Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 161 of 214
"Good, then it's settled. As for how much money is needed, just say the word," Mother Zhou said. "Finding a place will still need your effort, and as for the medical staff, the hospital can help make the arrangements."
"Ha ha, Aunt Hua, you're being too formal. What money? I've got that much to spare," Yang Hengye said.
Mother Zhou nodded and said nothing more.
Yang Ce and Chen Shutang left the hospital, both of them sighing. Sitting in the sickroom, watching the unconscious Zhou Yanning, had been truly oppressive.
"Yang Ce, so shall we go find a place to rent?" Chen Shutang said to Yang Yanchuan once they were in the car.
"Rent? Just buy one," Yang Xu said matter-of-factly.
"Buy? Your company hasn't even been established yet—where would you get spare money to buy a house?" Chen Shutang said. "Yang Ce, you've got a bit of money on hand now, but you can't just spend it recklessly."
"Don't worry, Mengyan. Your husband's got money to burn—this little bit really is nothing," Yang Hengye said.
"Really?" Chen Shutang looked at Yang Ce doubtfully.
"Mengyan, I don't want to keep things from you either, but if I tell you now, you mustn't tell anyone else." Yang Ce had seen what Chen Shutang said to Zhou Yanning in the sickroom, and his heart was full of feeling. He no longer wanted to hide things from Chen Shutang; he knew that if she could make such a great sacrifice, it meant she had already decided to be with him.
"What on earth is it, to make it so mysterious?" Chen Shutang said, a little puzzled. "Go on, I won't tell anyone."
"The Wang family has fallen. Do you know who the beneficiary of this storm is?" Yang Ce still could not tell Chen Shutang about those hidden gray incomes, but the open, legitimate businesses were another matter.
"Who?" Chen Shutang was startled, then said, "Don't tell me it's you?"
Yang Jiyan smiled and nodded. "That's right. The Wang Group is now in my hands. It's currently under the Mingyang Entertainment Group."
"You—" Chen Shutang looked at Yang Ce in astonishment. "Really? Yang Ce, you're not fooling me, are you?"
"I might fool anyone else, but never you," Yang Ce said with a shake of his head. "And not just the Wang Group—the Mingyang Security Company in Songjiang, and my father's Heavy Industry Group—all of it is my business now."
"Mingyang... Yang Ce..." Chen Shutang murmured the two words, then suddenly understood. She looked at Yang Ce as though she no longer recognized him. "What on earth is going on?"
Yang Ce had been with her since high school, and Chen Shutang naturally knew exactly what his family's circumstances were. Yet she had never imagined that Yang Ce—usually so cheerful and carefree—could actually have so many businesses.
When had he even built up all these businesses? She was his girlfriend; though she wasn't with him every waking moment, surely she should have been able to see some sign of it?
And yet Chen Shutang had known nothing at all. How could she not be astonished now?
"Mengyan, this has to be told from the beginning. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you slowly," Yang Ce said, a little amused at Chen Shutang's stunned expression.
To be continued.
685. The Story of How Yang Juehuan Made His Fortune
"All right, then let's talk as we walk," Chen Shutang said with a nod. She was of course intensely interested in the matter of Yang Juehuan; she had already had some misgivings when Yang Yongjin first told her about it. Now that Yang Ce was volunteering to tell her, she was naturally delighted.
"Fine. Since you're willing to listen, I'll start from the beginning. Hmm, where should I begin?" Yang Ce pondered for a moment.
"Start with how you dug up your first pot of gold," Chen Shutang said after a moment's thought.
"What exactly counts as one's first pot of gold?" Yang Hengye asked.
"It means the first time you got your hands on a thousand yuan—and of course it can't be money your parents gave you. It has to come from someone else," Chen Shutang said.