Blackening starts from the golden years

"Su Mingcheng, who are you scolding?!"

Looking at the shameless Su Mingcheng, Su Mingyu coldly scolded:
"Do you still have any shame?!"

Su Mingcheng was being forcibly pulled by Zhu Li's arm. He shouted angrily at Su Mingyu:

"Su Mingyu, you are shameless. Mom gave birth to you and raised you. What's wrong with you spending a little money on her funeral?! You want to settle the bill now? Fine, mom gave birth to you, gave you enough food and water, and raised you until you were 18 years old. How do you want to settle this bill? Can you figure it out clearly?!"

"Su Mingcheng, you are really shameless. Are you trying to switch concepts with me?"

Looking at Su Mingcheng, Su Mingyu's face became colder and colder.
"Since mom gave birth to me, she has the responsibility and obligation to raise me. As for how much I owe mom for raising me, I really can't figure it out. But this is definitely not a reason for you to rely on your parents for raising you. I will pay back what I owe to my parents, but what about you? Mom loved you so much before, but you didn't pay a penny for her funeral. Do you feel ashamed?!"

"Mom loves me because she likes me. As for Mom's funeral, who told you to buy such an expensive plot? Four hundred thousand, is it necessary? When Mom was alive, you didn't show filial piety to her, and now you buy such an expensive plot after she died. Are you sick? You think you're great just because you have a few bucks. How can you be so arrogant?!"

"Su Mingcheng, you are so shameless!"

Looking at Su Mingcheng, Su Mingyu directly exposed his true colors and said:

"How much did you borrow from mom last year to buy a new car? You can spend hundreds of thousands to buy a car, so what's wrong with me buying mom a cemetery plot worth 400,000 yuan?"

"If you have money, buy it. I don't have money. Even if I have money, I won't pay for you. Spending 400,000 yuan to buy a cemetery, Su Mingyu, you are sick, crazy, you have too much money to burn, right?"

"Su Mingcheng, shut up!"

After stopping Su Mingcheng, Zhu Li looked at Su Mingyu and forced a smile:

"Mingyu, since you said you want to settle the score, let's get started and don't waste time."

Hearing this, Su Mingyu smiled and agreed:
"Okay, listen to Second Sister-in-law, let's settle the accounts. Second Sister-in-law, you look at mine first, Su Mingcheng looks at Big Brother's, and I look at Su Mingcheng's. Let's take turns and look at them all, so that everyone can feel at ease."

"Okay, that's it."

Julie agreed with a smile.

Next, everyone started to count the accounts. Su Mingcheng had the most account books, and Yuan Xudong helped Su Mingyu to count them.

During the process of settling the accounts, Su Mingyu looked up at Su Mingcheng from time to time, and Zhu Li looked up at Su Mingyu from time to time. Through this pile of account books, Zhu Li could imagine what kind of life Su Mingyu had lived in the past. She was an only child and had been loved by her parents since she was a child. Now she suddenly felt a little sympathy for Su Mingyu.

As for Su Mingcheng, he was looking down at the pile of account books of his elder brother Su Mingzhe, and he shouted:

"Oh my god, big brother even remembered the two strings of candied haws he bought, the pencils he bought, and the scented eraser he bought. I'm really impressed. It's amazing. He remembers the details very well."

At this time, Su Daqiang came out of the bedroom and said:

"This account book of mine won first prize in the school staff accounting competition."

Seeing Su Daqiang coming out, Su Mingcheng deliberately exclaimed:

"Oh my god, Dad, there must be no one in this world who can keep accounts better than you, right?"

Hearing this, Su Daqiang glanced at Su Mingcheng and said:
"Your mother is better at keeping accounts than I am."

"My mom keeps accounts? How come I don't know?"

Looking at Su Daqiang, Su Mingcheng asked:
"Where's my mother's account book? Why have I never seen it?"

"I haven't seen it either. Your mother never lets me see the account book she keeps."

Su Daqiang said with some grievance.

"Mom's account book is with me. I accidentally saw it when I came to the old house before."

Su Mingyu said without even raising her head.

"What are you doing with Mom's account book?"

"Because I want to know how much money you spent on your parents."

Looking at Su Mingcheng, Su Mingyu closed the pile of account books in her hand and said:

"Su Mingcheng, you really are a freeloader. Most of my parents' life savings have been spent on you. I promised Dad that I would not hold you accountable. If you hadn't come to me today to discuss Dad's support, I would have been planning to just let it go."

"Su Mingyu, why should I rely on my parents? What's your business? What does this have to do with you?!"

After saying that, Su Mingcheng looked at Su Daqiang who was sitting in the corner and asked:

"Dad, did you make a mistake in your account? Did I spend so much money from home?"

Su Daqiang lowered his head and remained silent.

Su Mingyu said:

"Dad is not mistaken. Every account book has a name and number. Every account has an exact time, exact location and exact number."

"Hey, did I ask you?! Did I ask you?!"

Su Mingcheng was furious. He looked at Su Daqiang who remained silent and asked:

"Dad, is this account wrong? Say something, don't be silent!"

"I, I really remember correctly."

Su Daqiang lowered his head and replied.

"Second sister-in-law, you should also take a good look at Su Mingcheng's account book."

Su Mingyu handed the stack of account books in her hand to Zhu Li. She looked at Su Mingcheng next to her and said:

"Su Mingcheng, how dare you yell at dad? Take a good look at yourself and see how much hard-earned money your parents have spent over the years."

"Su Mingyu, this is a matter between me and my parents. It has nothing to do with you, okay?"

After saying that, Su Mingcheng looked at Su Daqiang and shouted:

"Dad, you can keep accounts if you want, but what's the point of taking out this account book? What do you mean, Dad?"

"Su Mingcheng, shut up!"

Zhu Li shouted in a low voice. She roughly looked through some of Su Mingcheng's account books. She paid for his tuition in a private university, and found someone to help him find a job after graduation. When they got married, they bought a house, decorated it, held a wedding banquet, etc. These alone had cost more than 600,000 yuan. Moreover, Su Mingcheng would take money from his mother every month, ranging from two or three thousand to eight or nine thousand, or even tens of thousands. The more Zhu Li read, the more guilty and ashamed she felt.

In the past, Su Mingcheng often took her out for romantic dates, to eat French cuisine, go shopping for brand-name clothes, bags, and all kinds of luxury goods. He even bought an off-road vehicle last year. Where did he get so much money?
Moreover, Su Mingcheng often bought good tea, cigarettes and alcohol for her father, and all kinds of good nutritional products for her mother, so she always thought he was a good husband, and her parents were very satisfied with him. In the end, he was sucking the blood of his own parents?

Zhu Li had never thought so much before. She just felt that the life she and Su Mingcheng led was easy and romantic. It was not until now that she realized that behind this easy and romantic life was the continuous blood transfusion from Su Mingcheng's parents. All the savings and monthly pension of the old couple were in Su Mingcheng's wallet, and he squandered them. Moreover, a considerable part of it was spent on her. Her brand-name clothes, brand-name jewelry, brand-name bags, etc. were all bought with her parents' hard-earned money?
When she thought of this, Zhu Li felt extremely ashamed. Combining it with Su Mingyu's account book, she found that all her expenses from childhood to adulthood were not even a fraction of Su Mingcheng's, only a few tens of thousands of yuan.

As night fell, Julie finally finished counting all the account books.

She looked at Su Mingyu and said:
"Mingyu, you really don't have to worry about Dad's support anymore. You've already spent enough money on Mom's funeral, ten times what the Su family spent on you. Not to mention Mom's kindness in raising you, at least you don't owe the family anything financially. From now on, Dad will be supported by us. Do you think this is okay?"

"Okay, I have no problem with that. You are more reasonable, sister-in-law."

Su Mingyu smiled.

Looking at her, Julie said with some shame:
"Mingyu, I never thought that Mingcheng and I would spend so much of our family's money over the years. I feel ashamed."

Seeing Zhu Li lowering her head in shame, Su Mingyu began to persuade her:

"Second sister-in-law, we are settling accounts today. I am not really arguing with you about money. I still say the same thing. As long as Dad wants to live with me, I will take him there at any time. As for eldest brother, I will go to the United States the day after tomorrow. It is a good opportunity for me to visit them and find out what is going on."

Hearing Su Mingyu say that she was going to the United States the day after tomorrow, Su Daqiang couldn't help but look up at her. At this time, Su Mingcheng glared at him fiercely, and Su Daqiang was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and continued to remain silent.

Without noticing this, Zhu Li and Su Mingyu said:

"No need. Mingcheng and I will take care of Dad's life from now on."

Hearing what Zhu Li said, Su Mingcheng next to her looked at her and whispered:

"Wife, aren't you being too hasty? You're being a little emotional."

"Su Mingcheng, shut up!"

After glaring at Su Mingcheng fiercely, Zhu Li scolded him in a low voice with anger and shame:

"You spent so much money on your parents. Now that mom is gone, isn't it your responsibility to provide for dad's retirement?"

"Okay, okay, I'll take care of him in his old age."

Su Mingcheng quickly surrendered, and then he muttered softly:

"Dad has never liked taking a bath. If the house smells bad and you can't stand it, don't blame me. I won't spend money to take him to the sauna again. I will also keep a record in the future."

"Shut up, you!"

After glaring at Su Mingcheng fiercely, Zhu Li looked at Su Daqiang who was sitting in the corner and said with a smile:

"Dad, don't worry, you will live with us from now on. As for the money Mingcheng and I spent at home, we will definitely return it to you in full after we go back and discuss it."

"Lili, are you serious?!"

Su Daqiang raised his head and looked at Zhu Li. When he heard about paying back the money, he became motivated.

"No, no, wait a minute, Lili, how can we afford to pay back so much money? Besides, that money was given to me voluntarily by my mother, what should I pay back?"

"Su Mingcheng, that's enough!"

Zhu Li shouted loudly, she stood up and looked at Su Daqiang and said:

"Dad, let's go home."

……

At night, Su Ming got married.

Zhu Li and Su Mingcheng had an argument over the issue of providing for Su Daqiang's retirement and repaying the money. The main issue was the repayment. Su Mingcheng didn't want to repay it, but Zhu Li insisted, so the two started arguing.

Su Daqiang hid in his bedroom, put his ear to the door and eavesdropped. He was not worried about the relationship between Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li, but whether they would pay him back. He only wanted money and didn't care about anything else.

After quarreling with Zhu Li, Su Mingcheng got angry. He ran to Su Daqiang's door and knocked hard, asking him to open the door quickly and explain the money matter. Su Daqiang was so scared that he hid in the quilt and didn't dare to open the door.

Zhu Li ran over and pulled Su Mingcheng away. He walked back to the bedroom angrily and slammed the door. As a result, Zhu Li followed him. Her right foot was pinched hard by the slammed door. She fell directly to the ground and started crying in pain and grievance.

Su Mingcheng still loved his wife very much. He immediately apologized to Zhu Li, coaxed her, and helped her apply ointment. In the end, he also agreed to pay back the money. He would pay 4,000 yuan a month, 2,000 yuan from him and 2,000 yuan from Zhu Li, until the money was paid off.

After a night of fuss, the matter of paying back the money was finally settled.

The next morning at breakfast, Zhu Li and Su Mingcheng told Su Daqiang about their plan to pay back the debt, 4,000 yuan a month until it was paid off. Su Daqiang smiled happily, and couldn't stop smiling. After Zhu Li and Su Mingcheng went to work, he went out for a walk and went to a nearby lottery shop. He bought a lottery ticket worth 100 yuan, dreaming of winning 10 million yuan.

Seeing that Su Daqiang was more generous than before, the lady boss of the lottery shop immediately spoke kindly to him. Su Daqiang took the lottery ticket and put it in his jacket pocket carefully. He leaned on the glass counter, looked at the lady boss of the lottery shop and smiled:
"Thanks to your good words, if I really win 10 million this time, I will treat you to noodles."

The smile on the boss lady's face shrank. It would be a miracle for this stingy old man to win 10 million.

Su Daqiang was smiling. He sat on a chair in the lottery shop, looking up at the trend chart of previous winning numbers hanging on the wall from time to time. He held a pen and paper in his hand and wrote and drew, and began to study the lottery rules, the metaphysics of making money.

Fortunately, Su Daqiang doesn't know how to manage money and loves stocks, otherwise he would not be a lottery consumer, but a financial consumer. The so-called consumer, of course, has to spend money. Want to make money? Bah, no way.

……

One day later, in San Francisco, USA, at the magazine publishing company where Wu Fei worked.

Su Mingyu went to Los Angeles to attend an entrepreneurs' meeting, while Yuan Xudong came to San Francisco on the pretext of having something to do.

As soon as he walked into the magazine publishing company where Wu Fei worked, he saw a white leader criticizing Wu Fei harshly. In front of him, Wu Fei lowered his head and explained in a weak voice:

"Peter, my child is injured and I am very worried about her, so I..."

"I don't care about that. I only care whether your work is up to standard. According to the company's policy, I must deduct your salary as a punishment. I hope you will learn from this."

"Ok."

Wu Fei lowered her head even lower. Now that Su Mingzhe was unemployed and staying at home, she couldn't be unemployed again. Yuan Xudong walked over. Seeing him, the white leader immediately put on a smiling face and came forward. He took the initiative to shake hands with Yuan Xudong and said with a smile:
"Hello, Mr. Yuan. Welcome."

"Hello, Peter."

Yuan Xudong shook hands with Peter and smiled. He didn't know Peter, but they had only communicated online.

"Mr. Yuan, let's go to the conference room to talk. This way, please."

"it is good."

Yuan Xudong looked at Wu Fei who was standing behind the front desk, smiled and nodded at her, then followed Peter to the conference room. He did come to San Francisco for something, which was to acquire this small magazine publishing company.

After Yuan Xudong and Peter walked into the conference room, a young white girl walked to the front desk. She put her hands on the front desk, looked at Wu Fei behind the front desk and smiled:
"Wu, do you know? Our magazine is going to have a new boss, a Chinese, just like you."

"really?"

Wu Fei couldn't help but think of Yuan Xudong. She looked at the young white girl and asked:

"Claire, is the new boss the man from before?"

"Yes, he is the new boss."

Hearing that the new boss was actually Yuan Xudong, Wu Fei couldn't help but feel touched. Could it be that he decided to acquire this magazine because of her?
"Wu?"

"Ok?"

Wu Fei came back to her senses, she looked at the white girl and asked with a smile:

"Claire, what's wrong?"

"Um, nothing much. What were you thinking about just now? Were you thinking about the new boss?"

"I do not have."

"Wu, lying is wrong."

"Claire, I really don't."

"Okay, I believe you then. Oh, by the way, what were you thinking about just now?"

"Actually, I, never mind. I don't know if I can tell you now. Can I tell you later?"

"Ok."

……

At noon, Yuan Xudong and Wu Fei had lunch in a western restaurant.

Sitting face to face, looking at Yuan Xudong in front of him, Wu Fei hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Mr. Yuan, I heard from Claire that you are planning to acquire our magazine?"

Yuan Xudong did not directly answer Wu Fei's question, but looked at her and asked:
"Who is Claire?"

"My colleague, she is Peter's administrative assistant."

"Oh, it turns out it's her."

Yuan Xudong remembered who Claire was, a young white girl with many freckles on her face. He looked at Wu Fei and smiled:

"Yes, I am planning to acquire your magazine."

"Can I ask you why?"

Looking at Yuan Xudong, Wu Fei hesitated and said:
"Our magazine doesn't seem like a good acquisition target. You won't be able to make much money."

"My purpose in purchasing your magazine is not to make money."

Yuan Xudong said so.

"If it's not for making money, then what are you doing it for?"

"I can't tell you this. It involves commercial secrets."

Yuan Xudong smiled. Looking at him, Wu Fei rolled his eyes at him and said angrily:

"Forget it, it's a commercial secret. Who are you trying to fool?"

Not sure if it was Yuan Xudong's illusion, he felt that Wu Fei seemed to have a little more charm. Looking at her, he smiled and said:

"I'll tell you later."

"Ah."

Wu Fei hummed softly, showing the gentleness and tenderness of a Jiangnan woman.

After lunch, Yuan Xudong sent Wu Fei back to work. As they walked along the street, he looked at her and asked with a smile:

"Do you want to change jobs?"

Turning his head to look at him, Wu Fei smiled and said:
"Why, you want to fire me?"

"No, that's not what I meant. What I meant was..."

Looking at Wu Fei, Yuan Xudong said:
"You came to the United States to study, don't you think it's a pity that you are just working as a receptionist now?"

"What can I do? This is the limit of my ability."

Wu Fei smiled and said. Looking at her, Yuan Xudong said:

"After acquiring the magazine, I plan to set up a new department that will be responsible for translating domestic online novels, and then serializing them on the Internet here, and also publishing physical books. How about you be in charge of this new department?"

"I'll be in charge?"

"Ah."

Yuan Xudong nodded. Looking at him, Wu Fei asked hesitantly:
"So what do I have to pay?"

"Ok?"

Looking at Wu Fei, Yuan Xudong said with a smile:
"So what are you willing to pay?"

"I……"

Wu Fei blushed and was speechless.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. You just need to work hard."

"um. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

We walked in silence all the way to the downstairs of the magazine office.

"I have arrived."

"Well, you go up, I'm going to go back to the hotel to rest for a while and adjust to the jet lag."

"Ah."

After watching Wu Fei walk into the office building, Yuan Xudong turned around and left, returning to the hotel to rest. He wanted to slowly capture Wu Fei, make her involuntarily throw herself into his arms, offer herself to him, and then enjoy her wantonly, making her moan sweetly under him.

……

In the evening, Wu Fei returned home from get off work. Seeing her coming back, Xiao Mi opened her arms and ran towards her, shouting happily:
"Mother."

"Hey."

Wu Fei put his bag on the table, picked up Xiao Mi who rushed over, and said with a smile:
"My dear, do you miss your mother?"

"Think about it."

“Na na na na~~”

While holding Xiao Mi in his arms, Wu Fei glanced at Su Mingzhe who was sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

"Baby, where do you miss your mother?"

"I thought about it."

At this time, Su Mingzhe woke up and saw Wu Fei coming back. He quickly got up from the sofa and smiled at her:

"You're back."

"Ah."

"I, I have prepared the meal, please wash your hands and eat right away. Let's eat right away."

As he spoke, Su Mingzhe ran to the kitchen. Looking at him, Wu Fei sighed softly.

After dinner, Wu Fei cleaned up the leftovers and Su Mingzhe was responsible for washing the dishes. He looked at Wu Fei and said with a smile:
"Well, this is not about taking care of the children. I really don't know how hard it is for you. It's really not easy for you."

After packing up the leftovers and putting them in the refrigerator, Wu Fei walked towards Su Mingzhe with the dishes to be washed. She asked softly:
"Has there been no interview for you in the past two days?"

"It's okay. I'm not in a hurry anyway. My dad won't come to the United States for the time being, right?"

Wu Fei put all the dishes in her hands into the sink in front of Su Mingzhe. She leaned against the counter next to her and listened to Su Mingzhe saying with a smile while washing the dishes:

"In fact, I've been very happy these past two days. Sometimes I even thought, why not just stay at home, take care of the baby, and cook for you every day? That would be great."

Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe would say such a thing. Wu Fei couldn't help but look at him and said softly:

"Lao Zhang's restaurant is hiring waiters. Why don't you try working part-time for a while? It won't interfere with your job search."

Su Mingzhe paused for a moment while washing the dishes. Then, he continued to wash the dishes while smiling:
"It's okay. Don't we have some savings at home? Just wait and see. Believe me, I will definitely be able to find a job."

"Ah."

Wu Fei nodded softly. She knew that Su Mingzhe still couldn't humble himself. He looked down on people who did manual labor and thought it was shameful.

Feeling very disappointed, Wu Fei turned around and left the kitchen. As she walked into the living room, her cell phone rang. She took it out of her jacket pocket and opened it to see a message from Yuan Xudong:
[There is a party at 8pm. Do you have time to attend? The management of the magazine is here. Let's get together and talk about the future development plan of the magazine.]

Below are the coordinates and specific address of the hotel where the party is held.

After reading the message, Wu Fei replied directly:
[Okay, thank you Mr. Yuan. ]

After returning to the room, Wu Fei changed into some casual clothes. She walked out of the room and looked at Su Mingzhe, who was playing with Xiao Mi in the living room after washing the dishes. She said:

"Mingzhe, I have to go out for a while. Something urgent has happened in the company."

"Okay, then be careful on the road and come back early in the evening."

"okay."

"Xiao Mi, be good and obedient. Mommy has to go out for something."

"Okay, bye, mom."

"Good boy, bye baby."

……

After leaving the villa, Wu Fei drove to the hotel to attend the party.

...(End of chapter)