Defrosting The Cold Young Master
Chapter 972 - 972 976 Its Good to be Rich

Chapter 972: Chapter 976: It’s Good to be Rich Chapter 972: Chapter 976: It’s Good to be Rich “Stop talking nonsense!” Gu Junzhu decisively interrupted her, leaning in to kiss her lips and block the rest of her words from escaping.

Ye Xingbei: “…”

She was kissed until she was almost out of breath, and it was only reluctantly that Gu Junzhu let her go. His fingertips grazed her delicate earlobe, and he gave her a few light kisses on her lips before breaking into a low chuckle, “A dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit, but a wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat. Being called a wolf is an honor for a carnivore.”

Ye Xingbei: “…”

At that moment, the way Gu Junzhu looked at her made her feel like she was a delicious piece of meat in his eyes.

She should be grateful this was happening on a public street, or else she would certainly have been devoured by now.

She extended a finger and pushed him slightly away, saying, “Stop messing around.”

Pointing to the sweet shop under renovation on either side of them, she asked, “Do you know them?”

To the left of their shop was an antique calligraphy and painting store called An Juzhai.

To the right was a flower shop named Seven-star Grass.

Ye Xingbei thought it made sense to have the antique calligraphy and painting store here since those items tend to be expensive.

But opening a flower shop here seemed a bit whimsical.

How many flowers would they have to sell to cover the rent?

Barring any surprises, these two stores would be her neighbors in the future.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

So she wanted to get to know them a little.

“I do,” Gu Junzhu didn’t disappoint her. Pointing to An Juzhai, he said, “The owner of this shop is Zuoqiu Zhao, the Third Young Master of the Zuoqiu Family. Young Master Zuoqiu has asthma, a somewhat frail constitution, prefers quiet to activity, and loves antique calligraphy and paintings. After he graduated from university, he opened this antique calligraphy and painting store.”

He then pointed at Seven-star Grass, “The owner of the flower shop is Zhi Foliu. The Zhi Family’s situation is similar to the Li Family’s—Senior Master Zhi also had six grandsons in one go. But the Zhi Family was luckier, as they had a granddaughter on their seventh try, and you can imagine how much Zhi Foliu is doted on in the Zhi Family.”

Ye Xingbei: “…So this flower shop is indeed losing money, right?”

“It probably isn’t,” Gu Junzhu chuckled, “Others might lose money, but the most beloved miss of the Zhi Family certainly won’t. Plus, the flower shop is just Zhi Foliu’s hobby. She owns lots of flower gardens on the outskirts of Beijing and supplies flowers to major companies in the city year-round. Even the potted plants of our Gu Group come from her.”

“Ah, I see,” Ye Xingbei nodded, taking another careful look at the two shops and mused, “No wonder people say that Beijing is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If you accidentally drop a brick from the roof, anyone it hits is either a big official or a wealthy person. It’s not an exaggeration at all.”

From Gu Junzhu’s tone, it was clear that both the Zhi Family and Zuoqiu Family were not ordinary.

But of course, how could ordinary families afford houses here?

Not to mention buying, even renting is difficult.

Gu Junzhu’s gaze swept around the area, the corner of his lips curving slightly, “This here is the new area of Beijing, also known as the nobility district. People without money can’t afford houses here. The schools here are for the nobility, hospitals for the nobility, even the hotels are for the nobility. There’s almost no place for affordable consumption, so people without money won’t torture themselves by coming here, which is why everywhere you look there are wealthy people.”

“Oh, right,” he paused, as if remembering something, then added, “The flower shop is just a side business for the miss of the Zhi Family. Zhi Foliu herself is a business school teacher. The business school is also in the same area as the school Xiao Shu will attend in the future. Over there it’s an educational district, with everything from early education classes to university. If you’re interested, we can go have a look some other day.”