Chapter 377: Something even more satisfying than getting rich overnight

It was past two in the afternoon, and the two starving people lay in bed, not wanting to move.

They were completely exhausted.

But they had no strength.

Besides, sleeping under the covers with the air conditioner on was incredibly comfortable.

Gu Anran propped himself up, wanting to go to the third floor to browse the warehouse, and said: "I'm starving."

Wu An refused to get up.

Gu Anran grabbed a pillow and threw it at him.

Wu An hehe-laughed.

"Hurry up and get up, it's not early anymore, and even after eating and going home it won't be early." Gu Anran got out of bed, muttering: "If we hurry, we'll still have time to stroll a bit."

Wu An also got out of bed.

"Why are you following me again? Aren't you unwilling to get up?"

"Get out, get out, oh no!"

Wu An spoke righteously: "Do you know how scarce water resources are? Everyone has a responsibility to protect water resources."

"..."

After more than half an hour, Wu An came out of the shower feeling refreshed, and finally, after dawdling until past three, the two left.

Gu Anran walked while hitting him: "It's all your fault, we don't have time to go shopping."

"Walk faster."

"What are you dawdling for?"

Hurry hurry hurry!

Wu An's eyes shifted, and he had a way to deal with Gu Anran.

He came out of the elevator.

He walked even slower.

He still had one hand on his waist and one on the wall, swaying as he walked to the front desk.

The front desk attendant looked at him, then gazed at Gu Anran as if looking at a fairy; she also liked reading novels, which often describe someone leaning on the wall and walking out, but she had never seen it in real life.

She had thought it was just the author making things up, never expecting it to actually exist.

Gu Anran wanted to strangle Wu An to death.

He's pretending too convincingly!

Too terrible!

The attendant returned the deposit to Gu Anran and whispered: "Sis, you're really amazing."

"..." Gu Anran's mouth twitched, inwardly ashamed and furious, she grabbed Wu An and ran.

They went out the door.

Gu Anran angrily punched him with her little fists.

But there was hardly any force.

Maybe she was really starving.

The two arrived at the pedestrian street, strolling and eating, and when they were full they came out, each holding several shopping bags.

They didn't go to the bus station.

They directly hailed a taxi; the driver happened to live in town, they agreed on a price and set off, first taking Gu Anran home.

An old lady was at the doorway.

Wu An got out of the car and greeted her.

After returning home and paying, watching the taxi drive away, Duan Dajie remarked sarcastically: "Oh, you've really struck it rich, even taking a taxi back."

Wu An smiled and said nothing.

Just taking a taxi already makes them this envious; if he someday brings back a car, how would Duan Dajie deal with it?

After greeting, he went back to the courtyard.

The courtyard was lively, with many people, all villagers, including many members of the Wu family.

Wu An greeted everyone one by one, observing proper etiquette; he knew all these people had come for his engagement.

After making the rounds, Lao Meng was there, but the elder brother and sister-in-law were not at home.

He asked around, and Father told him not to go poking around.

The courtyard buzzed with everyone discussing his engagement; Wu An made a circuit and realized he seemed like an outsider, unable to interject or help much.

Don't think it's just an engagement, not a wedding, but they still take it very seriously here.

Full of ceremonial feeling.

"Dad, give me something to do too."

"Alright... go call A Qing."

"Okay."

It was just a phone call; soon A Qing came running, and upon learning it was for Wu An's engagement preparations, he immediately had Wu Yingwei give orders, promising to do whatever was needed.

Seeing A Qing also assigned tasks, Wu An was bewildered, as if he had nothing to do.

Evening.

The elder brother and sister-in-law returned, their expressions gloomy.

Upon investigation, they found it wasn't just one person with a problem, but both had some issues.

But the problem wasn't serious.

The doctor also said that as long as they followed the treatment course, having children would definitely be fine.

? Doctor said we're still relatively young; if we waited a few more years, we'd probably really not be able to have a child.

Wu An picked up the examination report, looked at it, and asked: "Isn't this treatment quite a ordeal?"

Sister-in-law Mei Yueqin nodded.

Besides taking medicine and injections, they have to go to the county every week to use the hospital's equipment.

Wu An also had nothing to say; no wonder his older brother and sister-in-law in his previous life never had children.

He put down the examination report and said: "Just three months, hang in there."

If things go smoothly, next year I could have a nephew or niece, maybe even fraternal twins, achieving everything at once.

Mei Yueqin laughed: "How could it be that easy?"

Talking and laughing, the atmosphere gradually improved.

What can we do?

Every family has its difficulties; fortunately Wu An this kid is capable, now the family's life is better, finances are ample, no need to worry about money, which is already a great blessing.

Evening.

Wu An took out the things Gu Anran had bought with the money, Wu Yingwei saw them and said: "The money I gave you—you bought things and then gave them back to me?"

Wu An said: "The money you gave me is mine; what's mine is Anran's; buying you things is Anran's intention."

What could Wu Yingwei say? The daughter-in-law's bought clothes, he tried them on immediately, and they fit quite well.

The next morning.

The typhoon had fully formed, heading their way, the wind growing stronger and stronger.

Without breakfast, he rode his vehicle to pick up Gu Anran and went to town, had breakfast, then the two went to look at the newly purchased shopfront.

They made a round.

The ground-floor shop units were basically all rented out, and rent was being collected normally.

The second floor was somewhat special, also rented out as a dance arts training center; the boss had run away half a year ago.

Naturally, there was no rent.

"Who are you?"

"It's you who bought it."

"Landlord."

"Landlady."

"Hello, hello."

"Haha, prosperity, prosperity."

"You're busy; we're just here to look around."

Wu An smiled and dealt with them; most tenants were still quite enthusiastic, but there were also aloof ones, such as the two shop tenants at the far east.

That's understandable.

Business is losing money.

They say business is hard to do and they can't find anyone willing to take over; between the lines they're asking him to lower the rent.

Wu An indicated they should keep it up.

He also said the town would soon develop and business would improve.

The rent is impossible to raise at just one mao, yet it might go up later, leaving all the tenants speechless; at such a young age, how did he become a ruthless landlord like Zhou Bapi?

Wu An didn't argue with the tenants; what he said wasn't just casual talk, but truly revealed future information.

Gu Anran hadn't spoken a word from start to finish; she felt a bit spacey, walking as if on cotton, feeling like she was in a dream; although a day had passed, she still felt unreal.

The day before yesterday at this time she was still worrying about how to find a shopfront; today she transformed into a 'landlady'.

This is thanks to reality.

She wouldn't even dare dream of something this wonderful.

This is even better than getting rich overnight!