Money Matters Most in Life

Xu Yanche nodded. "All right. I'll take some water to my mom first, then come talk to you."

Li Xingruo listened as Xu Yanche called someone else Mom and showed concern for someone else.

It made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Clearly, she was his biological mother.

Xu Yanche entered the hospital room and poured a cup of hot water, placing it on the cabinet.

He reminded Jinshu to drink it later.

Jinshu said, "Okay."

Xu Yanche spoke with Jinshu for a while longer before going out to meet Xu Lingye and Li Xingruo.

Ten minutes later, the three of them were seated in a private room at a restaurant.

Xu Lingye handed Xu Yanche a document. "Before your mother and I came, we looked into how you've been doing these past few years. You were the province's top scorer in the National College Entrance Examination. You're outstanding, but why did you become an actor?"

Xu Lingye deeply despised the fact that his son was an entertainer.

If the Xu Household had not desperately needed the He Household's one hundred million in funding, he never would have come to acknowledge Xu Yanche.

Under the table, Li Xingruo tugged at Xu Lingye's sleeve, signaling for him to speak more pleasantly.

Otherwise, Xu Yanche would not obediently marry into the He Household.

Xu Yanche ignored the two people across from him and picked up the document to look it over.

Zero Zero looked along with him.

The document contained a long list of evidence proving that he was their biological son.

Now it was time for him to fulfill his obligations: enter a family marriage alliance and bring benefits to the family.

In exchange, they would give him a top luxury-brand endorsement and pay for Jinshu's treatment.

Zero Zero, why do I feel like this is actually a pretty good deal? That person from the He Household is a vegetable, so I don't have to worry about him making things difficult for me, and I get money too.

Zero Zero bristled. How is that a good deal? They're pushing you into a pit of fire! What if the He Household parents are hard to get along with? You're so young, and you'll be left a living widow! And they're your biological parents! What kind of biological parents push their child into a pit of fire?

If this were a good match, they would've sent that Xu Ziyuan long ago. Why would they come looking for you now, Host? This whole family is full of bad people.

Zero Zero: [○･｀Д´･ ○] Big bad guys.

Xu Yanche did not see things the same way Zero Zero did.

To him, two things mattered most.

One was his mother, and the other was money.

It was obvious at a glance that his biological parents were dissatisfied with him.

Especially his biological father. There was even disgust in the way he looked at him.

He certainly would not make a fool of himself by arguing like an idiot, shouting that he wanted to return to the Xu Household and drive out the fake young master.

That would only leave him with nothing.

Father Xu and Mother Xu had never been part of his life plans to begin with.

He upheld the principle that getting a little more was better than getting nothing.

He closed the document in his hands and calmly looked at Xu Lingye and Li Xingruo.

If one looked closely, there was even excitement in Xu Yanche's eyes.

Zero Zero was a little afraid. Host, what are you planning to do?

Xu Yanche's tone held a trace of disdain. Make money. In life, money matters most.

Zero Zero did not really understand, but it felt that its host made a lot of sense.

Xu Yanche smiled amiably. "Don't tell me your precious son didn't want to enter the marriage alliance, but you couldn't bear to give up the He Household's money, so you came looking for me? The documents show that you knew I was your son last year. Why did you only come for me now?"

Xu Yanche's voice was very calm, and combined with his cool, detached appearance, it made Li Xingruo and Xu Lingye feel as though they had been seen through, leaving them uneasy.

Li Xingruo came to her senses, put on the act of a loving mother, took Xu Yanche's hand, and began asking after him, changing the subject.

She picked up the serving chopsticks and placed food into Xu Yanche's bowl.

Xu Yanche covered his bowl with one hand and smiled. "Ms. Li, I'm allergic to carrots." Allergic my ass. I just don't want to eat the food you picked for me.

Li Xingruo awkwardly set down her chopsticks.

"I'm sorry. Mom didn't know."

Xu Yanche comforted her thoughtfully. "It's normal not to know. Before today, we were strangers. Who would have nothing better to do than ask around about a stranger?"

As soon as he said that, both Li Xingruo and Xu Lingye looked awful.

Wasn't he slapping them in the face?

Xu Yanche did not care whether their expressions looked good or not.

He smiled brightly at Xu Lingye and waved the document in his hand. "May I ask what identity you intend for me to use in this marriage alliance? Young Master of the Xu Household, or actor Xu Yanche?"

If they acknowledged him as a young master of the Xu Household, then he would not hold back when making outrageous demands.

If he went as actor Xu Yanche, then this couple should have no face left to ask him to take their precious son's place in the marriage alliance.

Xu Lingye's expression was as unpleasant as if he had swallowed a fly.

Li Xingruo smiled. "Of course you're a child of the Xu Household. It's just that Ziyuan may not be able to accept it for the time being."

Xu Yanche picked up his chopsticks and ate unhurriedly. He gave Li Xingruo a dazzling smile. "Ms. Li, do you think I'm an idiot? He hasn't accepted it for an entire year. Is his brain full of mush, or did you simply never intend to bring me home?"

"If you can't bear to let him go, then just say so. If you want to trade me for benefits, just say it. Why all the roundabout nonsense?"

Xu Lingye slammed his palm on the table in anger. "Is that how you speak to your mother?"

Xu Yanche slapped the table too, jolting the dishes on it.

He smiled. "I'm not blind. I know who my mother is. Stop trying to call a deer a horse. You ignored me for twenty-two years, and the first time we met, you wanted me to be your sacrifice in exchange for the fake harmony and happiness of your family. Dream on."

"Do you really think everyone is an idiot? I was the top scorer, damn it. My brain works just fine. If you keep making trouble without reason, I'll call the police and say you're trafficking people. Though I'm apparently worth quite a lot—one hundred million."

Heh. I'm much stronger than you.

Xu Lingye gritted his teeth in fury and wanted to flip the table, but when he remembered the force of Xu Yanche's earlier slap, he held himself back.

"The Xu Household will acknowledge you. You..."

Before he could finish speaking,

Xu Yanche took out a pen, wrote a string of numbers on the back of the contract, and pushed it in front of Xu Lingye. With a proper smile on his face, he said, "No need to make things so troublesome. Just prepare one million in dowry for me, and I'll agree."

Xu Lingye and Li Xingruo exchanged a glance. They had not expected Xu Yanche to agree.

But one million was rather much for the current Xu Household.

Otherwise, they would not have agreed to a marriage alliance with the He Household.

Before they could speak, Xu Yanche said, "The He Household is a top-tier wealthy family. Don't tell me you don't intend to give me a single cent of dowry and want to get something for nothing?"

"It wouldn't sound good if word got out, would it? People should know contentment. You can't want everything."

After thinking for a long time, Xu Lingye agreed and said that he would transfer the money to him in a few days.

As he spoke, he prepared to get up and leave.

Xu Yanche slid straight across the floor to the private room's door and blocked it.

"Words alone prove nothing. Transfer the money to my card first. That'll put my mind at ease, and I'm sure you wouldn't want me to back out when the wedding date arrives, right?"

"Isn't the Xu Household a wealthy family? Don't tell me you can't even come up with one million. Surely not? Surely not?"

In the end, Xu Lingye transferred one million to Xu Yanche's card with a dark expression.

Xu Yanche took out his phone and looked at the payment notification.

His attitude immediately made a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

He respectfully opened the door.

Then he bent slightly at the waist and gestured for the two of them to leave. "Please take care, you two."

The moment Xu Lingye and Li Xingruo stepped out of the private room, Xu Yanche spoke again. "Dear~ Just a friendly reminder: remember to pay for the meal~"

Both of their faces darkened with anger.

After the two of them left, Xu Yanche asked the server to bring over some takeout containers and packed up the dishes.

When he had ordered, he had specifically chosen expensive dishes of meat and fish just to fleece them hard.

Xu Yanche: ╭(╯^╰)╮ Hmph. Don't try to mess with me.