My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 120: At Your Young Age, You Already Know How to Use Money to Influence People

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: At Your Young Age, You Already Know How to Use Money to Influence People

Zhou Shuyan: "..."

He, the one initially begged by Lu Youxi to help with a sham marriage, hadn’t even taken a moment to remind Lu Youxi that their marriage was fake.

On the contrary, as soon as Lu Youxi saw him, she would be the one reminding him.

"However, let’s not talk about the house for now. Have you sorted out Youxue’s school enrollment?" Zhou Shuyan’s question was a sharp jab that struck Lu Youxi in the heart.

Seeing that Lu Youxi didn’t respond, Zhou Shuyan said, "You must have already sought advice. Youxue should attend middle school here in Imperial Capital. But middle school is different from elementary school. The Capital has many restrictions on children with non-local hukou, where at least in elementary they could rely on providing the necessary documents and proofs to attend."

"But middle school is different, the admissions quota for non-local children is only 10%. If you want to get into a better school, there are even fewer slots, sometimes none at all, and high school is even more impossible."

"I’ve heard that policies will definitely become more relaxed in the future, but for now, Youxue will certainly miss out," Zhou Shuyan told Lu Youxi.

Lu Youxi nodded, "I have indeed inquired."

"Then what do you plan to do?" Zhou Shuyan was curious about Lu Youxi’s plans, "Since you’ve consulted, you should know that it’s very difficult for Youxue to attend school here in the Capital. And for the college entrance exams, he will still have to return to Hetai Town. Actually, the best outcome for Youxue would be if he could stay and take his exams in the Capital."

"I’ll sponsor with money," Lu Youxi stated, looking at Zhou Shuyan, "If fifty thousand isn’t enough, then a hundred thousand."

At this time, a hundred thousand was certainly not a small sum.

"If a hundred thousand isn’t enough, then I’ll just earn more, until I have enough," Lu Youxi said firmly, without a single doubt that she wouldn’t be able to earn that money.

"..." Zhou Shuyan was momentarily speechless, as if stunned by Lu Youxi’s words, "I didn’t expect that someone as young as you would already know how to throw money around."

Lu Youxi: "..."

Not going to lie, she quite liked what he said.

"I don’t doubt your ability to make money," Zhou Shuyan said. Although he hadn’t seen it yet, he strangely believed her, "Since you say so, you’ll definitely make it happen. But I have a simpler method."

Lu Youxi looked up slightly, "What method?"

"By writing Lu Youxue’s name in my hukou," Zhou Shuyan said casually, uttering a sentence that practically blew Lu Youxi’s mind.

Lu Youxi took a sharp breath, hissing softly.

She had never even dared to think about this.

"You agreed to marry me before to help me, and I’m already very grateful. Now, with my spouse’s column named after you and you occupying a slot in my household registration, to add my brother into it too..." Lu Youxi said with a red face, stumbling over her words, "I... no matter how thick-skinned I am, it’s just not okay."

Zhou Shuyan snorted dismissively, "It’s not like you asked for it, I’m the one offering. Besides, with your abilities, you could transfer Youxue’s hukou here eventually, right? I’m just helping you temporarily before you reach your goal. Later, you can move his hukou out when you wish."

Lu Youxi fell silent.

Zhou Shuyan sighed, "Don’t feel pressured, like you owe me something. It’s just a name in a hukou book, it’s no big deal. When there’s a simpler way, why insist on the hard route? Plus, even if you really wanted to pay for it, you can’t just throw the money at it now. You’d have to wait until your stocks make money, right?"

Lu Youxi: "..."

What Zhou Shuyan said was painfully accurate.

"If you really feel embarrassed, just work harder to move Youxue’s hukou out sooner," Zhou Shuyan added, "At least having Youxue’s hukou registered in the Capital will make things a lot easier for his college entrance examinations later on."

Lu Youxi took a deep breath; she was not pretentious nor sanctimonious.

Zhou Shuyan’s suggestion was currently the best option.

"Okay," Lu Youxi nodded in agreement, "Zhou Shuyan, thank you. I won’t say much more, but if you ever need anything —anything I can help with, no matter how trivial it might seem to you— if there’s anything I can do, I will absolutely do it for you."

She would put her life on the line for him.

Zhou Shuyan was momentarily taken aback, then chuckled, instinctively reaching out to ruffle Lu Youxi’s hair.

It was several strokes later when Zhou Shuyan realized what he was doing.

His hand stopped awkwardly on Lu Youxi’s hair.

Lu Youxi was stunned too, with her lips slightly parted in surprise as she looked at Zhou Shuyan.

And Lu Youxi’s face kept getting redder.

Now they were inside a car, without any sunlight shining on them.

Lu Youxi’s blushing could no longer be excused by the sun.

"Alright," Zhou Shuyan nodded, pretending as if nothing had happened, and moved his hand away from the top of Lu Youxi’s hair.

They met with the real estate agent and viewed two properties in the morning.

They were roughly in line with Lu Youxi’s expectations but did not fully satisfy her.

"There are two more apartments, but their tenants’ leases haven’t expired and they’re usually away at work, so it’s not convenient to view them. The landlord and tenants have agreed that we can start viewing them next weekend," the young agent told Zhou Shuyan and Lu Youxi.

"Alright, contact me when it’s time," Zhou Shuyan said to the agent.

Both were thoroughly scorched by the sun, and Zhou Shuyan truly hadn’t anticipated house hunting to be such an exhausting task, with so many details involved.

On Monday, he needed to talk to a lawyer about some rental issues.

Lawyer Sheng, blissfully unaware of any of this while enjoying his weekend at home, was summoned to the office by Zhou Shuyan come Monday.

Expecting a major issue, he was surprised to find Zhou Shuyan inquiring about renting matters instead.

Lawyer Sheng: "..."

Thank you very much.

Since it was nearing noon, Zhou Shuyan said, "Come on, let’s go eat. What do you want?"

When Lu Youxi opened her mouth to speak, even without giving her a chance to refuse, Zhou Shuyan said, "Don’t mention going Dutch. I’ve classes to teach, I’m not without an income."

"I wasn’t going to suggest going Dutch," Lu Youxi pointed towards a noodle restaurant by the road, "It’s too hot. Let’s go for something cool like a bowl of cold noodles."

"Sounds good," Zhou Shuyan agreed with a smile.

In the past, he would have had no experience whatsoever in stepping into such eateries.

But thanks to his time spent living in Hexing Village, he had quite a few experiences visiting these types of small eateries in Hetai Town.

So the two of them entered the noodle shop next door.

True to its exterior impression, the noodle shop was the genuine epitome of a dive.

There were a few customers inside tapping into their meals, emitting an enticing aroma.

Lu Youxi ordered a bowl of Zhajiang noodles, and Zhou Shuyan, without thinking, chose the same.

"When are your parents coming?" Zhou Shuyan asked while stirring his noodles.

"I told them to come over on the 29th, to avoid the holiday rush," Lu Youxi replied, "Actually, it will still be somewhat crowded then, but they definitely wouldn’t come any sooner."