Chapter 7: Marriage, So Scary!

“Brother Jin, you’re actually eating noodles here. What a coincidence,” a man approached and greeted Jin Chao.

“Mm,” Jin Chao nodded, still not eating the noodles in front of him.

“Is this your sister-in-law? She’s really pretty,” the man said again.

“Gu Xingshan,” Jin Chao introduced, seeing her standing there in a daze.

“Oh, hello, thank you for the compliment,” Yan Xiaoyue lowered her head, hiding the worry in her eyes.

These people were really good at creating problems for her. Greeting her at this time, it was hard for her not to suspect that this man was doing it on purpose.

She was clearly dark and thin, not at all beautiful, yet he complimented her appearance, making her even more suspicious of his intentions.

“You’re welcome, sister-in-law. It’s my pleasure,” Gu Xingshan said, then entered the shop with the owner, as if encountering them was just a minor incident.

After entering the shop and seeing Gu Xingshan greeting others again, she twitched her mouth, “The people you know are really very outgoing.”

“Mm,” Jin Chao nodded, offering no explanation.

Yan Xiaoyue glanced at him and sighed. He was such a taciturn person; this life was really incredibly boring.

“Is the hygiene a problem? Xiaoyue, I wish I hadn’t eaten,” Yan Shu’s already somewhat blocked chest felt even more congested.

Was he this unlucky?

“Second Brother, would you like to open one too?” Expectation flashed in Yan Xiaoyue’s eyes. If the Yan family could rise, she really wanted to just lie flat.

In her previous life, she was a blogger, working hard on editing every day, only to achieve some success before dying.

She hadn’t even had time to enjoy it.

Her small courtyard in the countryside had just been renovated, the furniture newly purchased, nothing was lacking except for her, the one to enjoy it.

“Our family doesn’t have the money to do business,” Yan Shu dejectedly shook his head. He had gone to school, but only graduated from junior high school, only recognizing a few characters.

“Second Brother, just say whether you want to or not. As long as you want to, we’ll always find a way,” Yan Xiaoyue glanced at Jin Chao beside her. She wanted to take advantage of Jin Chao again.

The army’s salary shouldn’t be low, right? Jin Chao was single, Old Master Jin was being supported by his eldest son’s family, he was in a position where he could feed himself and the whole family wouldn’t go hungry, he should have saved a lot of money.

“I want to.”

Yan Shu still followed his heart. After saying this, he turned to look at Xiaoyue, wanting to hear what good method she had.

He heard Xiaoyue coaxing Jin Chao beside her like she was begging for alms.

“Brother Jin, are you interested in investing? Don’t worry, as long as you support Yan family’s business, you’ll get five percent.”

Yan Xiaoyue held up five fingers, waving them in front of Jin Chao.

“Are you sure?”

A hint of mockery flashed in Jin Chao’s eyes.

This woman’s brain must be broken. She’d been making demands of him all day, didn’t she know they weren’t close?

“Sure, Jin Chao, as long as you invest, I’ll give you half of the Yan family’s profits. Five years, and then three percent for the remaining five years.”

Yan Xiaoyue planned to give Jin Chao a share of the profits, but not for life.

If it was 50% for life, it would be a real mess.

“Ten years? That’s a good plan. When can I see a return?”

“One year, you’ll see profits in one year.” This was the fastest profit she could guarantee.

Many shops take several years to break even after opening.

Yan Xiaoyue only had a plan in mind. It was already 1980, and there were businesses everywhere, but there wasn’t a specific type of business.

Most people were still doing the hotel-style businesses, not the eat-drink-sleep-all-in-one type of the future.

She wanted a large investment, but had to plan carefully.

She glanced at Jin Chao beside her. She still had to start with small businesses, no rush.

She suppressed the urge to do something big. The Yan family members hadn’t done business before, she had to get them started.

Do business while learning.

She also had to learn.

Upon realizing this, Yan Xiaoyue was shocked. She was destined to be a hard worker all her life.

If she wanted a good life later, she couldn’t avoid working hard to make money.

“Xiaoyue, you and your husband are so clear-cut about this?” Yan Shu’s face wasn’t looking good.

A married couple, yet so clear-cut about money, they looked like strangers.

“Second Brother, isn’t being clear-cut good? Jin Chao and I aren’t that close,” Yan Xiaoyue glanced at the person who was stopping a car, whispering to her second brother.

If they didn’t make it clear now, once the Yan family’s business took off, wouldn’t she and Jin Chao have no money?

If she could win Jin Chao over, what was his would be hers, would she still need to work hard?

Just kidding, she could still tell the difference between what was important and what wasn’t.

Unless she couldn’t win Jin Chao over, then that big pile of money wouldn’t be hers.

Yan Xiaoyue angrily glared at Jin Chao, then suddenly saw Jin Chao turn around, she quickly lowered her head, looking like she’d been caught red-handed.

So embarrassing! Even if she was despising someone, she shouldn’t be caught so directly.

“The car is here, aren’t you leaving?” Jin Chao’s cold tone carried a hint of coldness.

Yan Xiaoyue looked at the hot weather and twitched her mouth. She felt that if this were ancient times, her neck would have been broken long ago.

“Second Brother, let’s go.”

Yan Xiaoyue glanced at Jin Chao. Forget it, given that he was paying and working hard, she would be lenient.

She would start preparing medicinal plasters for Jin Chao, and once he had them checked, she could start mass production.

If only her medical books were still here, she could study them properly.

As soon as she thought of this, while getting into the car, holding the car door, a medical book appeared in her hand.

She was startled and quickly said, “Go back.”

Only when the medical book disappeared did her heart settle down.

“Why are you shouting so loudly? Aren’t we just going back?”

Her second brother was behind her, completely bewildered, even suspecting that her brain was broken. She wasn’t at all like the lazy Xiaoyue.

Yan Xiaoyue’s alarm bells rang. “Second Brother, that was at home, with you and Mom and Dad. Now that I’m married, it’s just Jin Chao and me, I have to do the laundry and cooking.”

The most poisonous words about girls in her previous life were, it’s better to find a man to marry.

Marriage? So scary.

Not to mention anything else, when a woman is at home, she can get up whenever she wants.

She could do the same after marriage.

But after having a child, when the child wakes up, she has to wake up, when the child sleeps, she can’t sleep. When she finally sleeps, she can’t rest properly.

Yan Xiaoyue shuddered, looking at Jin Chao who was already sitting in the car, and let out a breath.

Fortunately, she married an ice cube, having children wasn’t something she had to worry about for now.

“Second Brother, let’s sit here,” Yan Xiaoyue stopped in front of Jin Chao, not intending to sit with him.

Jin Chao glanced at her, not caring, instead looking out the window.

Yan Xiaoyue didn’t force it. Since he didn’t want to, she wouldn’t make things difficult.

She sat down, pulled her second brother over, and sat in the front seat.