Chapter 295 Chain Inn
Chapter 295 Chain Inn
Luo Ying was moved as he looked at Lu Guihuang and bowed deeply to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Brother Guihuang. With your guidance and help, we were able to open 1000 inns so quickly in just three years, providing more opportunities and help for women all over the world. I thank you on their behalf."
Lu Guihuang quickly helped Luo Ying up and said, "Don't be so polite to me! I only gave you 100 inns, and I didn't do you any favors. You were able to open 1000 inns in such a short time, all thanks to your good teamwork! Only with unity of purpose can we achieve such good results now."
Luo Ying's eyes were moist with emotion as she said to him, "You provided the start-up capital for Taohua Niang, you guided the product packaging plan, you suggested opening the inn as a chain, and you also gave us 100 seed stores. You are really the biggest benefactor in my career for me to achieve what I have today!"
Lu Guihuang embraced Luo Ying in his arms, stroked her head, smiled and said to her very gently: "Little fool, all along the way, you have been refusing my help. Today's achievements are all due to your hard work step by step. How can you attribute all the credit to me! I still feel that I haven't helped you enough!"
Luo Ying raised her tearful eyes and looked at him and said, "The more you help me, the more I feel I owe you. I'm really afraid that one day I'll hurt you deeply."
Lu Guihuang gently wiped the tears from her face and said emotionally: "Why do you think so? Today is the opening day of the new store, you should be happy."
He lowered his head and whispered in Luo Ying's ear: "If you really feel that you owe me something, you might consider marrying me to repay the favor you owe me!"
When Luo Ying heard his words, he felt like he was struck by lightning, not knowing how to respond. At this moment, Xiao Qingxiu shouted, "Duke Zhenguo, you are here to show your support too! Come in and sit down."
Luo Ying quickly separated from Lu Guihuang and wiped the tears from her face. She said to Lu Guihuang, "Then I'll go and greet him first."
Lu Guihuang grabbed Luo Ying's hand and said, "I'll go with you."
Luo Ying looked at him in surprise. Lu Guihuang lowered his head and whispered in Luo Ying's ear, full of jealousy: "He has been thinking about you for so many years and always looking for opportunities to get close to you. Of course I have to be on guard against him."
Luo Ying had no choice but to let Lu Guihuang follow him. As expected, the rivals were extremely jealous when they met, and they disliked each other. The atmosphere was tense, and Luo Ying was very embarrassed to be caught between them.
At this time, Shao Hanyue dragged Luo Ying over and whispered, "Lord Cangmo has been secretly watching you outside the store!"
Luo Ying was startled and asked quickly: "He...is here again?"
Shao Hanyue covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "Hasn't he been here enough in the past three years? He just watched you from afar."
Luo Ying said awkwardly: "Then please take care of things over here for me, I'll go over to see him."
When Luo Ying came to the door, Wang Shouren had grown into a young man of about eleven or twelve years old.
Luo Ying asked: "Master, do you want to come in and sit for a while?"
Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "You know I am most afraid of this kind of noisy scene."
Wang Shouren looked at Luo Ying and smiled, saying, "There are quite a lot of people here today! It seems that you, Marshal Luo, are not only good at leading troops, but also good at doing business as well as leading troops in battle!"
Luo Ying smiled and responded, "Master, are you also interested in business?"
Wang Shouren shook his head, looked at Luo Ying intently and said, "I'm not interested in business, I'm only interested in you!"
Luo Ying said awkwardly: "You are only eleven or twelve years old now. You should be interested in your studies and focus all your energy on them."
Wang Shouren said proudly: "I know that my ideal is to become a saint like Confucius and Mencius."
Luo Ying said happily: "Master, it is great that you have such an ambition. If you can become a great saint in this life, it will benefit millions of people. Then you can end the suffering of reincarnation and return to heaven smoothly."
Wang Shouren looked at Luo Ying intently and said, "Do you remember what I told you?"
Luo Ying looked at him questioningly: "What?"
Wang Shouren said excitedly: "Didn't I tell you a few years ago that I would come to you and ask you to marry me when I turned 17?"
Luo Ying sighed softly and said helplessly: "Master, I know you love me! But you are now going through the tribulation in the mortal world. To go through the tribulation of love, you must find a mortal woman to marry in order to succeed!"
Wang Shouren said stubbornly: "I don't care, I only want you, I don't want anyone else except you."
Luo Ying frowned, not knowing how to persuade him, so he could only say: "Hey... you are still young, so you should focus on your studies first! We can talk about the future later."
Luo Ying was about to leave when Wang Shouren grabbed Luo Ying, looked at Lu Guihuang and Zhenwu Emperor and said, "In five years, I can come to you to ask for your hand in marriage. You... must keep your distance from them! Don't forget that you came to the mortal world to help me overcome the calamity."
Luo Ying looked at him and nodded. Wang Shouren got Luo Ying's reply and left satisfied.
Another five years passed, and Luo Ying and Lu Guihuang returned to the mansion, chatting and laughing. As they walked, Lu Guihuang said to Luo Ying happily, "The expansion speed in the past five years is faster than the previous three years! You will soon break through the chain of inns, and you will soon become the richest woman in the Ming Dynasty."
Luo Ying's face was full of smiles like a blooming flower, and he said to Lu Guihuang jokingly: "That's all thanks to your master's good teaching! Only with the guidance of you, the chief of the nine wealth gods in the world, can we accumulate such a huge fortune!"
Lu Guihuang hooked Luo Ying's nose and said lovingly: "A good master must have a good disciple as smart as you!"
Luo Ying touched his nose and smiled happily. He looked at Lu Guihuang and joked with him, "But you are already the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. If I become the richest woman in the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't our family be rich enough to rival a country?"
Lu Guihuang leaned close to her ear and teased her, "That would be great! We are a perfect match, husband and wife!"
The two of them had unknowingly walked to the gate of the mansion. Luo Ying was about to refute him when the servant of the family saw them coming back and hurriedly said, "Miss Luo, there is a guest waiting for you in the hall. He has been waiting for a long time."
Luo Ying and Lu Guihuang looked at each other and said in unison: "Guest?"
Luo Ying said to Lu Guihuang in confusion: "I didn't invite any guests today!"
After that, the two hurried to the hall, where a tall and strong man stood with his back to the door. Hearing the sound of them coming in, he turned around suddenly, shocking Lu Guihuang. He asked in disbelief: "Brother Yuchen, why are you here in this mortal world?"
Before he could answer, Emperor Lu Gui stepped forward, put his arm around his shoulders, and said excitedly: "You came at the right time. I was planning to go back to your military camp to discuss something with you..."
Luo Ying hurried forward to pull Lu Guihuang away, pulled him aside and lowered his voice: "Brother Guihuang, you recognized the wrong person, he is not Hua Yuchen."
Lu Guihuang looked up at the man in surprise and asked, "How is that possible? He looks exactly like Hua Yuchen!"
Luo Ying said awkwardly: "He is my master, Lord Cangmo. He looks very similar to the Third Prince! This is the body he came to the mortal world to experience tribulations, so it looks exactly like him."
Emperor Lu Gui looked at Luo Ying in shock and asked, "What do you mean Lord Cangmo looks so much like Hua Yuchen? Isn't it said that Lord Cangmo has white hair?"
Luo Ying said helplessly: "Yes! The host body of the calamity is a mortal, how could it have white hair?"
Lu Guihuang suddenly realized and said, "That's right! But why do they look so similar?"
Wang Shouren saw the two of them whispering for so long, so he stepped forward and pulled Luo Ying over and said, "Are you done talking? Is it time to talk about our business?"
Lu Guihuang asked in surprise: "What are you talking about?"
Wang Shouren glanced at Lu Guihuang, stared at Luo Ying and asked, "Didn't you tell him about us?"
When Lu Guihuang heard this, he was stunned and asked unconsciously: "Your business? What's your business?"
Luo Ying quickly pulled Wang Shouren aside and said to him in a low voice: "Master, you were still young before, so I didn't tell you so much. This person is Hua Yuchen's best friend. I came to help you this time secretly without Hua Yuchen knowing. So I can't let his best friend know about my relationship with Hua Yuchen, otherwise I will be rescued by Hua Yuchen."
Wang Shouren was stunned for a moment after hearing what Luo Ying said. He was in great pain. He choked up and asked Luo Ying: "You...you and Hua Yuchen...are back together again?"
Luo Ying saw his painful expression and felt extremely guilty towards him. Her heart ached and her eyes became moist. She said in a suppressed tone, "Master... I'm sorry, I don't know how to explain this to you..."
Wang Shouren clamped her arms and questioned her painfully: "You obviously have feelings for me! I've only been away for more than ten days, why did you reconcile with him? You promised me that I would be your reserve boyfriend, why didn't you give me any chance to choose?"
Luo Ying was left speechless by his questioning and didn't know how to respond to him.
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