Other women would love for their husbands to be the world's richest men, but this one is different.
Jiang Can blinked her bright, big eyes at him.
Why be extraordinary? Isn't it good to be an ordinary person?
"Not exactly," Gu Mang said with a faint smile. "What I mean is, if your husband is capable, wouldn't you be able to live a better life?"
“Life is great right now!” Jiang Can linked arms with him, resting her head on his shoulder.
She has always been an easily satisfied person.
Compared to wealth and luxury, she preferred the simple life of growing old together.
“Actually, I don’t envy those rich people.” Her voice was low. “Maybe it’s because I grew up in an abnormal family. I witnessed my mother’s tragedy firsthand, which makes me feel that rich people are all heartless and ungrateful…”
"So, all I want is someone who loves me, a home of my own, and to grow old together, eating and playing together! That's my biggest wish."
Gu Mang looked at her, his eyes darkening slightly.
“If…” he said hoarsely, “I mean, if you found out your husband is actually very, very rich, what would you do?”
Jiang Can was stunned. After a long while, she slowly uttered a few words, "I think I'm afraid I can't accept it."
His heart tightened. "Why?"
“That would be too stressful. I would feel like we are completely different people, living in different worlds, and there would definitely be a lot of conflicts and troubles in the future... Rather than arguing every day in the future, it is better to break up now.”
Gu Mang's eyes widened in surprise. "You want to break up with me?"
"Why are you so nervous? I was just kidding!" Jiang Can leaned against him with a grin. "Honey, we're just an ordinary couple. Don't think about these things anymore. Your 'what ifs' are so unrealistic! Let's just live a good life, save money, have children, and stay together until we grow old, okay?"
"Okay, sure." Gu Mang nodded, uttering the two words with difficulty.
In the dim light, she couldn't see the darkness in his face, nor did she know that a chill was slowly creeping up from the bottom of his heart.
Gu Mang hugged her tightly, suddenly feeling a little flustered.
He looked out at the sea, which was pitch black, like the unknown future he and she faced.
...
Huo Zhixin called him several times before Gu Mang came back to his senses.
This time I almost burned my hand with a cigarette butt again.
Huo Zhixin snatched the cigarette from his fingers, crushed it into the ashtray, and looked at him like he was an idiot.
Bai Jingyuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Little Sister Huo, this scene is a once-in-a-millennium event. You have to remember his dazed face right now!"
Gu Mang glared at him fiercely.
Huo Zhixin became interested. "What's wrong with my brother? He wasn't like this before!"
“Yes,” Bai Jingyuan said softly, “to be precise, it wasn’t like this before we got married!”
Huo Zhixin immediately understood and burst out laughing.
Gu Mang had no interest in paying attention to them. To cover up his embarrassment, he casually picked up a financial magazine next to him and started flipping through it.
But this action drew laughter from everyone.
"Third Brother!" Ye Chen pointed, "You've got it upside down!"
Gu Mang's face was as dark as the clouds before a storm.
Ye Chen had long suspected that his behavior was related to Jiang Can.
But this is a matter between the two of them; they should resolve it behind closed doors. Why tell these people?
He coughed twice to change the subject. "Um... what were we talking about? Zhixin, what do you think is going on in Yangcheng?"
Huo Zhixin looked at her brother, "Recently, Second Uncle has been very restless, constantly picking fights with Dad at the board meetings, and Grandpa doesn't care! Moreover, Second Uncle also said that since you've been living in England all the time, you're siding with your maternal grandfather and haven't taken the Huo family seriously for a long time..."
"Ha!" Bai Jingyuan chuckled dismissively. "Do you think Old Master Huo would believe such a thing?"
“You might not believe me if I say it once or twice,” Gu Mang said in a deep voice, “but if a lie is repeated a thousand times, it becomes the truth, doesn’t it?”
The group remained silent.
“Besides Second Uncle, Brother Zhiyan has also been making some moves,” Huo Zhixin continued. “Brother, be careful here. I heard that Brother Zhiyan still has connections with people in the underworld. If he wants to get you, he will definitely use the simplest and most brutal methods. And he is in the shadows while you are in the open. You must not let him succeed!”
"Yes, I know what I'm doing."
Huo Zhiyan is Huo Zhanhe's son; the father and son are birds of a feather.
His father, Huo Zhanpeng, although the eldest son of the Huo family, had no business acumen and was often described by his father as a good-for-nothing. Furthermore, his divorce and remarriage caused a major uproar, further diminishing his standing in his father's eyes.
As a result, in recent years, Huo Zhanhe could bring Huo Zhanpeng an unexpected disaster simply by saying a few words to Old Master Huo.
Gu Mang narrowed his eyes, clenched his fist, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged out.
“I’ve discovered that Huo Zhanhe and his son have been using shell companies to go public and amass wealth.” His eyes sharpened. “But don’t make this public yet. If he dares to make any moves, this is our bargaining chip!”
Huo Zhixin nodded vigorously. "Yes, I understand!"
When do you plan to return to Yangcheng?
"Well..." Huo Zhixin smiled mischievously, "I haven't even exchanged two words with my sister-in-law yet, why would I go back so early?"
"Huo Zhixin," Gu Mang said in a low voice, "you know how to speak when we get back, right? I don't need to teach you."
"No, no!"
Huo Zhixin gave an awkward laugh.
Before coming, I heard from Bai Jingyuan that Mr. Gu doted on Mrs. Gu without any limits, and that he had been hiding his identity because he was afraid that Jiang Can would not be able to accept it if she found out.
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