boyutpedia Chapter 274: Exposing Assets, Shocking Parents for an Entire Year
Chapter 274: Exposing Assets, Shocking Parents for an Entire Year
As evening fell, the afterglow streamed into the kitchen.
The remarkable Ms. Zhang Fengxia, wearing an apron, busied herself methodically at the stove. Lin Xueyao stood quietly to the side, occasionally answering her questions, and a warm atmosphere filled the air between them.
Ye Hao and his son Ye Lan sat on the sofa, talking in hushed tones.
"You little brat, tell your dad honestly, what's the background of your girlfriend?"
Ye Hao leaned down and said, "Her behavior and mannerisms are nothing like those of a child from an ordinary family, and her appearance is not like that either."
Beautiful flowers cannot bloom in barren lands. Lin Xueyao's skin is clearly well-maintained, and the jewelry she wears is extravagant and obviously not ordinary.
All signs indicate that Lin Xueyao is not from an ordinary family.
Ye Lan lit a cigarette for herself, then pulled her father to the balcony for a chat, telling him all about Lin Xueyao's background.
This also includes things like losing one's mother at a young age, having a cruel stepmother, and having a father who works away from home for many years.
Ye Hao listened with a worried expression, and smoked more and more frequently until the tobacco ran out.
"I never imagined that even wealthy and noble families could experience a lack of care and affection."
Ye Hao sighed. He originally thought that the phenomenon of left-behind children only existed in ordinary or poor families, since the pressure of life was too great and parents had to go out to earn money to support their families.
However, it is inconvenient for migrant workers to take care of their children, so they can only be fostered in the homes of their grandparents, which is how the phenomenon of "left-behind children" came about.
But he never imagined that wealthy and aristocratic families would also have left-behind children, and that this situation was even more outrageous than that of ordinary families, with no time to spend with their children even during the Chinese New Year.
This shows how lonely and helpless Lin Xueyao was in her childhood. Lacking parental love, she may have seemed to live a sunny and cheerful life, but in reality, she was lonely and insecure, and desperately craved love from her elders.
"It's actually quite normal. Human nature is greedy. Whether you're rich or poor, you want to make more money. This is something that can't be changed."
Ye Lan exhaled a puff of smoke, looked up at the cold moonlight, and casually stubbed out the cigarette between her fingers.
"What's wrong with you two? The smoke on the balcony is bigger than in my kitchen! Go wash your hands and eat!" Ms. Zhang Fengxia shouted angrily, waving her spatula.
"Okay, Mom."
"Okay, honey."
After the two washed their hands, the dining table in the living room was already laden with a sumptuous feast: four hot dishes, four cold dishes, and a bowl of delicious soup in the middle. According to local custom, this was the highest level of hospitality.
"I'm so happy today, it wouldn't be right not to have a couple of drinks." Ye Hao said, pulling a bottle of wine from under the sofa. Judging from the dust on the packaging, it had probably been hidden away for several years.
Ye Lan was completely dumbfounded, thinking to herself that this sofa was like Doraemon's pocket, able to pull out anything.
And Dad, you're such a fool. Everyone else has multiple burrows, but you hid everything inside the sofa. You deserved to be caught in the act.
However, Ye Hao had a high alcohol tolerance and good drinking manners; even if he drank too much, he would just fall asleep immediately, so Zhang Fengxia was not very strict about it.
If someone has a bad drinking habit and tends to get angry and throw things when they're drunk, then it's best for them not to drink alcohol, otherwise their family will break up and they'll end up separated from their spouse and children.
"Yaoyao, after you get married, you have to keep a close eye on Ye Lan. He takes after his father's personality and he'll definitely be secretly hiding money from his family."
Ms. Zhang Fengxia placed a piece of lamb chop into Lin Xueyao's bowl and said softly.
Lin Xueyao smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits. "It's alright, Mother-in-law. Ye Lan is very poor. She only has a little over three million in her phone. I've seen it before."
As soon as the words were spoken, the atmosphere at the dinner table instantly froze. Everyone seemed to be frozen in place, no one spoke, and the silence was eerily quiet.
Finally, Ms. Zhang Fengxia broke the silence first. Her brows furrowed slightly, and her eyes were full of worry. "Son, you wouldn't be doing anything illegal outside, would you?"
This is a result of the entrenched thinking of the older generation.
After all, Ye Lan is just a young man who is not even twenty years old. How could he have so much money?
Three million is an unimaginable sum for an ordinary family.
"Don't worry, Mom. Even if I starve to death, I won't do anything illegal. This money is all from my earnings as a streamer."
Ye Lan's tone was calm and composed. After all, he had earned all this money through legal channels and his own hard work, so there was no need to hide it.
"Being a live streamer is so lucrative?"
Ye Lan took a bite of rice. "That's how jobs with high ceilings and low floors are. In the first month, I even had to borrow money from Xu Zhiqiang to buy a bag of noodles. I never imagined that I could earn so much money!"
"How long did it take you to earn those three million?"
"It took about two months."
Ye Hao was so nervous that he could barely hold his wine glass. He simply couldn't believe that his son was so successful, becoming a millionaire in just two months. Who could he complain to?
What does three million mean?
If you deposit all your money in the bank, you can earn 10,000 yuan in interest every month. This amount can cover all the daily expenses of a family of three.
In other words, Ye Lan, at the age of twenty, can retire early and avoid taking forty years of detours.
What surprised Ms. Zhang Fengxia even more was that Lin Xueyao actually thought the amount of money was too little!
How rich must this girl's family be to say something like that?
Looking at Lin Xueyao, who was poised and elegant in her speech and manners, and then at her own messy son who ate without manners and had rice grains stuck to the corners of his mouth, Zhang Fengxia felt more and more that her son was not good enough for her.
"I'm not doing very well. There are plenty of top-tier streamers who earn tens of millions a month."
"Mom, can you give me a piece of fish?"
The braised fish was the furthest from his seat, so Ye Lan couldn't reach it and had to hand the bowl over to her mother for help.
"Eat, eat, all you do is eat. You'd better grow into a big fat pig so Yao Yao will leave you."
Ye Lan stood there stunned, thinking, "I didn't do anything, so why am I being disliked?"
And this curse is just too damn vicious!
Women's tempers are really strange.
However, since her mother wouldn't help, Ye Lan could only take the bowl back. Anyway, it wouldn't matter if she didn't eat a piece of fish, as there were other delicacies on the table.
"Grandma, I want to eat fish too," Lin Xueyao said sweetly.
Ms. Zhang Fengxia, who was furious just a second ago, instantly lost her temper, and her eyes narrowed into slits with laughter. "Come, come, this piece of fish belly is the best part of the whole fish. Try it quickly."
"Thank you, mother-in-law."
But to everyone's surprise, after Lin Xueyao picked up the fish from the bowl, she didn't bring it to her mouth, but instead put it in Ye Lan's bowl.
"For you to eat."
With Lin Xueyao backing her up, Ye Lan straightened her back instantly, looking at Ms. Zhang Fengxia with a defiant gaze, thinking, "What can you do to me?"
Seeing this, Ms. Zhang Fengxia sighed helplessly. Lin Xueyao was good in every way, except that she liked Ye Lan too much.