Chapter 99: Encountering a Difficult Problem

"So, hubby, you did the right thing today. When facing people who provoke you, you should strike first."

Liu Yue gave Shen Mo an unhesitating compliment.

Shen Jiajia, who happened to be in the room, rolled her eyes: "Sister Liu Yue, have you noticed your behavior is exactly like the female lead who actually speaks in romance novels?"

Liu Yue and Shen Mo looked at her in confusion. What does that mean?

Shen Jiajia said with a grin: "The logic in romance novels is that whenever the male and female leads separate, it's because of accumulated disappointments, and those disappointments all stem from the one they love failing to explain themselves."

"Like today's incident — because Sister Liu Yue didn't speak up to defend him, Shen Mo would be disappointed."

"You're clearly husband and wife, so why didn't you speak up to defend me? Then disappointment, then a rift between you."

"One day when Sister Liu Yue comes home late drunk, Shen Mo will feel scared, afraid, and then they'll break up and part ways."

"And the beginning of all this is because the one who earns more money didn't open their mouth to explain."

"So, Sister Liu Yue, you're exactly the female lead who actually speaks in romance novels."

Liu Yue and Shen Mo rolled their eyes together.

【Crazy.】

That's right, that's right, definitely crazy.

But Shen Mo and Liu Yue had only just discovered that Shen Jiajia, the next-generation president of the Shen Family, a woman who acted with thunderous efficiency, was actually a romance novel enthusiast.

The "chase-wife-to-the-crematorium" kind, no less.

So Liu Yue couldn't help but say: "This kind of literature, if you read too much, it makes you not want to date, right?"

Snorting dismissively, Shen Jiajia rolled her eyes and said coldly: "From college until now, I've had four relationships, and they basically all ended because of money."

"What makes you think I still have much interest in dating?"

"In the future it'll most likely be a business marriage. He lives his life, I live mine. We'll sign a prenuptial agreement in advance, and if my family goes bankrupt or his family goes bankrupt, we divorce."

"Being realistic is better."

Liu Yue fell silent. Indeed, that was the case.

She knew Shen Jiajia's story. Shen Yilong wouldn't let Shen Jiajia reveal her identity, and her living expenses had always been only slightly better than an ordinary student's. So her first boyfriend in college, after hooking up with a rich second-generation girl at school, dumped Shen Jiajia. Oh, actually, it was Shen Jiajia who decisively dumped him after being cheated on.

When dating her second boyfriend, Shen Jiajia revealed a little of her identity, but because she was conservative and wouldn't let him touch her, he cheated. After being caught, he roared at Shen Jiajia, saying you have money but won't let me spend it, and won't even let me touch you, what do I need you for.

Completely twisted values.

The third one was someone Shen Jiajia dated after graduation. He was an employee of the Shen Corporation, pursued her, and after getting together he performed very well — polite and courteous, and didn't even ask for premarital cohabitation.

But when Shen Jiajia went back to his hometown with him for New Year, he revealed his true colors, actually asking her to buy all sorts of expensive things.

Shen Jiajia didn't care. Whatever, right?

But then things got even more outrageous. After confirming that Shen Jiajia had fallen for him, he actually brought out some feudal remnants.

He wouldn't let Shen Jiajia sit at the table to eat, made her build a house for his family, his dad and mom brought up the question of whether there was a bride price, demanded a dowry of ten million, and wanted her to bear a child for that man's younger brother.

Only then did Shen Jiajia realize that the reason that man had asked for premarital cohabitation was because he was a eunuch.

Shen Jiajia was absolutely furious and immediately wanted to leave.

Even more outrageous, the guy tried to force himself on her.

Fortunately Shen Jiajia was smart and had arranged for bodyguards to follow behind her in advance, so nothing happened.

Three blows nearly made Shen Jiajia collapse, but luckily she wasn't the type to lose her head over romance.

The fourth one was the most outrageous. The guy was from a small family in Jinghai, considered a match of equal status — a family that even lived off orders from the Shen Family.

Logically it should have been fine. After all, you're living off the Shen Corporation, what are you still being picky about? But before the relationship had even gone well, the guy's sister jumped out and declared, my brother only sees you as a substitute, the one we both like is Sister Linlin.

Oh, the "white moonlight substitute" trope.

Shen Jiajia was so angry she nearly drove that family straight into bankruptcy on the spot.

Are you sick in the head? I, Shen Jiajia, have money and looks — why would I be someone's substitute for you?

That guy came back and begged Shen Jiajia not to give up, saying his sister didn't represent him.

Only then did Shen Jiajia breathe a sigh of relief.

But just as they confirmed the relationship and were about to get engaged, that guy revealed his true colors — arranging a job for his white moonlight, getting up in the middle of the night to find her cat, fixing her water pipes, and coming home covered in cat hair despite knowing full well Shen Jiajia was allergic to cats.

Shen Jiajia immediately broke up with him. Get lost.

I want to date, but that doesn't mean I'm a love-struck idiot, especially not with someone whose family background is inferior to mine in every way.

As a result, the guy came to cling to her desperately, even kneeling on the ground begging for reconciliation, proposing on a big screen, spreading rumors about Shen Jiajia — absolutely outrageous.

Most critically, he was also supplying defective products to the Shen Corporation on the side.

This made Shen Jiajia absolutely furious, and she sent the scumbag straight to prison and drove him into bankruptcy.

Afterward, he even said, Jiajia, as long as you can be happy and forgive me, I'm willing to give up everything I have.

This left Shen Jiajia bewildered. Buddy, am I some kind of cheap person? What makes you think I'd still forgive you? Go to hell.

This series of experiences resulted in Shen Jiajia longing for love, yet being very pessimistic about her own romantic prospects.

Terrible luck.

Perhaps the topic had become too heavy, so Shen Mo decisively took the lead in changing the subject.

"Sister Jiajia, how has the door-to-door work been going these past few days?"

Shen Jiajia sighed and said helplessly: "Not good at all. The market here is starting to gradually shrink."

"Import and export taxes are also steadily rising. I've been thinking about whether to come over and invest in building a factory."

She really did sigh heavily.

That's just how international trade works. Sometimes when you go invest and build a factory locally, the money you save isn't even as much as what you'd spend on transportation.

But sometimes when import and export taxes are too high, it's better to build a factory locally.

Clearly, this country's current goal of crazily raising import and export taxes is to get people to come back and invest in factories, boosting employment rates.

Otherwise, if the residents have no money, the economy will shrink even further.

Especially as the number of vagrants increased, public order became a major problem.

Shen Jiajia rubbed her temples, deeply troubled.

Liu Yue sighed: "There's no way out. If it really won't work, just invest and build a factory. Unless your family is willing to give up such a huge market."

Shen Jiajia glanced at her and bluntly complained: "Investing and building a factory brings up another problem — whether I should partner with my former agent."

"If I partner with him, I have to give him a cut of the money. If I don't, he'll definitely cause trouble."

Shen Jiajia was also very troubled — this was a real dilemma.

Once she invested and built a factory, producing and selling on-site, they could partner directly with distributors and bypass the agent.

But bypassing the original agent would create the biggest problem — offending people, and the other side would cause trouble.

So Shen Jiajia was very hesitant.

(End of chapter)