Lin Miaomiao looked at the junior in front of her with clear eyes but a bit dull-witted, and felt a mix of impatience and a lack of dislike.
"Junior, I have to go to class. I'm studying fine chemical engineering, which requires a lot of experiments to graduate. I don't have time to waste with you."
She was in a hurry to get to class.
The entire morning was dedicated to lab classes. The teacher was lax in his management but also notorious for his strictness. If the lab results were not up to standard, there was no chance to make amends, and the student would be marked as failing. The pressure was immense.
Tian Mufeng stepped aside, no longer blocking her way, but then spoke:
"I'll wait for you at the lab entrance at noon, and we'll have lunch together."
The tone of the questioning made Lin Miaomiao give a wry smile.
...
Meanwhile, in a courtyard house, after Zhou Ling woke up and finished washing herself, she hurriedly helped her husband, Tian Guangrong, who was over seventy years old, get up and wash.
Compared to apartment buildings, living in a courtyard house is not as convenient.
But this time, Tian Guangrong sold his company in Gangcheng and returned home in glory, just to come back and enjoy his old age with his father, who is over ninety years old.
“Brother Rong, it’s really inconvenient to live here. Why don’t we buy a house outside?”
Zhou Ling offered suggestions while helping him put on his clothes.
For the past twenty years, she has served him like a maid.
Tian Guangrong's face darkened, and he became displeased:
“My father has lived here for so many years and he’s doing just fine. You’re the only one making a fuss.”
I came back to fulfill my filial duty; how can I fulfill my filial duty if we don't live together?
We'll go pay our respects to Father later; I wonder if he's awake yet.
When Tian Guangrong was young, he heard about the glamorous world outside and longed for Hong Kong. He and a few friends found an opportunity to smuggle themselves there.
He suffered a lot at the beginning, but finally gained a foothold in the port city, and later got married and had children.
Later, his wife disliked him because he was just a small business owner and didn't have enough money, so she took their teenage child and immigrated with someone else.
Later, he worked hard and expanded his catering business, becoming a multi-millionaire.
By a twist of fate, Zhou Ling, who was pregnant, saved him from alcohol poisoning caused by excessive drinking.
Zhou Ling begged him to take her in because of the child in her womb, and the two ended up together for twenty years in a daze.
As he got older, his son stopped contacting him, and he wanted to return to his roots. In addition, his father's health had been poor recently, so he simply sold his property and came back.
He originally had a younger brother, but he has passed away. The old man now has a grandson, Tian Jianfeng, who lives in a courtyard house, and a married granddaughter, Tian Haixia, who often comes back to visit.
He thought that he would probably have to rely on his nephew, Tian Jianfeng, for his retirement.
After Zhou Ling helped Tian Guangrong pay his respects to the old man, Tian Changshou, the nanny had already prepared the meal.
Everyone sat together to eat breakfast.
Tian Jianfeng has two children, both of whom are studying at universities away from home, and his wife, Du Meili, is also at home.
Du Meili was very attentive to the old man, busy serving him porridge and blowing on it to cool it down, looking every bit the dutiful granddaughter-in-law.
In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that this courtyard house was worth a lot of money, and they hoped that the old man would leave it only to them.
During the meal, the old man suddenly said:
"Glorious, Jianfeng was fired from the wholesale market and he's thinking about starting his own business. Do you think you could give him some support?"
Tian Jianfeng had always been the manager of the Dong'an Wholesale Market. Later, after Lu Wanqing bought the entire market, A Biao saw that he was a capable person and did not fire him.
However, as the market continued to expand, he became arrogant. He felt that since the market had grown from nothing, he was a veteran, but his salary had not increased much and was only a little over a thousand yuan, which was not enough to buy a car.
But that Ah Biao had already started driving his own car and was living a very carefree life every day.
What's so special about a wholesale market? He's been working here for years and is very familiar with every aspect of the business. If he had the capital, he could open one himself.
He became impatient and less serious about his work. On one occasion, due to his negligence, the market lost hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Ah Biao had no choice but to fire him to be responsible to all the merchants.
He had been depressed lately, but when he heard that his uncle had returned, he became very excited and brought up the matter of starting a business with his grandfather.
Tian Changshou was always grateful to his second son for being by his side and was always willing to grant his grandson's requests. When he mentioned the matter of financial assistance to Tian Guangrong, it even carried a sense of coercion.
Zhou Ling listened, leaned close to him, and whispered a reminder:
"The economy is unstable lately, so we should be cautious about investing..."
Before she could finish speaking, he interrupted her sharply:
"This is our family matter, what right do you have to interfere?"
Zhou Ling obediently kept quiet. She was over forty years old and had been relying on him for her livelihood, receiving money from him every month. She was practically a bed warmer and nanny, which was indeed going too far.
The old man glanced at her, quite pleased with his son's attitude, and continued to assert his seniority:
"I don't know how much you're worth, but judging from your behavior, you're not short of money. You could easily get a few million, right?"
Tian Jianfeng told him that he wanted to build his own wholesale market, and that he would need several million yuan just to buy the land.
Tian Guangrong's expression changed almost imperceptibly, and he felt a pang of heartache.
Putting aside how difficult it was for him to build this family business, he is now over seventy years old. This nephew not only doesn't show him filial piety, but also asks him for so much money!
Although he has tens of millions, he doesn't dare to spend it recklessly, and he's even stingy when giving money to Zhou Ling.
He was only slightly nicer to his adopted son, since they had been together since he was a child and he had some affection for him. Moreover, his mentally challenged son was very filial to him. When he was sick, his son would take off his clothes to take care of him and even gave him a blood transfusion.
However, Tian Mufeng is not his biological son and there is no blood relation between them, so it is impossible for him to leave his family property to outsiders.
Just as he hesitated, Du Meili spoke with a smile:
"Uncle, we won't squander the money. Jianfeng is experienced. He can recoup his investment in less than two years, and in a few more years, it will appreciate several times over."
"The mainland is developing rapidly now, and they've even taken back Hong Kong. You can't lose money doing anything here."
After being bombarded with questions from several people, Tian Guangrong finally gritted his teeth and took out the money.
Money is worthless. How much interest can you get if you keep it in your own hands? You might as well let them do whatever they want. Maybe they can really make a fortune with a small investment.
It's worth spending millions just to make the old man happy.
Zhou Ling's heart was bleeding; millions of dollars, just like that, gone in an instant.
She spends tens of thousands of yuan on him every year, and she's willing to be his slave.
However, the money belongs to someone else, and what good is it if my heart is bleeding? She has no real status; she's just a wife in name only.
She is already very grateful to be able to live such a comfortable life.
She couldn't help but drift into memories...
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