"Instead of buying the place?" Xie Ai was shocked to the core. In that brief moment, she lost her faith in humanity. She thought that Zhang Wei saved her family, but instead, he was also like Manager Sha.
"I know what you're thinking, Miss Ai, but I'm not like Manager Sha," Zhang Wei said, trying to come clean.
"You are! Aren't you also trying to snatch our shop?" Xie Ai said, coming to the defense of herself and her grandmother's place.
"No, Miss Ai, you're misunderstanding something. When I say I want to buy your place, I mean buying your business," Zhang Wei said, thinking he had made himself clear, but instead, it only confused the other party more.
"Business? Aren't you like everyone with money? You think just because you saved us, you could buy our shop?" She asked, with a strict line on her face.
"Miss Ai, you're misunderstanding me. Let me rephrase my sentence. I want to buy 50% ownership of your shop and run the shop with you as co-owner. Basically, I want to invest money in your shop, with you as the main boss," Zhang Wei said, revealing his master plan.
"What!" Someone shouted loudly in the shop. It wasn't Xie Ai or Grandma Ruo, but instead, it was Munki. He couldn't believe what was happening.
"Didn't the young master want to run his shop? Why is he talking about 50% ownership? What does he want?" Munki struggled with his thoughts.
"You want to co-own the shop with me?" Xie Ai asked with a white face.
"Correct!" Zhang Wei replied with a smile. "Miss Ai, that's a really nice offer, I think. Your shop is struggling financially, and I could be the financial supporter, while you could run the shop and give me 50% of whatever is earned. Also, I will buy 50% for a reasonable amount. Let's say, I will buy it for 50k dollars," Zhang Wei dropped another sentence not expected.
"Mr. Zhang Wei, are you telling the truth? You mean supporting the shop and also buying 50% for 50k dollars?" Xie Ai couldn't believe the offer. It was too good to be true.
"Ai, calm yourself down. You have an offer. You have to study the details before agreeing to the terms," Xie Ai calmed herself down.
"Mr. Zhang Wei, may I ask you on what basis you made that offer? I mean, from what you said, you wanted to rent our property and open your own shop, right? Then why the sudden change?" Xie Ai asked with a logical approach. Her grandmother and Munki also nodded to her questions.
Zhang Wei heard the question and went into thinking before saying this, "The reason for the offer, nice question. The answer is there itself. The reason I changed my original plan was because of you, Xie Ai. You made me look at a potential business idea with a different approach," he said with a truthful face.
What happened was that Zhang Wei was thinking of opening his shop in this town, but in a few days, he had to return to his school. Then who would look after the business he started? He needed someone, right?