Chapter 341: Feeling Like I’m Being Kept
Lu Cheng looked up, and seeing Shen Nian’s reaction, he could guess what she was feeling disappointed about.
"Is there something you need? Just tell me, and I’ll go buy it."
"That’s not necessary."
Shen Nian shook her head. "I’m not missing anything. See? I can still make plenty of delicious food!"
’It was true that with those things, Shen Nian’s culinary skills could be put to even better use. But in this day and age, items like that were far from cheap. Only families from extremely well-off backgrounds could probably afford them!’
Shen Nian really didn’t want Lu Cheng to spend so much money just to get her things like an oven.
’Besides, there’s no room for that kind of equipment here!’
’Once I make some money and we buy our own house in B City, it won’t be too late to reconsider!’
With this thought, Shen Nian suddenly felt a new surge of motivation to make money.
’In this day and age, property in B City wasn’t cheap, but it was nowhere near as absurdly priced as it would be in the future! If she had the money, investing in real estate was a surefire bet; there was no doubt about it!’
"What are you thinking about?"
Lu Cheng asked after watching Shen Nian stay silent for a long moment.
"About making money!"
Shen Nian answered reflexively. Only after the words were out did she realize what she’d just said. Across from her, Lu Cheng froze for a second when he heard her response.
Shen Nian felt a bit awkward. ’Will Lu Cheng think I’m obsessed with money now?’
Just as Shen Nian was about to say something, she saw Lu Cheng suddenly get up. She watched him go into their room, and he came back out a moment later to stand before her, but now he was holding something.
It wasn’t until Lu Cheng placed the object in her hands that Shen Nian realized it was a passbook.
"What’s this?"
Lu Cheng had already given Shen Nian a passbook before. It contained a fair bit of money, which was probably all the salary Lu Cheng had saved over his many years of service.
And now, he had actually brought her another passbook. The moment Shen Nian opened it and saw the amount inside, she froze.
’So much money!’
"Go buy whatever you want. Don’t worry about money."
"!"
Shen Nian was even more astonished. The money in this passbook was nearly enough to cover the initial investment for her family’s farm.
’A six-figure sum! In this day and age, anyone with that kind of money would be considered a bonafide tycoon!’
’How does Lu Cheng have so much money?’
"Where did all this come from?"
"Dividends."
"Dividends?"
Shen Nian quickly figured it out. ’This must be it—the dividends from the startup capital Lu Cheng gave his sworn brother, Chu Yunze, for the company he founded, right?’
’To have received so much in dividends after just a few years proved that Chu Yunze’s company had been doing very well.’
’After all, Chu Yunze’s company was built entirely on his own efforts, with no help from the Chu Family. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have needed Lu Cheng’s money when he was first starting out.’
"Why are you giving this to me? You should be reinvesting it!"
Now that she knew where the money came from, Shen Nian was certain it could generate much more value by being left in Chu Yunze’s company.
"It’s for you to use. Stop worrying about money, and just buy whatever you want!"
"..."
Shen Nian looked at Lu Cheng with a resigned expression. ’Don’t tell me I spurred him into this by saying I wanted to make money. Why else would he be so insistent that I have to use it?’
She had just been thinking about making money, and now someone had stuffed a huge sum into her hands. Why, Shen Nian suddenly wondered, did she feel a bit like a kept woman?