My Life with Narration

Chapter 550 - 541: Landlady: How Do You Know Xiao Su Isn’t Here?

When kids are rebellious, a good beating might sort things out, but when parents are rebellious, that’s something else entirely.

Of course, these days, it’s not uncommon for parents born in the 90s or 2000s to be rebellious. Some mothers even take their young children to play and have the kids grab toys for them. If they can’t get a toy, they cry.

As for the dads, they might be the ones whining to their sons about wanting to go to amusement parks, especially since there are dancing girls there.

For new parents of their age, rebellion is not rare, but rebelliousness among the older generation is extremely rare. At least as far as Su Qing is concerned, he’s only seen others be this rebellious today.

They even suggest he should hurry up and have kids. Rebellious grandmas with rebellious grandkids? How would anyone survive in that kind of household?

He can’t even imagine it, but the image is forming in his mind of his mom playing games with his kids. It just feels so unreliable!

They always say that domestic games and anime get reported by parents, but he’s sure his mom has never done any reporting because she plays games herself.

If she reported things like God of Wealth, Su Qing wouldn’t be surprised at all.

In the living room, Da Huang realized this ’Jinx’ was its mom and immediately turned into a sycophant, circling around its mom nonstop.

Meanwhile, Su Qing sat on the sofa, worriedly watching Old Comrade Su, and said, "Dad, Dad? Are you alright? Are you okay? Need to go to the hospital? Your son has money, I can get you into the ICU for a bit, even though you yell at me a lot, but I’d never pull your oxygen cord, don’t worry!"

Old Comrade Su was patting his chest to catch his breath when he heard this, and he was instantly enraged, almost rolling his eyes.

"Dad! Dad? Are you okay? Don’t frighten me, otherwise I’ll have to change the first page of the household register. Dad, where do you keep your secret stash? Tell me before it’s too late!"

Faced with his son’s warm calls, Old Comrade Su became furious and was about to pull out his belt to let his son feel a father’s love.

"Dad, Dad, calm down, calm down!"

Seeing Old Su getting angry, he had to yield because, after all, respecting the first page of the household register is important.

Old Su sighed helplessly, "Ever since your sister returned, your mom has been led astray. Look at all this nonsense; adults acting like kids and kids acting like adults. Now your dad doesn’t even dare to talk to others at school.

A lot of students are talking to me about your mom and sister. Your dad is a university teacher, and your sister is young, but your mom..."

Hearing this, Su Qing could only feel helpless sympathy. He could understand Old Su’s feelings. Being a university teacher, having a wife playing cosplay at home and pretending to be young online, who could stand it?

But just before he could offer comfort, his mom Zhou Hui shouted loudly from the study room door, "What’s wrong? Is my filming short videos bothering you? Go to work; I’m just trying to help our daughter become popular. In just a few days, I’ve gained her a hundred thousand followers. Could you do that? She even said we’ll split the earnings from the ads fifty-fifty. This money was earned by me, so don’t think about spending it!"

For a pure housewife like her, if she can make money, and easily, it’s thoroughly tempting.

Though Old Su’s salary is kept by her, there’s nothing like spending the money you earn.

So when Su He proposed this idea, she agreed without a second thought. Mainly because it seemed so easy to earn money for their daughter through ads, each worth at least ten thousand, usually two or three times that. Who wouldn’t be tempted? And her husband, a university teacher, earns how much a month? With a penchant for money, her mom Zhou Hui didn’t resist at all and decided to join in directly.

After all, this wasn’t a prominent family, nothing too flashy, so what if she makes money by filming short videos? Others want to earn this money but can’t.

Seeing his wife angry, Old Su quickly got up with an "ouch," hurried over to hug her and appease her, showing none of the earlier irritation and helplessness. Simply two-faced, huh?

"Aren’t you supposed to be strong? Then why aren’t you?"

Su Qing inwardly complained a lot, but through the narrative, he knew his mom was quite fond of this newly encountered cosplay industry.

After all, women like dressing up in pretty clothes, and with her good looks and figure, combined with her rebellious attitude, she was willing to try almost any style, keeping a youthful mindset.

The Old Jinx making an appearance, if nothing else, really caught the eye.

After Su He finished filming, Old Su cooked up a feast, and the family finally sat together.

"Bro, how come you suddenly returned today? Where’s sister-in-law?" Su He asked curiously.

Even their mom Zhou Hui looked over with curiosity, saying, "Yeah, son, since it’s almost New Year, why not have little Yi come over for dinner? She can return after the festivities."

Though he didn’t return home for New Year with them, Zhou Hui always wanted her son to bring his partner home for a meal.

Now, the entire neighborhood knows their family is doing well, with four members: a university teacher, a university student, a new internet celebrity, and their son, a big online influencer who makes lots of money trading stocks, while working officially with the police department. Even though Zhou Hui didn’t publicize how much her son earned, except to Li Zijun’s family, it didn’t stop them from living better and being financially secure.

Everything was perfect; all they needed was a daughter-in-law and then maybe a grandchild for Zhou Hui’s life to be complete.

Her husband’s a university teacher, a decent and respectable job with good income, and their kids graduated from universities and have promising futures. How many families can be better than theirs?

"Well... Mom, little Yi went back to the capital. She’ll be back after New Year."

Hearing this, Zhou Hui was momentarily stunned, then exclaimed, "Gone? When did this happen?"

"Just last Sunday, you see, it’s year-end, so her company in the capital needs her to return to handle some issues."

Upon hearing that, Zhou Hui sighed, "Little Yi’s great in every way, but the job’s too demanding. Son, you have money now, why not let Yi stop working, or if needed, buy her company and let her rest while you work."

Su Qing: ...

He had to admit, this was indeed his real mom, suggesting he work while Shen Yi rested. What was she thinking?

"Mom, I think the money my brother has isn’t enough to buy my sister-in-law’s company," Su He chimed in awkwardly.

If it were before, she might not have had a concept, but after spending half a year studying in the capital and understanding her sister-in-law’s company’s stature and size, she realized her brother hit the jackpot, becoming a definite life winner. Once they marry, there’s no need to worry about life, not even in the next life.

"What? What kind of company can’t be bought for a billion? How much is Little Yi worth anyway?" Zhou Hui exclaimed, even drawing Old Comrade Su’s attention.

"I don’t know her exact assets, but trust me, a billion isn’t enough, not even three billion. Her house in the capital alone is over ten million. Besides, I spent eight hundred million when I was in the capital recently," Su Qing explained.

"Spent eight hundred million!! What on earth for?" Old Su exclaimed, nearly jumping up in surprise.

It’s not like he’s seen eight hundred million, and his largest expense would probably be the new Honda Accord, not counting their old apartment bought when prices weren’t this high.

"It was an investment, an investment! I didn’t just waste it, I made investments!" Su Qing quickly explained, calming down his excited parents.

"What did you invest in? You mentioned investing in real estate before, but there’s been no news, and now an eight-hundred million expenditure. Son, making money isn’t easy, you can’t just spend it recklessly, you have to plan for the future, for cars and homes, don’t end up losing everything with nothing left!" Mom Zhou Hui worriedly said.

It’s the wisdom of an elder for his benefit. After all, besides stocks, who knows how good his investment instincts truly are?

"Relax, Mom, I’ve bought a house already, remember the place you visited last time? I’ve even bought the neighboring one!"

"Really? You finally did something right."

Su Qing: ...

That’s his mom’s perspective, that any action leading to marriage is worthwhile. After all, cars and houses are necessities for marriage. Once the house is bought, her son is eligible for marriage.

Suddenly, the two elderly parents exchanged a look and found their son had matured overnight, managing such a big thing like buying a house on his own, with the family barely knowing.

Meanwhile, at the landlord’s house, Wen Nanqing rolled her eyes as she sat on the sofa, a tablet placed on her table, engaged in a video call.

"It’s Nan’s own home, Xiao Yi, rest assured, Sister Qing isn’t sneaking a snack while you’re away!" Tang Nan’s voice echoed on the call.

The landlord: "How do you know Little Su isn’t taking a bath in my bathroom now?"

Both of them: ...

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