Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire
Chapter 468 - Chapter 468 456

Chapter 468: 456 Chapter 468: 456 Nie Zhan finished work and headed to the Lu Family, where he found two new faces.

Li Qing was very polite, while Yan Yijun looked at Nie Zhan with a scrutinizing gaze, making him feel quite uncomfortable. He went upstairs to find Lu Jiaxin and asked about the identities of these two strange men.

Lu Jiaxin said with a smile, “The taller one is Yan Yijun, and the shorter one is Li Qing, they are bodyguards I had someone find for me from the Mainland.”

It’s best not to mention Su Heyuan, to avoid making this guy jealous.

Nie Zhan said, “If you’re not comfortable with Nick and Arthur, I can find someone else for you.”

Lu Jiaxin shook her head, “Ah Zhan, it’s not that Nick and Arthur aren’t good, it’s a matter of trust. I can entrust my life and fortune to Brother Gu and Xiaoxiao, but they can’t.”

“So you trust these two? You hadn’t met them before?”

Lu Jiaxin said, “I haven’t met them before, but I believe that if I were in danger, they would protect me with their lives just like Brother Gu.”

“Nick and Miao Na could do that too.”

Lu Jiaxin felt it was pointless to argue and changed the subject, “Ah Zhan, I went to buy fruit today and overheard two aunts in the fruit store discussing stocks. One said her son made over three hundred thousand from the stock market, so she gave all her savings to her son to invest; the other aunt said her daughter wanted to mortgage her house to invest in stocks, but she didn’t agree, so her daughter sold her own house to do it.”

Nie Zhan looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

Lu Jiaxin said, “Ah Zhan, people are getting too crazy over the stock market, I don’t think it’s a good sign.”

Nie Zhan thought these aunts and their families were still normal, “Some people, seeing the profits to be made in the stock market, are willing to take out high-interest loans or even embezzle public funds.”

Having said that, Nie Zhan brought the conversation back to the topic of bodyguards, “You hadn’t met them before, and you haven’t seen what they’re capable of, we still need to observe.”

Lu Jiaxin wasn’t worried about this, as long as she didn’t engage in activities that harmed the public or the citizens, Yan Yijun and Li Qing wouldn’t betray her, “That’s easy, let them have a competition tomorrow.”

Nie Zhan was also curious about the abilities of the two men.

Lu Jiaxin brought up the kidnappers, “I called the police today, there hasn’t been any progress on their side.”

So they couldn’t rely on the police; they could only hope that the private detectives would find something useful.

Nie Zhan didn’t bring this up to her for fear that she’d be disappointed. He said, “Five bodyguards still aren’t enough, I’ll go hire a few more for you.”

Lu Jiaxin shook her head, “No need. Zong Jinghua will soon finish his leave, and Wang Lin, if he recovers well and there are no issues with his health, can also come back.”

She had another plan, which was to select a group of high-quality retired military personnel and have Gu Wenfeng help train them, thus solving the problem of the shortage of people.

Seeing she had a plan, Nie Zhan didn’t press further. After dinner, when the two were taking a walk, Nie Zhan mentioned another matter to Lu Jiaxin.

Nie Zhan said, “Fu Ye has already agreed to break off the engagement with Yu Meitong.”

Lu Jiaxin was surprised, “Agreed? Just a few days ago he was insisting that he would have you fire her, how did he change his mind so quickly? He’s not scheming something bad, is he?”

Nie Zhan hadn’t expected Fu Ye to have such an image in his girlfriend’s heart, and he said, “It was I who persuaded him. Yu Meitong would rather eat a cheap lunchbox and stay in a cramped cage of an apartment than continue the relationship, which shows she truly wanted to break up, and not just out of a momentary spat, like Fu Ye thought.”

After finding out about the life Yu Meitong was currently living, he felt that Fu Ye didn’t need to be so obstinate. A melon forced off its vine isn’t sweet; if a girl doesn’t want to marry, insisting on it would only lead to mockery.

Lu Jiaxin was speechless, to think that even after all the commotion, he still believed Meitong was just throwing a tantrum, was just unbelievable. But after all, he was willing to call off the engagement, which was good for Meitong.

Lu Jiaxin snorted coldly, “Nie Zhan, if you ever fall out of love with me, let’s end things amicably. If you don’t break up with me but go out looking for other women behind my back, I won’t forgive you.”

Nie Zhan couldn’t help but laugh and cry, “Fu Ye is Fu Ye, and I am me; don’t lump us together.”

Lu Jiaxin’s face didn’t soften as she said, “Hu Zhifeng has a confidante on the side, Fu Ye blatantly goes on dates and shopping with other women, and Feng Qinglei changes girlfriends every few weeks. As the old saying goes, ‘Birds of a feather flock together.’ With friends like these around you, do you think you can remain faithful?”

The matter with Hu Zhifeng had been told to her by Yu Meitong, who also revealed that Zong Shimeng had known about it all along. With three children and her family still dependent on the Hu Family, knowing the truth, she wouldn’t divorce and simply turned a blind eye.

“I can.”

Lu Jiaxin didn’t say she didn’t believe him, “What you say doesn’t matter and neither does what I say; time will tell.”

“Jiaxin, do you want me to lay my heart bare for you to see?”

Lu Jiaxin said in a mood-killing tone, “Nie Zhan, if you took out your heart, you would die. Demonstrating your innocence would then be pointless.”

Nie Zhan laughed out of irritation. Having found such a girlfriend, what could he do but spoil her?

The next day, Yan Yijun and Li Qing faced off against Nick and Arthur. In the combat drills, Yan Yijun was first, with Nick and Arthur ranking second and third, and Li Qing taking the last place; in the Wooden Granary law tests, Yan Yijun was still first, Nick second, Li Qing third, and Arthur fourth.

Before coming here, Lu Jiaxin already knew that Li Qing was clever, but a bit lacking in other areas. Of course, this “bit lacking” was in comparison to Yan Yijun and Nick.

Having watched two competitions, Nie Zhan acknowledged Yan Yijun and Li Qing’s professional capabilities but still reminded them to become proficient in Cantonese and English. Without Cantonese in Hong Kong, getting around is difficult, and considering Lu Jiaxin would go abroad in the future, not knowing English would be problematic.

Lu Jiaxin felt that this was not a problem, “No worries, Brother Gu didn’t speak the language either before he came to Hong Kong, and now he speaks both Cantonese and English very well.”

Li Qing said with a smile, “Boss, don’t worry, Yijun and I can speak a bit of Cantonese. But since we didn’t use it much before, we hope you could allow us to hire two teachers if possible.”

Gu Wenfeng had also mentioned the importance of language to them in the hospital the day before. Nie Zhan wasn’t worried about this area, because he had a talent for languages, and Yan Yijun was a quick learner.

Lu Jiaxin said with a smile, “Okay, I’ll have Secretary Zhang make arrangements later. If you need to buy anything, just tell Aunt Meng, and she’ll get it for you.”

Upon hearing this, Yan Yijun quickly said, “Brother Feng mentioned that the handgun he used before had excellent performance, I’m wondering if I could take a look at it.”

The pistols used in the matches were standard, far from what Gu Wenfeng had described, and he was eager to try them out. His greatest passion was various types of firearms.

Lu Jiaxin called Miao Na in and said, “Take them to the basement.”

All the weapons were in the basement. Whenever Lu Jiaxin was at home, the weapons would be locked up downstairs. When going out, she would take them with her. When it came to firearms management, Gu Wenfeng followed military standards rigidly.

The two of them joyfully went down to the basement and then didn’t want to come back up.