Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!-Chapter 775 - 329: The Town Brahmin
Chapter 775 -329: The Town Brahmin
Zhou Yuwen was stuck in traffic on the highway the entire day today. Honestly, it was quite exhausting. His mother forcefully dragged him towards the study, which left Zhou Yuwen feeling somewhat helpless. With a wry smile, he said, “Mom, can’t this wait until tomorrow?”
But with such a big incident happening at home, his parents had been full of question marks at the dinner table, and seizing the chance to talk behind closed doors, how could they easily let Zhou Yuwen off the hook.
Without getting a clear explanation from Zhou Yuwen today, there was no way they’d let him go to sleep.
“What’s there to explain, really?”
Zhou Guobin’s study was only renovated in the last two years. Unlike commercial apartments where one counts the area by the finger, the advantage of self-built houses is their size. Therefore, although it’s a study, it is possible to separate it into an office area and a guest area. Normally, Zhou Guobin would drink tea and smoke in here.
Now, Zhou Yuwen sat alone on a single mahogany sofa, while his parents sat on the multi-seat sofa opposite him. Faced with Zhou Yuwen’s question, the middle-aged couple looked at each other first.
Zhou Yuwen’s mother, Yang Lirong, was the first to speak: “You start by explaining this novel writing business, what’s the deal?!”
The couple’s major concerns were twofold.
One, originally thinking their son would simply come home from school, how did he inexplicably end up driving a luxury car worth millions and have savings of several million?
They demanded a clear explanation for this.
And also, what’s the deal with that girl?
Zhou Yuwen said isn’t it obvious for anyone with eyes, having always loved writing since he was little, there was no time during high school, and now in university, of course he’d do the things he loved.
And just like that, he accidentally became famous.
“You’ve made several millions, right?” his mother asked.
“Not several million, it’s more like over ten million,” Zhou Yuwen said nonchalantly.
“Over ten…” His mother was almost too shocked to breathe.
The father was actually not too bad. Handling cases worth over ten million had been rare in the past two years, but these days, he had already become numb to it.
Having a successful son was actually a source of pride for the parents, especially during the dinner they just had with relatives, where one after another praised Zhou Yuwen for being successful.
This was much better than any praise for themselves.
Truth be told, these parents were quite worried about Zhou Yuwen half a year ago. The boy’s grades were not very good, and he barely made it into a second-tier college. Their colleagues’ kids were all from top universities, including the National University of Defense Technology, where it was a big deal, making Zhou Yuwen’s admission into an ordinary second-tier college barely worth celebrating.
Now, with their son finding his own path, the two of them felt much relieved.
Yang Lirong kept asking Zhou Yuwen exactly how much money he had and how he spent it. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Zhou Yuwen just told the truth, saying he bought a car.
Then he bought a villa in Jinling; the car was over a million, the house over five million.
And now, all things considered, there’s still over three million left.
“It’s all on this card here,” Zhou Yuwen said, as he placed the prepared bank card on the coffee table. He had to give his parents an explanation, and this three million was like pocket money to reward them.
After Zhou Yuwen finished explaining, the old couple remained silent for a long time. After a while, his mother couldn’t help but get up and pat Zhou Yuwen on the shoulder, saying, “You kid! With such big news, why didn’t you tell us earlier?!”
Zhou Yuwen said, how could he have told them.
“Wouldn’t you have just taken all the money back?”
“Hey! I’m your mother, isn’t managing your money my inherent duty?!”
Although she was lecturing Zhou Yuwen, Yang Lirong’s face was smiling, showing she was genuinely happy.
She opened the conversation, but it was not fair to leave all the questioning to her, so she signaled Zhou Guobin to start speaking.
Actually, at this point, the family of three had been conversing for over ten minutes, but Zhou Guobin had been very silent and taciturn, until now when it was time for him to speak.
Zhou Guobin didn’t really know what to ask. He pondered for a moment, then pulled out half a pack of cigarettes from the pocket over his chest, took one for himself to hold in his mouth, seemed to remember something, and with the cigarette pack in hand, he gestured towards Zhou Yuwen asking if he wanted one?
Zhou Yuwen quickly waved his hand and said, “I don’t smoke.”
“Oh,” Zhou Guobin uttered dryly.
After some thought, he took the cigarette out of his mouth.
“Tsk!”
Seeing Zhou Guobin’s demeanor, Yang Lirong couldn’t hold back and chuckled, standing up and saying, “You father and son talk, I’ll go make some tea!”
Having said that, she got up and left the study.
Actually, there wasn’t much for the father and son to talk about. Although Zhou Yuwen said his parents weren’t divorced, he was essentially raised by his mother, with his father being busy working all year round. His job wasn’t locally based, and it was common for him to be away for ten days to half a month. Hence, the relationship between father and son wasn’t close. After starting university, it was even more distant, sometimes not coming home for four months. To be honest, being alone together now was somewhat awkward.
After a long while, Zhou Guobin finally asked, “How did you meet that girl?”
Zhou Yuwen said she was a high school friend and then they went to the same university.
“Are you dating?”
“Not really, just ordinary friends,” Zhou Yuwen replied.
“Hmm.”
Zhou Guobin nodded.
In his past life, when Zhou Yuwen brought Su Qing home, the situation was pretty much the same. After inquiring a bit about Su Qing’s family, and hearing she was from a single-parent household, he just slightly frowned, but that was about it.
