Chapter 371 I'm Going to Make You Anxious
"Mom, tell me what I should do."
Tong Huaqiong nodded.
Very good, Gu Baishuang has already flown in to discuss strategies to take over the Nie family’s business.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Go back and tell Nie Mingyuan that the reason I didn't agree to help you with the Lu family is that I was angry that he didn't come to the Gu family before, but now that he came, he asked me to help you with the Lu family. Are you sure you can persuade me to calm down and convince me to help you with the Lu family? It's up to you how you negotiate with Nie Mingyuan. After all, you have been with him for so long, you know him better than I do."
Tong Huaqiong didn't need to teach Nie Mingyuan how to convince him to let Gu Baishuang participate in the business.
If Gu Baishuang doesn't even have this ability, then she will never be able to control the Nie family's business in this lifetime, and she deserves to never be able to turn things around.
As Gu Baishuang's nominal family member, even if Gu Baishuang could not control the Nie family's business, Tong Huaqiong would not sit idly by and watch her being kicked out of the house by her two stepsons.
But if this happens, Gu Baishuang and Nie Xiaofeng will have to stay in the Gu family again. Can Gu Baishuang and Nie Xiaofeng be willing to accept this?
The best approach is to let Gu Baishuang stand up on her own and take control of the Nie family's business.
Tong Huaqiong believed that Gu Baishuang had this ability.
Gu Baishuang has been married to the Nie family for so many years, and she is able to manage the Nie family's backyard so well, and it is not just her enthusiasm that counts.
The reason why she was schemed against by Nie Mingyuan and her stepson in her previous life was that she put shackles on herself, always fearing that her stepmother would be gossiped about.
After listening to Tong Huaqiong's suggestion, Gu Baishuang said, "If you are willing to help the Lu family, I will be able to convince Nie Mingyuan."
Speaking of this, Gu Baishuang was full of gratitude to Tong Huaqiong.
If she had any resentment towards her stepmother in the past, she no longer had any of it, because she couldn't think of any benefit to herself from Tong Huaqiong's behavior.
If this thing succeeds, the biggest beneficiary will be myself.
"Of course, you think everything we said makes sense. Maybe once you get out of here and get caught up in the wind, you'll think that what I said was to harm you, and that only Nie Mingyuan is true to you. Then you'll blame me and hate me, and never mention the matter of taking control of the Nie family's business again. No matter what, you're the one who makes the decision, and you're the one who accepts the result. I'll stop here, go back and think about it before you decide."
After Tong Huaqiong said this, she asked Chen Sufen to send Gu Baishuang out.
Tong Huaqiong had no idea how ambitious and determined Gu Baishuang was to take control of the Nie family.
She had seen many people like this in her past life, and she didn't want Gu Baishuang to rush forward without thinking clearly, and finally change sides after being coaxed by Nie Mingyuan's words.
Gu Baishuang did not respond to this and followed Chen Sufen out of the Gu family's gate.
"Why does Dahan's wife look for you?" Nie Mingyuan asked impatiently after the carriage left Qinghe Bay.
Gu Baishuang calmed down her inner turmoil and said, "It's not Xiaolong's business. She's pregnant now and she's worried. She has a lot to say but she can't tell Dahan or her mother-in-law, so she told me."
Nie Mingyuan sneered and complained, "Didn't you say that your stepmother has become more reasonable? I don't think she has changed at all. If she had changed, why would she bring Dahan's illegitimate child to disgust your sister-in-law?"
"You used to do a lot of things for the Gu family, and now you ask your stepmother to help introduce them to the Lu family. She is unwilling to help even if it is easy. I really don't know what she is thinking."
The younger daughter-in-law, Sun, rocked the child in her arms and said, "Stepmother is not mother-in-law's biological mother. How can you expect a stepmother to help you? She has this relationship and keeps it for her own children."
The eldest daughter-in-law Zhang echoed: "Who says it's not true? All stepmothers are the same."
Normally these two daughters-in-law don't get along, and the only thing that can unite them is to deal with Gu Baishuang.
So do my two step-sons.
Nie Mingyuan heard his daughter-in-law making indirect accusations but did not say anything to stop her.
She used to be sad but understanding, but today she feels completely heartbroken.
Sun and Zhang were still arguing with the stepmother, and Nie Xiaofeng shouted angrily, "Shut your stinky mouths."
Sun and Zhang looked at each other and said nothing.
Gu Baishuang sneered, "Who are you referring to when you keep calling her stepmother? I'm usually too good-tempered, so you dare to mention the word stepmother in front of me. If it was someone as powerful as my stepmother, I'd tear your mouth to pieces if you dared to mention even a word about her."
Tong Huaqiong was right. The reason they dared to disrespect her was that she had no trump card in her hand.
If she really controls the business and money like Tong Huaqiong, who would dare to be rude to her?
Gu Baishuang changed the subject and said to Nie Mingyuan, "Do you know why my stepmother is unwilling to bring you and the Lu family together? Just now, Sufen told me some private things and I realized that we have offended her."
Nie Mingyuan became interested and asked, "What do you mean?"
Gu Baishuang sighed and said, "The Lu family runs a large ship in Southeast Asia. You want to invest in it and sell goods, and she wants to do so too. She heard that porcelain is popular in Southeast Asia, so she bought a batch of porcelain some time ago. Because she doesn't know much about this business, she was cheated. My stepmother is a person who absolutely refuses to admit that she is wrong. She puts all the blame on you, saying that if you had visited her on weekdays and told her about the market price of porcelain, she would not have been cheated."
Nie Mingyuan was speechless.
This cheap mother-in-law is really unreasonable, and it can all be blamed on him.
"So we shouldn't mention the porcelain business to her."
Gu Baishuang continued, "If you ask who can convince the stepmother to agree to match the Lu family, it must be Sufen and Dahan. Do you know why? Someone told the stepmother's fortune and said that Man'er is the lucky star in her life. Only if she treats Man'er well will the whole Gu family prosper. You know what, since she changed her attitude towards Man'er and the first wife, her life has been getting better and better. Didn't you see that she treats Dahan's family better than the second wife's family? As a wife of the Nie family, I definitely don't want you to miss the opportunity to have a relationship with the Lu family, so I asked Sufen to mediate between us in front of the stepmother just now."
When Nie Mingyuan heard Gu Baishuang say this, he was overjoyed.
If Tong Huaqiong is willing to help the Lu family, then he won't have to run around with his two sons, and he won't have to worry about his two sons being cheated. In the future, he only needs to invest money to buy goods and follow the Lu family's merchant ships to Southeast Asia.
Maybe he could become an imperial merchant.
The more Nie Mingyuan thought about it, the happier he became.
Gu Baishuang looked coldly at her man's undisguised ambition and sneered in her heart.
How come she had never realized Nie Mingyuan's greed before? He was so greedy that she could easily hook him.
"My husband, don't be happy too soon. My stepmother is a fickle person. She might promise something today and go back on her word tomorrow. We have to give her enough benefits before she is willing to work for us." Gu Baishuang said to Nie Mingyuan with concern.
Nie Mingyuan nodded and said, "You are right. Then what do you think your stepmother wants?"
Gu Baishuang stopped talking.
Nie Mingyuan was so anxious that he was helpless.
Gu Baishuang thought, she just wanted to make you anxious. The more anxious you were, the more she could tear open the gap in her grip on the Nie family's business.