My Wife is a Workaholic

Chapter 15 – Addressing the Issue of Finances After Marriage 

After lunch, Zu Jin told Yan Lin the door password of her home, and then took the car to Qiyu.

After arriving at the corporation, Xia Tong happened to be back from T City.

“Instead of resting at home, why did you come to work?”

They were the only ones in the elevator. Xia Tong cheekly gave a concerned reply, “I’m worried that Ji Shiyu will come find you, so…”

Zu Jin snorted coldly, “Don’t worry. No matter how stupid she is, she won’t come to Qiyu to make trouble.”

“But when Ji Shiyu was at the factory, she kept throwing the pot1 at you in front of the people in charge. She said that you ordered her to ask for the production samples. I was really worried that the factory would complain to the board of directors.”

Zu Jin’s cheerful and good mood suddenly plummeted. However, on the surface she only looked calm and breezy because she had a lot of experience with this.

Since Ji Shiyu could throw the pot and throw dirty water in the factory, it meant that Ji Desheng could no longer control her.

This madwoman who did whatever it took to achieve her goal, actually did not hesitate to drag her into this for the sake of changing her company.

Zu Jin began to make a prediction…

The big trouble she had anticipated was arriving ahead of schedule.

According to the schedule, this afternoon was the time when the board of directors regularly met every month. Zu Jin would naturally attend the meeting and report on the situation of the corporation’s operations for that month.

Zu Jin walked into the conference room and immediately noticed that several shareholders sitting on one side of the long conference table were looking at her with delight in their eyes as they waited for her disaster.

Her heart suddenly thumped. It seemed like Liu Bing at the factory still failed to suppress the information from leaking out.

When she looked at Ji Desheng’s seat, she saw that Ji Desheng head was turned and he was  talking to the people nearby. He looked relaxed and comfortable, as if he knew nothing about the current situation.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zu Jin immediately reported on the operations and development of the corporation. Without a doubt, the most important thing was the earnings and financial situation.

In the past two years, the net profit was satisfactory because Qiyu was constantly moving closer to the precision industry.

The board of directors had nothing to say to her in this regard.

But as soon as the report was over, one of the shareholders immediately began to ask questions.

“President Jin, I heard some people below reported that someone at the T City factory tried to get samples of our production parts, and she confessed that she was instructed by you! When those parts were in research and development, we invested more than 1 billion yuan. You also carried a lot of pressure to have the research and development succeed. Why is this happening now? Give us an explanation.”

Zu Jin looked at Ji Desheng, and as expected, his face immediately became ugly.

“Whether I have instructed that person to defraud the samples, you can let people investigate and find out. In any case, all the bosses here have a wide network, I believe we can find out the truth soon.”

With a sigh of relief, she continued, “As for how this matter should be handled, my advice is that it is best to not let outsiders know, especially the media. Otherwise our Qiyu’s confidentiality and trustworthiness will certainly be affected. At that time, the partners of other important projects will certainly waver, which is much more serious than coming across a few swindlers with bad intentions.”

As soon as this was said, the shareholders were speechless.

They originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Zu Jin and let her feel threatened. They had no choice but to give up on the father and daughter duo, Ji Desheng and Ji Shiyu, so that they could keep their chairman positions.

They didn’t expect Zu Jin to go as far as to return a big pot back to them, so that they could no longer make this matter an issue.

All the people in the conference room were old foxes who were like fish in water in the business world.

They were sitting together at this moment, and each of them had their own ideas on how the benefits should be distributed.

But what surprised them most was that no one expected that today they would stumble into the hands of a woman like Zu Jin!

Above all, she was still on Ji Desheng’s side.

It seems that the troubles before them were doomed to go deeper.

The whole meeting ended in bad terms.

Zu Jin packed up her material and followed Ji Desheng to the chairman’s office.

As soon as she closed the door, Ji Desheng immediately took a long breath with his hand behind his back.

“This was truly all thanks to you. Shiyu has really gone too far this time, and almost got us involved.”

Zu Jin said, “Is Shiyu back from T City? Chairman Ji, I think it is better if you have a discussion with her as soon as possible. Although the board of directors put up with it this time, this does not guarantee that they will not think of another way to make this matter an issue again. When that time comes, we certainly can not be too passive.”

Ji Desheng nodded and replied, “Oh, when will Shiyu be as composed as you, so that I can enjoy a few days of good fortune…”

Looking at Ji Desheng’s anxious appearance for his daughter, Zu Jin inevitably felt a little sad in her heart.

Ji Shiyu can always be so capricious because she has a powerful father like Ji Desheng protecting her, right?　

 

It was almost evening when she came out from Ji Desheng’s office.

Xia Tong ordered a boxed meal for her and put it on the coffee table in the office.

As soon as Zu Jin sat down and picked up her chopsticks, she suddenly thought of Yan Lin and called him on her cell phone.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“I’m taking a break. I found someone this afternoon to clean up the things in your house. I will be finalizing the decoration plans tomorrow. I was able to get people to come decorate it the day after tomorrow, so come and stay with me for two days.”

Zu Jin said oh and wanted to flirt, but Xia Tong was eating next to her. She had to put up with it.

“Okay, then send me the address, but I may get off work late.”

“Do you have to work overtime again? Well, I stayed up late anyway. We’ll talk about it when you get back.”

After Zu Jin hung up, she still couldn’t control the smile on her face. Even though she didn’t have a mirror to look into, she felt a little silly.

Fortunately, Xia Tong didn’t look up and pay attention to her, otherwise she would definitely make a big fuss about it.

After dinner, Zu Jin dealt with some official documents, and then called Xia Tong into the office.

“Take a look at when I will have free time and arrange for me to be out all day.”

Xia Tong asked, “It can be arranged for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. President Jin, what can I do for you?”

“A date.” Zu Jin gave an arrogant answer.

“Really? It turns out that you also have a love brain. Even the work you love so much can be put aside for the time being when you fall in love!”

“I’m joking, it’s more important than a date, but… I won’t tell you until it’s done.”

Xia Tong pouted and said, “Keeping it a secret again! Ah, you’re not going to register for marriage, are you? What exactly does that man do? Should I contact a lawyer to help you prepare a prenuptial agreement, or…”

Zu Jin happily listened to her. “Don’t worry, but you can help me think about it!”

Xia Tong was speechless and shook her head. “Sure enough, you have a love brain! You’ve changed now to not worry about anything.”

Yan Lin liked to keep a low profile and didn’t want outsiders to know too much. That’s why Zu Jin drove to his place by herself after work.

Yan Lin’s house looked slightly larger than her villa. After entering the gate, there were many green bonsais on both sides of the cobblestone pavement. Moreover, there was a large grapevine on one side and stone tables and stools underneath.

It looked like an old person’s residence no matter how she looked at it.

“I’ve brought some of your clothes. Go upstairs and take a shower first. The snacks will be ready soon.”

“Huh? There’s snacks?”

Yan Lin’s eyes glanced at her waist and joked, “You’re so skinny, it’s okay to eat a bit more.”

“I won’t eat it. At my age, I’ll gain weight if I eat more.”

“Eat, I won’t dislike you.”

Zu Jin thought Yan Lin’s voice sounded like a scoundrel with bad intentions at this moment.

So the best way to deal with scoundrels was to suppress them by force.

Zu Jin pushed him to the sofa and pounced on him. However, no matter how good Yan Lin’s temper was, he was still a masculine man.

She was really trying to make trouble. She was a thin person that only had two meals today, how could she be his opponent?

As a result, it was naturally Zu Jin that…

After Zu Jin took a shower, she had a bathrobe on and half of her hair was dried. She went outside with Yan Lin and sat under the grapevine.

“It’s really great here, but isn’t it the season for growing grapes? Why haven’t I seen a single grape?”

“If it grows too much, it will break the rattan frame and I will trim the buds.”

“What about the grapes?”

“I couldn’t finish the grapes. I asked some friends to drive over and take them away a while ago.”

He saw Zu Jin smile at him and did not say any more.Yan Lin warmly said, “You will be able to eat the grapes here next year. They’re very sweet.”

Zu Jin couldn’t help it. She flirted with dry humor and asked, “Will they be as sweet as you?”

“…”

After being lovey-dovey for a while, they finally got down to business.

“I prepared some tonic tea and a pair of jade bracelets for your mother. Do you think that’s fine?”

“Jade bracelets? It’s fine. How much was it?”

They were not short of money, but Zu Jin felt that if Yan Lin bought expensive jewelry for her mother, then Zu Jin could no longer leave it to Yan Lin to buy things for his parents.

Even if she was thoughtless, it was still an extremely important matter, and she had to take it seriously.

Otherwise, Yan Lin would be unhappy.

But Yan Lin saw through her thoughts with one glance and said with a smile, “It did not cost a lot. Don’t worry, you don’t have to worry about these things.”

Zu Jin looked at him and couldn’t help but ask him, “You treat me so well so aren’t you afraid of spoiling me?”

“Afraid of what? How can we be together if we are only serious with each other?”

“What?! Say that again!”

After they went at it again for a while, they inadvertently talked about their finances after marriage.

Zu Jin asked, “What do you think about this?”

“Considering my parents’ failed marriage for profit and face, I think it would be better for our finances to be independent and not be joined together.”

Zu Jin immediately nodded strongly. “I agree with you so much. Every year after we get married, we can individually set aside a sum of money for family expenses. As for our child’s expenses, it should be the same. You have more wealth than I do. I won’t be happy if I use it and you’ll be uncomfortable if you use mine.”

Who would have thought that Yan Lin would say with a smile, “I’m not a chauvinist. Why should I be uncomfortable using my wife’s money? What I meant was our finances are independent, but who can guarantee a clear division of how we spend the money after marriage? So just let nature take its course. Besides, my investment and financial management skills are better than yours, right? Maybe one day you will take the initiative to give me your assets and let me take care of it for you!”

Zu Jin pinched his arm in annoyance. “I don’t like to hear that. Even pigs can take off standing at a windy spot1. I’m just not as lucky as you. If there are good investment opportunities, maybe I’ll earn more than you!”

“Yes, yes, yes, you are amazing!”