115: Chapter 115 The Broken Bowl Shocks the Wealthy Family, A Single Word Shakes Both Parents

Shen Muyan had just finished speaking, but no one in the living room moved.

A 'clatter' came from the kitchen.

"A bowl must have broken..." Su Wantang immediately pricked up her ears.

Jiang Jinyue teased, "Why not a plate?"

Su Wantang said seriously, "You don't understand, you haven't experienced it... I have experience."

Liu Aiyuan was busy in the kitchen, but she was also carefully listening to the conversation in the living room.

Hearing her daughter say that, she felt a shiver run down her spine, truly startled by this kind of spending philosophy.

The bowl in her hand slipped and shattered into pieces.

Hundreds of thousands? What kind of concept was that? Shen Muyan had never worked a day in her life, so she wouldn't know, but she and Shen Qiang had worked for decades.

Three hundred thousand? Plus hundreds of thousands in luxury goods?

How long would it take to save that up?

The wine glass in Shen Qiang's hand paused in mid-air. "Shen Muyan, don't... don't talk nonsense... hahaha..."

He smiled awkwardly. If not for the tens of thousands of yuan worth of alcohol and the land rover downstairs, he would have truly thought Shen Muyan was joking.

But now, he was very hesitant.

Seeing that her father didn't believe her, Shen Muyan quickly opened her phone. "Let me show you."

Shen Qiang said, "I'm not looking."

Liu Aiyuan brought over a plate of food. "I just sliced some deli meat from that place by the entrance, it tastes good! Shen Muyan, put your phone away."

That wasn't just asking her to put away her phone; it was clearly asking her to put away her 'supernatural powers'.

Putting aside how this money should be handled, what the elderly couple was worried about right now wasn't whether their daughter would be cheated, but rather an indescribable feeling of discomfort in their hearts.

A child of only eighteen could casually take out so much money for their daughter?

They were middle-aged, yet they still had to budget meticulously to get by.

Sometimes, the gap in social class is never just about money; it also includes status, background, and even the chasm brought about by age.

A middle-aged man showing off a luxury car worth millions in front of you might be something you can handle calmly.

But if you see a five or six-year-old child with five hundred thousand in lucky money, the impact on an adult is far greater than the former.

What made people feel even more unbalanced was that in those wealthy villas in Shanghai, even the dog houses were two hundred square meters, while they scrimped and saved to rent a place of less than ten square meters for a few thousand.

That kind of disparity was what truly made it hard to let go.

Shen Muyan, however, was unhappy. She couldn't see through her parents' inner thoughts and held up her phone. "You don't believe me, do you?"

Liu Aiyuan put down the plate and immediately pressed down on her hand. "We're eating, why are you playing with your phone! Luochuan, please excuse us, the child doesn't know any better."

Tang Luochuan also found it funny. "Heh, it's alright, Auntie. She... she is my senior."

"I'm talking to you! Do you have the demeanor of a senior?" Liu Aiyuan snatched away her phone and scolded Shen Muyan.

Suddenly, she felt the weight of the phone was off. She took a look; this phone was clearly not the one Shen Muyan had before.

This girl often changed her phone case, but the weight was indeed heavier than in the past.

She exchanged a glance with Shen Qiang, and they were certain in their hearts that this must have been given by Tang Luochuan.

"Come, Luochuan, eat some food." Although Shen Qiang was hesitant again, he mostly felt that Tang Luochuan was honest and trustworthy.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to their house, and he wouldn't need to spend hundreds of thousands just to trick Shen Muyan.

"Alright!"

"Yueyue and Wantang, you should eat too." Liu Aiyuan greeted them warmly.

The people at the table chatted idly.

Before long, the room door opened.

Shen Muqing finally returned, his face full of exhaustion.

"Muqing, you're back! Just in time to eat." Liu Aiyuan called out.

Tang Luochuan stood up very politely, shifted his position to the side, and brought over another stool. "Brother, you sit here."

Shen Muqing's face was bitter, but he forced a calm smile. "I'm not hungry, you all eat. I... I'll go back and rest for a while."

Everyone could see the discomfort in Shen Muqing's heart, but no one said anything more.

Liu Aiyuan followed her son's footsteps to his bedroom, then locked the bedroom door.

In the living room, Shen Muyan was peeling a shrimp. After peeling it, she placed it into Tang Luochuan's bowl. "It must be Li Xiaowei who upset him."

Jiang Jinyue and Su Wantang, who were beside her, took a look.

They recalled the scene the other day where the two of them had directly fed meat to Tang Luochuan's mouth; no wonder he was embarrassed, the placement was wrong.

Su Wantang picked up a piece of pork rib as if nothing had happened and began to debone it. She placed the tender, cooked meat directly into Tang Luochuan's bowl and then said, "Shen Muyan, it's fine. If it doesn't work out, just have your brother find another one."

"Do you think everyone is as excellent as Luochuan? My brother? It's hopeless! Life for ordinary families is not easy."

Jiang Jinyue also picked up a piece of fish, picked out the bones one by one, placed it in front of Tang Luochuan, and said casually, "Wouldn't it be fine if Luochuan helped out?"

Shen Muyan: "The Li family is a bottomless pit; you can't help them at all."

Jiang Jinyue: "Then just dump her and find another. Give up on people who aren't worth it; life is still long."

Su Wantang: "Right, right, right! I heard it in the car just now! To put it bluntly, you should have broken up earlier! We're family, let alone Luochuan, Yueyue and I can both help you, right! I'll contribute three months of living expenses, 300,000!"

Jiang Jinyue sucked on her fingers, which were still stained with oil, and looked at Tang Luochuan with fiery eyes. She whispered, "That's a must. I'll also contribute three months of living expenses, 300,000! That makes 600,000! I'll also add in a bit of the 200,000 my parents gave me to round it up to 1 million for you!"

Jiang Jinyue spoke very generously; she looked quite flirty... completely inconsistent with her persona.

But Tang Luochuan was embarrassed again. Shen Qiang was right across from him.

Having three people wait on him while eating was one thing, but they were talking about having Shen Muqing break up and dump his fiancée without any hesitation.

"My upbringing is a failure, these three have no filters! When I get back to Shanghai, I'll have to strip them bare and give them a good scolding." Thinking this, Tang Luochuan didn't know whether to laugh or not.

"Uncle, eat some food!"

"Ah, alright."

If the three girls were really going to use their living expenses to help Shen Muqing, Tang Luochuan would be the first to object.

Without understanding Shen Muqing, and without a result that would make everyone comfortable, he wouldn't help his brother-in-law. He had to carry his own burden.

"I don't want to get married anymore! Li Xiaowei even borrowed money from me; he calls it borrowing, but isn't that just taking it! And he wants to buy a Tank 300! 170,000, with a car loan of 90,000, and he wants me to help him pay it off monthly. Do I owe him anything!"

Suddenly, Shen Muqing's shout came from the room; he couldn't hold it in anymore.

Liu Aiyuan: "You can refuse."

Shen Muqing: "I did refuse! He said I was stingy, and Li Wenjing told me it's not like they won't pay it back."

"Well... well... they will pay it back... this... this is quite good, right?"

"Mom, do you still believe that! I've stopped believing it. How many times has our family given in? I've had enough! You and Dad, please stop pressuring me! Why didn't I dare to bring up breaking up? Isn't it because you and Dad were pressuring me too hard! I was afraid you two would be sad! But I really can't take it anymore now..."

Shen Muqing's voice grew more and more agitated, and one could even hear the sobbing in it.

For a 25-year-old man to shed tears, it was clear that he had already suffered a mental breakdown.