Chapter 1566
Married at First Sight
âDunc.â
Sonny pulled the kite string and walked toward Duncan.
Duncan smiled and pulled Sonny into his arms. He reached out to hold the kite string for Sonny and asked, âAre you happy?â
âYeah. Row said heâd bring me to play in the childrenâs playground later,â
This was Sonnyâs second time in Wildridge Manor. He remembered that his uncleâs house had a big childrenâs playground and that it was fun.
Duncan said dotingly, âI can also bring you there.â
âDunc, youâre an adult, but Row isnât one yet. Iâll be happier if he goes with me.â
Adults were not as playful as children.
The little one knew the difference very well.
Duncan caressed Sonnyâs head and asked with a smile, âSonny, you donât want me anymore now that you have Row, huh?â
Sonny complained, âYou only know how to stack blocks, Dunc.â
Duncan was speechless.
He liked Sonny, but he admitted that he was not doing a good enough job at pleasing Sonny, mainly because he had never liked a child like this before he knew Sonny.
âSonny, come here. Letâs see whose kite flies higher,â Rowan shouted after his kite took off.
Sonny immediately pulled his kite and ran toward Rowan.
Duncan grinned and watched.
He was thinking about expanding the villa he always lived in and building a childrenâs playground so that Sonny could play in it in the future.
When Zachary and Serenity saw this, they did not walk over to disturb them from flying kites. The couple strolled hand in hand along a wooded path.
No one would be insensible enough to disturb the loving couple..
âZachary.â
Zachary turned to look at Serenity.
Serenity continued, âNana told me about my duties. I thought there were just a few stores, but I was shocked when I saw the accounts. The few bookshelves are full of account books. Do all women in your family manage these?â
Zachary chuckled and answered, âNot really. Only the head missus manages these. These are public and belong to the entire family. Some belong to our small family. Iâll slowly tell you about our small familyâs businesses when youâre more familiarized with everything.â
Serenity responded, âI thought you were in charge of everything that makes moneyâ¦â
âIâm in charge of the big businesses while youâre in charge of the small ones.â
Serenity was speechless. âThere are so many books of accounts, yet you say theyâre small businesses?â
âTheyâre small businesses as compared to what York Corporation deals with. If the shops are self-
operated, only a few hundred thousand dollars will be earned in a year. At most, itâll be more than at million dollars. Those that arenât selfâoperated are rented out. The monthly rents are about 8,000 to 10,000 dollars, amounting to roughly 100,000 dollars a year.
âChain stores earn a little more, but theyâre not worth mentioning as compared to York Corporation.
These small businesses are given to you to manage. The income will mainly be used for internal expenses, so treat it as your allowance as my wife.â
Simply the allowance was shocking.â
Although the money earned from each store in a year was not much to Zachary, the Yorks had many stores. In Serenityâs words, there were many account books on the few large bookshelves, which meant. that there was a lot of money.
The rent collected each month alone was money that could never be earned by ordinary people in a lifetime.