At the dinner table, the landlady swapped her tight yoga outfit for more formal attire and sat primly on the chair, supervising her daughter while eating, still flushed from her earlier exercise.
In contrast, Su Qing and Shen Yi sat side by side, with Shen Yi looking at the little girl across from them and asking:
"How much did your mom spend to buy him?"
Upon hearing this, the little girl held up her hands and raised ten fingers: "A hundred bucks!"
Su Qing: "Cough, cough, cough!"
One hundred bucks it is! Truly worthy of a business family, frugal from a young age, buying a grown person for a re hundred bucks.
However, for a child who just finished preschool, 100 is already a significant amount.
Before attending school, Su Qing could only count up to 20.
Of course, that was because he hadn't gone to preschool.
Back then, preschools were scarce, if available at all; at least, that's how he rembered it.
On the other hand, Su He attended preschool, so she excelled in studies, and Su Qing always attributed not getting into a top-tier university to not having gone to preschool.
Otherwise, having the sa parents, he couldn't believe the gap between him and Su He could be that wide, considering the effort he took to get into a second-tier university.
Yes, it must be because he didn't attend preschool, Su Qing mused.
"Then Auntie will give you 200, and you let your mom sell him to ," Shen Yi casually said.
The little girl shook her head, unwilling, since she doesn't grasp the concept of money yet.
"300, plus I'll give you Big Yellow, how about that?"
"Really?"
Su Qing: ...
Alright, although he knew the little girl might be after the dog, not her dad, hearing it stated so plainly left him a bit speechless. Aren't you a third-generation rich? How can you be satisfied with so little?
Even that not-so-bright Wang Shanshan had ten million; by your status, asking for thirty million wouldn't be too much.
Then he ended up being "sold back" to the little girl for 300 bucks, much to his and the landlady's speechless disbelief.
Especially the landlady, watching Shen Yi teasing her daughter, snorted, "Can't you have a bit of ambition? Bullying a child is no skill."
"Hm? Qing Sis, you don't want to sell?" Shen Yi chuckled.
"Pah, go on, don't drag your couple's issues onto ; I'm just a widow, can't stand the stench of your love."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yi's foot slid under the table, lifting Wen Nanqing's skirt teasingly: "Listen to yourself, a young widow with such a great figure is rare. Even I, as a woman, want a bite. What do you think, Master Su?"
'Phoo' Su Qing quickly covered his mouth, pretending not to hear, focusing on his al; getting involved in this would spell trouble.
The landlady, unable to bear Shen Yi's teasing foot, stood up, straightened her skirt, and spat:
"What's the use of having such skills on ? Go tease little Su; he's right next to you, yet you dare not flirt with him. Flirting with is pointless; we're both won. If you're capable, stay over tonight; let's test it out in bed!"
Shen Yi: ...
Faced with this woman, once she started with promiscuous talk, Shen Yi never gained the upper hand. Mainly because the talk was too explicit, she wasn't at that level yet.
So she couldn't help but turn to look at a certain soone beside her.
Su Qing, nose in his rice, heart on his food, pretended not to hear but internally found it exhilarating. Private won's talk really packs a punch, no wonder husbands can't touch their chats.
"All right, I can't afford to ss with you, is that fine?" Shen Yi conceded, recalling the tis she'd shared a bed with Wen Nanqing and ended up as the disadvantaged one.
In contrast, Wen Nanqing, having seen many grand scenes, easily handled the likes of her.
"Alright, the West Suburb Jianyang Materials Company owner, Wang Zheng, is Wang Shanshan's father. He knows Xu Feng sweet-talked a million from his daughter and is now eyeing their villa in the capital, so he contacted today. We've already negotiated, and results should be visible in about a week since Wen Sister has already contacted Brother Wen, so it should be smooth," Su Qing said calmly after taking a bite of stir-fried at.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yi paused, glancing toward Wen Nanqing, who nodded, leaving her a bit dumbfounded, "How did you manage that?"
As a company owner, she couldn't connect with Jiang City's influential locals, yet Su Qing, whom she always thought was an ordinary worker, accomplished sothing she couldn't, leaving her amazed.
Even though outsiders might see no blatant effect, the power of insider information exceeds imagination.
He found out about Xu Feng's company's internal issues through insider information, also knowing Xu Feng seduced a wealthy girlfriend to milk money to keep his company afloat.
He accordingly used Xu Feng's disreputable personal life as leverage to make Wang Shanshan turn against him, eventually bringing in Shanshan's father. Leveraging insider knowledge persuaded him, achieving this outco.
Did Xu Feng's plan have problems? Not only were there no problems, but it was also quite perfect, utilizing everything available. If not for the insider insights revealing his company's fragility, Xu Feng could have used the opportunity to take a piece from Shen Yi, allowing his company to at least linger on.
Maybe at that point he could even break off so to Wang Shanshan, inducing further investnt, eventually reviving his company bit by bit.
In short, this man was much more challenging than the ex-husband before, far brighter.
Of course, just having information wasn't enough. Without the landlady's solid backing, even knowing the events' trajectory, he couldn't change the outco.
Shen Yi, wealthy but lacking connections, could never have achieved this.
Take the cases at the police station; without governntal force, even knowing, he wouldn't ddle. Information serves power; a regular person knowing too much can't change outcos.
Though knowing which stock will rise or fall, without money, it's all useless. Without the initial reward funds and Shen Yi's later assistance, he wouldn't have made over 30,000 in the stock market; such is reality.
"The elder was anable. Hearing the company had Wen Sister's shares and Brother Wen's involvent, he readily agreed. After all, having invested a million, he needs to recoup sohow, right?" Su Qing laughed.
Hearing this, Shen Yi considered it reasonable; though her company was growing, it couldn't compare to the Wen family's foundation.
Even if combining her company's total market value, it wouldn't match half of Wen Nanqing's real estate's worth; she's a genuine wealthy woman.
Residential buildings are just part of her assets; comrcial towers in major cities are the real value.
Especially the capital's premises, any random unit is worth millions, not to ntion the tower rentals bringing in substantial yearly inco.
Thus, calling the landlady a rent collector was no exaggeration, as he envied so much, tears of yearning almost escaped his mouth.
Such was his first reaction, knowing the landlady's wealth.
Even if Wang Zheng can't recover all losses this ti, connecting with Wen Jingqi is worthwhile, perhaps leading to profitable cooperation.
Shen Yi imdiately saw through the essence of Wang Zheng's ready agreent.
After dinner, the two left, and upon reaching the door, Shen Yi didn't, as usual, go to his place for a rest but instead opened her door and invited:
"Wanna co in for a while?"
[An invitation from a shortcut, young man, an opportunity arrives, go on!!!]
Go? Is this "go" a verb or an adjective? This thought suddenly surfaced in Su Qing's mind.
"Why bother? A mouse in your place would bow before departure, forget it. Why don't you co to mine instead?"
He wasn't playing coy but knew the teaser nature of this insider info unless promised a smooth ride.
Upon hearing, Shen Yi rolled her eyes: "A woman invites you to her ho, and you refuse? No wonder you're single!"
"As if saying yes ant picking ripe fruit!" Su Qing retorted without backing down.
Pointing at him, Shen Yi ultimately let go of the topic. She paused before shutting the door, quietly saying:
"Thanks for everything recently..."
After that, the door closed, leaving Su Qing standing a bit stunned at the doorstep.
[You've successfully pried a crack into her heart, not out of repaynt for saving her, not because she needs recharging now, but simply because she finds you nice, a good person!]
Su Qing: "No, you're the good person, your whole family's the good person!"
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