Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

River went on, "I can't sacrifice Yantail. I just can't. Does that mean the only option

is for Yantail to be absorbed by Lafond Group? Become one of their subsidiaries?"

If he didn't change industries, the only way to avoid rivalry would be to merge.

But River didn't want that. Lafond wanted to acquire Yantail-but that wasn't what he wanted.

Zachary answered, "Weren't you already working on transforming Yantail? The

company isn't stuck in just one industry anymore. As long as you move away from

competing directly with Lafond, it'll be fine."

"There are hundreds of industries out there. And in every field, there are

opportunities for top talent. You could pivot and still thrive."

He paused. "But River, this is your life. I can't make that decision for you. If you're

not ready to make sacrifices, then stick with the status quo and see how things

go. Maybe in a few years, things will change."

added, "by then, you'll be in your thirties. Grandma's getting older.

day by day now. Who knows how long

grandsons get married. We were

and you-could settle down soon. Give her

had also been nudging

year younger than River,

marry if he

commitment. You've got to be sure so you

will live to see us all married-with

a deep bond with their grandmother. Watching her

health issues terrified

want to imagine

the family. As long as

she was gone-even though their parents would still be around-it would

still remembered how painful it had been when their grandfather passed. It took forever to

Grandma, it would be even

with her even longer now. Their connection

voice softened. "Think it through. Just don't let it turn into

through a transformation. I think that's the best