Bai's mother is usually a very kind person, but she couldn't stand hearing people say that to her daughter: "What's wrong with two thousand yuan?"
"My daughter can bring home two thousand yuan, but why doesn't your son bring any money back?"
“Oh dear, my son is a man who has to support the family!” Aunt Zhou said matter-of-factly. “Going to university costs so much money, and he only earns two thousand yuan a year. He might as well have listened to me and gotten married early!”
"Let me tell you, it's not easy to marry a big boss after you've reached a certain age!"
"Your daughter is only so-so in looks. With her high education and advanced age, it'll be hard for her to get married. I told you before about the groom offering a dowry of 300,000 yuan—"
Bai Yan ignored Aunt Zhou and just smiled at her mother: "There are two million in the card, which is my bonus for this quarter."
“Mom, your legs aren’t very strong, so I’d like to use this money to buy you a smaller apartment.” Bai Yan said, “You can live in the smaller apartment for now, and I’ll buy a bigger house later.”
She knows the potential of the game she's making, so what she's saying now is certainly not boasting.
The mother stared blankly at her daughter: "Two, two million?"
"real?"
Bai's husband died early, and she supported her daughter by running a street stall in her younger years. She was one of the poorest people in the city; she had never seen so much money before.
"Really?" Bai Yan smiled. "I've already contacted the real estate agent. We'll go see the apartment together this afternoon."
"Oh dear, if the young lady can't make money, she can't make money. Why is she bragging now?" Aunt Zhou looked at Bai Yan with a knowing expression: "Two million? Do you get that much money as a bonus if you work for the richest man's family?"
"I hope he's not doing anything shady."
Hearing this, Bai's mother became furious. "You, surnamed Zhou, get out of here! You're not welcome in my house!"
"What are you doing?" Aunt Zhou was pushed out of Bai's house by Bai's mother.
"Ouch, you pushed me! Are you crazy?" Aunt Zhou cursed.
Of all the families living in this old neighborhood, the Bai family was the worst off. It was a single-parent family with two women. Aunt Zhou always liked to bully people, and although Bai's mother had a good personality, she couldn't avoid being bullied by her.
"You're the one who's sick! How dare you talk about my perfectly good daughter like that again!"
"Say that again and I'll slap you across the face!"
Aunt Zhou's anger subsided for a moment: "I'll say a few words later, what are you feeling guilty about? I think you..."
"Are you leaving or not?" Mother Bai turned around and grabbed a knife from the kitchen. "You're not leaving, are you?"
Aunt Zhou ran away as fast as she could.
Bai Yan felt a warmth in her heart as she watched this scene. In the original owner's memory, Bai's mother had always been like this: gentle and easy to talk to in front of others, but fierce like a female beast when it came to her.
She felt lucky to have met such a mother.
“Your Aunt Zhou has a sharp tongue. I scolded her this time, and she won’t dare to say such things to my face again.”
Bai's mother put down the knife and looked at her daughter with some hesitation: "My dear daughter, about the money..." A while ago, when she called her daughter, she said that it was hard to find a job in China and that she was considering going abroad to work and study.
"Mom, I really earned it."
Bai Yan hugged her mother: "You worked so hard to send me to school. I was the most promising kid around me since I was little, right? Now I've found a good job and I'm able to let you live in a big house."
"You've worked hard for half your life, so you don't have to do any work anymore. Just grow flowers and walk the dog, and we can live the life of a rich wife."
Mother Bai's eyes immediately reddened, and she choked out, "Mom knew... I knew my daughter was capable."
Touching Bai Yan's face, she wiped away her tears and said with heartache, "You've been working overtime for a month, look how much weight you've lost?"
"Mom will make you your favorite braised pork ribs. Let's eat first."
Bai Yan's mouth watered immediately upon hearing this. Her mother had a unique technique for making braised pork ribs, and they were incredibly delicious.
"Okay, let's go look at houses after we finish eating."
"Okay, buy a house, buy a house is good!" Mother Bai said with a smile as she chopped ribs.
If the house retains its value, the girl will have a dowry.
...
Bai's mother has lived in this area for most of her life, and ultimately chose to buy a house here as well.
Firstly, this place isn't far from where Bai Yan works. Two million sounds like a lot, but it's still quite difficult to choose a location when buying a house in a first-tier city.
Bai Yan didn't think too much about it. In the story, Bai's mother accidentally fell down the stairs. Later, she couldn't afford treatment and didn't want to be a burden on her daughter, so she ultimately chose to end her life. Most old residential areas have stairs, and Bai's mother had worked hard when she was young, so her legs weren't good and she wasn't suitable to live in such a house.
Bai Yan insisted on registering the house under her mother's name. When she handed the property certificate to her mother, the old woman's eyes turned red.
"Mom, you can stay in this house for now. I'll get you a bigger one in a few months."
White Mother nodded in agreement.
The newly purchased house is still in the same area as before. It's a small, move-in ready apartment, not big enough for entertaining guests. So, Bai's mother simply set up a dozen or so tables downstairs in the same building as their old apartment complex to invite close neighbors for a meal.
Now that her daughter has made something of herself, Bai's mother, who had always lived with her head down for so many years, can finally hold her head high.
Bai Yan understood the old woman's feelings and spent another day accompanying her to her previous place to host and entertain guests.
Aunt Zhou, being a sour grapes, said, "What's the point of showing off a property certificate? It's a tiny apartment of fifty or sixty square meters, while my son's family has ninety square meters!"
Aunt Zhou's son also works in game design. A few years ago, he took out a loan to buy a house, which she has been showing off for a long time.
Bai's mother was usually well-liked, but seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Aunt Zhou rolled her eyes and closed her front door.
"Son, let me tell you, that Aunt Bai next door is driving me crazy..." Aunt Zhou complained to her son, "Everyone has to buy a shabby house."
The person on the other end said, "Mom, don't worry about it."
“I know the company Bai Yan went to, Ri Mu. I just resigned from that company last time... I’m not afraid to tell you, the boss there has gone mad. He trusted a young girl and drove away us key employees. I think that company is not far from going bankrupt.”
"What?" Aunt Zhou's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Bai Yan is having an affair with your boss?"
"Son, tell your mother quickly!"
Aunt Zhou's son: ...
...
"Miss, this dress really suits you; you have such an outstanding presence." The sales assistant praised her enthusiastically in front of the mirror, not because she was trying to boost her sales.
This dress is not cheap, and it is extremely selective in terms of body shape and temperament, which is why it has never sold despite being a top-selling item.
Bai Yan looked at herself in the mirror, her long, wavy hair flowing over her shoulders, and her figure accentuated by a fitted dress.
Her black dress wasn't short, but the hem had tassels, and her long legs were faintly visible when she walked.
After carefully examining herself in the mirror, Bai Yan slightly curled her lips and said, "Swipe the card."
He's a repressed pervert, so she'll teach him a lesson.
Just as Bai Yan reached the mall entrance carrying her shopping bag, she received another phone call from Jiang Yurou, the original owner's 'best friend'.
"Xiao Yan, come to the hospital right away! Han Chen is hospitalized!"
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