My Life with Narration

Chapter 425 - 419: The Elders’ Astonishment

"Hey, bro, why haven’t you updated Dahuang’s videos recently? Everyone in our dorms is waiting for your comments section to be updated every day!"

The atmosphere at the family dinner table was very relaxed; after all, the son had found a partner, and the whole family was happy. Although they weren’t engaged yet, Zhou Hui had already accepted it in her heart—it was just a matter of time.

"Didn’t you hear your brother just got a girlfriend recently? How would he have time to shoot videos? Eat your food!" Zhou Hui glanced at her daughter, then picked a piece of braised pork for Su Qing, squinting her eyes like a kind old mother and said with a smile:

"Son, since you two just started dating, it’s fine if you don’t come back. It’s only October. How about we settle things by the end of the year?"

"Cough cough..." Su Qing couldn’t help but cough at the words, then sighed. He knew it would end up like this. There were still a few months to go before the New Year. In theory, they could certainly get to the point of marriage, but he had only graduated for a year. Is getting married so soon really a good idea?

It seemed his mom had never considered this problem. She always thought once her son graduated from college, he was an adult now and should get married and have children. While she’s still young enough, she could help take care of the kids.

Now that his son had graduated, and his daughter had gone to college, the couple could enjoy some time alone at home. But, Lao Su still had to teach at school regularly, and Zhou Hui was sometimes inevitably bored at home by herself.

While playing cards in the card room downstairs, she saw others playing with their grandkids, who wouldn’t be envious? The thing is, she always lost at cards; losing once or twice was okay. Losing continuously, on the other hand, was easy to become frustrated over.

"Mom, it’s not just up to me to decide on this kind of thing. You have to see if she’s willing too!" Su Qing explained.

Dating, engagement, marriage, having children—which of these can be accomplished just by himself?

Moreover, with Shen Yi’s job, he wasn’t sure if Shen Yi was willing to have kids. Nowadays, many young women are willing to fight for their careers. There are plenty of people who haven’t married by the time they hit a certain age.

If he was richer than Shen Yi, or owned a bigger company than Shen Yi’s, it would be fine. Then he could comfortably let her stay home, take care of herself, and prepare to have children.

But given the capability gap between them, if Shen Yi got pregnant, could he step in and take over her company work?

The fact was, he felt a bit tongue-tied, unless the two of them could first get married but not have kids, which seemed like the only route left for them for the time being.

"Yes, yes, it needs discussion. You bring her over when there’s a chance. I’ve already prepared myself," Zhou Hui continued to say softly.

With the son having a girlfriend, his previously declining status was restored again.

While the mother and son were chatting, Su He seemed restless at the table, and as for Comrade Lao Su, he was eating while admiring the fishing rod he considered a work of art, chuckling to himself now and then.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Hui suddenly got angry and slammed the table with a bang, "Are you going to eat or not? If it wasn’t a gift from your daughter-in-law, I would have bent it long ago."

Seeing his wife angry, Lao Su quickly took a last look, packed up the fishing rod, and chuckled, "Hehe, it’s good stuff, don’t act rashly.

Besides, son, now that you have a girlfriend, even though you’ve just started dating, as the man, we’ve got to show some attitude, right? Your mom and I discussed this afternoon about taking out money to buy a house for you. With our savings and what you have, you should be able to pay in full for a decent one. While you said the girl owns a company and might not mind, our family should still show the right attitude. By the way, how much have you earned recently? Surely, you must have around seventy thousand now, right?"

Although Lao Su had made a fair amount of money recently, he was sure his son earned even more, just that he didn’t know the exact figure.

Hearing this, Su Qing looked at his phone and calmly replied, "Yes, now there’s just over 1.5 million!"

"That’s what I said, 1.5... million!!!" Lao Su immediately stood up in astonishment, looking at his son in disbelief, even having a bit of a voice crack!

For this, Su Qing nodded helplessly. Actually, his current funds were approaching 4 million.

Except the majority was still Shen Yi’s. Though Shen Yi didn’t care about this and even said she’d give him this money as a year-end bonus, but public is public, private is private, even though now they were officially dating, he never treated that money as his own, only taking what he deserved.

With his own money, plus the 30% profit Shen Yi promised him, he had rolled his funds to 1.5 million in just over two months.

Of course, Shen Yi’s initial funds had more than doubled, and the speed at which they made money now was terrifying, only to get even faster in the future.

The ten thousand or so that Lao Su earned in the past two months had already made him quite happy, buoying his spirits as he walked. After all, this was unexpected income.

"Son, do you really have 1.5 million in savings?" Zhou Hui was equally surprised, leaning over with a hint of disbelief in her voice.

In response, Su Qing opened his phone and brought up the stock trading page for his parents to see.

When they saw his account with a total investment of more than 3.8 million, both were stunned on the spot.

What an enormous sum of money! Even though Comrade Lao Su was a university teacher with a reasonable family condition, he still wasn’t a professor and couldn’t give lectures, so naturally, his income was limited.

"Son, I’m your father!!"

Su Qing: ...

"Dad, why don’t you sing it? Otherwise, I feel like you’re scolding me!"

Hearing this, Zhou Hui, holding his phone, was excited and said, "Shoo, shoo, you’re his dad, so what? I’m still his mom, is there a need to deliberately state it?"

Then, turning to him, she asked, "Son, I am... oops, I mean, what about this money..."

"It’s not all mine; about 1.5 million of it is mine, and the rest is Xiao Yi’s."

Upon hearing this, both parents couldn’t help swallowing, not because they were greedy for the money but because they were a bit amazed that young people nowadays didn’t view money like it was money.

Such a large sum of money was just placed with his son, even as a couple there aren’t that many who would do so, right?

Could it be their daughter-in-law had a love-struck brain?

"Son, we can’t touch other people’s money!"

"1.5 million is enough. Buying a house should be about right. Your dad and I will put in money to get you a car and prepare the bride price. What about your dad’s car, can our family afford it?" Zhou Hui asked.

Hearing this, Lao Su thought about the car his son drove back today, and finally sighed, "Wife, maybe we shouldn’t buy him a car, and save the money as a part of the bride price during the marriage."

Others might not know, but as someone who loved cars, Lao Su could certainly tell the grade of Shen Yi’s Mercedes. Anyway, they couldn’t afford one right now.

The key point being, why buy a Land Rover when they’re not even sure if she would want to drive it.

As for Su He sitting on the side, she was full of admiration. Her brother had become a millionaire. That was impressive; she could stop trying so hard in life!

After dinner, Lao Su urgently took him to the study. The father and son stayed up late researching the stock market, and ultimately, Comrade Lao Su gritted his teeth and took out the considerable sum of 135,000 yuan and invested it as per his son’s suggestion.

It made him so nervous. From the sidelines, Su Qing knew that in his life, Lao Su could earn small profits in the stock market but would never lose big, yet also never make big money.

His nature was to be as steady as possible, although Su Qing repeatedly promised short-term gains in five days, he would never take a gamble, and would often sell after three days, subsequently regretting for two days, and finally feeling lucky for getting out early upon seeing stock prices fall. This cycle repeated itself.

After coming out of the study that night, it was already after ten. He did not go back but sent Shen Yi a message.

Before bed, his mom gave him a beautifully packaged box, and inside was a gold bracelet.

This bracelet was originally given to his mom by his grandmother. Although it was an old item, it wasn’t considered an antique. It was rumored to be from the late Qing dynasty, a solid hoof-shaped bracelet weighing 90 grams.

When his dad went to college and worked away, his family didn’t own the old house back home, so his grandmother left the bracelet for his mom.

Over the years, a patina had developed, giving it an old-time look, but it really was a family heirloom.

Besides, the sentimental value of such things far outweighs any so-called real economic value.

Originally his mom had said that this bracelet would be given to his wife upon his marriage, but they hadn’t expected Shen Yi to bring so many gifts this time, especially the fishing rod. It was unavoidable not to reciprocate with a suitable gift.

[An emblem of the Su Family’s daughter-in-law, as long as the bracelet is here, the person is here, when they leave, you perish!]

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