Chapter 372: Goodbye, Little Li the Enemy

Lin Dongfan is capable of earning money to support the family; Shabaitian could just lie back and be responsible for being as beautiful as a flower.

Having a second child, the one who truly needs to undergo the eighty-one tribulations is Shabaitian Chu Lingxi. Now she doesn't resist this; Lin Dongfan can only go along with it, and saying more would just invite scolding.

After the meal, Lin Dongfan accompanied Chu Lingxi for a walk and some shopping.

Taking advantage of the fact that no elders were present to apply pressure.

Lin Dongfan reminded her in one sentence: "Having a second child, you need to think it through clearly. If you get pregnant again, you won't be able to pursue your dream."

"My dream is very important; Grandpa's dream is also important, right?"

Chu Lingxi linked arms with Lin Dongfan, smiling happily.

On the surface she always looks silly, but what she said today wasn't foolish; a single sentence conquered Lin Dongfan completely.

To wrong oneself and fulfill others is a saintly mindset.

When she had just given birth to the ugly baby, she exercised every day, striving to recover her figure, with the goal of entering the entertainment industry to film movies and achieve her superstar dream.

To help her achieve this dream.

Lin Dongfan had also consulted Ye Jiaying multiple times, asking her to plan a starlit road for her, ensuring she would debut at the peak.

The entire Mortal Media Company placed her in the leading female role.

They prepared to be her green leaf (supporting role).

Now her decision to have a second child is equivalent to giving up her superstar dream.

Upon reflection, Lin Dongfan also felt this wasn't necessarily a bad thing; not pursuing the star dream is fine too. We have the ability to be an elegant wealthy wife—why go on stage to throw ourselves into the spotlight and act?

"Husband, what are you thinking?"

Seeing Lin Dongfan say nothing, Chu Lingxi tightened her grip on his arm, laughing as she looked at his pensive expression.

A bustling night market lay ahead, with the aromas of various barbecues wafting over.

That was Chu Lingxi's favorite.

Lin Dongfan led her forward, saying: "I'm thinking about how cute you are. Come on, while you're not pregnant with a second child and have no dietary restrictions, let's go to the barbecue stall and eat heartily."

"Haha, indeed my husband understands me best; today I want to eat takoyaki."

"As long as it's something you like, I'll buy it for you; buying the whole street would be no problem—my husband here is so poor he only has money left."

"Nonsense, you still have me."

"Sorry, I'm being petty, always secretly keeping you in my heart, reluctant to bring you out to show off…"

"Wow, what is that? It looks delicious."

Before Lin Dongfan could finish speaking, Shabaitian had already let go and run toward a barbecue stall, attracted by a new snack.

Lin Dongfan was instantly left dazed on the spot.

I struggled to come up with two cheesy lines of affection, and it turns out you didn't hear a word—you forget your husband at the sight of food.

Fine, as long as you're happy.

Lin Dongfan furrowed his brow, put aside his disappointed feelings, and first went to buy Shabaitian a bottle of mineral water. She likes spicy food, but her tolerance for spice is weak; she's inept yet loves to eat.

Whenever the spice makes her lips turn red, she needs water to keep going.

After buying the water and returning, he saw Chu Lingxi already eating it, enjoying it immensely. Lin Dongfan also didn't know what it was; it looked a bit like shelled oysters strung together.

The boss is quite business-savvy, with the sign reading "China on the Tip of the Tongue·Intangible Heritage Food".

Even if he's just hitching a ride on Central Mother's program signboard, he also ties it to intangible cultural heritage, making it seem as if there's no such shop past this village, which is very attractive to foodies like Shabaitian.

"Husband, hurry and try it—it's really delicious."

Enthusiastic Chu Lingxi handed over the string of "intangible heritage food" she had eaten half of to Lin Dongfan's mouth.

"Couples are like birds in the same forest; she doesn't mind her saliva and just laughs."

Lin Dongfan ate one and was speechless.

Judging by the texture, this thing is either an oyster or a sea snail, and it would taste better grilled with the shell on. These mobile stall owners always concoct fancy tricks to fool foodies like Shabaitian.

"Come on, I'll take you to eat the real delicacy."

Lin Dongfan took Chu Lingxi to a night snack shop that had been operating for over ten years, ordering twenty oysters—garlic-flavored oysters and tri-color chopped chili oysters, two flavors.

Shabaitian ate the tri-color chopped chili oysters first.

Upon tasting it, she exclaimed in surprise: "Huh? Was what we ate outside just a knockoff?"

"I don't know."

Lin Dongfan thought: "You've figured it out, that's enough; don't say it out loud foolishly. My husband I will never look down on you. If you weren't foolish, where would those little stall owners outside make a living to support their families?"

The oysters at this long-established shop are big and plump, all freshly grilled, meaty and juicy.

The mobile stall outside grills shelled frozen goods; the texture is surely worlds apart, with no competitiveness at all.

Chu Lingxi devoured one oyster after another, unable to stop: "Husband, did you already discover this treasure shop? Yet you only brought me here today—serious dereliction of duty."

"How would you like to punish me?" Lin Dongfan said while busy eating.

Chu Lingxi glanced around at the other diners.

Seeing no one paying attention to them, she immediately lowered her voice, chuckling as she told Lin Dongfan: "Are oysters good for that? Punish you by making you redo your homework tonight—twice."

"No problem."

Lin Dongfan ate the oysters calmly.

On the surface he seemed calm, but inside he was filled with doubts, suspecting that because he hadn't returned home last night, Shabaitian might have guessed something and was intentionally punishing him.

Since she didn't expose him to his face, Lin Dongfan also pretended nothing had happened.

With an atoning mindset, Lin Dongfan asked her: "Do you want to eat clean, healthy food every day? I can buy this shop; thereafter, whenever you crave something, just call the manager. The manager will send the shop's top chef with fresh ingredients to your home to cook for you, so you don't need to go out."

"Would that work?"

Chu Lingxi was a bit confused.

Upon further thought.

She again regretfully replied: "Forget it, if a cook were to run to the Municipal Party Committee compound every day carrying ingredients, letting others see, who knows how they'd fabricate things about our Chu family, that would be bad."

Then let's just buy another place, the two of us can move out." Lin Dongfan said.

Chu Lingxi smiled, revealing two charming little dimples: "That way my dad won't be affected, but what about you? Pampering me in such a high-profile and extravagant way, watch out for others framing you for embezzlement."

I regularly report my personal assets to the organization, there's nothing to fear.

Now Lin Dongfan's net worth, not counting those few courtyard houses, just his stock market funds have reached several billion, and they're still rising geometrically.

In his original plan:

When the 2015 bull market arrived and the SSE index peaked at 5178 points, squeezing onto the Forbes rich list would pose no problem.

This is also something that embarrasses him.

If he remained within the system, he would have to appropriately control the explosive growth of his wealth; once it reached a certain scale he could no longer keep making money, otherwise an innocent man would be guilty for carrying a jade.

His name cannot appear on the Forbes ranking.

To become a world-class tycoon, he must resign from office.

Thinking of the already-resigned Little Li—Li Hengbo—Lin Dongfan couldn't help but chuckle: "That Little Li, he's only getting smarter as he lives; after resigning, he struts around the world with a golden cane in high style."

"Damn, you also have moments of admiring me?"

Just as they were speaking, Little Li with his golden cane had already entered the shop, face full of smiles.

The woman accompanying him was none other than Xu Yaqiu, the green tea bitch who had once thrown herself at Lin Dongfan only to be rejected by him.

Xu Yaqiu is also impressive, having successfully married a big tycoon as she wished.