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

"What do you mean 'not'? Don't think I don't know what you men are thinking. You make a little money and then you think about keeping a mistress."

Ye Wanqing glared at Lin Shuisheng, pouted slightly, and pinched him playfully.

"Hey, I swear to God! I never thought that way."

Lin Shuisheng's lips twitched in pain, his face full of grievance.

"Nobody believes you! I saw you secretly looking at Ah Sheng the whole time in the hospital."

Ye Wanqing rolled her eyes, her tone incredibly sarcastic.

"I..."

Lin Shuisheng's expression froze, and just as he was about to explain, Ye Wanqing interrupted him with her hand.

"I know that any man with a bit of ability, even if he doesn't go looking for other women, other women will pounce on him like wolves smelling meat."

Just like Wenbin, Aiguo, Jianbang, Xiangyang, and Yanjun from our village, weren't they all good to their wives before?

In the following years, after making money running large ships, they all kept mistresses.

"Where...where did you get all this information?"

Lin Shuisheng frowned, looking at his wife with slight surprise.

Regarding the news that villagers were keeping mistresses outside the village, he only knew of one person, Lin Wenbin, and another, Lin Xiangyang; he wasn't very sure about the others.

"Never mind where I know that, just tell me if it happened or not."

Ye Wanqing glared at Lin Shuisheng and asked in a somewhat annoyed tone.

"Yes, I do, but I..."

Lin Shuisheng nodded, and was about to explain that he was different from the others when Ye Wanqing interrupted him.

"You don't need to explain. Men are all like that; they're always looking for something better."

She paused briefly, then leaned close to Lin Shuisheng's ear, her expression somewhat mysterious.

"Let me tell you! My mom told me at the hospital the other day that my dad used to work on a big ship and had a woman with him!"

If it weren't for Grandma's sharp mind and timely discovery, you might have a second stepmother by now!

"No, is that so? How come I had no idea?"

Lin Shuisheng's eyes widened, and he looked at Ye Wanqing with a face full of surprise.

"Shh! You absolutely mustn't tell anyone about this. Mom only told me; even Grandma doesn't know!"

Ye Wanqing put her finger to her lips and whispered her instructions.

In addition, she also knew that Chen Xiurong told her about this simply to give her a heads-up since she hadn't had a son yet!

"Alright, I know you're worried I'll end up like my father. Don't worry, I won't follow his example."

Seeing Ye Wanqing lower her head and become somewhat depressed, Lin Shuisheng quickly offered a word of comfort.

"Aren't you afraid that when you go out in the future, people will laugh at you for not having a son?"

Ye Wanqing raised her head and looked directly into Lin Shuisheng's eyes.

"It's okay. It won't hurt you to make people laugh. At worst, I'll take you and your two kids to live in the city. If that doesn't work, we'll go somewhere else, even abroad."

Lin Shuisheng shrugged and smiled indifferently.

"That's nonsense! You can't even speak English properly, how are you going to take us abroad?"

Ye Wanqing rolled her eyes and playfully punched Lin Shuisheng.

"If you can't explain it clearly, then hire a translator!"

Lin Shuisheng pouted and retorted somewhat indignantly.

"Alright, you've only made a little money, and you're already getting cocky. Do you know how much it costs to hire a translator? And what can we do abroad? What if we can't even afford food and can't come back? That would be terrible!"

Ye Wanqing waved her hand and glared at Lin Shuisheng with an annoyed look.

Her husband is good in every way, except that he often oversimplifies things.

Going abroad?

Is that a place that poor fishermen can go?

"Wait a minute, I'll show you something."

Seeing his wife's lack of confidence, Lin Shuisheng immediately stood up and walked towards the wardrobe.

Not long after, under Ye Wanqing's somewhat puzzled gaze, he quickly returned and placed a small cloth bag in front of her.

"Here, open it and take a look for yourself."

"What is this?"

Ye Wanqing asked with a face full of curiosity as she reached out and untied the cloth bag.

When she saw the two Melo Pearls in the cloth bag, each a size larger than a lychee and with a silky orange-red flame-like glow on their surface, her eyes widened and her mouth gaped open.

"This...this...this..."

"Actually, the pearls I took out of that coconut snail were not one, but three, and these two were not only larger, but also in better condition."

Lin Shuisheng grabbed Ye Wanqing's hand and lowered his voice.

"So...that means these two beads can sell for at least 30!"

When she heard the amount, Ye Wanqing's heart skipped a beat. She quickly wrapped the cloth bag back up and stuffed the two priceless Melody Pearls into Lin Shuisheng's hand, afraid that she might accidentally lose them.

"Why are you giving these to me? These two beads were originally meant for you; they'll be our family heirloom from now on."

Lin Shuisheng raised an eyebrow and stuffed the cloth bag back into Ye Wanqing's hands.

"No, no, it's better to leave such a valuable item in your safekeeping."

Ye Wanqing's hands trembled, and she immediately stuffed the cloth bag into Lin Shuisheng's hands again.

"I'll put it in the closet compartment first, and then we'll see where to hide it after you finish your postpartum confinement."

Seeing that Ye Wanqing was a little frightened, Lin Shuisheng stopped pressuring her and got up to put the cloth bag back in the wardrobe.

"Phew~"

Ye Wanqing let out a long breath and collapsed onto the headboard, her forehead covered in a fine layer of sweat.

This shows just how nervous she was.

When Lin Shuisheng returned, she suddenly remembered something, abruptly sat up, and grabbed Lin Shuisheng's arm.

"Ah Shui, listen to me. Spend some money to bring that girl back, and then tell people that she is a relative of our family and came to help take care of me during my postpartum period."

"you..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shuisheng was about to object when Ye Wanqing interrupted him first.

"I know you're good to me and don't want me to suffer. But don't get your hopes up. I don't want you to take her into your room. I just want her to come over and help with chores."

After all, you're not the same as before. You have tens of thousands in savings, a building, and hundreds of thousands of things in your house. You need someone to help look after them.

Besides, we got that huge sum of money from her by buying that basket of coconut shells; we can't just stand by and watch her jump into a fire, can we?

After she finished speaking, she looked directly into Lin Shuisheng's eyes with a very serious expression.

Because Lin Shuisheng treated her very well, and because the family was starting to gain momentum, she absolutely could not let a little jealousy ruin the family's fortune.

Moreover, since that mute girl could bring such a large fortune to their family, she should naturally bring prosperity to their household.

If we can get people to come to our home to help with chores, we might be able to earn even more money in the future!

At this moment, Lin Shuisheng had no idea what Ye Wanqing was thinking. He thought she simply wanted to help take care of the mute girl, which was why she came up with the excuse of needing relatives to help with postpartum care.

Considering that he would need to hire one or two workers to help with what he wanted to do next, after hesitating for a while, he finally nodded.

"Alright! Then I'll have my eldest and second eldest brothers accompany me to take a look first thing tomorrow morning. If it's alright, I'll bring the person back."

Hearing this, Ye Wanqing felt a little relieved and did not object to Lin Shuisheng bringing Lin Chaosheng and Lin Haisheng along.

After all, we're all family. The excuse about your maternal relatives is only good for fooling outsiders; let's forget about it when it comes to our own family!

"It's getting late, go to sleep!"

Lin Shuisheng reached out and helped Ye Wanqing lie down, then got up to blow out the kerosene lamp, and groped his way to lie down next to Ye Wanqing.

Ye Wanqing turned to the side, nestling against Lin Shuisheng's chest. Her emotions remained turbulent, her mind replaying the two beads worth hundreds of thousands, the stacks of hundred-yuan bills, and the house in the city...

I really want to go see it soon!