Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 59 If You Can Hold On
Jian Yi really had homework to finish today. She didn't expect Jin Yanchen to end his business trip early and come back. She was already very familiar with Dongjiao. She spread out her homework on the long mahogany table in the study and took a black signing pen from the pen holder.

The night was long and Jin Yanchen had nothing to do, so he simply sat next to her and watched her do her homework.

He tried to get a cigar from the drawer, but missed it and instead grabbed a handful of mints.

"Did you let it go?"

"Smoking is harmful to your health. I'm doing this for your health, Uncle Jin."

Her call of "Uncle" caught Jin Yanchen off guard. His voice became muffled for a moment and he began to cough. After he stopped coughing, he saw the little girl holding a thin black pen, her bright eyes looking at him with a smile.

It looks just like a little fox with bared fangs and claws.

Jin Yanchen was a heavy smoker. He used to be free and relaxed by himself, and didn't care about anything. Later, when she came around, he usually suppressed his desire to go out and smoke.

Thinking of this, he snorted and laughed, and the plastic bag of candy crunched between his knuckles.

"Who cares about me?"

Jian Yi tilted her head and looked at him: "Is it not possible?"

"Okay." Jin Yanchen tore a candy neatly and threw it into his mouth, then curled his lower lip towards her, "It's quite sweet."

Jian Yi helplessly corrected: "I put mint candy in it."

“That’s sweet too.”

His voice was quite casual: "You take care of me, I'm happy."

Jian Yi felt that her relationship with Jin Yanchen seemed to have taken a step forward. Perhaps honesty was the first step to throwing off the shackles. In short, their relationship did not allow for further reflection.

She lowered her head and continued to do her homework. Jin Yanchen didn't disturb her. Occasionally, he would feed her a washed cherry, and when she bit it, she would accidentally bite his finger.

She came back in a hurry today and didn't bring any books related to her professional courses. When it came to writing the definitions of some technical terms, Jianyi was a little embarrassed.

As she was thinking about it, she realized that there was a ready-made financial tycoon sitting next to her.

Feeling at ease, he spread out the homework and handed it over. Jin Yanchen leaned over to take a look and said jokingly, "Are you testing me?"

"If you ask me to give you a definition, it will definitely be different from what is in your book, but I can give you two stocks to play with."

Jin Yanchen turned his head and asked her, "Do you want to invest in stocks? If you win, it's yours. If you lose, I'll cover it."

The topic suddenly escalated to a higher level. Jian Yi wrinkled her nose and replied, "What if I lose everything?"

"Why are you backing off before you even start?"

Jin Yanchen said slowly: "Those who study economics don't know that risks and benefits coexist. High risk means high return."

"Most of those who have lost everything in the stock market but are unwilling to quit have a gambler mentality. To play this game, you have to be more perceptive than others and sell as soon as you see the slightest sign of something wrong."

Jian Yi found Jin Yanchen quite charming when he talked about these things.

She couldn't help but put down the pen in her hand and listened to him talking about holding positions and watching the market. Finally, Jian Yi decided to download a simulated stock trading software to give it a try first.

The topic just happened to turn to finance.

She suddenly asked: "Then do you know about sunk costs?"

Jin Yanchen raised his eyebrows: "It refers to the expenses that have already occurred and cannot be recovered."

"Are you really testing me, Teacher Jane?"

The atmosphere today was a bit casual and relaxed. Jin Yanchen also sat lazily beside her. He felt like smoking but didn't want to go out, so he simply lowered his head and held her fingers to divert his attention.

If you count it, they haven't seen each other for nearly two weeks.

The first night we met, she was still here doing her homework all night.

Jian Yi felt a little guilty. She hooked her finger at Jin Yanchen and put her arm around his neck. Maybe it was because she had been with him for too long, but her tone of voice was somewhat reckless.

Jian Yi said to him: "Liking you is a sunk cost that I am willing to pay."

Jin Yanchen raised his eyebrows. He went with the flow and replied, "Then my love for you will always be increasing marginally."
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Jin Yanchen rested in the eastern suburbs for three days before setting off for the Jin family mansion.

It was still the same scene as last time, except that midwinter had long passed and it was already the end of summer, and he had only been here twice in total.

Old Master Jin still looked displeased with him and played chess alone in the yard with a sullen face.

After playing for about two quarters of an hour, he threw the chess pieces onto the plate and sneered, "You are very smart in business, but why do you become a wooden stake when you get home?"

"If your two brothers were still here, they would have come over to play a round with me."

Jin Yanchen didn't move at all, his tone was very calm.

"You raised this child with your own hands, so naturally you can understand my thoughts with just one look. I was brought home halfway through, so I am born stupid."

Old Master Jin was so angry that he couldn't speak. Song Ming brought over the freshly brewed Pu'er tea and also delivered the project that Jin Yanchen was working on this time.

After seeing the final estimated harvest analysis, Mr. Jin looked a little better and asked casually, "Is that girl still with you last time?"

Jin Yanchen's expression changed slightly. He lowered his eyes and stroked the agarwood beads on his wrist, his tone nonchalant.

"So what?"

"Forget it. You did a good job this time. If you want to keep it for fun, then keep it as you like."

It was a light sentence, but it was also a reluctant acknowledgement that Jian Yi should stay with him.

When Jin Yanchen heard this, his expression became even colder. He raised his head, and his tone became more mocking.

"I feel like I'm like a dog you keep, and you reward me with something if I do well."

"But"

Jin Yanchen carelessly weighed the beads in his hand twice, the fine wood knocking against the armchair, and he raised his eyes with a fierce look.

"That girl is not an object to be pushed around here, nor is she staying because of your face. It is my blessing that she chooses to stay with me."

"You let me stay in the Jin family to atone for my sins. I have earned the money I should have earned and sold my life for, and I have not missed a cent. As for other things, you really don't need to worry about them."

It was already very clear at this point, Jin Yanchen strode out of the house. This ancestral home, which had been passed down for a hundred years, symbolized the highest honor, but also buried countless secrets and truths.

It was the last summer day, the sun dropped vertically from the horizon, and the century-old house of the Jin family was once again shrouded in the afterglow of dusk.

Jin Yanchen turned his head and squinted his eyes for a while, holding a cigarette in his hand, and felt that it was really boring.

On the way back, he met Song Zhi. She lived in the ancestral home. When she heard the noise in the front yard, she hurried over. When she saw him, she pretended to stand there. She waited until he was about to leave before she pretended to meet him by chance and called him.

"Third brother."

Song Zhi said: "I am going to study at Peking University and major in business administration."

Jin Yanchen nodded, his mood was very calm.

Seeing him like this, Song Zhi got a little anxious and asked quickly, "Brother, will you return the company to me in the future?"

Jin Yanchen has taken over the family company for several years.

No matter how shameful his private identity was, his public identity now was the only son of the Jin family. After several years of hard work in his career, his accumulated reputation grew, and there were rumors that he was the heir to the Jin family.

When Song Zhi heard the news, she immediately ended her courses in the UK ahead of schedule. She traveled thousands of miles back to China, only to find that people who originally belonged to her mother's faction had already been purged.

Naturally, she was unwilling to accept this and did not dare to test Mr. Jin's intentions, so she took the initiative to ask Jin Yanchen.

Song Zhi looked up at him, his momentum slightly lacking. "Didn't you agree that you would let me join the company after I graduate?"

Jin Yanchen glanced at her and said indifferently, "Okay."

He suddenly pulled his lips into a smile, as if he saw through her completely, and his tone was particularly arrogant.

"If you can hold on."

(End of this chapter)