Ten million, it can make a man and his family completely forget the past.
In the world of market economics, there is nothing strange about it, truly, it's not even worth mentioning. If you were to tell it out loud as a curiosity, journalists wouldn't even consider it news.
Gu Nuan thought.
"Leave Zicong. If you truly love him, do it for his sake. Being with him, you'll only become his burden. You two would definitely live a hard life. Auntie is saying this for your own good, for your and his future," Wa's mother said, feeling thirsty afterward, and took a sip of the mocha coffee in front of her.
Gu Nuan slightly lowered her eyes. To her, such claims of 'for your own good' were naturally dismissed with a laugh, not taken seriously.
It was just for the sake of her own son, wasn't it?
Selfish people always know how to phrase things beautifully and perfectly, thinking they can deceive everyone.
"Auntie knows you can't hear, but you can always see money, right?" After finishing her coffee, seeing Gu Nuan's lack of response, Wa's mother pulled out a check from her clip and placed it in front of Gu Nuan in a proper manner, "A hundred thousand severance fee. Zicong is busy with work and preparing for a wedding, it's inconvenient for him to come. Honestly, Zicong owes you nothing. If it weren't for the prior agreement about your marriage, considering the capacity of your parents to handle this, I've prepared this hundred thousand. Zicong has been more than generous to you and your family."
Gu Nuan gently furrowed her brows.
She herself didn't care.
Her boyfriend suddenly cheated on her; shouldn't Gu Nuan look on the bright side instead of considering jumping into a river?
But it was her parents who had always regarded Wa Zicong as a future son-in-law. They never imagined their daughter would be dumped by a boyfriend of ten years.
Ten years, a long ten years; anyone would trust in such a decade-long relationship not suddenly deteriorating like a wife suddenly dumped by Chen Shimei.
Someone famous once said something along these lines, the longer the courtship, the less likely it correlates with marital success.
It seems, that was indeed correct.
Men always prefer the new over the old. After dating for ten years, just the sight of her face could become tiresome, right?
The issue lies in the fact that her parents are rather traditional, always living in their hometown. They might not truly accept the fast-paced ways modern city dwellers end relationships when dissatisfied.
Moreover, both had already told their families that they must get married this year. Hence, her parents had withdrawn their savings, preparing for her dowry, part of which was tight since they were planning to buy a new house and make an initial payment.
Wa Zicong said that he was just starting his job and needed to network, so he didn't have much money to save. Being a son without a father and his mother a widow, she had no money to save either. Thus, half of the initial payment was covered by her parents and the other half was collected from friends and her own savings.
Women can be rather naive, believing whatever men say.
This hundred thousand that Wa's mother was offering now was just to refund the engagement house's initial payment and attempt to claim the house for herself.
To someone who had ten million, they still cared so much about such a small amount of money.
Could such people really be considered family in the future?
Calmly, without even looking at the numbers on the check, Gu Nuan pushed it back across the table, "Auntie, the initial payment was made by my parents, and although the property deed is under my and Zicong's names, Zicong didn't contribute a penny. When this goes to court, the house can only belong to my parents, it will never be Wa Family's. If we were to sell the house now, the initial payment alone is worth more than a hundred thousand. It's a losing deal, one that you and your son wouldn't want, and neither would I."