"I’d love for the two kids to be together, too."
"But… but Shuyi already has a boyfriend."
Aunt Chen understood what Fang Yuanyuan ant and responded sowhat awkwardly.
Of course, she also wished for her daughter to be with Qi Lin.
That way, she could fulfill her dream of becoming Qi Lin’s mother.
However, last ti, Chen Shuyi had already ntioned that she was dating soone.
She couldn’t force her daughter into anything.
"Is that so? What a pity."
Fang Yuanyuan sighed.
Finding a suitable girlfriend for her son was proving to be more difficult than she thought.
She spent all her ti at the livestock company, surrounded by a group of bespectacled technicians.
Although there were female employees among them, their looks were quite ordinary.
In Fang Yuanyuan’s eyes, her son was so handso, and their family was well-off.
Even if the match wasn’t exactly equal in status, at the very least, the girl had to be beautiful and virtuous, right?
"Looks like I’ll have to start keeping an eye out for soone suitable for Lin’er."
She made a ntal note.
"Mom, isn’t it too soon for you to worry about this? I’m still in my third year of high school, and you’re already trying to find a girlfriend? Do you think I can’t get one on my own? Can’t we talk about sothing else?"
Qi Lin found it amusing that his mother was so eager to match him up.
He was no longer the sa Qi Lin from his past life, who only wasted ti in entertainnt venues.
Now, if he wanted a girlfriend, it would be effortless.
"If you don’t focus on studying, what else can I talk to you about? Should I ask about your grades? Tell , what was your score on the last exam?"
Fang Yuanyuan tapped his forehead and asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Qi Lin grinned. "We had a grade-wide exam two days ago. I cheated, got caught by the class monitor, and now they want you to co to school for a eting."
Fang Yuanyuan: "..."
Qi Feng: "..."
My God!
He cheated and still had the nerve to brag about it?
What kind of troublemaker did they raise?
Was he sent by the heavens just to test their patience?
However, Qi Lin had always been a terrible student. Fang Yuanyuan and Qi Feng had long since given up on disciplining him.
They exchanged helpless smiles but didn’t reprimand him.
"Useless!"
But soone couldn’t hold back.
Both Qi Xueyao and Jiang Lei had graduated from Huake University with excellent academic records.
Qi Xueyao had already looked down on Qi Lin, and now, hearing that he got caught cheating yet still acted so proud, she muttered under her breath.
Even though her voice was low, Fang Yuanyuan heard it.
She would never criticize her own son, but who was Qi Xueyao to lecture him?
Bang!
Fang Yuanyuan slamd her chopsticks onto the table, making Qi Feng jump in surprise.
"Did your father never teach you proper manners? No matter what, Qi Lin is your cousin from the sa village. Our family has provided you with food and shelter, and this is how you talk about him?"
Fang Yuanyuan’s tone was sharp, showing no rcy as she scolded Qi Xueyao.
Qi Xueyao hadn’t expected such a strong reaction from just one comnt.
But under soone else’s roof, she had no choice but to lower her head.
She didn’t dare to talk back to Fang Yuanyuan, who was her elder.
At the sa ti, a wave of grievance welled up inside her.
Even though she continued eating, teardrops silently fell into her bowl.
"Oh, co on, let’s not get too worked up. It was just a joke between the kids."
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Qi Feng quickly tried to calm his wife down.
anwhile, Qi Lin, the one who was supposedly insulted, looked completely unbothered.
He smiled and said, "Sister Xueyao, do you think that people who don’t study well, have bad grades, and don’t get into prestigious universities are all useless and have no future?"
Qi Xueyao remained silent, but deep down, she was furious at Qi Lin.
Did he even need to ask?
She had just spoken one truth, and his mother scolded her so harshly!
She regretted ever coming to live in their ho.
Every day, she was either bullied by Qi Lin or scolded by his mother.
Whoever married Qi Lin in the future would have to deal with a terrible mother-in-law.
"Mom, Dad, you should start reducing the number of pigs you’re raising. Our company has already reached its growth limit, and with governnt reserves controlling pork prices and foreign imports affecting the market, this business will only get harder."
"If another swine flu outbreak happens, the governnt's subsidies won’t be enough. The entire company could collapse overnight."
Qi Lin put down his chopsticks and suddenly started discussing business with his parents.
Hearing this, both Fang Yuanyuan and Qi Feng looked at him in shock.
Even though they ran a livestock company, Qi Lin had never shown interest in it.
They had never even taken him to the farm before.
They were surprised that soone who had never been involved in the industry could say sothing so insightful.
He was right.
The Qi family’s livestock business was now worth over a billion and controlled nearly 60% of the market in Central China.
On the surface, it seed like a thriving industry.
But with China opening its market, Arican pork was flooding in, and governnt regulations on at prices were tightening.
anwhile, the cost of pig feed, vaccines, and labor was rising faster than pork prices.
If a swine flu outbreak occurred, not only would they struggle to recover costs, but the entire company could go bankrupt.
After all, pig farming was a heavy-asset industry.
They couldn’t make money until the pigs were fully grown and sold, aning the waiting period was a high-risk phase.
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