Chapter 88: Someone Invested

"Ling Feng recommended it to me. That investment company looked at our proposal and thought it was very good, especially the car models you designed. Plus, this investment company only wants a 20% dividend."

Bai Shuruo couldn't help but say, "Sister, then you owe Ling Feng a huge favor. Did he introduce it to you because he likes you? How are you going to repay this favor?"

Bai Shunan said, "It's not entirely that. He didn't ask me to do anything, and we are friends. I don't think he would make unreasonable demands of me. Actually, I'm still a bit suspicious..."

"Suspicious of what?" Bai Shuruo saw Bai Shunan staring at her, staring until she felt uneasy?

Bai Shunan added, "Forget it. The most important thing right now is to get the company started and make the prototypes. As long as there is funding, I won't think about anything else for now."

Lin Wanfen had been listening to the sisters' conversation. Once they finished, she asked, "What were you two just talking about? What investment? What company? Are you both quitting your jobs to start a company?"

Bai Shunan smiled and said, "Yes, Aunt Fen, you can call me Bai Vice President from now on."

Bai Shuhua asked, "Then what does your company do?"

Bai Shuruo glanced at Aunt Fen, and after a long while, said, "Aunt Fen, we are making new energy vehicles."

Lin Wanfen had been holding a piece of chicken, but now the piece of chicken suddenly dropped onto the table, and her whole body seemed to stiffen.

New energy vehicles...

Both Bai Shunan and Bai Shuruo had anticipated that Lin Wanfen would have this reaction. Back then, it was because their father wanted to do this project that he went bankrupt. Aunt Fen was an employee at their father's company at the time, so she must have known clearly.

Not until she recovered did Bai Shunan say, "Aunt Fen, I'm sorry, I didn't discuss this with you beforehand. Actually, I wanted to start a company like this a long time ago."

Lin Wanfen wept silently. After a while, she spoke, "I'm going to offer incense to your father and let him bless you both."

After offering incense, Lin Wanfen went upstairs.

When she came down, she held a bankbook in her hand and said to Bai Shunan, "Nannan, I still have some savings here. It's not much, only about two hundred thousand, but let me buy into the shares too."

"Aunt Fen, you..." Bai Shunan knew that this two hundred thousand was what she had saved to put Bai Shuhua through university in the future, and she also needed it for her own retirement.

Lin Wanfen asked, "Do you think my money is too little?"

"Of course not, then... alright, I will accept this money, and it will count as your shares," Bai Shunan said as she took the bankbook.

Although 200,000 isn't very useful for starting a company, it will have to last as long as it can.

After leaving the old house, Bai Shuruo returned to Sunshine Garden.

There was a message on her phone from Han Yangting: 【Ruoruo, Happy New Year's Eve!】

Bai Shuruo hurriedly replied: 【Brother Han, Happy New Year's Eve to you too.】

Han Yangting: 【What are you doing?】

Bai Shuruo: 【Went to Aunt Fen's house for New Year's Eve dinner, just got back. How about you?】

Han Yangting recorded a video for her; it was his dining room, and the New Year's Eve dinner was already prepared. Looking at the style, it must have been his own handiwork.

Then the chat turned into a video call; he was the one who called first.

Bai Shuruo paused, always feeling that video calls were too awkward; only very intimate people would make them.

But she still subconsciously pressed accept, while simultaneously brushing the bangs on her forehead.

Han Yangting's handsome face appeared on the phone, a smile on the corners of his mouth.

Not knowing what to talk about at first, she took the initiative and said, "Brother Han, the food you made smells so good. Did you make it all by yourself?"

Han Yangting said, "Yes, Grandpa and Mom are getting on in years, so I felt bad letting them do the work, so I did the cooking."

Then his mother's face suddenly appeared on the other side of the video: "Yangting, who are you saying is getting on in years?"

Han Yangting smiled: "Sorry, I just wanted to find an excuse to make the New Year's Eve dinner."

Ye Caiyue greeted Bai Shuruo: "Ruoruo, hello there, have you eaten yet?"

Bai Shuruo immediately sat up straight: "I've eaten, Auntie... no, Mom."

Ye Caiyue said with a chuckle: "Add me on WeChat in a bit, Mom will send you a red envelope."

"No need, Mom, I..."

"How can an elder not give a red envelope to a younger one during the New Year?" Ye Caiyue said.

"Alright then..."

Next was Grandpa Han, who said from the side: "Add my WeChat too, I want to send Ruoruo a red envelope as well."

Bai Shuruo hurriedly smiled and said: "Okay Grandpa, Happy New Year's Eve, Grandpa."

Han Yangting then took the phone away. She didn't know if he had walked to the balcony; the background was too dark to see clearly, but it was very quiet.

Only then did Bai Shuruo feel a bit more relaxed. She chuckled: "Your grandpa and mom are both so enthusiastic."

Han Yangting said: "If they give you a red envelope, just accept it, otherwise they will think you look down on them."

"I know, I will accept it," Bai Shuruo promised.

"Will you blame me for not being by your side during the New Year?" Han Yangting asked.

Bai Shuruo hurriedly said: "Of course not."

How could she blame him? She was eating well and drinking well at home alone, eating melon seeds whenever she wanted, munching on spicy strips whenever she wanted, and watching movies whenever she wanted; she didn't know how carefree she was.

Seeing Han Yangting's expression sink, looking obviously unhappy, Bai Shuruo then said: "Uh... I am a little unaccustomed to it, so when will Brother Han be back?"

"I can't go back for the time being. I have to fly to M Country tomorrow for about half a month."

"Going abroad?"

"There are some things over there that need to be handled."

"Brother Han... you have a business in M Country too," Bai Shuruo asked.

Han Yangting then said: "Yes, I have an engineering team over there as well."

Bai Shuruo didn't understand these things, so she just said "Oh."

Han Yangting added: "Then... I'll go eat now."

"Go ahead, don't let Grandpa and Mom wait too long," Bai Shuruo said.

Han Yangting returned to the dining room and saw Han Weimin and Ye Caiyue holding their phones, discussing how much of a red envelope would be appropriate to send to Bai Shuruo.

"Yangting, your grandfather said to send 180,000; will that scare Ruoruo?" Ye Caiyue asked.

Han Yangting sat down and smiled: "80,000 is better."

Ye Caiyue then said: "That's too little; I actually wanted to send her 1.08 million."

Han Yangting said: "Let's just make it a uniform 88,000, otherwise she won't dare to accept it."

Afterwards, he poured wine for his grandfather and mother.

Every New Year's Eve, their branch of the family gives the servants time off to let them go back and reunite with their families. In previous years, Ye Caiyue would make the New Year's Eve dinner, but this year he volunteered to make it himself.

After they finished sending the red envelopes, the family of three finally began to enjoy their New Year's Eve dinner.

……

Bai Shuruo sat in the living room and scrolled through her Moments for a while.

The atmosphere of the New Year in Moments was the most intense; every household was reunited, with good wine and good food.

There were also a few requests to add her as a friend; she opened them to see that, besides Grandfather Han and her mother-in-law, there were two old classmates from her middle school group.

Not wanting to be rude and refuse, she verified and accepted them.

Fortunately, those two old classmates only sent her New Year's greetings and asked if she wanted to go to the gathering on the fifth day of the New Year; she said she would see when the time came, so the conversation wasn't very awkward.

Then she saw the WeChat transfers from Grandfather Han and her mother-in-law.

To her surprise, each of them had transferred 88,000 to her, which gave her a start.

She hurriedly sent a private message to Han Yangting: 【Brother Han, Grandfather and Mother gave me such a large red envelope, is it appropriate? Did they transfer the wrong amount?】

Han Yangting replied in a second: 【They said that since the bride price wasn't given, just treat it as a supplement to the bride price, feel free to accept it. They have much more money than I do; 80,000 is just the cost of a few meals to them.】

Bai Shuruo took a breath.

So Grandfather and Mother-in-law were that wealthy; she was relieved that they were rich, otherwise she would always worry about not having money to support the elders in the future.

She agonized for a good while before deciding to accept them.

Now that she wasn't working, she definitely couldn't take her sister's salary, so it was good for her to have some money to get by.

It was just that, once she thought about Grandfather and Mother-in-law giving her so much money, would they demand that she have a baby?

What if they also wanted her to have a son?

She couldn't help but get a headache again.

Not daring to think so much, she hurriedly turned on the television, prepared to watch a movie; once the movie was finished, the New Year would be over.

Opening the movie page, she saw the recent viewing history, which was a movie called "Love Letter"; it must have been something Han Yangting watched before.

He didn't like the movies Bai Shuruo liked, so she wanted to see what kind of movies he liked.