Chapter 125 Transferring Money
"Go back to your room and rest."
Zhou Mingshi took the phone and said to Assistant Chen before answering the call.
Assistant Chen naturally wouldn't stay and get in the way, so he closed the door and tiptoed out.
When the call connected, Zhou Mingshi's voice was gentle: "Still not asleep?"
Lin Yi'an: "I was reading a book just now."
Zhou Mingshi laughed and said, "Are you engrossed in reading again?"
Lin Yi'an hummed in agreement.
Hearing her gentle voice, Zhou Mingshi couldn't help but say, "It'll be a few more days before I can go back."
Lin Yi-an: "Are you very busy?"
"I've been quite busy." Zhou Mingshi walked to the bedside, leaned against the headboard, and asked in a low voice, "Do you miss me going back?"
Lin Yi'an nodded, and Zhou Mingshi's laughter came through the phone: "I'll finish my work as soon as possible and come back to be with you."
Lin Yi'an casually asked, "Even when you're busy, you should eat well. What did you have for dinner?"
Zhou Mingshi paused slightly, and Lin Yi'an seized the opportunity: "You haven't eaten yet, have you?"
"..." Zhou Mingshi immediately guessed: "Assistant Chen told you?"
After asking, he muttered, "Whose assistant is he anyway?"
Lin Yi'an said reproachfully, "He's doing this for your own good, because he's worried about your stomach."
"Let's go eat later." Zhou Mingshi's voice was tinged with disappointment: "I thought you missed me."
Lin Yi'an asked, "Do you miss me?"
Zhou Mingshi: "I think about you every day. When I get back to the hotel at night, I want to call you, but it's too late and I don't want to disturb your sleep."
Lin Yi-an said earnestly, "We have a very good relationship. You think about me every day, so I'm sure I'll miss you too. You don't need to feel disappointed."
Zhou Mingshi paused for a moment, then chuckled softly, "Yes, I know, Yi'an misses me too."
Lin Yi'an thought for a moment and said, "You can call me in the morning to wake me up when you need to go to sleep at night. I won't turn off my phone at night for the next few days."
"Okay." Zhou Mingshi then asked, "How's things at home these past few days?"
Lin Yi'an: "It's all good. He Xishan gave birth to a little niece, but her grandparents and dad didn't react much. It seems they haven't forgiven Zhou Mingyuan and his wife yet."
Zhou Mingshi: "Grandpa was so angry with them that he was hospitalized. Not only did they not feel any remorse, but they didn't even ask about him once during his hospitalization. Grandpa and Grandma were heartbroken."
Lin Yi'an also didn't understand. If He Xishan had no feelings for her grandparents, it was too hurtful for the elders that Zhou Mingyuan, as their grandson, was so indifferent to them. She said, "That day, Zhou Jia came over and said that her third sister-in-law had given birth to a little niece. Grandma didn't react much at the time. After Zhou Jia left, I saw that Grandma was in a bad mood. It's not that she didn't care about her great-granddaughter, but she was just too disappointed in Zhou Mingyuan."
Zhou Mingshi snorted, "I hope he can maintain his pride."
The couple chatted for almost twenty minutes, then Zhou Mingshi looked at his watch and said, "It's almost 10:30. Go to sleep. I'll wake you up tomorrow morning."
Lin Yi'an yawned: "It's too late, don't eat too much. Let Assistant Chen make you a bowl of lotus root starch or yam and poria starch..."
This was something Zhou Mingshi asked her assistant Chen to bring when she went on a business trip. The lotus root powder and yam and poria powder were homemade, made with clean and hygienic ingredients. Sometimes when there wasn't time to eat, she could make a cup to fill her stomach.
Zhou Mingshi laughed and said, "Okay, go to sleep now."
After hanging up the phone, he called his assistant, Chen.
When Assistant Chen came in, he brought a bowl of lotus root starch and placed it on the table.
Zhou Mingshi sat down at the table, picked up a spoon, and said calmly, "Tell Madam I didn't eat dinner?"
Assistant Chen remained calm: "Before our business trip, Madam instructed me to report your situation to her. Does this mean that I don't need to listen to Madam?"
Zhou Mingshi said casually, "Looks like you don't want your bonus this month."
Assistant Chen thought to himself, "He's just pretending. I wonder who softened their expression when they heard it was Madam calling. I don't believe he doesn't want Madam to call him." He said, "Then I won't tell Madam next time, so as not to disturb her rest. Anyway, it's only a few days, and I'll be back in the capital soon."
Zhou Mingshi glanced at him expressionlessly.
Assistant Chen asked, feigning helplessness, "So, should we tell Madam or not?"
Zhou Mingshi glanced at him: "You're so smart, why do you need someone to give you pointers? Figure it out yourself."
Assistant Chen touched his nose: "I'll listen to Madam. Even if you deduct all my bonus, Madam will make up for it."
Zhou Mingshi said, "It's all just cleverness."
Assistant Chen chuckled twice: "So, just tell me if you're satisfied with my arrangements?"
Zhou Mingshi ignored him and took a bathrobe to take a shower.
Assistant Chen looked at the closed bathroom door, picked up the bowl and spoon on the table, and walked out, thinking to himself, "Some men just like to say one thing and mean another."
After taking a shower, Zhou Mingshi lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She usually slept well and should be drifting off to sleep by now. She wondered if he would be in her dreams. With that thought, she picked up her phone and looked at photos of the two of them.
From their wedding photos to their everyday photos, it was clear that they hadn't known each other long enough to have many pictures together. They finished looking through the photos in no time. Then they looked at her childhood photos, and in each one, she radiated a confident and radiant smile. The photos showed that even though her family was of modest means, her parents and elders loved her dearly and did their best to give her the best.
Changping and Lin Shuhe woke up to find that there were two million more in their accounts.
Not only did Lin Shuhe discover that there was an extra two million in his account, but Liu Zhengying and Grandma Lin also discovered that there was an extra two million in their accounts.
When they saw that the sender was Zhou Mingshi, they were taken aback. Liu Zhengying frowned: "Why would Mingshi send us money when it's neither a holiday nor a festival?"
Grandma Lin: "I quickly called to ask why they gave us more money when we hadn't even used up the living expenses they transferred last time. I told them not to keep giving us money; we live in the countryside and don't spend much money in a year."
Lin Shuhe found his son-in-law's phone number and dialed it, but no one answered for a long time. He said, "He might be busy. I'll call Bao'er and ask."
Liu Zhengying: "Bao'er explained that she was on a business trip in Hong Kong, not in Beijing..."
Lin Shuhe: "Let's ask first."
Lin Yi'an had just finished breakfast and was about to go to the clinic when she received a call from her father. She laughed and said, "Why are you calling me so early?"
Lin Shuhe hurriedly said, "Mingshi transferred two million to each of us last night. Why did he suddenly give us so much money?"
Although Lin Yi'an didn't know why Zhou Mingshi transferred money to her parents and grandmother, she still smiled and said, "This is his way of showing his respect to you. Just accept it; there's no need to feel guilty."
Lin Shuhe: "So much money, how can we possibly spend it all? We haven't even spent much of the money we received last time, and now we're getting more..."
Even if the son-in-law is rich, he belongs to the son-in-law's family. How can you give him so much? Even if it's to show filial piety to the father-in-law, there's no need to give him so much.
Lin Yi'an: "Dad, I still have to go to work. You can spend the money Mingshi gives you as you see fit. Don't be stingy. His money is my money. What's there to worry about when you're spending your daughter's money?"
Lin Shuhe wanted to say that this was completely different, but his daughter didn't give him a chance, saying, "I'm going to work, we'll talk tonight," and then hung up the phone.
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