Qiao Shu opened the somewhat heavy envelope, wondering curiously in her heart why Feng Xiao had sent her a letter.
Once she opened the envelope, she saw Feng Xiao’s payslip, and she was completely stunned.
She truly had not expected Feng Xiao to send his payslip directly to her.
“……”
Qiao Shu’s eyes widened. Unable to understand why Feng Xiao had done this, she opened the letter inside the envelope.
After opening the letter, Qiao Shu read Feng Xiao’s vigorous and forceful handwriting. She quickly finished the not-very-long letter he had written to her.
In the letter, Feng Xiao said that since they were now husband and wife, he would hand over all his payslip to her, his wife. From now on, his wages would all be managed by her…
Qiao Shu ignored the affectionate farewell at the end of the letter, where he said he would return soon and asked her to wait for him. She casually set the letter aside and delightedly cradled Feng Xiao’s payslip.
Especially after seeing that Feng Xiao’s payslip had over ten thousand yuan on it, the smile on Qiao Shu’s face grew even brighter!
“Oh! Just when you’re dozing off, someone brings a pillow! Now the money problem is solved~!”
Qiao Shu’s eyes curved into crescents as she muttered softly to herself, her heart filled with joy.
Although she did not want the Feng Family members’ money, Feng Xiao was her ‘husband’!
They were a single entity. His money was her money, and of course, the money she earned… she would share some with him later~!
Qiao Shu had no intention of taking Feng Xiao’s money for nothing. She thought that since he had given her the payslip and he did not need much money anyway, she would ‘borrow’ it temporarily for now.
Once she earned money later, she would pay it back to Feng Xiao~! And add some interest too…
“Knock knock knock—!”
Just as Qiao Shu was overjoyed with Feng Xiao’s payslip in her arms, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
“Shushu, can Mom come in?”
Hearing He Hong’s voice, Qiao Shu quickly responded.
“Mom, come in.”
He Hong pushed the door open with a cup of goat milk in hand and saw Qiao Shu’s face full of happy smiles.
“Yo, what’s got you so happy?”
Seeing He Hong approach and hand her the cup of goat milk, Qiao Shu furrowed her pretty brows. Though a bit reluctant, she still obediently took the cup.
“This is freshly squeezed goat milk, very nutritious. You child, every time I make you drink goat milk, you act like it’s medicine.”
Seeing the little girl’s smile disappear the moment she handed over the goat milk, He Hong laughed and shook her head.
She always made that face when drinking goat milk; she was still just a child~.
“I know.”
Qiao Shu sighed lightly and downed the fresh goat milk in one gulp.
There was no helping it; she really did not like this tasteless goat milk.
But the Feng Family members insisted on her drinking a cup of fresh goat milk every morning and evening for her health.
If not for the secret of her Spirit Spring Space that she could not tell anyone, she really wanted to say she had Spiritual Spring Water that was even better than goat milk.
However, at her request, the whole family drank goat milk together every day. This also prevented the Feng Family members—who had recently been supplemented with a lot of Spiritual Spring Water from her—from growing suspicious about their white hair turning black, wrinkles fading, and bodies becoming younger and healthier.
After seeing the little girl finish the goat milk in one go, He Hong amusedly took out a prepared handkerchief and wiped the milk stains from Qiao Shu’s mouth.
“What did that blockhead Feng Xiao write to you? He’s got you so happy.”
Seeing He Hong’s curiosity, Qiao Shu did not hide it and directly handed her the letter Feng Xiao had written.
“Feng Xiao gave me his payslip! He said all his future wages will be handed over to me, to use as I please~!”
He Hong took the letter. Seeing how happy the little girl was about this, she laughed too.
“That kid really knows how to coax his little wife.”
She had not expected her blockhead son to think of something as trivial as handing over his payslip.
She had even less expected her usually taciturn blockhead son to write such ‘sweet words’ in a letter.
Though others might see nothing special in the letter, this was her blockhead son!
He Hong found it amusing to see her blockhead son directly calling Qiao Shu his wife in the letter, especially thinking of his usual serious demeanor.
“Mom, can I… keep this money for myself???”
Qiao Shu blinked, looking at He Hong a bit guiltily.
“Of course. This money was given to you, his little wife, by A Xiao in the first place. Of course you can keep it.”
Seeing the little girl’s cautious demeanor, He Hong waved it off nonchalantly, not taking her son’s payslip to heart at all.
She even felt that her son handing his payslip to Qiao Shu, his little wife, was exactly the right thing to do!
Since such a beautiful and outstanding young girl had wholeheartedly married him, he had to show some gesture no matter what!
In her biased view, even handing over the payslip was not enough from her blockhead son!
Money? Their family’s Shushu did not lack it.
However, He Hong had no idea that while the previous Qiao Shu indeed did not lack money, the current Qiao Shu—who planned to start a magazine company with someone—was short on it!!!
“Then… can I use it?”
Qiao Shu blinked and continued.
“Of course, Shushu. Since A Xiao gave you the payslip, the money is yours. Buy whatever you want, use it however you like, no need for any worries…”
He Hong said with a cheerful laugh, but Qiao Shu’s next words shocked her into speechlessness.
“What if I spend all the money on this payslip???”
Qiao Shu did not want to hide it. After all, this was Feng Xiao’s money, not hers. With Feng Xiao away, she still needed to inform the Feng Family members before spending it.
“Ah…?!!”
The previously cheerful He Hong was dumbfounded upon hearing Qiao Shu’s words, her smile freezing on her face.
She had not expected Qiao Shu to use it all!
She had seen her son’s payslip; there was a full ten thousand plus yuan inside. Qiao Shu lived with them and lacked for nothing—what could she possibly need to spend money on?
And to spend a whole ten thousand yuan at once!!!
“Shushu, do you mean you’re going to use all the money on the payslip? But what do you need so much for? Is there some trouble???”
He Hong asked concernedly. Money was no issue; what she cared about was whether her little girl had run into something.
Seeing that He Hong did not care about the over ten thousand yuan but was more concerned about her safety, Qiao Shu smiled sweetly and explained in detail to He Hong about her plan to partner with someone to start a magazine company.
“Mom, don’t worry, I’m fine. I just went out today to meet my editor, and we hit it off, so we decided to start a magazine company…”
Under Qiao Shu’s explanation, He Hong’s suspended heart finally settled. After hearing the whole story from beginning to end, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, though relieved, she was still uneasy about starting the magazine company…
Worried that her little girl would be deceived, He Hong frowned and asked.
“Shushu, is that editor of yours named Weng Kanya reliable???”
“She should be reliable. I think she’s a good person.”
Qiao Shu thought of Weng Kanya’s silly demeanor around her and nodded with a smile.
Still, worried for Qiao Shu, He Hong was not reassured. But she did not want to dampen the little girl’s enthusiasm for starting the magazine company, so she just nodded, took the empty goat milk cup, left the study, and went straight to discuss it with her husband, Feng Shengli.
Back in her room, He Hong told Feng Shengli about Qiao Shu’s plan to start a magazine company and voiced her concerns.
“It’s good that the child wants to start a business, but I’m worried our family’s Shushu will be deceived. What then?”
Feng Shengli, however, did not take He Hong’s worries seriously at all.
Because he thought—
“With how beautiful our family’s Shushu is, who could bear to deceive her? They’d only dote on her and love her—who would hurt her?”
Feng Shengli set down his newspaper, looked at his wife’s worried expression, and shook his head amusedly.
His wife was great to Qiao Shu in every way, but she overprotected her, always treating her like a child not yet grown, guarding her like an old hen…
“You can’t say that. What if there’s a blind, heartless villain out there!”
Though He Hong agreed with Feng Shengli’s words, she still worried her little girl would be deceived.
A mere ten thousand yuan was nothing; if deceived, so be it.
But she worried the little girl would be too upset if deceived.
“Alright, alright. So what do you want to do?”
Feng Shengli did not argue with his wife. After all, he cared about Qiao Shu too, so he asked.
“You have connections at the police station, right? Have someone investigate this Weng Kanya, check her family background, see if she’s trustworthy. If she’s really a con artist, at least we can find her right away.”
He Hong shared her plan. After all, only her husband could handle this; she could not.
“Fine. Partnering for a business does need us to vet it properly for Shushu, check the character’s morals.”
Feng Shengli agreed without hesitation.
“But investigating someone is no big deal; no need for police connections.”
“No police? Then how to investigate?”
“You don’t need to worry about that.”
Feng Shengli waved it off. “Just give me the partner’s name, age, phone number.”
He Hong knew her husband’s capabilities, so she did not ask further and told him all the info about Weng Kanya she had just gotten from Qiao Shu.
With the matter settled, He Hong’s heart eased a bit.
“No matter that partner’s character, since our Shushu wants to start a magazine company, we’ll definitely help her fulfill that wish. He Yingzi’s in-laws are a famous scholarly family in the Capital, all cultured people. They should know more about running a magazine than us. Tomorrow I’ll ask He Yingzi to see if her in-laws can help our family’s Shushu…”
Seeing his wife constantly saying ‘Shushu’ this and ‘Shushu’ that, Feng Shengli shook his head amusedly.
His old wife had always practiced strict mothering. Over the years, she had never been so gentle and loving even to their son, daughter, grandchildren, or granddaughters.
But now, to Qiao Shu, this daughter-in-law, she doted endlessly and cared boundlessly—like holding her in the palm of her hand lest she fall, or in her mouth lest she melt.
See, the He Hong who never liked pulling strings or taking shortcuts had thrown all principles out the window for Qiao Shu.
Directly wanting to pull connections and take shortcuts for the child.
Fortunately, Qiao Shu was a sensible and obedient good child. Otherwise, with his wife’s bottomless indulgence, the child would have been spoiled rotten~!
At this moment, Qiao Shu had no idea how big an impact her mention of starting a magazine company had on He Hong.
Investigating her partner, pulling strings for shortcuts.
Right now, what she was thinking was—
Since the money was in place, all that was left was the story!
In fact, Qiao Shu already had over ten thousand yuan sponsored by Feng Xiao in her hands. She felt that it was absolutely enough as startup capital.
If there were no stories, she could spend a large sum to hire writers.
But Qiao Shu felt that she could probably do it by herself again.
After all—
She still had many short fairy tale stories she had written as practice before!!!
Qiao Shu took out all those short fairy tale stories she had written for practice.
She felt extremely fortunate in her heart that she had not thrown them away after writing them but had stored them in the drawer.