Chen Lu’s current situation is quite worrying.

Chen Pingsheng still took him to Shenzhen, where they lived in a small house with three bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms.

The house is not big, but it is quite exquisite.

With Chen Lu's lazy personality, even if you take him to a small mountain village to farm for two months, he won't have changed much when he comes back.

The reason is simple. He knows that his family is rich and that suffering is only short-term while enjoyment comes in the long run.

Shenzhen is also the place where the largest number of migrant workers gather in southern Province.

It’s much smaller than Shanghai, but the housing prices are similar.

Speaking of which, Su Xiaoxi is one year older than Chen Lu. She used to be a very innocent and lively girl, but she has become less and less talkative in recent years.

Her mother, Su Mu, has now returned to her old ways and become a mistress.

The house next door is occupied by Su Xiaoxi and her daughter.

The life of this mother and daughter is really miserable now. Mother Su has put a lot of thought into Su Xiaoxi.

In the end, he was driven out of the Magic City by Song Yanxi.

It was normal for his wife to drive him away, because Su's mother's intentions were obvious to everyone.

She was so determined to train her daughter to be a perfect match with her son.

This is simply a daydream.

In a fit of anger, Song Yanxi drove her out of the Magic City.

After settling in Shenzhen, Su's mother found a job in a luxury store with her young and beautiful appearance.

Soon, I got on a Mercedes-Benz car with a man in his forties or even fifties.

They rented her an apartment and promised to give her another 10,000 yuan per month as pocket money.

After thinking about it, Su's mother agreed and then quit her job.

He is still focused on taking good care of his daughter.

But things went against his wishes, and one day his ex-wife suddenly came looking for him.

After Su Xiaoxi saw her mother's most miserable side, the light in her eyes gradually faded.

Now she has forgotten that she once came from a wealthy family and had a friend as rich as Chen Lu.

The mother and daughter can only live without dignity in Pengcheng.

I can no longer afford expensive luxury goods or wear beautiful princess dresses.

After Chen Lu moved in here, Chen Pingsheng forbade him to play with his cell phone and required him to go downstairs to buy breakfast every day.

By the way, you also have to go to the vegetable market and bargain with people when buying vegetables.

After so many interactions, even though Chen Pingsheng didn't tell him, he met his best friend.

Su Xiaoxi.

Chen Lu had always been very timid in the past. His biggest impression of Su Xiaoxi was probably that she would stand in front of him to protect him.

Let me say this loudly: you are not allowed to bully him, he is under my protection.

Time flies and years pass by.

Even after so many years, Chen Lu still remembers that Su Xiaoxi is his best friend.

It was only after she left the Magic City that he began to like games.

The two met in the elevator. Su Xiaoxi's eyes had lost their light, and she was no longer the proud and confident little girl.

But now she is just a beautiful and somewhat embarrassed little girl.

Chen Lu was very happy, "Xiao Xi!"

Su Xiaoxi looked at him expressionlessly, without saying anything, and simply asked, "Which floor are you on?"

"I'm on the ninth floor!"

Su Xiaoxi stopped pressing the button again, and after a long time, she pressed the button for the eighth floor.

"You live on the eighth floor, so can we play together again in the future?"

"No." Su Xiaoxi said coldly, and the elevator arrived quickly.

Chen Lu wanted to go down with her, but was stopped by Su Xiaoxi.

Chen Pingsheng was waiting for him upstairs. When Chen Lu came back, he said to him happily, "Dad, guess who I met?"

"Who is it?"

"Xiaoxi!"

"Oh... then what?"

"She actually lives on the eighth floor. Dad, can I play with her every day from now on?"

Chen Pingsheng is like an idle father, watering the flowers and tending the grass every day.

Hearing his son's words, he didn't show much expression, but just replied, "Whatever you say."

Chen Lu wanted to find Su Xiaoxi immediately.

It turned out that there was no home for her on the eighth floor, so he knocked on every door.

He went to ask his father, and Chen Pingsheng just told him that they would meet if they were destined to.

On the other side, Su Xiaoxi did not tell her mother about Chen Lu's arrival.

She actually hated the fact that Su's mother used her to please Chen Lu's family.

But she is still young and has no decision-making power at all.

And she didn't know why Chen Lu lived next to her, even though the house prices here were not cheap.

But she always heard her mother say, what a pity.

The Chen family became more and more powerful and wealthy.

If your damn dad wasn't about to divorce me, you would definitely be the one with the best chance of becoming the Chen family's daughter-in-law when you grow up.

That damn man is so short-sighted that he didn't even see this step.

Even if he wanted to visit the Chen family now, he was afraid he didn't have the qualifications at all.

The Chen family... is indeed becoming more and more powerful.

Even though she was only eleven years old, she could deeply feel the Chen family's ubiquitous nobility and generosity.

Tengde Times, a company worth over 700 billion yuan in Pengcheng City, belongs to them.

There are also milk tea shops, coffee shops, mobile phone stores, supermarkets, etc. everywhere downstairs.

Their family is as prosperous as ever.

Why would such a family live next door to me?

Su Xiaoxi didn't figure it out, and she was too lazy to think about it.

If she told her mother that she had met Chen Lu, Chen Lu would really want to play with her.

Her mother's first reaction would probably be to jump up with excitement.

Then she would find the man she is with now and try to get her to get close to Chen Lu at all costs.

And all this is what she doesn't want and doesn't like to see.

The days pass slowly and in a flash.

Chen Lu didn't find Su Xiaoxi, and he just sat at home in a daze for the rest of the day.

However, the frequent quarrels coming from next door could not help but alarm him.

He doesn't like living in such a quarrelsome environment, and he doesn't like his neighbors always quarreling.

Chen Lu knocked on the door hard.

The person who opened the door was none other than Su Xiaoxi, who had been slapped in the face.

She didn't cry, but her hair was a little messy and she was about to close the door.

The old man inside not only beat her mother, but also beat her.

He would fight if business was not going well, and he would fight even if he was drunk.

Aren’t mistresses meant to be humiliated?

If you want to ask for money without doing anything, you will be beaten and scolded by men often.

Su Xiaoxi didn't want to see Chen Lu at this time, and she didn't want to show her most embarrassing side in front of him.

The two met in this most awkward environment.

Chen Lu knocked on the door again and called out loudly, "Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi."

When the door opened, Su's mother came to greet her.

She quickly wiped away the embarrassment on her face and forced a smile, "Xiaolu, why are you here?"

"My dad and I live next door."

"Is your dad coming too?"

Su's mother immediately became alert and understood everything in a flash. God still gave her a glimmer of hope.

But the screams of the man inside made her a little irritated, and she also made some decisions.

Isn't he just an old man?

If I leave you, I will find another one. The one in front of me is the only hope for their family to rise.

(End of this chapter)