Chapter 520 - 550: I Love Jiao Jiao’s Serious Look
If Li Xiaomei had been pale before, now she was starting to tremble uncontrollably.
There was only one reason for this—it was something that only she was supposed to know.
Ah Feng couldn’t possibly know. No one else could. But this Lin Nian actually knew!
Looking at the trembling Li Xiaomei, Lin Nian smiled gently. "Auntie, whenever I get close to Ah Feng, I dream about his future. If I marry him, his career will be incredibly successful, and he’ll become the richest man in North City. Also, about the trouble at the paint factory... I have a way to solve it before the problem gets any bigger."
Li Xiaomei stared at Lin Nian as if she were a monster. "Wh-what do you want?"
"Me? I just want to marry Ah Feng and be with him. Because I love him."
Hearing Lin Nian say this actually helped Li Xiaomei calm down a little.
She took a deep breath and said, "I can’t decide this on my own. I need to go back and discuss it with Brother Feng, and I have to ask Ah Feng what he thinks."
"Of course. Go on, I’ll be waiting for your good news."
As she watched Li Xiaomei walk away, the corner of Lin Nian’s mouth curled into a cold smirk.
’She was only doing this because they had all forced her hand! She had suffered so much already. Wasn’t it her turn to enjoy a good life?’
’That Qin Jiao has done absolutely nothing, yet she gets to live a better life just because of her protagonist’s halo. How is that fair?’
’It’s not fair!’
’She might be a supporting character, but she refused to settle for that role. She would become this world’s protagonist, she would be Shen Feng’s wife, she would be the wife of the future richest man!’
While Lin Nian was plotting to become the wife of the richest man, Qin Jiao was busy thinking about how to become the richest person herself.
She was lying on her stomach on the bed, sketching with a pen. "Shen Yi," she said, "I’m planning to buy a bigger house in or near Rose District for my parents, Xiao Shi, and Grandpa Du to live in. The air quality is better there, and it’ll be easier for us to take care of them. Besides, you know that area is going to develop incredibly well in ten years."
"Alright. I’ll talk to my grandfather about it tomorrow."
"Also," she continued, "I’ve been thinking. Now that Jiu Yi’s clothing line is stable, we can start making shoes and other fashion accessories. We can grow Jiu Yi into a household name, a national brand, and eventually build it into a whole corporation."
Shen Yi loved seeing the way her eyes lit up at times like this. It made him want to kiss her more than anything.
"Alright, whatever you say!"
"As for electronics, the market won’t be ready for a few more years, but we need to get the capital and everything else ready in advance. After all, once that boom starts, it will move incredibly fast. If we lose focus for even a second, we’ll be left in the dust."
"Oh, right! I also remember a few very promising stocks from my past life. Once we have the money, we can buy a lot of shares right when they have their IPO."
Qin Jiao rattled off several more ideas before looking up to find Shen Yi watching her, his eyes shining.
She touched her face. "What is it?"
"I just realized... I love seeing you so passionate, Jiao Jiao!"
"To be honest, I kind of like this side of myself, too," Qin Jiao said with a gentle smile, her voice soft. "I want to work hard and earn lots and lots of money so my family, and the man I love, can all have a good life."
The winds of opportunity were beginning to blow, and Qin Jiao and Shen Yi, who knew what the future held, were of a single mind.
As for retiring early someday to simply enjoy life, that was definitely part of the plan too.
After all, life was about working hard when it was time to work and enjoying yourself when it was time to relax, wasn’t it?