Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 195: Dead Ghost Dad (Happy New Year’s Day)_1

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Dead Ghost Dad (Happy New Year’s Day)_1

Nalan Yaqi’s face turned slightly red, obviously understanding what her mother was implying.

"Oh, you... I’m... I’m just friends with Wang Ye! It’s normal for friends to help each other, right? Wang Ye doesn’t need this car anymore since he has become successful, so he sold it to me at a lower price."

She remembered what Wang Ye had said to her a few days ago, so she used it to answer her mother.

Liu Mei looked at her suspiciously, seeming to judge whether Nalan Yaqi was telling the truth or not.

After a while, she asked, "Are you lying to me?"

"No!" Nalan Yaqi responded firmly.

Of course, she didn’t lie to Liu Mei. In fact, she did wish something would happen between her and Wang Ye, but he always played hard to get. Despite several opportunities he just did not seem to take the hint.

Thinking about this made Nalan Yaqi grit her teeth in irritation...

Hearing Nalan Yaqi’s definitive denial, Liu Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest and muttering, "That’s good, that’s good."

Nalan Yaqi found this a bit amusing, so she asked, "Mom, do you have something against Wang Ye? It seems like you’re very worried about me getting involved with him."

Liu Mei heaved a sigh and said solemnly, "I don’t have any issues with Wang Ye! In fact, after interacting with him, I think he’s one of the most outstanding young men of your generation I’ve ever met."

"Huh? Then why were you..." Nalan Yaqi asked in surprise.

"Ah!"

Liu Mei sighed heavily again, voicing her bitterness, "He is very outstanding, but for a girl, he might not be a good boyfriend, let alone a good husband or a good father! I don’t want you to end up like me..."

At this point, both mother and daughter fell silent.

After a while, Nalan Yaqi finally spoke, "Where...where did my father go? Why haven’t you ever told me?"

After a long silence, Liu Mei finally began to talk.

"You’re grown up now, so it’s fine to tell you.

Your father was a handsome and outstanding man when he was young, just like Wang Ye, and many girls liked him.

Unfortunately, such a man is not willing to lead an ordinary life. When I was just pregnant with you, he got an opportunity to go abroad and left without hesitation.

That heartless man had no consideration for me who had to raise you on my own. Life was so difficult!

What’s worse, the chance to go abroad was given by the country, but to stay abroad, he completely disappeared...

No one has been able to contact him since and we don’t know what he’s doing now.

Maybe he is ...

Dead!"

Obviously, Liu Mei was just venting her anger by saying he was dead.

But she did truly despise him...

Nalan Yaqi didn’t know how to judge a father like this.

After a long silence, she said, "Wang Ye is...better than him, right?"

Liu Mei looked at her with a teasing smile, "Wang Ye is more handsome and talented than your deadbeat father! And what about that Russian girl, Angelina? There must be something going on between them, right? Look how young Wang Ye is, just eighteen years old and already messing around! How on earth could I entrust my daughter to a boy like him?"

As someone who had been through it herself, Liu Mei had noticed the "unnatural" relationship between Wang Ye and Angelina during the Study Abroad Promotion Conference.

Nalan Yaqi didn’t have anything to say, to be honest, she was quite annoyed by Wang Ye’s "playboy" tendencies...

She could only mutter, "Whether he messes around or not has nothing to do with me, anyway I’m just... just friends with him."

"I’m telling you, no getting more involved with Wang Ye. A person like that is wonderful to be friends with, but dating would be a disaster!" Liu Mei warned her.

"I know, I know. Mom, you’re not even going through menopause yet. Why are you so naggy..."

Mumbling under her breath, Nalan Yaqi started the car and drove towards the city center.

.........

At the Turandot Restaurant, Wang Ye and Angelina were already sitting in a reserved private room. The dishes had been ordered in advance, and they were just waiting for Nalan Yaqi and Liu Mei to arrive before they could start eating.

"Why did Aunt Liu come all of a sudden?" Angelina asked curiously.

She had also met Liu Mei when she accompanied Wang Ye to the Promotion Conference.

"I partnered with her to start a tourism company. She came to inspect the tourist routes and to see Nalan Yaqi," Wang Ye answered.

"By the way, why did your Xiao Ying Hotel close? I thought the business was doing quite well." Angelina remembered something and asked.

Wang Ye hadn’t given Angelina a detailed explanation about the gambling license.

So while they were waiting, he took the time to tell Angelina the whole story.

"Moscow, St. Petersburg, Crimea Peninsula, this is the golden tourist route I want to create. Do you know of any suitable hotels in your hometown for me to acquire? The area must be big enough, the hotel doesn’t need to be high, ideally it should have a base building," Wang Ye added.

Angelina was taken aback by both surprise and joy. The surprise came naturally from Wang Ye’s business suddenly taking a huge leap forward, him getting a full-version gambling license unexpectedly!

The joy was that Wang Ye intended to develop the tourism resources in her hometown...

Angelina was indeed very proud of the scenery in her hometown, Yalta. During the former Soviet era, the city was a famous tourist spot!

However, after the breakdown of the former Soviet Union, the turbulence of the times and the loss of the people’s savings for many years made people struggle to make ends meet, and naturally, tourism faded away...

As a result, Yalta gradually declined.

If there is a substantial investment, the tourism industry in Yalta can be redeveloped, the city will usher in drastic changes!

She thought for a long time before replying, "There used to be many sanatoriums and such, but most of them were state-owned, and most private hotels have closed down. I can’t think of any that are the size of Xiao Ying Hotel."

This was rather normal, after all, the tourism industry in Yalta had declined long ago and there were few tourists. Naturally, there would be no significant hotels.

Wang Ye frowned slightly. He could have bought land and built a hotel, but that would be too time-consuming. From buying the land to planning and approval, to construction and decoration, it could easily take two to three years.

For him, time was of the essence!

He didn’t know what things would be like in two or three years. He might even have been forced to take sides by then.

If he was unlucky, he might have to start "exile" abroad...

By the time the hotel was built, what good would it do?

So he just wanted to buy an existing large hotel quickly, refurbish it and start operating. While the business environment was still relaxed, he would make a fortune first...