1990, Reborn as a Beachcomber, From Rascal to Brilliant Guy

Soon after Lin Shuisheng came out of the shower room, there was no one in sight outside the hall, and even the main door was bolted shut.

Listening closely, one could faintly hear voices coming from the other three rooms, but his room was completely silent.

He gently pushed open the door, slipped inside, and closed it behind him. His gaze immediately fell on the gentle and graceful figure sitting against the headboard.

"Ah..."

"Shh! I just got the two sisters to sleep, don't wake them up."

Before Lin Shuisheng could speak, Ye Wanqing put a finger to her lips, her almond-shaped eyes, like those of a fawn, staring intently at Lin Shuisheng, gleaming in the light of the kerosene lamp.

"Um!"

Lin Shuisheng nodded slightly, glanced at the two children sleeping side by side on the inside of the bed, slowly walked forward, sat down next to Ye Wanqing, and gently took her hand.

Ye Wanqing took the opportunity to hug Lin Shuisheng's arm and rest her head on his shoulder.

A short while later, Lin Shuisheng suddenly felt a dampness on his arm. Looking down, he saw that Ye Wanqing was already in tears.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Ah Shui, I'm so happy, I'm so incredibly happy! I feel like I made the right choice in you; you've finally made it!"

Ye Wanqing raised her head, a smile on her face revealing two shallow dimples, and looked at Lin Shuisheng with teary eyes.

"You knew all along?"

Lin Shuisheng raised an eyebrow and reached out to wipe away Ye Wanqing's tears.

"Yes! My mother told me everything!"

Ye Wanqing nodded, her tearful eyes fixed on Lin Shuisheng, her gaze filled with infatuation.

This is the man she has her eye on.

She had fantasized countless times that Lin Shuisheng would one day earn a lot of money and give her a good life.

Now, Lin Shuisheng has done it.

That's a whopping 15 million!

With their monthly salary of 100 or 200 yuan, many people wouldn't earn that much even after working their whole lives.

More importantly, with this money, even if the couple does nothing else and just deposits the money in the bank to earn interest, they can earn at least 10,000 yuan a year, which is equivalent to the wages of two or three years of hard work.

Unfortunately, after deducting the 65,000 yuan for the new house and the 40,000 yuan given to my two older brothers, I only have 45,000 yuan left.

"Ah Qing, don't you think I'm unhappy that I gave my older brothers so much money?"

Seeing Ye Wanqing slowly lower her head, Lin Shuisheng had an idea and hurriedly asked.

"No, no! I'm just... just a little bit, just a tiny bit feeling down!"

Ye Wanqing quickly shook her head, then looked up at Lin Shuisheng and pinched a tiny bit of her finger.

As she spoke, she saw Lin Shuisheng raise his eyebrows, then lower his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"I've never seen so much money in my entire life!"

"ha!"

Lin Shuisheng couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw his wife's adorable expression.

"Shh! I told you not to be so loud!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Wanqing hurriedly covered Lin Shuisheng's mouth with her hand and turned her head to look inside the bed.

When she saw that her two sons were still sleeping soundly, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to give Lin Shuisheng a disapproving look.

"Hey! What...what are you doing?"

The next moment, she suddenly exclaimed in surprise, pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted, and her cheeks flushed red.

Lin Shuisheng gazed at the beautiful woman under the lamplight, licked his dry lips, and his voice became somewhat hoarse.

"Well, Mom already told you what happened earlier. Now I'll tell you something else."

"What else?"

Ye Wanqing raised her eyelids to look at Lin Shuisheng, her eyes filled with curiosity.

"Ahem, it's nothing really, I just went to the Yunlan Town pier this morning to buy coconut snails..."

Lin Shuisheng coughed a few times and slowly recounted the story of the mute girl.

"How...how can there be such a person in this world? To pay off debts, they actually gave their runaway son to a thug? This is absolutely outrageous!"

Upon hearing about the mute girl's plight, Ye Wanqing clenched her fists in anger.

"Exactly, I also think her father went too far. No matter how difficult things are, he shouldn't have pushed his own child into a fire pit, right? Not to mention she can't speak, she's already pitiful enough."

Lin Shuisheng nodded, a look of utter disdain on his face.

"Ah Shui, we must help her!"

Ye Wanqing grabbed Lin Shuisheng's arm and spoke earnestly.

"How can I help?"

Lin Shuisheng paused for a moment, then asked softly.

"this..."

Ye Wanqing frowned slightly, looked at the sack of money on the ground, then at Lin Shuisheng, and finally pursed her lips, hesitatingly suggesting:

"How about... we use the money to help her dad pay off the debt?"

"No, a gambling addict like her father, no matter how much money you give him, he'll end up losing it all."

Lin Shuisheng shook his head without even thinking.

"Then...how about we pay her to do some chores and bring her home?"

Ye Wanqing lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly came up with another idea.

"This...it still won't work. There's nowhere for her to stay at home, and her father won't let her leave!"

Lin Shuisheng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and rejected the idea.

"No, this won't work, that won't work, what can we do to help her?"

Ye Wanqing frowned and sat up somewhat anxiously.

Seeing her like this, Lin Shuisheng fell silent for a moment.

Originally, he thought the same as Ye Wanqing: once the conch pearls were sold, he would arrange a job for the mute girl so that she could support herself.

Later, upon closer reflection, he realized that something was amiss.

Putting aside whether Zhao Laogen is willing to let the mute girl go, even if he is, he will probably still be eyeing her wages, and might even try to force her out again when he's in a bad mood.

The only way to completely change the mute girl's fate is to sever all ties with Zhao Laogen.

"Then...then how about we...we go and propose marriage to him, and then bring him back?"

After a while, Ye Wanqing looked up at Lin Shuisheng, and hesitated for a moment.

"Are you... are you crazy? You actually dared to think of such a terrible idea?"

Lin Shuisheng's eyes widened suddenly as he stared at Ye Wanqing in disbelief.

Why are you shouting so loudly?

Ye Wanqing reached out and pulled Lin Shuisheng, her eyes constantly glancing towards the door, afraid that someone might overhear them.

Then, under Lin Shuisheng's annoyed gaze, she explained with a hint of sourness:

"Didn't you say before that when her dad gave her away, he said she had a big butt and would be good at giving birth to kids?"

"no..."