"Are you really not planning to stay here? With your professional skills, you should be in high demand as a lawyer."
The place where they met was very down-to-earth, just a roadside food stall that you could find anywhere.
Of course, when meeting friends for a meal, Wen He wore a hat and glasses to avoid being disturbed.
"Do you think I want to be a lawyer? I don't like this profession at all."
"Back then, memorizing those laws and regulations made me want to vomit, and I wanted to quit a long time ago."
"The reason I chose this major in college was because it had a promising future and could make money quickly."
"But... she's already someone else's wife, so what's the point of me earning more money?"
"I think I'll go back to my hometown to take care of my family. There are still quite a few dilapidated houses there. I'll pick one and renovate it into a small bookstore. I won't make money from it, I'll just do it for fun."
Gao Chongting looked completely dejected; his eyes were still swollen, and his voice was hoarse.
All of these signs are enough to show just how much pain and torment he went through today.
Gao Chongting had long been mentally prepared for this outcome.
But seeing her wedding in person today, I still couldn't control my emotions.
“You had already earned enough money to marry her, but fate played a cruel trick on you; a family member suddenly fell seriously ill.”
Wen He knew that it might not be a good idea to discuss this now.
What he wanted to tell Gao Chongting was that he had tried his best, but things didn't go as planned.
This is something no one can change.
"Sigh, let's not talk about this anymore..." Gao Chongting sighed.
He then randomly picked a bottle from the box of beer on the ground and opened it.
"Let me have a drink with you." Wen He also pulled out a bottle of beer from inside.
"You're quite ill, you shouldn't drink it."
“Wen He has never drunk alcohol before, but this is also part of the experience in life.” Cheng Yudie pulled out a small notebook from somewhere.
After flipping through a few pages, she checked the box next to "have a drink once".
Seeing that Cheng Yudie had given her permission, Gao Chongting said nothing more, but silently clinked glasses with Wen He.
"Oh, by the way, there's something I'd like to ask you." Wen He suddenly remembered something.
"What?"
“I want to transfer Wenze’s guardianship to me. Otherwise, he will still need a guardian for his schooling and other things in the future. I can’t let him go back to those two guys.”
“That’s easy. I’ll make a call in a bit and ask them to cooperate. I’ll just go to the court again,” Gao Chongting said.
"Will they cooperate obediently?" Wen He was somewhat surprised to hear this answer.
"What are you thinking? Of course they won't cooperate willingly. It's okay, I'll use my old tricks to threaten them again."
“Actually, I want to spend some money to buy this right,” Wen He said.
"There's no need for that. If you have that idea, they'll just ask for an exorbitant price."
Hearing this, Wen He realized that Gao Chongting had probably misunderstood him.
Having come to her senses and returned home, Wen He no longer felt any affection for her parents.
“It’s not that I’m being soft-hearted; this money is to give Wen Ze peace of mind.”
“I know their personalities too well. If I use threats to separate them, they will definitely come looking for Wen Ze in the future.”
“She cried, made a scene, played the victim, and said how good the life she had given Wen Ze in the past was, trying every means to kidnap Wen Ze.”
“I used this money to buy out Wenze’s past happiness at home. Once they received the money, they will sever all ties completely.”
“If they cause trouble again in the future, Wen Ze will have a reason to refute it by saying, ‘My brother has already given you hundreds of thousands of yuan. If you want me to go back, you can return those hundreds of thousands of yuan.’”
"This money is to give Wenze the confidence to not be bound by family ties in the future, and to allow him to truly gain freedom."
Upon hearing this, Gao Chongting suddenly realized what was going on.
He never expected that Wen He, who usually seemed dull, could think so much, even to the point of thinking about things that came afterward.
If that's the case, then we really need to give him some money, otherwise Wen Ze won't even have a reason to object later.
It can't be because his parents beat him badly once when he was a child...
And then they really will never have any relationship again in this lifetime?
What about all the comfortable days Wen Ze had as a child?
No matter what, before Wen He's outburst, Wen Ze was indeed well taken care of by his family, which is an undeniable fact.
Those with even a modicum of conscience are easily swayed by family ties and forced to return to that home at this point.
Then they take meticulous care of them, just to repay the kindness of being raised in the past.
To avoid this from happening, Wen He had to use money as a safety net to ensure that Wen Ze had enough leverage to resist.
This amount of money can't be too small, otherwise what if Mr. and Mrs. Wen actually have to pay it out?
"Three hundred and fifty thousand, that's a lot of money that they probably won't be able to save up for the rest of their lives, but it's not a particularly large amount either."
“I squeezed 200,000 yuan out of them, and their savings are almost empty now.”
"And they've all been laid off by the company and moved to a new place."
"Given their age, and given the current competitive environment and the large number of college graduates every year..."
"It's probably going to be hard to find a job where I can save any money."
"It's probably just enough for me to eat and drink. I'd be lucky to save 10,000 or 20,000 a year."
"Theoretically speaking, 200,000 might already be the upper limit for the rest of their lives."
"But no one can predict the future, so having more is a bit safer."
After understanding Wen He's meaning, Gao Chongting also earnestly offered advice and suggestions.
350,000 is indeed a good amount.
Even if they actually come up with 350,000 yuan to get Wen Ze to go back, that's a hypothetical scenario.
Then Wen Ze would get an extra 350,000 yuan out of thin air. This is equivalent to not paying any money in the first place, but buying Wen Ze's freedom for so many years for nothing, and then getting the money back.
Moreover, Wenze could easily use the money to hire a nanny to take care of them.
No matter how you look at it, it's an acceptable situation.
Anyway, 350,000 yuan isn't enough to buy a house outright; at most, it's just a down payment.
However, given their advanced age, having to shoulder decades of mortgage payments would be a considerable burden for them.
"Okay, then you can pay them for me later. I don't want to have any more contact with them."
Wen He accepted Gao Chongting's suggestion and toasted to it.
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