Chapter 330: Money doesn't matter, trust does
Chapter 330: Money doesn't matter, trust does
The next day, when Nana arrived at Natsukashi, she found Jinhai and Serena already working inside.
She kept a neutral face.
Jinhai immediately came up to her. “Nana. I filled the stock inside the storeroom.”
Serena also raised her hand. “I have also made all the preparations in the kitchen ready!”
Nana nodded.
Suddenly something bumped into her from behind, and she felt somebody clutching her leg.
Nana lowered her gaze, and it brightened when she saw Cao Mingyu.
“Mingyu!”
“Pretty sister! I missed you!”
Cao Mingyu was overwhelmed with joy when he learned that Nana was back to work for a while. He just returned from his school trip now and immediately rushed to Natsukashi.
Cao Mingyu was now quite taller. He was soon to become seven years old, and his features were changing to that of more boyish charm.
“Come here.” Nana held his hand. “I missed you too so so much!” She pinched his chubby cheeks.
Cao Mingyu blushed, and his ears turned red.
Jinhai raised his brow and stared at him. Serena noticed it and rolled her eyes.
Nana sat down on the couch and lifted Mingyu to sit beside her.
“How is your Grandpa and Grandma?”
He nodded. “Grandpa and Grandma are very healthy and good.”
“En. Oh! I got an idea. When you go back, I will prepare some dishes for them. Take them with you. Tell them that I have specially prepared for your family.”
“Okay!”
Cao Mingyu curiously looked at her belly and then at Serena. “Pretty sister. Why are your and sister Serena’s tummies so big?”
Mingyu then turned frightened. “Are you not okay? Is your stomach hurting?”
Serena had an urge to laugh while Nana chuckled. She ruffled his hair. “No, Mingyu, my sweety. We are fine. The tummy is big because there is a baby inside.”
Mingyu furrowed his brows. “Baby? Why is it hiding inside you?”
She laughed. “Emmm…It is not hiding inside me. It is growing little by little every day. And then one day the baby will born when it will come out of my tummy.”
She pinched his nose. “That’s how all come in this world. They are in their Mama’s belly for nine months, and then they finally enter this beautiful world.”
Mingyu sparkled on hearing that. “Oh!”
Nana asked, “Do you want to feel it kick?”
Mingyu vigorously nodded his head. “Yes!!”
Nana placed his hand on her tummy, and the baby kicked. And then again.
“It kicked! It kicked!” He happily chirped. For Mingyu, it was a very novel experience.
“I also want to meet the babies! When can I meet them?”
Nana said, “Soon. The time for both sister Serena’s and my babies is coming near.”
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“I don’t know, but then that is the fun in not knowing it. Likea surprise.”
Mingyu was nervously fidgeting with his fingers.
Nana tilted her head. “What are you thinking?”
Mingyu held her hands in his cute little fists. “Pretty sister, don’t worry. If its a cute baby girl, I will help you taking care of her.”
She curiously blinked her eyes. “Not if it’s a boy?”
Mingyu frowned. “Boys can take care of themselves. But girls are cute and delicate. So I will take care of her. And then, when we grow up, I will marry her!”
Serena spit out the coffee she was having.
Jinhai’s expression turned dark and sour.
Nana heartily laughed. “So, that is what you wanted.”
Mingyu blushed.
Jinhai narrowed his gaze and sent deathly glares towards him.
Marry my daughter? In your dreams!
Jinhai had already started to plan how he would deal with the man who his daughter would bring as her boyfriend.
No, wait, boyfriend?
I am not going to allow her to date until she is at least twenty-eight.
But they were in their own world and didn’t even notice that Jinhai was sulking.
Serena asked, “What if my baby is a girl too?”
Mingyu seriously answered. “I will protect both of them, but I can only marry pretty sister’s girl because I had promised to marry pretty sister but..” He glared at Jinhai. “This bad uncle stole her from me!”
Jinhai coolly shrugged his shoulders and hautily smiled at him.
Nana coughed.
“So, I will fulfill my promise with pretty sister’s daughter.”
“…”
Serena really had no words to say.
Jinhai gritted his teeth. He forced himself to smile and asked, “So Mingyu. What do you want to become when you grow up?”
Nana and Serena looked at him, dumbfounded.
Huh?
Mingyu furrowed his little brows in confusion. “I don’t know.”
Jinhai sneered. “I am not going to accept just anyone for my daughter. He should be able to earn 1 billion dollars every day, at least. You don’t know your future dream and aspirations, and you want to marry my daughter? How can you give her any future like this?”
Mingyu felt totally confused. “1 billion?”
“Yes. Otherwise, how can you match Liu family? My daughter shouldn’t suffer even a single penny of trouble. One billion is the minimum you have to earn.”
Nana looked at him as if he was an idiot. What was with the nonsensical expectations!
“Jinhai! Mingyu is just a child.” She glared at him. “What things are you telling him?”
Jinhai frowned. “The declaration that he made is certainly not that a child will make. He has to prove his worth for our daughter. He should be capable of bringing the whole world in the palm of his hands. No compromise on that.”
Nana wanted to bang her head. Jinhai was taking this way too seriously!
Mingyu nodded. “Whatever it is, I will do everything for her. I will earn lots of money to take care of her.”
Nana quickly said, “No, dear. Lots of money doesn’t matter. You should also love that girl with all your heart and…”
She meaningfully glanced at Jinhai. “Never break her trust. Never lie to her.”
Jinhai stiffened in his place.
Nana smiled and looked at Mingyu. “It’s fine if you have little money. You can always earn it more when you work hard. And you don’t need lots and lots of money to live a peaceful and comfortable life. After all, before I married, I was happy with what I was earning here. I never felt dissatisfied. I never felt the need to want more.”
Mingyu obediently listened.
“But the most important thing is trust. Once you break that, it is difficult to mend it back. It is hard to get back that lost trust. So Mingyu. Never betray that trust in any relationship, be it friendship or love.”
Serena and Jinhai could only silently listen and regret the past things they did.
Mingyu said, “Yes, pretty sister! I promise. I will never lie and break anybody’s trust!”
“Good. Now come on. I will cook some tasty noodles for you.”
“Yay!!!”
—
Mu Shuchun arrived on the sets of Le Feur studio, where she was going to shoot for the commercial of its brand ambassador.
The staff and other artists were excited to meet such a famous international model. As she stepped in, the director greeted her with a warm hug.
“Ah Mu Shuchun. We were waiting for you. Glad to have you aboard.”
Mu Shuchun smiled. “The pleasure is mine. Le Feur is the top perfume brand, and I am glad I got this chance.”
“Haha. Let’s start in thirty minutes. The investors from the Xiang Corps will be arriving shortly. You get ready, and we will begin the shoot.”
Twenty minutes later, Mu Shuchun came out, donned in a beautiful violet dress with designer jewelry matching the dress. Her hair was tied into a bun with a gorgeous hairpin.
“Beautiful!”
Mu Shuchun was used to these compliments.
The director said, “Remember Mu Shuchun. You are talented and famous in the international model industry, but our investors don’t care about that. I am sure that with you, there will be no problem, but be careful because, for Xiang Wei, anyone’s status doesn’t matter to him. He can even choose a complete newbie if he sees the potential in her.”
Mu Shuchun rolled her eyes. “How difficult can it be? I have signed so many endorsements. I know. Don’t worry.”
She couldn’t wait for this shoot to get over. Once she bags this deal, then she can proudly go to Shin. She had worked so hard to get here so that her status matches him. She waited for this day to come when her background wasn’t any lower than him.
“Sir, the investor from the Xiang family is here.”
The director nodded. “Great.”
“But, it’s not Xiang Wei.”
He frowned. “If not him, then whom?”
“It’s me.”
A voice came from behind, and everybody looked at the guard, wheeling a woman inside the premises.
Mu Shuchun craned her neck to look at the incoming figure, and her eyes bulged out in shock when she recognized the woman.
But the director was happy. “Oh, so it’s you!”
Huh? The woman I met at Shin’s clinic? What is she doing here?
“Director…who is she?”
The woman in the wheelchair rested her head on her hand, and lazily smiled at her.
“Oh, they are the investors I was talking about. Xiang Corps. She is Xiang Wei’s daughter, Xiang Huian.”