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Chapter 110: He Only Regretted His Insufficient Funds

When the two returned to the living room, they immediately saw Lin Yun and Shen Haiyang sitting on the sofa, obviously waiting for them.

“Bingbing, sit down quickly.”

When she saw them come in, Lin Yun wore a full smile.

She stood up, took Jiang Yubing’s hand, and pulled her onto the sofa behind her.

After Jiang Yubing sat down, Lin Yun took a red envelope from her bosom and gently placed it on the coffee table in front of her.

Immediately after, Shen Haiyang also took out a red envelope and likewise put it on the coffee table.

“This is a little token from Mom and Dad, Bingbing, it isn’t much, so please don’t dislike it.”

Jiang Yubing looked at the two red envelopes and hesitated, unsure whether she should accept them.

“Take them, Bingbing, this is just a little something from us.”

Shen Qingxuan looked eagerly; after waiting a while without seeing a red envelope for himself, he asked with a puzzled face, “Dad, Mom, what about mine?”

“Why did you only give Bingbing? I’m your own son!”

“What nonsense are you stirring up?”

Shen Haiyang glared at him angrily.

“This is for Bingbing; why are you making a fuss?”

Shen Qingxuan looked at them, confused.

He looked aggrieved, turned around, and strode away as if he had made some decision.

He could not stay in this house for another moment.

All the favoritism that once belonged to him went to Bingbing.

No wonder Father often complained when he was young about why he was not a daughter.

“Dad, Mom, I’ll go and check on him.”

Seeing this, Jiang Yubing couldn’t help but chuckle.

After the two nodded in response, she walked out of the living room in quick steps.

“Do you think we might be treating Little Xuan too…”

Lin Yun turned to look at Shen Haiyang beside her, a trace of worry in her eyes.

“What else can we do!”

Shen Haiyang spread his hands helplessly and said, “Our family only has that little money, and it’s all what we saved by scrimping and saving.”

When Lin Yun heard that, she felt it was true.

When the two families discussed the marriage earlier, Jiang Yubing’s family indeed stated clearly that they didn’t want anything.

Although that was what they said, it still felt inappropriate to show absolutely nothing.

People could easily gossip about it.

At that time, whenever the neighbors mentioned their family, the first reaction would become: Is that the household whose son leeched off his wife?

Another point was that they needed to prepare a sum of money.

It served as a reserve in case problems arose between their son and daughter-in-law.

That way, even if their own son met some mishap, at least they could afford to support him.

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After Jiang Yubing caught up with Shen Qingxuan, a slight smile played at the corner of her mouth, and she teased deliberately, “Why are you walking so fast?”

“Are you part rabbit?”

Shen Qingxuan saw the two red envelopes in her hand, and his eyes lit up at once.

He felt very curious about how much money his parents had given.

“Wife, hurry and open them to see how much there is.”

Jiang Yubing rolled her eyes at him.

Even so, she still handed him one of them.

Then she leisurely opened the red envelope.

She took out all the money inside and counted it carefully.

After she confirmed the amount, Jiang Yubing said with a confused look, “Dad’s red envelope has a total of six hundred thirty-nine yuan and forty cents.”

“But why are there still some coins?”

“This must be all of Dad’s fortune.”

Shen Qingxuan smiled and explained when he heard her.

This also showed that Mom and Dad felt very satisfied with Bingbing.

One could tell just by looking at these coins.

Father definitely used his private stash.

He knew that very clearly.

All of this came from what Shen Haiyang saved when he bought groceries.

Shen Qingxuan could already imagine the pained look on his father’s face when he took out the money.

After listening to the idiot husband’s explanation, Jiang Yubing felt a burst of joy in her heart.

She thought to herself.

She wondered if this counted as the father-in-law’s approval of her.

It felt absolutely wonderful.

Just as she rejoiced inwardly, she looked into the red envelope by chance and seemed to see a small note.

Jiang Yubing quickly pulled the note out of the red envelope and then patted Shen Qingxuan.

“Husband, why is there even a little note?”

At that moment Shen Qingxuan busied himself counting the money from Mother’s red envelope.

When he heard Jiang Yubing, he instinctively cast his eyes over.

When he looked closely, there really was a small slip of paper.

Shen Qingxuan said curiously, “Old dummy, open it quickly and see?”

Upon hearing that, Jiang Yubing immediately unfolded the note and began to read it aloud.

It said, “Bingbing, Dad originally wants to prepare eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan for you, but he only regrets that his funds are insufficient.”

“Otherwise you can deduct it from Dad’s salary, just find any excuse, Dad won’t blame you.”

“Also, that thirty-nine yuan and forty cents is for Little Xuan.”

After hearing this, Shen Qingxuan immediately showed a smile.

He knew it, Father still kept him in his heart.

Seeing the idiot husband so happy, Jiang Yubing did not intend to read the rest.

Just as she planned to throw the slip away, Shen Qingxuan became unwilling.

“Wife, keep reading. Let me see if Father feels guilty toward me.”

That was exactly what Shen Qingxuan thought.

He believed Father definitely had more to say.

When she heard that, Jiang Yubing’s hand paused.

She already read the content inside.

If she did as the note said, she could already imagine the idiot husband’s changing expression.

Jiang Yubing deliberately asked back, “Husband, are you sure you really want me to read it?”

“Read it!”

Shen Qingxuan agreed without thinking, his face anxious.

Jiang Yubing gave a playful smile.

She thought that since he asked her to read it, he must not blame her later.

After she skimmed the contents again, she summarized, “Father says that men become bad when they have money, so he wants me to cut your living expenses in half.”

“He also wants me to ask you whether you are hiding a private stash.”

As soon as Shen Qingxuan heard that, he felt that something big was wrong.

He looked at Jiang Yubing with a suspicious face.

“Are you sure?”

“Did Father really write that?”

He suspected that Bingbing might be deliberately fooling him.

After all, Father just gave half the money to him.

That was money from his private stash.

How could the topic shift so drastically at once?

“See for yourself.”

Jiang Yubing giggled and handed the slip in her hand to him.

She already asked whether he was sure he wanted her to read it.

He insisted on having her read it.

Now that she read it, he still did not believe it.

She wondered whether he would keep being stubborn later.

A faint smile hung on Jiang Yubing’s lips, and she stared straight at Shen Qingxuan.

After he took the slip and finished reading it, his whole demeanor collapsed.

He couldn’t help but complain in his heart, “You!”

He lived poorly himself, yet he still wanted to tear his umbrella apart.

I am your own son!

Even a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs.

If it had been someone else, he might have immediately centered everything on himself.

“You don’t really have a private stash, do you?”

Jiang Yubing saw his worried expression.

While laughing secretly inside, she deliberately pretended to ask with a suspicious face.

“How could I possibly have such a thing?”

“Wife, don’t listen to Father’s nonsense.”

It was just as she thought.

A trace of panic flashed across the idiot husband’s face at once.

It looked as if everything he said was fake.

Jiang Yubing raised her eyebrows, lengthened her tone, and said, “Is that so?”

“Then what about the money I transferred to you before!”

“Did you hide it? Father said you should transfer it all to me for safekeeping!”

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