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Chapter 17: Distrust:
"Yuqing, you should spend more time with each other. Ye Yang isn't familiar with Hangzhou. Take him around. Liu Zhong said to Liu Yuqing as they were leaving after the meal, ignoring her attitude completely.
"Ye Yang, you also need to be careful. The Zhao family might play dirty tricks on you. Stay alert these days. If you face any trouble, you can come to me."
"Yuqing, you should spend more time with each other. Ye Yang isn't familiar with Hangzhou. Take him around. Liu Zhong said to Liu Yuqing as they were leaving after the meal, ignoring her attitude completely.
"Ye Yang, you also need to be careful. The Zhao family might play dirty tricks on you. Stay alert these days. If you face any trouble, you can come to me."
"Don't worry, Grandpa Liu. The Zhao family can't do anything to me." Ye Yang replied confidently. He wasn't afraid of underhanded tactics. Even if the Zhao family hired someone to deal with him, he was confident in his abilities to handle them.
After Liu Zhong and Liu Cheng left, only Chu Mochen, Ye Yang, Liu Yuqing, and Liu Xueli remained.
"Yuqing, I’m not familiar with Hangzhou. Why don't you show me around? That's what your grandpa suggested." Ye Yang said with a smile, looking at Liu Yuqing.
Although she rejected him in every way, Ye Yang was confident that with her grandpa’s support, it was only a matter of time before he won her over.
"Come back when you can crush my company within a month." Liu Yuqing replied coldly.
"That wasn’t me who said it."
Hearing her words, Ye Yang remembered the scene from the first day he went to the Liu family.
Chu Mochen had said a few harsh words for him and then left.
The more Ye Yang thought about it afterward, the more he regretted it.
Thankfully, Grandpa Liu hadn’t taken it to heart and continued to support him.
Liu Yuqing ignored him and directly pulled Liu Xueli into the car.
"Yuqing, are we going back now?" Liu Xueli asked with a hint of reluctance. She still wanted to spend more time with Chu Mochen.
"Yes, we're going back."
Seeing Liu Yuqing's cold expression, Liu Xueli didn't say anything more.
She actually felt sorry for Liu Yuqing. She didn't think highly of Ye Yang either. His looks were average, and while he might be considered slightly handsome among ordinary people, standing next to Chu Mochen, he looked like a complete country bumpkin, especially with his shabby dressing style.
Liu Yuqing drove away with Liu Xueli, leaving Chu Mochen and Ye Yang alone.
Ye Yang watched Liu Yuqing’s car with a lovestruck expression, but Chu Mochen, who had read the original novel, knew this guy wasn’t really in love. He was just lusting after her. If Liu Yuqing were ugly, Ye Yang wouldn’t even spare her a glance.
"Senior Brother, I told you before. To conquer a woman like her, you need to prove your strength. Her grandpa's support won’t be enough. You should focus on developing your company." Chu Mochen said, patting Ye Yang on the shoulder.
"It’s because of the things you said before that she has a bad impression of me. You shouldn’t have said those things. If you hadn’t, our relationship wouldn’t be so strained." Ye Yang complained to Chu Mochen.
"Back then, Liu Yuqing and her father looked down on you. I was standing up for you so that you wouldn’t be underestimated. And now you blame me? That’s disappointing. I was even planning to help you with some advice, but forget it now."
Chu Mochen shook his head with a look of disappointment.
"Wait, you have advice that can help me win over Liu Yuqing?" Ye Yang quickly called out to him. He had been infatuated with her from the moment he first saw her, so he couldn’t give up now.
"First, focus on developing your company. To impress a cold woman like her, you need to earn her respect. So, you need to make good on what you said before and surpass her company within a month. I've already set up the company and acquired a ready-made factory. It just needs some modifications to be operational. All that's missing is the formula you have."
Ye Yang thought what Chu Mochen said made sense.
Liu Yuqing looked down on him because he hadn’t shown his capabilities. Once she saw what he could do, she’d surely fall for him and beg to marry him.
"By the way, Senior Brother, a piece of advice from me: I’ve noticed you’re getting close to Liu Yuqing’s cousin, Liu Xueli, but I don’t think you two are suitable. There’s a significant age gap."
Ye Yang spoke with a concerned expression.
"Heh, there's no need for you to worry about my affairs." Chu Mochen replied with a smirk, ignoring Ye Yang’s displeased look.
"Senior Brother, you should hand over the cosmetics formula to me so the company can start production. If you don’t trust me, then forget it, and don’t ask for my help again."
This guy was starting to disgust him, so Chu Mochen decided to disgust him back.
"Junior Brother, if the formula gets leaked, we’d suffer huge losses." Ye Yang said solemnly.
"If you don’t trust me, then fine. Start the company on your own. After all the help I’ve given, it’s clear you don’t trust me at all." Chu Mochen said, turning to leave.
Watching Chu Mochen’s retreating figure, Ye Yang hesitated but ultimately didn’t call him back. He really didn’t trust Chu Mochen; the formula felt safe only in his own hands.
"It seems he doesn’t trust me at all." Chu Mochen muttered to himself, not surprised by this outcome.
"I was too naive before."
It was clear now that getting the Ice Skin Jade Lotion formula from Ye Yang was impossible. He needed to try a different approach, even if it meant spending some of his villain points. If he succeeded in striking a blow against Ye Yang, he could earn back the points he spent and more.
Returning to his villa, Chu Mochen decided to wait and see Ye Yang’s next move.
Ye Yang knew a bit about medicine and martial arts but was clueless about business.
In the original plot, Ye Yang’s company only succeeded because he inadvertently recruited a very talented subordinate to manage it for him.
Chu Mochen took back the company and factory he had set up for Ye Yang. He wasn’t worried about turning against him now that he couldn’t get the formula. It didn’t matter anymore.
Opening the Villain Store, Chu Mochen bought the formula for the Ice Skin Jade Lotion for 5,000 villain points, using up the points he had harvested from Ye Yang.
"Ah Li, take this formula and register the patent." He Instructed.
Registering the patent was crucial because Chu Mochen planned to ruin Ye Yang with it, making him pay until he went bankrupt.
Next, Chu Mochen made a phone call to his mother, Lin Yun, asking her to spin off the cosmetics subsidiary from the Lin Group and give it to him.
Lin Yun agreed without hesitation.
The entire group would eventually belong to her son anyway, so giving him a subsidiary was nothing.
If Chu Mochen hadn’t refused before, Lin Yun would have handed over the entire company to him.
-To be continued!