From Wage Slave to Tycoon novel Chapter 229

Chapter 229: Chapter 151: Every Family Has Its Own Problems (Part 2)

"After Yongheng passed, I never asked any of you for a single thing in return. I raised these children all by myself. Now that they’re successful, you all come flocking over like you smell money."

"Chen the Third, you tell me..." Grandma’s stern gaze swept across the crowd. Every person she looked at lowered their head. "You tell me, why did you bring this whole mob here today!"

"If you’re here to pay a New Year’s visit, I’d welcome you with open arms. But if you’re up to something, I suggest you go right back where you came from!"

"Sister-in-law... We... Sigh. I’m sorry to have disturbed you today!" Chen the Third let out a long sigh, exchanged a look with the men beside him, and, leaning on his cane, stood up to leave.

Seeing this, a middle-aged man said frantically, "Dad, we can’t just..."

Before he could finish, a cane struck him, making the man cry out in pain.

"You ungrateful whelp! If your uncle hadn’t helped you back then, who knows where you’d be now, you little bastard! Now get the hell out of my sight!" As he spoke, he swung his cane and struck the man hard a few more times.

’It was my son who started all of this today. I was a fool to be taken in by his silver tongue. How could I have agreed to something like this?’

Thinking this, Chen the Third and the others bowed once more to Grandma before leaving, leaning on their canes.

When the others saw that the most senior members had left, they saw no reason to stay. In a flurry, they were all gone.

In a matter of moments, the only ones left in the courtyard were the Chen family and Su Chen’s family.

This was a real eye-opener for Su Chen. ’If not for the seeds of kindness sown all those years ago, I truly have no idea how today’s scene would have ended.’

’If Grandma had asked him directly, or if Chen Shufen and her husband had, could they have refused?’

For a moment, Su Chen was lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about? Your grandma is calling you over!"

Su Chen felt someone shake him twice, and his mind instantly snapped back to reality.

"Huh? Wha— Oh!"

Su Chen quickly walked over to his grandmother.

"Grandma." Su Chen found a low stool and sat beside her, feeling a wave of emotion.

’When I was a kid, the thing I looked forward to most was coming to Grandma’s for the New Year. For no other reason than the good food and the red envelopes.’

’Unfortunately, every year, my mom would confiscate my red envelope money with the same excuse: "I’ll keep it safe for you and give it back when you’re older."’

’Thinking back, I was so naive. How did I believe my mom’s words for so many years? To this day, I still have no idea where all my New Year’s money went.’

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and he sighed with emotion. Time really flew. It felt like he had grown up in the blink of an eye.

"Xiaochen, I’m so sorry you had to see that," Grandma said, taking Su Chen’s hand, looking ashamed.

Su Chen was confused at first, but then he saw Chen Shufen nod at him from the side. ’It hit me instantly. My own mother sold me out.’

’But thinking about it, it makes sense. Grandma must have asked Chen Shufen how the hot pot restaurant started. Did he really think he didn’t know his own mother’s personality?’

But that was no big deal.

Su Chen was no fool. He certainly wasn’t going to say something brainless like, "That was quite a show."

"Grandma, you were totally badass back there!" Su Chen added, giving her a big thumbs-up.

Hearing this, Grandma burst into laughter. "HA HA HA! I’m getting old. If I were younger, I’d stand outside their front doors and curse them out for a whole day and night until those heartless fools couldn’t even sleep!"

At her words, everyone standing nearby started laughing, and the tension from before seemed to vanish into thin air.

...

"Uncle, do you have to go?" Little Yaoyao hugged Su Chen’s leg, looking up at him with a pout, her voice full of reluctance.

Su Chen squatted down and gently tweaked her nose. "Uncle has a lot of things he needs to take care of," he said with a smile. "If little Yaoyao misses Uncle, you can have your mommy and daddy call me anytime, okay?"

Just then, his second sister-in-law also squatted down and said in a mock-stern voice, "Be a good girl, Yaoyao. If you don’t listen, we won’t let your uncle come play with you next time, and he won’t buy you any more pretty toys and clothes!"

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