Chapter 2310 - 2270: The New Year’s Spirit Fades

Money, Ye Qiu certainly has it. A million is just like a hundred bucks for him, but he can’t just let the other party throw the money away just because he’s Liu Lingxiu’s uncle.

Anyway, a million is still a big sum for ordinary people.

"Uncle, go back and check it out first. After confirming there are no issues, I’ll give you the money in Lingshow’s name."

When Ye Qiu came out of the cafe, Zhang Youwang was sitting there, still in some disbelief.

What he couldn’t believe was that this cafe actually belonged to Ye Qiu, and even more unbelievable was Ye Qiu’s comment about how there aren’t so many pies falling from the sky in this world. If it were so easy to make money, why wouldn’t they do it themselves?

Zhang Youwang knew well that he actually had nothing. If not for his brother-in-law’s family suddenly becoming prosperous, he would still be an ordinary person even though he’s over thirty.

After leaving the cafe, Ye Qiu was going to Zhou Wenting’s place.

Zhou Wenting didn’t go back to Ye Family Village for the New Year with him but stayed in Jinling to spend it with her mother.

Now Ye Qiu was driving towards Wang Yulian’s villa.

When he got there, Ye Qiu directly took out some New Year’s goods from the trunk.

"Dr. Ye, you’re here."

The first to spot Ye Qiu was the housekeeper.

"Is Auntie not home?"

"She is."

The housekeeper went to call Wang Yulian, and she came out quickly.

Wang Yulian wondered who it was, not expecting it to be Ye Qiu.

In fact, Ye Qiu felt a bit sorry for Wang Yulian, but as a man, he understood Zhou Dabao’s actions.

For someone as wealthy as Zhou Dabao, facing a closer secretary every day, how could he have no thoughts about her?

"Auntie, where’s Wenting?"

"She went to see some hot springs."

That estate Ye Qiu bought is now owned by Zhou Wenting, and she plans to cooperate with both Jiangbei Group and Zhou Dabao Group to develop it into a tourist hot spring resort area in Jinling.

Additionally, hot spring villas are being built in the surrounding area.

Now Zhou Wenting was there.

Wang Yulian called Zhou Wenting, and she didn’t expect Ye Qiu to return to Jinling so soon.

"Auntie, didn’t Wenting’s sisters come over?"

Zhou Wenting has three other sisters and three brothers-in-law. Although the brothers-in-law are not technically live-in sons-in-law, to Ye Qiu, it seems almost the same.

These three brothers-in-law actually have to listen to Zhou Wenting’s sisters.

"They came over on the second day and went back on the third day."

Now the three sisters are staying at Zhou Dabao’s villa.

As for Wang Yulian, she certainly couldn’t go there.

Ye Qiu and Wang Yulian were drinking tea and watching TV when Zhou Wenting returned and said, "I should have gone to Ye Family Village."

Indeed, New Year in the big city doesn’t have much of a festive feel; it feels just like usual.

She stayed back to take care of her mother, spending the New Year with her.

"Rural New Year is much more lively."

"Then I’ll go next year. Mom, you should check out the countryside."

"Me?" Wang Yulian hadn’t really thought about it.

Ye Qiu didn’t mind, what he feared was that with so many young women around, Wang Yulian might not be able to handle realizing her daughter’s boyfriend was also quite the flirt.

"Wenting, how’s the hot spring project?"

Ye Qiu quickly changed the subject.

"Work will start right after the New Year. Currently, the area is being designed as both a tourist resort and a mansion villa area. I have a forty percent share, Jiangbei Group has forty percent, and Zhou Dabao Group has twenty percent."

Actually, the land was bought by Ye Qiu, so naturally, it all belongs to him.

However, to develop it can’t be done by just one person, and it could take a considerable investment.

Originally, Ye Qiu just wanted to buy it for fun, but unexpectedly, it has become such a big project.

Let Zhou Wenting do what she likes with it.

After all, both Zhou Wenting and Jiangbei Group are associated with him.

After finishing lunch at Wang Yulian’s villa, Ye Qiu was about to leave when Zhou Wenting asked him to accompany her for an outing.

"Where to?"

"To see the temple fair, of course."

The temple fair is the liveliest place in big cities during the New Year.

It’s held every year by the Qinhuai River and lasts until after the Lantern Festival.

Last year, Ye Qiu went there with Ye Xue and Liu Lingxiu.

Unexpectedly, now Zhou Wenting wanted him to accompany her as well.

"What’s so fun about it?"

"It’s definitely fun over there."

Ye Qiu was pulled into the car by Zhou Wenting and drove towards the Qinhuai River.

After parking nearby and entering, it was indeed a temple fair. The main events here were processions, blessings activities, and light shows.

The light shows happen at night.

"How many people are going to your place this time?"

"A lot."

Zhou Wenting expected that.

After buying tickets to the temple fair and entering, Ye Qiu was pulled around everywhere by Zhou Wenting, seeing magic shows and balloon shooting. Ye Qiu had seen these last year and thought there wasn’t anything new.

But other tourists were still enjoying them very much.

"Back when I celebrated New Year abroad, it was only in Chinatown that I saw this kind of activity."

"Now, celebrating New Year in big cities might not even match the Chinatowns abroad."

In some ways, that’s true.

Whether in big cities or rural areas, the festive atmosphere is getting more and more diluted.

Now, not only are fireworks banned, but many activities are also prohibited. Ye Qiu always feels there’s not much difference from ordinary times.

Even though Ye Qiu’s soul consciousness has only been in this world for two or three years, Ye Qiu learned from absorbing the soul consciousness and from his previous existence that celebrating New Year as a child was indeed different.

"Perhaps."

Zhou Wenting also noticed, the more developed a place is, the weaker the festive spirit might be.

It wasn’t until the evening that Zhou Wenting insisted on Ye Qiu staying to watch the light show before heading back.

Actually, Ye Qiu felt there wasn’t much to see.

After eight in the evening, they got into the car.

"Come to my place tonight; my parents aren’t back yet."

Ye Qiu drove directly back to the Peach Blossom Source Villa Community.

Back at the villa, only Xiaomai and Lin Xiang were home; Ye Xue and Ye Weidong still hadn’t returned.

Lin Xiang and Xiaomai weren’t surprised to see Zhou Wenting.

They knew that besides Liu Lingxiu, Zhou Wenting was probably the closest to Ye Qiu.

As Ye Qiu went upstairs to play games, he initially thought about continuing his cultivation tonight. However, with Zhou Wenting here, cultivation wasn’t happening tonight.

While Ye Qiu was playing Gun Battle, Li Shen and the others also logged on. Li Shen was really surprised that Ye Qiu had gained so many followers just from one livestream.

Now Li Shen and Luo Yang both felt livestreaming had great prospects.

Of course, it was also a money burner, which was why Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming initially didn’t want to get into this business.