Chapter 139 - 127: Love’s Shadow Puppet Show
Chapter 139: Chapter 127: Love’s Shadow Puppet Show
Gao Yuan had just sat down when he saw Li Mengqing walk over to the wine cabinet.
To his relief, she only took out one bottle of red wine and three glasses. Gao Yuan let out a quiet sigh.
He really didn’t want to drink anymore. Whenever he drank, he felt like he just faded into the background.
Tonight was different from before. Li Mengqing poured three glasses, and the three of them simply savored the wine slowly.
’This is how it should be!’
’Shouldn’t red wine be swirled in the glass and sipped slowly to savor its tart flavor? Chugging it like we used to was just a waste.’
Lin Wanyu swirled the red wine in her glass and said to Gao Yuan out of the blue, "Honey, you’ll have to earn a lot more money from now on."
"Hm?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Gao Yuan looked at Lin Wanyu in confusion. He was already working as hard as he could to make money. Even though he was currently losing it, he was confident his future was bright.
"Because Qingqing is going to quit her job!"
The moment Lin Wanyu finished speaking, Gao Yuan’s gaze shot to Li Mengqing.
He wasn’t worried about Li Mengqing quitting; he could afford to support her even if she didn’t work.
The problem was the timing—it was just too much of a coincidence!
Just like Lin Wanyu, Gao Yuan’s first thought was that Li Mengqing must have been treated unfairly at her company.
"Do you want to quit, or is it because you can’t stand to be at the company anymore?"
"No, I just want to quit."
Li Mengqing downed the red wine in her glass, set it down, and continued, "I’m tired of earning a fixed salary. It’s not enough."
Gao Yuan found that a little hard to believe. He would have believed it if Lin Wanyu had said it, but Li Mengqing was never one to spend money recklessly.
Her spending was mostly just on clothes and food; she had very little desire for things like luxury handbags.
With a hint of disbelief on his face, Gao Yuan asked again, "Really?"
"Yes, really!"
Li Mengqing didn’t want to make Gao Yuan worry, so she quickly reassured him.
Gao Yuan was still skeptical, but he could tell that she genuinely didn’t want to work anymore. Whether the reason was not having enough money or something else, the outcome seemed genuine.
"I’ll support you!"
"It’s perfect. You and Wanyu can keep each other company. I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to spend with her."
As he spoke, Gao Yuan set down his wine glass and pulled both women into his arms, one on each side.
"Aren’t you curious why Wanyu told you to earn more money?"
Li Mengqing murmured softly, nestled in Gao Yuan’s embrace.
"Oh, right!"
Gao Yuan had been so focused on why Li Mengqing was quitting that he’d completely forgotten to ask why Lin Wanyu wanted him to earn more. He thought he had been working very hard lately.
"Alright, spill. What kind of crazy scheme are you cooking up in that little head of yours?"
The arm Gao Yuan had around Lin Wanyu instantly began to wander.
Feeling his touch, Lin Wanyu gave him a look, let out a soft huff, and simply closed her eyes.
"Wanyu wants to start her own business. Tell me you’re not terrified!"
"Starting a business is a good thing. What does that have to do with me needing to earn more money?"
Gao Yuan had actually found out through his system while he was cooking that Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing wanted to start a business.
In his opinion, they could do whatever they wanted as long as it made them happy. If they were serious about starting a business, he would definitely support them.
"Don’t you know how terrifying it is when a rich kid decides to start a business?"
Li Mengqing, seeing that after all this talk Gao Yuan still hadn’t gotten her point, pinched him in frustration.
It finally dawned on Gao Yuan. A certain saying instantly popped into his head.
You don’t worry when your kid wastes money on lavish parties; you worry when they want to "prove themselves."
You don’t worry when he’s fooling around with wine and women; you worry when he becomes devoted to one person and wants to marry a livestreamer.
Gao Yuan knew a story about a rich kid in Hang City who had just returned from studying abroad. His dad was worth hundreds of millions. The son, convinced he’d returned with advanced business ideas, insisted on starting his own company.
He took the ten million his dad gave him, brimming with confidence and ambition, and opened a trendy seafood restaurant in Hang City. He even boasted that he would shatter the "culinary desert" prejudice against the city.
With the noble goal of "saving the people of Hang City," the restaurant opened. He not only hired a five-star chef but also had all his ingredients air-freighted in for peak freshness. The young master was completely lost in a daydream of his impending success.
And sure enough, the young master didn’t disappoint. With a flurry of brilliant moves, he managed to turn his father’s ten million into a two-million-yuan debt.
After his first venture failed, the young master "learned from his mistakes." Refusing to admit defeat, he decided to try again. Through endless pestering and wheedling, he managed to get another ten million from his dad.
This time, he planned to go with an asset-light model. He wanted to start an MCN Company, sign female livestreamers, and in the end, he even wanted to have a baby with one of them.
No matter how his dad tried to talk him out of it, he wouldn’t listen. Left with no other choice, his father decided to have a second child.
The first-born was a lost cause, time to delete him and start over with a new one!
Gao Yuan finally understood what Li Mengqing was getting at. He whipped his head around to look at Lin Wanyu, only to find her eyes were wide open, glaring daggers at Li Mengqing.
’Am I really that hopeless?’
’So what if I like to eat a little?’
’So what if I like to have a little fun?’
’So what if I spend a little more money than Li Mengqing?’
Seeing Lin Wanyu get all ruffled like an angry kitten, Gao Yuan burst out laughing. His fingers teased her under her clothes, and she instantly melted back into his arms.
Of course,
Gao Yuan wasn’t one to play favorites. His other hand quietly slipped into Li Mengqing’s pajama pants.
"I wholeheartedly support you two starting a business."
"But are you serious?"
With this question, Gao Yuan wanted to know how serious the two of them really were.