Since her sister’s accident, she had been relying on herself to raise Su Yajing, essentially striving alone in Li City. Over these ten years, she had endured so much, but undoubtedly, her mind had always been tense...
"Sharp-tongued" was merely a guise a businesswoman had adopted for self-protection.
And now, with Su Yajing having a place to call home, even she had to admit that from the current perspective, it would be difficult for Su Yajing to repeat her mother’s mistakes. In fact, she might even live better than most...
In this state of mind, Su Man felt like a mother who had worried for half her life, suddenly relieved of her burdens. There was a faint sense of loss in her heart, but more than anything, it was comfort.
Gradually, an unstoppable smile appeared on Su Man’s face.
It was a beauty even Su Yajing had never seen.
Zhou Wang saw it too, but he felt a teasing impulse. Taking advantage of Su Man’s inattention, he suddenly moved closer and asked, "Auntie, are you happy now?"
"Happy..."
Su Man instinctively nodded her head.
"So you see, when you asked me last time if having money would make you happy, it was actually a false proposition."
"Hmm?"
When Su Man looked over in amazement, Zhou Wang was already smiling faintly and said,
"If having money can’t make you happy, then could it be possible that it’s because that little money of yours... isn’t enough."
Su Man: "..."
When Auntie was rendered speechless by Zhou Wang, he had already turned his head to chat with Wu Lei.
To prevent any unexpected events, Wu Lei specifically stayed behind. He initially didn’t want to drink, but couldn’t resist Zhou Wang’s invitation, so he went along with it and sat down.
When the two chatted for a bit, Wu Lei went out to take a call, and a moment later, he returned with a young man in casual clothes.
"Wei Bro?"
Zhou Wang paused briefly, then immediately realized the identity of the young man and greeted him with a smile.
"Hahaha, Brother Dog, finally we meet!"
The newcomer was naturally Ruan Jingwei, Ruan’s cousin. On the surface, he was just a department head at Xinghui Travel, but in their family business, the power he held was not much less than a vice president.
In any case, since Zhou Wang had come to Li City, and with Ruan’s instruction, Ruan Jingwei would certainly find a chance to meet with Zhou Wang.
He had originally planned to invite Zhou Wang for a meal when he was leaving, but hearing from Wu Lei that Zhou Wang lavishly spent forty million to buy the Sanhe Clubhouse, Ruan Jingwei, surprised, hurried over.
Ruan Jingwei was a few years older than Zhou Wang, but he called him "Brother Dog" very naturally.
Zhou Wang also called him "Bro." Both stuck to their own terms without interfering with each other.
"I was quite interested in this place too, but I don’t have your kind of boldness. Unless it was under the guise of an investment to ask our old man to step in, I might even need a loan... Ah, I envy you, Brother Dog!"
After some pleasantries, Ruan Jingwei sighed semi-seriously as he sat down.
Truth be told, he indeed wanted the clubhouse badly. However, even if he got his old man to step in, taking out forty million in cash to buy such a property would be difficult.
Although the tourism industry had begun to recover, the past few years had somewhat weakened the Ruan family’s assets.
If they hadn’t had strong social connections in the region to force their way through, their status among the top few in the industry might have long been replaced.
So, his envy of Zhou Wang’s extravagance was genuine, and he only then vaguely understood why his older brother took Zhou Wang so seriously...
"Ah, Wei Bro, what you’re saying... I’m just one person fooling around. How can I compare to the deep-rooted families like yours? As the saying goes, fortunes turn; maybe they’ve just turned to me lately, so I have a little capital to splurge..."
Zhou Wang chuckled heartily, neither deliberately showing off nor pretending to be modest.
He merely silently added in his mind, yeah, fortunes do turn, but if it’s just revolving around me, that counts as a kind of turn too...
Props to the system!
After a few rounds of drinks, Zhou Wang suddenly remembered something and with great interest, asked, "By the way, Wei Bro, there’s something I’m quite curious about."
"Brother Dog, go ahead..."
"Your phone number, it’s not something you won in a draw, right?"
Zhou Wang genuinely wanted to change his number.
He didn’t have the typical concerns of a working man and wouldn’t have his work affected by such a matter, nor would he have hang-ups about losing his VIP status on Xunlei...
"The 8788 one?"
Ruan Jingwei laughed, "Of course not, I bought it..."
"Mind if I ask how much it cost?"
Hearing it could be solved with money, Zhou Wang was instantly energized.
"Over a hundred and twenty thousand... but I bought it several years ago. I’m not quite sure about the current market."
Ruan Jingwei thought for a moment and said, "If Brother Dog is interested, you could keep an eye on the judicial auction channels. Many good numbers come from there, as it’s unlikely new numbers will be anything decent; you’d have to wait for previous owners to go bankrupt, and their numbers get sold off..."
While saying this, Ruan Jingwei shared a funny story with Zhou Wang.
There was previously a legend online about the most badass mobile number, "19999999999," being auctioned for a staggering 1.2 billion.
Although the authorities later debunked this, claiming the number had never been in use, it sparked a lot of debate among netizens and gave rise to the saying "the top six numbers in the country."
According to widespread rumors, "13999999999" belonged to the richest man in New Province, Old Mi, "13888888888" belonged to the oil tycoon in Yue Province, Old Wu, there was Si Cong’s "13666666666," and Hengda’s Old Xu held "13808888888"...