Chapter 45: Slippery Su Mingyue

Chen Yang's first wish after being reborn was to repay his aunt's family for raising him.

Providing them with settled housing in Xingcheng and opening a livelihood supermarket to guarantee stable income, this wish is also considered fulfilled.

However, seeing Chen Yang give out several thousand yuan in red packets on the supermarket's opening day, Chen Chunmei felt very distressed. After the customers left, she kept complaining. In her view, that was Zhao Donghai's annual income before he was laid off.

Chen Yang now has money, so he no longer needs to pinch pennies as in his previous life. He comforted Chen Chunmei, saying: "Aunt, before you arrived, all the supermarket's preparations were handled by Manager Liu and his staff. All the paperwork was also taken care of by Zhong Lin using Chen Bing's connections. Giving them red packets is actually my way of thanking them for their help."

"Moreover, running a supermarket isn't like a street stall where you can just flee when the urban management shows up—you can outrun the monk but not the temple. In the future we'll face not only the urban management bureau but also industry and commerce, taxation, fire control, health, and many other inspection agencies. If you're reluctant to spend money to handle relations, once any link runs into trouble and you get fined or shut down, the loss will only be greater."

Chen Chunmei still felt distressed, but she couldn't refute Chen Yang's words.

Chen Yang worried she would keep obsessing, so he comforted her: "Aunt, in business you need to give to gain. As long as the supermarket does well, this money will soon be earned back, and maybe even more."

Chen Chunmei could only nod, reluctantly accepting Chen Yang's view.

Since it was the first day of opening, Chen Yang closed the supermarket at ten p. m. Because the occupancy rate of Sunshine Garden Community was still low, that day's turnover was only two thousand yuan.

Chen Yang was already satisfied with that. Two thousand a day, sixty thousand a month; with a twenty percent gross margin, that's twelve thousand income. After deducting various expenses and labor costs, he could still net at least six thousand. This is far better than vending at Clear Water.

Seeing that day's sales exceed two thousand yuan, Chen Chunmei finally smiled.

Before driving back to his own residence, Chen Yang also gave Zhao Qian a small task: to go to nearby supermarkets and malls when she had time to get a feel for market conditions. Taking advantage of Chen Chunmei and Zhao Donghai's inattention, he secretly slipped her two thousand yuan in cash for her to spend as she pleased.

After this summer vacation, Zhao Qian will become a medical university student. Chen Yang hopes she can live a carefree life before graduation. This is also fulfilling a promise he failed to keep in his previous life.

When he returned home, it was already past midnight. Chen Yang saw that Liu Qingqing's room light was still on, so he knocked on her door. To his surprise, besides Liu Qingqing, Su Mingyue was also there.

Both were wearing pajamas, but their spirits were high, not looking like they wanted to sleep. Chen Yang asked and found out they were discussing women's life topics on the Qingwang forum with netizens.

Seeing Liu Qingqing fully absorbed in building her own website, Chen Yang finally felt relieved. After a brief chat with them, he went home to sleep.

Possibly because he had been busy for several days straight, he slept very soundly.

When he woke up, Chen Yang discovered Su Mingyue had sent him a text asking if he was interested in investing in stocks.

Regarding Su Mingyue, Chen Yang could not read her. When they were studying, she was a plant placed by Zhang Jun beside Lin Wei. At the same time, she did not hide her undercover identity in front of Lin Wei. Now she is again a plant placed by Lin Wei beside Liu Qingqing. And Liu Qingqing knows her undercover identity yet can still maintain a friendly relationship with her.

This woman is slippery and unreliable. Chen Yang even suspects she still keeps in touch with Zhang Jun.

Recently the stock market has been poor, yet Su Mingyue suddenly approached him about investing in stocks—could there be Zhang Jun's involvement?

Know that Zhang Jun is the one who most hopes Chen Yang will have bad luck.

Chen Yang thought for a while, but still decided to accept Su Mingyue's invitation. He replied to her message, and she soon knocked on his door.

"Chen Yang, thank you for supporting my career." Su Mingyue wanted to shake his hand, but he refused.

Strictly speaking, this girl is also a beauty—phoenix eyes, apple-shaped face, voluptuous figure. If she weren't conservative in dress and constantly wore black-rimmed glasses, she would surely have many admirers. In her previous life, it was only on her wedding day that everyone discovered her true nature, like uncovering Mount Lu's real face.

Of course, Chen Yang deliberately gave Su Mingyue the cold shoulder—not just to avoid suspicion, but also because he was annoyed that she repeatedly ruined his plans. His marriage license with Lin Wei became known to Zhang Jun, and his cold war with Liu Qingqing were both caused by Su Mingyue meddling. For her own benefit, this woman seems willing to betray anyone.

"Speak up! Who are you representing this time when you come to me—Zhang Jun, my wife, or Qingqing?"

Su Mingyue smiled and said, "Can't I just be doing this for myself?"

Chen Yang thought it over and agreed—she really seemed to be doing it just for herself. "Fine, looking at our former classmate bond, I'll go open an account for you."

"Just open an account?" Su Mingyue was a bit dissatisfied and continued to probe Chen Yang: "You don't plan to roll your money into something bigger, do you?"

Chen Yang remained unmoved: "I just bought a house and opened a supermarket. I don't have much spare cash."

Su Mingyue laughed: "Stop pretending—I know you made a big sum recently; you must have over eighty million, right?"

As soon as Chen Yang heard that, he immediately understood who leaked the news: "Was it Zhang Jun or Tang Kun who told you?"

"Tang Kun—that guy tried to trick me into sleeping with him and slipped up while bragging."

"Um, did you two...?"

"Sorry, I'm not interested in a fickle big radish!"

"Then what if I also wanted to trick you into bed?"

"I came to your place, and Qingqing knows about it..."

Chen Yang glanced at Liu Qingqing's door—it was indeed ajar. He guessed that girl was eavesdropping inside.

"Su Mingyue, go in first; let's close the door and talk in detail."

As soon as Chen Yang finished speaking, Liu Qingqing flung the door open and ran out of her room. Seeing Chen Yang merely standing in the hallway talking to Su Mingyue, she immediately gave a silly laugh.

"Have you had breakfast?"

"No, do you want to feed us something downstairs?"

Chen Yang gave Liu Qingqing a look—he wouldn't casually feed people downstairs.

However, Chen Yang's mood was still decent, and he had nothing urgent to do. Seeing Liu Qingqing clutch her stomach pitifully, he eventually went back to the kitchen and cooked three bowls of beef noodles.

"Chen Yang, your cooking is really good—being your woman would surely bring happiness." Su Mingyue ate with relish and praised his cooking endlessly.

"Really? Then are you moved?"

"Forget it—I can't afford to offend your family's tigress."

"Su Su, you're right—Lin Wei is just a tigress, fierce and fierce!"

Chen Yang finally understood why Liu Qingqing and Su Mingyue could quickly rekindle their relationship—they're both poor souls drifting in the same boat!

His wife really is someone who makes you love and hate her at the same time.