Li Tingyan spoke righteously,
"Nini, all of this is my personal wealth. The house was a reward from my superiors, and the money in the savings book is all my five years of salary and bonuses. It’s not much, but I’ll earn more in the future. You can spend freely on whatever you want, no need to save for me."
"Is this not a lot?" Nianyang was stunned, "I never thought you were actually a wealthy man, you’ve hidden it well!"
Not to mention the fifty thousand yuan in the savings book, just the several properties in Pingjing are worth their weight in gold. They might not be worth much now, but in a few years, the prices could rise by hundreds of thousands, and in ten years, reach millions. You could simply make money lying down without doing anything.
"Is it a lot?"
Li Tingyan had no concept of money. His job didn’t require much spending, and his monthly salary and bonuses were always directly deposited into his savings book, which he hardly touched.
"Tingyan, this is too valuable, I can’t accept it. You should take it back."
"Nini, you’re my wife. Since ancient times, a man’s money has always been managed by his wife. Although I don’t earn as much as you, my money is yours."
"But we’re not married yet, right? You can give it to me once we get married."
"Nini, you can exercise your rights as my future wife in advance." Li Tingyan stubbornly looked at the girl, lowering his voice, "Nini, if you don’t take it, I’ll be uneasy when I go to sea."
"Oh... okay, I’ll hold onto it for you, just let me know if you need money." Nianyang couldn’t resist the man and agreed to accept it.
Li Tingyan smiled triumphantly, slyly thinking that now that Nini has taken his money, he doesn’t have to constantly worry about his little wife being stolen away by someone else.
"By the way, Tingyan, I knew you would be going back, so I prepared a lot of herbs for you a few days ago. They are specifically for use when you go to sea, very safe and odorless. They’re in my backyard, several boxes worth, definitely enough for you. Later, have your people come and get them..." Nianyang babbled on.
"Nini, thank you for your hard work." Li Tingyan couldn’t help but pull the girl into his arms, feeling incredibly warm from being treated so considerately for the first time despite having gone to sea so many times. Having a wife was truly wonderful.
"Nini, I might be gone for about a month this time, make sure to miss me."
Li Tingyan’s lips brushed against Nianyang’s ear, his voice deep like a moving cello.
"I, I’ll miss you..."
Upon uttering these words, Nianyang lowered her eyes, her cheeks instantly turning red like a ripe, juicy apple, tempting enough for one to want to take a bite.
Li Tingyan thought exactly that and really did so.
With a swift motion, he lifted the girl’s chin and leaned down to kiss her.
"Wow, our Master Li is so bold, kissing the young lady right away!"
From the car nearby, the sharp-eyed people witnessing Li Tingyan and Nianyang’s kiss couldn’t help but exclaim noisily.
"I thought our Master Li was asexual, didn’t expect him to be so passionate in front of his wife."
"With someone as pretty as our Saozi, such a tender young lady, how could Li Yama not be passionate?"
"Huh, she’s just a village girl, isn’t she? I don’t know why Master Li chose her over Ni Doctor, such an accomplished woman, wandering in the mountains to find a farm girl who isn’t worthy of him."
Sheng Feng sneered, Ni Doctor’s full name is Ni Jia, an excellent doctor at their port who had confessed to Li Tingyan but got rejected.
Ni Doctor had saved his life, and Master Li had also helped him, so he always hoped for Master Li to be with her.
"How can you discriminate against rural people, Captain Sheng? Rural folks are so sincere, and our Saozi is so beautiful, no worse than Ni Doctor."
"Right, Saozi is so pretty and delicate. Ni Doctor is good, but a bit too tough, lacking femininity. If I were Master Li, I’d choose Saozi too."
"Ssh! You know nothing. Our Master Li has great potential and deserves a better woman, not a village girl."
Sheng Feng muttered coldly, not saying anything further, but mentally planning to match up Ni Doctor and Master Li once this sea trip is over, refusing to let Master Li be hindered by a village girl.