Kunshan City, Evergrande Huafu.
This is a high-end residential complex located in the Kunshan City. The average price per square meter is between 9,000 and 10,000 yuan. It is one of the top luxury communities in Kunshan City. Residents who can afford to buy a house here are either very wealthy or very powerful.
Ordinary people wouldn't even dare to dream of it.
Of course, Su Guihua's family was an exception.
"The house and renovations cost 1.5 million yuan, emptying Hanghang's upbringing fund." In the living room, the middle-aged man with a broad, chubby face said with a heavy heart, " Guihua, what goes around comes around. Do you think your brother's family in heaven will forgive us?"
"What, [ Su Wei ], are you scared?" The middle-aged woman with a pointed chin and monkey-like face rolled her eyes and said, "Look at you, so cowardly. If it weren't for this house, would our son have been able to get a girlfriend as highly educated as Xiaodie?"
"Oh dear." Su Wei held his head, sighing repeatedly. " Guihua, it was one thing that you treated Hanghang badly before, but now you're emptying Hanghang's child support fund for our son's marriage."
"I just feel guilty about taking advantage of someone who has no children."
"Why can't I get over it?" Su Guihua glared at him, her thin lips smacking as she calculated, "I provided him with food, clothing, and education, raising him with great hardship. Every step of his life required money; the 2 million yuan in upbringing funds should belong to me."
I have a clear conscience.
Su Wei was speechless.
"You coward, stop pretending to be a good guy."
Su Guihua snorted and pouted, "Go back to your room and change out of your work clothes later. It's the first time our son is bringing Xiaodie home to meet us. If she sees you looking like this, she'll be scared away."
"I'm just an ordinary home renovation worker," Su Wei said, swallowing his anger. "Even if you dressed me in gold and silver, it wouldn't hide my poverty."
"You coward, listen up!" Su Guihua roared, pointing at Su Wei's nose and cursing, "If you dare ruin my son's marriage, I'll make you pay!"
"What a shrew."
Su Wei's face turned ashen. He cursed under his breath and could only obediently go back to his room to change his clothes. There was a suit jacket on the bed. He had never worn a suit jacket, not even when he married Su Guihua in the 1990s.
Now, when he sees his son's girlfriend, he has to deceive himself by wearing a suit and pretending to be a "decoration company boss."
After putting on his suit, Su Wei returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, and lit a soft Yuxi cigarette. As the saying goes, if you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. He usually only smokes the 4.5 yuan pack of soft Baisha cigarettes, but today he unusually smoked the 21 yuan soft Yuxi.
"This cigarette is so mild, no wonder those renovation bosses like to smoke Yuxi."
Su Wei puffed on a cigarette, crossed his legs, his leather shoes gleaming, and looked at himself on the LCD TV. He couldn't help but feel a sense of vanity, as if he really were the big boss of some decoration company.
Just then, WeChat notification sounded.
Su Wei picked up his Apple 6S. To prepare for his son's meeting with his girlfriend, his wife Su Guihua, had specially rented the latest Apple model from the phone shop downstairs for him for 200 yuan. The phone was worth 7999 yuan.
Aside from running more smoothly than his own Redmi 2 with a cracked screen (priced at 799 yuan), he didn't notice any other differences.
"It's a message from Hanghang."
Su Wei's nerves tensed instantly, and he quickly extinguished the Yuxi cigarette.
"Uncle, I'm bringing my girlfriend home tonight."
Su Wei's eyes widened. " Hanghang is in a relationship?"
"You good-for-nothing, what are you yelling about?" Su Guihua's voice came from the kitchen.
"It's nothing." Su Wei scratched his head, beaming with joy. He was actually happy for his nephew, because his wife, Su Guihua, had always been introducing his nephew Su Hang, to those ugly and strange-looking women from their hometown.
They claimed it was for Su Hang's marriage, but in reality, they just wanted the women to forgo dowries and give them tens of thousands of yuan in gifts—a shameless act of selling their nephew.
He had also advised Su Guihua not to ruin Su Hang's future happiness for a few tens of thousands of yuan, but Su Guihua turned around and scolded him, saying that there would be many expenses when their son got married.
How could I not make some money off Su Hang?
Should we tell Guihua?
Su Wei glanced at the kitchen, a question forming in his mind.
Tonight, my son Su Xiao brought his girlfriend Feng Xiaodie home, and my nephew Su Hang brought his girlfriend, whose name I don't know, home. This is a double celebration!
But his wife Su Guihua, certainly didn't think so. After all, she looked down on her nephew Su Hang, from the bottom of her heart. In addition, Su Hang hadn't done any rehearsals beforehand, and once he arrived, it would easily expose the fact that his family wasn't nouveau riche.
Su Guihua will absolutely not let Su Hang go home.
"Damn it, I'm the head of the family! Can't I even make a decision on this little thing?"
Perhaps it was his smart suit, or perhaps it was the fact that he had just finished smoking half a pack of Yuxi cigarettes, but Su Wei's ego swelled up, and he took it upon himself to agree to his nephew Su Hang's request.
"This is fantastic news! Uncle, please have your aunt make the arrangements and prepare a good meal. You and your friends, please be careful on the road. By the way, do you have enough money for the trip?"
[Nephew Hanghang ]: Uncle, my girlfriend will cover the travel expenses.
"How can you let the woman pay for the travel expenses?" Su Wei glared angrily, then immediately transferred all 100 yuan of his savings to the man. "If you don't have money, just tell your uncle. He has plenty of money."
[Nephew Hanghang ]: Thank you, Uncle.
"What's going on with this kid?" Su Wei was completely baffled. "I don't remember signing with some gaming team a while ago and getting 100,000 yuan. Has he already spent it all so quickly?"
" Hanghang isn't the kind of person who's extravagant like Xiaoxiao."
Su Wei was completely baffled and didn't think about it any further.
"By the way, Hanghang, what's your girlfriend's name?"
[Nephew Hanghang ]: Yugong Hu.
" Yugong? It's a compound surname."
Su Wei frowned. In his memory, compound surnames were associated with wealthy and noble families.
At this moment.
A notification popped up in my phone's status bar with a trending news item from Toutiao.
Breaking news! Just now, a China company called [ Imperial Crown Group ] has been buying up gold stocks in the China stock market with almost frenzied buying.
"Emperor Group holds a total of 200 million shares of gold stock, worth approximately 10 billion RMB. Emperor Group has become the most influential 'Gold Emperor' in the gold sector!"
"As of the date of this news report, Huaxia Dimian Group has made a high-profile announcement of its entry into the Chinese e-sports industry and has invested heavily in forming a gaming team called [Dimian Team]."
Su Wei was astonished. This kind of gold conglomerate worth tens of billions was completely out of reach for ordinary people like them. The CEO of that conglomerate could have hundreds of billions of RMB deposited into his account with just a flick of his finger in his office.
They can barely make ends meet by moving their fingers; they have to work under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, exerting all their strength, and risking their lives to earn just two or three hundred yuan to make ends meet.
"You can't compare people."
At this moment.
The doorbell rang.
"Mom, I'm back with Xiaodie."