"Sis, you're not being fair!"
Sun Wenrui was instantly anxious. This was clearly an attempt to poach his customers! He knew nothing about the beauty industry and had been counting on his sister to guide him. If the couple started their own business and poached existing clients, wouldn't he be left with an empty shell?
Su Yurou chuckled, "How am I being unfair? Little Fan is the pillar of the beauty salon, and he's my boyfriend. Can't we two live off something?"
"But... I'm your biological brother!" Sun Wenrui pointed to himself.
"Little Fan is my husband!" Su Yurou linked her arm with Lin Fan's and retorted righteously.
"Dad, Mom, look at my sister..." Sun Wenrui, speechless, resorted to his most effective tactic.
"Alright," Sun Tie Zhu frowned, "It's Chinese New Year. Arguing like this, what does it look like?"
The siblings turned away, ignoring each other. Sun Tie Zhu glanced at his wife, then at Lin Fan, and asked, "Lin Fan, what do you think?"
"Ah, me?" Lin Fan had been watching the drama unfold, never expecting to be drawn in so quickly.
"Yes." Sun Tie Zhu was puzzled. Was he really not interested in the beauty salon? Why did he seem so nonchalant?
"I don't mind." As soon as Lin Fan finished speaking, Su Yurou pinched his thigh hard, making him quickly add, "What I mean is, I'll always stand with Yurou. Her thoughts are my thoughts."
"Spare me the grand pronouncements," Sun Tie Zhu waved his hand. "Money moves people's hearts." He gestured to the furnishings in the living room. "To be honest, everything in our home was earned by Yurou's beauty salon. In good times, it brought in tens of millions a year. Are you really indifferent to that?"
"Dad, it's not that much. After expenses, three million is the absolute most," Su Yurou tried to downplay the salon's income, as it didn't actually earn tens of millions, perhaps five million at most in a good year.
"This..." Lin Fan scratched his head, truthfully stating, "There's nothing to be indifferent about."
"Stop pretending!" Sun Wenrui sneered, "How much do you earn in a year? Twenty thousand? What are you playing at? Indifferent? Tsk tsk tsk..."
"I..." Lin Fan smiled faintly. "Last year, I think I earned over five million... no, less than a year, just more than half a year. Uh... maybe more? Some things are hard to put a value on, but it's around seven or eight million."
Lin Fan's casual tone instantly froze the atmosphere in the room. Seven or eight million in half a year? If it were a full year, wouldn't that be ten million! That's like winning the lottery twice a year! Two years would be twenty million, and five years, a hundred million! Lin Fan was so young; he could achieve even more!
Sun Tie Zhu and Su Mei had always been proud of their daughter, but their wealth was only in the tens of millions. Wealth measured in hundreds of millions was beyond their aspirations. They didn't know that Lin Fan hadn't earned that much; he had just said it intentionally.
"Why don't you just say you earn a hundred million a year?" Sun Wenrui stood up. He didn't believe a word Lin Fan said. He often bragged about Su Yurou's sports car and mansion, presenting himself as a successful, wealthy young man. This attracted many gold-digging women who wanted to have fun with him. Lin Fan was younger than him but even better at bragging, which made him furious.
"If you're talking about a hundred million a year," Su Yurou, not Lin Fan, was the first to retort, "I believe that with Little Fan's abilities, his future potential is far greater than that."
"You..." Sun Wenrui sputtered with anger, "Sis, you don't need to defend him. You know the truth, and Mom and Dad aren't senile."
"Indeed, Yurou, I understand your feelings, but you need to be more measured in your words." Sun Tie Zhu had been half-doubting Lin Fan's claim of earning tens of millions a year, but hearing his daughter mention hundreds of millions, he shook his head. It was impossible! How many people in Yunqing City could claim to earn hundreds of millions a year? That required years of accumulation and massive capital. Did he think every industry was as profitable as real estate? If a mere TCM doctor earned hundreds of millions a year, wouldn't the world be in chaos!
Seeing his parents take his side, Sun Wenrui's tail immediately wagged. His smug look seemed to say, "You brag online, but you come to my house to brag? Do you think our Sun family is easily fooled?"
Su Yurou's face turned cold. After hesitating, she decided not to scold Sun Wenrui in front of their parents. She knew that any confrontation would only escalate the conflict, and their parents always doted on their son, leading to an irreparable mess.
"How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan? Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist." Su Yurou looked at her brother with deep disdain.
"Mom, Sis is looking down on me again." Sun Wenrui clung to his mother's arm, complaining.
Su Mei took a deep breath and suddenly said, "Yurou, I know you have high standards, but Wen Rui isn't as bad as you think. What you said about earning a hundred million a year is all nonsense, unrealistic. Wen Rui may not have that kind of ability, but I think he can manage the beauty salon." She glanced at Lin Fan and added, "How about this? I don't approve or object to your relationship, but..."
As she spoke, she heard a phone ring: "The big windmill turns squeakily..."
Lin Fan, who had been dozing, started, then realized it was his phone. He pulled out his phone, looked at it, and whispered to Su Yurou, "It's Sister Zhou. She might need me for something. I'll take the call."
"Okay, go ahead." Su Yurou nodded, not accompanying him.
"What are you hiding? Is it some shady deal, perhaps a hundred-million-dollar transaction?" Sun Wenrui said sarcastically, then let out a snicker.
"Keep your voice down, and don't say such things." Su Yurou glared at him fiercely, then deliberately announced, "It's Zhou Yi, the chairman of Xinghe Real Estate, looking for Little Fan."
"Ah?" Su Mei was greatly surprised. "Isn't she one of your biggest clients?"
Su Yurou gave a wry smile, "Little Fan's relationship with Sister Zhou is much better than mine. In Zhou Yi's eyes, I'm nothing more than a servant catering to her. But Little Fan is different; Zhou Yi trusts him immensely."