"Old Chen, what time is it?" Madam Ye asked anxiously from inside the car.
"Oh, it's not even eleven yet."
"Do you think what I'm wearing looks appropriate today? Red Carp is such a pretty girl, and this is the first time our two families are meeting. We mustn't make a laughingstock of ourselves."
Chen Yue sat in the back of the Jetta, suffering terribly from the heat.
"Mom, you look gorgeous, truly. Can we talk about the car now? I want to ride in a Benz, a BMW is fine too. I'm roasting to death, and this AC doesn't reach back here at all."
Madam Ye retorted, "Other people's daughters are celebrities—why don't you go be a celebrity? We don't have any money, and you're going on about Benzes and little Benzes."
Chen Yue pouted. "My brother has money. Make my brother buy me one."
Chen Jianguo laughed heartily. "Your brother just took the college entrance exams, he hasn't even graduated yet. Do you think our family prints money? Make him buy it for me—if he just doesn't cause trouble for his old man, I'll burn high incense."
Chen Yue sighed. "Sigh, keeping this secret is driving me crazy. I'll tell you the truth: my brother is a tycoon. That Wuxiangzhai Teahouse over on Beichuan Commercial Street? It belongs to my brother. Really, Mom, I'm not lying to you."
Seeing her daughter speak with such conviction, Madam Ye snapped, "Why don't you say the richest man in Shancheng is your brother, huh? Chen Ye is in Sichuan, not even at home. Did he feed you some kind of magic potion from …
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