I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 1009 Always Believe in a Saying

Chapter 1009: Chapter 1009 Always Believe in a Saying

Director Qu stared blankly at Suizi.

Suizi took the thermos from her hand and poured her a slightly hot cup of water.

"A hemp rope tends to break at its thinnest points, but thickness and thinness are all relative. You think my rope is thick, but in the eyes of others, my rope could snap at any moment too. So, when fate is ordained by the heavens, they still leave us a bit of agency."

"Agency?"

"That’s struggle. You can vividly imagine, it’s like thickening the easily breakable part of your hemp rope, or repairing the path that’s already been severed. Everyone has narrow paths in life to tread, but some choose to lie down and spend their entire lives resenting their poor start, letting brief lifetimes pass in resentment. Why not pack away the bitterness and make the path before you a little broader?"

"But I’ve walked! I’ve been walking all the time!" Director Qu raised her voice with emotion, drawing the attention of passersby.

She had come this far with an effort that most people could hardly imagine. Was that not enough?

"You’ve taken a wrong path, and the further you go, the more lost you become. It’s not too late to turn back now." Suizi wasn’t as loud, but her stance was firm.

Seeing Director Qu staring with a dazed expression, Suizi softened her tone.

"With your talents, you’re fully capable of making it on your own merit, so why do you need to be dependent on a man’s control, at the whim of others? You escaped this time, but what about next time? You see yourself as a Parasitic Anemone, but what if you were born to be shark material?"

"Now that I’m like this... is there still a chance?"

Suizi didn’t answer directly, but shifted the conversation in another direction.

"If I’m not mistaken, you had surgery this morning and plan to return to your parents’ home this afternoon, right? You hit his wife to stir up mistrust between them, hoping they’d be too caught up with their own issues to bother with you."

In front of a strategist like Suizi, Director Qu had nowhere to hide her scheming.

"You want to go back to your parents, but you should know they’re accepting you because you have a powerful backer. Once they find out you’ve lost it, they’ll be even more demanding and harsh. After they’ve drained you dry for the benefit of your half-brother, you’ll be thrown out like trash."

Director Qu wanted to object.

Suizi made a shushing gesture and continued.

"I know you’ve thought about what I’m saying. Before they bleed you dry, you need to find another backer like your sugar daddy. But what’s the point in walking down the wrong path over and over?"

"Are you here to prove how smart you are?" Director Qu felt a mix of envy and resentment. How could there be a woman like Chen Hansui in this world?

"Yes, but not entirely. What I mean is, if you’re looking for a backer, have you ever considered not relying on a man? Try finding a female benefactor, like, say, me."

Director Qu was at first puzzled, then her expression grew complex. Looking at Suizi with "that kind" of gaze, her cheeks even flushed with a faint red.

With both hands nervously fidgeting at her collar, she said, "I, I, I don’t swing that way."

Although she really coveted Yu Jingting’s young body, she had no such feelings for women... no interest at all!

Even if she had no principles, she wouldn’t look for a sugar mommy, right?

Chen Lijun and Wang Cuihua stood at one end of the corridor, staring intently.

"Lijun, what is our Suizi talking about with that woman? It doesn’t seem like she’s about to fight with her, does it?"

Chen Lijun nodded; she also found it odd.

Right after finishing the ultrasound, Huahua rushed to find her, saying that Suizi had encountered a "female admirer" and they might end up fighting.

Wang Cuihua had even made plans that, should a fight break out, Lijun should stay back so as not to hurt her stomach, and Cuihua was prepared to roll up her sleeves and jump in to help her daughter-in-law.

Both moms had made their arrangements and now were watching from a distance, it seemed different from what they had expected?

"Not only did she avoid a fight, she even bamboozled someone. Look, my little lady here, when she’s fooling someone, laughs extra sweetly. Although we can’t hear her from this distance, just look at her mouth, yapping away. When doesn’t she talk that much without taking a breath, unless she’s tricking someone?"

Chen Lijun and Wang Cuihua nodded in agreement. Yes, that’s the feeling. They had this feeling too but couldn’t articulate it as precisely—wait a minute, who said that?

Turning around, they saw Yu Jingting, who had appeared at some point, stroking his chin and watching the drama unfold.

Suizi also noticed that Yu Jingting had come, smiled in his direction, and kept chatting with Director Qu.

"You can relax, that’s not really my thing. I think, starting from today, you should think bigger, stop always relying on romantic relationships. Who says having a backer must involve that sort of thing? If you do business, just do it well and don’t get involved in sordid affairs. Temporary gains are minor; one loss could be catastrophic."

"What do you mean by that?"

"My husband and I are agents for a new kind of feed, and we’re currently inviting dealers nationwide. We’ve had trouble promoting it in bulk in the provinces, and I need someone with a strong business development capability there. I’ve calculated the market demand there, it’s huge. Are you willing to go?"

"You... want me to work for you?!"

"It’s not working for me; working usually involves paying you, which I won’t do. Not only will I not pay you, I’ll also charge you an agency fee."

Director Qu’s mouth twitched.

"All I wanted was to sleep with your man, and I haven’t even succeeded! Aren’t you going a bit too far with this?"

"I know you’re broke right now, so the agency fee, you can owe me. Don’t rush to deny it, listen to me first as I calculate your potential profits."

As she spoke, Suizi took out the portable abacus from her bag.

At home, she used the abacus commonly used by accountants, but when she went out, she carried a foldable abacus, all made of jade.

Even then, she didn’t forget to promote her family’s craftsmanship.

"This abacus is produced by my father-in-law’s factory. That factory now handles only overseas orders. If you stubbornly keep your vision narrow and focus on clinging to a wealthy man, and one day you get beaten up by a wife again and can’t get by in the country, you could consider going overseas to develop business for my father-in-law. Don’t worry, with me as your backer, you’ll never starve."

"..." Director Qu rarely encountered such sincerely venomous words, and today was an eye-opener.

"Look, let’s do the math. If you want to get rich, raise pigs. Treat piglets like your children, and the old sows like your wives, and your wealth will flow in..."

Suizi kept talking and calculating, and initially, Director Qu couldn’t take in a single word; she even felt Suizi was mocking her.

But after listening for less than two minutes, she got hooked.

Her keen sense could tell this was an excellent business opportunity.

"With such a great deal, why would you let me do it? Aren’t we enemies?"

"To say there would be no self-interest in it for me is impossible; I won’t lie to you. The market is too difficult to break into in that province, and my family’s connections don’t reach there. If we were to send someone based on ability alone, we don’t have enough manpower."

Suizi saw that market as neither delicious nor disposable; her family was about to make big moves, so losing that market would be like giving up a kingdom, but keeping it meant there was no one suitable.

"To chew on a tough bone requires a top general, and I see potential in you."

"But why would you pick me? Don’t forget, I once coveted your husband."

"Because... I have never believed in a saying, ’The greatest malice from women comes from women.’"