Liu Qing did not want to tell her the truth at first, because he understood the principle of not showing off wealth.
Not so long ago, he had gone around casually saying that he was going to be a rich second generation and inherit billions of assets because he knew that no one would take him seriously.
In the future, these people would eventually know that he had indeed become a rich second generation and inherited assets worth billions of dollars. At that time, they could only blame themselves for not believing him and not for the fact that he hid the truth from them.
However, he did not tell anyone about his mother coming to look for him.
This is because once he said that, the story about him becoming a rich second generation would make sense, and it might even cause him unnecessary trouble.
He was telling it for the first time to Xiao Wen because he was touched by her concern for him.
There was another reason. Now that he had left his job, he could go and look for his mother in Yangcheng tomorrow. He would no longer be staying around in this place, so exposing a little bit of the truth would not cause too much of a problem to him.
However, neither of these was the main reason.
The main reason was something that Liu Qing might not have even realized himself.
He wanted so badly to show off!
He agreed with this saying: If one does not return to one's hometown after becoming successful, it is like wearing expensive clothes only in the dark of the night.
He started working when he was a teenager and he no longer had any idea where his hometown was. Pengcheng was like another hometown to him and the people he knew in Pengcheng were like his relatives.
Now that he was rich, it felt too uncomfortable not to be able to show off in front of these people he knew.
He had been holding it in for days with much difficulty.
He already had one million dollars now. He wished he could walk around in a domineering way, but he could still only be a junior security guard. Some days, he may still get reprimanded by the apartment owners and this made him very unhappy.
Right now, he decided to show off a little, just a tiny bit.
Xiao Wen was the perfect target.
This girl was also alone in Pengcheng. She was 1.5 meters tall and weighed about 70 pounds. Even if she had any evil intentions, she would not be able to kidnap him. He felt that there was no harm in letting her know the truth.
He had told Xiao Wen his life story previously and she immediately understood what it meant.
"You mean your mother, the one who married a rich man, came to look for you again and acknowledge you as her son?"
Liu Qing nodded. "She's in Yangcheng now, so I'm going there to be a rich second generation."
After saying this, he put on a show of restraint and prepared himself for Xiao Wen's envy.
However, Xiao Wen thought for a moment and frowned before saying, "Aren't you worried that your mother had been brainwashed by multi-level marketing agents and is using this as an excuse to pull you into the multi-level marketing scheme? I heard that those people who are brainwashed by the multi-level marketing agents all become heartless people who specialize in scamming their relatives."
Liu Qing's face darkened and he said, "Have you ever heard of a multi-level marketing agent transferring a million dollars to someone who's being tricked into doing multi-level marketing? If she already transferred one million dollars to me, what's the point of scamming me?"
Xiao Wen was shocked and covered her mouth.
"Brother… Brother Qing… do you mean you have one million now?"
Liu Qing nodded reservedly. "Yes."
Xiao Wen still could not believe it and followed up with another question. "In our currency?" she asked.
Liu Qing said gloomily, "If not our currency, then do you think it's tokens?"
He was getting really angry.
He had waited so long for her reaction, but he did not see any envy, only a lot of nagging and a lot of doubts.
Hurry up and envy me!
I'm dying of anxiety!
Xiao Wen said brazenly, "Brother Qing, can you let me take a look at your account balance? I've never seen so much money in my life."
"No way!" Liu Qing said unhappily.
"Please show me," Xiao Wen said with a nasal drawl.
"Call me daddy and I'll show you," Liu Qing said.
"Daddy," Xiao Wen said without any hesitation.
Liu Qing almost could not take it anymore.
This young girl was way too aggressive.
"Daddy, show me," Xiao Wen said in a deliberately coquettish voice.
"Stop, stop, stop—" Liu Qing quickly raised his hand to stop her. "We're on the same side. There's no need to do this. I'll show you."
He was afraid that if this young girl continued to call him that way, he would not be able to control himself.
Xiao Wen chuckled and even stuck out her little tongue to lick her lips, giving him a seductive smile.
"You don't have a vixen's looks but you have a vixen's heart."
Liu Qing criticized her in his heart.
He took out his phone and opened his WeChat app. He clicked on Tenpay and showed it to Xiao Wen while whispering to her.
"This is a secret. I'm only showing it to you. Don't let anyone else know."
Xiao Wen counted the zeros one by one. Then, she tilted her head and looked at Liu Qing. "Brother Qing, did you get cheated? This is clearly 100,000 dollars. You wrongly counted an extra zero!"
Although 100,000 dollars was already a huge sum of money to her, it was still a long way from a million dollars dollars.
Liu Qing took back his phone and sneered. "Who told you that I put all my money on WeChat?"
He opened the Alipay app and clicked on the balance page.
"Look at this as well."
Xiao Wen counted seriously again. It was slightly more than 901,000 dollars.
She returned the phone to Liu Qing and looked at him with admiration in her eyes.
"Daddy, you're too amazing!"
Liu Qing saw what she did. When his bank balance was 100,000, she called him Brother Qing; once it exceeded a million, she called him daddy.
He could not handle being called that and waved his hand. "Don't call me that. I don't have a daughter like you."
"You can have one," Xiao Wen said with a cheeky grin.
Liu Qing glared at her. "Are you thinking of inheriting my assets when the time comes?"
Xiao Wen said brazenly, "If you can't bear to let me inherit it, I can give you a son and let our son inherit it."
"In your dreams!" Liu Qing said bluntly.
"Daddy, how much money does my grandmother have?" Xiao Wen asked again.
Liu Qing reached out and gave her a knock on the head. "If you keep calling me that, you can get lost!"
Xiao Wen quickly corrected herself. "Brother Qing, Brother Qing, Brother Qing."
That made Liu Qing satisfied enough to return to his seat and he spoke calmly.
"I don't know exactly how much money there is, but I guess there are at least tens of billions."
Xiao Wen swayed for a moment and almost fell off her chair.
"Brother Qing, I didn't study much. Don't lie to me."
"It's fine if you don't believe me," Liu Qing said indifferently.
Xiao Wen looked at Liu Qing with a pitiful face. "Brother Qing, look, you're about to become a rich second generation. Please save me. I've only paid 20,000 dollars of my redemption debt. How about you lend me 180,000 dollars and redeem me."
Liu Qing said firmly, "Let's not talk about money. Money hurts relationships."
Xiao Wen rolled her eyes. "Then… Brother Qing, let's talk about feelings."
"Let's not talk about feelings. Feelings cost money." Liu Qing rejected her again.
Xiao Wen pouted to show her displeasure.
However, she also knew that although the two of them had a little bit of affection for each other, it had not reached a point where it was worth 180,000 dollars.
It was alright to make a joke out of it, but if she really asked him for the money, he would probably treat her like a stranger on the spot.
However, she really wanted to pay off the redemption debt to her parents as soon as possible so that she could live her life freely in the future.
After some thought, she whispered to Liu Qing.
"Brother Qing, how about I wear black silk stockings and call you daddy tonight?"