Chapter 48: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Chapter 48
“Mom, what do you think I should do? Now only a few people believe in me, but most don't buy it, and many even think it's Ren Ran's achievement.” After she finished speaking, she found that her mother had not responded yet, and couldn't help urging her.
“Mom, why don't you say anything?”
“What do you want me to say, that you are foolish, or that you are petty? What did I tell you before? I said to spend money, so spend it to the end. But what did you do? In order to save that little money, you left a handle for others to operate.”
Ruan Fengru suddenly realized that her daughter had too little experience.
“At that time, you should have asked the hotel to seal all the reserved top-grade ingredients. If you couldn't do that, you should have told everyone in advance, or prepared enough to deal with emergencies. Or, you could have used other means, such as lottery, etc. to put those top-grade ingredients out in the open."
"Look at yourself, see what you did? You had a good hand, but you played it into this kind of situation." There was anger in Ruan Fengru's voice.
It had been many years since Kong Lian had felt her mother's anger.
"Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have tried to save money and put myself in a passive position."
"Foolish!" Ruan Fengru was very angry.
Lose big because of small things!
In order to fill the pit of this gamble, she put all her savings in it. She thought she had contacted people well, settled things, and let her take care of some small matters to train her abilities, but she didn't expect that she was not up to the task.
If she didn't look like herself, she would almost suspect that she had held the wrong child back then.
Not only did they waste this money in vain, but also fell foul of gossip.
They became scapegoats without any benefit at all.
"Mom, what should we do now? How can we turn the situation around?"
"Don't do anything now, let's talk when you get back."
"Okay."
In the afternoon, everyone happily took the cruise back to the city, only one had a smile on her face, but her mouth was like she had eaten aconite, hard to express the bitterness.
At the dock exit, a Koenigsegg was parked at the edge of the pier, with an old butler standing in front of the car, his eyes looking at the exit.
Kong Lian and her party walked at the forefront. Hu Xiyue saw the Koenigsegg and pulled at her sleeve.
"Kong Lian, isn't that your family's butler coming to pick you up?"
"Oh, the car is different this time." Tan Jia's eyes were better than Hu Xiyue’s, and she noticed the difference.
Just as Kong Lian was about to say no, she heard Zhao Yi's voice from behind.
"That Koenigsegg is awesome. I wonder what it feels like to get in."
"Let me take you for a ride."
The four of them walked directly past them and headed for the Koenigsegg.
Hu Xiyue realized she had made a mistake, and glanced timidly at Kong Lian. Seeing that she was not angry, she breathed a sigh of relief.
As if by coincidence, the nanny car arranged by Ruan Fengru was parked next to the Koenigsegg.
"Miss Kong." The driver saw Kong Lian and greeted her enthusiastically.
Kong Lian looked at the Lexus nanny car. Although it was priced at over 2 million yuan, it was not in the same class as the Koenigsegg when compared.
"The driver is here to pick me up. I have to go first."
"Okay, bye."
A few people waved goodbye to her.
As soon as Kong Lian got in the car, her face sank instantly, especially when she saw the others get into the Koenigsegg happily next door, she felt aggrieved and shouted at the driver: "Drive!"
The driver was startled, not knowing what he had done to offend her. But adhering to the principle that the customer is God, he didn't say anything and drove away.
A few minutes later, the Koenigsegg drove past them. Through the half-open car window, she didn't know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to see Ren Ran smile at her. That smile contained a hint of provocation, no, it was more like mockery.