The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 759 Sunset
Su Xiaoxi is very filial.

My maternal grandparents are almost seventy years old; they've spent their entire lives in the countryside.

Now that she's moved to Shenzhen, her house suddenly feels smaller.

Su Xiaoxi knew very well that her maternal grandparents were only the first group to come to the family, and more would definitely come later.

There's no other reason than that she still has over a billion yuan in funds, which is no small sum for an ordinary family.

Even ordinary families wouldn't dare to dream of it.

Grandma's health deteriorated, so Su's mother took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a serious illness and needed heart bypass surgery.

If this disease were treated at a better hospital in Shenzhen, it would cost at least 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

It wasn't a lot of money, but it was a large sum for the Su family.

Especially after learning that Su Xiaoxi had over a billion yuan, not a single relative was willing to contribute money.

Su Xiaoxi paid all the medical expenses in advance.

Every time she spent more money on herself, the pressure on her heart increased.

Even if the amount of money is still so insignificant, it's still the same.

After they learned that she was rich, many of her relatives started to have designs on her.

This family is short 200,000 yuan in dowry for getting a wife, and that family is short 500,000 yuan for buying a house.

If Su Xiaoxi doesn't give it to them, all her relatives will say she's heartless.

With billions in hand, what's a little money?
When Su's mother told her relatives back home that she had over a billion yuan, it was an inevitable outcome.

She also wanted to use these family relationships to force her daughter to make the right decision.

The facts are obvious.

Chen Lu squandered more than 500 million yuan in just a few months.

If they spent that money at home, over a million yuan would make all their relatives extremely grateful to their family.

There are two possible outcomes. One, while potentially bringing in unlimited income, carries an alarmingly high risk.

They're using the remaining 1.5 billion to gamble on a vague, impossible chance of marrying into a wealthy family.
It's better to keep this money; it will ensure three generations of peace and happiness for our descendants.

Putting aside the moral high ground, Su's mother was certain that over 90% of ordinary people would choose the second path.

1.5 billion is enough for the whole family to live on for a hundred years.

Even if you deposit this money in a bank and earn fixed-term interest, your annual income would still be over 20 million.

More than 20 million! How many families have that kind of annual income?
Su Xiaoxi was pressured by her entire family to make a choice: all her relatives on one side, and Chen Lu on the other.

Regardless of Su Xiaoxi's choice, she has already spent over a million yuan on her family, and that is an established fact.

More and more relatives came, and Su's mother even secretly used her bank card to buy a large house in Shenzhen.

It's a large, single-level apartment of over 380 square meters with zero common area, and it's also luxuriously decorated.

A house like this could comfortably house a dozen or so people without feeling cramped at all.

To further improve the living conditions at home.

When Su Xiaoxi found out, she cried bitterly, but she couldn't blame her mother, and she didn't dare to tell Chen Lu about these things.

Therefore, it is still very necessary to marry someone of equal social standing.

Once the gap between the two becomes too large, the pace of life and the attitude towards money will be completely different.

Mother Su was overjoyed to be living in a large apartment again. Although the house cost her more than 20 million yuan, she was very comfortable living there.

In addition, she bought herself a Panamera worth over a million yuan.

The remaining money, except for a very small portion kept for household expenses, was all deposited in a bank as a fixed deposit.

If you don't know how to invest, then don't invest. If you deposit over a billion yuan, you'll earn 20 million yuan in interest every year.

This is more than enough for Su's mother. No matter what, the mother and daughter can't spend 20 million in a year.

Su's mother did give Chen Lu hope; deep down, she still hoped that her daughter could marry Chen Lu.

This kid has disappointed her. He lost over 500 million in just a few months. If she gives him another year, he'll probably have nothing left.

Knowing when to stop while you're ahead is the way ordinary citizens like them manage their finances, isn't it?

Su's mother simply forced her daughter to make a choice.

The choice is to stop daydreaming and settle down to live a comfortable and peaceful life.

You'll never have to worry about money for the rest of your life, nor will you have to worry about this or that every day.

What could be better than this?

It's nothing more than losing a love. But how long can love retain its value?

As someone who has been through it all, Su's mother knows all too well the value of over a billion.

Such funds are enough to buy out the love affairs of countless young people.

Xiao Xi... don't blame Mom. Mom is just making the right choice for you.

Su Xiaoxi was like a puppet, forced by her family to choose a path she didn't like during her happiest months.

She sacrificed her own suffering to bring wealth and prosperity to her entire family and relatives.

If there had been other options, Su's mother might not have chosen this path, but she knew that if she didn't choose now, it would be too late.

In the shortest possible time, Su's mother used the money in Su Xiaoxi's card to buy a luxury apartment.

He also bought a luxury car in the shortest amount of time and used it to treat his parents' illnesses.

Then he also helped those relatives who were short of money to solve their recent difficulties.

According to the relatives, Su's mother was an absolutely wonderful person, a benefactor to the whole family.

According to Su Xiaoxi's thinking, she would only feel that her mother was terrifying.

Because she completely appropriated money that didn't belong to her.

Although Chen Lu's father didn't care about this kind of money, he couldn't let their wealth give them the right to be so greedy.

This was the first time she had felt how terrifying her mother was, and she understood Chen Lu's mother's tough attitude even more.

After all, who would want their carefully nurtured child to end up with such in-laws?

But was her mother wrong?
Actually, no, she just made what she believed to be the best choice for her daughter based on her own perspective.

A relationship where the partners are not of equal social standing is more than just a matter of feelings.

There is also a greater sense of mutual value and shared perspectives.

While Chen Lu was still trying to help her complete her father's assessment, her mother had already made the choice for her.

She has a fixed-term savings account, the kind with a 20-year term. This means that Su Xiaoxi will only be able to withdraw 20 million yuan in interest every year for the next 20 years.

She could certainly live well on that interest, but that's not what she wanted.

It was just what her mother wanted.

At the end of September, Chen Lu excitedly came to Su Xiaoxi and told her that he had an excellent investment plan.

This plan wasn't given to him by anyone else, but by his second sister, Chen Xinyi.

He begged Chen Xinyi for a long time before his second sister secretly revealed a piece of information to him.

That's an overseas technology company that her group has invested in, and they've been investing for three years.

He had remained relatively unknown for three years, but recently he has made a major breakthrough.

This is the result of developing a highly disruptive technology. Once officially released, the valuation of that technology company, including its market capitalization, will be significantly increased.

They will all increase by at least five to ten times.

In this way, Xiao Xi will definitely pass her father's test and will be able to become his wife as she wishes in the future.

Su Xiaoxi said nothing, but simply strolled in the sunset.

(End of this chapter)