Ling Feng straightened his back. He glanced at Ruan Xia and then at Song Tingshen. Nodding, he answered, “En, yes.”


  Although his girlfriend couldn’t be considered beautiful, that didn’t matter. Her family background was very good.

  When looking for a wife, you should find one that can save you 20 years of struggling in your career. Song Tingshen was too stupid. Although his wife was a native of the capital city, she didn’t have much money. Who cares if she was beautiful? That wouldn’t bring him any benefits.

  Song Tingshen paused. “Is your girlfriend’s last name He? And she has an older brother named He Fei?”


  “You know of him?” Ling Feng was surprised.

  Song Tingshen waved his hand. “We’re more than just acquaintances. Hei Fei was my deskmate in high school. Our relationship is better than normal. Oh right, he invited me over to his home for dinner in the near future……” After speaking to this point, he looked at Ruan Xia.

  His tone became softer, as if it was a private conversation between a young couple, but he controlled his voice so that everyone at the table could hear him. “He Fei’s grades weren’t good. When the teacher assigned him to sit at the same desk as me, I tutored him and helped him with homework to earn living expenses and pocket money. He’s actually very smart. When he took the college entrance exam, his score easily met the requirement for getting into first tier colleges. At that time, his family members insisted on inviting me over for a meal. When Deputy Director He came to the capital city last year for an academic meeting, he called me.”


  A variety of marveled expressions spread over the people sitting at the table, including Song Tingshen’s great-aunt. No one had known that Song Tingshen had such a relationship with the He’s.

  Ling Feng was dumbfounded. Although he said that He Qing was his girlfriend, his family members knew that he was still working hard on pursuing her. He wasn’t successful yet. If Song Tingshen said specious words in front of He Fei……

  Song Tingshen’s great-aunt’s expression kept changing. She wasn’t even in the mood to eat her favorite dish, braised pork elbow. After dinner was over and Song Tingshen, Ruan Xia, and Little Wang were preparing to leave, Song Tingshen’s great-aunt took out a card from her room. She handed it to him in front of everyone and was barely able to squeeze out a smile. “Tingshen, you’re going through a rough patch with your business, and great-aunt can’t help you much. There’s a hundred thousand yuan on this card. This is money that great-aunt saved. Take it.”


  Song Tingshen repeatedly refused. “Great-aunt, how could I take your money? If it wasn’t because my financial difficulties, I should be the one giving you money.”


  Song Tingshen’s great-aunt insistently stuffed the card into his hand. “It’s not all my money. The compensation money from your parent’s accident hasn’t been completely used up, and there’s also the money from those two properties. I was thinking of saving that money for when you marry a wife, but my memory is bad. I should have taken this out a long time ago. Your son is already attending kindergarten. The pin number on this card is 680817.”


  “Is this really the money my parents left behind?” Song Tingshen hesitantly asked.

  Song Tingshen’s great-aunt grinded her teeth. Swallowing her bitterness, she answered, “Yes.”


  Looking as if he was very reluctant to accept and touched by her gesture, Song Tingshen said, “Great-aunt, you really put forth painstaking efforts for my sake.”


  The large family sent off the family of three all the way out the door.

  Song Tingshen stopped a taxi. He led Little Wang and Ruan Xia in repeatedly saying goodbye. It was a heartwarming scene.

  After the taxi had driven far away and they could no longer see that family, Song Tingshen returned to his usual indifferent expression. He handed the card to Ruan Xia. “Here, take it. A hundred thousand yuan…… that should barely be enough for you to buy a purse.”


  Ruan Xia was almost swept off her feet in admiration for Song Tingshen. He was a natural-born businessman. He had changed three hundred yuan for a hundred thousand yuan!

  Chapter 146 – If it wasn’t for this chubby kid, they would definitely be paying more than a hundred thousand yuan (1)

  After Song Tingshen and Ruan Xia had breezily left, his great-aunt’s family went back inside. One after another, they expressed how dissatisfied they were with her behavior.

  “Mom, why did you give him a hundred thousand yuan? Our family doesn’t have money. If you have this money, why didn’t you give it to me for my business?”


  “Exactly! I don’t believe that Song Tingshen doesn’t have money. His wife’s purse was at least a hundred thousand yuan! He’s just worried that we’ll ask him for money if we know he’s rich, so he pretended to be poor. He’s certainly good at scheming. No wonder he can grow his business to such a big size. That man is too treacherous!”


  “Grandma, what’s wrong with you? Why did you give him money? I want to travel abroad. If you have money, you should sponsor my trip.”


  Song Tingshen’s great-aunt had been suppressing her temper. She waited until she was sure that Song Tingshen was gone before exploding in anger. With a cold expression, she said, “Shut up! It’s my money. I can use it however I want and give it to whoever I want. It’s none of your business!”


  “Mom……” Her eldest daughter-in-law came over to support her. “We’re not saying that you can’t use your money. No one has their eye on your money either. Everyone just thinks that it’s not a small sum of money. They’re just distressed that you gave it away to an outsider for nothing.”


  “Do you think I’m not feeling bad about losing that money?” Song Tingshen’s great-aunt looked around at her children and their offspring. “Oldest son, do you not know where the money for buying your delivery car came from back then? Second son, have you forgotten where the money to buy a home when you got married came from? And third son, have you forgotten about the one hundred thousand yuan that I gave you when you want to leave here to start a business? Do you think that Song Tingshen doesn’t know what happened? Back then, I sold his parents’ two properties without permission. Have I not used the money from his parents’ accident and insurance payout on you guys? Our family was so poor back then. Have you guys forgotten why our family is able to live a good life now?!”


  Once the old woman said these words, everyone fell silent.

  Although they had said that the money was used on Song Tingshen, they knew what kind of life he had lived in their home back then.

  It could be said that Song Tingshen’s living expenses while living here had only cost about 1/30th of the money left behind by his parents.

  After Song Tingshen had gone to college, they hadn’t spent a single dime on him. He had worked to pay his tuition and living expenses.

  Song Tingshen’s great-aunt continued, “I can see that he’s rich now, but he’s not the same person he was back then. We don’t know what he’s like in the capital city, but I know that all of you combined aren’t as good at scheming and as powerful as him. Also…… We can’t afford to offend him. We can only avoid him. Just pretend that we don’t have this relative. No matter how well he’s doing, we shouldn’t go see him.”


  This family weren’t total idiots. At the very least, they understood what she was saying.

  They weren’t stupid. They could see that Song Tingshen was just pretending to be poor. Over ten years had passed since he lived with them, and he was no longer the poor boy who had gone to study in the capital city. They all knew that he was doing very well for himself in the capital city, but as for the exact details, they weren’t sure.

  However, anyone that could do well in the capital and smoothly at that couldn’t be simple. Song Tingshen wasn’t a pushover. It was already obvious why he had come here today. Did he care about a hundred thousand yuan? Unlikely.

  Chapter 147 – If it wasn’t for this chubby kid, they would definitely be paying more than a hundred thousand yuan (2)

  Based on Song Tingshen’s attitude towards their family today, they weren’t going to get any benefits from him becoming sucessful. Even if he wanted to mess with them, there was nothing they could do about it.

  Was it an accident that he had mentioned the girl that Ling Feng was pursuing? No. He wanted to intimidate them.

  As long as he said a few words to He Fei, Ling Feng’s plan was over. They all hoped that Ling Feng would be able to climb up by marrying into the He’s. That one hundred thousand yuan had been used to avoid a calamity.

  Song Tingshen hadn’t shown up in several years. Why had he acted out-of-character by coming over here to have dinner with them? It was because he wanted them to know that it would be so easy for him to make their lives miserable.

  They thought it was a pity that they couldn’t get any benefits from Song Tingshen’s success, but he hadn’t been close to them to begin with. It was already good if he didn’t retaliate and scheme against them. They could only act as if they didn’t have this relative in this future. It was very cost-effective to use one hundred thousand yuan to cut off contact with this relative and avoid the potential for future troubles.

  —


  Ruan Xia accepted the card and thought about Song Tingshen’s great-aunt’s expression when she gave it to him as well as his other relatives’ pained expressions. She happily put the card into her bag and blissfully said, “Thank you for the reward, Boss.”


  Song Tingshen only faintly smiled and didn’t say anything.

  He had been so different earlier. His acting skills had been as good as a film emperor’s. He hadn’t repeated himself, and each word he said stabbed at the person’s sore spot. But now that he had returned to his aloof and calm CEO persona, he was so miserly with his words.

  Ruan Xia thought it over and asked, “You’re not planning on getting those two properties back?”


  She believed that if Song Tingshen wanted to make a move, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to deal with this family. It didn’t matter how many there were. They weren’t a match for him. When she thought about it carefully, was the reason why outrageous relatives in some novels were able to jump around for so long because the protagonist was too weak? Anyways, from what she saw, that family wouldn’t dare to provoke Song Tingshen in the future.

  Just in terms of combat effectiveness, these outrageous relatives weren’t a match for Song Tingshen.

  Song Tingshen glanced at her and said, “A hundred thousand yuan is their psychological limit. I could get them to pay back two properties, but it wouldn’t be worth my time and effort. I don’t want to continue bothering them. After this incident, even if they have a great difficulty in the future, they won’t dare to come to see me. Those two properties aren’t worth much to me, but for them, it would be like cutting them apart and taking their blood. Although I would be happy to see them in pain, even rabbits will bite if they’re pushed too far. I have Little Wang and also you……”


  He paused before continuing, “I have a family now, so I don’t want to deal with them. But if I don’t get them to spit out some money, it’ll feel like I’m letting them off too easily. After all, they do owe me. We got there at about 5PM. It’s 8PM now. Wasn’t it worth it to earn a hundred thousand yuan in three hours?”


  Ruan Xia understood now. If Song Tingshen was single, he would torment that family until they begged for mercy to no avail. But now that he had a family, he wanted a peaceful environment for his child. So when it came down to it, that family should be grateful to Little Wang. If it wasn’t for this chubby kid, they would definitely be paying more than a hundred thousand yuan.

  Song Tingshen was very clear-headed. He knew what was more important to him and made the right choice.

  Chapter 148 – If it wasn’t for this chubby kid, they would definitely be paying more than a hundred thousand yuan (3)

  “Yup, it was totally worth it.” Although it was very enjoyable watching Song Tingshen tearing these people down, she agreed with his decision. It would be very annoying if these outrageous relatives came to their door and bothered them every day.

  Ruan Xia smiled and asked, “Did I do a good job working in tandem with you today?”


  Now that she was thinking about it, he had called her Xiaxia a few times, and she had called him husband. They had worked very hard to put on that act.

  Song Tingshen smiled and nodded. “En, you did a good job. The one hundred thousand yuan is your service fee.”


  Ruan Xia pretended to be shocked. “My performance fee is higher than an 18th line actress?”


  At a fee of over 30,000 yuan an hour, she could probably be promoted from an 18th line actress to 8th line actress.

  “Too little?” Song Tingshen asked.

  “Not at all, it’s too much.”


  Ruan Xia calculated. “I’ll go to the bank early tomorrow morning and transfer the money off the card. The money can be withdrawn in under 24 hours, and there’s a daily limit too. I’ll feel more at ease the sooner I transfer the money. Who knows if they’ll secretly transfer the money out of the card?”


  “They won’t. They wouldn’t dare to.” Song Tingshen confidently said.

  “I still want to take the money out.” Ruan Xia thought it over and said, “I’ll buy you and Little Wang clothes tomorrow at the mall. I want to squander that one hundred thousand yuan.”


  At the mention of Little Wang, Song Tingshen and Ruan Xia finally remembered that their son was still feeling wronged.

  Little Wang had been feeling down, but after hearing that his mom was going to buy him clothes, he cheered up. It was easy to caox children.

  Song Tingshen let Little Wang sit on his lap. He patted his son’s head and checked his wrist. After seeing that the red marks had faded, he said, “Little Wang, dad and mom believe you and know that you didn’t do anything wrong.”


  “Still, dad has to apologize to you.” Song Tingshen’s tone was very sincere. “Dad should have unconditionally argued for you and gotten that girl to admit she’s wrong and apologize to you. Dad failed to do that.”


  Little Wang didn’t say anything. His head was lowered, and he was looking at his chubby hand.

  “In the future, you might encounter something similar to what happened today. You might not be able to explain clearly what happened and others might not believe you, but there is one thing that dad can guarantee you.” Song Tingshen squeezed his son’s chubby cheeks and said with a solemn expression, “I can guarantee that as long as you said you didn’t do something, dad and mom will believe you. It’s okay if everyone in the world doesn’t believe you. Dad and mom will always believe you.”


  Parents can’t sweep away all the bad things and obstacles for their children, and they can’t overcome those difficulties for them either. But, there was one thing they could do. They can stand on their children’s side. They can support them and believe in them.

  Little Wang leaned back in his dad’s embrace. In a clear and loud voice, he said, “Dad, it’s okay. I forgive you!”


  “Thank you for your understanding.”


  Seeing the interaction between this father and son pair, Ruan Xia pursed her lips into a smile.

  She felt even happier when she thought about that extra card in her purse, especially since there was a hundred thousand yuan on it. Sure enough, if you base your happiness on the suffering of certain people, that would double the happiness.