When Shi Yan received the message from Su Mei, he realized that he had been too busy lately and had forgotten to send money to Su Mei.
Su Mei is Shi Yan's biological mother. She and Su Kaiyue are from the same hometown. Su Mei's side is not actually related to the Shi family, but because Su Kaiyue liked Shi Yan and they were from the same hometown, she gave him some money to bring him over.
Shi Yan's biological father's surname is Gao, and his name is Gao Shun. His family is very poor. The two poor people live together and have children out of boredom, hoping to rely on each other for their old age.
Shi Yan is Gao Shun and Su Mei's fourth child. Shi Yan has two older sisters and one older brother.
When Su Kaiyue came to demand Su Mei's return, Su Mei was pregnant. Her family was poor and couldn't afford to raise the child, so they decided to "give" the child away to get some money in return.
Therefore, without any hesitation, he pushed Shi Yan out directly.
They hadn't been in contact for many years until Shi Yan was in the second year of junior high school, when they somehow got his contact information.
They said the money was all spent, and asked Shi Yan to ask Shi Jingguo and Su Kaiyue for some more.
Although Shi Yan was young at the time, he still remembers that Su Kaiyue gave Su Mei a large sum of money, enough for them to live in the countryside and support their children's education.
It's only been a few years, and the money is already all gone?
It was only later that they learned that Gao Shun had become addicted to gambling and had squandered all his money in just a few years, which is why Su Mei had to shamelessly ask Shi Yan for it back.
At that time, Shi Yan was favored by Su Kaiyue. If he were to bring up the matter of his biological parents asking for money at this time, it would inevitably displease Su Kaiyue. What if Su Kaiyue didn't want to give it to him and sent him back?
Shi Yan made a quick decision, took out some of his pocket money, asked Su Mei for her bank account number, and transferred the money.
But less than two months later, Su Mei came again, with the same excuse, implying that if Shi Yan didn't send money, they would come and ask the Shi family for it themselves.
Shi Yan had no choice but to make an agreement with Su Mei to send her money every month so that they could live a good life.
Shi Yan didn't have much pocket money at the time, and it wasn't enough for him to spend. Later, Shi Yan started to cheat Shi Qian out of money in order to support Su Mei's huge expenses.
Fortunately, Su Kaiyue started to pay more attention to him later and gave him more money each month, which was enough for Shi Yan to spend such a large sum of money.
Shi Yan had been trying to calm Su Mei and the others down, telling them not to come over, but who knew that he had been a little late in sending money last month, and they had come straight to Yan City.
We absolutely cannot let them meet with Su Kaiyue, otherwise our years of sending money will be exposed.
The money Su Kaiyue gave Su Mei back then was enough to buy Shi Yan. Su Mei also said at the time that she was "giving" Shi Yan to the Shi family, which is why it was so convenient for Shi Yan to change his household registration.
If Su Kaiyue found out that he was still secretly connected with Su Mei and was using the Shi family's money to support them, he would probably anger Su Kaiyue.
She had only just gained a foothold in the Shi family and become a true member of the Shi family, and she couldn't let Su Mei's actions cause her to be brought back to square one.
Shi Yan replied to Su Mei, saying that he was too busy last month and forgot. He would send them the money later and told them to wait at the station when they arrived. He said they didn't need to come to the school and he would come to pick them up.
Inside the train, Su Mei and Gao Shun sat on the floor in the aisle. They had only managed to buy standing tickets and had traveled for more than ten hours from the countryside to Yancheng.
When Gao Mei saw Shi Yan's reply, she complained to Gao Shun, "I knew Xiao Yan had forgotten. How could he not send us the money? You were so anxious, urging him to come to Yancheng."
Gao Shun rubbed his hands together and said, "I'm just afraid that brat is deliberately refusing to give it to us and wants to cut off all ties with us..."
"But Miss Su said back then that if Shi Yan gave her a ride, it had nothing to do with us. If we come here now and get discovered, wouldn't that be bad..."
"Bullshit, it's not like I'm selling my son! Gao Yan, no, he's called Shi Yan now, this kid is still a member of the Gao family even if he dies!"
“But…” Su Mei wanted to say that she had agreed with the Shi family back then that they would sell their son.
But seeing Gao Shun's eyes reddened from drinking, she feared he might attack her here without regard for the occasion, so she kept her mouth shut.
When Gao Shun has money, he almost never thinks of Shi Yan; he only thinks of this adopted son when he runs out of money.
"That kid, he went to the city to enjoy life all by himself, leaving us behind. He's really something. If I hadn't given birth to him, would he even have the chance to enjoy life like this?"
"It's all thanks to me. You think you can just get rid of me with a little money? No way!"
Su Mei wanted to say that this son wasn't even his, and that a man can only carry air for ten months. Shi Yan was someone she had worked hard to give birth to, and Gao Shun had only had his moment of pleasure.
Su Mei had some education and understood some principles, unlike Gao Shun who was unreasonable and argumentative. However, he didn't dare to argue with Gao Shun, since Gao Shun would resort to violence.
Because of her repeated pregnancies, she was physically exhausted and could not compare to Gao Shun in terms of strength.
When the two arrived at the train station, they saw Shi Yan as soon as they got off the train. If they hadn't asked Shi Yan for a photo beforehand, they almost wouldn't have recognized their son.
Unlike the malnourished, dark-skinned, and listless children raised in the countryside, Shi Yan had a rosy complexion and was much taller than them.
He was wearing an expensive-looking down jacket on his upper body, school pants, and a pair of designer shoes.
They had seen these shoes on the village chief's son's feet before, and heard they cost tens of thousands of yuan.
If you didn't tell them, no one would guess that the boy in front of them was their child, clearly a rich young master from the city.
Su Mei went up and grabbed Shi Yan's hand, saying, "Little Yan, it's been so long! Mom has missed you so much."
Gao Shun looked Shi Yan up and down and said with a proud look, "As expected of my son, he looks just like a human being."
Shi Yan didn't care whether Gao Shun used the wrong word. Gao Shun had never been to school and was a complete illiterate, but he always liked to imitate others and use four-character idioms to show off that he wasn't completely illiterate.
The more you show off, the more you expose your lack of culture.
Shi Yan was now just thinking about getting rid of these two people as soon as possible, so that the Shi family wouldn't see them.
Therefore, he told the driver who came to pick him up today that he needed to practice the piano at school and would go home later by himself, and then take a taxi from the back gate to the station.
"Find a hotel to stay in first, and we'll send you back after a few days of sightseeing."
Gao Shun was unhappy when he heard about the hotel. He came to Yancheng to stay at the Shi family's house so he could go back and show off to his mahjong buddies.
"No need for all that trouble, just go back to live with your rich parents."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yan's face immediately darkened. Gao Shun's words indicated that he was determined to entangle himself with the Shi family.
"Let's go to the hotel first. You've been traveling all the way here and you're covered in dust and smell. Go and wash up first."
Before Gao Shun could say anything more, Su Mei quickly spoke up. He noticed that Shi Yan seemed a little unhappy and said, "Let's go to the hotel first. I also need to use the restroom first."
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