The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 49 - 49 49 When Out of Money Turn to the Wife

49: Chapter 49: When Out of Money, Turn to the Wife 49: Chapter 49: When Out of Money, Turn to the Wife Moongaze Building, Mu Group General Affairs Department, Lin Fei was playing games in his cubicle when his phone suddenly rang.

“Why is Uncle Wang calling me?”

The caller for Lin Fei was none other than Uncle Wang, who had given Lin Fei considerable help when he had returned to Zhonghai, and who later ended up in hospital because of a clash with some thugs.

“Lin, it’s your Aunt Wang.”

“Oh, it’s Aunt Wang.

What’s up?

Do you need my help with something?”

Aunt Wang spoke in a low voice, as if she was intentionally hiding from something, causing Lin Fei’s heart to skip a beat.

Lin Fei had a good impression of Uncle Wang’s family and, sensing something was wrong from Aunt Wang’s tone, quickly offered his assistance.

“Yes, it’s like this, your Uncle Wang complains about the hospital expenses and insists on being discharged.

I couldn’t persuade him.

If you have time, could you come over and help me convince him?”

“Sure, Aunt Wang, don’t worry.

I’m on my way now.”

Lin Fei had thought that the thugs were troubling Uncle Wang again, but knowing that Uncle Wang was causing a ruckus about leaving the hospital, he felt relieved.

For an ordinary family like Uncle Wang’s, life was already quite tight, with barely any savings by the end of the year.

Things were okay when nothing went wrong, but any mishap would tighten the financial strain even more.

Lin Fei guessed that Uncle Wang wanted to save some money, and that was why he was causing a fuss about leaving the hospital.

Thinking this, Lin Fei felt he should provide some support to Uncle Wang, fully extinguishing his idea of an early discharge.

However, Lin Fei himself didn’t have much cash on hand; pondering this, he stood up and walked toward Mu Shanshan’s office.

Mu Shanshan was a real rich woman, a bit of money slipping through her fingers could support the Wang family comfortably for a lifetime.

Of course, Lin Fei didn’t plan on asking Mu Shanshan for too much, as Uncle Wang wouldn’t accept it.

What Uncle Wang needed was support, not charity in disguise.

Mu Shanshan’s office was on the twenty-sixth floor.

Lin Fei took the elevator up and entered her office directly.

“Why are you not in the General Affairs Department?

What are you doing here?”

Mu Shanshan furrowed her brows slightly, her tone slightly hostile.

In the vast Mu Group, Lin Fei was the only one who dared to barge into her office.

Mu Shanshan had scolded him before, but to no avail; men tend to let advice go in one ear and out the other and never took the words of their CEO seriously.

“I came to see if you were working hard, and if not, I’d have to implement family discipline on behalf of dad.”

Lin Fei unapologetically took a seat in front of the desk and grabbed a cup of coffee from Mu Shanshan’s desk, downing it in one gulp.

Mu Shanshan, about to stop him when she saw Lin Fei’s action, was stumped by his irreverent words and watched, infuriated, as Lin Fei gulped down the coffee she had just had her secretary prepare without even getting a chance to taste it.

“That was specially prepared by my secretary for me!”

“Hey, someone from the secretarial pool, make another cup of coffee for President Mu.”

“Lin Fei…”

“Darling, what do you need?”

Seeing Lin Fei’s beaming face, Mu Shanshan felt powerless.

She was sure she must have owed Lin Fei something in her past life for fate to send him to collect the debt in this life.

“Do you actually need something or not?

I don’t have time to chat nonsense.”

Mu Shanshan’s eyes slightly chilled, obscuring her businesslike demeanor.

Being a person who valued work efficiency, she did not want Lin Fei needlessly wasting her work time.

“How can this be nonsense?

Chitchatting benefits marital harmony.”

“Harmony, my foot!”

Mu Shanshan really wanted to throw the coffee cup at Lin Fei’s head.

At home, she had never seen Lin Fei taking the initiative to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.

Moreover, every conversation they had usually ended with Mu Shanshan feeling frustrated, having never heard that getting angry was good for family harmony.

“Never mind, it looks like you’re busy, wifey.

I’ll find another time to enhance our marital connection.”

Just as Mu Shanshan stood up, probably to send him away, Lin Fei tactfully got up to leave.

“Good that you know!”

Mu Shanshan glared at Lin Fei and was about to return to her work.

However, as Lin Fei got up, he didn’t head for the door but instead leaned in close to Mu Shanshan’s ear, whispering, “Wifey, you earn tens of thousands a minute, right?”

“Ah—” Mu Shanshan let out a shocked cry, not expecting Lin Fei to come so close.

After catching her breath, her beautiful eyes glared fiercely at Lin Fei.

“You know my time is precious, so hurry up and leave!”

“Leaving, leaving, right away.

But, wife, shouldn’t you give me my payment?”

“What payment?”

“You earn tens of thousands a minute, and I’ve been talking with you, so that should be worth thirty or fifty thousand, right?

But since you’re my wife, I’ll give you a discount.

Just give me ten thousand, and that’ll be enough.”

Uncle Wang had mostly superficial injuries, and ten thousand should mostly cover his hospital charges.

Mu Shanshan was stunned, disbelief and incomprehension clearly etched on her pretty face.

If Lin Fei weren’t still holding out his hand for money, she might have thought she was hallucinating.

With Mu Group valued at over ten billion, Mu Shanshan as the CEO earning tens of thousands per minute wasn’t an exaggeration.

But Shanshan just couldn’t figure it out, what did this have to do with Lin Fei at all?

Lin Fei barged into her office for no reason, not only did he waste her work time, but he even dared to ask her for compensation.

The one who should be compensated was her, Shanshan, for goodness’ sake.

Shanshan’s pretty face turned pale, her ample chest heaving up and down tumultuously, which left Lin Fei staring blankly.

“I’ve noticed your skin is getting thicker by the minute,” she snapped, “It was clearly you who disrupted my work, and now you have the nerve to ask me for compensation.

Do I look like a sucker?”

“How could that be, who doesn’t know that in Zhonghai’s business world, my wife, you are the famously gorgeous CEO.

But think about it, darling, you make tens of thousands in a minute.

I’ve been hindering your work here for over five minutes.

Give me ten thousand, and I’ll disappear right before your eyes.

What a deal that would be.”

“That’s extortion.” If it weren’t for the fact that the desk was too hard and her delicate hands were too tender, Shanshan really would have slammed the desk.

“I get it, you’re running short on cash?”

Nothing but nonsense—Shanshan could never out-argue Lin Fei.

However, when it involved business and transactions, Shanshan quickly caught on.

“Wise wife indeed, husband has indeed been a bit tight on money recently, and since spouses share everything…”

“Shut up!”

Shanshan harshly interrupted Lin Fei, her beautiful eyes chilling.

After all that, it turned out he just lacked money.

For a measly ten thousand, he troubled big CEO Mu for so long; only Lin Fei could do such a thing.

“If you had told me earlier that you were short on money, perhaps I might have generously lent you some.

But now, hmph.”

Having figured out the reason, Shanshan wasn’t that angry anymore and returned to her work, reopening her folder.

So you want money?

The hell I’ll give you any.

Holy hell, what is this situation, Lin Fei was somewhat dumbfounded.

Having interacted with Shanshan for quite some time, Lin Fei knew well how focused she could be at work.

He had expected that ultimately, after his playful provocations, she’d get annoyed and just write him a check to make him leave.

Suddenly, she fell silent, and Lin Fei wasn’t quite sure how to proceed.

“In a word, are you lending it or not?”

“Not lending!”

“Aren’t you even going to ask what I need the money for?”

“Does that have anything to do with me?”

“Of course, it does.

You’ve got to understand, I’m a normal man, and you’ve been keeping me at bay for so long since we got married, I can’t just keep it in forever.

If one day I get really messed up, you won’t be able to use me in the future anymore.

Considering your happiness in the future, shouldn’t you be paying for me to find another woman to relieve some needs?”

Shanshan’s pretty face blushed—a woman just never expected Lin Fei to come up with such a reason.

Lin Fei’s words completely overturned Shanshan’s values.

“Since you’re not willing to lend me the money, then I’ll just have to use you to relieve my physical needs.”

Saying this, Lin Fei rubbed his hands and circled the desk with intentions clear as day.

Lin Fei thought his scare tactics would, if not subdue Shanshan, at least frighten her.

However, she didn’t take Lin Fei as a threat at all, crossing her arms and looking at him coldly.

This expression made Lin Fei feel a bit guilty; he also remembered that he had tried to scare Shanshan the same way at home before, and she was probably immune to it by now.

So, he dropped the idea of intimidating her.

“Wife, ah…”

“You want to borrow money, right?”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“Fine to lend it to you.

But we need to follow proper procedures.

I’ll find time for my secretary to assess your assets to confirm your repayment ability; then I’ll consider lending it to you.”

Damn, this woman was really nakedly retaliating!

Knowing things would get to this stage, he should have been upfront from the start.

Alas, no such thing as regret medicine exists in this world, so Lin Fei had to lower his stance.

“No need for an asset evaluation, isn’t my greatest asset just you, my wife?”

“Are you implying I’m a valuable asset that you’d sell when the price is high?”

“Of course not, to me my wife is a priceless treasure, meant to bear children, how could I sell you?”

“What are you on about?”

Shanshan quite liked hearing she was a priceless treasure at first.

But the conversation became more ridiculous as Lin Fei continued, her stunning face blushing deeply as she threw Lin Fei several glares.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Shanshan pulled out the checkbook, tore off a check, signed it.

“I’ll just lend it to you this time.

I need to work, now get out!”

As she spoke, Shanshan stuffed the check into Lin Fei’s chest and simultaneously pushed him out of the office.

Closing the office door, the blush on Shanshan’s pretty face slightly faded, and thinking of Lin Fei’s talk of bearing children, she just wished she could drag the man in and kick him a few times.

Talking about such things so bluntly, really too indecent!