Golden Scale [EN]: Chapter 173

Jiangshan Beauty (Part 2)

Gu Quanzhi stood with his hands behind his back by the window, autumn rain pattering against the glass, blurring the view outside. “Are you really decided?”

“I am.” Hou Longtao sat across from him at the desk, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

“You need to think this through,” Gu Quanzhi couldn’t hide his disappointment. “Opportunity knocks but once. If you change your mind later, it’ll be too late.”

“My mind is made up.”

“It’s such a pity. You have so much potential, and you’re capable. You could achieve great things, an unlimited future. Are you really giving it all up?”

“My third brother can handle the responsibility just as well,” Hou Longtao said casually. “With your guidance and cultivation, his achievements won’t be any less than mine.”

“Nannan doesn’t have the same advantages as you, but since you’ve decided, I won’t force you.”

Hou Longtao stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. “You knew all along what my decision would be, didn’t you?”

“Nannan told me you’re probably a Duke of Windsor [referring to someone who gave up a throne for love, like Edward VIII].”

“I talked to Ruyun last night.”

“Heh heh heh.” Gu Quanzhi chuckled. “What did Manager Xu say?”

“You didn’t really want to give me the empire; you were forcing me to choose the beauty.”

“Hahaha, what makes you say that?”

“Politically, my background is a bit too complicated, and the relationships I’ve built up make me better suited to remain a civilian,” Hou Longtao shrugged, spreading his arms. “But I’m sure you’re well aware of all this.”

“Even if I did know.”

“My third brother must have told you I’m someone ‘without great ambitions,’ just wanting a wife, kids, and a warm bed. You’ve known me long enough to see that ‘flaw.’ But you’re still worried. You fear my ambition will grow with my wealth and status, and I’ll eventually try to force my way into politics. By then, my ambition might be inflated beyond reason, and it would be hard to dissuade me. Cutting losses would be the only option, but I wouldn’t sit still and be bitten. Wouldn’t that be like raising a tiger as a pet?”

“Heh heh heh.” Gu Quanzhi chuckled, neither confirming nor denying the speculation.

“You’re too good at playing the game. Even though I’m still at a stage where I can be persuaded, you won’t directly tell me I’m not suitable for politics. You want me to close the door on myself.”

“Is that what you think? Or is that what Manager Xu thinks?”

“Heh heh heh.” This time, it was Hou Longtao’s turn not to answer.

“Well, you know I don’t mean any harm, right?”

“Taking over your position would definitely be a good choice.”

“Very good, very good.” Gu Quanzhi nodded. “There’s something I want you to do now. I should be doing it myself, but I think you’re more suitable. Do it well, and that will be your capital. Capital needs to be accumulated slowly.”

“Please, tell me.”

“Have you heard of Chad?”

“You think too little of me. I grew up in this country, after all. Even if I spent a few years in the States, I wouldn’t become as ignorant as an American.”

“Good. Have you heard any news about Chad recently?”

Hou Longtao desperately searched his memory. Who would pay attention to an African country? “Ah… um… seems like… a coup?”

“Unexpectedly, you actually know.”

“Just guessing. Those African countries are either having genocides or coups. What other news could there be?” Hou Longtao thought his brain was pretty sharp.

“A month ago, General Karzai led a successful rebel coup, shot the president, and established a new military government.”

“OK.” Hou Longtao nodded, not quite understanding.

“The previous government of Chad was pro-American, but General Karzai is a staunch anti-American. His biggest worry now is the US government using extreme measures against his new regime.”

“Oh…” Hou Longtao was starting to understand. “Don’t tell me we’re going to war with the US over some black dictator.”

“Chad is a ‘diplomatic ally’ of Taiwan.”

“I see.” Hou Longtao finally understood. “First, we won’t use financial diplomacy [offering financial aid for political favors]. Second, we won’t confront the Americans head-on.”

“Because the Chadian government wants to promote the use of catalytic converters nationwide, Dongxing is going to invest in building a factory in Chad. The chairman of Dongxing’s board was moved by the warm hospitality of the local people during his inspection and decided to help them build infrastructure, like roads, hospitals, and schools, in his personal capacity.”

“How much investment are we talking about?”

Gu Quanzhi held up one finger.

“Building a factory would cost five million at most, so I’d have to shell out nine and a half million myself,” Hou Longtao said, lighting a cigarette. “No problem, money is the least useful thing.”

“Don’t rush. I’m not finished yet. Doing this will also be very beneficial to you.”

“I know.”

“You don’t know, or at least not completely.”

“What do you mean?”

“To commend and reward the generosity and friendship of our Chinese friends, the Chadian government will grant you honorary citizenship. You will enjoy all the rights of a Chadian citizen. Chad has over two hundred tribes, most of which practice polygamy. So in Chad, polygamy is a right of male citizens. As long as you can afford it, you can have a hundred wives.”

“My Chinese citizenship…”

“You can be the only Chinese citizen in the world with dual citizenship. If no one objects, you can remain a citizen of both countries. If someone objects, you can renounce your Chadian citizenship.”

“If I renounce my Chadian citizenship, will it affect the legality of my marriages?”

“If no one questions it, it’s legal. And no one will deliberately make trouble for you. Even if someone does question it, your marriages were legal when they were established. Current laws are vague on this. Even if a judicial interpretation is needed, that interpretation will be made by people, understand?”

Hou Longtao smiled slightly. Giving his beloved women a legal wedding would fulfill a wish. “When do I leave?”

“You won’t actually need to go until early next year, around mid-January.”

“That’s perfect. Xi and Nuonuo will be on vacation then. But several of them aren’t of legal marriage age yet.”

“Legal? Legal according to which country’s laws? In Chad, sixteen is the legal marriage age.”

“Clap, clap,” Hou Longtao clapped his hands. “Let’s do it that way. You arrange everything, and I’ll wait for the news.”

“Don’t rush off. There’s one more thing,” Gu Quanzhi gestured for the young man to stay. “Make a call to the Bamboo Union [a Taiwanese triad] members.”

“What for?”

“Give them some political color.” Gu Quanzhi pointed to the blue sky outside the window…

Hou Longtao walked out of the Evergreen Group headquarters. It was a crisp autumn day.

A Mercedes S600 stopped in front of him. Ru Yan emerged from the back, with Situ Qingying sitting in the back seat as well, and the Xingyue sisters in the front.

Hou Longtao got into the car, wrapped his arm around Situ Qingying’s neck, and started sucking on her fragrant mouth.

Ru Yan followed him into the car and was embraced by the man.

Hou Longtao gently pressed the long-legged beauty’s head towards his crotch.

Ru Yan obediently unzipped the man’s pants, pulled out his vigorous member, and began to slowly lick and kiss it with her pink, tender tongue.

“You’re so annoying,” Situ Qingying punched the man’s shoulder. “Give it back to me.”

“Hahaha, stingy.” Hou Longtao laughed and spat the chewing gum back into the girl’s mouth.

“In such a good mood?” Zhiji looked at the man in the rearview mirror. “Being called in for a talk by Uncle Gu, and coming out so relaxed, is a first, isn’t it?”

“Hahaha, wife, I’ve never been so happy.” Hou Longtao reached out and stroked Zhiji’s cheek. He couldn’t suppress his urge to laugh…

“What!? Chad! Africa!” Xue Nuo immediately protested when she heard her lover was going on another long trip. She “roared” at him across the dining table. “You promised me you wouldn’t leave again! You promised me you wouldn’t leave us!”

“Listen to me.”

“I won’t listen! I don’t want to hear anything!” Xue Nuo slammed her napkin on the table and turned to run out of the dining room, her big eyes already wet.

“Hehe,” Yu Qian nudged Yueling. “That girl is really something. Her tears come faster than mine.”

“Tch, Nuonuo’s are real tears. Yours are mostly for show.”

“Liar.” Yu Qian pinched Yueling’s leg.

Hou Longtao left his bickering wives and went to Xue Nuo’s bedroom, gently knocking on the closed door. “Nuonuo, Nuonuo, open the door.”

There was no answer for a long time.

Hou Longtao turned the doorknob. It wasn’t locked at all. He entered the room and saw the girl lying on the bed, sobbing softly. Xue Nuo knew the man had come in, turned over and sat up, looking at him with a wronged expression. “You promised me.”

“You didn’t even give me a chance to explain.” Hou Longtao went over and sat next to the beautiful girl, holding her warm hand. “Don’t want to listen to me?”

“I don’t want to,” Xue Nuo turned her body to the other side, but turned her hand over to hold her lover’s. “What’s so good about it? You pinky-promised me. You’re a liar.”

“Really don’t want to listen to me?”

“I don’t want to.”

“Then I’ll just have to take them with me and leave you alone in Beijing.”

“What?” Xue Nuo turned her body back around. “What do you mean?”

“It’s not until January next year. You’ll be on vacation then. I was going to take you with me, but since you don’t want to listen, forget it.” Hou Longtao said, making a move to get up.

“Uh-uh, uh-uh,” Xue Nuo grabbed the man’s hand with both of hers. “Tell me.”

“Silly girl,” Hou Longtao sat back down on the bed, turned over and pinned the beautiful girl under him, kissing her petal-like cheeks. “I already told you, when you and Xi are on vacation, I’ll take all of you to Chad for a stroll. I’ll take care of some business there on the way.”

Xue Nuo pouted, playing with the man’s collar, a sweet smile on her face. “Brother Tao, I’m sorry.”

“Hmph, you,” Hou Longtao bit the girl’s ear. “You’re becoming more and more like Yu Qian. Crying when you’re sad, laughing when you’re happy. You’re almost becoming a fairy [referring to someone who is easily moved and expressive].”

“What? Of course people cry when they’re sad, and laugh when they’re happy.” Xue Nuo felt the man’s tongue enter her ear canal, and a chill ran down her spine. “Brother Tao… husband… daddy… ah…”

Hou Longtao’s hands reached into the skirt the girl had changed into after coming home, caressing her smooth thighs. “My darling, will you be my bride?”

“Yes… yes… I want to be your bride… Brother Tao…”

Hou Longtao skillfully pulled down the girl’s panties, opened her legs, and rubbed his hard penis against her private parts through his pants. “My wife.”

“Um…” Xue Nuo closed her eyes tightly, writhing her soft body uncontrollably, her legs constantly tensing and relaxing, tensing and relaxing. “Brother Tao… ah… I miss you… ah…”

“Miss me? How do you miss me?” Hou Longtao flicked the beautiful girl’s wet lips with his finger.

“Um um…” Xue Nuo tightened her round buttocks. “You… you know…”

“I don’t know. I’m stupid.” Hou Longtao’s right middle finger squeezed into the beautiful girl’s anus, while his index finger inserted into her slippery vagina, digging into her two holes together.

“You… you’re bullying me…” Xue Nuo reached out and groped for the “big snake” running around, finally unzipping his zipper and sending it into her watery cave.

Hou Longtao felt his glans tighten, immediately lowered his hips, and the hard tool stretched open the beautiful girl’s narrow vagina, entering completely.

“Ah…” Xue Nuo felt her uterus being pushed out of place, and her pores opened up in comfort.

Hou Longtao didn’t ejaculate in the beautiful girl’s hole, but used the elasticity of the mattress and his own weight to grind deep inside her body.

“Ah… ah… ah…” Xue Nuo was grinding so hard that her eyes rolled back, her mouth couldn’t close, and she moaned urgently.

Someone knocked gently on the door outside. “Longtao, Nuonuo.”

“Ah… it’s Mom…”

“Perfect timing.” Hou Longtao pushed the beautiful girl’s T-shirt down to her neck, revealing her bright bra and snow-white breasts. “Come in.”

“Oh!” He Liping saw the strong lover pressing her delicate daughter under him as soon as she entered the room, her hands rubbing her increasingly plump breasts, and the huge penis fitting tightly into her tender vulva. Although she had seen the same scene no less than a hundred times, she still blushed. “You two are really something. I thought you were arguing.”

Hou Longtao beckoned to the beautiful woman.

“I’d rather not. Everyone is waiting for you.”

“Alright,” Hou Longtao picked Xue Nuo up from the bed. “Let’s go down like this, put you on the dining table, and let everyone see your seductive look, okay?”

“Um… um… okay…” Xue Nuo didn’t know what the man was saying at all. She was already overwhelmed by lust…

Hou Longtao sat on the large balcony, smoking and drinking the rich coffee Ruyun had made. He picked up the “Beijing Morning Post” and turned to the Hong Kong and Taiwan edition, “discovering” an interesting piece of news.

Yesterday, the pan-green camp’s [supporters of Taiwanese independence] “masses” held rallies in several major cities in Taiwan at the same time to support the “independence” parties. During the rallies, hundreds of triad members went to cause trouble, injuring dozens of rally “masses,” including the elderly and women.

Hou Longtao took a sip of coffee, a faint smile on his face…

The Dongxing factory site was not near the capital of Chad, but in a medium-sized city by a lake, with a pleasant climate and scenery. Although the workers building the factory were hired locally in Chad, Dongxing still sent more than 250 Chinese technicians, 200 of whom were stationed directly in the Presidential Palace, 30 were stationed at Hou Longtao’s large villa in Lakeside City, and only the remaining 20 or so were actually involved in building the factory.

The Dongxing delegation led by Hou Longtao was also very large. In addition to himself, there were 14 beautiful women, 6 major shareholders, the wives and girlfriends of the major shareholders, Executive Director Situ Zhiyuan and his Japanese bride Sakura Tamako, as well as more than 50 female employees and a dozen male employees. They arrived in Chad on a chartered plane…

“Time to get up.” Hou Longtao hugged Yu Qian’s snow-white, delicate body from behind, gently kissing her tender shoulders.

“No…” Yu Qian turned over, snuggling against the man’s chest, rubbing her cheek against him. “Hold me for a little longer.”

Hou Longtao hugged the girl tightly, reaching behind him with his right arm to secretly open the drawer.

“What are you doing?” Yu Qian reached out and pulled at the man’s shoulder. “Hold me.”

“Do you want this?” Hou Longtao kissed the girl’s hair, putting his hand in front of her, a diamond ring in the palm of his hand.

“What does this mean?” Yu Qian’s eyes were no longer drowsy, emitting a crystal-clear light. She moved slightly away from the man’s body, her face filled with anticipation and confusion.

“This is a country that allows polygamy.”

“I understand.” Yu Qian was so intelligent that she immediately understood the whole story.

“Sister Qian,” Hou Longtao held the girl’s chin, lifting her lowered head and gazing into her eyes. “You are the first.”

“I am the first?” Yu Qian was obviously excited.

“Be my wife.” Hou Longtao knew that Yu Qian had suffered the most grievances, at least that’s what she would think…

Xue Nuo sat in front of the dressing table, tilting her head and putting on a delicate earring. Hou Longtao walked over, stroking the girl’s black hair affectionately, looking at her beautiful face in the mirror.

“What are you looking at?” Xue Nuo gave her lover a charming smile.

“You’ve really grown up. Two and a half years ago, when I first met you, you were just a budding beauty. Look at you now, you’re already a graceful young woman.”

“Do you like me better then?” Xue Nuo leaned back against the man’s abdomen.

“I like you at any time, you two and a half years ago, you a year ago, you now, you next year, you ten years from now, you twenty years from now, you a hundred years from now.” Hou Longtao covered the girl’s eyes with his left hand.

“Brother Tao…” Xue Nuo pulled the man’s hand away, intending to get up and hug him, but suddenly froze. His right thumb and index finger were pinching a sparkling diamond ring…

Hou Longtao pushed open the door of a bedroom.

Ru Yan was by the bed, putting on silky stockings on her unparalleled long legs. When she saw the man come in, she pulled up her stockings and went to meet him.

Hou Longtao embraced the woman, lowered his head and sucked on her fragrant lips, took out a jewelry box, and opened it to reveal the diamond ring inside.

Ru Yan glanced at the ring and rested her forehead on the man’s shoulder.

Hou Longtao raised the beauty’s left hand and put the ring on her ring finger.

The two didn’t exchange a single word…

Yueling lay on the big bed, flipping through a fashion magazine. She was wearing short velvet pants, half of her round buttocks exposed.

Hou Longtao entered the room, sat next to the woman, and patted her 翘臀 [qiaotun – perky butt]. “Stop looking.”

“What for?”

“Stop looking.” Hou Longtao bent down, sucked on the tender flesh of the beauty’s buttocks, and sucked hard.

“Ouch!” Yueling cried out in pain, twisting around and hitting the man. “You’re so annoying, what are you doing?”

Hou Longtao took out a deck of cards. “Play cards with me for a while.”

“Play cards?” Yueling looked at the man strangely. This request was not common. “What about Long and the others? Won’t they play with you?”

“I want you to play with me.”

“Pull” Yueling seemed to understand what the man meant, smiled charmingly, turned around and lay on the man’s crotch, looking up at him while kissing his pants, and then began to unzip his zipper.

“That’s not what I meant,” Hou Longtao picked up the beauty. “I really want you to play cards with me.”

“Ah?”

Hou Longtao held the beauty in his arms. “I want you to play ‘Knock Three’ [a card game], do you remember what to use as a bet?”

“I remember, I’ll never forget.” Yueling pressed her face against the man’s chest.

Hou Longtao lifted the woman’s chin and kissed her lingeringly, dividing the cards into six piles in his hand.

Yueling leaned in the man’s arms, her cards were all seen, but she didn’t care at all. The tongue that was constantly stirring in her two ear canals had already made her infatuated.

Hou Longtao quickly won a hand. “Do you know I love you?”

“Yes.”

Hou Longtao quickly won a second hand. “Are you willing to be my wife?” There was a diamond ring in his hand…

Ruyun was more than five months pregnant, and her original wasp waist had become a bit wider, but this not only did not affect her dignified and elegant temperament, but added a bit of maternal beauty.

The beautiful woman sat on the balcony, enjoying the still warm sunshine, reading a detective novel, occasionally looking up to see the sisters playing in the distant blue lake. She breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn’t had such a peaceful life for too long. Relaxing was really good for the body and mind.

Hou Longtao went to the balcony, walked to the woman, bent down and kissed her face, then kissed her belly, and then sat down in the chair on the other side of the table. “Have you forgotten something?”

“Huh? What is it?” Ruyun put down the book.

“It’s been more than three months.”

Ruyun smiled knowingly. “Let the past be the past, why bother to dwell on it?”

“I just want to know if I satisfied you.”

“Hehe, you just want to hear praise. You already know if I’m satisfied, and I’ve said it more than once.”

“Hmph, hmph, hmph, can I confess something to you?” Hou Longtao reached out and took the beauty’s jade hand on the table.

“What heinous thing have you done again?” Ruyun smiled at her beloved man. She already had a feeling about what he wanted to say…(Golden Scales are not Things in a Pond) [meaning someone with great potential is not meant to stay in a small place]