Chapter 143 Where Has All the Money Gone (4)_1
Shangguan Rou pursed her lips. She had only wanted to see Shangguan You get scolded. How could she have known that the trouble would ultimately land on her own head?
"What?" Li Wanying’s voice involuntarily rose, her face etched with disbelief as she looked at Shangguan Rou. Only out for an afternoon, and she made several hundred million US Dollars, plus acquired a twenty percent stake in Jade Pavilion? The disbelief on her face then vanished, slowly replaced by elation. She was Shangguan You’s stepmother; naturally, this huge sum of money should be handed over to her. Ultimately, this money would be hers.
"Youyou, next time, you should tell us everything at once. You had Aunt Li worried just now, you silly girl," Li Wanying said, sitting down beside Shangguan You and affectionately patting her cheek. She wore the expression of a doting mother. But in her heart, she was already scheming how to openly get her hands on this money and make it her own.
"Youyou, stone gambling is very risky. You should do it less in the future—better yet, not at all. You won’t be this lucky every time," Old Madam Shangguan said to Shangguan You after taking a few deep breaths, her face regaining its benevolent smile.
"Youyou, listen to your grandma. Your Aunt Liu also thinks it’s very risky, you know? You might become a rich woman today, but you could easily lose it all tomorrow," Liu Ruoling chimed in, agreeing with Old Madam Shangguan.
"I understand, Aunt Liu, Grandma. I won’t gamble anymore," Shangguan You nodded and spoke softly.
Li Wanying shot Shangguan Rou a meaningful look. Shangguan Rou, in turn, affectionately took Old Madam Shangguan’s hand. "Grandma, Sister is only sixteen. To have so much money at her age, isn’t it..." Shangguan Rou trailed off meaningfully, steering the conversation back to Shangguan You’s fortune. This was a sum that would make anyone green with envy; of course, it should be handed over to Mommy for safekeeping. Then, wouldn’t it eventually be hers?
"Rourou is right," Old Madam Shangguan nodded. "Youyou, you should hand all the money over to Wanying. When you graduate from university, it will be returned to you, and you can decide how to manage it then." She’s too young to carry so much money. Rourou has a point.
"Mom, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?" Li Wanying began, feigning reluctance. "After all, I’m not Youyou’s biological mother. I’m afraid people will gossip." Inwardly, however, she was ecstatic. Two hundred million US Dollars! What a fortune!
"Who would dare gossip?" Old Madam Shangguan’s face hardened. "You are Youyou’s stepmother, and for over a decade, you’ve treated her better than your own daughter! Besides, if not to you, who else could we entrust it to?"