Chapter 695: A Prosperous Newcomer in the Family

After Xu Shaochen left the Jiangzhou Grand Hotel.

He first took a walk around the construction site of the pharmaceutical factory.

Thanks to the heavy investment of manpower and funds, the construction was progressing quickly. Truly, the Power of Money is invincible.

At this pace, the special medicine will be ready for mass production and sale before school starts.

By then, that won’t just be a factory, but a goldmine continuously generating money for him.

After inspecting the factory, Xu Shaochen directly headed home by Car.

In the past few days, he had already diligently signed off on most of the documents, so skipping the office for a couple of days wasn’t an issue.

If there were any urgent documents that needed his approval, they’d be delivered to him.

While in the Car, Xu Shaochen received a call from Jenny.

“Hello, Aunt.”

“Don’t call me Aunt.”

“Okay, Aunt.”

“…” Jenny, clearly frustrated, huffed, “Didn’t you ask me to get you an island? I’ve sent the satellite images; if you like it, we can finalize it.”

“So fast?” Xu Shaochen was a bit shocked. It’s only been one day.

But then it hit him—Jenny had clearly prioritized his request.

He felt a little touched. Calling her Aunt was worth it. Wouldn’t mind having more aunts like her.

“I’ve emailed them to you. If it suits you, just reply, and we can seal the deal.”

After that, Jenny hung up.

Xu Shaochen opened his email and sure enough, there was a message from Jenny.

Opening it, he saw a set of photos and a description of the island.

The name of the island didn’t matter; after all, he intended to rename it once bought.

The location was a bit remote but still within the Pacific Ocean, and its size was immense, over 1,000 square kilometers, slightly bigger than Hong Kong Island.

Its varied terrain and rich vegetation and wildlife impressed him.

Xu Shaochen thought it was perfect. The sheer size gave him plenty of room to play around.

He immediately replied to Jenny’s email, deciding to buy the island.

For a wealthy man, life was this simple, boring, and dull. Buying an island was no different than buying a house.

Anyway, for him, it was all just pocket change.

Once the lab was set up and researchers were assembled, the real cash-burning phase would begin.

Actually, it might be even faster than burning through cash. Worse, you could spend all that money and not discover a thing.

That’s why cutting-edge tech is usually developed by national agencies. Ordinary companies can’t afford the astronomical research costs.

But that wasn’t an issue for Xu Shaochen. After all, Xu Corporation had money to spare.

Especially once the special AIDS medicine hit the market, there would be a constant stream of funds for further research.

When you have so much money, you’ve got to spend it. Otherwise, what’s the point? You can’t take it with you when you die.

Investing it in technology to benefit humanity, contributing to societal progress—that’s the noble way.

Cough cough. That was a lie. The real truth: developing high tech and selling it to make even more money!

After all, people around the world work hard for their money. Wouldn’t it be unfair if Xu Shaochen didn’t take some of it? (ω)

“Boss, we’re here.”

Long Yi’s voice snapped Xu Shaochen out of his far-off daydreams.

He had arrived home while lost in his daydreams.

Long Er, seated in the front, had already gotten out and opened the door for him.

Xu Shaochen stepped out of the Car and walked towards the villa’s main hall.

“Woof woof… whimper~”

As soon as he got close, he heard the sound of a puppy barking.

And then, a chubby little short-legged white puppy came wobbling over and started rubbing against his pant leg.

“Where did this dog come from?”

Xu Shaochen bent down, picked it up, and asked Liu Rushuang, who was lounging on the sofa.

“It slipped through the gate this morning. My sister gave it some yogurt, and now it refuses to leave.”

Liu Rushuang giggled. Women always adored these chubby, fluffy, otherwise useless little animals.

And Xu Shaochen noticed that pretty much any fat and short animal was cute.

Except for humans, of course (︿)

“Then let’s keep it. Name it ‘Prosperity,'” Xu Shaochen said casually, flipping the puppy over to check its gender. Yep, it’s a boy.

“You are definitely not naming our future son.”

Liu Rushuang and Liu Ruxu spoke in unison, clearly unimpressed with his name choices.

Xu Shaochen shrugged. “What’s wrong with ‘Prosperity’? It’s cheerful, down-to-earth, and the puppy seems to like it.”

As he spoke, he gave the puppy a little squeeze on its backside.

“Woof!”

The puppy yelped in pain.

“See, I told you it likes the name,” Xu Shaochen said shamelessly.

Liu Rushuang: “…”

Liu Ruxu: “…”

Both women were speechless. Even a puppy wasn’t spared from his nonsense.

…………

Three days quickly passed, and it was the end of the month.

Today was the day of Jiangzhou City’s Business Summit.

The summit would be held at City Government, with Liao Zhengli personally presiding over it.

Recently, Xu Shaochen had managed his relationship with Liao Zhengli quite well, at least on the surface.

So, he woke up early, changed into the silver-gray suit Song Xinran had prepared for him last night, and set off.

The short-legged Prosperity wanted to tag along, but just as he waddled out of the hall, Du Ruyan grabbed him by the scruff and took him back inside.

Prosperity had won over every woman in the house, and even Long Yi and the other men had grown fond of him.

His growing status in the household was becoming so high that Xu Shaochen was starting to feel threatened, regretting ever taking him in.

Last night, while he and Song Xinran were… busy, she suddenly remembered she hadn’t fed the puppy and left him mid-act to go downstairs in her nightgown to feed it.

To say it was a tragic story would be an understatement.

Additionally, over the past few days, the house at Li Family Dam had been fully demolished, with the site now cordoned off. Excavation of the ancient tomb would begin soon.

Meanwhile, in Jingcheng, the Kong Family was barely holding on, like a house of Cards about to collapse at any moment.

Deng Tianwen had returned to the Northwest to secure his position as the next family heir.

Once that was done, he would come back to Jiangzhou, still determined to win over Hou Xiaoyan. His chase wasn’t over.

As for other business, another important event was on the horizon: Mei Liangxin was getting married this weekend because Liu Ying was pregnant.

“Boss, we’ve arrived.”

Long Yi turned around and informed him that the Car had reached the City Government entrance.