Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 634 Lin's Father's Entrepreneurial Journey

Compared to Wan Yu's mother, who rarely wears her heart on her sleeve, Wan Yu's father is clearly more fitting. This reflects everyone's expectations of the person in charge of Lin's International Bank.

Calm and reserved, mature and prudent, wise and shrewd, never showing his emotions.

From the moment he stepped into 3601 until now, apart from the moment Zhanbo blurted out "father-in-law" and when Wanyu's mother was about to reveal their past relationship, Lin's father always smiled faintly, as if everything was under his control.

For this reason, Ziqiao and Meijia really had no way of knowing whether his affection for Zhanbo was positive or negative.

So the two of them could only pretend to be nonchalant and sit next to Zhanbo, quietly listening to their conversation.

After discussing Zhanbo's family background and educational experiences, Lin's father shifted the conversation to Zhanbo's career.

"Zhanbo, I heard you're preparing to start your own business and open a company?"

The honest and straightforward Zhanbo asked instinctively, "You know that? Who told you that?"

Mr. Lin paused, momentarily at a loss for words.

He couldn't very well tell Zhanbo that he actually heard it from the bodyguard, who knew about it because they needed to regularly report to him on Wanyu and her friends' lives.

Although it was for his daughter's safety, he certainly wouldn't admit to something that could give others something to talk about.

Zi Qiao sighed softly. He really didn't know what had gotten into him just now, that for a moment he actually thought Zhan Bo could turn the tide on his own.

He nudged Zhanbo and quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "You're so stupid, Uncle must have heard this from Wanyu."

Upon hearing this, Zhanbo turned to look at Ziqiao with a puzzled expression. Based on his understanding of Wanyu, and considering that Wanyu's phone call with her family yesterday morning had lasted no more than three minutes in total, he was quite surprised.

She was certain that Wanyu hadn't told her father this herself.

"Yes……"

Before Zhanbo could even utter the word "ma," he was jolted awake by Ziqiao's idiotic look.

He may not be very clever when it comes to interpersonal relationships, but he is good at being obedient.

Zhanbo nodded emphatically and chuckled dryly, "Yes, yes, how could I have forgotten about Wanyu?"

"Hehe, hehehehe..."

Seeing Zhanbo's appearance, Lin's father seemed to have thought of something and suddenly let out a soft chuckle.

"hehe."

Meijia was startled by Wanyu's father's seemingly meaningful laughter. She put her arm around Ziqiao's and whispered in his ear, "It seems our plan can't be delayed any longer."

"No rush, let's observe for a while longer. Maybe Wanyu's father likes idiots."

Mika looked puzzled. "Does anyone really like an idiot?"

Ziqiao raised an eyebrow: "Otherwise, how would you explain Wanyu taking a liking to Zhanbo?"

"That's true."

……

Even when Zhanbo, a straightforward man, asked him a question that left him speechless, Lin's father's expression remained unchanged.

He remarked to himself, "Actually, I think starting a business is a good thing. Boys should spend hundreds of millions to gain experience in society and hone their skills."

Lin's father's words immediately froze the smiles on the faces of Zhanbo and the other two.

His words gave the impression of an old father casually tossing a pair of gloves to his son and telling him to go to a construction site and carry bricks for a day to get some exercise.

But what kind of gloves could be worth hundreds of millions?!

Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet comes with six Infinity Stones as a bonus?!

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Not knowing how to respond to Lin's father's sentimental remarks, Zhanbo could only nod with a stiff smile, while Ziqiao and Meijia behind him were laughing so hard they were almost crying.

Lin's father continued to reminisce about the past: "I still remember when I decided to start my own business, I was only twenty years old, younger than you."

"Back then, I was just like you, full of passion, drive, and enthusiasm. I wanted to build a career through my own hard work, starting from scratch, and realize my ideals and ambitions."

"So I put all my effort into it and worked like crazy, and finally..."

Under Yifei's tutelage since childhood, Zhanbo may not be good at much else, but he's certainly good at praising people.

Seeing Wan Yu's father reminiscing about the glorious past, he quickly put on a fawning and obsequious smile, seizing the opportunity to praise, "In the end, your efforts must have yielded unimaginable success, which is why we have such a large Lin's International Bank today."

"Uncle, I admire you so much..."

"No, in the end I failed in eight consecutive business ventures and lost all the billion yuan my family gave me."

"In the end, I could only listen to my grandfather's instructions with tears in my eyes and go to the grassroots level to gain experience. I concealed my identity and worked hard for ten years before I was able to inherit this huge family business."

"Forehead……"

Zhanbo was speechless for a moment, and Ziqiao and Meijia were also caught off guard by this unexpected turn of events.

They had thought that Lin's father wanted to recall his arduous journey of starting a business, and now it seemed that he had indeed struggled, but why did this struggle sound so unappealing?

What happened to the business genius he was promised?

What happened to the promise of being young and promising?

The three of them had even prepared a draft of their praises in their minds, but this is all they got in the end?

That's it?!

Zhanbo could only chuckle and say, "Actually... there aren't many third-generation rich kids who can successfully inherit the family business, and even fewer like you, Uncle, who can make Lin's International Bank bigger and stronger and create new glories."

"Third-generation rich kid? I'm not."

Lin's father casually remarked, "My grandfather was the one."

"hiss……"

Upon hearing this, Zhanbo and the other two gasped in shock, and even Nanfeng, who was talking to Lin's mother, was dumbfounded.

"Ziqiao".

Meijia covered her mouth, gritting her teeth, and said, "Do you think if I wanted to become rich now, being reborn would be faster than getting rich through hard work?"

Ziqiao nodded: "That's true, but it's not so easy for rich people to be born into wealth."

"Not to mention that people's willingness to have children is continuously declining. What if you can't be reincarnated as a human and end up as a cockroach or rat?"

"Then you'll be responsible for taking care of me and the braised pork knuckle. I should be easier to feed than the braised pork knuckle. You just need to get some fried rice from Yifei."

"Forget it." Ziqiao pouted. "I'm afraid that before I even get my fried rice over, Nanfeng will have already killed you with a stick."

"That's true."

Lin's father merely glanced at Ziqiao and Meijia, who were whispering to each other, before turning his gaze to Zhanbo, who felt uneasy, realizing he had made a fool of himself.

He chuckled and said, "It seems you're not very interested in our family's affairs, Zhanbo. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so unaware of when Lin's International Bank was founded."

Ziqiao and Meijia felt a pang of anxiety upon hearing this. Even though Wanyu's father's words sounded like a joke, the fact that he used the word "not attentive" clearly indicated that his feelings for Zhanbo were not very strong.

In their eyes, this teasing remark was clearly another way for Wanyu's father to indirectly express his dissatisfaction.

However, the truth is that Lin's father thinks it's actually a good thing that Zhanbo doesn't know much about Lin's International Bank, at least it proves that the boy isn't putting too much effort into things he shouldn't be putting into.

In other words, if his daughter's new boyfriend knows everything about her family, even their history of how they got rich, he should be wary.

As for the phrase "not taking it seriously," it's simply a habitual way of speaking used by Mr. Lin.

"this……"

Faced with Lin's father's teasing, Zhanbo scratched his head awkwardly.

He thought for a moment and then answered honestly, "Uncle, all I care about is Wanyu; I'm really not that interested in anything else."

"To be honest, my current understanding of Lin's International Bank is limited to Baidu Encyclopedia, and even that was only done yesterday when I found out you were coming, and I had to do some last-minute research on my phone."

Mr. Lin raised an eyebrow: "Are you trying to tell me you don't care about Wanyu's family background, and that your relationship is purely based on true love?"

Upon hearing this, Zhanbo smiled sheepishly, but nodded emphatically without the slightest hesitation.

"hehe."

Lin's father let out a meaningful chuckle.

To be honest, his impression of Zhanbo was definitely not good.

This child comes from a barely average family. He is honest, timid, has low emotional intelligence, poor social skills, gets nervous easily, and isn't thick-skinned enough when meeting strangers... In short, he has a whole host of problems.

His only redeeming quality—his intelligence—was largely undeveloped and unused after graduation; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was a waste of his talent.

Simply put, this young man is dissatisfied with everything he does.

However, his thoughts were based on a doting father's natural prejudice against his daughter's boyfriend.

Wanyu is the apple of my eye. The men who want to pursue her could line up all the way to France. How could any boy I meet on an airport bus be worthy of my little princess?

Let alone Zhanbo, even if you brought all the good men in the world (someone, kick that self-proclaimed good man out first!) and lined them up for him to choose a son-in-law, Lin's father could still find fault with them all and send them back to France to line up again.

But if we set aside the father's prejudice against his daughter's boyfriend, he is probably, perhaps, barely satisfied with Zhanbo.

Although this child is honest, timid, has low emotional intelligence, poor social skills, gets nervous easily, and isn't thick-skinned enough when meeting strangers...

But being honest doesn't mean being stupid, and being timid doesn't mean he lacks courage; otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting here facing himself now.

Having low emotional intelligence doesn't necessarily mean someone is unlikable, and poor social skills aren't necessarily a bad thing.

Being easily flustered in the face of trouble is simply a lack of experience; not being thick-skinned enough when meeting strangers... Wanyu isn't looking for a scoundrel.

As for the fact that their family's financial situation is average, there's not much to say about that; there aren't many families that are better off than theirs anyway.

To be honest, none of that matters. What matters is that Wanyu likes it herself.

Of course, she still hated that silly boy who kidnapped her daughter.

He finally understood why Huang Yaoshi was so annoyed with Guo Jing in The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

[A dim-witted, simple-minded boy actually managed to steal away my naturally beautiful, intelligent, and pampered daughter.]

[You better go to France and line up, you bastard!!!]

I'm coming

(End of this chapter)