Chapter 242: This Child Was Never Very Smart

Shen Ci looked at him without rushing to answer, and then heard Yan Wenxi add: "But if there are too many people, it's no fun either."

No matter how big the cake, once there are too many people, it becomes tasteless.

"I'll find Old Yang later to chat and see what he thinks."

"Uncle Yang?" Shen Ci was somewhat surprised.

"Why? Didn't expect me to look for him?" Yan Wenxi looked at Shen Ci with a smile in his tone.

Shen Ci smiled and nodded: "I thought you two didn't get along."

"We don't get along, but that doesn't affect business. Although I don't look highly upon Old Yang as a person, he has one point very similar to me: he is never sloppy when it comes to making money. For this reason, I quite like cooperating with him to make money."

"Moreover, acquiring 'Water Cloud Abode' is no small matter. Future operations must also be considered. My line of work involves walking the night path, so there must be a partner who can manage things in the daylight. This person must have both the financial strength to acquire 'Water Cloud Abode' and the ability to stabilize it. The only person I can think of is Old Yang."

The words weren't exactly subtle, and Shen Ci understood immediately.

Brother Xizi meant that both sides must be covered; he handles the dark, and the light must rely on Uncle Yang.

"If Old Yang is interested, then the three of us split it equally?" Brother Xizi asked, suddenly turning his head to look at Shen Ci: "It might take ten each. Can you manage that?"

"Sure, no problem." Shen Ci agreed without hesitation, but didn't forget to remind him: "But Brother, I don't have any experience with high-end clubs. Putting up the money is fine, but you and Uncle Yang will have to put in more effort for the follow-up matters."

"Also, since I'm getting involved with you, the club's business must be clean. I won't touch anything illegal."

Some things had to be made clear in advance. Even if it didn't sound pleasant, it was her bottom line.

Fortunately, Yan Wenxi liked Shen Ci's straightforwardness, and he didn't mind her bluntness at all. He smiled upon hearing this: "Rest assured, I might not be entirely clean myself, but the businesses in my hands are absolutely clean. Since you call me Brother, I certainly won't cheat you."

"With those words from you, Brother, I'm relieved. Then I'll wait for news from you and Uncle Yang."

The next day, Shen Ci had originally agreed with Gu Shangyou to go to the Gu residence for dinner, but unexpectedly, they met at the hospital that afternoon.

"What happened?"

At the entrance of the hospital room, Shen Ci looked at Jiang Lingchuan and asked.

"It's nothing. She just accidentally mistook the gas pedal for the brake while learning to drive. After the car bolted, she was terrified and crashed straight into a tree," Jiang Lingchuan explained with exceptional calm.

"Is she alright?"

Jiang Lingchuan shook his head: "Nothing serious. Her forehead hit the steering wheel, causing some redness and swelling, and she scraped a bit of skin."

Shen Ci pursed her lips speechlessly. She had already advised her against learning to drive, and now look—she even bumped her head.

This child was never very smart to begin with.

Entering the room, the Gu Shangyou couple were both there. Gu Lianxing was wearing a hospital gown with gauze on her forehead, lying on the bed with a pale face.

As soon as she saw Shen Ci, she couldn't help but feel aggrieved: "My dear, you're here. I thought I'd never see you again."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, don't talk nonsense." Shen Ci chided her, then turned to greet the Gu couple: "Uncle, Auntie."

Gu Shangyou looked at Shen Ci and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry. I originally wanted to host you at home today, but I didn't expect Lianxing to have such an accident."

"Uncle, there's no need to be so polite with me. It's really not an important matter, I haven't taken it to heart."

Gu Lianxing glared at her father: "Dad, have you apologized to Shen Ci?"

Before Gu Shangyou could speak, Shen Ci interrupted: "Uncle has already apologized. I fully accept it, and this matter is over."

"It's just that Shen Ci has a good temper, suffering such a grievance but never saying a word."

Shen Ci gave Gu Lianxing a look, signaling her to stop talking, and Gu Lianxing finally shut her mouth.

Lady Gu stood up and said: "I'll go back and have Auntie Liu make some food to send over. Lianxing is fine, you should go back to the company too. Just let Lingchuan stay here and watch over her."

"I don't want him watching over me, I want Shen Ci to accompany me!" Gu Lianxing excitedly reached out to Shen Ci: "My dear, don't go. Stay here and accompany me, I don't want a block of wood watching over me!"

Shen Ci smiled helplessly and nodded: "Fine, I'll accompany you."

"Uncle, Auntie, please go and attend to your business. I'll stay with Lianxing, that way it'll be convenient for her if she needs to go to the restroom or something."

With Shen Ci there, they were naturally at ease. Gu Shangyou stepped forward and said: "Then I'll trouble you, Shen Ci. Can we talk about the project another time?"

This was a clear probe. The Gu family obviously wanted that program, but they were afraid Shen Ci wouldn't be willing.

But Shen Ci, out of consideration for him being Lianxing's father, wouldn't hold it against him at all, so she immediately said: "If Uncle Gu is interested, you can contact Senior Brother Luo directly. The price for this program has already been set. As long as the Gu family is willing to pay, we are willing to sell it to the Gu family."

Gu Shangyou beamed with joy: "That's great, I'll arrange it as soon as possible."

Once they left, Gu Lianxing couldn't help but complain: "The Gu family treated you like that, you should have left him hanging and let him worry."

"I know that wasn't Uncle's intention, and besides, he's your father, how could I make things difficult for him?" Shen Ci walked to the bedside and sat down, leaning in to look at the bump on Lianxing's forehead: "It's swollen quite badly, the gauze is pushed up so high. You were too careless."

"Will I be disfigured?" Gu Lianxing suddenly became nervous.

Seeing this, Shen Ci laughed out loud: "How could that be? Don't let your imagination run wild."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Lingchuan pushed the door open and walked in, holding two ice cream cones in his hands.

"So fast?" Gu Lianxing looked at him in surprise.

Jiang Lingchuan said expressionlessly: "There's a Golden Arches downstairs."

The next second, Jiang Lingchuan suddenly flipped one of the ice creams upside down onto the other, then handed it to Gu Lianxing.

Shen Ci blinked as she looked at the combined ice cream cone, then heard Jiang Lingchuan explain: "She has loved eating it this way since she was a child."

"You remember her preferences quite clearly."

Jiang Lingchuan remained silent, but Gu Lianxing raised her eyebrows triumphantly: "Of course, he's been following behind my tail since we were kids."

"Then do you remember his birthday and preferences?" Shen Ci asked suddenly.

"Of course!" After licking the ice cream, Gu Lianxing blurted out: "His birthday is September 7th, Virgo, height 1.825 meters. He doesn't eat pork intestine, durian, or century egg. He likes white and blue. His left eye is 600 degrees nearsighted, right eye 570, with slight astigmatism."

"What else do you want to ask? I know it all!"

Shen Ci blinked, and Jiang Lingchuan was even more dumbfounded.

She actually remembered it all!

After a long while, Shen Ci nodded with a smile: "Not bad, not an ungrateful wretch."

It was just that her reaction was a beat slow; Jiang Lingchuan's liking for her was so obvious, it was estimated that she was the only one who couldn't see it!

Babies, if you have monthly tickets, please cast them. It's almost the end of the month!

We've reached 500,000 words!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 243 =====