Mr. Bo, Your Wife is Pregnant! - Chapter 25

Chapter 25: I’m Poor, I’ll Shut Up

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Su Lu smiled and said, “Young Master Jiang, you’re very eloquent. What you said is indeed very interesting.”

“Alright then.” Bo Jingshen glanced at Jiang Li. “Jiang Er, you are quite cunning.”

Jiang Li chuckled.

Bo Jingshen asked, “Your brother didn’t want to invest in this project, so you came to me with all your efforts?”

“Well, I had to make sure to direct my efforts in the right place.” Jiang Li teased. “Brother Shen, did I direct them correctly?”

Bo Jingshen thought of Su Lu’s bright eyes.

“You directed them correctly.” Bo Jingshen sighed helplessly. “I have decided to invest in this project.”

“Oh yeah! Brother Shen is awesome!” Jiang Li clenched his fist and made a victorious gesture.

Su Lu blinked her eyes, feeling a bit confused but also vaguely understanding the situation. She just couldn’t bring herself to believe the possibility.

If she didn’t guess wrong, the conversation between Jiang Li and Bo Jingshen just now…

The meaning seemed to be…Bo Jingshen originally had no intention of investing in this project. It was only because Jiang Li wanted to involve her and managed to persuade her.

Bo Jingshen… decided to invest?

Even if it was just a small-scale project, investing in a project usually involved figures in the millions. It was not a small amount.

Su Lu’s heart started beating rapidly.

Jiang Li smiled at her and said, “Su Lu, we have the initial capital now. We can proceed with this project with confidence.”

Su Lu turned her gaze and whispered to Bo Jingshen, “Is it… a bit too hasty?”

Bo Jingshen lowered his gaze, meticulously detached a crab leg from a king crab the size of a washbasin, and placed it on Su Lu’s plate. His actions were casual and effortless, and his voice sounded nonchalant and lazy.

It seemed as if they were not discussing an investment project with figures in the millions, but a small miscellaneous shop that only required a few tens of thousands of yuan…

“Then do it well, and don’t let Jiang Er mess things up and lose all the money. He’s unreliable, but you…” Bo Jingshen glanced at her and didn’t continue his sentence.

Su Lu blinked and urged him, “Please continue.”

“It’s nothing, forget it.” Bo Jingshen’s lips curved slightly.

“Ah Shen, you…” Su Lu wanted to know what he was going to say after pausing midway. In her moment of eagerness, she changed the way she addressed him.

The change in address stunned her, and her voice abruptly ceased.

Bo Jingshen’s gaze also paused for an instant.

Jiang Li, sitting across from them, thought to himself, “Oh my, Ah Shen. I’ve known Brother Shen for a few years, but this is the first time I’ve heard someone call him Ah Shen.”

A faint trace of helplessness flickered in Bo Jingshen’s eyes as he continued the sentence he had paused earlier.

“Jiang Er is unreliable, but you… If you were reliable, your company wouldn’t have only achieved such a small accomplishment in these few years.”

Su Lu widened her eyes. Over the past few years, she had helped the Su family cooperate with the Gu family and earned hundreds of millions!

And that’s called a small accomplishment?

However, just as she was about to refute, she remembered the scale of Bosheng, the behind-the-scenes mastermind of the flexible screen project with boundless prospects. She also remembered the Gulfstream G650 parked on the tarmac…

Perhaps her small business was indeed a small one.

“If you’re rich, go ahead and speak, but if I’m poor, I’ll keep my mouth shut,” Su Lu thought.

Su Lu silently shut her mouth and lowered his head to compete with the crab leg.

Bo Jingshen glanced at Jiang Li in annoyance. He made a throat-slitting gesture by lightly drawing his hand across his neck.

Jiang Li instinctively shrank his neck and raised his hand to make a zipping gesture across his mouth.

They decided to temporarily remain silent.

It’s probably better to stay quiet.

Jiang Li had already opened his eyes today, and what he witnessed was enough to completely overturn his understanding of Bo Jingshen from the past five years.

“Let’s stop here while things are going well,” Jiang Li thought.

Su Lu was still competing with the crab leg.

Five minutes passed, and she was still at odds with the crab leg.

Bo Jingshen frowned as he watched. Finally, he couldn’t stand it anymore. He reached out and took the crab leg. In a few moments, he tore it apart and peeled a white piece of crab leg meat from the inside before placing it on her plate.

When Jiang Li saw this scene, he felt that it was familiar.

However, the previous time he saw this, it was Cainan who attentively peeled the crab meat and placed it in Bo Jingshen’s plate.

As Bo Jingshen did not want to dirty his hands, he did not touch anything with a shell from beginning to end.

He simply ignored Cainan’s solicitous attitude.

And now… it seemed that this person didn’t mind getting his hands dirty at all? Wasn’t he bothered by the shells?

“You like seafood with this attitude?” Bo Jingshen said, his tone filled with disdain.

However, there was no trace of disdain in his actions. In his actions, he placed a spoonful of freshly peeled crab meat onto Su Lu’s plate. He seemed very impatient but secretly added two drops of ginger vinegar to the meat to ward off the cold.

The meal progressed quite well, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

In the latter half, Jiang Li couldn’t keep his mouth shut any longer and began discussing the project with Su Lu.

Su Lu also listened attentively, with the appearance of intending to do a good job on this project and not let Jiang Li lose all his money.

Jiang Li thought for a moment and felt that he should return the favor, so he glanced sideways at Bo Jingshen, who was casually looking at the scenery of Hai City through the floor-to-ceiling window.

Then he asked Su Lu, “But Su Lu if you want to cooperate with me… Will you have any difficulties? After all, you have been cooperating with the Gu family for five years.”

As soon as he said this, the man who had been lazily looking out the floor-to-ceiling window suddenly focused his gaze.

Su Lu paused for a moment and gently shook her head. Although the news of her divorce from Gu Xin had not yet been made public, she still needed to make other plans.

“I can’t rely on the Gu family or the Su family forever,” Su Lu said calmly, with a light and open smile at the corners of her mouth.

It was to the extent that the anger that Bo Jingshen had been feeling earlier had lost its vigor.

That kind of feeling was probably called empathy.

Only after experiencing a situation where nothing could be relied upon would one truly understand that nothing could be relied upon.

He could only rely on himself. Even if it was just a narrow path, at least he had paved the path for himself and walked steadily.

“You can rely on me.” Bo Jingshen kept these words hidden in his heart, tightly pursing his lips, and remained silent.

However, just because he could endure and restrain himself did not mean that his stupid teammates could do the same.

Jiang Li sat opposite her and smiled. “It’s okay, it’s okay. You can rely on Brother Shen in the future. He has plenty of money!”

F*ck you…

Bo Jingshen wanted to curse, but he only glanced at Su Lu.

Su Lu lowered her gaze, her lips still curved in a light and calm smile.

She didn’t say anything.

She didn’t respond to Jiang Li’s words.

In the past, Su Lu had been too fragile and unable to withstand the pressure, causing Bo Jingshen great harm.

At that time, she swore that if there was still a possibility, if she still had a chance.

She would become a strong support, a presence he could rely on.

And now… she didn’t seem to have become that strong support yet.

Just then, a slightly surprised voice came from beside them, “Bo Jingshen? Is that you?”