It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

Li Xianyu took out the bank card his father had left him from the drawer. This bank card was a new card from China Construction Bank, not the kind that had been around for twenty years. He had been distracted by the Black Water Spirit Pearl when he inherited the estate, otherwise he would have noticed many things that were not right.

For example, Baoze Group is a company established in recent years, while the father's will dates back twenty years.

For example, this bank card represents deposits from twenty years ago. What was handed to him should have been a passbook, not a bank card.

At eight o'clock, just in time for dinner, I took my great-grandmother downstairs for a meal.

The destination was a highly-rated Thai restaurant nearby, which Li Xianyu had eaten at several times before and found to be excellent. His living expenses for the month were already gone, so his deadbeat father's 200,000 yuan couldn't have come at the perfect time.

Li Xianyu's monthly living expenses are three thousand yuan. His adoptive father sends money regularly at the beginning of each month. His daily expenses are kept below eighty yuan, so he can save five or six hundred yuan a month... Saving money is impossible, it's impossible in this lifetime. That part of the money is for his hotel room expenses, at least once a week. If he meets a financially independent older sister, sometimes he doesn't even have to pay for the room.

This month, I ran out of living expenses early because last week I met a really nice girl online, and I spent about two thousand yuan on her.

His father's inheritance not only opened a new world for him, but also left him with an ancestor to support. Fortunately, his father had some conscience and left him 200,000.

After taking a taxi to the Thai restaurant, Li Xianyu said he wanted to withdraw some cash for backup, and then led his great-grandmother to the ATM on the next street to withdraw money.

As dusk settled, a cool and comfortable evening breeze caressed my skin.

Li Xianyu walked ahead, followed by a girl in shorts who showed off her long legs. The evening breeze ruffled the great-grandmother's hair, attracting the amazed glances of passersby.

My great-grandmother was very interested in the ATM machine. She stared intently at the people withdrawing money through the security gate, watching the machine spit out one bright red Mao Zedong bill after another.

Li Xianyu pulled his great-grandmother into the house, locked it, took out the bank card left to him by his biological father, and inserted it.

"This thing can spit out money?" The great-grandmother stared intently at the screen, the screen's glow illuminating her eyes like stars.

"You haven't seen it before?"

She shook her head.

"This thing is full of money," Li Xianyu said.

Grandma's eyes lit up: "Step back, I'll smash it with one punch."

Li Xianyu was startled: "Although I would also like to do that, we don't need to do anything illegal. We shouldn't rob the country, even if it's heaven and earth."

Grandma: "Little Li, you're quite patriotic."

Li Xianyu: "No, I'm just afraid of being killed by the government. Besides, we have 200,000 yuan, we're not short of money."

As he spoke, he entered the password. Instead of withdrawing the money directly, he clicked to check his balance. Li Xianyu had never owned such a large sum of money in his life, and he was overjoyed.

Under the expectant gazes of him and his great-grandmother, the screen displayed the balance: 90800.00

Li Xianyu was stunned and couldn't help but rub his eyes. The balance was indeed 90,000.

Maybe I rubbed my eyes wrong. Let me rub them again.

Still 90,000!

Li Xianyu: "???"

"Didn't you say two hundred thousand? Where's my money?" Li Xianyu's smile gradually turned sinister. "Where's my money!?"

Seeing her grandson's ferocious expression, the great-grandmother put her hands behind her back and pretended to look at the scenery around her.

Li Xianyu took out his phone and dialed Grandpa Qin's number. A few seconds later, the call was connected. "Grandpa Qin, my father left me an inheritance of 200,000 yuan, right?"

Grandpa Qin: "It seems so."

"like?"

"How would I know? I haven't paid much attention to your father's inheritance. What's wrong?" Grandpa Qin asked.

"What's wrong?" Li Xianyu gritted her teeth. "I only have 90,000 in my bank account. Where did the rest of the money go? Did you eat it?"

Grandpa Qin was taken aback. "Are you sure?"

Li Xianyu: "Absolutely certain, definitely, and without a doubt."

Grandpa Qin asked in bewilderment, "Could there have been a mistake during the transfer? I'll call the finance department and ask, and you can check your bill details yourself."

The money his father left Li Xianyu was certainly not the original amount. This money had been in the Taoist and Buddhist Association for more than ten years before being transferred to Baoze Group along with the will. Li Xianyu suspected that people from Baoze Group had embezzled his father's inheritance through various means.

Such a large sum of money disappeared just like that. Li Xianyu was extremely anxious. While waiting for Grandpa Qin's reply, he called the bank's self-service to check his account details.

Select the automated voice service and enter your bank card password and ID number.

Then, the truth that left Li Xianyu completely bewildered came through the voice message.

This card has over a dozen transaction records today, ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of yuan, with a total expenditure of 109200 yuan.

He only received the will a few days ago, and only had time to bind it to his mobile phone; he didn't touch the money inside at all.

Link your phone number?!

Li Xianyu suddenly looked at his great-grandmother, who pretended to look at the scenery around her.

"You spent the money?" Li Xianyu stared wide-eyed.

Grandma's face paled, and her eyes darted around: "No, no."

"Bullshit, the only phone number linked to my bank card is yours besides mine," Li Xianyu retorted angrily. "Who else could it be but you?"

My great-grandmother uses an old iPhone 6s that Li Xianyu has outgrown. The day before yesterday, when I was teaching her how to use the phone, I also helped her link her bank card.

When the great-grandmother saw that her secret had been exposed and her attempts to deny it were futile, she angrily changed the subject: "Don't talk to me like that, you unfilial descendant."

"Ten thousand silver dollars, how the hell did you spend it all?" Li Xianyu exclaimed in a frenzy.

"I'll recharge for the game..." Grandma whispered.

"Huh?" Li Xianyu's eyes widened, feeling as if hammers were repeatedly hitting his head from high above: "Recharge...games?"

Grandma nodded, counting on her fingers, "All the hero-level weapons in CF cost about 10,000. The skins and characters in League of Legends also cost several thousand, and the equipment and gold coins in Dungeon Fighter Online cost around 40,000. Then, I spent several thousand on cars in QQ Speed..."

Her dark eyes darted around as she tried to recall the events, recounting them one by one to Li Xianyu.

Each blow pierced Li Xianyu's heart.

Li Xianyu's lips trembled, "One hundred thousand... just like that, gone."

Grandma said in a serious tone, "How can I become stronger without spending money? It's not a loss, not a loss at all."

What the hell? You're not losing out? Are you a primary school student?

"How did you manage to top up your account?"

"Is it difficult? Just follow the recharge steps one by one, it's very easy to recharge."

Li Xianyu leaned against the glass wall, slid down inch by inch to the ground, and cried out to the heavens in anguish: "My life is shrouded in darkness, from now on, my life is shrouded in darkness, waah..."

You even make money off people who lived more than a hundred years ago, don't you feel any remorse?

Grandma pouted: "It's just 100,000, what a small amount of money. Back when I was still alive, I received a monthly allowance of 500 taels of silver, and I spent money in large sums whenever I went out."

Li Xianyu angrily retorted, "Come on, the Qing Dynasty has been gone for over a hundred years."

"Hmph, it was originally my money, left to me by your father."

"Bullshit! I'm his own son. If he doesn't leave me his inheritance, am I supposed to give it to you, you old zombie?"

"Why are you being so fierce? I'll pay you back when I have money in the future. I spend your dad's money and he never dares to say anything. You're such a terrible son."

"Can being cute put food on the table? You spendthrift son, no, you spendthrift great-grandmother."

"You are not allowed to speak to me like that, you unfilial descendant."

"Pah! You even swindled my dad's inheritance. Get out of here!"

They had a big fight.

The great-grandmother could only use bland terms like "unfilial descendants" and "wicked children" over and over again, and she was no match for keyboard warrior Li Xianyu.

"I'll pay you back right now."

The great-grandmother, her face flushed with anger, slammed her fist on the ATM screen with a dull thud, and then froze.

Grandma's pretty face quickly fell, her lips twitched, but she forced herself not to show any pain, and her eyes quickly welled up with tears.

Li Xianyu: "Pfft..."

Grandma, with tears in her eyes, cried out, "You yourself said I could spend money however I wanted. I don't want you as my grandson anymore, I want to go back to the beaded house, sob sob..."

Perhaps feeling that even the machine was bullying her, she held back for a while, but couldn't hold it in any longer. She let out a sob, which was very unlike a grandmother. She pushed open the safety door and walked into the dimly lit area in a huff.

The figure disappeared into the vast night.

Qin Ze withdrew five thousand, squatted by the roadside, smoked a cigarette, scratched his head in annoyance, and thought to himself, how could there be such a great-grandmother? She was so spoiled and would throw a tantrum at the drop of a hat.

People who carry an elderly gentleman with them always have a very refined and distinguished air about them.

Did she waste her entire life of over a hundred years?

Ten thousand dollars can be spent so easily. Were my ancestors that rich?

I have a feeling that if our ancestors were alive, their expressions at this moment would be a row of "comical" smiles, silently glancing at me: Haha, you little rascal, we were tricked like this back then too...

Li Xianyu gained a deeper understanding of this statement.

Or should we just ignore her?

Li Xianyu, who was smoking a cigarette, suddenly remembered that when he helped his great-grandmother bind her bank card that day, he said something like this: "Now it's the era where you can travel all over the country with just a mobile phone. Great-grandmother, we have 200,000 yuan. You can spend it as you like."

I thought my great-grandmother would just buy some snacks or something, but I never imagined she'd spend money so lavishly...

Ashley!

Li Xianyu threw away his cigarette and chased after the direction in which his great-grandmother had disappeared.