Chapter 458: Mom Doesn't Listen to Chicken Soup for the Soul

The next morning, Li Yue, who had talked about private matters with her mother all night, was sleeping soundly and didn't notice that Hearing Fu Guiru, who was sleeping next to her, had gotten up lightly.

Hearing Fu Guiru washed up, changed into sportswear, and was about to go downstairs. After walking to the stairs, she turned back and knocked lightly on Li Ye's door.

"Xiao Ye, are you awake?"

"I'm awake. Mom, do you need something?"

"Accompany me for a walk."

"Eh, wait for me for three minutes."

"No rush, I'll wait for you downstairs."

Hearing Fu Guiru waited downstairs for three minutes, and Li Ye went downstairs.

Hearing Fu Guiru couldn't help but ask with a smile, "You got ready so quickly? You have a girlfriend now, are you still so casual?"

Hearing Fu Guiru was also stunned for a long time before she smiled with relief.

Hearing Fu Guiru took Li Ye out of the house and went for a slow run along the small path of Mount Taiping.

On Mount Taiping in the early morning, you occasionally see tycoons jogging or Filipino maids walking dogs, but in general, it is very quiet.

However, after Hearing Fu Guiru pondered for a moment, she only asked one sentence, "Xiao Ye, are you really at ease handing over those 1.7 billion US dollars to me for supervision?"

If you say a son in the mainland suspects his mother will swallow his money... that's either lucky money or maybe he has an unreliable uncle.

Washing up doesn't need this cream or that lotion. A handful of clear water to wipe the face, and the little water stars on the hair are the best natural decorations.

But based on Li Ye's understanding of Hearing Fu Guiru, don't even think about taking a penny from Hearing Fu Guiru's hands, whether it's an aunt or an uncle.

After Hearing Fu Guiru took Li Ye for a run for a while, she gradually slowed down.

Li Ye knew that his mother had something to say to him.

Someone once said that if one life could be exchanged for another, there would be sad mothers queuing up on the roof of the Children's Hospital.

Li Ye looked at Hearing Fu Guiru blankly for a while before saying, "Mom, if I can't even trust you, then who else can I trust?"

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ye, it's Mom who thought too much."

Hearing Fu Guiru looked at the water foam on her son's hair and smiled with relief, "That's right, my son doesn't need to dress up to be handsome enough."

In that society overseas where money is paramount, because of huge interests, cases of mother and son turning against each other are not non-existent, while in the custom environment of the mainland, it is much rarer.

Indeed, three minutes is enough for a handsome young man to wash up and dress, because he doesn't need to worry about what clothes to wear; he looks good in anything anyway.

Hearing Fu Guiru pursed her lips and laughed, "This is 1.7 billion US dollars. Do you trust me so much?"

Hmm, maybe she would also sternly question him a few times, just like a mother who suddenly discovered that her son had bought a game console, questioning where the kid got the money.

She had stayed in the overseas society of intrigue for too long and was used to the messy things between Fu Guiyin, Fu Zhiman, and the eldest uncle's family, but she ignored that the mother-son affection in the mainland is very different from the mother-son affection overseas.

Li Ye laughed, "No need to be so troublesome. Xiao Yu never cares about these things."

Li Ye looked at Hearing Fu Guiru in surprise and asked in confusion, "Mom, what do you mean by that? What do I have to worry about?"

Hearing Fu Guiru reached out to help Li Ye straighten his crooked collar, and a brilliant smile bloomed on her face.

Li Ye also smiled and said, "Mom, actually you still think too little. You should think carefully about who in our family is more suitable to supervise this money than you, and who can supervise the next investment plan at all times."

"Although I have been cooperating well with Pei Wencong and Luo Runbo, this time... there is too much money."

Although according to the current situation, Pei Wencong is incomparably obedient to Li Ye, and Li Ye also trusts Pei Wencong very much.

But after all, the funds involved this time are really too much. In the next few years, the investment valuation of Li Ye, Pei Wencong, and Luo Runbo will likely expand rapidly to exceed the billion-dollar level.

Can the safety of such huge assets be entrusted only to the trust between people?

So it is necessary to register many offshore companies and investment companies and introduce professional legal teams to ensure operations.

And it is not convenient for Li Ye to handle these things. A signature problem is very troublesome, and Hearing Fu Guiru is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Looking at the attitudes of Pei Wencong and Luo Runbo yesterday, it is clear that they also think it is a very normal behavior for Li Ye to add Hearing Fu Guiru to supervise.

Hearing Fu Guiru thought for a moment and nodded slowly, "If the plan you mentioned can really be realized, then there is indeed too much money. Don't worry, Mom will keep an eye on this money for you, and not a penny will be missing."

"No, Mom, you are wrong," Li Ye corrected, "This money is not entirely my own. It should be the family's. Although I definitely have to take the big share, there is a share for you, and a share for my sister and Xiao Ruo."

"What do I want your money for? How will your wife look at me then?"

Hearing Fu Guiru squinted at Li Ye and said with some dissatisfaction, "As for Xiao Ruo, it's enough for you as a brother to give her a dowry. Don't throw money around; it will spoil them."

"Professional managers also take a share, why can't you take money?"

"Am I a manager? You want your mother to be a manager for you? Oh, you are my boss, that's amazing..."

"Fine, fine, fine, I can't win an argument with you."

Li Ye shook his head and smiled, "But Mom, you have to be prepared. Next, your beautiful life is about to end. You may have to fly around the world at any time, and you have to set up a legal team. In short, it's very tiring. If you are happy to work for nothing, then that's fine."

"Pfft~"

Hearing Fu Guiru looked at Li Ye with disdain and said indifferently, "You little kid, what do you know about a beautiful life? Is lying at home eating and sleeping a beautiful life?"

"There really is such a saying."

Li Ye suddenly pointed to a Filipino maid on the mountain road ahead and said, "Look, I heard a story that a tycoon is busy with work every day, busy to death outside every day."

"But their nanny lives in their big house, drives their car, walks the dog while making money, and enjoys the life of a garden villa without worries about food and clothing."

Hearing Fu Guiru looked in the direction of Li Ye's finger and saw a Filipino maid walking three dogs, strolling leisurely along the mountain road. That calm appearance looked as if she really enjoyed the beautiful life at this moment.

However, Hearing Fu Guiru shook her head in disdain and said, "The kind of story you're talking about is just an illusion of self-deception. A nanny only gets a taste of the benefits of a wealthy family; what isn't hers will never be hers, and she could lose it at any moment."

"Even after losing it, she might feel even more lost than before. Once accustomed to the warm sunlight in front of floor-to-ceiling windows, she won't be able to adapt to the wind and rain outside."

"The most beautiful life for a person is to rely on their own efforts to grasp what belongs to them, such as family, rights, and a career."

"As for those things that don't belong to you, they are forever illusory scenery; they look beautiful, but you can't eat or drink them, and they are utterly useless."

Li Ye: "..."

Fine! This kind of warm chicken soup isn't prepared for someone like Hearing Fu Guiru. In her life creed, everything must be fought for by oneself; otherwise, she wouldn't have resolutely traveled ten thousand miles south from Shancheng to Malaysia all those years ago.

Li Ye helplessly spread his hands and said, "Think whatever you want! Anyway, Mother knows best, you have the final say."

Seeing her son feeling helpless because she wouldn't take his money, Hearing Fu Guiru was naturally happy in her heart.

She smiled contentedly and said, "Alright, Xiao Ye, I know you care about your mother, but you've already given me so much. I can reunite with you and your sister at any time now, and my son is successful—isn't this a beautiful life?"

"Don't be too greedy in life, and don't be too lazy either. Look at your little aunt; she's both lazy and greedy, always thinking of relying on others for support, only to end up being despised by everyone without even realizing it."

"Heh, Mother, are you talking about that Ms. Fu Guiyin? Perhaps she thinks she's a fairy and should be supported by everyone—huh?"

Before Li Ye could finish his sentence, he suddenly looked in surprise at two people jogging up from the foot of the mountain.

Hearing Fu Guiru noticed Li Ye's odd behavior, and after following his gaze, she was also stunned.

It was a middle-aged couple, jogging while cuddling and flirting; every few dozen meters they would hug and kiss, acting all brazen and wanton—who else could it be but Fu Guiyin and that Mr. Ai, Ai Zhixin?

Li Ye asked in surprise, "Mother, does Fu Guiyin have a house halfway up this mountain? Or has that Mr. Ai struck it rich and bought property here?"

Hearing Fu Guiru shook her head and said, "I don't know. I haven't seen her in a long time; she didn't even return to Malaysia for the ancestral rites this Spring Festival."

Ever since that time she went to the Pengcheng police station to handle the matter of her former confidant Fu Xinjia beating up her "love rival" Ai Zhixin, Hearing Fu Guiru hadn't seen Fu Guiyin and Ai Zhixin again.

Even when she returned to Malaysia this Spring Festival to appease the old retainers of the Fu Company, Fu Guiyin didn't come home for the New Year, causing Fu Zhiman to wail and cry during the Fu family's New Year's Eve reunion dinner, shouting loudly that he was a child without a mother.

As it turned out, this pair of man and woman had actually appeared in the luxury residential area halfway up the mountain in Hong Kong?

While Li Ye and Hearing Fu Guiru were talking, Fu Guiyin and Ai Zhixin ran up close, but at this moment, Fu Guiyin's eyes seemed to be entirely on Ai Zhixin, and she didn't even glance toward Li Ye and Hearing Fu Guiru.

Ai Zhixin, however, noticed Hearing Fu Guiru and Li Ye.

He was also very surprised, because he had seen Li Ye when he was running an overseas study cram school in the capital. How could a country bumpkin from the mainland be staying with an overseas elite like Hearing Fu Guiru?

Ai Zhixin revealed a gentlemanly smile, wanting to greet Hearing Fu Guiru, but the words died on his lips, forced back by Hearing Fu Guiru's cold, sharp gaze; he only nudged Fu Guiyin with his arm.

As for this cousin Fu Guiyin, Ai Zhixin had heard rumors—a woman who dared to pull a gun in front of loan sharks was better left alone.

Even though she was much prettier than Fu Guiyin, who fancied herself a little fairy.

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