Chapter 31

In the steam-filled bathroom, Xia Bohe caressed her shoulders with the soft and fluffy bath foam.

She was taking a relaxing bath in the bathtub.

One of her dreams was to buy a house big enough to fit a bathtub.

Every day she came home exhausted, she could take a soothing hot bath to relieve herself of the day’s fatigue.

Her dream had finally come true today!

Most of her fair skin was submerged in the bathtub, almost blending in with the snow-white bubbles.

However, she quickly shifted her gaze to the phone screen in front of her.

[Mom: Bohe, I’ve found another blind date for you. He doesn’t mind that you’re in debt. How about meeting him this weekend? By the way, the second payment for your brother’s house renovation is 80,000. The bank card in your drawer has run out of money. Can you transfer some more money to me, or can I sell those branded handbags in your closet?]

As Xia Bohe finished reading the message, she could not help but feel suffocated, as if her nose and mouth were flooded with foam.

The original host was born into a common family, but her parents preferred sons over daughters. After her younger brother was born, everything in the household was centered around him.

Although the original host had good looks and had made a bit of money from filming commercials and working as a car show model, most of her money was spent on her younger brother.

Now, rather than saying that she was in debt, it would be more accurate to say that she was shouldering a mortgage for her brother.

As for her mother, she was even willing to sell her daughter for the sake of her son. Since the original host became an adult at the age of eighteen, she had used all means to marry her off to a rich man in hopes of realizing her son’s dream of becoming a ‘rich second generation’.

Therefore, after the original host had married Luo Tianlin in a fit of anger, she also kept it a secret from her parents in case they used her as the Luo family’s cash machine.

The original host did not want to bind herself to the Luo family forever.

To avoid her parents’ suspicion, she did not even take her clothes with her after marriage.

“She even wants to sell her daughter’s handbags?”

Xia Bohe was a little speechless.

The original host was really both unlucky and lucky at the same time.

It was unlucky to be born into such a family, but it was also because of this family that she had the opportunity to marry Luo Tianlin.

This was because the original host’s grandfather had already become good friends with the Luo family’s grandfather as early as fifty years ago. Along with another Old Master Zhou, he had started his business from scratch together with Old Master Luo, and the three of them were known as the real estate industry’s Golden Trio at that time.

Only until the original host’s grandmother was diagnosed with cancer did her grandfather realized that he had neglected his wife and children because of work. After losing his beloved wife, he had returned to his hometown, and since then the three families had completely lost contact with each other.

Even the original host’s parents did not know that their old man had such a relationship with the Luo and Zhou families who belonged to Jiang City’s elite class.

A year ago, the original host’s grandfather was diagnosed with a brain tumor and returned to Jiang City for treatment. Old Master Luo had found him moments before he passed away.

Before his death, he worried the most about his granddaughter. He felt that as soon as he kicked the bucket, she would probably be sold to an unreliable old geezer by his unfilial son and daughter-in-law. After much thought, he gritted his teeth and decided to just entrust her to his good friend’s grandson.

Although the original host did not like Luo Tianlin, firstly she could not bear her grandfather to worry even on the brink of death, and secondly, she had just gotten dumped and wanted to spite her ex. On impulse, she had gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau and signed the marriage certificate with Luo Tianlin.

“Argh.”

Xia Bohe felt that the novel setting was simply fascinating.

[Mom: Bohe, where are you? Reply if you see my message!]

[Mom: What’re you doing?]

[Mom: If you don’t pay the 80,000, the renovation of your brother’s house will have to be halted! Nowadays, nobody can get a beautiful young wife without a house! Do you have the heart to see your brother remain a bachelor forever? Can you bear to ruin your brother’s life?]

Every minute, her mother would send a message.

Her sense of urgency was truly insane!

Xia Bohe rolled her eyes.

According to memory, the original host’s brother was only eighteen this year and still in his third year of high school. Even the act of dating would be reported and criticized by teachers, not to mention getting married!

‘A house… In your dreams!’

Xia Bohe lazily stretched out a fair and slender hand from the floating foam, slightly wiped it on a towel, and lightly tapped on the screen to send a voice message.

[You’d better put aside the renovation and supervise his studies first.]

[Nowadays, if one doesn’t pass the National College Entrance Examination, he won’t even get to marry an unattractive girl his whole life!] (TN: The National College Entrance Examination is an academic examination held annually and serves as a prerequisite for entrance into almost all higher education institutions at the undergraduate level.)

[Do you have the heart to see your son remain a bachelor forever? Can you bear to ruin your son’s life?]

[Ah, Mom, you’re so cruel!]

After sending the heartrending voice message, Xia Bohe let out a snort and slammed her phone face down on the small table beside her.

‘You want my money; no way! You want my life; not in a million years either!’

‘Keep dreaming!’