There was only one time after Chapter 242.
There was only one time after Chapter 242.
Only then did Lu's mother notice Lu Zhou's hair, and nodded in satisfaction: "This haircut makes you look so much more energetic! You insisted on letting it grow so long before, it looked awful."
Lu Zhou touched his new haircut and thought to himself, "This was cut according to Shen Li's request."
Looking at his obedient appearance, Shen Li found him much more pleasing to the eye.
Lu Zhou thought to himself: Forget it, a bunch of ignorant fools.
Of course, he only dared to say these words in his heart; if he actually said them out loud, he would definitely get beaten up.
Shen Li turned to look at Lu's mother and asked softly, "Mom, is everything going smoothly at the shop?"
Mrs. Lu nodded: "No problem, it's just that some items are sold out. I'll take inventory tomorrow and give you the list."
"Okay."
Lu's mother is now helping out at the shop, but she doesn't have to worry about any specific management tasks; after all, she's Shen Li's own person. She gets paid 500 yuan a month, and since it's their own shop, they don't mind the small amount. Lu's mother goes to the shop every day to pass the time, and sometimes she can take a day off if she doesn't want to go.
When evening came, everyone went back to their rooms.
Shen Li sat on the edge of the bed and discussed with Lu Cheng, "I want to buy a car."
Lu Cheng looked at her with some confusion: "Did you buy it through your spatial storage?"
Shen Li nodded, carefully calculating: "Hmm. I have gold in my space. One piece of gold is worth hundreds of thousands, enough to buy two cars. Buying it in my space is the most cost-effective."
"Okay." Lu Cheng had no objection.
Shen Li seemed to suddenly remember something and asked again, "Does your company have enough money?"
Lu Cheng reached out and took her hand, saying gently, "Don't worry, it'll be enough."
"It's not that I don't believe in your abilities," Shen Li said earnestly, "I just think now is the perfect time to acquire more land. So, if you don't have enough funds, I can allocate some from here."
Lu Cheng thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Okay."
Anyway, the company was originally a mess.
Shen Li got up and walked to the safe, opened the door, took out a passbook, and handed it to Lu Cheng: "This is Mu Xi's income for the past six months, 300,000 yuan. You can use it first."
Lu Cheng looked at the numbers on the bankbook and was genuinely surprised: "So much?"
"It's all money prepaid by customers who have topped up their accounts, and many of them haven't even used it all yet. Besides, the products in the store are all taken from the space, so there's almost no cost. It's like only taking in and not giving out, so naturally there's more money," Shen Li explained.
Holding the bankbook in his hand, Lu Cheng was still somewhat uneasy: "Do you have enough money to tide you over?"
Shen Li couldn't help but laugh, her eyes crinkling into a smile: "How could I possibly be short of money?"
Lu Cheng pulled her into his arms, lowered his head and rubbed his forehead against hers, his tone teasing: "Alright, then from now on, I'll rely on you to take care of me, my wife."
Shen Li laughed at his joke and reached out to hook her arm around his neck: "Okay, then you'd better serve me well."
Lu Cheng's voice deepened, tinged with a hint of ambiguity, as he whispered in her ear, "Whatever service you want, I'll provide. How about... a kneeling service?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Li's heart skipped a beat, and her cheeks instantly flushed.
It's true what they say, "When you're well-fed and clothed, you start thinking about sex." This second brother was such a proper person to begin with!
It looks completely different now.
They act all respectable during the day, but at night, it's a different story.
That's a wolf that doesn't know how to control itself.
The two were making love in the room.
After two times.
Shen Li looked at Lu Cheng, who seemed ready to pounce.
"Second Brother, if something really happens tomorrow, let's call a truce."
Lu Cheng laughed: "Didn't you say that a man is sixty years old after twenty-five? I have to let you experience the joys of life before you turn twenty-five."
Shen Li suddenly remembered the joke she had made earlier.
She lightly slapped her own mouth: "Second brother, I was wrong. This will only happen once in a lifetime."
The result was later
Shen Li complained: Why does it take the same amount of time every time?
Lu Cheng chuckled: It can be controlled.
The next morning, Shen Li took Lu Zhou and Lu Nan to the Shen family compound.
Regarding the driver's license issue—these days you have to register your driver's license under a company's name, and since Lu Cheng's company isn't in Beijing, she thought she'd ask the Shen family.
Furthermore, she also plans to buy a car and inquire about the registration process. Ultimately, she feels more comfortable returning to her own home than to the Xu family's.
The car stopped at the gate of the compound. The soldiers on guard saw that it was Shen Li and gave him a familiar salute. They didn't even bother to report it and let him pass directly.
Upon entering the courtyard, Shen Li realized that it wasn't the weekend, so her father was definitely not at work. To her surprise, her eldest brother Shen Qingbei and second brother Shen Qingnan were both home. There was also a strange girl standing next to the sofa in the living room, leaving everyone with only a view of her back in a fashionable dress.
"Lili? You're back!" Shen's mother had just come out of the kitchen, a dishcloth in her hand. Seeing her daughter at the door, her eyes lit up instantly, and she quickly came to greet her. "Come in quickly, the sun's high outside!"
Shen Li smiled and stepped aside to let Lu Zhou and Lu Nan enter first, waving the gift bag in her hand: "I had something I wanted to ask Dad or my older brother, and I just stopped by to see you."
Mother Shen playfully patted her arm, but her gaze fell on the gift bags, her tone tinged with amusement: "It's good that you came, why buy all this? I know you're successful now and don't lack money, but you can't be so extravagant!"
"Buying things for Mom and Dad and my brothers, how can that be considered extravagant?" Shen Li smiled as she handed the items to the nanny beside her. Her gaze swept across the living room, finally settling on the unfamiliar figure. She asked casually, "Big brother, second brother, you seem to be free today. By the way, Mom, who is this?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl turned around.
When Shen Li saw her face clearly, he thought to himself, "Wow, what a small world! Isn't this the arrogant saleswoman who looked down on people in the mall yesterday?"
When He Xiulan saw Shen Li's appearance, her body stiffened abruptly, her handkerchief crumpled in her hand, and her face turned deathly pale.
She never imagined that the "poor girl" she had mocked yesterday was actually the Shen family's biological daughter they had found!
That's it, her hopes are probably dashed.
Unaware of the undercurrent between the two, Shen's mother smiled and introduced, "This is He Xiulan, the younger sister of your late sister-in-law. She is also Nuannuan's aunt. She came to see Nuannuan today."
He Xiulan suppressed her panic, forced a stiff smile, and took two steps forward: "It's like the flood washed away the Dragon King's temple! So you're the Shen family's sister. I was blind to your greatness yesterday, it's all my fault..."
"Oh? You two know each other?" Mrs. Shen raised an eyebrow, sensing something was amiss.
Shen Li picked up the teacup handed to her by the nanny, gently blew away the foam, and said in a nonchalant tone, "I guess you could say we know each other. Yesterday, I took Lu Zhou and Xiao Nan to the mall to shop, and we happened to go into the store where Miss He works. But Miss He didn't seem to be able to afford anything, so she barely bothered to serve us and didn't say more than a few words."
Upon hearing this, He Xiulan's face turned completely red. She buried her head so low it almost touched her chest, twisting the hem of her clothes helplessly, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
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