AMRWFA -Chapter 213 Ex-Boyfriend

Thinking that her father had already been dead for several years, could it be that this man suddenly showing up now meant he still had lingering feelings and came specifically to find her mother?

If that were the case, why didn’t he appear when her father had just passed away?

Could it be that he simply didn’t know back then, and only heard about it now?

As for why he came looking for her first, Xu Nannan guessed it was probably because compared to her older brothers, people would find it easier to approach her as a daughter—after all, a daughter is her mother’s little padded jacket.

So if those two really ended up having some kind of “older-romance,” should she support it or not?

Xu Nannan thought about it, and later that evening even discussed it with her other siblings.

Xu Lianghan: “I have no objection! As long as Mom is happy!”

Yu Xiangqiao: “I have no objection! I’ll follow your lead!”

Ru Anzhi: “As long as Mom is happy, that’s enough!”

Xu Chengyan: “I slightly object! Don’t you think that man is too old?”

Xu Nannan: “But Mom likes him!”

Xu Chengyan: “Did Mom say that?”

Xu Nannan: “Not really.”

Xu Chengyan: “Then that’s the point. Stop them for now—don’t let them meet. I’ll go find someone…”

Xu Nannan: “?!”

What Xu Chengyan went to do was simple: he discussed it with Yun Jinxian and used her platform to launch an idol selection show—“This Stage Is the Brightest.”

It was extremely straightforward: whether you could sing or dance didn’t matter, the only requirement was being good-looking.

Then they let their mother be a “judge,” also called a “golden sponsor.”

Ruan Yaoyao: ?!

【What is this supposed to be?】

【Since when did being a judge become so easy? Anyone can do it?】

“Mom, just treat it as helping Jinxian out,” Xu Chengyan said, pretending he didn’t hear her. “Her livestream platform doesn’t have much traffic. Compared to apps like Yin something, it has almost no popularity. She can only rely on these kinds of talent shows.”

Yun Jinxian: Oh? So my nationally third-ranked livestream platform has no popularity now?

“If there’s no popularity, then even more reason to invite big celebrities. Why invite me, an old lady? No one even knows me.”

Xu Chengyan said, “Mom, don’t underestimate yourself. You still have hundreds of thousands of followers on Weibo. If just a few tens of thousands come over, the platform’s daily active users will go up.”

“You’re young and beautiful. A forty- or fifty-year-old ‘old lady’ who looks like an eighteen-year-old girl—your maintenance is so good, it’s a perfect gimmick…”

Ruan Yaoyao felt a little guilty.

【That’s because I cultivate!】

【I didn’t even know I’d get younger from it, hehe…】

【Fine, I admit it—I’ll keep cultivating just to stay young.】

【After all, who doesn’t want to stay beautiful?】

Xu Chengyan even brought out his ultimate weapon: saving money.

Hiring big celebrities costs too much, but hiring his mom would save a lot. And the money saved would be given to her.

Ruan Yaoyao’s eyes lit up instantly. “Really?!”

“Really!”

She completely ignored the fact that even if the saved money was given to her, the cost of hiring her was basically the same as hiring a celebrity.

Does Yun Jinxian’s livestream company even keep accounts?

She was just happily thinking:

【Hahaha… one million, he’s giving me one million!】

【Even though it’s not enough to buy a villa, this is money I earned myself! I can actually make money now!】

The most important thing was that she had never earned money on her own before. Starting out with one million felt incredibly satisfying.

Yun Jinxian was speechless. Xu Chengyan was doing absolutely everything he could to make his mother happy.

“Aren’t you afraid of losing money?” After all, the talent show was being sponsored by Xu Chengyan’s company, and aside from the one million for his mother, there were many other expenses.

Xu Chengyan said, “It’s still better than letting my mom be tricked by some old man. Only if she sees more of the world will she realize there are plenty of handsome guys out there. Compared to those old men, fresh young guys are definitely more appealing…”

Yun Jinxian’s mouth twitched: “…”

Having a son like you is truly a blessing.

He really spares no expense for his mother.

Of course, the show wasn’t funded by Xu Chengyan alone. He also pulled in the others, each contributing money.

Even the youngest brother, Xu Hongye, who was stuck in the lab, was not spared.

Wuwu… just because I got tricked once, I lose my “pocket money”?

Ru Anzhi said, “It’s not just pocket money. Your education allowance and year-end dividends are also included. They said this way we won’t have to worry about you being deceived again.”

Xu Hongye was wronged. “But it’s not even the end of the year yet! What dividends?”

“We can prepay them!”

Even Ru Anzhi didn’t expect that this young kid actually had tens of millions on him—more than his lifetime salary.

No wonder he got tricked so easily.

They were right. He really shouldn’t be given so much money. He needed to suffer a bit of being broke to understand how hard it is to earn money and not get fooled so easily.

After Ru Anzhi left, Liao Xuwei looked at Xu Hongye sympathetically.

“Actually, it’s fine if the money is spent on your mom. You’ve got tens of millions…”

If he had that much money and got tricked, his parents would have broken his legs before his brother even had to act.

Liao Xuwei only then realized how different rich people really were.

He thought having tens of thousands a year already made him wealthy, but others casually had millions in hand.

Xu Hongye wanted to cry even more.

“My mom is richer than me. My dad left her dividends that are even more than mine. My older brothers also give her money, my fourth sister too. Only my third brother is a bit poor…”

“You don’t understand something—your mom is your mom, but your money might not be yours.” Liao Xuwei, who often had his allowance withheld, spoke from experience.

Just get used to it.

Meanwhile, one person on the side, Zhai Zuo, didn’t say a word.

He felt like he couldn’t understand the world of rich people at all.

As someone with an annual income under one hundred thousand and whose bank balance often reset to zero at year’s end, he felt like he was the real poorest one there.

He didn’t even have money to be tricked out of—he was truly miserable!

But after spending time together, the three of them had developed some camaraderie. Xu Hongye and Liao Xuwei were both quite naive, and they deeply admired Zhai Zuo, who had “been through life-and-death situations” and almost lost his life to criminals.

Especially since they were all fooled by the same person—it was practically shared hardship.

“Big brother, you’re way more impressive than us.”

“Yeah, you were controlled. Otherwise you could’ve caught that bad guy.”

“Brother Zuo, how did you tell he was a bad guy?”

“Brother Zuo, your insight is amazing!”

…

Compliment after compliment made Zhai Zuo almost unable to take it.

What bad guy? He didn’t actually figure it out himself with sharp insight. It was just that the organization discovered it and assigned him the mission.

He was just a bit “useless” and ended up exposing himself.