Chapter 221: Woman, you're overthinking

This is what Li Yihu said, letting her come back to look.

All the newly added furniture in the dormitory was personally handled by Li Jiaci.

The furniture came from Shengqiang Furniture Factory.

Wang Yingna's happy expression was just like the feedback from those outside customers; no one who saw such trendy furniture would dislike it.

Not only trendy, but also very practical.

The ornate appearance is merely the least noticeable advantage of these furniture.

When opened, it's the spacious interior and flexible layout that are the key.

Wang Yingna repeatedly exclaimed in surprise.

She also didn't forget to call her brother.

She asked her brother to go to the furniture factory to stock up, replacing all of her owned song-and-dance halls with furniture from Shengqiang Furniture Factory.

Wang Zhen let out a helpless laugh on the other end of the phone.

This was the first request she made after her sister was safely discharged from the hospital.

Of course we must do our utmost to satisfy it.

After dinner.

Wang Yingna lay on the double bed that was twice as big as before, smiling contentedly.

Inside the dormitory, thanks to the heating, one doesn't even need a blanket; just a thin cover makes one sweat all over.

Just as Wang Yingna was feeling a bit hot and restless.

Li Jiaci suddenly walked in holding two ice pops.

Upon entering, he first took off his thick coat, wore a short-sleeve underneath, came to the bedside, and handed over one of the ice pops.

Wang Yingna sat up to receive it, took a bite of the cool ice pop, and instantly felt much better.

"Jiaci bro, I heard from Huzi that during the time I was hospitalized, you've been sleeping in my dormitory?"

Hearing that, Li Jiaci nodded, sat on the bedside with his back to her, and said: "Well, I can't always sleep on the outdoor plank bed; I'd easily get paralyzed from the cold!"

"Then now that I'm back, where will you sleep tonight?"

Wang Yingna licked her lips, asking with some anticipation.

Li Jiaci sucked on the sweet water of the ice pop, then pointed outside.

"I'll still sleep on the outdoor plank bed!"

Wang Yingna grew anxious, moved over and said: "Are you stupid? It's so cold outside that even the faucet is frozen, let alone a living person!"

"You know that, yet you still ask?"

"Ah?"

"Don't "ah" — hurry up and make some space, move a bit inward!"

Li Jiaci waved his hand, took a big bite of the ice pop, and rolled to the middle of the bed.

Now Wang Yingna behaved herself.

She sat at the head of the bed, not daring to move.

Although she had imagined this scene countless times, she was actually about to share a bed and pillow with Li Jiaci, yet she felt shy and didn't dare to lift her head.

Especially thinking about what might happen later.

Her heart started pounding wildly.

She was both anticipating and nervous.

Li Jiaci finished sucking on the ice pop, then threw the stick onto the floor.

"It's time to get down to some real business!"

Having said that, he rubbed his hands and crawled toward Wang Yingna.

Wang Yingna shrank her shoulders, not daring to look at him.

If it were another man, she wouldn't be this nervous; at worst she'd just go for it, since they'd never meet again anyway—whoever makes the first move gets to enjoy first.

But Li Jiaci is not just any man; he's the one she loves, the partner she intends to spend her life with hand in hand.

Seeing him crawl all the way up to her.

After hesitating several times, Wang Yingna finally whispered: "Jiaci bro, I haven't finished my ice pop yet!"

"It doesn't matter; I'll do my thing, you go ahead and eat!"

Li Jiaci said in a relaxed tone.

That's right.

When doing that kind of thing, women are the ones who enjoy, while men are the ones who labor.

Wang Yingna shyly undid the buttons of her sleepwear.

Just as she was about to lie down, Li Jiaci pushed her up with his arm.

"Move over!"

Wang Yingna was bewildered.

Then she saw Li Jiaci pull out a small green‑covered notebook from under her pillow.

Holding this little notebook, he leaned against the headboard and said: "I'm now telling you about all the factories under my name and the numbers on the accounts; from now on you'll learn to help me manage them, got it?"

"……"

So the so‑called important matter was this after all!

Wang Yingna glanced at him disappointedly, still thinking there would be some big move tonight!

All her earlier nervous excitement was wasted.

But her inner fire had been ignited; the hot sprout would not easily fade.

Wang Yingna couldn't help but lean half of her body against him.

Her right arm wrapped around Li Jiaci's waist, her left hand held a popsicle, and her head rested against his chest.

Li Jiaci is a man, a normal man.

How could he not know her little thoughts?

"Behave yourself, don't grope around."

"I don't do that."

Wang Yingna asked that with her mouth, but her hand was far from idle.

It had already slipped inside Li Jiaci's clothing.

Li Jiaci was also happy to indulge her.

He opened the green-covered notebook and said to her, "The lumber factory plus the furniture factory now total twelve factories; each lumber factory has twenty workers, the furniture factory thirty, plus our company employees, the total number of people is close to four hundred!"

"That many?"

Wang Yingna expressed surprise.

She had visited every factory, but she never expected that adding up the people from all those factories would actually be this many.

It's not much different from the long-running Splendid Song and Dance Hall.

Li Jiaci laughed and said, "What's that? I'm still far from my goal!"

"How far?"

"How should I put it? The current total number is just a fraction of my goal!"

"Wow, you've got a big appetite!"

"If your appetite isn't big, how can you make big money?"

"That's true too!"

Wang Yingna nodded in agreement.

Li Jiaci flipped over a few more pages and said, "We spent a lot of money investing in the furniture factory recently; now the liquid funds in the accounts are less than six million, and after covering the expenses for Bei Bang, we only have four or five million left!"

"Just... only..."

Wang Yingna repeated those two words.

To the vast majority of families today, this amount of money is an astronomical figure they could never earn in a lifetime.

"Hmm, but don't worry, our revenue next month will be several times the expenses!"

Li Jiaci said to himself.

"I really haven't worried at all!"

Wang Yingna giggled, knowing how strong Li Jiaci's strength is.

The more expenses, the more revenue.

Li Jiaci continued, "I'll hand this notebook to you; from now on you'll be responsible for updating my ledger daily and reporting on the factories—can you do that?"

"Of course, don't look at me being idle now; when my brother's around, I'm actually good at keeping accounts!"

Wang Yingna smugly raised her chin and took the notebook.

This Li Jiaci is trustworthy.

Wang Zhen dotes on his sister, but he acts on principle; if Wang Yingna were unable to handle such a big responsibility, he wouldn't feel at ease entrusting the Song and Dance Hall to her to manage.

He would only let her sit and wait for money to be spent.

After explaining these things, Li Jiaci let out a long breath, as if he had shed some burden.

He asked, "Is your brother still up to those things lately?"

Wang Yingna ate her popsicle, shook her head, and said, "As far as I know, he laid off a batch of subordinates a few days ago, shut down two song and dance halls, and is currently recruiting new people and looking for new venues to prepare for expansion; he must have taken our words to heart!"

Thus, Li Jiaci had no reservations.

"Looks like I'll have to meet this brother-in-law tomorrow!"