Chapter 56.1 : Reduced to This in Just Two Short Days (Part 1)
One million!?
Was this unfilial son trying to commit robbery?!
Tang Jianren had never held much affection for Tang Qingmo, his biological son to begin with. Over the past few days, Qingmo's rebellion had already cost him twenty million and two bottles of expensive red wine.
And now hiring a bodyguard would cost one million per month!?
What kind of joke was this?!
Yet as Tang Jianren stared in shock, Tang Qingmo let out a cold laugh and said mockingly, "What's wrong, Patriarch Tang? Could it be that in your eyes, the Lu family's young master isn't worth a one-million monthly salary?"
Tang Jianren: !?
He stiffly turned his head and looked at Lu Tianren in embarrassment.
Lu Tianren's expression was calm and indifferent, as though whether he received that million or not made no difference to him at all…
"Didn't you just say that our names both contain the character 'Ren', and that our families are fated?" Tang Qingmo continued. "Now that money is involved, that sense of kinship disappears?"
With a snap, Tang Qingmo clapped his hands and spread them apart—
as if declaring that Tang Jianren's so-called sincerity was completely nonexistent.
Lu Tianren: ...
He didn't want this 'fate' at all, thank you very much.
Tang Jianren immediately turned to Lu Tianren. "Young Master Lu, that's not the case at all!"
Tang Qingmo had forced him into a corner.
If he refused to pay, it would be the same as saying—right in front of Lu Tianren—that he wasn't worth a million.
But if he agreed…
"Brother, please stop pressuring Dad!"
Seeing Tang Jianren's distressed expression, Tang Xianxi stepped forward to beg Tang Qingmo.
"Dad works so hard for us every day—"
Before he could finish, Tang Qingmo looked at him and said calmly, "Then you pay for it."
"!?"
Tang Qingmo smiled lightly. "You get fifty thousand a month in allowance, and your beloved sisters give you plenty of valuable gifts too. You should have quite a bit saved up, right~?"
"B-Brother… that's not how it is…"
"At least you're doing better than me, who only gets five hundred a month."
"..."
Tang Xianxi had no choice but to shut up.
Lu Tianren, however, looked stunned. "Young Master Tang, you only get five hundred a month? And your fake brother gets fifty thousand?"
"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!!" Tang Jianren rushed forward to explain loudly.
"Young Master Lu! Qingmo is the child we searched for for eighteen years—how could we possibly give him only five hundred a month?! We give him one million in monthly allowance! That's twice Xianxi's!"
This was also the second condition Tang Qingmo had previously proposed—and he had already received twenty million for it.
Tang Qingmo followed along smoothly. "So, Patriarch Tang has decided on a one-million monthly salary, then?"
Tang Jianren: ...
"Of course!"
There was no other choice. Given the situation, he could only agree.
Tang Qingmo curled his lips and continued, "Oh right—Tianren will be staying over every night from now on. You should prepare a room today."
"!?" Bai Hualian looked shocked. "Qingmo, there aren't any spare rooms left in the house!"
"There are," Tang Qingmo scoffed. "Isn't there one person in this house who alone has two rooms? Just have him give one up."
Tang Xianxi: !!!
Tang Qingmo, that bastard!
He had already taken his favorite room—was he going to take the second one too?!
Tang Qingmo naturally noticed his resentment and smiled faintly. "What? Do you think Young Master Lu isn't qualified to stay in your room?"
"N-No, of course he is!" Tang Xianxi lowered his head, looking somewhat aggrieved.
If Tang Feifei and Tang Xuerong had been present, they would certainly have stepped in to stop this.
But one was lying in the hospital, and the other had been locked in her room by Tang Jianren—neither could come.
Seeing Tang Xianxi's pitiful expression, Bai Hualian's heart softened.
"Qingmo, why not clean out Feifei's room instead?" She's in the hospital anyway…
Tang Qingmo shrugged. "Sure."
"Then I'll take Tianren to have a look at the room I used to live in first!"