Chapter 13: CH 13

After school, Lu Rong got Fang Qing’s messages about picking him up at the school gate. Lu Rong knew it was Ji Tong’s invitation, so he separated from Guo Jing’s getting-a-cast team arranged by Fang Chang and went out, taking his bag.

As expected, there was a champagne coloured Bentley parked outside the school gate. Lu Rong quickly slipped into the car, lest it attracted sensation.

Ji Tong, sitting on the passenger seat, smilingly turned his head. “Today we will eat in my house!” After speaking, he blushed and changed his words, “Our house.”

Lu Rong glanced at him, then glanced at Fang Qing.

Fang Qing took out their marriage certificate from her pocket, showing it to him.

Lu Rong, “…”

You went to get a certificate before going to his house, how  courageous.

Ji Tong introduced his family situation briefly, “The house is quite big, the decoration is new, you will get your own room.”

Lu Rong noticed that the car entered the highway and couldn’t help but ask, “Is it far?”

Ji Tong, “Quite far, a 30 minute drive from school.”

Lu Rong, “It is at least 10 kilometres.”

Ji Tong answered, “It doesn’t matter. From now on, let Old Song send you guys to school!”

The chauffeur, Old Song, flashed a smile to Lu Rong through the rearview mirror. It didn’t even last for one second before he pursed his lips and solemnly looked straight in front. His reliable face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were calm as if looking down on the world, he was like a soldier driving a tank in the Afghan war.

Lu Rong shuddered, all of Ji Tong’s subordinates looked like they were ready to take out a gun from their breast pocket, was Ji Tong’s house safe? Did he need to put a machete in his bedside drawer?

When he recovered, he realized that Ji Tong used “you guys”. “Uncle also has a child?”

Ji Tong said proudly, “He is a boy, half a year older than you.”

Fang Qing, “You have to call him Gege.[1]”

Lu Rong obediently answered, “Okay.”

After 30 minutes, the Bentley entered a villa area in the premium lots. The security at the gate immediately saluted on seeing the car.

Fang Qing was surprised. “This community is very high class!”

Lu Rong was also surprised. “How much does it take in maintenance fees?”

Ji Tong bashfully answered, “About ten yuan for each square metre.”

Lu Rong calculated, a villa was about 300 square metres, the fee was at least 3000 yuan per month, it could be used to rent a house in the city. Being a loan shark earned a lot of money indeed.

The community gate was low profile. Upon entering, you would realize that it was very big. A lot of large landscapes passed by, there were Chinese style gardens, a western style sculpture fountain, and a flower maze, even the trees were cut in animal shapes.

Fang Qing’s eyes sparkled, “Very cute! Can we visit the maze after dinner?”

Ji Tong, “Sure!”

Lu Rong held Ji Tong’s seat and leaned closer. “Can you get the capital back with this greenery and capacity proportions?”

Ji Tong, “…” Why did this step-son react differently from other children?”

It had been almost ten minutes since the car entered the community. Lu Rong saw from afar a big house halfway up the hill that couldn’t be called a villa, it seemed more like a castle.

He suddenly remembered. “Is this the building that cannot be sold after 5 years?”

Ji Tong, “En…”

Lu Rong, “Seven to eight hundred square metres, 120 million yuan, it is too exaggerated. Who bought that house? Can’t be bought, can’t be sold, it is expensive but there’s no market, and everyday has to pay depreciation, maintenance, and management costs, this house is purely for enjoyment, not investment.”

Ji Tong, “Erm…”

The car finally entered the gigantic house yard. It was paved with ivory tiles, in the middle of the yard was a mermaid fountain. About 20 cars could be parked in the yard. The stairs on both sides of the parking lot stretched to the door, the steward brought the servants to wait there.

Ji Tong, “We have arrived, come down.”

Lu Rong, “…”

The three came out of the car together, he raised his head to see a 5 storey, about 800 square metre gigantic house.

Ji Tong explained to Lu Rong restlessly, “Actually, it was bought to store red wine.”

Lu Rong, “Actually, you are not a loan shark, right?”

Ji Tong, “What? Of course not! I initially worked with the internet, now I mostly do investment.”

Lu Rong’s mental abacus worked rapidly.

There was research that if a person was clear-headed, had basic logic, with a long-term plan for the future-needed capital to conduct a sustainable development, then the upper limit of capital that could be squandered every year was 4%. If he could spend 120 million to buy a gigantic house to store wine, then in entirety, Ji Tong should have 120 million divided by 4% equals up to 300 billion of funds.

Lu Rong changed his opinion of Fang Qing, good job! good job! [2] he retracted his sentences when he said Fang Qing was unreliable. Fang Qing was very reliable.

Fang Qing was too surprised to speak, she dejectedly looked at Ji Tong and then looked at herself. “You never said that you were this rich.”

Lu Rong, “…” You used his Bentley and chauffeur everyday, didn’t you feel anything wrong?

Ji Tong, “Talking about money hurts relationships. I don’t wish to have you with me because of money.”

“But now I feel that I am not worthy of you. Your house is like this,” Fang Qing swung her Louis Vuitton. “My bag is fake, sold on Taobao[3] for 30 yuan each.”

Ji Tong lightly hugged her waist. “It doesn’t matter, I’ll buy the real one for you.”

Fang Qing refused hurriedly, “Forget it, it’s too ugly, I usually use it to buy vegetables.”

Ji Tong, “Then, let’s change to another brand.”

Fang Qing became happy. “Great!”

Ji Tong hooked Fang Qing’s waist and walked upstairs, chatting happily.

Lu Rong, “…”

For you, the contradiction and disparity between the rich and the poor can be solved just by changing the brand of the bag?!

His assessment on Fang Qing became more complicated. This woman was terrifying.

Lu Rong continued to follow Ji Tong while exploring the five storey house, his future home.

Inside the house there was a swimming pool, gymnasium, yoga room, mahjong room, library, home theatre, and billiard room. Beside the hall on the first floor, there was a bowling lane, and also a wind tunnel-parachuting device on the top floor.

Ji Tong asked apprehensively, “What do you think?”

Lu Rong, “…Terrifying.”

Ji Tong quickly opened his bedroom door. “Your bedroom is not big, just 60 square metres, it shouldn’t be terrifying if you close the door before sleeping.”

Fang Qing shook her head. “It might be. Our house is just 40 square metres, this is as if asking him to sleep in a place bigger than a house alone. He is spineless, he might still be afraid.”

Ji Tong, “I was negligent, should I let him sleep with his brother?”

Lu Rong, “No need, I can handle this dread.”

Ji Tong was relieved. “Do you like to play games?”

He brought Lu Rong to the game-room next to the cellar in the basement. There was a big display screen on the wall facing the door, four consoles were set around the display screen. There was a Switch, PS4, Xbox and cooler, the shelf beside it was full of CDs and cassettes.

“There are some games in this room,” said Ji Tong.

Lu Rong, “You’re too modest.” There was a possibility that every game in the world could be found here.

Lu Rong had just wanted to get in when Ji Tong stopped him, “You have to take off your shoes before entering because soft padding was used in the room. The VR device is on the shelf, be careful, don’t fall down when playing.”

Fang Qing added, “Be careful, don’t ruin your brother’s things.”

Ji Tong, “Oh, these are all mine. Your brother just invested in some, mainly Nintendo’s cassettes.”

Lu Rong agreed, “The value of Switch cassettes won’t depreciate, the second hand price is about the same as the new one.”

Ji Tong laughed, “But he rarely plays, he thinks playing games is rather childish, he prefers stocks.” He said while lowering his head shyly.

Lu Rong hastily answered, “Overseas games are quite mature, the game market in the country is also developing rapidly, it is a very promising field. spent 5.6 billion in 8 years of development, the capital returned in three days.”

Ji Tong, “I have the deluxe edition!” He excitedly took it out for him to see, he handed it over then retrieved it back. “Make a new ID if you want to play, don’t overwrite mine.”

Lu Rong obediently agreed, “Okay.”

Ji Tong let Lu Rong touch then he took it back. He put it on its position on the shelf carefully. He turned around and said to Lu Rong solemnly, “Trust me, it is a work of art.”

Fang Qing shrugged, “I am super amazing at playing games.”

Ji Tong, “Really?”

Fang Qing, “Yes, I dominated the arcade hall when Lu Rong was younger.”

Lu Rong, “…”

When he was young, Fang Qing would take him to play in the arcade hall. The main point was that Fang Qing played, he watched. Fang Qing could get first rank when playing contra, the coins she won would be given to Lu Rong to play at catching dolls. Fang Qing managed Lu Rong’s doll catching strictly. As the arcade hall tyrant, she didn’t allow her son to be a pushover, so Lu Rong’s strongest ability was catching doll plushies, although not ten out of ten, at least eight or nine out of ten.

Ji Tong felt suspicious. “You…is your controlling good?”

Fang Qing, “Very good.”

Ji Tong, “Really? Come and try, this is a game I played for 4 years, but never passed the first level.” He took from the shelf, then plugged the display screen HDMI to PS4.

In the end, they played games all night.

Lu Rong, “…”

Because Ji Tong and Fang Qing were busy playing games, the first family dinner was held in the basement. Ji Tong asked the servants to bring the dinner down, arranged the table, took a bottle of red wine from next door and called the young master who was mining bitcoin in the room down along the way.

When Ji Wenfeng appeared in front of the door, Fang Qing was in her eleventh time of being bitten to death by dogs. She let off a deafening roar, “F*ck it!’

The room became silent.

Ji Tong hardened his scalp and stood up slowly in front of Ji Wenfeng, “This…this is your new mother.”

Fang Qing instantaneously put down the joystick and stood up. She looked at her stepson with dread, then cursed, “He is so d**n handsome.”

Ji Tong proudly said, “He doesn’t seem like it, but he is really my son. Our butt has an ancestral birthmark on it, the position, shape and size is exactly the same.”

Fang Qing’s eyes brightened. “You have a birthmark on your butt?! I never paid attention to it.”

Ji Tong guffawed, “I’ll let you see it tonight.”

Ji Wenfeng, “…”

Ji Wenfeng’s eyes fell on the only normal person in the room, Lu Rong. His eyebrows narrowed.

Ji Tong introduced hurriedly, “This is your new younger brother, Lu Rong. Rong Rong is also studying in Chengnan High, you guys have to get along.”

Lu Rong was muddled at the time he saw him. Ji Tong’s son is the musical fountain?!

This time, under Ji Wenfeng’s “kind” eyes, Lu Rong felt that things would certainly go wrong.

[1] older brother

[2] it was originally in English

[3] a famous Chinese online shopping site