I'm such a lovesick person.

Chapter 413 The Goodwill Before the Forest

Wei Lin continued with whatever he was doing.

He was relieved to learn from Zhong Xiaowei, Lin Qian and others that Ling Zhijian had been inquiring about him and Xinlin.

Wei Lin no longer took Chang Jie and Ling Zhijian seriously.

In the afternoon, a little after four o'clock, he drove to the gym to work out.

……

Li Ke Fitness.

"President Wei!"

"Hello, Mr. Wei!"

"Wei Lin!"

Outside the gym, besides a few junior coaches greeting Wei Lin, Lin Qian was also there.

Lin Qian was also wearing sportswear, with a cigarette in his hand, and was chatting with Lin Ping's coach, Yu Xiaorou.

"President Wei, I didn't expect you to know President Lin as well."

Yu Xiaorou smiled and explained, "When I was a coach at other gyms, I often saw President Lin. I never expected that he would also be involved with Li Ke Fitness today."

Lin Qian smiled and said, "I happened to have something to do nearby, and since Li Ke is close by, I came over to have some fun."

Yu Xiaorou's eyes darted around, guessing that he and Wei Lin had something to talk about, so she said, "Sister Lin's warm-up is almost done, I'll go and take her to practice first."

Lin Qian smiled and nodded: "You go ahead with your work."

After Yu Xiaorou left, Lin Qian's expression turned serious, and he lowered his voice and said, "Wei Lin, after I finished talking to you on the phone, I specifically went to find out more."

Wei Lin adopted a posture of listening attentively.

Lin Qian said seriously, "President Ling of Changjie told me that he was planning to cooperate with Xinlin. However, after I asked a few friends, I learned that... President Ling seems to want to do something to Xinlin."

Like Lin Ping, he was shrewd and quick-witted.

Ling Zhijian's ambiguous words on the phone made him realize something was wrong after he hung up. So he asked a friend and learned that Ling Zhijian had contacted several important officials in government departments.

He immediately understood that Ling Zhijian's inquiries about Wei Lin and Xin Lin must have been malicious.

Between Ling Zhijian and Wei Lin, he had almost no reason to hesitate and made his decision immediately.

He felt that saying these words to Wei Lin in person would show more sincerity, so he went straight to Li Ke Fitness and waited for Wei Lin to arrive at the door.

Wei Lin asked with a smile, "So, what has President Ling accomplished?"

Lin Qian chuckled to himself, "It seems like we haven't accomplished anything!"

Before Wei Lin could speak, his face turned cold, and he said with dissatisfaction, "President Ling is a senior figure, and I can't stand seeing him use such underhanded methods to deal with you and Xin Lin! Wei Lin, is there anything I can do? I can put in a little effort; it might not be enough to do anything to Chang Jie and Ling Zhijian, but it can certainly annoy him!"

These words implied that he wanted to curry favor with Wei Lin and hoped that Wei Lin would remember his kindness.

"Brother Lin, we don't need it for now."

Wei Lin smiled and shook his head, then hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'll call you when I feel it's necessary. Anyway, I appreciate your kindness."

Lin Qian smiled and nodded happily: "Wei Lin, you've helped us so much. If you ever need my help, just give me a call!"

……

On the other hand, Ling Zhijian still felt lingering fear.

He first berated his nephew Ling Lifeng, then turned his anger towards the Hua Xing and Hua Feng brothers, secretly harboring resentment towards Laiyi Clothing.

"There's another one we haven't looked for, Zhuang Dasheng. Qi Feng is the real head of hat-making in Linjiang City, and Zhuang Dasheng should know Wei Lin very well!"

Ling Zhijian finally dialed Zhuang Dasheng's number.

Now that they knew Wei Lin had a powerful background, Qing Que naturally didn't dare to make a move, and Zhuang Dasheng certainly wouldn't either.

Zhu Jun and the others were not in the same industry as him, and they did not interact much on a daily basis. There were some things he could not ask in detail, so he only got some vague and fragmented information.

He interacted with Zhuang Dasheng more frequently.

"Old Zhuang, what have you been busy with lately?"

After the call connected, Ling Zhijian laughed heartily and, without much small talk or formality, went straight to the point: "Do you know Wei Lin from Xinlin Hat Industry? I heard from Huaxing that Wei Zhenbang used to be one of your employees, Qi Feng. What do you think of this company?"

He had more dinners and drinking parties with Zhuang Dasheng, and occasionally hung out at KTV, so his speech was more straightforward.

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Zhuang Dasheng was even more polite. As soon as he heard him mention Xinlin and Weilin, he felt that he was definitely not planning anything good, so he snorted and said, "Ling Zhijian! Weilin and Xiaoqing are dating! He's my future son-in-law, don't you know that? Or do you want to buy his hat factory?"

"Hahahaha!"

Zhuang Dasheng chuckled maliciously on the phone, completely ignoring Ling Zhijian's extremely ugly expression on the other end, and continued to mock: "Ling Zhijian! Do you think Xinlin's hat factory is too small? Do you want to acquire it to improve your clothing products?"

"You can dream on!"

"Your so-called Changjie Apparel doesn't even earn as much as Wei Lin's Xinlin! He might take over your Changjie, but you want to take over his Xinlin, hahaha!"

You're going to make me laugh to death!

Zhuang Dasheng was used to being arrogant in the clothing industry, and he didn't even take Ling Zhijian seriously. Especially after learning about Wei Lin's numerous incidents, he felt that Ling Zhijian was a joke.

Ling Zhijian, who had taken the initiative to call, just listened to Zhuang Dasheng's loud laughter without uttering a single word for a long time.

"Old Ling, are you fucking dead? Talk to me!"

Zhuang Dasheng continued shouting.

Ling Zhijian took a deep breath and cursed, "Old Zhuang! Go to hell!"

After calming down for a long time, he called Ling Lifeng to his office again, his face ashen, and said, "Wei Lin and Zhuang Dasheng's daughter are dating, and Zhuang Dasheng regards him as Wei Li's son-in-law!"

Ling Lifeng was shocked: "How could this be? I thought, I thought he was flirting with Hua Hongshan!"

Ling Zhijian sneered: "Huaxing did it on purpose!"

“Uncle, we can’t mess with Xinlin, but what about Qingque?” Ling Lifeng’s eyes also showed a hint of hatred as he said, “If we can’t touch Wei Lin, how about we take Hua Hongshan’s 20% stake? That old fox Huaxing has cheated Changjie like this, I can’t stand it!”

"Can't you use your brain?!" Ling Zhijian shook his head and sneered, saying, "When Wei Lin invested in Qingque, Qingque had nothing, and it was almost unable to pay its rent! Do you think he was really after Qingque? Wasn't it all for Hua Hongshan?"

"Touching Hua Hongshan's shares will inevitably offend Wei Lin. What are you thinking?"

Ling Zhijian increasingly felt that his nephew sometimes had very strange ideas and was not a person with great wisdom. Even if he stayed at Changjie, he would not be able to take on important responsibilities.

Ling Lifeng said weakly, "Isn't he dating Zhuang Dasheng's daughter?"

Ling Zhijian shook his head in disappointment and said coldly, "Aren't you a man yourself? Zhuang Dasheng has a wife at home and women outside, but has he ever been idle?"

"Xiaofeng, have you ever had a moment of free time?"

Ling Zhijian snorted.

Ling Lifeng dared not utter a sound.

“You’re in charge of liaising with Lai, so go find the problem with Lai’s goods and nitpick a bit.”

"Also, we will no longer outsource our OEM orders to Lai. You need to find me a new garment factory!"

"I'm going to make a scene with Lai Yi, just to make Hua Xing uncomfortable!"

Ling Zhijian said bitterly.

Ling Lifeng was stunned.

Not long ago, Ling Zhijian explicitly stated that even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, and even if Lai Yi is not as good as before, it's best not to provoke Hua Xing.

Ling Zhijian dared not touch Laiyi, nor dared to deal with Qingque, so he made Xinlin his target.

Now, after making a few phone calls and verifying the information,

Ling Zhijian dared not mess with Xinlin anymore, because Wei Lin owned 80% of Qingque's shares. Suspecting that Wei Lin had designs on Hua Hongshan, he didn't dare to make any rash moves against Qingque.

In the end, he actually decided to tackle the toughest challenge: Lai!
"Uncle! Are we really going to completely break ties with President Hua?"

Ling Lifeng exclaimed in surprise.

"He was the one who tried to harm me first, so don't blame me!" Ling Zhijian said coldly, "If I hadn't been careful and hadn't inadvertently provoked Wei Lin, Changjie would have been in big trouble!"

"Hua Xing knew Wei Lin's power all along, yet he didn't warn me at all, and even encouraged me to take action against Wei Lin!"

"Heh! I'm not done with him yet!"

Ling Zhijian struck a menacing pose, his mind already plotting how to cause trouble for Huaxing and Laiyi.

Ling Lifeng: "Okay, I'll get on it right away!"

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(End of this chapter)