How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 392

The title of Chapter 392: What’s Wrong with a Ride-Hailing Driver Having Some Money?

Chapter 392

The old man in the photo with Tang Xuexu’s grandfather was Guo Minghai, who sold the Minghai Museum to Yang Chen.

At this moment, a flood of memories rushed into Yang Chen’s mind.

Back then, Guo Minghai had severe Alzheimer’s disease. When he was lucid, he recognized that Yang Chen looked a lot like his father, Yang Qingshan.

When Yang Chen asked Guo Minghai if he knew his father, Guo Minghai had another episode.

Subsequently, Guo Minghai passed away that night.

Now, Tang Xuexu has Yang Chen’s mother’s necklace, and Tang Xuexu’s grandfather, Tang Qing, has a photo with Guo Minghai.

Yang Chen vaguely felt that he could find out from the Tang family whether the deaths of his parents and uncle were accidents or deliberate acts.

At this moment, Tang Xuexu came out with a backpack.

Seeing Yang Chen looking at the photos on the wall, she stepped forward and said with a smile, “These are all my family members. This is my grandfather, this is my grandmother, and this… is my eldest uncle’s family.”

Tang Xuexu’s tone changed significantly when she introduced her eldest uncle’s family.

From this, it could be inferred that her family’s relationship with her eldest uncle’s family was definitely not good.

At this moment, Tang Jianguo walked out of the kitchen, and Yang Chen quickly stopped inquiring.

Tang Jianguo saw that his daughter had packed her bag and was about to leave, so he asked, “Aren’t you staying at home?”

Tang Xuexu: “No, it’s a bit far from the company here. I’m going to live in my own place. It will be very late when Yang Chen drives back home, so we won’t stay any longer. You and Mom should rest early and lock the doors and windows.”

Tang Jianguo nodded, and Gao Hong also ran out of the kitchen.

Gao Hong was worried that her daughter might have lost her virginity to Yang Chen before they were officially engaged, so she quickly pulled her aside and whispered, “We don’t object to you dating. But you absolutely cannot sleep together before marriage. Understand?”

Tang Xuexu’s whole body suddenly heated up, and she whispered back, “Got it.”

The couple sent Yang Chen and Tang Xuexu out of the gate, and only locked the door and returned to the house after watching them walk away.

Gao Hong saw that Tang Jianguo seemed to have something on his mind, so she comforted him, “The children are grown up, and this day is inevitable. You can’t let your daughter not marry for the rest of her life, right? Cheer up.”

Tang Jianguo explained, “It’s not because of this. I suddenly realized that Yang Chen looks a bit familiar, as if I’ve seen him before.”

Gao Hong: “Stop kidding me. I’ve basically met everyone you’ve met. How come I don’t have that impression?”

Tang Jianguo was speechless, but he felt that his intuition couldn’t be wrong. If he hadn’t met Yang Chen, how could he have this feeling?

Yang Chen sent Tang Xuexu back to the entrance of her neighborhood and said, “Go up by yourself. I won’t see you off.”

Tang Xuexu: “Okay. Then I’m going home. Drive carefully.”

Yang Chen nodded and waved goodbye to Tang Xuexu.

After Tang Xuexu got out of the car, Yang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

His intuition told him that the truth was not far away.

Yang Chen sent the photo of Tang Qing and Guo Minghai to Qiu Yuhong.

“Chairman Qiu, investigate their past and the overlapping figures in their social circles.”

Shield Security Group was established less than ten years ago, and the database has been continuously accumulated and improved since its establishment. A lot of information relies on the intelligence department’s hackers to invade the target’s computers, mobile phones, etc. to steal it. In this case, it is indeed a bit difficult to investigate information from the era when the Internet was not developed.

Now that information is relatively developed, if you investigate other people’s information too ostentatiously, it is easy to be caught and cause unpredictable troubles.

After all, stealing citizens’ information is no small matter and must be done carefully.

Therefore, this work can only be carried out slowly and secretly, and it will take a lot of time to improve the database.

The next morning, Qiu Yuhong sent Yang Chen the information he had investigated.

Tang Xuexu’s grandfather, Tang Qing, and Guo Minghai were alumni of Huaqing University. Tang Qing majored in archeology, and Guo Minghai majored in semiconductors and microelectronics.

Tang Qing’s family had been reselling antiques and cultural relics since his great-grandfather’s generation. Although they experienced the baptism of that era [referring to periods of political upheaval and potential persecution], their family still privately hid a lot of good things, which also determined that their family could develop rapidly after the opening up [referring to China’s economic reforms starting in the late 1970s].

Guo Minghai came from a poor background, but he was very smart.

The two had a particularly good relationship back then, so good that Guo Minghai didn’t even attend his own wedding with his first love, and let Tang Qing “replace” him at the wedding. (In fact, Guo Minghai was immersed in scientific research, and Tang Qing took the opportunity to steal his first love, who is the old lady in the black and white photo on the wall of Tang Xuexu’s parents’ house. This is also the reason why Guo Minghai never married and only had confidantes in his life.)

In order to compensate Guo Minghai, Tang Qing and his wife contracted his research funding.

Later, Guo Minghai created Minghai Technology and broke off contact with Tang Qing and his wife.

However, also because of Tang Qing’s influence, Guo Minghai was very interested in antiques and cultural relics, so he built the Minghai Museum and personally spent money to collect some valuable antiques and cultural relics.

Thirteen years ago, Tang Xuexu’s grandmother passed away, and Guo Minghai came to attend her funeral. He and Tang Qing reconciled.

However, shortly after, Guo Minghai developed Alzheimer’s disease and gradually forgot the people and things of the past.

The characters in Tang Qing and Guo Minghai’s circle of friends do not overlap much. The ones currently found are Xu Jun and his son Xu Hu, as well as Yang Chen’s parents.

This coincides with Yang Chen’s conjecture that the breakthrough lies in Tang Qing.

Yang Chen quickly washed up and packed up, then drove to pick up Tang Xuexu to go to the company.

Watching Tang Xuexu walk into the company, Yang Chen drove to pick up passengers.

The first order was a young couple.

As soon as they got in the car, the woman turned her head away, obviously angry.

The man was also unhappy, but more of it was helplessness and grievance.

Yang Chen confirmed the last four digits of their mobile phone number, reminded them to fasten their seat belts, and drove away.

In less than a minute, the woman suddenly turned her head and said to the man, “I’m telling you, if you don’t buy this bracelet today, we’ll get a divorce!”

The man quickly explained, “How many times have I told you? It’s too expensive. It’s 380,000 yuan. Our child is graduating from high school soon, and in the blink of an eye, we have to prepare money to buy him a house. You don’t need this bracelet, but if we can’t come up with a bride price or buy a house when our son gets married, the girl won’t marry into our family. Do you understand? When I married you, your parents demanded a bride price to the death. You know how long it took us to pay it back after we got married. Do you want our son to repeat our mistakes? Spend ten years paying off debts after marriage?”

Woman: “You have the nerve to say that? After I married you, did you ever buy me any decent jewelry? My girlfriends have diamonds and gold, I don’t know how much. Now I finally like one, but you refuse to buy it for me. I’m telling you, Chen Gen, I can’t compromise with you this time. If you don’t buy it for me, then we’ll get a divorce and divide the property, which will be enough for me to buy this bracelet.”

Damn, the child is about to graduate from high school, so she should be in her forties. Why is she still as willful as a child?

The male passenger, seeing that he couldn’t win against his wife, said to Yang Chen, “Master, you be the judge. Our child is about to graduate from high school, so shouldn’t we quickly prepare money to buy a house? Houses are so expensive now, and the woman’s family wants a bride price like vampires. What will we do if we don’t prepare enough money? But now she insists on buying a 380,000 yuan bracelet. If it were you, would you buy it for your wife?”

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Brother, just buy it, otherwise your sister-in-law will divorce you. Have you thought about what your life will be like after your sister-in-law divorces you?”

The female passenger immediately got excited and said excitedly, “Did you hear that? I knew you were stingy and didn’t love me, right? Even a driver thinks you should buy it. You’re at least a government employee, but you don’t even have the awareness of two drivers!”

The male passenger was speechless. Didn’t this driver understand the situation?

Didn’t he understand what to say at this time?

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Brother, you have to think about it. If you and your sister-in-law divorce, your child will be at school, and you’ll be alone when you go home. No one will talk to you. You can only swipe Douyin [a popular video-sharing social media platform] and watch ball games. If you’re really bored, you can only go wash your feet, get a massage, and then go to a bar to dance.”

The male passenger’s eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yang Chen: “Yes! It sounds very free, but you’re living alone, and no one will cook for you. What will you do when you’re hungry? You can only order takeout, order crayfish, sauerkraut fish, barbecue, braised meat, and two bottles of Snowflake [a popular brand of beer in China].”

The smile on the male passenger’s mouth became more obvious, and his eyes were instantly filled with light.

Yang Chen: “That’s right! That’s not enough to starve to death, but have you thought about what to do with your salary? No one will spend your salary anymore, and no one will be watching you to save some money. So what will you do with the money you earn? You can only buy some good food, have fun, make an appointment with a friend to travel, and you can also make an appointment with your former first love, ex-girlfriend, etc. to reminisce about the past, and take her to experience the star-rated hotels that you couldn’t afford to experience back then. If you’re unhappy at work one day, you can quit because you have no responsibility or pressure.”

The male passenger laughed out loud and said, “Brother, you’re so right. Divorce! Damn it, I have to get a divorce! Whoever doesn’t get a divorce is my son!”

The female passenger was dumbfounded. After a few seconds of愣神 [lèng shén – a state of being stunned or in a daze], she quickly smiled flatteringly at her husband and said, “Honey, I suddenly think it’s really not worth it to buy a bracelet for 380,000 yuan. If our child doesn’t get into college after graduating from high school, we’ll have to spend money to teach him some skills, and we’ll have to prepare a wedding room and a bride price for him. We should indeed spend the money on these things. Honey, don’t persuade me, I won’t buy it. I’ll go to the 菜市场 [cài shì chǎng – a wet market or farmer’s market] to buy some pork belly later, and I’ll make braised pork for you for lunch today.”

The male passenger nodded with a smug smile, his heart filled with gratitude to Yang Chen.

Soon, Yang Chen sent the couple to their destination.

Not long after the two got out of the car, Yang Chen received a good review.

“Brother, thank you. I can finally stand up at home in the future.”

Yang Chen couldn’t help but smile and continued to take orders.

Close to lunchtime, Yang Chen received an order to go to Jinghai Group.

Half an hour later, Yang Chen sent the customer to the gate of Jinghai Group.

At this time, he saw a not-so-familiar acquaintance, Huang Yu, the ride-hailing driver who had borrowed a lighter from him before.

At this time, Huang Yu was arguing with a woman, who should be the 渣女 [zhā nǚ – a derogatory term for a woman who is manipulative and plays with men’s emotions] he mentioned who was forcing him to have a stable monthly income of 50,000 yuan, otherwise she would break up with him.

It’s hard for outsiders to judge matters of 感情 [gǎn qíng – feelings or relationships], let alone intervene.

Just as Yang Chen was about to drive away, Xu Qiang actually drove over in a Porsche.

“Beep beep!”

Xu Qiang deliberately honked the horn twice, and Huang Yu’s girlfriend immediately ran over with a smile.

Huang Yu’s emotions suddenly became agitated, and he shouted at his girlfriend, “You’re forcing me to break up with you because you’ve hooked up with a sugar daddy! Eight years, I’ve spent eight years on you, supporting you from college to now. Is this how you treat me? Zhang Juan, do you have any conscience?”

Xu Qiang likes to 装逼 [zhuāng bī – to show off or act pretentious], and the 补丁 [bǔ dīng – patches, metaphorically referring to flaws or shortcomings] on his face can’t stop him from 装逼 [zhuāng bī – to show off or act pretentious].

Xu Qiang grabbed Zhang Juan’s neck and pressed her head down to kiss her hard for a few seconds.

Zhang Juan 娇羞 [jiāo xiū – bashfully]ly patted him and 撒娇 [sā jiāo – acted coquettishly], “Oh, you’re so annoying. There are so many people, why are you doing this? Go ahead and wait for me, I’ll go find you later.”

Xu Qiang glanced at Huang Yu contemptuously and said, “This is your 冤种 [yuān zhǒng – sucker or chump] boyfriend who drives a ride-hailing car? Since we’ve met, let’s make it clear to him.”

After speaking, Xu Qiang parked the car, got out, and walked up to Huang Yu with Zhang Juan in his arms.

“Brother, Xiao Juan is so beautiful, a ride-hailing driver like you doesn’t deserve to have her. You should quit voluntarily and not make things difficult for yourself,” Xu Qiang said arrogantly.

Huang Yu asked in confusion, “Why doesn’t a rich man like you find a young girl to be your girlfriend? Why do you have to steal someone else’s?”

“It’s like children playing with toys. He already has Ultraman Tiga, but when he sees it in the store or someone else has it, he still wants to buy it. Why? Because he hasn’t played with other people’s toys, he just wants to try it. Understand?” Xu Qiang replied without hesitation.

Huang Yu immediately said to Zhang Juan, “Did you hear that? He’s just playing around. You won’t have a good ending with him, you’ll only be played with. Do you understand?”

Zhang Juan immediately glared at Huang Yu fiercely. Even if she knew clearly that she would definitely be played with, she didn’t want to hear others say it in front of her.

Zhang Juan showed Huang Yu the watch on her wrist and said, “See this? This watch is 120,000 yuan, Qiangzi gave it to me. I want you to give me one, can you afford it? Even if I can’t be with Qiangzi in the end, it’s still better than wasting time with you.”

At this point, Huang Yu felt that there was nothing more to say.

“Okay! I have nothing to say to what you said. Since you choose this way, then let’s break up peacefully. You should return the money I spent on you before, right?” Huang Yu said.

Return the money?

Some women are like bottomless pits when they spend money, but asking them to return the money is like taking their lives.

“Are you kidding me? You voluntarily spent it on me, I didn’t force you. Now you want it back after breaking up, are you joking?” Zhang Juan said angrily.

“The premise of me voluntarily spending money on you is that you would marry me, otherwise why would I bear the cost of you going to college and graduate school? I’ve supported you for eight years. Not counting the things we consumed together, you alone consumed at least more than 500,000 yuan. Now that you’ve hooked up with a sugar daddy, don’t you think it’s appropriate not to return the money to me? Isn’t your sugar daddy rich? Let him help you pay it back. Brother, in this situation, should she return the money to me?” Huang Yu argued with reason.

Xu Qiang was a little embarrassed. Zhang Juan was too 渣 [zhā – awful/terrible].

But so what?

It has nothing to do with Xu Qiang.

Xu Qiang said with a smile, “Brother, you can only say that you’re too stupid in this situation, and you can’t blame anyone. You supported her for eight years, but you also slept with her for eight years. Don’t tell me you want to 嫖啊 [piáo ā – to solicit a prostitute]? Okay, be a man, it’s too embarrassing to ask for money after breaking up.”

Huang Yu: “This is all the money I worked hard to earn. If it’s spent on my wife, I definitely won’t feel bad. But I definitely won’t accept spending it on a strange woman! Return the money, or I’ll sue you in court!”

Xu Qiang was immediately unhappy and said, “Hey! You’re asking for it, aren’t you? Go ahead and try to sue me, I’ll make sure you can’t continue driving a ride-hailing car. Do you believe me?”

After speaking, Xu Qiang walked towards his Porsche with Zhang Juan in his arms.

Huang Yu naturally refused to let them go and immediately stepped forward to stop them.

Xu Qiang was furious and said, “Damn it! A waiter dares to fight with me, and a ride-hailing driver like you dares to fight with me? Do you really think I’m made of clay? Get out of the way! Otherwise, I’ll call someone to cripple you! I’m already pissed off, so I’ll just vent my anger on you!”

Huang Yu was a little scared in his heart. How could a ride-hailing driver like him fight with a rich second generation?

But his girlfriend is already gone. If he doesn’t get the money back, then he’ll lose both his person and his money.

After working hard for eight years, he ended up losing both his person and his money. No one can stand it.

“Even if you kill me, she must return the money to me!” Huang Yu said firmly.

Xu Qiang was furious and kicked Huang Yu.

Huang Yu had told Yang Chen before that he drove for 18 hours a day. After a long time, his body must have problems.

Plus, he’s also angry now. When Xu Qiang kicked him, he fell directly to the ground, and his head hit the ground heavily.

Xu Qiang was a little nervous and shouted, “Stop pretending, get up quickly! Are you trying to 碰瓷 [pèng cí – a type of scam where someone pretends to be injured to extort money]? I’m telling you, my family’s law department is not vegetarian. If you dare to 碰瓷 [pèng cí – a type of scam where someone pretends to be injured to extort money] me, I can sue your whole family to go begging!”

Huang Yu didn’t respond.

Zhang Juan was anxious and said, “It’s over, will something happen to him? Call an ambulance quickly.”

Xu Qiang: “What could happen? I didn’t use any force, he must be pretending.”

At this time, the security guards of Jinghai Group ran over.

Seeing that Huang Yu didn’t respond, they asked Zhang Juan if she wanted to call an ambulance.

Because it was lunchtime, many employees in the company were coming in and out.

Seeing that something had happened here, they all came over to watch the excitement.

Colleagues were talking about it, and Zhang Juan was anxious. She quickly took out her mobile phone to call an ambulance.

At this time, Yang Chen walked over.

“Why are you here?” Xu Qiang asked.

Yang Chen checked Huang Yu and confirmed that his life was not in danger.

However, he must be awakened as soon as possible, otherwise there will still be great danger.

Yang Chen said to Zhang Juan, “Call Li Hongyan and tell her that Yang Chen is at your company’s gate and ask her to send the needles over immediately for life-saving purposes!”

Zhang Juan was shocked. She knew that someone had saved Li Hongyan’s daughter with three needles. Could it be this handsome guy in front of her?

Zhang Juan didn’t dare to hesitate and quickly called Li Hongyan.

Li Hongyan immediately ran over with the needle box.

“Mr. Yang, the needles are here!” Li Hongyan said as she ran.

Yang Chen stretched out his hand to take the needle box, took out three gold needles, and quickly inserted them into three different acupoints on Huang Yu’s body.

Xu Qiang quickly said to Li Hongyan, “President Li, hello. Have you eaten yet?”

Li Hongyan nodded with a smile and said, “I have. Is Young Master Xu here at our company for something?”

Xu Qiang: “No, I just happened to be passing by.”

At this time, Huang Yu suddenly took a breath and then slowly opened his eyes.

“Brother, why are you here?” Huang Yu asked.

Yang Chen took out the gold needles while replying, “I sent a customer here and happened to see you arguing with your girlfriend. I didn’t plan to stay and watch, but Xu Qiang came over, so I stayed to take a look. You haven’t had enough rest for a long time, and your body has collapsed. Stop driving and take a good half-month break to recover.”

With Yang Chen’s support, Huang Yu slowly stood up.

At this time, he could clearly feel his head was dizzy and accompanied by tinnitus and other symptoms, and his vision was also a little blurry.

Huang Yu calmed down and said, “Brother, thank you. It seems that God is not thin to me and let me meet you.”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Maybe. This is Li Hongyan, CEO of Jinghai Group. Tell her your story with your girlfriend, and I believe she will stand up for you.”

Huang Yu looked at Li Hongyan, but before he could speak, Xu Qiang threatened, “Brother, speak carefully!”

Zhang Juan also reminded, “Huang Yu, don’t talk nonsense.”

Li Hongyan’s eyes instantly became much colder and said, “Do you think I’m a fool? Are you threatening him in front of me not to tell the truth?”

Zhang Juan lowered her head and dared not speak.

Xu Qiang continued to quibble, “He’s just a ride-hailing driver, what good things can he say? It must be some nonsense, President Li doesn’t need to waste time listening to his nonsense!”

Li Hongyan sneered and said, “I can judge for myself whether it’s nonsense. Sir, just say what you have to say. Mr. Yang is here, I assure you that I will definitely stand up for you.”

Huang Yu looked at Yang Chen.

Yang Chen nodded with a smile and said, “Don’t worry, just say it. You have to believe that there is justice in this world.”

Xu Qiang was furious and said, “Why are you so nosy? Do you really think that I don’t dare to mess with you just because you’ve hooked up with Tang Xuexu?”

“Xu Qiang! Be polite to Mr. Yang! If I hear you say even one more disrespectful word to Mr. Yang, my Jinghai Group will be at odds with your Hu Hushengwei Co., Ltd.!” Li Hongyan said angrily.

Xu Qiang looked embarrassed and said, “President Li, why are you so polite to him? Isn’t he just a ride-hailing driver?”

Li Hongyan: “Mr. Yang saved my daughter’s life, he is my and my daughter’s benefactor! As long as I, Li Hongyan, am alive, no one can be disrespectful to Mr. Yang in front of me!”

Xu Qiang was dumbfounded. How did Yang Chen save Li Hongyan’s daughter’s life?

“Damn it, what luck does this guy have? He hooked up with Tang Xuexu and became Li Hongyan’s benefactor. Doesn’t this mean that I really can’t touch him?” Xu Qiang thought to himself.

The employees also looked at Yang Chen in shock. So it was him who saved President Li’s daughter.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “Brother, now you can tell your story with your girlfriend with confidence.”

Huang Yu nodded and briefly and accurately told everyone about his eight years with Zhang Juan.

Colleagues cast 鄙视 [bǐ shì – contemptuous]ful glances at Zhang Juan, and some manager-level colleagues even criticized her mercilessly.

“Wow, no wonder many people on the Internet have prejudices against women now, it’s because there are too many people like her.”

“People supported you for eight years, not counting the things you enjoyed together, you alone enjoyed no less than 500,000 yuan. Now that you’re a manager and your life is gradually getting better, you dumped him? You can hook up with a rich second generation, but you have to return the money you spent on him. He spent so much money on you because you promised to marry him. Now that you’re running away with someone else, you have to return the money, right?”

“The first sword ashore, cut the lover first [a saying that means to betray or abandon someone as soon as you achieve your goal]. The netizens’ jokes are vividly reflected in you!”

……

Li Hongyan’s face turned red with anger and said, “Zhang Juan, do you have anything to explain?”

Zhang Juan cried anxiously and said, “President Li, I’m sorry, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have resolved personal matters in the company. Huang Yu, I beg you, please leave first, I’ll talk to you properly tonight. Okay?”

Huang Yu shook his head and said, “You return 500,000 yuan to me now, and we’ll never see each other again. I don’t want to talk to you alone anymore. My body is collapsing now, and I need this money to take care of my body. If you have any conscience, please return this money to me for the sake of me supporting you for eight years.”

Zhang Juan: “But I don’t have that much money!”

Huang Yu: “You can borrow it from him! He’s your boyfriend now.”

Zhang Juan looked at Xu Qiang.

Xu Qiang himself just said that he just wanted to try it out, how could he be willing to bear this 500,000 yuan? Then he wouldn’t become a big 冤种 [yuān zhǒng – sucker or chump]!

“Why are you looking at me? I don’t even know you! President Li, I’m sorry. I just happened to be passing by to watch the excitement, and now I have to go eat quickly. You handle it, let’s talk another day,” Xu Qiang said, then turned and left.

Zhang Juan was dumbfounded, then helplessly covered her face and cried……