Beep—
The ringtone from her phone snapped Fu Jingyan back to reality.
The message was from Yu Yue, simply asking when the promised 100 million would be deposited into her account.
“I’ll try to get it into your account by tomorrow,” Fu Jingyan replied.
At that moment, he became even more convinced that Yu Yue was just like her father, Yu Jialiang.
She had barely completed the first step of the process and was already chasing after her money.
“Okay, thanks.”
Short and straightforward.
After putting away her phone, Yu Yue lazily leaned back in the passenger seat and turned to Li Kui. “Big brother, let’s treat all the staff to the best seafood buffet tonight.”
Li Kui was the last disciple taken in by Yu Yue’s mother and was also the publicly acknowledged owner of Zhongsheng Hall.
Only those within their inner circle knew that Yu Yue was the true owner of Zhongsheng Hall.
“Wait, did you strike it rich?” Li Kui didn’t immediately agree.
“Yeah, I made a fortune from my divorce,” Yu Yue turned to him, grinning from ear to ear.
A hundred million—even someone who usually treated money like dirt couldn’t help but feel overjoyed by such an enormous windfall.
“How much? I’ll help you decide which price range to go for.” Seeing her unable to stop smiling, Li Kui still had his doubts. Was she telling the truth?
These days, how many men were willing to be generous to a woman who was about to have nothing to do with them?
How many men were stingy even with their own wives?
Let alone an ex-wife?
“This much.” Yu Yue held up one finger.
“100W?” Li Kui ventured a guess.
Yu Yue shook her head, urging him to guess again.
“1000?” W?
“More than that.”
“One…” Li Kui didn’t utter the syllable “yi,” but his expression clearly showed he was stunned.
He had never had a good impression of Fu Jingyan.
Among Yu Yue’s friends and family, aside from her scumbag father and his family, no one thought her marriage was a good one.
But back then, with her grandmother’s situation, Yu Yue had no other choice.
Yu Jialiang, along with his current wife and children, had exploited Yu Yue’s marriage to enjoy the benefits the Fu family brought them, so naturally, they thought her marriage was great.
“Why would that man give you so much? Did he suddenly grow a conscience, or is he feeling guilty for planting a lush green field on your head?” Li Kui’s suspicion wasn’t entirely unfounded.
Selfishness was human nature.
That’s why he had no plans to marry in this lifetime.
He couldn’t love anyone as much as he loved himself.
Doing so would only make his partner feel wronged.
But he also couldn’t bring himself to compromise and cater to a partner.
So, he’d rather live alone—neither poisoning others nor giving anyone the chance to poison him.
“???”
Yu Yue felt Li Kui was hinting at something.
As for Fu Jingyan, she hadn’t considered that possibility. After all, if he gave her money, she’d take it.
Why bother wondering about his reasons?
If Li Kui’s guess was right and Fu Jingyan had also cheated, wouldn’t that be even better?
“Since you’re already divorced, don’t dwell on it. Even if he caught some dirty disease outside, as long as he didn’t pass it to you, it’s fine.” Seeing her deep in thought, Li Kui tried to comfort her.
“You’re right.”
In the end, Yu Yue didn’t tell him that she had actually given Fu Jingyan a massive green hat.
And it was confirmed, with evidence currently growing in her belly.
Whether Fu Jingyan had cheated was just speculation—there was no concrete proof.
Soon, the car stopped at the entrance of Zhongsheng Hall. As soon as Li Kui parked, the distributors from various regions who wanted to purchase their medicinal herbs swarmed over like a dark cloud.
“Manager Li—”
“Boss Li.”
“Is this Mrs. Li?”
“…”
Yu Yue was stunned.
She really wanted to poke that person’s eyes out. Where on earth did he get the idea that she and Li Kui were husband and wife?
Did they even look like a married couple?
Perhaps due to her pregnancy, Yu Yue felt extremely lazy and had no desire to deal with these distributors who buzzed around like flies all day.
She had already told them to queue up on the pharmaceutical factory’s official website. With the internet being so convenient nowadays, why did they insist on torturing their own legs? Weren’t they their own legs?
Or they could make a phone appointment. If the appointment was successful and the medicine was ready, they would be notified.
But these people seemed incapable of understanding.
They came to Zhongsheng Hall every day, surrounding and blocking them. Even if she hadn’t started brewing the medicine, their daily vigil was pointless.
“You handle this. I’m going inside to sleep for a bit. Hurry up, we still need to order food.”
“Got it. Go on in.”
Yu Yue, with her plump figure, walked slowly and was already out of breath.
Seeing this, the distributors didn’t dare to get too close. If they accidentally knocked Yu Yue over, helping her up would be troublesome.
Most importantly, the two hadn’t denied being a married couple. What if she really was Mrs. Li? If they offended Li Kui and he stopped supplying them with medicine in the future, what would they do?
Watching Yu Yue enter the pharmacy, Li Kui glanced at the distributors and the gifts they had prepared for him, letting out a cold laugh.
“What are the rules of Zhongsheng Hall? Is this your first time working with us?”
Everyone: “…”
“Isn’t it clear enough on our official website? The initial production of any new medicine is low. Zhongsheng Hall’s customers must be prioritized first. If you register on the official website with the quantity, we will naturally arrange it accordingly.”
“Do you really have to camp outside our pharmacy every day? Fine, give me your names. After work tonight, I’ll go to the backend of the official website and cancel all your appointment queues.”
“What I hate the most is people like you who show up uninvited and try to bribe me with these underhanded tricks. To such people, I have only one thing to say: Zhongsheng Hall has no interest in working with you.”
“Manager Li, Manager Li, please don’t be angry. We’re just too anxious. How about this? We’ll all go back and wait. Can you give us a definite answer?”
“What definite answer? There isn’t one. You can only wait.” In matters like this, Li Kui wouldn’t spare anyone’s feelings. “If you can’t wait, go work with other pharmaceutical factories.”
Medicine isn’t always successfully developed in one go.
These people are all amateurs, and all they care about is money.
“We can wait, we can wait, Manager Li. We’ll definitely wait. Sorry to trouble you. We’ll leave right away.” Everyone chimed in before quickly dispersing.
Li Kui turned and walked into the pharmacy.
Returning to his office, he found Yu Yue curled up in his armchair, snoring loudly.
Perhaps it was due to some bias, but when Li Kui lived in the dormitory, he used to get annoyed by people who snored. Yet, Yu Yue’s snoring seemed rather endearing.
He pulled out a blanket and walked over to cover her with it.
As soon as the blanket touched her, Yu Yue woke up.
“You’re back? Did you handle everything?” Yu Yue rubbed her eyes and asked sleepily.
She had been scrolling through her phone earlier, sending many messages in the group chat with Lin Lan and Jin Yao. However, both of them were probably busy, as neither replied. While waiting, she ended up falling asleep just like that.
Could it be psychological?
Before she knew she was pregnant, she hadn’t experienced any symptoms at all.
Now that the results were in, she was both vomiting and feeling drowsy.
Wasn’t this pregnancy reaction coming on a bit too quickly?
Anyone who didn’t know better might think she was faking it.
“Hmm, so sleepy? Tired? Did you go out stealing last night?” Li Kui poured her a glass of water and took out the honey from the cabinet, preparing to make her a cup of honey water.
“Senior Brother, just warm water is fine, don’t add anything,” Yu Yue stopped him in time.
“Alright.”
Li Kui brought the warm water over directly. “Then I’ll order the meal now and notify everyone. Should we invite those on duty and on leave? And let them bring their families?”
“Invite everyone. Let those with families bring them along. We’re not short on money. Besides, it’s been a while since we’ve given everyone a treat. I’ll cover the expenses, and you can take the credit.”
Li Kui chuckled lightly. “Well, thank you for that.”