QTIMP -Chapter 93 Character Persona – Money Loving (Part 3)

Pei Jingzhou had to admit that this woman was indeed beautiful—she had a great figure and a soft, coquettish voice. But the problem was that she was both blind and foolish at heart.

Yet he asked himself honestly: ever since this woman had followed him, he had never treated her poorly. And still, she had actually abandoned him and chosen that low-class illegitimate son.

More than just blind—this was practically the same as not having eyes at all!

The moment that thought crossed his mind, he saw the woman blinking her grape-like watery eyes and making a silly face at him.

A smile almost appeared on his face unconsciously. But the next second, the hand holding the documents was pricked by the sharp edge of the paper, forcing him to suppress the expression.

In his heart he told himself this was merely a conditioned reflex, not his true feelings. A beautiful but foolish woman was nothing more than a plaything.

After lecturing himself internally, he felt his emotions settle down again.

Once they finished tidying up, the two of them went downstairs and sat at the dining table for breakfast. Sure enough, a fine drizzle gradually began to fall outside.

Si Qiu, who had been paying attention to the weather, noticed it immediately.

“It’s really raining.”

Pei Jingzhou’s hand holding the coffee paused for a moment. Then he set the cup down and followed her gaze toward the window.

Outside, the gentle drizzle was exactly like in his dream—carrying the fresh scent of rain, falling softly and endlessly.

Did that mean the events in his dream would also happen one by one?

In his ears, the woman beside him was still complaining nonstop about how the rain had come at the wrong time and so on.

Perhaps because he hadn’t replied for so long, the woman finished eating, walked over, and wrapped her arms around him from behind.

“Husband, what’s wrong? Since this morning you’ve seemed to be in a bad mood. Did I make you angry?”

After waiting quite a while without receiving any response from Pei Jingzhou, Si Qiu simply walked around him and sat directly on his lap.

As if by instinct, Pei Jingzhou wrapped his arms around her.

Her body was always soft, carrying a faint, delicate fragrance—like an exquisite little cake that was delicious but not overly sweet.

Or perhaps it was like placing the cake in your mouth; yet once it reached your lips, you couldn’t bear to ruin its delicate appearance. But if you locked it away in a display case, you wouldn’t be able to smell its fragrance either.

So you could only hold it in your hands like a precious treasure. When you couldn’t resist, you would lean closer to smell it, maybe even lick it. Yet with just that small action, the little cake would tempt you until you became addicted.

But everyone in the world knew that anything capable of making someone addicted was highly poisonous.

“I had someone ship back some gemstones from overseas. You can pick whichever ones you like when they arrive.”

Si Qiu immediately dropped the topic. Humming softly, she clung to him in his arms and acted coquettishly, showering him with sweet words as if they cost nothing.

Pei Jingzhou’s arm around her tightened unconsciously, though his gaze flickered with unreadable thoughts.

After breakfast, Shen Xuan arrived with a stack of documents to see Pei Jingzhou.

“Good morning, Miss Si.”

“Good morning, Mr. Shen.” Si Qiu smiled and greeted him back.

“Miss Si looks even more beautiful today.”

“Alright, enough. What exactly did you come to see me about? Let’s talk in the study.” Pei Jingzhou interrupted their conversation and headed upstairs first.

Shen Xuan shrugged at Si Qiu and quickly followed him.

After entering the study, Pei Jingzhou sat behind the desk, while Shen Xuan sat across from him and tossed the documents onto the table.

“Honestly, Pei Ye, are you sexually frustrated or something?” he joked, clearly showing that their relationship was far from a simple superior-subordinate one.

Pei Jingzhou glanced at him coldly. “My grandfather asked you to follow me so you could help handle matters in the country and speed up the shift of our business focus—not so you could gossip.”

Hearing that, Shen Xuan immediately cried out in grievance. “Come on, bro. I’ve been dealing with those government offices lately, drinking so much my stomach’s about to get a hole in it. And you’re still saying I haven’t worked hard enough?”

Old Master Pei wanted to move the company’s industrial focus from overseas back to the domestic market. Just dealing with the various government departments in the country had already taken a huge toll on Shen Xuan. All that social maneuvering and networking made his scalp tingle with stress.

“Alright, I know you’ve worked hard. Your bonus will be doubled.”

As soon as Shen Xuan heard that, he quickly made a zipping motion across his lips. After that, the two of them began discussing serious matters.

Meanwhile, Si Qiu returned to her room to take stock of her assets.

She first picked through the items on her dressing table, selecting a few things here and there. Then she went to the safe in the walk-in closet and continued sorting through her belongings.

She set aside a box of jewelry she didn’t particularly like, planning to sell it for cash. Then she took out the passbooks and bank cards she had stored in her spatial storage, along with some cash and jewelry.

Of course, none of these items had come from the space itself—they had all been given to her by Pei Jingzhou. Si Qiu calculated on her fingers and realized that the stock market would soon experience a major wave of fluctuations.

She needed to invest more capital to earn herself a bigger retirement fund.

In this lifetime, her character setting was that of someone greedy for money. Every time she counted these assets, her mood improved noticeably.

She always said she was saving for retirement, but she knew that with the kind of persona she had, her pursuit of money would never truly stop in this lifetime.

“For the next while, I’ll use the supplementary credit card to buy clothes. Then I’ll get him to accompany me to buy jewelry. After that, I’ll cash out the jewelry and reinvest the money into the Japanese stock market.”

The plan sounded perfect. She found a beautiful box and packed everything neatly inside.

It wasn’t until dinner time that Si Qiu went to knock on the door to call them to eat. After hearing a response from inside, she headed downstairs first and waited in the dining room.

In the study, Shen Xuan glanced at his watch. “It’s already this late.”

“Mm. You should head back first. If there’s anything, we’ll talk about it tomorrow at the company.”

Shen Xuan looked shocked. “Wait, what? Bro, what’s going on? We’ve been working until now and you’re not even giving me a meal? Did you argue with Miss Si? Or are you the one sulking and giving her the cold shoulder?”

Pei Jingzhou glanced at him indifferently.

Shen Xuan immediately leaned back in his chair dramatically. “Wait, bro… you’re not going to kill me to silence me, are you?”

“Women are actually easy to appease. Just buy them some bags, clothes, necklaces, earrings—if that doesn’t work, just throw cash at them. I guarantee they’ll behave sweetly afterward. And don’t listen to those people who say doing that means the woman is materialistic and only loves your money. Come on—if the money is yours, then loving your money is the same as loving you. Otherwise, is loving someone for being handsome just lust? Is loving someone for being considerate just being pretentious? So there’s really no need to make things difficult for yourself over something like that.”

“You should go now.”

“Alright, alright. But I’ve been in quite a few relationships, so what I’m saying is still somewhat reliable.”

After saying that, he packed up his things and went downstairs. As he passed the living room, he greeted Si Qiu.

Si Qiu politely asked him to stay for dinner, but he said he had urgent matters to attend to and hurried off.

Dinner ended up being rather quiet. In truth, neither of them ate very well.

Si Qiu planned to get some fruit and ask the chef to prepare some milk tea. She still had the awareness to curry favor with the “ruler.” Carrying the things the chef had prepared, she went to knock on the study door.

“Come in.”

Si Qiu entered and saw him busy at the computer. She placed the fruit and coffee to the side, reminded him to eat, and was about to leave.

But Pei Jingzhou called her back, extending his hand and signaling for her to come over.