Chapter 6 Chapter 6 A Good Husband
The last time they met in the villa area, He Yanni, the neighbor who had enthusiastically given her a ride when she went out, also drove to Mingzhu Department Store. As soon as she saw Lin Wan, she waved and greeted her.
"Before I went out, I went to check next door and heard from your nanny that you had already gone out. I didn't expect that we are destined to meet." He Yanni took Lin Wan's arm in a familiar manner.
Lin Wan naturally didn't refuse her neighbor's enthusiasm, so she walked into the largest department store in Jiangcheng with her.
Mingzhu Department Store was built five years ago, completed four years ago, and officially put into use. It is the most sought-after shopping destination for the people of Jiangcheng.
Different from the old supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores, most of the goods here are brands you have never seen before, many of which are from Hong Kong, and there are even many foreign goods.
After the reform and opening up, people's wallets gradually became fatter, and they had some spare money to keep up with fashion. Department stores became more and more popular, and were packed with customers.
Lin Wan had come here a few times with her roommates during college, and they were able to buy some inexpensive little things, like hair ties and hairpins, which were only a few cents or a dollar more expensive than those sold outside, but the designs were indeed prettier and the quality was better. She couldn't afford anything else, as it was beyond her means as a student.
Stepping into Mingzhu Department Store again, Lin Wan was in a trance for a moment. It seemed that this place was a little different from her memory a year ago.
The sets of clothes in the mall are fashionable, exquisitely tailored, made of fine fabrics, and bold and bright colors, which really attract the eye. Many comrades are slowly choosing them, and the price of a piece of clothing is several times that of cutting clothes by themselves.
He Yanni immediately fell in love with a bright red dress, the same one worn by the heroine in this year's Hong Kong movie. She excitedly picked it up and gestured around her body, "Lin Wan, please help me take a look. Does it look good?"
"Beautiful." Lin Wan saw that He Yanni was beautiful, and the red color made her look like a passionate blooming rose.
"What about you? What are you picking?" He Yanni was a steady and ruthless shopper. In a short time, she had picked out three pieces of clothing and spent 180 yuan in a short while, which surprised Lin Wan.
After all, Lin Wan's monthly salary was more than 300 yuan. It was really painful to see He Yanni spend more than half of her salary in just a few minutes.
"I'm just here to take a look." Lin Wan didn't come here to buy clothes, but mainly to survey the enemy situation.
"What are you looking at? Just buy it." He Yanni enthusiastically took out a pink dress and gestured to Lin Wan, "Your husband earns so much money, how can you not help spend it?"
Lin Wan really didn't know how much money Fu Xiuhuai earned. When she heard this, her eyelids twitched. Does it really have anything to do with her?
As the two were talking, He Yanni suddenly felt thirsty, so she hurried to the beverage counter to buy some drinks. She got a can of Coca-Cola for herself and a glass bottle of coconut juice for Lin Wan.
Lin Wan really liked the coconut juice from the south, which showed that He Yanni had some connections with her and knew her preferences perfectly. She glanced down at the numbers 119 printed on the bottle, tilted her head back, took a sip, and listened to He Yanni's words.
"If you ask me, don't save money for Fu Xiuhuai. The more you spend, the happier he will be. After all, he loves you so much."
"Ahem." When Lin Wan heard the words "I love you", her scalp went numb and she almost choked.
My boyfriend's uncle loves me? It's weird just thinking about it.
Not to mention, when she thought carefully about the past few days, she didn't feel any love from the words and actions of that gentle and elegant man.
Lin Wan deeply suspected that there was something wrong between her and Fu Mingjun, and that the Fu family wanted to shut her up, or to shut up the troublemaker Lin Guofu, so they let Fu Xiuhuai marry her as compensation.
Thinking about it this way, it does make some sense.
Fu Xiuhuai also looked indifferent, as if he was forced into marriage by his family. However, after getting married, he still had some sense of responsibility and did not treat himself too badly.
"Stop talking nonsense." Lin Wan was certain that if He Yanni knew that Fu Xiuhuai was actually her boyfriend's uncle, she would be terrified and would not be able to say anything about love or not.
He Yanni thought Lin Wan was shy and didn't say anything more. She turned around and continued shopping.
With several paper bags in hand and quite a bit of money spent, He Yanni went on a shopping spree, while Lin Wan was quite restrained. The two were about to go out and find a place to have lunch. As they were approaching the corner of the stairs, He Yanni suddenly tugged at Lin Wan's arm.
"How..."
"Shh." He Yanni made a hushed gesture to Lin Wan, pulled her arm and pointed to the left front, "Look who that is!"
Lin Wan saw a line of men in suits and ties walking down the corridor, and the tall man in the middle was Fu Xiuhuai.
Voices drifted over from not far away, accompanied by a few people discussing the construction of the shopping mall and the plans for the high-end department store that Jiangcheng had just put out for bidding.
"Mr. Fu, would you like one?" The man next to him took out a Zhonghua cigarette and handed it to Fu Xiuhuai.
Fu Xiuhuai didn't take the cigarette, but simply declined: "I've quit."
"Why did Mr. Fu quit smoking?" Everyone around him was surprised. Nowadays, everyone lights a cigarette, especially businessmen. Passing cigarettes and drinking is a common thing.
Lin Wan pulled He Yanni downstairs and stopped her from going forward to greet them, saying, "They are discussing business. Let's go first."
As she turned to leave, the man's faint response voice behind her floated into Lin Wan's ears.
"My wife is pregnant and can't stand the smell of cigarettes. There's nothing I can do."
Lin Wan thought that this man got into the role very quickly.
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After returning to Cuihu Villa District from the department store, He Yanni drove a Santana and parked it in her own parking area.
When getting off the car, He Yanni did not forget to invite Lin Wan: "Come over for dinner with your husband someday. Our old Sun said that the project a while ago was thanks to Fu Xiuhuai's leadership, so he must treat you to dinner."
Lin Wan couldn't agree to anything on Fu Xiuhuai's behalf, so she could only say vaguely, "Let's see what he arranges."
As soon as this person gave a vague and perfunctory response, Lin Wan went to visit He Yanni's house that evening.
At that time, Fu Xiuhuai returned home in the afternoon and asked Aunt Wang to prepare some food for the two of them. Then he turned around and said to Lin Wan, "Sun Hongbo and his wife are inviting us to dinner. We're next door."
Lin Wan hadn't yet adapted to her married life, so she blurted out, "I want to go too?"
Fu Xiuhuai was loosening his tie and taking off his black suit to hang it on the hanger. Hearing this, he curled his lips and said, "If I go there alone, I'm sure they'll laugh at me."
Lin Wan: “…”
After all, it was the first time for Lin Wan to visit after experiencing such a strange thing. She was a little hesitant about what gift to give. In the end, Fu Xiuhuai cut the Gordian knot and took out a bottle of Moutai from the cabinet: "This is it. Sun Hongbo loves to drink, so this will be a gift to his heart."
The two walked for a few minutes from their villa and arrived next door. Sun Hongbo and He Yanni's villa was not much different from the Fu family villa. The exterior design was similar, but the interior structure was different.
It was dinner time and the nanny was busy in the kitchen of the Sun family villa. Lin Wan and Fu Xiuhuai were welcomed into the living room and met He Yanni and her husband.
Sun Hongbo is from the north. He is quite tall, nearly 1.8 meters, and is strong. He wears a gold necklace around his neck, which gives him the air of a nouveau riche.
Lin Wan remembered that on the way here, Fu Xiuhuai briefly mentioned Sun Hongbo's history of making a fortune. In 1985, he left the countryside alone and went south to do transportation. He encountered many bandits and almost lost his life several times. In 1990, he established his own transportation team and was quite a figure.
The nanny prepared five meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a soup, and asked everyone who was chatting on the sofa to eat.
"Let's go and open this Moutai and drink it today." Sun Hongbo really likes wine.
The table was filled with home-cooked dishes, all delicious, and there was nothing Lin Wan couldn't eat. It was dinnertime, and Lin Wan had a big appetite. As the two men were discussing the project, she heard He Yanni lean over and whisper to her, "Fu Xiuhuai specifically told our Old Sun not to serve fish or meat. Look... he's quite conscious."
Lin Wan: “…”
Lin Wan noticed that He Yanni particularly loved teasing herself and Fu Xiuhuai. After dinner, when the two were chatting in the villa garden, Lin Wan said bluntly: "Sister Yanni, you love to tease me and Fu Xiuhuai."
"Of course not." He Yanni smiled, her eyes curved into crescents. "Fu Xiuhuai has never had a woman by his side before. Everyone says this big boss lives like a monk. He got married out of the blue, and married such a beautiful girl. Who wouldn't be surprised?"
Lin Wan followed up on this by saying, "Didn't you ask him what he thought at the time?"
He Yanni approached mysteriously and lowered her voice, "Of course I asked! Before you got married, Lao Sun and I attended the project celebration banquet together. Many people at the table asked why Fu Xiuhuai suddenly wanted to get married."
Lin Wan listened attentively: "What did he answer?"
"He said it's time to get married." He Yanni felt romantic. It was obvious that he wanted to get married because he had finally met the right person, the one he loved.
Lin Wan pondered over these words silently, and felt more and more that this marriage was not his original intention. He was just forced into it by his family when he reached the age to get married.
The golden crow fell in the west, and the sky was filled with fiery clouds. Lin Wan and Fu Xiuhuai said goodbye to He Yanni and her husband. When they returned home, the Fu family had already left.
Returning to the bedroom to rest, Lin Wan seemed to still hear the words she heard from He Yanni. Did Fu Xiuhuai really say that?
She stared at the man who was carrying a thermos and pouring water into a glass cup, and in the blink of an eye, a cup of warm water was handed to her.
Fu Xiuhuai raised his chin slightly and said nothing more.
Lin Wan held the water of suitable temperature and drank most of it. Feeling that the gaze on her face did not go away for a long time, she just quietly turned sideways.
Fortunately, the man gulped down a glass of warm water, turned around and left, walking straight to the bedside table on his side. He took out a yellow paper folder and handed it to him, saying casually, "The company just successfully received a new project to build the first fifteen-story building in Jiangcheng. It can make hundreds of thousands of yuan in profit. Adding the money paid back from previous projects, I have a total of one million yuan in working capital in my account. As for the company's assets..."
"Why are you telling me this suddenly?" Lin Wan clenched the water cup, a little surprised.
In her heart, the two of them were still strangers, just strangers who had to live under the same roof.
"I was worried that you forgot, so I didn't even want to buy a piece of clothing when I went out to the mall." A faint smile appeared in Fu Xiuhuai's eyes.
Lin Wan guessed that it must have been He Yanni and her husband who mentioned this to Fu Xiuhuai, and her face flushed: "Yanni, you're talking nonsense. I didn't intend to buy clothes in the first place."
"There's a hundred thousand in the note I gave you last time, and there's also some cash in the drawer. Don't just keep it there for display."
Lin Wan really didn't know about these things. She took the passbook handed to her by Fu Xiuhuai and saw her name on the account, with a total deposit of 100,000 yuan.
There was a stack of money in an envelope in the drawer. Looking at the thick bills, it seemed that there were thousands of cash.
Lin Wan didn't understand, is it necessary for Fu Xiuhuai to go to this extent?
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