Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1138: Betrayal and Loyalty (3)
I’m afraid his answer would greatly disappoint this person and everyone else.
"I have siblings."
Ou Yanan was surprised when he suddenly answered directly.
Tang Sili turned defensive, saying, "What? Isn’t this what you wanted to know? It’s rare for us as mentor and student to have a heart-to-heart talk. It’s late at night, and whatever we say can be forgotten by tomorrow as if it were a dream."
Ou Yanan was dumbfounded, and it took her a while to react. She nodded, certainly not intending to disclose Tang Sili’s personal secrets.
Tang Sili began to talk about his unknown family background: "I have an older sister and two brothers. My sister got married when I was in middle school, which isn’t surprising in the countryside where girls marry young. People say I’m from a rural area, from a poor rural population, and that’s true. When I was in high school, I almost had to drop out because my family couldn’t support me, and that’s a real situation. But at that time, a man found me."
"Was it Xiao Yebai?" Ou Yanan voiced the question on everyone’s mind. Some said Tang Sili was sponsored by someone from the Xiao Family, but whether it was Xiao Jianming or Xiao Yebai was unknown.
Tang Sili didn’t give a direct answer here, only saying, "That man said to me, would you like to join me in changing the world?"
Upon hearing this, Ou Yanan guessed it must have been Xiao Yebai who said it. Only Xiao Yebai, with his eccentricity, would say something akin to Superman saving the world. Someone as deep and reserved as Xiao Jianming could never say such a thing.
Tang Sili still didn’t directly confess who it was and continued recounting what happened back then: "At that time, I couldn’t even afford to eat, I couldn’t afford the twenty-cent dishes in the school cafeteria, and could only eat plain rice. Change the world? Not going hungry was good enough."
Indeed, for someone who couldn’t eat enough, thinking about changing the world was a concept far beyond reality; the first priority was to fill the stomach.
"That man went on to say, going hungry, what’s the big deal? Imagine if someone else, starving, wanted to eat you—that’s something to worry about. Then he showed me his back, which had a scar on it, and asked, do you know what this is? I hadn’t studied medicine then, so I didn’t know. He said it was from being grabbed by a starving crocodile."
Ou Yanan listened, somewhat dumbfounded. If what Tang Sili said was true, then Xiao Yebai was almost seized by a crocodile for food.
It’s unimaginable that such a thing would happen to someone like Xiao Yebai, the son of the richest man and a young master.
Tang Sili observed the change in her expression and knew that anyone who heard this news would feel surprised and shocked. In fact, back then, he, like everyone else, realized Tang Sili was wealthy just by looking at Xiao Yebai’s attire. Hearing Xiao Yebai say this, initially, people might misunderstand, thinking Xiao Yebai got caught by a crocodile for fun. But it wasn’t so.
Rich people have their worries just like poor people. It’s not that having money means you won’t have any troubles.
That’s the truth Xiao Yebai was trying to convey to him.
At that time, Tang Sili was dirt poor. How could he accept a rich person lamenting about being wealthy yet troubled? He didn’t believe it.
Xiao Yebai began giving him examples: "If you had money, what would you do? Buy a house, buy clothes, buy a car, buy so many things. However, even after spending, the money won’t be used up. What would you want to do then? What else could you do?"
Tang Sili said, "I’ll talk about it when I actually have money."
Boss Xiao, being generous, said he could immediately overwhelm him with countless money.
At that moment, Tang Sili already deeply felt that this boss was a madman. However, being cultured and well-read, he was a young person with aspirations. His reasoning didn’t fade, and he pondered Xiao Yebai’s words, realizing that Xiao Yebai was right.
