed over, immediately joined the queue: "[Smile]".

Gan Xiaoxi was confused: "@Jian Xiaojie, what are you laughing at?"

Jian Xiaojie: "I thought of something happy."

Gan Xiaoxi: "What are you so happy about!"

Jian Xiaojie ignored Gan Xiaoxi and asked, "What are you two chatting about so happily?"

Just a few seconds after sending the message, she scrolled through the chat history and immediately said, "Oh? It's rare for our CEO, Mr. Lü, to want to get together with us."

At this moment, Rong Nianqing finally realized: "Something's wrong?"

Lü Yao: "Let's talk when we meet."

After reviewing her schedule for the evening, Rong Nianqing replied, "I'm free after 10:30 tonight."

Lu Yao said in the group: "Let's meet at the Cloud Restaurant later, everyone come!"

Even Gan Xiaoxi became curious: "Oh my? What's going on? You've made me a little curious."

Jian Xiaojie sent a private message directly: "What happened?"

At first, she thought that Lü Yao and Wang Shu had quarreled, but when she scrolled up, she found that Wang Shu was in a normal state. After exchanging a few private messages, she found that Wang Shu was also confused about it.

Lu Yao wasn't in the mood to say, "Let's talk about it when we meet."

Looking at the message Lu Yao sent, Jian Xiaojie couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

That's rare.

For the first time in so long, I could feel the complex emotions that were hard to contain between the lines of Lü Yao's words. This is so interesting!

Even though Jian Xiaojie is a cheerful person, and even though she has a very good and close relationship with Lü Yao, and even though she knows that Lü Yao has encountered something that is upsetting him, her first thought is not to feel sorry for Lü Yao, feel sorry for him, or care for him as a friend.

Her first thought was, "This is interesting."

So she immediately started to finish what she was doing and began to look forward to the interesting thing that would happen that night.

The Little Prince says that if someone says they will come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then from three o'clock onwards the person waiting begins to feel happy, and the closer the time gets, the more excited the person waiting becomes.

So Jian Xiaojie arrived at the Cloud Restaurant before anyone else and started waiting.

After Lü Yao appeared in the lobby downstairs, Jian Xiaojie immediately went over and said with a smile, "Now that we've met, you can talk, right?"

Looking at Jian Xiaojie's inexplicably expectant expression, Lü Yao, already filled with conflicted feelings, simply laughed speechlessly: "Wait, what are you expecting and dreaming about?"

Jian Xiaojie tucked her hands behind her back, her stunning figure stretching her coat to create breathtaking curves, making it impossible for Lü Yao to ignore her physique: "You said you'd tell me when we met, so you can't go back on your word. I really hate men who don't keep their promises."

Lü Yao chuckled: "Trying to play word games with me? I said we'd talk about it when we meet, but I didn't say when we'd talk about it."

Jian Xiaojie raised an eyebrow, but she held back.

She'll only feel happy with someone who can engage in a back-and-forth with you.

Around 10:30 p.m., Rong Nianqing, Gan Xiaoxi, and Wang Shu arrived and sat in a private room at the Cloud Restaurant. Rong Nianqing unbuttoned her coat as she said, "What happened? Judging from your expression, this matter seems more serious than you thought."

Jian Xiaojie also rested her chin on her hand, then turned her head to look at Lü Yao, waiting for him to reveal his share of happiness for the day.

Lu Yao didn't hide anything. After taking a few deep breaths, he confessed, "Li Rongzhen said she's pregnant with my child, and it's a son."

Dead silence...

A deathly silence permeated the private room.

(End of this chapter)