"You actually watch this kind of news report?" Lin Yu, who was practically glued to Li Dong, could clearly see the video he was watching. She asked with some confusion.
Logically speaking, a rich second-generation heir like Li Dong should usually be watching videos about gourmet food, luxury watches, beautiful women, sports cars, and yachts—enjoying the good life.
Living the carefree life of a spoiled heir.
Because most of the information Lin Yu had previously found about Li Dong pointed in that direction.
Of course, she had also asked someone to look into Li Dong's recent activities.
But Lin Yu believed that this sudden change was all to pave the way for his younger brother's entrepreneurial ventures.
After all, Li Dong's younger brother was the real genius. There were records of his achievements from childhood, proving he was an extraordinarily gifted young man.
Li Tiang's mentor had given him high praise, and even some academicians in the Great Xia's scientific community held him in high regard.
If Li Tiang continued his research for another twenty or thirty years, he would undoubtedly become a top-tier scientist in Great Xia's academic circles.
He might even become a world-class scientist.
"?? If I don't watch this kind of news, what should I be watching?" Li Dong looked at Lin Yu, who was inching closer, and immediately scooted away, putting distance between them.
"You still haven't answered my earlier question. Is the gym upstairs being used by you?" Lin Yu found his reaction amusing.
He was acting like a child, guarding against her as if she were a thief.
"Yes, it's me. Happy now?" With that, Li Dong turned off his phone screen, stood up, and walked away without looking back—heading off to take a shower.
It was getting late.
Li Dong had returned around 4 PM.
After scrolling through videos for a while, it was now close to 6 PM, and Aunt Liu was already preparing dinner.
As for ingredients, the Li family had partnerships with local fresh food suppliers. Orders were placed in advance daily, and deliveries were made with fresh produce.
Of course, the orders varied each day, so the ingredients delivered were different too.
Sometimes, Li Dong would even go to the market himself to pick out some ingredients.
"A 1,500-kilogram barbell—is that something an ordinary person can even use? Even the world's top strongmen wouldn't be able to handle it, right?"
Hearing Li Dong admit to it and recalling the equipment she had just seen in the gym, Lin Yu fell silent as she watched him walk away.
She felt like Li Dong was practically inhuman.
That one-and-a-half-ton barbell in the gym? Forget enhanced strongmen—even bio-engineered humans from movies would struggle to lift it.
All the equipment in the second-floor gym had been custom-made by professional manufacturers and specially treated—all of it designed for extreme weight.
Just the solid, reinforced barbell bar alone weighed 100 kilograms.
There were also dumbbells weighing several hundred kilograms.
Was this something an ordinary person could even lift?
When Lin Yu first entered the gym and saw the equipment, she even wondered if she was dreaming.
Because those tools weren't meant for ordinary people—they were for superhumans straight out of movies.
If Lin Yu knew that this wasn't even Li Dong's maximum strength, just his warm-up weight, she would probably be even more shocked.
This kind of power was simply inhuman.
"However, this makes things much more interesting." At this thought, Lin Yu's lips curled slightly, forming a bright smile.
It was obvious that after seeing the gym equipment, Lin Yu no longer believed Li Dong was an ordinary person but rather someone whose physical abilities far surpassed normal humans.
Lin Yu didn't shamelessly stay for dinner—she had only come seeking an answer.
Now, she had found that answer, but her interest in Li Dong had only grown.
This was bad news for Li Dong.
Around seven in the evening.
The first thing Xu Yajun said upon returning home was, "Dong, where's my future daughter-in-law? Why didn't Xiao Yu stay for dinner?" She then began looking around.
"Mom, I have absolutely no relationship with that Lin Yu. Don't go around claiming her as your daughter-in-law."
Li Dong nearly jumped out of his skin at his mother's words.
What nonsense was this?
Damn it, how could Lin Yu find a loophole and stir up trouble like this?
Utterly ridiculous.
"I'm not meddling in you young people's affairs, but I've already accepted her as my daughter-in-law. That girl Lin Yu is so beautiful—her figure, her face, and her family background are all better than those two you've been keeping outside."
"Those two have been with you for years and haven't even produced a single egg! It's enough to drive me mad."
Xu Yajun was visibly upset that Lin Yu hadn't stayed for dinner, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
Did she not know whether Li Dong had been keeping women outside?
She had simply turned a blind eye.
But after all these years without even a hint of a grandchild, she couldn't help but feel furious.
At times, Xu Yajun had even suspected it was Li Dong's problem, but after taking him for a medical checkup, everything turned out fine.
She then took the two women for examinations as well, only to find no issues there either.
In the end, she concluded that these two women must be incompatible with Li Dong's destiny, clashing with his fate and thus unable to bear children.
Xu Yajun had recently consulted a fortune-teller, who told her that Lin Yu's destiny perfectly matched her son's—she had the makings of a prosperous wife and was certain to bear children.
Besides, Xu Yajun genuinely liked Lin Yu—her stunning figure, her beauty, her noble upbringing, her refined manners, and her sweet words.
In ancient times, a girl like her would be one in ten thousand, worthy of being a noblewoman.
"Me? Keeping women outside? Mom, don't spout nonsense. There's no such thing." Li Dong nearly jumped up in protest.
"Whether you admit it or not doesn't matter. Your mother knows the truth."
Xu Yajun rolled her eyes at him.
Li Dong didn't argue further.
He was a man—one with far greater stamina than ordinary men—how could he not have such needs?
Besides, among the wealthy in Great Xia, who didn't have mistresses?
It wasn't illegal, just a moral issue.
Before long, Li Tiang and Song Weiwei returned home, but Li Dong had no appetite for dinner that night.
All because of that little troublemaker Lin Yu.
Meanwhile, Li Tiang and Song Weiwei were thoroughly enjoying the drama.
The household's unruly tyrant had finally met his match—and was completely cornered.
After dinner, Li Dong scrolled through short videos, skimmed the news, bragged a bit with the folks in the Doomsday Chat Group, and then went to bed.
Early the next morning.
After washing up and finishing breakfast, Li Dong drove out in his luxury car worth millions.
Today, he was scheduled to discuss business with a representative from a petrochemical refinery. This refinery was state-owned, backed by a powerful state-run company.
Li Dong planned to entrust this refinery with processing the 200,000 tons of crude oil stored in the port's storage tanks.
They would refine and produce various petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, lubricants, paraffin, asphalt, petroleum coke, ethylene, and liquefied petroleum gas.
This was far better than purchasing petrochemical equipment himself and hiring a team of skilled workers to handle the refining.
With an established refinery handling the processing, all he had to do was spend a little extra money.
"Hello, how should I address you?"
"Just call me Manager Chen. Mr. Li, hello—what a talented young man you are."
"Haha, you flatter me. Manager Chen, you're no less impressive yourself. Unlike me, who just relies on my family's legacy."
"..."