Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 280 - 121: Soulful Illustrator Qin Shiqing (Part 3)

"Made over ten thousand in just over a week?"

Granny Su gasped, her face filled with delight.

This is much faster than making money from her business!

Su Jianjun thought to himself, if she knew I made not ten thousand, but fifty thousand this week, she'd probably be stunned.

If Zelin's prediction is a bit more accurate, and we sell before June yielding around a 300% profit, our Su family would become a millionaire household, which is rare in Jianglan!

Su Jianjun felt a sense of pride thinking about it.

"What about our son, how much did he buy?"

Zhao Lixia didn't ask whether Su Zelin bought any; knowing her son well, she was sure he would, it's just a matter of how bold he is.

"Same as me, three thousand!"

Su Jianjun lied about Su Zelin, unable to let Zhao Lixia know that both of their investments exceeded six figures.

"So that means, in the past week or so, our family earned a total of twenty thousand!"

Zhao Lixia was immediately elated.

Many families work hard for a year, and even if they didn't eat or drink, they wouldn't earn this amount.

Unexpectedly, the heads of the household turned out to be quite capable.

Making a living with brains surely beats doing physical labor by far!

Zhao Lixia suddenly felt that her husband and son chatting about stocks instead of doing chores every day was something she could understand.

Men should handle the outside world, women the home.

The wise words of ancient people are indeed insightful.

"What about the Qin family, how much did they buy?"

Suddenly remembering something, Zhao Lixia quickly asked.

"Daqing said it was the same as me, but I think it might be more!"

Su Jianjun pondered for a moment: "Last time when Zelin bought Shenghai and Mei Lin, it made Sufen envious. This time, she's sure to take a chance, so I guess she'll invest around fifty thousand!"

Zhao Lixia quickly calculated the amount: "If that's the case, the Qin family could also earn around seventeen or eighteen thousand, right?"

"Right, and this is just the beginning!"

"Once this stock surge is fully over and sold, for our family, my son and I should earn nearly two hundred thousand, and the Qin family should have fifteen thousand!"

"Of course, this is the ideal situation, but even if we take a step back, even if the Qin family doesn't make fifteen thousand, they won't miss out on eight or ten thousand."

"Lixia, think about it, we've helped the Qin family earn so much money, they will undoubtedly be thrilled. Plus, it was Zelin's idea, so naturally, Sufen will like our son even more, isn't this like killing two birds with one stone?"

With her husband's explanation, Zhao Lixia suddenly understood.

True, she hadn't considered everything thoroughly.

Not only do you have to have the two kids hit it off, resolving things with the Qin family is the top priority, especially with Liu Sufen. Once she nods, the two families becoming closely connected will basically have no doubts, because Shiqing has always listened to her elders, and Zhao Lixia believes the girl next door has a bit of interest in her son as well.

Initially, she was worried that her son wasn't worthy, but now the biggest issue wasn't that; rather, it was whether her son had any interest in developing things with Qin Shiqing.

If you say he has an interest in Qin Shiqing, he spends all day online, hangs out more with Lu Haoran than with Qin Shiqing. If she hadn't found that stash of foreign films under his bed before, Granny Su might've worried he would stray.

If you say he has no interest in Qin Shiqing, on the night the college entrance exam results were announced, he got drunk and when Qin Shiqing helped him into his room, he hugged and fell onto her on the bed in a drunken stupor.

Su Zelin's attitude towards Qin Shiqing is so unclear, seeming so conflicted, Granny Su doesn't dare to confirm.

It's almost New Year. How about having the two families dine together and urging her son to drink more, maybe get drunk again?

...

In the Su family's courtyard on the first floor, Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing were cleaning the windows.

The two worked together, Qin Shiqing cleaned the inside, while Su Zelin was outside.

Su Zelin just did it casually, holding a cloth in one hand, repeatedly wiping in the same spot.

The slacker was quite active in doing many things, but when it came to chores, he was truly lazy, couldn't muster any energy, just like his dad, Su Jianjun.

In his past life, as a company president with money, he had the whole house set up with smart home systems, almost all appliances were voice-controlled, and he hired a maid to manage daily affairs.

Seeing him looking so laid-back, Qin Shiqing knew this unreliable teammate was useless, and the girl pouted her cherry lips, a bit annoyed.

She quickly traced with her fingers, delicate like garlic stems, on the window which had steamed up due to the warmth inside and cold outside. After a while, a simple shape appeared on the glass.

This was a pig's head, meaning "You're as lazy as a pig!"

Comparing it to the face outside the window, the more she looked, the more alike it seemed, the girl couldn't help but smirk.

Alright, this woman Qin Shiqing dares to mock me!

Su Zelin retaliated unwillingly.

He directly drew a butt on the window, with gas coming out behind it, meaning "You're farting!"

Qin Shiqing drew a kitchen knife with a few drops of blood underneath—"You're asking for trouble!"

Su Zelin drew a ghost face sticking its tongue out—"What can you do to me, bleh bleh bleh!"

Qin Shiqing drew an egg—"Jerk!"

...

Through a window, the two battled with meme drawings, masters clashing, each move deadly.

During New Year's clean-up when they were young, they often played like this while cleaning windows.

Qin Shiqing especially liked using emojis when chatting on QQ, maybe influenced by this.

After a while, Su Zelin lost interest.

Besides, at this rate, who knows how long it'll take to clean all the windows at home.

Better to quickly finish the task and then go read some comics.

"Boring, Qin Shiqing, you're so childish, still think you're a kid. This side is done, go to that side!"

Slacker patted his butt and left.

Saying I'm childish, yet you were enjoying it too just now.

Qin Shiqing pursed her lips.

Hesitating a bit, she drew another emoji on the window.

This was a new emoji she had never drawn before.

A heart shape.

After thinking, she added a pig's head beside it.

Examining it for a while, she couldn't help but smile.

It's drawn well, quite expressive.

I really am a soul artist!

Only then did the girl hum a tune, satisfied, as she walked away.

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