Chapter 85: Making Money Is Never That Easy

Qin Wanwan couldn’t help but ponder... Opening an internet café—if she recalled correctly, in her previous life Xia Shangxu had indeed gone into business, with Xia Lu lending considerable support! But that venture had been quite profitable, and she remembered it had something to do with electrical appliances. How had it now turned into an internet café?

Were internet cafés profitable at this time?

She figured they probably were, and couldn’t help but develop a few thoughts of her own.

“Mom, since Grandma wants us to maintain a good relationship with the main branch, we should at least make an effort to keep up appearances with them,” Qin Wanwan advised. “Qin Fei’s cousin does seem clever—if they manage to make money, who knows?”

“Impossible,” Aunt Qin responded without hesitation. She didn’t want to hear any talk of the main branch making money and was convinced they couldn’t. “If he were doing something else, maybe. But an internet café? There’s no way. Your Aunt Li’s younger brother tried that. She said running an internet café takes a huge investment, especially in computers. Just think about it—those machines are running all day. They break down so easily! You have to repair them constantly, and you even need a full-time technician. That alone costs over ten thousand yuan a month.”

“And you need someone really skilled, too. The technician at your Aunt Li’s brother’s place is a true master—apparently, he’s the apprentice of some renowned researcher named Li. He only ended up there because of a favor owed to the family. He’s not just good at repairs, but at assembling computers as well. In the whole Qinhuai Street area, their internet café does the best business. If Xia Shangxu wants to get into this business, just wait—he’ll be out of business in three months.”

Her in-laws were mad to go along with the main branch’s reckless ideas! They’d just have to wait and regret it later.

Aunt Qin was quite resentful that her in-laws refused to take her advice.

Hearing this, Qin Wanwan realized she had been naive; making money was never that easy.

“Let’s not talk about this anymore…” Aunt Qin changed the subject, her tone turning cool. “Your grandmother is planning to let Hongfei go back to school.”

“That’s only natural.” Qin Wanwan had expected this; to her grandmother, education was paramount. The main branch might be unreasonable, but Qin Fei and Hongfei were still members of the Xia family. After a pause, she remembered why Hongfei had dropped out in the first place and quickly asked, “Mom, you didn’t object, did you?”

If she had, it might have angered Grandma. Sometimes it was better to go along with things and leave a good impression.

Aunt Qin replied, “I almost did, but your grandmother probably felt she owed us something. She brought up another matter—she wrote to Qin Yan about you! She hopes they’ll send someone to assess you and see if you qualify! If you do, Wanwan, you’ll be the pride of our fifth branch.”

Once she passed the assessment, Wanwan would also be chosen for special training and taken away, bringing honor to the entire fifth branch!

Qin Wanwan’s heart skipped a beat, and joy spread uncontrollably through her.

A candidate for national training!

This was something she’d longed for and worked hard to achieve. In her previous life, nothing like this had happened… In fact, no one in the Qin family had even known about their relative Qin Yan being a national candidate—not Qin Fei, not Hongfei. Qin Wanwan herself only found out after she was grown, along with something else.

Their benefactor had placed great hopes in the Qin family, and in her previous life, this assessment opportunity had actually existed… One time, when a distant relative came to visit, Grandma had given the opportunity to Qin Fei—Qin Yan’s own sister.

It wasn’t favoritism; it was just that, in her previous life, apart from Qin Yan, everyone in the Qin family, including Qin Wanwan herself, had been entirely unremarkable!

Naturally, Qin Fei hadn’t qualified. So the matter was simply dropped, never mentioned again. Qin Wanwan only learned about it by chance after her divorce. In this life, she was determined to seize that opportunity from Qin Fei! That was why she’d worked so hard to stand out.

Becoming a candidate for national training meant more resources would be devoted to her, giving her a chance to change her fate! And Grandma was always fair; there was no need to worry that, even with Qin Yan’s connection, she’d give the opportunity to the main branch if Wanwan’s own performance was outstanding. Between a mediocre candidate and one with real promise, Qin Wanwan was certain the opportunity would land on her!