C68 Su Qingyin and Chung Yu Invested in It!

"You think I'm going to be your secretary? In your dreams!"

Sun Lili flatly refused.

She wasn't about to be fooled; she'd seen firsthand how Zhang Xiaoyu slaved away as Lin Chen's secretary. No way she was falling for that!

And as for the money, even if she didn't take the bet, Lin Chen, as the father of her child, would surely find a way to handle it.

"Some people sure talk a big game," Lin Chen remarked with a hint of sarcasm.

"But when push comes to shove, they chicken out?"

"Plus, if you're my wife's secretary, doesn't that technically make you mine by extension?"

Lin Chen quipped, a note of displeasure in his voice as he looked at Sun Lili.

She was too clever by half, making her a tough nut to crack.

"Lin Chen, if you can sort out this thirty-some billion, I'll be your secretary," Ann Lan declared earnestly, as if struck by a sudden bout of madness.

His own wife as his secretary?

Ann Lan might be bold enough to suggest it, but Lin Chen certainly wasn't about to take her up on it. She was pregnant with his child, after all. What if she overworked herself fetching tea and water?

"Qingyin, could you keep my wife company at the office for a bit?"

"And Chung, you're coming with me later to... not rob, but borrow money," Lin Chen corrected himself as he addressed Su Qingyin.

"Brother Chen, I have no problem playing bodyguard for Ann Lan," Su Qingyin conceded.

"But surely you don't expect a horse to run without feeding it?"

She cast a somewhat plaintive look at Lin Chen. She'd traveled a long way to help him out, and he hadn't even offered a word of thanks. Now he was asking her to stick around and protect Ann Lan, too? That seemed a tad excessive.

"Give you grass?"

"Qingyin, we're practically siblings," Lin Chen retorted, trying to keep a straight face.

"Don't set me up in front of my wife."

He pulled his neck in, his expression serious, though internally he was grumbling. If they were alone, he might have considered it.

But in front of his fiery wife? Not a chance.

"Being siblings doesn't mean you can't offer your sister a little compensation for her troubles, does it?" Su Qingyin challenged.

Ann Lan, catching on to Lin Chen's antics, shot him a warning look.

Grasping Su Qingyin's arm, she chuckled and said, "Qingyin, don't pay him any mind."

"He's always been slick with his words."

Ann Lan might not have been close to Su Qingyin, but she had come through for her and Ann's Group in the past.

Lin Chen could afford to be reckless, but she couldn't.

Otherwise, people might start thinking she was clueless as a wife.

"Babe, have Qingyin sign a share contract later, okay?"

"Tens of millions might not be much, but every little bit counts."

"Plus, if anything comes up at the company, we can have her handle it legitimately."

Lin Chen didn't hold back, laying out the facts for Ann Lan.

"Boss, you're the real deal!"

"Qingyin is the Su family's treasure. If her brothers find out you've duped her like this, they'd come after you in a heartbeat."

"They'd be on you with knives in no time."

Chung Yu flashed Lin Chen a big thumbs up, expressing his sincere admiration.

For the Su and Chung families, tens of millions were just a drop in the bucket.

But Lin Chen's approach to Su Qingyin was a matter of principle!

"Heh, you think I'm as brainless as you?"

"Do you think I'd keep you two working hard without throwing some perks your way?"

"As for the investment, I can't guarantee anything, but within a year, Qingyin could see at least a tenfold return!"

Lin Chen scoffed, unapologetically clapping back at Chung Yu.

A tenfold return?

At that revelation, both Su Qingyin and Chung Yu were visibly stunned.

With seventy million yuan in spending money, Su Qingyin could turn that into over six billion in less than a year, based on Lin Chen's projections?

"Qingyin, Lin Chen has just come out with two new products."

"One's a beauty enhancer, and the other's a vitality booster. I'll show you what they can do later."

Ann Lan timely filled in Su Qingyin.

"Products developed by Chen himself?"

"Sister Ann Lan, I'd like my siblings to invest as well. Would that be possible?"

Upon learning that Lin Chen was behind the products, Su Qingyin earnestly asked Ann Lan.

As a Master of Kunlun, she might not have been aware of Lin Chen's capabilities, but her trust in him was unwavering.

After all, it was unthinkable that Lin Chen would deceive his own wife, wasn't it?

Besides, as the CEO of Ann's Group, she was convinced these two products would be highly profitable. What reason did she have to doubt?

"This..."

Ann Lan hesitated, her eyes instinctively seeking Lin Chen.

"I'll give you a ten percent stake. Manage it as you see fit."

Lin Chen paused before responding to Su Qingyin.

He, Su Qingyin, and Ann Lan were all acutely aware that bringing her siblings into the fold meant extra security for Ann's Group.

Yet, Lin Chen found such measures pointless.

The Su family's stronghold was in the capital, far from A City.

Had it not been for Su Qingyin's face, he might have outright refused.

Su Qingyin caught the flicker of hesitation in Lin Chen and knew his mind.

Truly, with the capital and A City miles apart, such security seemed superfluous.

"Chen, my thanks to you and Sister Ann Lan," Su Qingyin expressed her gratitude.

The heirs of prominent families might seem glamorous, but their actual control over wealth was limited.

The kind of spending depicted on TV was the act of the newly rich.

For an enduring family legacy, the key was to cultivate every member into an elite, not to raise them as wastrels or prodigals.

"Lin Chen, be careful out there."

"I'm going to take Qingyin back to the office to rest."

Ann Lan, now that the deal was done, couldn't help but express her concern.

Lin Chen's quest for a loan, she suspected, was more complicated than it appeared.

After all, who would lend billions on a whim?

Minutes later, Lin Chen and Chung Yu arrived at the underground parking garage.

No sooner had they settled into the car than Chung Yu lamented, "Boss, why do you help Qingyin make money and not me?"

"Don't forget, I'm even poorer than Qingyin."

Chung Yu might have been better off keeping quiet. At his words, Lin Chen gave him a sharp smack on the forehead.

He snapped, "You've got some nerve bringing up making money to me, kid!"

"Before, I thought I'd help you slim down and, in the process, skim a cool few tens of millions from a scion like you."

"And what do I find? You've only got a measly two or three million to your name!"

Lin Chen was seething as he recounted the situation.

It was like he'd readied a sack to collect a windfall, only to discover upon arrival that this so-called windfall was nothing more than a handful of coins.

"Boss, it's not my fault I'm broke."

"My whole life, not my parents, nor my grandparents, nor my maternal grandparents have ever given me a dime."

"The three million I do have? I had to crack my dad's safe in the capital just a few days ago to get it!"

Chung Yu explained, his voice tinged with resentment.

Lin Chen found it hard to watch Chung Yu's woeful state.

For a member of a prominent family to stoop to stealing from his father's safe for a mere three million was downright pathetic.

Yet, Lin Chen had never considered that his own past, up in the mountains, was even more pitiful than Chung Yu's—he hadn't even laid hands on thirty million, let alone three.

"Chung, I've got another venture in mind, if you're up for it."

"I'm offering you a five percent stake, and I'll even set you up as the chairman of the company!"

"What do you say? Interested?"

Lin Chen coaxed, a sly smile playing on his lips.

He was referring to his partnership with Huang. With the company poised to profit, envy was inevitable, but with Chung Yu on board, Lin Chen could sidestep those headaches.

"Remember, though, there's a cost to getting a piece of my pie."

"Once we get to the Sun residence, you're going to give the Suns a thrashing."

"After that's done, I assure you, that five percent stake will have you raking it in."

Lin Chen paused before continuing.