Reborn in the 90s with a Space: Winning Back My Husband

Chapter 193: Chapter 193: The Best Way to Deal with Him

Lu Cheng had been silent the whole time. After they left the county government office, he looked at Shen Nian and stopped in his tracks.

"I’ll cover the three hundred thousand. Let’s just lease the place first."

"No."

"Absolutely not. Besides, Lu Cheng, where would you even get that much money?!"

The first to object was Shen Nian, and Shen Xiangdong spoke up right after.

The Lu Family’s financial situation was indeed better than the Shen family’s, but only slightly. Three hundred thousand was still an astronomical sum for them!

Moreover, even if Lu Cheng’s income wasn’t low, there was no way he could have earned three hundred thousand! And even if he had, it was his hard-earned money. How could he possibly take it!

Lu Cheng didn’t answer Shen Xiangdong’s question, looking at Shen Nian instead.

Shen Nian looked back at Lu Cheng. ’Three hundred thousand... Lu Cheng definitely doesn’t have that much on hand right now. But I know he has a way to get it.’

’All he would have to do is sell the shares his friend gave him—a return for the start-up fund he’d provided—and that would likely be enough for the three hundred thousand.’

But Shen Nian didn’t want him to do that.

’On one hand, those shares represented the bond between him and his friend. On the other, things weren’t that desperate yet. Shen Nian wanted to see just how far she could get on her own.’

Seeing Lu Cheng’s expression fall at her refusal, Shen Nian quickly pulled him aside.

"I’m not rejecting you just for the sake of it. I just want to see if I can handle this on my own. If I really can’t make it work, I’ll ask you for the money then, alright?"

’If this farm were entirely her own, she wouldn’t have any reservations about using Lu Cheng’s money.’

’The problem was, this farm was meant for Shen Xiangdong to run. And while the Shen family had agreed to them investing, that was before they knew the amount would be so huge.’

’Now that they knew it was three hundred thousand, the Shen family would never agree to let Lu Cheng foot the entire bill.’

’After all, it was a matter of dignity.’

Lu Cheng watched Shen Nian for a long moment, then sighed.

"Don’t try to be a hero. I’ve got your back, no matter what."

"Yeah, don’t worry. I won’t try to be a hero!"

Seeing that Lu Cheng had finally relented, Shen Nian let out a sigh of relief.

’Now, she had to seriously think about how she was going to raise three hundred thousand in such a short amount of time.’

’She had the thirty thousand yuan in prize money from the Education Bureau, but that was only one-tenth of the total!’

Watching Shen Nian and Lu Cheng whispering to each other off to the side, Shen Xiangdong felt both curious and worried.

"Big Brother, come on, let’s go back for now."

When Shen Nian and Lu Cheng returned, Shen Nian urged Shen Xiangdong to head home.

"Huh? But... the three hundred thousand?"

Whether to lease it or not, and how they would do it—they still hadn’t come to a conclusion!

"I’ll figure something out, Big Brother. Don’t panic. Besides, the county officials gave us some time to consider it, right?"

"But..."

"Enough with the ’buts.’ I’m hungry. Let’s just hurry back!"

"Alright, let’s go back first."

The moment he heard Shen Nian say she was hungry, Shen Xiangdong stopped agonizing over the issue.

Shen Nian smiled at his reaction. ’When dealing with her doting older brother, this was definitely the most effective tactic.’

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"Our family savings... we can probably only scrape together a little over ten thousand. That’s nowhere near three hundred thousand!"

Shen Jian Country and Miao Cuifen were stunned by the news Shen Xiangdong brought home. Three hundred thousand! They wouldn’t have that much money even if they sold the family home!