Zhou Chenyang felt relieved. He had thought Lin Xiuyan had changed, but it turned out she was just jealous.

Sure enough, her whole heart was with him, and she was completely captivated by him.

She satisfied a certain vanity in him, and he had other motives, so he was willing to lower himself and coax her: "What are you thinking!"

"I gave your cousin the hairpin because you two are close, and I hope she can say a few good words for me in front of you, so that our relationship can take another step forward."

Lin Xiuyan felt nauseous watching him say the most absurd things with the most serious expression.

She must have been blinded by greed in her past life to believe his nonsense!

A shy smile appeared on her face: "No matter how good my relationship with my cousin is, it can't compare to the relationship with you. After all, we are the ones who will spend our lives together."

Zhou Chenyang was satisfied with her reaction, but inwardly he was quite disdainful.

He wanted to say a few words to smooth things over, but to his surprise, she put her hands on her hips and said, "You gave your cousin the hairpin to solidify our relationship, but I'm still very angry!"

"I want ten hairpins that are better than the one you gave to my cousin. Go buy them for me right now, or this isn't over!"

Zhou Chenyang: "..."

In the past, if she made such a request, he wouldn't have bothered to even acknowledge it.

But since he had already made his promise and wanted to keep her from returning to the Lin residence, he could only patiently agree: "Okay, I'll go buy it for you in a bit."

Lin Xiuyan persisted, "I want it now! Go buy it for me right now!"

Zhou Chenyang looked at her with displeasure, and seeing her arrogant expression, he thought she was really taking advantage of him!

He decided not to indulge her: "I don't have time right now!"

Lin Xiuyan snorted, stomped her foot, and turned to leave.

Zhou Chenyang knew from her posture that she wanted to go home, so he had to pull her back: "Alright, don't be angry, I'll take you to buy it!"

He had no intention of buying her anything; he was just trying to drag her along.

After all, she's always had a temper that flares up quickly and subsides just as fast; she'll probably forget about it in a moment if we just talk about something else.

Lin Xiuyan, however, displayed her spoiled nature to the fullest today: "You can pick out one hairpin for my cousin, but you can't pick out ten hairpins for me?"

"I won't choose, I want you to choose for me, I'll wait for you here!"

Zhou Chenyang's patience was almost exhausted by her, and he gave her a cold look.

With tears in her eyes, she said, "You're unwilling to choose a hairpin for me, does that mean you don't care about me at all? Do you like my cousin?"

Zhou Chenyang suppressed his temper and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'll go buy it for you right now!"

He turned to leave, but Lin Xiuyan shouted, "The hairpin you gave my cousin was from Zhenbaoge, I want a hairpin from Zhenbaoge too!"

"If you can't buy it back within half an hour, I...I...I won't marry you!"

Zhou Chenyang's face darkened. The cheapest hairpin in the Treasure Pavilion costs over a hundred taels of silver, and she wants ten of them at once. What audacity!

But when he thought of the mountains of gold and silver treasures in the Lin family mansion, and then of his future prospects, he held back, mounted his horse, and went to buy her a hairpin.

Lin Xiuyan narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw his actions.

In her past life, she would try to coax Zhou Chenyang whenever he frowned, and she would go to great lengths to please him every day, but he never gave her anything.

He would occasionally say something kind to her, and she would be happy for half a day.

She was making such a fuss today, but he went to buy her a hairpin to appease her.

Sure enough, men are all perverts!

No sooner had Zhou Chenyang left than Lin Xiuyan entered a teahouse by the roadside, and the guards Zhou Chenyang had left behind wanted to follow her.

She glared at him and said, "Following me like this, you wouldn't happen to be trying to make a move on me, would you?"

The guard's expression wasn't good. Thinking that she wouldn't cause any trouble in the teahouse, he stopped following her.

As soon as Lin Xiuyan entered the teahouse, she asked for a private room near the back door, told the waiter not to disturb her, closed the door, opened the window, and jumped out from upstairs.

She didn't disturb anyone the whole time; everyone thought she was still drinking tea in the teahouse.

She dashed down an alley from the street behind the shop, snatched a horse from the roadside, and said, "I'll buy this horse. Go to the Lin residence and get the money."

Ignoring the horse owner's astonished expression, she rode her horse swiftly towards the Lin residence.

She was anxious, afraid that if she got back too late, she wouldn't be able to stop Lin's father from investing in Xinzhitang.

She sent Zhou Chenyang and the guards away because she was afraid they would cause trouble.

Lin Xiuyan quickly returned to the Lin residence. The gatekeeper was stunned when he saw her, but then shouted, "Young Miss is back!"

He offered to lead her horse, but she gave the gatekeeper a cold look, her almond-shaped eyes filled with frost. The gatekeeper sheepishly withdrew his hand.

Lin Xiuyan knew now was not the time to deal with this treacherous gatekeeper, so she sneered and rode her horse quickly inside.

After she walked away, the gatekeeper spat and cursed, "Let's see how long you can keep up your arrogance!"

In the main courtyard, Lin Yunzhi, the father, was discussing investing in Xinzhitang with someone.

Jiang Xinrou had sharp ears. When she heard the gatekeeper's shout, her hand instinctively clenched into a fist. That bitch Lin Xiuyan was still alive!

Seeing that Lin Yunzhi didn't react, she knew he hadn't heard the gatekeeper's shout, and quickly advised, "Uncle, the Lin family's business is not as good as before."

“My cousin is willful and finds it hard to settle down and do business. My uncle has to pave the way for her early on.”

“Xinzhitang has its own water and land transportation lines, which can make the Lin family’s business bigger and more stable.”

"Uncle's investment in Xinzhitang at this time is absolutely the best opportunity. This matter will only bring benefits to the Lin family."

Lin Yunzhi hesitated for a moment, and the manager of Xinzhitang next to him said, "We've always made a profit in this business."

"If we didn't need money to open up new routes, we wouldn't have sought out investors."

"If Mr. Lin misses this opportunity, he may never have such a good chance again."

Looking at the contract, Lin Yunzhi said, "Isn't 100,000 taels of silver only enough for 20% of Xinzhitang's shares a bit too little?"

He had always wanted to establish a transportation line, but various factors prevented him from succeeding.

He was tempted when Xinzhitang approached him; if they hadn't offered such a small number of shares, he would have signed the contract long ago.

Jiang Xinrou put herself in Lin's shoes and said, "Uncle may not know that Xinzhitang is the property of the city lord."

"My cousin is getting married to the city lord next month, and then we'll be family."

"My uncle's investment in Xinzhitang is like adding to my cousin's dowry. In the future, my cousin will have more confidence in front of the city lord."

"We're all family, so it doesn't matter how many shares we own."

Lin Yunzhi sighed softly as he recalled Lin Xiuyan's unwavering devotion to Zhou Chenyang.

Yes, the Lin family doesn't lack 100,000 taels of silver. As long as Zhou Chenyang treats Lin Xiuyan well, they would give the silver to Zhou Chenyang for free.

He picked up his pen and signed the contract...