1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Qiao Wanqing closed and locked the door. Then Qiao Xin took a package out of her luggage and handed it to her. "Here, the things I bought are all in your package. The rest of the money is in the account. I was thinking of transferring it to you, but with all these things happening at home, I was a little worried, so I didn't touch it."

Qiao Wanqing opened the small bag, which contained a large number of remittance certificates. With these, she could go to the foreign exchange store to buy things, where the selection was more complete and plentiful than in many department stores.

"How much is left in the account?"

"Two million six hundred thousand US dollars, that's as of the end of last year."

Qiao Wanqing smiled, "Looks pretty good."

Qiao Xin rolled her eyes. "You call this 'not bad'? You're dreaming! If I were your age and could earn that much money, I'd be ecstatic!"

Qiao Wanqing patted her shoulder with a smile, "It's okay, you have a niece who knows how to make money. When she gets rich, she'll definitely treat you to a feast."

Qiao Xinle laughed heartily, "You're right. I've received quite a bit of dividends these past few years. Do you have any new works yet? Let me tell you, your stuff still sells quite well. If you can maintain this level and keep writing, you'll definitely make a lot of money in the future."

Qiao Wanqing nodded, "Yes, there is, but I don't plan to let you take it out this time. The situation is unstable right now, and our family has just had a mishap. Although the government encourages sending foreign exchange back, our family's situation is special. Anyway, we don't lack that money. I think it's better to keep a low profile and talk about it later."

Qiao Xin was somewhat disappointed, but she also knew what was important. Their family wasn't short of money, so there was no need to take risks. Being safe was the most important thing.

"Alright then, take these back and use them first. I'll be returning to Beijing the day after tomorrow and stay there for a while before going abroad again. This trip will probably take another two or three years. If the situation allows in the future, you can send me your work, or I can come back and pick it up. Let's not take that risk; a stable life is the most important thing."

Although Qiao Xin is Qiao Wanqing's aunt, she is not much older than her. The two have a good relationship and work together to make money and build a business while they are abroad. However, Qiao Wanqing was young at that time, and her family was strict with her. She had a lot of studies and not much free time, so she could only do small things.

Qiao Wanqing is, after all, an adult with a mature soul. How could she not think about making money when given the opportunity?

Although time was limited at that time, there was still space. Time in space was faster than outside, so she secretly wrote some novels and did some designs, which were copyrighted abroad.

She returned to China a few years ago and handed the money over to her aunt to manage. The 2.6 million yuan is just the money from these three years; there will be more in the future.

The two chatted happily about their future, both dreaming of becoming rich women.

They chatted until midnight when Lu Mingzhou came looking for her with a resentful expression. Only then did Qiao Wanqing realize that it was already 11 o'clock.

There's not much entertainment these days, so people go to bed early. By eleven o'clock, many people have already woken up.

Qiao Wanqing touched her nose. "Um... Aunt, you go to sleep. I'll go out with you tomorrow."

Qiao Xin was also a little embarrassed. Although the two of them were already together, today was, after all, their wedding day, which was practically their wedding night. Yet, she had ended up chatting with the bride until midnight...

"Okay, we'll talk about it tomorrow. You should go to sleep; you've had a long day!"

Lu Mingzhou pulled Qiao Wanqing back into the house and said angrily, "Go take a shower right now."

Qiao Wanqing knew what he wanted to do just by looking at his eyes, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "You still have the energy?"

Lu Mingzhou raised his chin and said arrogantly, "I'm very strong. I'll show you what I'm made of later."

Qiao Wanqing chuckled. Recently, this guy's energy has indeed increased a lot. It seems that her spiritual spring water is really effective!

She went to get her pajamas and wash up. "Is my older brother back?"

Qiao Yuanzhong delivered his aunt's luggage, but thinking about his sparring match with Lu Mingzhou the next morning, he returned in the dark.

"You're back. She's already asleep. You don't need to worry about any of this. Go take a shower."

Qiao Wanqing took a hot shower and came out without even wearing pajamas, just wrapped in a bath towel. Lu Mingzhou's eyes lit up when he saw her, and he pounced on her like a hungry wolf.

When Qiao Wanqing woke up the next morning, Lu Mingzhou was no longer by her side. She moved her slightly sore body and sighed again, "The spiritual spring water is really good. I'm finally eating something good!"

When I got up and went downstairs, I found that Miao Cuiying was already up and making breakfast in the kitchen. I was a little surprised to see her.

"Why didn't you sleep a little longer? It's still early!"

Qiao Wanqing glanced at her watch; it was already past six in the morning. She smiled and said, "I'm a morning person. Do you need my help?"

"No need, it'll be ready soon. Your brother and Mingzhou went out, we'll eat when they get back."

Those two went out to train early in the morning, and they were probably sparring right now. Sure enough, after staring at each other for more than half an hour, the two returned covered in mud, looking like they had rolled around in the mud several times. They were so dirty that they were unsightly.

Qiao Yuanzhong didn't look well.

Qiao Wanqing raised an eyebrow. "Who won?"

Lu Mingzhou: "Big brother wins."

Qiao Wanqing looked at Qiao Yuanzhong with a puzzled expression. "Big brother, you've already won, why do you still have that expression?"

Qiao Yuanzhong said angrily, "I used to always crush them."

In other words, they failed to crush the enemy this time.

Qiao Yuanzhong is in excellent physical condition. This is because he was fed with spiritual spring water by Qiao Wanqing when he was a child. He is tall and strong, and his physical fitness is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Lu Mingzhou is already considered a top-tier soldier, otherwise his individual achievements wouldn't be so outstanding. If it were the old Lu Mingzhou, he definitely wouldn't be a match for Qiao Yuanzhong. However, after being fed with spiritual spring water by Qiao Wanqing for a period of time, his physical condition has improved a lot. Although he is still no match for Qiao Yuanzhong, he didn't lose badly.

Qiao Wanqing smiled and said, "Alright, hurry up and go wash up and have breakfast."

Lu Mingzhou was very excited. "Honey, did you make me some soup? I feel much better lately, it must be because you've been nourishing me. I'll drink more of it from now on."

Qiao Yuanzhong was shocked. "What did you feed him? I want some too!"

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

She snapped, "Go take a shower right now! Who has time to make you soup so early in the morning? We'll talk about it when you get back tonight."

The two obediently went to take a bath.

After breakfast, Qiao Wanqing took Qiao Xin out to play. They strolled around, enjoyed the scenery, and went shopping. The next morning, Qiao Xin returned to Kyoto with her aunt.

Today is the last day at the Lu family's place; they'll be heading back tomorrow. Everyone needs to go to work, and nobody can take too much time off. However, their hometown isn't far, so they can get there in a day, which is quite convenient.

Since they had come all this way, they wanted to see Beichuan as well. Qiao Wanqing didn't show favoritism and took them around Beichuan City as well.