062: The Rich Woman

After returning to Shanhai City, Wang Cheng came back to a slower-paced life. On the weekend, he had to, again, get used to his old home. The new house had been renovated, but it would take about another month to move in. He went to the market with Papa Wang to buy seven or eight pots of spider plants.

The spider plants could attract formaldehyde in the air to purify a new house. Although they wanted to move into the new house as soon as possible, Mama Wang hoped that the family could live in a healthy and comfortable environment. So what should be done was done, and she opened the windows in order to ensure indoor ventilation.

The three did not stay in the new house for too long and went home before lunch. After all, there was still a stupid pig in the family who liked to walk up and down. The mini pig was taken care of by Mama Wang and was more mellow than when Wang Cheng brought it. Wang Cheng had seen it several times and felt that it grew more obedient each time.

The renovation speed of their house could be considered very fast, and it cost a total of 150,000. If it was just streamlined decorations, 40,000 to 50,000 would be enough, but Mama Wang was more demanding. The new house was a place where she would always live in the future, and she also expected her son to move into the new house after marrying, so there was no such thing as too expensive.

The two elders had this idea because their son could make money, and so they were different than the parents of other families, who when spending money must first think about saving money for the son to marry a wife. In two years or so, Wang Ning'an could enjoy his space in this house. "Mom, I heard that second uncle sent Cousin Ningxiang to university." Wang Cheng started to tell the gossip he’d heard when he first arrived in the morning. Most of the things mentioned by Xiao Yu on the phone were related to the first or second uncles’ families.

"Well, it was difficult for her to get into college, and they said that she was sent to a third-rate university. I didn't know if it is true or false." Mama Wang's expression was faint.

They did not have much contact with the first and second uncles. Because Wang Ziyu was admitted to Beijing University, they were even more reluctant to mention the situation of their children's studies, but Wang Cheng believed that this rumor was most likely true. If it was fake, they would never dare to say this, otherwise, the mother would be stabbed and humiliated by herself. She didn't expect that they were a patient enough to wait for a college.

Papa Wang said, "Actually, that's true, your eldest auntie arranged it."

Because they didn’t help, every time second uncle’s wife saw them, she put on a fake, polite face, talking in a strange tone, as if their family owed her. When Papa Wang saw her, he detoured. Mama Wang didn't want her to be too proud and fuel her arrogance, so not only did she not avoid her, but also ironically went to see her occasionally. Every time after she left, the second auntie was so angry that she smoked overhead.

Wang Cheng knew that Mama Wang was not a person who would suffer, and she wouldn’t shrink back from dealing with people like second uncle’s wife, otherwise, she would end up troubling herself.

Back at home, Mama Wang was making lunch in the kitchen.

Wang Cheng wanted to go in to help, but was driven out by his mother. He had to sit with his father in the living room to talk, so the father and son pair talked about Wang Ziyu.

Papa Wang lived to such an age that two of his children were admitted to Beijing University, but he had never been to the Imperial Capital himself.

Wang Ning'an was a relatively independent and self-improving person. He was already intelligent and self-aware when he was young. Papa Wang and Mama Wang were not so worried about him. After being admitted to Beijing University, he himself said he could go to the Imperial Capital without adults. At that time, the life of their family was different, it wasn’t yet as good. Papa Wang agreed reluctantly when he saw his attitude was so resolute.

Seeing that Papa Wang was interested, Wang Cheng vividly painted a picture for him. From the bustling Imperial Capital to Beijing University, from Beijing University to his brother, to society, to life ... Somehow it came back to the uncles again.

The useless Wang Ningkai was the only child in the eldest uncle’s family. He was loved from a young age. He was two years older than Wang Ning'an and still unmarried. Their living condition was now much better than when they were in the Wang’s village. At that time in the Wang’s village, it could be said that they were relatively rich, but mainly thanks to the grandpa's preference to the eldest uncle's family. Almost all the good things were given to the eldest uncle, and occasionally the second uncle also received some, but there was nothing for Papa Wang.

Wang Ningkai had eaten and dressed well since he was a child, so his character had been damaged, and he had disliked learning since childhood. However, the uncle still sent him to graduate from college. Unfortunately, Wang Ningkai still had nothing to gain. Even if he was a college student, the knowledge he had learned never stayed in his mind. Books were simply read in vain.

Wang Ningkai was held back in elementary school, so after four years of college, he graduated from the university at the age of 25. He found a few jobs after he came out, but he didn't do any for a long time. His temper and character had been raised by eldest uncle and aunt, as well as grandparents. No one wanted to recommend a person like Wang Ningkai. Such a person couldn’t settle for rough work.

Six months after his graduation, the eldest uncle didn't want Wang Ningkai to stay at home and gave him a sum of money to let him do business. As a result, the business failed and he lost tens of thousands of dollars. Later, he stayed at home for another half a year. That lasted until three years ago, when eldest uncle felt that he could no longer let the useless cousin freeload. That time it wasn’t the useless cousin starting his own business, but the father and son together.

The father and son started a construction company in the city. After just one year, they recruited a lot of construction workers. In the beginning, the business was not good because there was too much competition.

Not only did they see the real estate development potential of their city, but others also saw it. In that year, there were not a few new construction companies.

At that time, eldest uncle was busy networking to find business opportunities. He didn't go home several times a year. Later, his mother even passed away. After more than half a year of hard work, the company finally stabilized and had a fixed customer base. However, the company was not large now, with only about two or three million in assets. But they still show off capital in their village.

Half a year ago, eldest uncle handed over the construction company to Wang Ningkai while he and his wife went back to the country to live there. They came to visit a few times a month. Papa Wang’s family lived a better life than them. However, it was true that the eldest uncle's family was planning to move to the city in a few years. It was also true that they would renovate a house to be reserved for the occasional return.

In fact, it wasn’t enough for them to just have money. Besides completely exposing their money, eldest uncle and auntie were the kinds of people who wanted others to know that they were rich people.

"Your eldest uncle is getting more and more proud of the spring breeze. A while ago, your eldest auntie took said that Wang Ningkai had a girlfriend, and she was a rich girl." Papa Wang said.

Wang Ningkai had never been married because he was too picky, he didn’t want the poor, didn’t want the village aunt, didn’t want the city girls, didn’t want the rich and beautiful who were considered talents in the city. Even when good, they weren’t good enough for him.

‘Rich woman?’

Wang Cheng felt that the eldest uncle's family was not very normal. Pursuit was a good thing, but it also depended on the actual situation. Rich women were not so easy to marry.

"Dad, has Wang Ningkai brought her back?"

"He didn’t seem to yet." Papa Wang shook his head, and the news in the same village passed quickly. As the eldest auntie wished, the whole village knew that her son was about to marry woman of rich character. If Wang Ningkai brought her back, everyone would know it.

However, because they didn’t see her themselves, some people said that the eldest auntie was bragging. How could a rich woman marry him? Although Wang Ningkai’s construction company claimed to have millions in assets, it was really nothing to the rich. It was just slightly better than the average well-off family.

"What are you whispering about, the rice is ready, come in quickly to help out." Mother Wang poked her head out of the kitchen and saw the two sitting together and discussing something. Wang Cheng and Papa Wang glanced at each other, and immediately walked over to help. Mama Wang did not like to talk about the eldest uncle and the second uncle, so they dared not let her hear it.

The three had dinner around the dinner table. Wang Cheng moved his chopsticks and grabbed some green vegetables for Mama Wang. She liked to eat greens and ate relatively little meat. Papa Wang liked to eat meat. Wang Cheng’s and his father’s taste were the most similar. However, under the supervision of Mama Wang, Papa Wang was forced to eat a lot of other food in addition to his favored meat.

After dinner, the sun couldn’t be seen, but the sky was still a bit bright. Papa Wang was going to see the new house. Wang Cheng asked him to get some food to feed the silly pig, and he took the new house’s keys from Papa Wang's hand.

Wang Cheng's footwork was fast, and he arrived in five or six minutes.

Under the faint moonlight, there stood his family’s new house. The houses of eldest uncle and second uncle were not far away, but their construction was not completed and the appearance was still just crimson bricks. The former owner of the houses they bought had no decorations outside of them in order to save money.

Wang Cheng used the key to open the door of the new house. When he entered, he was shocked by the situation inside. The original clean ground was full of brick fragments, as if a whole brick was smashed on the ground and scattered around. Even white scratch marks were left on the tiles on the ground, and looked deep at first glance.

In order to ventilate the room and spread out the smell of paint as early as possible, they opened the windows in the morning, but did not expect that someone would do such a thing.

Wang Cheng looked at several windows and found that the glass of one of the windows had some obvious cracks. It seemed that someone was throwing stones outside, and accidentally threw them into the glass. Two pieces were thrown into the corner of the outside wall, cutting a brick in half.

Their family's reputation in the Guan’s Village was very good. His parents were never guilty, and because of the relationship with their grandma and grandpa, it was impossible for someone to do these things intentionally in retaliation, excluding outsiders. Wang Cheng thought of it all at once, and remembered the figure he stumbled upon in the morning.

In the morning, he didn't mention Wang Ningxiang going to university for no reason. The person he saw was her. At that time, she was watching them from a distance. Although the second uncle brought her into the third-rate university, he heard that it would not start until mid-autumn, so they could still see her now. With a mother who couldn’t hold her mouth, Wang Ningxiang would hate them for being better.

Wang Cheng's eyes were clear.

 ‘Except for her, I am afraid I can't find a second suspect.’

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