A Family of Drama Queens

Jiang Jianye and his wife gasped in unison!

What did 10 billion even mean?

By living frugally, they could save about fifty thousand yuan a year. At that rate, saving 10 billion would take them a hundred and sixty thousand years!

What an unimaginably vast fortune!

"Mom, Dad, we are rich now. From now on, if anyone dares to make snide remarks behind our backs, just slap them right across the face. I'll take the blame for whatever happens!"

As he spoke, Jiang Jian's gaze swept toward Yang Jian like lightning.

The expressions of Jiang Jianye and his wife shifted slightly.

Although they were equally disgusted by the sarcastic comments the family of three had made earlier, wouldn't Jiang Jian's words be the same as pointing right at their noses and cursing them?

This was completely burning bridges!

The family of three hadn't expected Jiang Jian to launch such a sudden attack, and for a moment, their expressions turned somewhat awkward.

Yang Jian was the first to break the silence. He chuckled and said, "Xiao Jian is right! Once you're rich, you've got to have some backbone! If anyone dares talk to you like that again, you won't even need Xiao Jian to step in—I'll handle them for you!"

"That's right, Yueru, now that Xiao Jian is so wealthy, you and old Jiang need to carry yourselves with the aura of rich people whenever you go out!"

"If anyone bullies you and Xiao Jian isn't around, just come to us. We'll vent your anger for you!"

Wang Meili chimed in as well.

Jiang Jian was a thick thigh now, and they had to hold onto him for dear life.

So what if they were being cursed directly to their faces? They could easily perform the trick of wiping away spittle and swallowing it with a smile!

Pride was the kind of thing you should toss aside whenever necessary!

Jiang Jian rolled his eyes, thinking to himself: I was talking precisely about you lot. What’s the point of playing dumb and acting innocent here?

You've got some seriously thick skin!

Jiang Jianye and his wife hadn't expected their skin to be thick to such a degree, and for a moment, they didn't even know what to say.

Wang Meili smiled all over her face as she looked toward Yang Chuxue and said, "Xiaoxue, haven't you been crying out that you 'miss Big Brother Jiang Jian' all this time?"

Yang Chuxue was stunned for a moment before nodding.

"Yeah, what is it?"

Seeing this, Wang Meili quickly pressed her advantage and continued, "Silly girl, now that your Big Brother Jiang Jian is right here, why aren't you hurrying over to whisper sweet nothings to him?"

While speaking, Wang Meili kept winking at Yang Chuxue, looking for all the world like an overeager matchmaker trying to seal a deal.

Hearing her mother put it that way, Yang Chuxue instantly blushed. She petulantly stamped her foot and muttered under her breath, "Mom, what are you talking about..." Yet, despite her words, she couldn't help but steal a glance at Jiang Jian.

Seeing that Jiang Jian gave no reaction, Yang Chuxue took the initiative to walk up to him, her pretty face flushed with emotion as she said, "Big Brother, can you accompany me to the auto show?"

Jiang Jian merely glanced at her indifferently, then replied in a lukewarm tone, "What do you think?"

(Good grief, does this mother-daughter duo realize I'm rich now, so they've stopped trying to set me up with a best friend and decided to push themselves instead?)

(I have a string of curses I'm not sure I should let out!)

The smile on Yang Chuxue's face instantly froze. "Huh? Is Big Brother Jiang Jian angry with Xiaoxue?"

Jiang Jian rolled his eyes.

"Hehe..."

Yang Chuxue: "Actually, Xiaoxue was just testing you earlier. I don't have any friend named Linlin."

Yang Jian and his wife were stunned at first, then chimed in chorally.

"That's right, absolutely. How could Yang Chuxue have such a loose friend? She was just testing you!"

Jiang Jianye asked with a puzzled look, "Testing what?"

Wang Meili sighed and explained, "Oh, old Jiang, you don't know this, but ever since Xiaoxue followed us down south, she has never stopped thinking about Xiao Jian. She often woke up crying in the middle of the night, calling out for Big Brother Jiang Jian."

At this point, Wang Meili's eyes reddened, as if she felt heartbroken over her daughter's past.

"What moved us even more is that as time passed, Xiaoxue's feelings for Xiao Jian didn't fade at all; instead, they grew even deeper."

"When she was at school, plenty of boys pursued her, but she turned them all down, saying she would never marry anyone in this lifetime other than Big Brother Jiang Jian."

Hearing this, Wang Meili started shedding tears.

Yang Chuxue lowered her head, her pretty face slightly flushed, playing the part of a young girl whose deepest secrets had just been laid bare.

Jiang Jian muttered inwardly: Good grief, is this entire family possessed by professional actors?

"Since Xiaoxue is dead-set on finding Xiao Jian, as her parents, we naturally couldn't stop her."

With that, Wang Meili glanced at Yang Jian.

Yang Jian sighed and gave a bitter smile.

"However, we haven't seen each other in all these years, and we didn't know much about Xiao Jian's character, so we wanted to test him a little."

"Linlin was a person we invented just to test Xiao Jian, and Xiao Jian's performance left us extremely satisfied!"

Wang Meili nodded in agreement. "That's right, now we can finally rest easy and entrust Xiaoxue to Xiao Jian!"

Jiang Jian gasped!

This family of three were truly geniuses, fabricating such a convincing-sounding reason in such a short amount of time.

Capital impressive!

Although Jiang Jianye and his wife were a bit simple-natured, they still felt that the explanation from Yang Jian's family sounded a bit phony.

Yet they had no proof.

"Big Brother Jiang Jian, are you still mad at me?"

Yang Chuxue puckered her lips, putting on an expression of utter grievance.

Jiang Jian raised an eyebrow slightly. "What do you think?"

(Trying to play the green tea card in front of me? Feh!)

Yang Chuxue's eyes reddened as large tears began to fall.

"Sob, sob, sob..."

Seeing this, Li Yueru spoke up, "Forget it, Xiao Jian, I don't think Xiaoxue had any malicious intent."

As the saying goes, one does not hit a smiling face.

Since Yang Jian's family had already gone this far, wouldn't being any harsher mean completely tearing down the relationship?

The older generation always cared about saving face.

Knowing that his mother had a soft heart and not wanting to put her in an awkward position, Jiang Jian nodded and said,

"Alright, let's treat the past as a misunderstanding. However, I already have someone I like, so Xiaoxue and I simply aren't possible."

It was fine not to burn bridges, but he would never give the Yang family any room for fantasy!

Sure enough, the expressions of all three members of the Yang family darkened slightly.

On the other hand, Jiang Jianye and his wife both looked delighted. Li Yueru even asked eagerly, "Xiao Jian, which girl do you like? Do you have a photo?"

Jiang Jian couldn't help feeling a bit embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "Uh... nothing is set in stone yet. I'll tell you guys once there's some progress."

The Yang family instantly let out a collective sigh of relief.

Nothing set in stone yet meant Xiaoxue still had a chance!

"Yueru, didn't you say this morning that you were going to go house-hunting with old Jiang? Since Xiao Jian is back too, why don't we all go take a look together?"

Wang Meili walked up to Li Yueru warmly, taking her hand as she spoke.

Since Jiang Jian also had the idea of getting a new home for his parents, after a brief discussion, the group left the International Exhibition Center.

Half an hour later, a limited-edition Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Bentley Continental, and a Bentley Mulsanne drove sequentially into the sales center of Lakeside Purple Jade Manor.

This was a high-end residential project developed by Yuji Real Estate. The southern section consisted of small high-rise apartments, while the northern section featured semi-detached villas, with average prices exceeding forty thousand per square meter.

Jiang Jianye and his wife had originally intended to look at another housing development where the average price was under fifteen thousand, but Jiang Jian wouldn't hear of it.

After searching online, he had set his sights on the properties at Lakeside Purple Jade Manor.

Not long after Jiang Jian entered the sales center, a Bugatti Veyron Hermès Special Edition pulled into the parking lot.

Once the car came to a steady halt, a long-legged beauty wearing a white T-shirt and denim hot pants stepped out of the luxury vehicle.

It was none other than Yu Shishi, who had lost to Jiang Jian in the racing competition earlier!

"Huh? Is that Rolls-Royce Phantom one of the only ten globally limited editions?"

Yu Shishi glanced at the Phantom parked opposite, murmured softly to herself, and then turned to walk into the sales center.

"Mr. Jiang, this is our premier semi-detached villa layout, with a building area of 260 square meters, fully customized furniture, and luxury decoration. If you purchase both villas, the dividing wall can be knocked down to form a single detached villa."

"Currently, we only have these two sets of semi-detached villas left in this layout. One is priced at 12 million, and if you buy both together, we can offer a 2 percent discount."

Inside a semi-detached villa at Lakeside Purple Jade Manor, a young saleswoman in professional attire and black stockings was patiently explaining details to Jiang Jian.

Jiang Jian asked, "Mom, Dad, what do you think of this villa?"

Although Jiang Jian was quite satisfied, since he was buying the house for his parents, he naturally wanted to hear their thoughts.

Li Yueru took a light breath, her gaze wandering across the spacious and bright living room as she said with a hint of hesitation, "Isn't this... way too expensive?"

Jiang Jianye nodded lightly, echoing his wife's sentiment: "It really is quite expensive."

The moment they stepped through the villa's front door, they had been awed by the magnificent decoration and the sweeping, open space.

If they could live here, they would probably wake up laughing in their dreams.

Yet the price was simply too high—12 million! How many years would they have to work just to save that much money?

At that moment, Yang Jian patted Jiang Jianye on the shoulder, a teasing tone in his voice, "Old Jiang, Yueru, you two clearly haven't adjusted your mindsets yet. Xiao Jian is a big boss now; he even bought a 100-million-yuan luxury car. What's a house worth ten-odd million compared to that?"