Ye Tiancheng took Wang Xiaoniu to the building materials market. The scenery along the way was very beautiful.
Seeing Ye Tiancheng's actions, everyone was very envious. They were all envious that he could pick up a beautiful girl with his "er ba da gang" (a type of bicycle). Nowadays, even those with cars and houses were only good enough for marriage, and they couldn't be too picky.
Those who were too picky would not get married and could not find partners.
So…
They were all extremely envious of Ye Tiancheng. Most of these envious people were originally ordinary guys, a large portion of whom were losers. They had never been married and were now single dogs.
After all, getting married and having children was the best state, the essence of life.
After all, unmarried people felt many people's eyes judging them when they walked on the street.
"We really showed off today!" Wang Xiaoniu had originally hoped to be driven around the streets in a BMW 750, which would have been happiness.
"You mean you'd rather cry in a BMW than laugh on the back of a bicycle?" Ye Tiancheng retorted.
Wang Xiaoniu shook her head repeatedly, "What kind of saying is that?"
"It's what's in my heart!"
"Hmph, it's not what you said. When you like someone, any car brings happiness. When you don't like someone, of course, you'd rather cry in a luxury car than laugh on the back of a bicycle."
"Unfortunately, it seems that the person crying in the luxury car wasn't crying in a BMW, but crying on the back of a bicycle..." Ye Tiancheng seemed to have heard about the tragic end of that person, so he said to her.
Hearing this, she felt that this guy really deserved a beating.
It had to be said that Ye Tiancheng was a scoundrel.
Why would he say such a thing in this situation? It left her speechless. What was the meaning of this?
"Alright, after all, you were smiling on the back of the bicycle." Ye Tiancheng pinched Wang Xiaoniu's cheek, making her so angry that she wanted to kick Ye Tiancheng. But to maintain her mature demeanor, she couldn't act like a tomboy. She smiled deeply, "Forget it, I forgive you!"
"No way," he insisted, still unwilling to let go.
Seeing his words, she immediately felt uneasy. Honestly, she really didn't have that kind of feeling anymore. She didn't wish for things to be that way at all. Every woman who truly wanted to find a partner naturally hoped to find a very capable and much-loved man. This would be a perfect life.
Now, she didn't have many choices left because Ye Tiancheng was such an arrogant person. No matter how much Wang Xiaoniu objected, he still insisted on his own ideas and choices.
Thus, the "er ba da gang" became their first memory.
"Actually, it's not bad. How we live is our own business. How others see us is their business. We live to prove ourselves, not to live in the eyes of others. If we care too much about what others think, it will be very difficult." Ye Tiancheng said to her.
Hearing Ye Tiancheng's words, she felt completely disheartened.
Honestly, what kind of operation was this?
It was like a scholar meeting a soldier, unable to explain oneself even with reason.
"You're amazing, I'm convinced!" Wang Xiaoniu stopped talking. The more she talked, the angrier she became.
"Alright, I'm going to have a harem in the future, and you'll be the empress, but not the main empress." Ye Tiancheng said very frankly.
"Why can't I be the empress of the harem? Besides, can you handle it? If you have many wives and concubines, you'll suffer from kidney deficiency!"
"I have the capital." Ye Tiancheng naturally wouldn't tell her about his cultivation. This was a secret, and revealing it would lead to dangerous things, so he kept silent.
Speaking of which, having roamed the jianghu for so many years, this was the mentality of every loser. There was nothing strange about it, right?
This thought should be considered very proper!
"Your way of thinking really makes me want to complain!"
"Then complain to your heart's content." He smiled, a strange expression appearing on his face. These thoughts were truly unsettling.
Now they had no common ground. Everything they said seemed dangerous. Once it was revealed, it could cause great negative emotions. Therefore, this girl dared not talk to him anymore because she knew that the more capable a person was, the more wives they would have. It was normal for those who could earn money to have several wives. In this materialistic world, everyone wanted to find a rich man as a husband because life would become much easier, and they wouldn't have to worry about the future. Therefore, once one had money, they would have several wives.
This was also very normal. Wang Xiaoniu thought it was just like that and didn't want to dwell on these things. What Wang Xiaoniu truly cared about was whether Ye Tiancheng could afford a BMW 750. If he could, then it would be okay, and she would have a lot of face when she went back to her hometown. This was because people in her hometown were very worldly. As long as you had money, they would look at you differently and praise you, thinking you were very capable for finding a rich husband. If she went back to her hometown on an "er ba da gang," she would be looked down upon like anything. After all, people in this world only looked at the wine in the cup, and the cup always toasted the rich.
A life without money was simply like hell on earth. Therefore, the poor were abandoned by this world, as if they were disliked, and all happiness and material possessions were taken away from them. Such people were the most unfortunate in the world.
Surviving in this era was like being a salted fish; it was very difficult to turn things around. Most people would not succeed. Only a few who received God's favor would succeed. This required climbing the dragon and attaching to the phoenix, tightly holding onto the coattails of these rich people, and climbing up with all their might, using any means necessary. In this world, people who truly lived for love, like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, only existed in books, not in reality. Why did literature only exist in the human world? It was because there was no literature in heaven, only in hell.
Because this kind of thing gave people a yearning and guided them to pursue it. Most people wouldn't believe these things, only a few would believe these deceptive things. Therefore, deceptive things were often exaggerated, while true things were hidden outside the books.
"So, living for oneself is the most important thing. As for living for others, everyone knows in their hearts what they're doing, they just don't say it because saying it would be disadvantageous to oneself. People can do it, but they can't say it, because saying it will make people dislike them. It's like a story in 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio' where there was a pit that could grow dragon meat. Everyone could eat it, but no one could say it was dragon meat. As soon as someone said it was dragon meat, they would be struck by lightning." Ye Tiancheng realized that Wang Xiaoniu only wished to become a rich person. In fact, she didn't care how many women he had; what she cared about was whether he had money.
"What's the use of saying so much? If you can afford a BMW 750, I'll consider you amazing."
"Of course, I'll buy it in a month. At that time, you'll have to pay the price." He said, then patted her on the butt, making her feel a bit awkward. Doing such a thing in front of everyone was simply like a lecher. Wang Xiaoniu glared at Ye Tiancheng fiercely. In reality, she didn't mind at all; she was just pretending to show her displeasure. Inside, she desperately hoped… Sometimes women say one thing and mean another. So, as long as Ye Tiancheng had money, anything was possible…
If he didn't have money, then nothing was possible, not even this kind of action!
If you have money, you are mine. If you don't have money, get lost.
"So, as long as I make money, anything is possible, right?"
"Then this is a very realistic and very proper world."
"What's the use of you saying so much? I hope you don't say so much useless stuff."
He didn't care about these things at all. What he cared about was how to make these things successful. Everything was originally moving towards one goal.
This was Ye Tiancheng's idea. In fact, he didn't have much time to flirt with Xiaoniu; he had many things to do.
The purpose of bringing this woman under his wing was very simple: she would manage his cake shops.
If this woman didn't help him manage them, Ye Tiancheng wouldn't know who to find. After thinking about it, he decided it would be Wang Xiaoniu, with whom he had a good relationship.
This Wang Xiaoniu was actually very close to being as plump as Yang Guifei.
Her face was slightly chubby, with plump cheeks, making her look very cute.
"It looks like this kid wants to find all four types of beauties – 'Yan Shou Huan Fei' (thin as swallow, plump as Huan), 'Chen Yu Luo Yan' (sinking fish, falling geese), and 'Bi Yue Xiu Hua' (shaming moon, eclipsing flowers) – and then open a harem!"
"So what? He has abundant energy and will definitely have over a hundred children. At that time, the greater his pressure, the more he can earn. Each child will receive tens of billions, which can be described as enriching the country and opposing the enemy." Da Qing She didn't care about Shen Shi's words. In his opinion, the greater a person's desires, the greater their motivation. People without desires are like dead people; what's the meaning of living?
"Damn it, what about cultivating to immortality? I've placed all my hopes on him. If this kid doesn't succeed, then everything I've entrusted will be completely ruined."
"What does that have to do with me? You need to discuss this with Ye Tiancheng. Talking too much is useless," Da Qing She said.
"Damn!"
Shen Shi, by being with Ye Tiancheng, also learned to curse. Therefore, sometimes when everything felt extremely disappointing, it all became speechless. Some things seemed one way, but in reality, they had already become unrecognizable. No one would think you were very correct because of these things. After all, some things would definitely not go as you wished and would deviate greatly in reality.
"Even if you put in all your effort, it will eventually dissipate like smoke. So, you should believe in yourself. In the end, that won't count for anything. What's the use of worrying now? That guy doesn't listen to you at all. He's a very independent and content person. We can only follow his ideas. So, don't be discouraged and do unnecessary things."
"I'm convinced by you, old man." His heart sank. He still had many, many things he wanted to say, but he stopped. Because he knew that saying more was useless. For this kind of guy, saying more was like saying nothing.
"Since you know that saying more is useless, then don't say it. I'll make you silent." She smiled faintly, a very lewd smile appearing on her face.
"The two of us just need to do our best to assist this kid and make him successful. Don't think too much about other things, because thinking too much is useless. For now, we can only follow his footsteps. So, it can only be this way."
"I understand. If you say one more word, believe it or not, I'll kick you away!" Shen Shi and Da Qing Shan started arguing in Ye Tiancheng's sea of consciousness, arguing incessantly, making Ye Tiancheng feel like he had truly met two nemeses. If these two could be harmonious, it would naturally be very good, but they seemed to argue every time they met. If they didn't argue, they seemed very uncomfortable.
"You guys just don't understand that a full man doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man." Ye Tiancheng spoke to Da Qing She and Shen Shi with his divine sense.
Upon hearing Ye Tiancheng's words, these two immediately became obedient. They stopped talking to him because they were disturbing his peace.
Speaking of which, Ye Tiancheng went to the building materials market and saw a dazzling array of building materials, which made him feel a bit overwhelmed. These building materials were not the ones he was looking for. These materials seemed very useless to him.
"Boss, what do you need?" A middle-aged woman saw Ye Tiancheng searching for about a few laps. She walked up to him. Since he hadn't chosen anything, she boldly went forward to strike up a conversation with Ye Tiancheng.
"Some retro building materials!"
"This..." The middle-aged woman was somewhat speechless. There were no such materials at all. Nowadays, people were decorating according to Western tastes. No one would decorate in this ancient style, unless Taoist temples and Buddhist temples still used ancient decorative materials. For home decoration, ancient materials were not used at all.
"So, there are none."
"There are, but not in our county. This county is too small. You can only find them in big cities. After all, wealthy people in cities might use ancient materials for decoration, but they are very expensive. Decorating a small alley of more than ten square meters would cost two to three hundred thousand yuan. If you decorate more than 100 square meters, it would probably cost over two million yuan, and that's without labor costs." Looking at Ye Tiancheng's outfit, which was only worth over a hundred yuan, she thought he was just here to tease the building material merchants. He didn't have money on him but came out pretending to be rich and made such unreasonable requests. Generally, rich people were not eccentric, except for the super-rich. Small wealthy people still followed the European style and would never be like Ye Chen, pretending to be rich without money.
Ye Tiancheng saw the look in the middle-aged woman's eyes and knew what she was thinking, but he wouldn't bother with her. He just smiled faintly and said, "I own a shop and want to decorate the storefront in an ancient style. I need to decorate four shops in total, so I plan to spend two million yuan. If I have more money, I won't decorate; I'll make the materials myself to decorate."
"Oh, my goodness, do you think you're a god? You can make materials yourself. Gods are omnipotent. Don't speak too boastfully, or you might break your tongue." The middle-aged woman saw Ye Tiancheng as someone who liked to show off, pretending to be rich without money.
"What's wrong with you? Does wearing simple clothes mean you're not rich? People can wear whatever they like. Don't look at me with prejudiced eyes. My man said he can make materials himself, so he can make materials. What's the big deal? It's not like building an airplane or a cannon, high-end technology." Wang Xiaoniu, who was standing nearby, finally couldn't stand it and interjected.
The middle-aged woman didn't expect to step on a snake's tail. She immediately became agitated. This beautiful young girl confronted her directly, making her face turn red, like a hen laying an egg.
"Since there are none, I'm too lazy to go to the mall. I'll make the materials myself. However, I want to tell you that whether I have money or not is none of your business. How you look at me is also none of my business. I'll do what I say, and soon I'll open shops here. You can come and visit then." Ye Tiancheng rolled his eyes and treated the woman with indifference.
The middle-aged woman chuckled, her mouth turned up high, "I'll wait for you. I've seen too many men who like to show off. They like to make phone calls in public and tell everyone on the bus that they just talked about tens of billions but are not discussing millions. Isn't this kind of scene... isn't it like this?"
"Even though you're unconvinced, you'll soon be convinced. I am who I am. What are you babbling about? I'll soon show you my capabilities and slap your face hard." If Ye Tiancheng wasn't a woman, he would have rushed over and slapped her twice. He felt that this woman deserved a beating. How others live and how others do things is none of his business. Even if you can't stand it, you have to watch it. You have to watch it even if you can stand it. This world is free. Even if they do something like dogs, it's none of your business. Whether you want to watch or not is up to you. That's freedom.
"My mother is waiting for you to see your misfortune!" The middle-aged woman smiled coldly, her face full of disdain for Ye Tiancheng. Ye Tiancheng didn't need this woman's approval; he only needed his own approval.
Wang Xiaoniu looked at Ye Tiancheng's arm and swaggered past the woman, giving them a big rearview. This meant telling the woman that if she had nothing to do, she could just mock them. What was the point of saying so much? Did she think she was a god?
Of course, after they left, this woman started making phone calls. She wanted to notify all her relatives and friends to investigate who this man was. Just now, her surveillance had captured Ye Tiancheng's back. In today's highly networked era, as long as you have your photo, you can easily find out who this person is by mobilizing your social circle. Therefore, in today's networked era, never do things that make people feel troubled, otherwise, your reputation will be exposed to the public.