NOVPUB"Hahaha~" Everyone burst out laughing.
Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes speechlessly. The essay topic for this Chinese exam was "Me in Ten Years," which would require some thought for anyone else, but he, Mr. Xu, had actually lived it!
He knew it all too well!
Xu Qingfan wrote according to the trajectory of his previous life, as he had secured a research position in the lab early on. At the age of 22, he was already slaving away in the lab, repeating meaningless experiments like adding bird droppings to graphene every day.
His essay ended up scoring only 42 points, accompanied by the teacher’s comment: Nonsensical!
Meanwhile, Zhang Yiyi’s essay, hoping to become someone who could take care of everyone like Xu Qingfan in ten years, was filled with genuine emotion and earned 59 points.
During the meal, the conversation was lively with laughter, and when the discussion turned to whom Xu Qingfan would choose for a wife in the future, the adults beamed even more, their teasing voices carrying over ten meters from the private room.
However, Xu Qingfan keenly noticed that Lin Qiaoshan and Wen Wanqing, who usually talked quite passionately, seemed to have little desire to speak today, their faces heavy with concerns.
He suddenly slapped his forehead, "I knew I was forgetting something recently, the financial crisis, Lin Wanning’s family garment factory!"
"You’ve gone silly, if they told you to marry five wives, you’d just sneakily be happy, why hit yourself!" Yao Jiping scolded unkindly.
It turned out that the mothers had just joked about all liking Xu Qingfan as a son-in-law and said, "Why not marry him off to everyone?" Then, just as the words fell, they saw Xu Qingfan hitting his head, the loud sound attracting the attention of everyone in the room.
"Ah... there’s a mosquito... there’s a mosquito... carry on... haha..." Xu Qingfan awkwardly waved his hand, indicating to keep going.
"Looks like our Xiao Fan is shy!"
"Hahaha~"
After the meal, Xu Qingfan casually made an excuse to get into Lin Qiaoshan’s car.
In the car were only Lin Qiaoshan, Wen Wanqing, Lin Wanning, and him. As the people closest to him, Lin Wanning had also noticed the change in her parents recently, but she didn’t know exactly what was going on.
The girl initially thought of seeking Xu Qingfan’s help during the meal today, and Xu Qingfan opportunistically got into their car.
[Brother Qing Fan is the best!] Lin Wanning sweetly thought to herself.
The car drove along the road, and because her parents looked gloomy, Lin Wanning also lost her usual vitality, remaining quiet throughout the trip.
While waiting for the traffic light, Xu Qingfan suddenly spoke up, "Uncle Qiaoshan, there’s been a financial storm recently. Your garment factory hasn’t had any problems, right? I heard my great uncle saying that a lot of garment factories have gone bankrupt, asking him for money."
Lin Qiaoshan’s expression stiffened, and Wen Wanqing responded with a bitter smile, "It’s okay, we’re just not making as much money as before, things will get better after this period."
Wen Wanqing didn’t mince her words. Once the low period was over, countless orders would flood in, allowing the surviving garment factories to greatly expand.
Xu Qingfan didn’t bother beating around the bush any longer, saying straightforwardly, "Aunt, do you remember when we used to draw comics in elementary school?"
"Of course I remember. What about it?" Wen Wanqing turned around, curious why Xu Qingfan was asking about this.
"Aunt, we actually deceived you back then. We didn’t sell the comic rights to a publisher. Over these few years, we’ve made a total of more than 1.2 million from drawing comics, and Aunt Zhang invested half of that money in U.S. stocks, which increased more than tenfold in a few years. We sold the stocks at the beginning of April, and Lin Wanning, Zhang Yiyi, and I each received over twenty million. The money is now in Lin Wanning’s Hong Kong bank card, and the password is my birthday."
Silence.
The car was deadly silent.
At that moment, Xu Qingfan really wanted to say, "Old Lin, bet you didn’t see that coming, your daughter is a multimillionaire!"
It wasn’t until the vehicles behind them grew impatient and honked in reminder that Lin Qiaoshan restarted the car.
He had completely forgotten how he had driven home. Then, Lin Wanning went to her room and took out that VIP card from Hong Kong bank, and the four of them went to the nearest ATM to insert the card.
The screen clearly displayed a balance of 29,576,343.32.
"One... ten... hundred thousand... million!" When Wen Wanqing read the last number, she almost broke into a shout.
At the same time, Lin Qiaoshan quickly pulled the bank card out, looking around vigilantly.
At this moment, the parents’ hearts were beating even faster than if they had just sprinted a hundred meters. They had been prepared for the worst, ready to sell their car and home, but what’s meant by "finding light at the end of the tunnel," this was truly finding light at the end of the tunnel!
Eventually, with Zhang Chunxue’s personal intervention, Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan came to believe that the nearly thirty million in savings were indeed earned by their daughter, or more precisely, earned through the light cast by Xu Qingfan.
Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan would never forget the scene of that day, with Xu Qingfan nonchalantly revealing that his daughter had over twenty million in the bank, especially since he was only twelve that year.
If before they were just grateful for Xu Qingfan looking after their daughter, from that day on, Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan truly regarded Xu Qingfan as their own son, forgiving him for any outrageous actions!
Thus lightly and deftly, the crisis at the Lin’s house was resolved.
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