A sophomore in college starts by getting a marriage certificate with a female CEO.

Li Xiaochen stood dumbfounded at the door, the milk tea straw still in her mouth.

He looked at Lu Yang, then at Li Xixue.

Then he stepped back, went out, and closed the door.

Then, the door was pushed open again.

Another head popped in from Li Xiaochen.

Lu Yang stood by the table, while Li Xixue sat in a chair, her face flushed, her clothes tight, and her hands pressed against her chest.

That's right!

It's not a hallucination.

My older sister and brother-in-law were actually in the office...

Li Xixue reacted faster than Lu Yang.

She quickly stood up and distanced herself from Lu Yang.

Her expression was complicated, much like someone caught having an affair in the office.

"Sis, what just happened between you two?" Li Xiaochen asked curiously.

Li Xixue crossed her arms and said expressionlessly, "We...we're talking about work."

Li Xiaochen looked at her flushed face, then at Lu Yang's innocent face.

Let's talk about work?

Do we need to get this close to each other to talk about work?

Or is it a scenario where you're discussing work in the office?

Wow, it has to be my brother-in-law, he's got some serious fun.

"How did you get in?"

Li Xixue coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject.

Li Xiaochen took a sip of her milk tea and pointed outside:

"I just told Sister Chen Yan downstairs that I needed to talk to you, and she told me to come right up."

Then his gaze drifted back to the spatial relationship between the two.

Lu Yang had already naturally retreated to his seat and sat down in the chair opposite him.

Li Xixue crossed her arms and stared at the blond-haired man beside the door: "What do you want from me?"

Li Xiaochen chuckled twice, then strode in and plopped down on the sofa.

"Sis, I need to talk to you about something important!"

"What important matter is it?"

"Don't get agitated, I told you."

Li Xiaochen rubbed his hands together, looking like he was about to do something big.

Looking at his expression, Li Xixue's brows began to furrow.

Whenever this kid makes that face, it's never anything good.

Li Xiaochen straightened her back, her expression more serious than ever before.

"Sis, I want to start my own business!"

These words were spoken.

Li Xixue rejected the idea without even thinking.

"no."

Decisive and efficient, without a moment's hesitation.

Li Xiaochen was taken aback, then said somewhat displeased, "You haven't even heard what project I'm talking about yet!"

"No need to listen, it just won't work."

"sister!"

Li Xixue ignored him, casually picked up a document from the table and opened it, as if the topic was already over.

Li Xiaochen got impatient: "Why do you always do this? You deny me before I've even finished speaking!"

Li Xixue didn't even look up, and said coldly, "Because I know you. You can do whatever you want, but don't even think about starting a business."

"Sis, let me finish! This time is different!"

Li Xiaochen stood up and walked to the desk: "Sis, look, this time I'm planning to make one..."

"I said no, and that means no."

Li Xixue didn't want to listen, nor did she intend to discuss it with him.

Li Xiaochen was so angry she wanted to jump up and down.

Having no other choice, he turned to Lu Yang sitting to the side, clasped his hands together, and pleaded earnestly, "Brother-in-law, please help me control your wife, please, please."

Lu Yang rubbed his nose.

To be honest, he didn't really want to get involved in this.

After all, Li Xixue's attitude of refusal was very clear. If he spoke up for Li Xiaochen, it would be tantamount to going against her.

But Li Xiaochen is still his brother-in-law.

Lu Yang cleared his throat: "Um...we can actually listen to what he's going to do first."

Li Xixue stopped flipping through the documents.

She looked up, frowned, and stared at Lu Yang.

The gist of it is, are you sure you want to side with him?

Lu Yang quickly added, "I mean, what if it works this time?"

Li Xixue didn't say anything and lowered her head to look at the documents again.

Li Xiaochen quickly tugged at Lu Yang's sleeve and whispered, "Brother-in-law, please say a few more words for me!"

Lu Yang spoke up again: "He's not young anymore, after all. He should be given a chance."

"Besides, a man should always have his own career."

Li Xixue slammed the file on the table, exhaled, and then stared straight at Lu Yang.

Do you know what his last startup was about?

Lu Yang shook his head.

Li Xiaochen's expression changed.

Li Xixue ignored him and looked straight at Lu Yang: "He said last time that he wanted to do pet funeral services."

Lu Yang was stunned for a moment.

Pet funeral services?

It sounds pretty normal; hasn't it been quite popular these past two years?

"and then?"

Li Xixue pursed her lips: "Then, after the renovation was completed, we found out that the land was next to the funeral home."

"..."

"When guests go in, there is a mourning hall for people on one side and a mourning hall for dogs on the other."

Lu Yang's lips twitched slightly.

Good grief, so they're burying people and dogs together?

Li Xiaochen shrank back, "Um... that time it was a site selection mistake, yes, a site selection mistake!"

"A poor location choice?"

Li Xixue said calmly, "Haven't I given you enough opportunities these past few years?"

"Okay, let's talk about the unmanned convenience store you mentioned doing the time before last."

Lu Yang thought this was quite normal.

Li Xixue said, "Then you opened a shop next to a shopping mall, focusing on 24-hour smart shopping, but the system had a bug on the first day, and all the product prices became zero."

"As a result, the old lady lined up for hundreds of meters to get it, mainly because it was free."

"The entire store was emptied out overnight."

Li Xiaochen's face flushed red: "That's a problem with the technology supplier! I've demanded compensation from them!"

"How much did you claim in compensation?"

"...a discount coupon worth three thousand yuan."

Lu Yang was starting to lose his composure.

However, it's normal to fail in business.

"Okay, okay."

Li Xixue continued, "You said before that the physical business wasn't doing well, so you switched to stocks, and then what?"

"Sis, there's no need to bring up that old issue..."

Li Xiaochen muttered, "I...I made a mistake that time too. I was targeted by the main team!"

"A mistake? You thought the company's value was severely undervalued by the market, so you went all in to buy at the bottom."

Li Xixue said directly, "As a result, the day after you bought at the bottom, that company declared bankruptcy."

Lu Yang: "..."

He didn't speak.

After all, it's normal to lose money in the stock market.

That's acceptable.

Li Xiaochen lowered her head even further.

Li Xixue continued, "After losing money in the stock market, you felt that the stock market was unreliable and decided to switch to physical investment."

"What did he buy?"

Lu Yang asked subconsciously.

"gold."

Lu Yang responded with an "oh".

Gold is a good store of value, so it shouldn't cause any problems, right?

After all, this is the world's hard currency.

Li Xiaochen's voice was so low it was almost inaudible: "My operation this time was fine, it's just that the timing of the purchase was wrong..."

"Was the purchase time wrong?"

Lu Yang scratched his head: "What's wrong with it?"

Li Xiaochen's expression grew increasingly awkward.

Li Xixue, as the older sister, spoke for him directly.

"The day after he bought it, wars around the world suddenly stopped, and the gold he bought experienced its biggest single-day drop in nearly a century."