Blackening starts from the golden years

"Dad, don't smoke here."

Seeing her father smoking in the room, Fan Shengmei frowned slightly and said:
"You can smoke in the hallway, okay?"

"No, what's wrong with me smoking?"

Mr. Fan was very dissatisfied. He continued smoking while coughing.

"You're still smoking even though you're coughing like this, have you been to the hospital for a checkup?"

Fan Shengmei said with concern, but Father Fan ignored her and sat there smoking dully. Soon, the room was filled with the smell of cigarettes. Fan Shengmei covered her mouth and nose with her hand. At this time, Mother Fan came over, poked Father Fan's arm with her hand, and said:
"Old man, go out and smoke. Lei Lei is here."

"Really? Smoking is so troublesome."

Father Fan stood up and walked out of the house while mumbling something. Fan Shengmei said to him:
"Dad, turn left and you'll see the stairs."

Father Fan walked out of the house to smoke in the corridor. Lei Lei was running around in the house, being very naughty. Fan Shengmei wanted to discipline him, but Mother Fan was protecting him and scolding Fan Shengmei, saying sarcastically:

"Tell me about you. How much does it cost for one person to rent such a high-end house in such a large area in a big city?"

"I share this house with someone. I only rent one room. It doesn't cost much."

Fan Shengmei said. Looking at her, Fan's mother asked:
“How much is it if it didn’t cost much?”

"Three thousand a month."

Fan Shengmei gave a rough number. Upon hearing this, Fan's mother was shocked and started to curse:
"You're going to die. This is really a sin. Three thousand a month is so much money. Doesn't your company have free dormitories? Why don't you live in the company dormitory?"

"I can't live in the dormitory now. Is there any problem with me renting a house with my own money?"

Fan Shengmei frowned and said:

"It's better than my brother, who lives off his parents and wants me to work and earn money to support his family."

"What's wrong with your brother?"

Sitting on the sofa, Mother Fan scolded:

"Your brother finally gave birth to a grandson for the Fan family in the past few years. What about you? You didn't save any money. How much money do you have?"

Then, she looked at the silent Fan Shengmei and asked:

"Tell me the truth, is that bank card really that man's?"

"Ah, why would I lie to you?"

Looking at her mother, Fan Shengmei made up a reason:

"I have no money. I just paid the rent and property management fees, and I only have a few hundred yuan left with you. You all came to Shanghai, and this few hundred yuan is not enough. So I borrowed money from him, and he gave me a bank card with his name on it. If you don't believe me, go to the bank tomorrow and ask. That bank card is really not mine."

Looking at Fan Shengmei, Fan's mother believed it a little, but she had other ideas in mind. She looked at Fan Shengmei and smiled:

"I think he seems to be very rich, driving such a nice car, and he even lent you his bank card. How much money did you borrow from him?"

"Five thousand."

Fan Shengmei pretended to speak casually. She didn't dare to say more for fear that her mother would become greedy.

"Five thousand?"

Mother Fan frowned slightly and said unsatisfactorily:

"What can you do with five thousand? It's too little. You can borrow more from him. Let me tell you, your brother said that he will call you when he finds a place to stay in another city. You can send him some living expenses. The two of them cannot survive without money if they go to a place where they don't know anyone."

"mom."

Looking at her mother, Fan Shengmei said:
"When I first came to Shanghai to work hard, why didn't you ever ask me if I had money to spend? Did you ever give me money?"

After saying that, Fan Shengmei found her account notebook and showed it to her mother:
"I have recorded every penny I have spent on my brother over the years. Take a look. Now, you can transfer my brother's house to my name, otherwise I will not give him a penny."

"what?"

When Fan Shengmei heard that she wanted her brother's house, Fan's mother's face changed immediately, and she looked at Fan Shengmei as if she were an enemy. At this time, Fan's father came back from smoking, and after hearing what Fan Shengmei had just said, he immediately perked up from his lifeless state, stared at Fan Shengmei, and said in a very spirited manner:
"Xiao Mei, your money is for us, not for your brother. We can spend it as we like. You don't have to ask."

"Yes."

Fan's mother glared at Fan Shengmei from the side, and that look made Fan Shengmei feel chilled to the bone. Her father's words were like a knife piercing her heart.

"The house should be in your brother's name, not yours, in case you get married and the house is under someone else's name, right?"

"Oh, yes."

Mother Fan nodded and looked at Fan Shengmei with dissatisfaction:
"You still want to take your brother's house. I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible."

Looking at her parents, Fan Shengmei couldn't help but laugh and asked:

"Isn't my last name Fan? Am I an outsider?"

"You are a girl, how can you compare with your brother?"

"That's right. You're going to get married sooner or later."

"Okay, okay, I'm an outsider. I'm an outsider."

Fan Shengmei didn't want to say anything more, she was afraid that she would be angry to death.

"I'm going downstairs to get takeout."

"Go."

……

At night, Fan Shengmei slept in Guan Juer's former room. She thought a lot and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. What she thought about the most was Yuan Xudong. He already knew about her family situation. She couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering what he was thinking and whether he would dislike her.

A night passed, Fan Shengmei got up early to buy breakfast, and Fan's father was standing at the entrance of the corridor smoking. At this time, there was a "ding" sound, and the elevator door opened. Andy came back from jogging and saw Fan's father standing at the entrance of the corridor smoking. The air was filled with smoke, and he coughed from time to time and spit a mouthful of thick phlegm directly on the ground. She couldn't help but frowned, glanced at him, then glanced at the open door of 2202, and saw Fan's mother chasing after Lei Lei and following him around.

At this time, the door of room 2203 opened. Qu Xiaoxiao, like a little fairy, drank a bottle of milk, carried a bag on her shoulder, and went out with a box of chocolate cake in her hand. When she met Andy, she smiled and waved at her, saying hello:
"Good morning, Andy."

"Good morning."

Andy responded with a smile. Qu Xiaoxiao walked to the elevator and suddenly saw Father Fan. She was startled and blurted out:
"Oh my gosh, who is this?"

"I do not know either."

Andy glanced at Father Fan and said:

"I just saw Miss Fan downstairs. She might be her family member."

After glancing at Father Fan and then at the open door of Room 2202, Qu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but curl her lips and muttered:

"Stinky man, a playboy."

The stinky man and playboy that Qu Xiaoxiao mentioned was naturally Yuan Xudong. She knew that Yuan Xudong had a house somewhere else, and he had even taken Guan Juer and the other three to live there. This made her very unhappy, so she deliberately avoided contacting Yuan Xudong. As a result, Yuan Xudong didn't even take the initiative to contact her, which made her even more unhappy. Fortunately, she still had Andy to accompany her.

At this moment, Lei Lei ran out from 2202, and Mother Fan chased after him and shouted:
"Leilei, Leilei, run slower, don't fall, where are you going?"

"I want to go out and play."

"Don't run away, come back quickly, it's cold outside, don't catch a cold."

Seeing Andy and Qu Xiaoxiao, Lei Lei stopped and stared at the milk Qu Xiaoxiao was drinking and the box of chocolate cake in her hand.

At this time, Mother Fan also caught up. She took Lei Lei's hand and prepared to go back. She paused for a moment, looked at Qu Xiaoxiao and smiled:
"Girl, can I borrow your phone for a minute? I want to call my son."

"Sure, what's the number?"

Qu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and she took out her cell phone from her bag. Mother Fan took out a small notebook from her pocket and opened it to show her:

"Look, this is the number. I want to ask him where he is now, whether he has found a place to live, and whether he has enough money on him."

"it is good."

Qu Xiaoxiao called the number on the notebook, but the voice prompt said the other party's phone was turned off. She looked at Mother Fan and said:
"It's turned off." "It's turned off? Thank you very much."

Mother Fan was a little disappointed. She pulled Lei Lei back and said:
"Leilei, let's go back to the house."

As a result, Lei Lei pulled her hard and refused to leave, his eyes fixed on the box of chocolate cake in Qu Xiaoxiao's hand.

"Let's go, Lei Lei, what are you doing?"

Mother Fan wanted to drag Lei Lei back into the house, but Lei Lei refused to leave. Looking at him, then at the box of chocolate cake in her hand, Qu Xiaoxiao looked at Lei Lei and smiled:
"Want to eat this?"

Looking at Qu Xiaoxiao, Lei Lei nodded, and Mother Fan said:

"Leilei, no, let's go back."

"come over."

Qu Xiaoxiao squatted down, she looked at Lei Lei and smiled:

"Is Auntie beautiful?"

Lei Lei nodded with a wink.

"Is Auntie pretty?"

Lei Lei nodded. Looking at him, Qu Xiaoxiao smiled, handed him the box of chocolate cake and said:
"take it."

Lei Lei reached out to take it. Mother Fan told him not to take it, but Lei Lei didn't listen and held the chocolate cake in his arms.

There was no other way. Mother Fan felt sorry for her grandson and could only follow his lead, smiling kindly:
"Leilei, hurry up and thank Auntie, thank Auntie."

"Thank you auntie."

"You're welcome."

Qu Xiaoxiao smiled and stood up to leave. Seeing that she was a nice person, Mother Fan smiled and said:
"Excuse me, girl."

"It's okay, kid."

Qu Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, looking at her, Mother Fan said:

"Girl, can I trouble you to do me another favor?"

"Sure, go ahead."

Qu Xiaoxiao smiled and looked at her. It seemed that Mother Fan really thought she was a kind person.

"Hey."

Mother Fan responded with a smile. She took out her old handkerchief from her pocket and opened it. Qu Xiaoxiao and Andy beside her took a look. Inside was a few hundred yuan in change and several bank cards. Mother Fan took out one of the black bank cards and handed it to Qu Xiaoxiao, saying:

"Girl, can you help me check, what's the name on this bank card?"

She still didn't quite trust Fan Shengmei, so she wanted to ask an outsider to help confirm it.

"Let me take a look."

Qu Xiaoxiao took the bank card and took a look at it, and found that the name on it was Yuan Xudong. Her eyes rolled around and she instantly had a bad idea. Andy, who was watching her, knew that she must be up to something bad when he saw the corners of her mouth slightly raised. He couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking it was quite interesting.

As a high-income financial elite and the CFO of Shengxuan Group, Andy has long been accustomed to being superior. This superiority is not superficial arrogance, but a kind of condescension from the inside out that she herself is not even aware of.

Somewhat similar to Qu Xiaoxiao, they are polite to people at the bottom of society like Fan's mother, or the most ordinary people, on the surface, but in fact, their attitude is arrogant and they don't take ordinary people seriously at all.

Just like now, holding the bank card that Yuan Xudong gave to Fan Shengmei, Qu Xiaoxiao's mouth corners slightly raised, she deliberately said exaggeratedly:
"Oh my God, Heikaye, Yuan Xudong, Auntie, who is Yuan Xudong to you?"

Seeing Qu Xiaoxiao's reaction, Mother Fan immediately felt that this bank card was not simple. At this time, Qu Xiaoxiao said to herself:
"This kind of black card is only available to VIP customers of the bank, whose net worth must be at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. I'm so envious."

Qu Xiaoxiao's acting was exaggerated and artificial. Andy, who was next to her, almost laughed out loud when she saw her. She even winked at Andy mischievously.

It was obvious that she wanted to cause some trouble for Yuan Xudong. As for what impact this would have on Fan Shengmei and her family, that was none of her business and she didn't care. Qu Xiaoxiao never cared about people like Fan Shengmei who had no money, power or influence, and Andy was even more out of touch with the world. She just thought Qu Xiaoxiao was quite interesting, and as for other things, they were not within her consideration.

She knew that the bank card was not Fan Shengmei's, but that was no longer important. When she heard that Yuan Xudong's net worth was at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, Fan's mother was stunned for a moment, then she quickly snatched the bank card back from Qu Xiaoxiao's hand and wrapped it in a handkerchief, as if she was afraid that Qu Xiaoxiao would snatch it away. Seeing her like this, Qu Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched involuntarily, and she felt very contemptuous in her heart. She hated such poor and greedy people the most.

Just like she hates Fan Shengmei, who is poor, pretentious, and takes advantage of men, just a gold digger.

At this time, Mother Fan put her handkerchief back into her pocket, looked at Qu Xiaoxiao and asked with a smile:

"Thank you, young lady. I would like to ask, how much money can you withdraw from this kind of bank card?"

"Uh, this..."

Qu Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and answered casually:
"It could be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions. The limit of this kind of bank card can be set."

"I see. Thank you very much."

"You're welcome."

Mother Fan pulled Lei Lei back into the house, and Qu Xiaoxiao turned and left. She winked at Andy who was standing beside her, and walked into the elevator with a happy step.

Andy shook his head slightly, smiled and returned to 2201.

At this time, Fan Shengmei was coming back with the soy milk, fried dough sticks and steamed buns she had just bought. When she reached the gate of the community, Qu Xiaoxiao drove past her in her yellow car, waved at her and said with a smile:

"Sister Fan, good morning."

"Good morning."

Fan Shengmei waved at her and smiled. At this time, she didn't know that she was about to be in big trouble. From the perspective of Qu Xiaoxiao and Andy, Qu Xiaoxiao was just joking and wanted to cause some insignificant trouble to Yuan Xudong. But from Fan Shengmei's perspective, her family was about to be in chaos and all kinds of ugly dramas were about to be staged.

When Fan Shengmei returned home with breakfast, she saw her parents sitting on the sofa in the living room with serious faces. She was stunned at first, then put the breakfast on the table and said with a smile:
"Dad, Mom, what are you doing? You scared me. Come and have breakfast."

"I ask you."

Looking at Fan Shengmei, Fan's mother asked seriously:

"How much money can I withdraw from that bank card?"

"Five thousand dollars, what's wrong?"

Fan Shengmei replied with a smile, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat as she had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the next second, Mother Fan cried out to the sky:
"What a sin! How could I raise such a cruel daughter like you? I have asked others about that bank card..."

Mother Fan and Fan Shengmei had a quarrel. Father Fan, who was standing by, angrily scolded Fan Shengmei, saying that she was unfilial. Even Lei Lei, who was over five years old, scolded Fan Shengmei as a bad aunt, saying that the breakfast she bought was not tasty at all and was not as delicious as the chocolate cake that the beautiful aunt gave him.

Only then did Fan Shengmei realize that it was all Qu Xiaoxiao's fault. She gnashed her teeth in hatred. Just like Yuan Xudong said, there must be something hateful about her. It was completely her own stupidity that caused so much trouble. Qu Xiaoxiao couldn't say that she had no responsibility at all, but wasn't the root of the problem her own parents?

……

On the other side, Yuan Xudong’s house.

After receiving a call from Fan Shengmei, who said that her parents already knew about their affair and wanted to meet him, Yuan Xudong agreed immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Yuan Xudong picked up a backpack and went to a nearby bank to withdraw 500,000 yuan in cash, and then drove to the Ode to Joy community.

He didn't like Fan Shengmei's parents very much. He took the 500,000 yuan not to honor them, but as Fan Shengmei's "bride price", or money to buy out Fan Shengmei. He wanted to see whether they would sell their daughter, and whether Fan Shengmei was willing to be sold by her parents. Yuan Xudong looked down on both parents who sold their daughter and daughters who were willing to be sold by their parents. Of course, he was talking about general circumstances, not including special circumstances.

For example, a girl sold herself to earn money for her father's medical expenses, but was caught by the police and the stolen money was confiscated. In this special situation, Yuan Xudong felt that the girl was not shameful, but was just desperate and forced to do so.

Apart from this special case, Yuan Xudong feels that it is extremely shameful to "sell a daughter" simply for money, or if the daughter "voluntarily was sold". In his opinion, Fan Shengmei's parents are such shameful parents, and Fan Shengmei is not wronged at all. She voluntarily was sold and exploited. What else is there to say?

Yuan Xudong is rich, and it is one thing for him to be willing to give, but it is another thing for him to want to "sell his daughter", because people are priceless, but commodities have prices. If anyone treats himself as a commodity, don't blame him for being objectified, with prices clearly marked and measured by kilogram.

Five hundred thousand is the price Yuan Xudong offered to Fan Shengmei if she regarded herself as a commodity.

If Fan Shengmei's parents accepted the money and Fan Shengmei herself did not object, then all the affairs of the Fan family in the future would have nothing to do with Fan Shengmei, their daughter.

As for whether Fan Shengmei and her parents will abide by this agreement, Yuan Xudong actually doesn't care much. It doesn't matter whether they abide by it or not. It's only 500,000 yuan, which is Fan Shengmei's pocket money for ten months. Yuan Xudong is not short of money, and he is not short of women like Fan Shengmei. Compared with this, it's just that Fan Shengmei is reluctant to leave him.

...(End of chapter)