Chapter 32 : Little Girlfriend Comes to Send Money
Chapter 32: Little Girlfriend Comes to Send Money
"What is this?"
Chen Fan looked at the envelope in front of him with some surprise, a puzzled expression on his face as he gazed at Su Ruochu.
Su Ruochu opened the envelope and took out a bankbook.
"Guo Shuai told me everything."
"He said you built your own website and are promoting it, which requires a lot of money."
"He also said that you two have been trying to find ways to make money recently..."
Chen Fan couldn't help but curse loudly.
"That bastard, he sold me out completely!"
However, Su Ruochu glared at him.
"I'm not happy."
"Why didn't you tell me about something so important?"
"I'm your girlfriend, but I had to hear about your difficulties from someone else."
Chen Fan looked a bit flustered and hurriedly explained.
"This... I didn't mean to hide it from you."
"It's just that I didn't think you'd be interested in this kind of thing..."
But Su Ruochu looked very serious.
"As long as it's about you, I'm interested."
This time, Chen Fan was completely dumbfounded, unsure of what to say.
However, Su Ruochu continued to explain.
"I just heard from Guo Shuai that you urgently need money right now."
"I don't know exactly how much money you need. This bankbook is my saved pocket money and New Year's money from the past few years."
"There's a total of 6,782 yuan in it."
"Take it and use it first, and if it's not enough, we'll figure out another way together."
Chen Fan stared at Su Ruochu, his face full of emotion.
But he didn't reach out. Instead, he smiled and shook his head.
"I can't take this money."
Su Ruochu immediately became anxious.
"This is my own saved money, not from my family."
"I know. But I still can't take it..."
"Chen Fan!"
Su Ruochu glared at him.
"If you keep this up, I'll get angry."
"Let me ask you, am I your girlfriend or not?"
Chen Fan nodded.
"Of course. And you'll become my wife in the future."
Su Ruochu, her face red, glanced around and glared fiercely at Chen Fan.
"Then why do we need to separate our belongings?"
Chen Fan smiled bitterly.
"I didn't mean it that way..."
"Yes, you did!"
Su Ruochu's eyes turned red, and she seemed a little hurt.
"You say you don't mean it, but you keep acting this way."
"Why can you use Guo Shuai's money but not mine?"
"Is it just because I'm a girl? Does using a girl's money make you lose face?"
Chen Fan shook his head quickly.
"Ruochu, you've got it wrong. Let me explain first."
Su Ruochu turned her head away in a huff.
This time, it seemed that Chen Fan had really angered her.
Chen Fan smiled wryly and gently explained.
"I'm not refusing your money on purpose."
"It's just that I don't need it right now."
Seeing Su Ruochu look back at him, Chen Fan quickly said.
"If this was last week or last month, and you gave me this money, I would have taken it without a second thought."
"But now, I temporarily don't need money. That's why I'm not accepting it."
Chen Fan took her small hand.
"It's absolutely not for the reason you're thinking."
"I, Chen Fan, may care a bit about face, but I never care about face in front of my own girlfriend..."
Su Ruochu stared at Chen Fan for a moment.
"Is that really true?"
"It's true."
"Then... Guo Shuai clearly said you urgently need money now."
Chen Fan smiled bitterly.
"I do need money, but it's a large sum, a very large amount. Otherwise, just relying on what you've given me wouldn't make much difference, it's like a drop in the bucket."
Su Ruochu suddenly asked.
"Chen Fan, what exactly do you need money for?"
Chen Fan smiled.
"Do you want to know?"
"Mmm."
Su Ruochu nodded, she had actually been interested in what Chen Fan was doing for a long time.
It's just that Chen Fan didn't mention it, so she didn't feel comfortable asking directly.
"Come here!"
Chen Fan pulled Su Ruochu to sit beside him, operating the mouse and pointing at a website on the computer.
"This website was built by me personally."
"Yuming.com?"
Su Ruochu looked bewildered, not understanding what it meant.
Chen Fan then opened another website.
"This website was built by someone else."
"The current situation is that the two of us are spending money to promote our respective websites against each other."
Su Ruochu looked puzzled.
"Why do you need to spend money on promotion?"
Chen Fan smiled and patiently explained: "This is like raising little pigs. We each bought a little pig, and in the early stages we'll buy more feed. Once the pigs are plump and fat, we can then sell them off and naturally make a profit..."
Su Ruochu immediately understood.
"You want to sell this website?"
Chen Fan nodded.
"To be more specific, I need to knock the other person's website down first before I can sell mine."
"Why is that?"
This clearly touched on an area Su Ruochu was ignorant about.
And Chen Fan was happy to see Su Ruochu's innocently inquisitive gaze.
It would give him a sense of "showing off" in front of this little girl.
"Because in any industry, only the top players matter. Only the top players are the most valuable."
"My website and his are of the same type. In order to be acquired by capital in the future, we must defeat each other and get the most traffic. Only then will capital be interested..."
Chen Fan pointed at the Yiyu.com webpage.
"The current reality is that the person on the other side is very rich and influential. The advertising and promotion they're doing is completely overwhelming us."
"That's why I said I don't need money right now, because even investing tens of thousands would just be a waste."
"Unless I can pour in hundreds of thousands and completely overwhelm them, then the money spent would actually be meaningful."
Su Ruochu sort of understood.
She stared at Chen Fan with shining eyes.
To be honest, this was the first time she had heard such unfamiliar things from Chen Fan's mouth.
Especially when Chen Fan spoke those terms she didn't understand, Su Ruochu felt like he had become a different person.
In his eyes, Su Ruochu saw light, a sense of focus.
Indeed, a man focused on his work is the most handsome.
After a moment's hesitation, Su Ruochu said softly.
"Then maybe you should just accept it. You have to at least try, you can't just give up before it's even over."
Chen Fan smiled and shook his head.
"It's useless. If we want to spend money on promotion, we simply can't be a match for them."
Su Ruochu couldn't help but feel anxious on Chen Fan's behalf.
"Then... are you really going to give up just like that?"
She knew that Chen Fan had been busy with this website since before the college entrance exam.
Each time, he had to work here until late at night.
This website contained a lot of Chen Fan's hard work.
Seeing Su Ruochu's tense, worried expression.
Chen Fan smiled and held her small hand.
"Of course I won't give up easily."
"I'm just saying I won't spend money on promotion like they do, but we can think of ways from other angles."
Su Ruochu looked expectant.
"So have you thought of any other ways?"
Chen Fan smiled bitterly.
"Not yet."
Su Ruochu thought for a moment, then suddenly shoved the bankbook back into Chen Fan's hand.
"Since you haven't thought of any other ways yet, then just accept this first."
"Whether it's a drop in the bucket or not, it's better than doing nothing at all."
Su Ruochu looked at Chen Fan sincerely.
"Consider this money as me lending it to you."
"If you don't accept it, I... I won't talk to you anymore."