Vivian Zhao's Choice Between Love and Wealth Chapter 10

Lucas Shen blinked and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, I won't look for her again. If I see her, I will definitely avoid her."

Such a straightforward answer made Qian Lijuan feel very unreal and very angry. She thought Lucas Shen was just trying to please her, so she suppressed her anger and spoke.

"Lucas Shen, Auntie knows you are a good kid, but you can't force feelings. Vivian Zhao doesn't like you, so it's useless for you to pester her, right?"

Lucas Shen smiled and suddenly raised his hand, scaring Qian Lijuan so much that she took a step back: "What do you want to do?"

Lucas Shen waved his hand: "Fifty thousand, your son-in-law from Hong Kong, oh, he graduated from Harvard, gave me fifty thousand as a breakup fee. So, don't worry, even if I am unwilling, but for the sake of this fifty thousand, I promise to stay away from Vivian Zhao." After that, he laughed and waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Watching Lucas Shen leave, an old woman next to him exclaimed, "Fifty thousand yuan! Old Qian, quickly ask your daughter if this is true. If it is true, quickly get the money back. Fifty thousand yuan is not a small amount."

"Old Wang is right. Old Qian, you should ask your Vivian Zhao quickly. What breakup fee? Isn't this stupid? I can't give this much money to an outsider."

Qian Lijuan's face turned gloomy and scary. Her family had worked hard all their lives, but they didn't even have 5,000 yuan in savings. Now a little scoundrel, a loser who had failed to get into college after three years of exams, got 50,000 yuan in breakup fee for pestering her daughter. This made her very angry and her heart ached. That was 50,000 yuan, as if the money was hers and was taken away by Lucas Shen.

A woman saw Qian Lijuan's face and said with a dry laugh: "Don't you know what kind of person Lucas Shen is? You believe what he says." Then she pulled Qian Lijuan and said, "Let's go."

"You...why are you three looking at me like that?" As soon as he entered the room, Leo Chen, Jason Zhou and Zhou Ailing stood neatly in front of Lucas Shen, staring at him with their big eyes, making him feel creepy.

"Where's the money?" the three people asked in unison.

Lucas Shen raised his hand and pointed at the leather bag on the kang: "There!"

Jason Zhou and Leo Chen screamed and were about to rush over when their necks were grabbed by a delicate little hand. "You two, stand here quietly."

Jason Zhou and Leo Chen shrank their necks, like two puppies with their fur smoothed out, sticking out their tongues and standing there docilely.

Zhou Ailing picked up the purse, unzipped it, and then one by one took out five brand new stacks of hundred-dollar bills that still smelled of ink.

"Gurgle" Jason Zhou and Leo Chen rolled their throats and swallowed their saliva.

Zhou Ailing stared at the money in a daze for a while, then turned to look at Lucas Shen and said with complicated eyes: "You really took the money." It seemed that she didn't believe it at all.

Lucas Shen said: "Yes, why not take it if it's given for free."

"That's right!" Jason Zhou and Leo Chen said in tacit understanding again.

Zhou Ailing ignored them and asked: "What are you going to do with this money?"

Lucas Shen took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. He looked at the red light in the sky in the distance outside the window and said softly: "Do you know how lucky we are to be born in an unprecedented era. With this money, we can ride the waves in this turbulent era."

Some people say that the 1980s was a great era, but in Lucas Shen's view, the reform tide really came after the 1992 Southern Tour set the tone, and that was the real great era. In the information age and the knowledge economy era, the Internet began to become popular and gradually changed people's lifestyles.

It was also a critical era when China's future changed from hazy to clear, from confusing to bright. It was precisely because of this transitional period of reform and opening up that the values   of the 1980s were transformed into concrete and tangible actions.

"Great Era?" Jason Zhou and Leo Chen's eyes became confused, only Zhou Ailing's eyes were shining.

"Yes, big time." Lucas Shen took a puff of cigarette, "Hasn't Daguo and Jun'er always wanted to form a band? Now that we have money, we can do it."

Jason Zhou and Leo Chen were stunned, and then they shouted excitedly, "Second brother, are you serious?"

Lucas Shen smiled: "Of course it's true." Then he looked at Zhou Ailing, "Sister Mouse, are you interested in playing together?"

He had no doubt that the Zhou siblings' musical talent was entirely inherited from their mother.

Zhou's mother is Qiao Jinmei, a famous golden voice in Laiqing County. She worked in the logistics of the glass factory at first. Whenever there was an event, Zhou's solo was a must-have. Later, she was spotted by the head of the county art troupe and transferred to the county art troupe.

Lucas Shen and the Zhou family were neighbors. The three of them spent all day together when they were young, often going to the art troupe to play. He and Jason Zhou learned guitar in the art troupe, and Zhou Ailing was interested in everything. She learned piano, erhu, drums, and everything else. Even when she was admitted to the Municipal Teachers College, she studied music and became a music teacher in a key primary school in the city after graduation.

Zhou Ailing tilted her head and looked at Lucas Shen with a smile: "Are you really inviting me?"

Lucas Shen smiled, smoke coming out of his mouth: "I sincerely invite you, but you are a talented musician, and you quit after only working for a few years. Uncle Zhou and Aunt Qiao will break your legs, right?"

In this era, having a stable job is more important than life. Besides, Zhou Ailing is a teacher. It is such a respectable job. She actually quit to play in a band. It would be strange if her family elders agreed.

Jason Zhou said: "Don't think about it, my parents will definitely not agree."

"What do you care!" Zhou Ailing glared and reached out to pick up the vinegar that Jason Zhou had placed on the edge of the kang. "I'll take the vinegar. Go buy some wine. I'll be back soon."

"I'm going to buy some wine!" Leo Chen followed Zhou Ailing out.

Jason Zhou held a stack of banknotes and smiled until his eyes disappeared. "Second brother, we will go to the city to buy musical instruments tomorrow."

Lucas Shen threw the cigarette B*tt on the ground and stepped on it, then shook his head and said, "No, we can't touch this money for the time being."

"Ah?" Jason Zhou opened his mouth, "Why?"

Lucas Shen said: "It is very useful."

"When can I buy it?" Jason Zhou asked.

Lucas Shen said: "After the Chinese New Year, in June or July."

Jason Zhou said somewhat disappointedly: "We have to wait for more than half a year."

Lucas Shen smiled: "If I didn't have this money, I might have to wait a lifetime."

Jason Zhou scratched his head and smirked, "That's right!" He looked at Lucas Shen with bright eyes and said, "Second brother, get the score of your song. We can borrow instruments and venues from the art troupe to rehearse. With the quality of that song, we will definitely make a big splash."

Lucas Shen lay on his back on a luggage roll on the kang, feeling the warmth of the kang, and moaned comfortably: "That song is not suitable for you to sing."