Chapter 772: Chapter 772: I’ll Take Care of You
As soon as Yinyin sat down, Lin Jinmo asked, "What would you like for breakfast, toast or sandwiches?"
Yinyin said, "I’m not picky, as long as it fills me up."
Huo Tinghan said, "I heard you love spicy soup and sugar-filled dough sticks, so I specially went out early to get them for you."
In Beijing, there aren’t many places that serve spicy soup and sugar-filled dough sticks for breakfast, but Huo Tinghan got up early to find them, and he actually did.
Yinyin was a bit overwhelmed: "Big brother, thank you."
Huo Tinghan’s ears twitched, and he smiled modestly, "If you like it, I’ll bring it back for you every day."
Lin Jinmo said, "You’re not giving us any chance to show off."
Huo Tinghan said, "Well, since I’m only ranked third, I have to fight hard, at least to get second place."
Lin Jinmo: "..."
Huo Linzhou asked, "Sister, are you getting used to living at home? From now on, don’t live at school. After classes, we’ll come home together every day."
Lin Jinmo: "Sometimes Linzhou leaves school quite late. If he can’t make it home with you, I’ll pick you up."
Huo Linzhou looked at Lin Jinmo thoughtfully.
Lin Jinmo ignored his brother’s scrutinizing eyes.
Yinyin said, "You guys are too nice to me! Aren’t you afraid of spoiling me?"
Lin Jinmo said, "Not at all. Isn’t it good to spoil you? In the future, if anyone wants to marry my sister and can’t match our level of effort, you can just eliminate them."
Yinyin was amused: "Most brothers worry about their sisters not getting married, but you guys are the opposite, as if you’re afraid I’ll get married."
Huo Tinghan: "Don’t worry, as long as we’re here, you won’t be thinking about getting married before you’re thirty."
Yinyin: "..."
As Lin Qi walked into the dining room, she heard Huo Tinghan’s bold declaration and raised an eyebrow: "Tinghan, don’t you have a morning meeting? Why haven’t you left yet?"
Huo Tinghan said, "I took the day off today."
Lin Jinmo: "Me too."
Huo Linzhou: "..."
Lin Qi said, "No taking the day off. This afternoon, I’m taking Yinyin shopping. It’s none of your business."
She spoke as she sat down beside Yinyin.
Yinyin was sipping the spicy soup.
Her neatly combed hair had a few strands hanging down by her ears.
Lin Qi gently tucked her stray hair behind her ear and said, "Yinyin, how about mom takes you shopping for new clothes this afternoon?"
Hearing this, Yinyin quickly swallowed the soup in her mouth and hurriedly said, "The clothes in the closet are enough for me. No need to buy new ones."
Lin Qi said, "Those clothes are outdated; they were bought a year ago. Mom will take you to buy the latest fashion. How about it?"
Yinyin asked, "Mom... is our family well off?"
Having experienced hard times since childhood, Yinyin felt that buying so many clothes was somewhat extravagant and wasteful.
Lin Qi blushed slightly: "Mom doesn’t want to waste, it’s just..."
She wants to make up for it.
Her daughter had lived a hard life outside for seventeen years. Now that she’s back by her side, Lin Qi wishes she could offer her heart to her.
Yinyin said, "Actually... I think it’s fine to dress decently. No need for so many clothes."
Lin Jinmo said, "Just listen to mom. When you were little, mom used to say repeatedly that she wanted to dress you up beautifully every day, buy lots of pretty princess dresses, and wear a different one each day."
Huo Linzhou said, "Don’t worry, even if mom brings all the shopping centers in Beijing home, our family won’t go bankrupt."
Yinyin joked, "That’s not necessarily true. What if you spoil me and I start spending extravagantly?"
Huo Tinghan, who had been quiet, suddenly replied, "Then your brothers will earn it back."
Lin Jinmo lightly patted Huo Tinghan’s shoulder: "Don’t worry. With us around, even if you run the Huo Family into the ground, we’ll earn it back for you."
Yinyin’s eyes widened, and she suddenly remembered that she still didn’t know what kind of business the Huo Family was in.
She looked at Lin Qi and asked, "What does dad do?"
Lin Qi said, "Dad is already retired, now he’s behind the scenes as the chairman of the company."
Yinyin: "What company?"
Lin Qi: "Huace."
"Huace..." Yinyin almost bit her tongue.
The name Huace was very renowned.
The first time she reported to Jinghua University, she saw many brand-new academic buildings and a library on campus.
It was said that these were buildings donated by Huace.
She had some understanding of Huace; it was reportedly a very large multinational corporation, with its market value nearing 10 trillion US Dollars, practically the economic lifeline of China.
Lin Qi patiently explained, "Your big brother has now taken over your dad’s role and is currently the CEO of Huace, while your second brother is the founder and CEO of the Yuanzhou Consortium, with a net worth of 200 billion US Dollars."
Yinyin’s mouth almost wouldn’t close.
Yuanzhou Consortium...
She had seen it in a newspaper a couple years ago.
The newspaper stated that the CEO of the Yuanzhou Consortium had already climbed to the second place on the global billionaire list.
However, because she wasn’t interested in finance, she hadn’t looked closely, but now she wondered, was the protagonist of that report actually her second brother?!
Yinyin glanced around again.
She didn’t have a clear concept of the housing prices in Beijing, but intuitively, as the capital city, with such prime locations and so much as a piece of land here costs a fortune, this mansion must have substantial value!
Lin Qi asked, "What’s wrong? Do you think this house is old?"
Yinyin quickly waved her hands: "No..."
Lin Qi said, "Because... shortly after you were born, we moved here. After you went missing, mom couldn’t bear to leave, hoping to wait for you to return in this home. However, this villa is indeed a bit old. If you don’t like it, tomorrow, I’ll take you to look at others with your dad. Whether you like a villa or a large flat in the city, if you like it, we’ll buy it and put it under your name, as your first gift coming back home."
Yinyin said, "Actually... I think this house is quite good."
Lin Qi: "Good is good, but it’s a bit far from your school, making it inconvenient."
Yinyin hurriedly said, "I’m not in the habit of sleeping in, and the drive isn’t too far, nothing inconvenient."
After she spoke, she lowered her head and took another sip of the spicy soup to calm herself.
Oh god.
How many years would she need to work to accumulate such wealth?
For a brief moment, she even thought about giving up, but then thought better, she couldn’t depend on her parents for support, wouldn’t that be too unambitious!
Huo Tinghan seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled, "If you don’t want to rely on mom and dad, that’s alright, your brothers will support you."
Yinyin: "..." This didn’t really make a difference!