"Ok, this is the terms of the partnership split."
Brian said and placed another plan in front of Winnie.
Winnie read it, and she was surprised when she saw the start-up capital.
"That much?"
Fifty million dollars of start-up capital was excessive for software development, and Winnie immediately
noticed that it was Brian who was using this opportunity to help her.
"Too much."
"I do need money now, but ......"
Brian knew that Winnie would definitely refuse it, so he simply didn't give her the chance to speak.
"Only a small part of this is start-up money, and the rest is to pay you a deposit. When the software is
developed successfully, you will receive your share when it makes money."
"What if the software development doesn't work?"
Winnie had her own ideas. Developing software for others did require a deposit, but this deposit was
quite a lot.
"Then return my deposit. The money is not my own, it's the company's. Of course you'll have to return
the deposit if you fail, and even compensate us for the start-up capital. But seeing as you are the
mother of my son and daughter, you don’t need to pay the damage, but just give me back the deposit."
Brian said so to avoid Winnie from overthinking. If he had done it as usual, Winnie would have refused
the money.
"Okay then, let's draw up the contract as you said. I don't need you to give me special treatment for the
sake of the children, and if the software development fails, I'll pay for the start-up capital."
Winnie accepted the 50 million.
Even if the software development failed, she got time to accept it. The house purchase was the most
important thing for her now, and she would let everything behind first.
Wendy had been suffering from insomnia these days and had to take a lot of sleeping pills at night to
fall asleep. She felt like her nerves were tense every day, just in case Jonny suddenly appeared.
Just thinking about Jonny's name now was the scariest thing in the world to her, and it could drive her
crazy.
This situation made her lose her concentration frequently even at work, and she repeatedly had
problems at work. There was no choice but for Wendy to ask a few days leave.
She came to the hospital first, wanting the doctor to examine her and then prescribe some medicine to
relieve her insomnia. But what she didn't expect was that after a series of tests, the doctor gave a
diagnosis of prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia, meaning that if it would be schizophrenia.
Wendy sat on a hospital bench in a very low mood.
She did not expect to get this disease and the doctor said that if she did not control it, just relying on
medication to control would not solve the underlying problem.
Once the condition worsened, medication would work either.
Schizophrenia, as she understood it, was mental illness, the psychos walking around the streets. She
didn't want that, she still had to be with Brian for the rest of her life, she didn't want to become the
psycho walking around the streets.
Wendy was depressed and she had no one to talk to.
In the end, she decided to go home.
When she got home and opened the door, she saw her mother sitting on the couch in the living room.
At this moment, she felt upset, for it had been since she had seen her mother.
"Mom ...... I'm home."
As she called out, she felt her heart sore.
If she had listened to her mother and not sent her child away, they'd be sitting in the living room
frolicking right now.
Wendy's mother froze and turned around, seeing Wendy's disheveled appearance and getting angry.
"Why do you come back? This isn't your home, go."
"Mom, don't say that, I came back just to get a good sleep."
Wendy really wanted to find a place where she felt safe to get some sleep, the only way to get
emotionally normal was to rest and sleep well.
"A good sleep? This isn't your home, why are you here? Wendy, don't you forget that you've severed
your ties with this home and me."
Her mother was furious, angry at her daughter and that she even had the guts to run away from home,
but she failed to take care of herself. Until now, she was still obsessive with Brian.
"Mom, don’t say that, I left this house because I was pursuing my happiness. I did the right thing, so
don't irritate me with your cynicism."
Wendy was in a bad mood, and she couldn't control the desire to vent when her mother was so
sarcastic.
She had come back to find peace, if only for a moment. But it looked like she was having trouble
achieving such a simple goal.
"I irritate you? I think have a problem with your brain. You're crazy now, you are an obsessive lunatic."
Wendy’s mother couldn't control her anger, she pitied Wendy and couldn't help but be angry. Why was
she so stubborn, why couldn't she just see the truth, why couldn't she just give up on Brian?
"Yes, I am crazy, I am going to get Brian. I'll never give up my quest even if I'm crazy, no need for you
to mock at me."
Wendy was irritated by her mother's cry of insanity and frantically cursed her mother back.
"You don't need to be in charge of my business, and I won't be coming back to this house in the future,
leave me alone."
Dropping those desperate words, Wendy turned around and left.
She didn't expect to come home of her own accord only to be treated like this by her mother, she didn't
expect her mother to call her a lunatic.
She was indeed crazy, and it was getting worse and worse. But she would not allow anyone to secretly
mock her feelings for Brian, or to belittle her obsession with him.
Winnie and Brian's contract was signed before the end of the day, and the money immediately went to
Winnie's account when the contract took effect. With this money, Winnie was a lot more at ease, but
her pressure had also increased greatly.
It seemed to feel like she was back in that darkest of times, feeling like she was carrying debt again.
She was afraid of debt and even panicked.
But there was nothing she could do about it
When she returned from the hospital, Winnie went back to her room, ready to start working
immediately, to develop the software as soon as possible and get away from Brian as soon as possible.
Just as she took out the document and was about to look it over carefully, Brian walked in with the two
children.
"Mom, Mom, aren’t you going to make bracelets for me and my brother?"
Megan didn't wait to speak to Winnie before she reached Winnie.
"I get work to do today, so I'll make it some other time."
Winnie felt that there wasn't enough time left, so she could not waste a single minute. And she could
only put off the time to make bracelet for the kids.
"What are you busy with? You needn't be in such a hurry."
Brian saw the document in Winnie's hand which was the contract they signed today. So he guessed
what she was busy with.
He didn't want Winnie to scramble to do this, instead, he wanted to slow down. Even if the best period
of this software development was missed, even if other companies were ahead of them, it did not
matter, it mattered when Winnie was by his side.
The more time they spent together, the more chances he had, and the sooner Winnie could forgive
him.
"How can I sign a contract and not act on it? It's better to get it out as soon as possible."
Winnie was obsessed with her work.
She wanted to get the software developed sooner and then break the partnership, to avoid Felix from
having misunderstanding about her.
"There's no rush."
Brian grabbed the document from Winnie's hand and tossed it aside.
"You can make bracelets for the kids before you work, and this isn't a job that can be done in three
days or five. You're on edge of stressing yourself out now, aren't you afraid it'll have on your research?"
"Here, make the bracelet first and I'll help you."
Winnie felt that there wasn't enough time, but Brian felt that there was plenty of time. Three months and
five months, half a year, or ten years was no problem.
Winnie sighed helplessly, and then got ready to make bracelet.
"Come and help."
She could only try to finish it as soon as possible, for she had to work.
Winnie taught Megan as she made it, and Megan learned very carefully.
"Luke is black and Megan is red, pair to Daddy's, like families."
This was purely Winnie's personal thoughts.
"Mom is wrong, a family must have a mother, and Mom, you should make one for yourself just like
daddy’s. It is a family bracelet. Other kids would envy us."
Megan corrected her mother's idea. A family would not be perfect without a mother.
"Megan's right, Mom, get one for yourself."
Brian smiled as he said, Winnie did deserve one of these.
Winnie was silent and did not respond. Although it was just a bracelet, she knew what feelings she had
poured into it, and she knew what Brian's bracelet represented.
Brian and the children might not even think it mattered, but she couldn't wear the bracelet easily.
"Mom, do you make it for yourself or not?"
Seeing that her mother wasn't responding, Megan spoke.
"I will finish yours first."
Winnie was perfunctory, for she knew she hadn't bought enough materials for so many people.
Sure enough by the time they made it to the end, there weren't enough materials left for Winnie.
"Dad, go get some now."
Megan wanted her father to go and buy it back. Brian turned to leave directly after hearing that, but he
was stopped by Winnie.
"You don't know where to buy it, I'll buy it one day when I pass by the mall."
"The mall is open right now, so I can get it now."
Brian was obsessing as much as Megan was, and it wasn't just a bracelet they were obsessing about,
but what it represented.
"It's too late now. They'll miss bedtime by the time you get them back."
"It's getting late, you guys should get back to bed."
Winnie made a random excuse and let the children leave.
It was bedtime for the children, but she had to work overnight.
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