Going home for the Chinese New Year with a year-end bonus of 100 million

He took the menu and ordered a bunch of grilled skewers and snacks to go with his drinks.

Soon, the owner personally brought up the first plate of grilled meat skewers.

The boss was a middle-aged man. He immediately noticed the Moutai on the table and his eyes lit up.

"Hey young man, you guys did a great job!"

"Eating barbecue and even drinking Moutai!"

Yang Fan smiled and casually said, "Oh, it was a gift from someone during the New Year. It was just sitting there anyway, so I took it out and drank it."

"Impressive, impressive." The boss gave a thumbs up. "You must be doing big business and making a fortune outside, right? People are even giving you Moutai."

"Okay, enjoy your meal. Call me if you need anything."

The boss turned and left, muttering to himself.

Indeed, in this small town, it's rare to see someone eat barbecue that costs a few dozen yuan and drive a bottle of Moutai that costs over a thousand yuan.

Ignoring the boss's reaction, Yang Fan took two glasses, poured a little less than half a glass for Yang Hao, and then poured one for himself.

He picked up the cup.

"Haozi, let's not talk about that nonsense today, have a drink first."

"Done."

The two brothers' cups tapped lightly in the air, making a crisp sound.

Yang Fan can handle baijiu (Chinese liquor) fairly well; he can drink about half a jin (250ml).

But it's clearly not going to work out with Yang Hao.

With just that one small bite, his face instantly turned bright red, as if it had been burned.

But he didn't say anything, he just silently picked up his chopsticks and took a meat skewer.

Seeing his expression, Yang Fan said to Xiaoya:

"Xiaoya, go to the refrigerator in the back and get a bottle of water for your brother Hao."

Xiaoya nodded and quickly placed a bottle of mineral water next to Yang Hao.

The three of them, two were drinking, and one was drinking water and eating skewers, and no one mentioned that troublesome matter.

Yang Fan chatted about all sorts of things, from being chased by a dog for stealing corn from his neighbor when he was a child, to all sorts of embarrassing things he did in school.

Yang Hao spoke very little, mostly listening, and occasionally when he was amused, he would just grin.

One glass of wine after another was downed.

Yang Hao's face grew increasingly red, and his eyes began to glaze over.

Yang Fan knew that the time was almost right.

He put down his wine glass and looked at Yang Hao.

"Alright, you've had enough to drink, drink less."

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

"I'm here now, and your sister Xiaoya is here too. Don't worry, no matter what happens, we'll support you."

"We won't blame you. If you encounter any problems, tell me."

When alcohol takes effect, the floodgates of emotion loosen.

Yang Hao struggled to lift his head, his bloodshot eyes brimming with tears.

"elder brother……"

His voice choked up as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Actually... it's not that I don't want to get married."

"It's me who's heartbroken... Brother... I'm really, really heartbroken..."

Seeing his cousin like this, Yang Fan felt bad.

He roughly guessed that the problem lay with the woman.

Otherwise, given Yang Hao's personality, he would never have caused such a scene at the crucial moment of his wedding.

"Go ahead, I'm listening."

Yang Hao picked up his wine glass and took another big gulp, as if he wanted to use the alcohol to pour out all his grievances.

"Brother, I was originally... I was all set to get married with great joy in my heart."

"I've prepared everything: the bride price, the three gold pieces, and so on. As for the 200,000 yuan you lent me, I'm making sure to buy the best of everything."

"Gold prices have been so high lately, but I still bought everything I needed!"

At this point, Yang Hao could no longer hold back his tears, which rolled down his cheeks.

"But...brother, do you know?"

"Just yesterday, my childhood friend from the next village said he saw Lili... leave in a BMW the day before yesterday."

"I was gone for two days before I came back, and it was that BMW that brought me back."

"My childhood friend also said... he seemed to recognize the person driving the car, it seemed to be... Lili's ex-boyfriend."

"Brother... when I heard this news, my heart... I..."

He slammed his fist on the table, making the plates on it bounce.

"I've been saying, why hasn't she replied to my messages these past two days? Why isn't she answering my calls?!"

"I fucking thought something had happened to her! I was as worried as a baby!"

"Brother, what should I do? How can I possibly go through with this wedding?"

"I really like her; we've been dating for over a year. All the hard-earned money I make on construction sites, aside from saving a little for my mom, I've spent the rest on her!"

"I've been so good to her, why is she treating me like this?"

"Why should I?"

He lay face down on the table, his shoulders heaving violently, his suppressed sobs heartbreaking.

Upon hearing this, Yang Ya, who was standing nearby, turned pale with anger, slammed her hand on the table, and stood up.

"What?! This woman is going way too far!"

"Haozi! Since that's the case, why don't you just say so when your third uncle and the others are asking you?"

"They're about to get married, and she's still entangled with her ex-boyfriend! I wouldn't want a woman like that either! What's the point of getting married!"

Yang Hao raised his head, wiped away his tears, and gave a bitter smile.

"Sister Xiaoya...Brother Fan...Can I tell you about this?"

"If I told them, with my parents' tempers, wouldn't they just go to her house and cause a huge scene?"

"If the whole village finds out, her family will lose face, but our family will look good?"

"I was thinking, why don't we just call off the wedding and let this matter rest?"

"At worst, I'll just say I changed my mind. I'm a man, so what if my reputation gets a little bad?"

He picked up the glass of water and gulped down several mouthfuls, as if trying to extinguish the fire in his heart.

"Actually... brother, it's not entirely her fault."

"I think the problem lies with me. It's because I'm incompetent and can't earn money."

"If I could make a lot of money, if I also had a BMW, would she still go out with her ex-boyfriend?"

Yang Fan listened quietly without interrupting him.

He didn't speak until Yang Hao finished speaking, his voice deep.

"And then, did you ask her? Ask her what she and her ex-boyfriend were doing?"

Yang Hao nodded, his eyes filled with pain.

"Brother, I asked."

"At first I didn't want to ask, I felt ashamed. But... I was still unwilling to give up, so I asked anyway."

"Do you know what she said?"

Yang Hao chuckled self-deprecatingly.

She said her ex-boyfriend was just taking her to the city to buy some things on his way.

She said, "It's because I don't have a car that it's inconvenient for me to go out."

"She even turned around and blamed me, saying that if I had a car, would she need to ride in someone else's car?"

"Brother, tell me, is it my fault?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan felt a surge of anger welling up inside him.

He'd seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless.

He's seen too many of these kinds of real-world problems in society.

But when this kind of thing happens to his closest younger brother, the anger is completely different.

He looked at Yang Hao's face, which was contorted with self-blame and pain, reached out, and patted his shoulder heavily.

"Haozi."

"Your decision is correct."

"Brother, I support you 100%."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was unusually firm.

"It's the right thing to not marry a woman like that."

"Not getting married now is to cut your losses. If you really got married, you'd be in for a world of trouble."