Yun Si couldn’t contain his joy, believing that Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue now regarded him as one of their own.
Tong Wen was on the verge of tears, wondering how she would ever break up with Yun Si now.
However, because of Yun Si, she had to forget those worthless thoughts and focus on studying and making money.
She had also figured out a way to make money.
Her parents were planning to open a clothing store in Imperial, sourcing the goods from Meng Chuyue’s factory.
She planned to open her own store separately, hire someone to manage it, and keep it a secret from Yun Si and her own family.
Among her friends, she only planned to let Meng Chuyue know.
If it weren’t for sourcing from Meng Chuyue’s factory, she would have liked to keep it secret from her as well.
Meng Chuyue noticed her changes and secretly rejoiced for her—if she could find her way back, Meng Chuyue would continue to be her friend; otherwise, they’d have to go their separate ways.
Tong Wen had finally woken up from her delusion while Yun Si was deeply immersed in his own.
He thought he had a special relationship with Shen Ci and soon came to propose a business partnership.
Of course, by "business," he meant directly investing in Shen Ci’s electronics company.
He had just returned from abroad and knew there was great potential in the electronics business, but starting a company required capital, and a professional team was hard to assemble.
He told Shen Ci, "I’ll invest and help expand your electronics company threefold, and then you’ll give me thirty percent of the shares."
He felt his request was not unreasonable at all.
Expanding the company threefold, asking for a third of the shares seemed fair.
Shen Ci knew he was shameless and couldn’t help but laugh at the proposal.
The beginnings are always the hardest. Laying the foundation requires much more effort than expanding production—ten times more, perhaps?
Was Yun Si pretending not to understand or did he consider himself a fool?
Or was Yun Si actually foolish?
He gave a faint smile, "Sorry, my favorite is medicine. Electronics is just a sideline, something I do for fun. I don’t plan on expanding it. You might want to partner with someone else or go solo. It indeed has great prospects, and I hope you make a lot of money."
Yun Si didn’t expect Shen Ci to respond like that. After a moment of silence, he said, "I can also invest in your pharmaceutical company."
Shen Ci twitched and calmly said, "My pharmaceutical company’s partner is Junfang. We’ve signed an agreement that we won’t accept any more partners."
Yun Si was furious. He said anxiously, "Then tell me, what can we collaborate on? Shen Ci, I just got back and don’t want to go at it alone. I’m looking for a reliable partner."
He was shameless, stating it quite bluntly.
He thought, surely Shen Ci wouldn’t refuse this time?
But Shen Ci said, "I recently made a decision to shift all my focus to the pharmaceutical company, so I’m sorry, but we can’t collaborate at the moment."
Yun Si immediately darkened his face, "..."
Damn, I really feel like hitting someone.
But he knew he couldn’t hit Shen Ci, so he might as well go back and take it out on Tong Wen.
With a grim expression, he took Tong Wen back with him.
As soon as they entered the hotel room, he slapped Tong Wen.
Tong Wen looked at him incredulously, "...why, why did you hit me?"
"Why? Obviously, because you’re not important enough to Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci, otherwise why would they refuse to work with me?"
Tong Wen, holding her face, argued, "But, Xia Ping’s family isn’t collaborating with him either, right?"
Yun Si kicked her twice in frustration and scolded with a grim face, "Xia Ping’s family is that poor? How could they collaborate with him? Don’t tell me your brain is mush? Can’t you understand that..."
So it was her fault again.
No, it really was her fault. She should never have messed with this devil.
Tong Wen, with facial injuries, had to take leave the following day.
But she didn’t stay idle and went out to look for a location for her clothing store.