By extracting their desires for blind dates, I became the richest man.

The old men chatting idly by the roadside raised their cloudy eyelids.

Groups of two or three middle school and elementary school students, who had just returned home from school, were pointing and whispering excitedly.

They often see the Xiaomi SU7 on short videos.

This is the first time I've ever seen it with my own eyes; it's quite a sight.

But these are the only people left in the village now.

That damn former company laid him off on the 10th just to save on his year-end bonus.

This time slot is stuck in an awkward, unfortunate situation.

Some universities are still holding final exams.

For those who are truly working, it goes without saying that they usually have to work hard until around the Lunar New Year before they can finally get a holiday.

Therefore, there are not many young people in Nankeng Village now, making it seem somewhat deserted.

Nankeng Village.

Its administrative division is located in the suburbs of Ganzhou City.

A typical, slowly changing urban-rural fringe area.

However, this piece of land is situated right on the border between Ganzhou City and the neighboring Kangzhou City. Its ownership has been passed back and forth between the two cities countless times over the past few decades.

This resulted in it becoming an unwanted adopted son, unloved by both his father and mother.

Although this area is now considered a suburb of Ganzhou City, its economy is very weak, and it is never included in development plans.

The economic level of every household was very similarly poor.

If it weren't for the new rural development project a few years ago, which involved the demolition of a number of houses, we would have been in trouble.

Even now, large areas of the village are still filled with mud-brick houses.

Those with slightly better living conditions, like Chen Yujie's family, couldn't stand the environment here anymore and moved to a neighborhood closer to downtown Ganzhou.

Chen Qiu parked the car steadily on a cement slab in front of his house.

On the turf, a dilapidated silver bread truck was already parked.

Chen Qiu's father, Chen Zhide, was a handyman at a nearby furniture factory.

He also drives this vehicle to various factories to haul goods and do odd jobs.

This bread cart is his production tool.

This is also the only four-wheeled vehicle in Chen Qiu's family.

Besides that, there was only one electric scooter that creaked and rattled when it ran.

The brand-new, eye-catching SU7 stopped.

Several neighbors who were picking vegetables and chatting at their doorsteps looked over curiously.

"Oh, Chen Zhide has guests?"

"This car is beautiful, I've never seen one like it before."

Chen Zhide, who had just gotten off work, also heard the noise outside.

He was somewhat puzzled.

Whose car is this? Such a nice car, why is it parked in front of my house?

He's never seen it before.

Just then, he saw the car door open.

His wife, Luo Jinglan, got out of the passenger seat.

Then his son, Chen Qiu, got out of the driver's seat.

His eyes lit up instantly.

"Chen Qiu, why did you come back with your mother...?"

He was stunned before he could finish speaking.

"Dad, I'm home."

There has never been much intense emotional expression between father and son.

Chen Zhide looked at his son, whom he hadn't seen for a year.

I heard over the phone that he had been laid off.

But now I see that my son is in pretty good spirits and is not short of weight.

His heart, which had been hanging in suspense, immediately settled down.

His gaze fell once again on the brand-new car.

"Whose car is this? And it's a new car."

"Whose is it? Your son's!"

Luo Jinglan's voice was filled with pride and self-satisfaction.

Chen Zhide thought that his son had just borrowed a friend's car and was driving it back to show off.

He was stunned when he heard his wife say that.

"Chen Qiu, you bought a car?"

His brow furrowed slightly.

My first reaction wasn't happiness.

He didn't know how much the car cost, but just by looking at its beautiful appearance and shiny paint, he knew it was at least a car in the tens of thousands range.

He knew his son's situation best.

After working hard for several years, at most, I can only save a few tens of thousands of yuan.

Buying this car requires a loan, right?

With a car loan already in place, there's the mortgage to come, plus that terrifyingly high dowry...

The pressure on the son's shoulders was immense!

A deep sadness flashed across his weathered face.

But he quickly suppressed this worry.

He couldn't show this emotion in front of his son.

He walked up to Chen Qiu and patted him on the shoulder.

"It's time to buy a car; after all, you're getting ready to settle down and start a family!"

He glanced at the car again, his voice filled with heartache.

"You must have spent a lot of money on that down payment, right?"

"How much is the loan payment each month? I'll transfer tens of thousands of yuan to your account later, you can start now..."

As a father, his first thought was not to blame his son, but to do his best to take on more responsibilities from his young shoulders.

"What down payment! My son is doing very well now!"

Luo Jinglan interrupted her husband.

"This car was a gift from his business partner!"

On the way home, Luo Jinglan naturally couldn't resist questioning Chen Qiu in detail about the origins of the car and the house.

Chen Qiu couldn't explain the existence of that magical system either.

He could only make up a story that he had actually been laid off long ago, and that in the past few months he had been doing business with someone else and had made a little money and his business was starting to improve.

As for the car and house, they were gifts given to him by his business partner who had high hopes for him, in an effort to win him over.

Chen Qiu had no idea how much of what her mother believed.

But he showed her both the blue vehicle registration certificate and the red property ownership certificate.

Seeing the two books stamped with the official seal, she had no reason to doubt anymore.

"A gift from a business partner?"

Chen Zhide was completely bewildered.

Didn't they just get laid off? How come a business partner has suddenly appeared?

But looking at his wife's proud expression, it seemed... that it was true?

"Oh, Akiko's back so early this year?"

"You even bought a new car? That's impressive!"

At this moment, the neighbors all gathered around, marveling at the car.

"They must be making a lot of money outside, right?"

Their words sounded like sincere praise, yet also like a cautious probe.

That's how neighborly relations are in the countryside.

They genuinely want you to be happy.

But they don't want you to be much better off than they are.

When you are in trouble, they might not hesitate to lend you a hand and bring you a bowl of hot food.

But once you really succeed, they can't help but gossip about you behind your back.

This is the countryside—simple yet complex human nature.

Of course, there are also one or two bad apples who simply don't want your family to have a good life.

"Aunt Li, Aunt Xu..."

Chen Qiu greeted each person politely.

"No, no, I just got lucky and made a little money."

The group of aunties were stunned when they heard this.

This means... they actually made money?

Then, Chen Qiu opened the trunk and took out his luggage and the things he had brought back for his parents.

"Oh my! Is this a Chow Tai Fook bag? Is there a gold bracelet inside? Qiu Zi, did you buy this for your mom?"

A sharp-eyed aunt was the first to call out.

"What kind of phone box is that? It looks like that really expensive Huawei folding phone I saw in a video!"

"Wow... this is a Moutai bar? Is it real?"

"And this tea, this packaging, it doesn't look cheap, does it?"

Exclamations of amazement rose and fell.

The neighbors' eyes widened in astonishment.