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Miss Chu's carriage rattled into Blue Poplar Village, and Ma Wu hurried out to greet her before ushering her straight into Dreamspring Garden.
They uncorked a bottle of red wine and toasted each other before Miss Chu handed a folded newspaper to Ma Junyang.
Blue Poplar Village was so out of the way that news wandered in at a snail's pace. After reading the headline, Ma Wu felt his eyes go wide with shock.
"The Lu Dongliang who showed up at Qianyue Restaurant was actually Lu Dongjun in disguise?" Ma Wu blurted out in disbelief. "Is this news even reliable?"
"Reliable or not, who cares? The Lu Family is in a jumble already. You've been eyeing Paramount Club for ages, haven't you? Now is your perfect chance."
Ma Wu let out a crooked little smile. "Even if the opportunity is staring at me, I can't hold onto it. I simply don't have the capital for something like that."
"You don't have it, but I do. I will provide the money and you will do the work. We will buy Paramount Club together. Come on then, help me decide what price would be suitable."
When it came to business, Ma Wu's mind was clearer than anyone's.
You provide the money, I do the work? After I contribute all the labor, whose business is it? Still yours, isn't it? In other words, you are trying to trick me into doing the hard work.
Ma Wu had no intention of being the one doing the heavy lifting while someone else pocketed the profit, so he turned her down with a polite smile. "You think far too highly of me. One little village already leaves me exhausted. How would I dare take on a business that enormous?"
Miss Chu tucked her chin ever so slightly, glanced up...
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