Chapter 194: Chapter 194 Jiang Xu: Auntie, this is not allowed !_1

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“What’s wrong?” Seeing An Nuonuo’s state, Jiang Xu’s heart trembled.

Then, he got instantly infuriated, “Who bullied you?”

“Nobody.” An Nuonuo shook her head slightly, “After school, I was about to go to the bank ATM to withdraw some money.

Then, unexpectedly, I saw Auntie Xiaohui.

She was pregnant, with dad accompanying her by her side.”

Jiang Xu sighed.

She found out so soon.

This situation would be difficult for anyone to accept.

Jiang Xu gently wiped the tears on her face, and quietly comforted, “Let’s eat first, after eating, can we take a walk?”

“Hmm, don’t cook too much, I don’t have an appetite.”

Jiang Xu asked her to sit on the sofa while he got busy in the kitchen.

All the ingredients were ready, only needed a quick stir-fry.

“Come, dinner’s ready.”

Two plates of fried rice noodles, with a smaller serving in An Nuonuo’s plate.

Jiang Xu had added some chili to whet her appetite.

“Thankyou, brother.”

An Nuonuo’s soft voice tugged at his heartstrings.

She ate painstakingly, little by little.

Jiang Xu accompanied her, eating slowly as well.

After they finished their meal, he put on a coat, held her hand, and went for a stroll outside.

The best comfort when one is heartbroken is to divert her attention.

Jiang Xu talked to her about their future plans after graduation from university, about marriage and having kids.

He painted her a very beautiful, very warm future.

Her attention was successfully diverted.

There was a hint of longing and shyness in the girl’s eyes. “Who…who said I am going to marry you? I haven’t even agreed to be your girlfriend.”

“Alright, An Nuonuo! I didn’t know you could be such a heartbreaker!” Jiang Xu responded, as if exaggerating, “Are you trying to get out of taking responsibility for what you did and didn’t do?”

“Hey! What nonsense are you talking about?” An Nuonuo quickly lowered her head and escaped from there.

On a crowded street.

With her thin skin, she couldn’t endure this.

Jiang Xu chuckled and chased after her.

He bought two cups of hot milk tea on the way.

There are studies said that consuming some amount of sugar can alleviate the mood when you are down.

Of course, you couldn’t drink too much.

You should only drink milk tea once a week.

By the time they got home, An Nuonuo seemed to be in a better mood than before.

They each went to take a shower.

When An Nuonuo was done, she wanted to help Jiang Xu hand wash some of his expensive, heavier clothes.

Jiang Xu pushed her back, “No need; the washing machine can handle even the most expensive clothes.

After all, in my heart, your gentle hands are much more precious than any clothes.”

The sudden sweet talk made the girl blush and run back upstairs.

After a while, she came back down and gave Jiang Xu a notebook she had prepared for him.

In reality, Jiang Xu didn’t need it anymore.

But feeling reluctant to refuse her kindness, he took it and began to read it in the living room.

An Nuonuo finally returned to her room satisfied to work on her writing.

Her novel had been published online for a week now.

It was doing quite well, bringing in over three hundred yuan a day.

The website had also attracted a growing number of female users and literature.

At ten o’clock, they turned off the lights and went to bed on time.

Jiang Xu didn’t have much time to lay down before he received a message from An Nuonuo.

‘Brother, can you accompany me?’

Jiang Xu sighed in his heart.

She was probably still upset about Zhang Xiaohui’s pregnancy.

Even with Jiang Xu’s words of comfort, she wouldn’t move on so soon.

Jiang Xu took two blankets and went to the door of An Nuonuo’s bedroom.

The door was not closed.

And the lights were off.

He walked in.

He laid one blanket on the floor and lay down on it.

He covered himself with the other one.

He held An Nuonuo’s hand in his right hand, “Don’t worry, I’m here.”

“Thank you…”

Initially somewhat uneasy, she felt oddly reassured the moment she clasped Jiang Xu’s hand.

Not long after that, she fell asleep.

Jiang Xu, however, found it a bit challenging to sleep.

After all, anyone would understand given the situation.

In the end, Jiang Xu relied on his strong willpower.

He calmed himself down by mentally rehearsing a well-repeated mantra.

Thanks to this technique, it really worked. He decided not to underestimate it in the future.

On the third day of signing the contract with Xu Kun, Jiang Xu received the payment.

He was able to repay all his debts.

Together with his original savings, he now had about 80 million.

Jang Xu took out 50,000 of this sum.

He asked Lin Nan to help find some undergraduate students.

Because he needed help with things like modelling and character designs for the web game, he had to outsource these tasks.

And, undoubtedly, college students were the most cost-effective choice for this outsourced labor.

Jiang Xu figured he might not even fully use this 50,000…

The rest of the money, he didn’t plan on spending for now.

This was going to be the capital for his next venture.

There was an industry that required hardly any technical skills, yet had a vast market.

As long as the product quality was good and marketing was done right, it could easily net an annual profit of over two to three billion.

Even a profit of seven or eight billion wasn’t just a dream.

Currently, there weren’t a lot of players in this field.

Even if one were to only capture one-tenth of the domestic market share, there’s plenty to go around.

New Year’s Day arrived.

The temperature that day was exceptionally low, with a freezing wind that cut like a knife.

The winters in the south came with a penetrating, chill-to-the-bone kind of cold.

No matter how many layers you wore, it didn’t seem to help.

Jiang Xu was so cold he wanted to curl up…

The school only gave half a day off that day.

Since Jiang Xu’s parents weren’t around, he discussed with An Nuonuo and decided to celebrate the New Year with Li Yuanjuan.

Otherwise, she would have been quite lonely by herself.

And Jiang Xu wouldn’t miss such an excellent opportunity to make a good impression on his future mother-in-law.

He bought a lot of food.

Fatty beef, mutton rolls, shrimp dumplings, and the like.

Hot pot was the best during such cold weather.

During the holiday, the shop was not particularly busy.

Li Yuanjuan closed the shop, and the three of them sat down for a hot pot dinner.

“Daughter, how have your studies been lately?”

“I’m doing well, Mom, so you don’t need to worry.”

“Ah,” sighed Li Yuanjuan, “I feel sorry that I can’t help you much, in both your life and your studies.”

Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke.

“Mom, I’m fine, so don’t worry.” An Nuonuo took Li Yuanjuan’s hand.

If they kept talking about this, both mother and daughter were going to burst into tears.

Jiang Xu quickly changed the topic, “Auntie, how much revenue does your beauty salon make in a month?”

Li Yuanjuan replied, “The business is doing quite well, making a net profit of about 100,000 a month.

But most importantly, I’ve met many affluent women. I value these connections more.”

Jiang Xu nodded.

Networking is always valuable.

Jiang Xu suggested, “Auntie, I think when the time is right, you could consider opening another branch.”

Li Yuanjuan also had this idea.

At the dinner table, Jiang Xu gave her lots of useful advice.

Suggestions on marketing strategies, for instance.

Li Yuanjuan was enlightened. She looked at Jiang Xu with even more admiration in her eyes.

After dinner, and after spending some time there, Jiang Xu planned to leave.

An Nuonuo would stay the night there.

Both mother and daughter needed their occasional heart-to-heart chats.

“Hey, Xiao Xu, wait a second.” Li Yuanjuan chased him to the door.

Taking advantage of An Nuonuo’s distraction, she thrust something into his hand, “Take this, but don’t let Nuonuo know..”