Chapter 9: Meng Yuanliang’s Ambitious Hopes

“Alright, just give me the money for the past two months, and you can keep the rest for yourself,” Meng Yitong said, noticing his awkward expression and not bothering to argue with him further.

“Really?” When Meng Yuanliang heard that he could keep the money for the future, he immediately became happy and scooted closer to the bed.

Meng Yitong looked at the boy’s starry-eyed, handsome face and suddenly found herself unable to adjust to the sight.

Help! Is this how handsome boys act when they’re being cute? He really looks like a super adorable big puppy.

For a moment, Meng Yitong suddenly understood the original owner’s feelings. It seemed that when handsome boys acted spoiled, they left little room for girls to have a say in it.

Thinking this way, she began to feel that perhaps the original owner’s decision to keep a young man like this wasn’t entirely incomprehensible.

But understanding was one thing, and accepting it was another.

The most important thing was that while the original owner had enjoyed herself, now it was up to Meng Yitong to clean up the mess.

Just thinking about that debt list made her feel a wave of dizziness even now.

After taking a deep breath to calm herself, Meng Yitong shoved the “puppy” brother’s head away and said sternly, “Although I won’t take your future money, you need to remember where this money came from.”

“If I need help again in the future and you dare act like before, don’t blame me…”

Before she could finish, Meng Yuanliang quickly jumped up, rushed behind her, and began massaging her shoulders and pounding her back.

While massaging, he flatteringly promised, “Sis, my dear sis, it was my fault before, but I’ll listen to you from now on. You tell me to go east, I won’t go west…”

Being so close to the opposite sex for the first time, Meng Yitong couldn’t help but feel the hairs on her neck stand up.

But before she could think too much, a sharp pain shot through her shoulder.

“Ah! That hurts so much! Let go!” The pain was unbearable, and Meng Yitong immediately shrank back, crying out in agony.

In the bathroom, Su Mei, who was tidying up, heard Meng Yitong’s scream and immediately ran out. When she saw that the culprit was her own son, she showed no mercy, picking up a nearby mobile IV stand and began hitting her son.

“What’s wrong with you? You’re picking on your sister again! Don’t you see that the wound on her head still hasn’t healed?” Su Mei scolded while hitting him.

“I didn’t! I just wanted to give my sister a shoulder massage!” Meng Yuanliang explained, dodging the blows.

“With your big hands and rough fingers, what kind of massage could you give your sister? You’re just taking the chance to bully her!”

“Heaven’s truth!”

…

Meng Yuanliang cried out as Su Mei beat him, dodging and looking ridiculous, which made Meng Yitong burst out laughing.

Seeing her laugh until tears almost came out, Su Mei couldn’t help but shake her head. These two had been like this since they were little.

They would fight every time they met, neither one willing to give in, but no one could tolerate outsiders bullying them.

The reason Meng Yitong suffered such a big loss this time was that Meng Yuanliang wasn’t there. If he had been present, that little punk would never have dared to act out. Even if he did, Meng Yuanliang would have made him regret it on the spot. After all, Meng Yuanliang was an athlete, and at 192cm, his height was not for show.

Unfortunately, Meng Yuanliang hadn’t been around, and she had only scratched the person a few times, and with others holding him back, it was unlikely she even managed to break his skin.

Su Mei grew more frustrated the more she thought about it, but since they had agreed to the arranged marriage, this matter could only be left behind.

Seeing the expression on his mother’s face, Meng Yuanliang knew exactly what she was thinking.

He regretted going out to play basketball with his friends that day.

If he had known this would happen, he would have stayed home and beaten Meng Gaoxuan until even his parents wouldn’t recognize him.

In fact, when he returned from the hospital yesterday, Meng Yuanliang had planned to take care of Meng Gaoxuan, but after circling the house, he didn’t find him. Later, he heard that Meng Gaoxuan had been taken into the police station.

Taken into the police station? Well, fine!

He had originally planned to give him a good lesson when he got out, but the very next morning, he found out that his parents had already agreed to let his sister marry in his place.

This was a thunderbolt from a clear sky for Meng Yuanliang.

Although he had always known his parents weren’t very capable, in his heart, they had always been loving parents, not the kind of people who would sell their daughter for personal gain.

So, as soon as he found out, he rushed to find his father.

However, the news his father gave him made tears of envy spill from the corner of his eyes.

He wanted to ask Young Master Qin if it was really necessary to be so rigid about gender roles.

He also wanted to ask his grandfather if there were any opportunities to contribute to the family now that he was 18, just to help out with a marriage alliance or something.

He didn’t have any other intentions, he just wanted to help out, maybe even marry into a family like his sister did.

He wasn’t asking for too much, even just a little would be fine. He wouldn’t mind.

Of course, this was something he could only think about in his heart.

After all, he had cousins in his family. It was unlikely that such benefits would fall to him.

He really wished his cousins would be like his sister, disdaining family alliances and bravely chasing after their own dreams!

She didn’t have to wait long for him to be envious; his sister gave him a huge surprise.

Meng Yuanliang picked up the contract on the table and looked at it over and over again, his smile growing wider and wider.

Meng Yitong couldn’t bear to look at him in this state. Now she understood why her original self had complained so much about this brother.

Well, indeed, he was quite foolish, almost like an idiot.

Since Meng Yitong felt much better today, she didn’t ask her mom to stay and accompany her in the evening.

Before leaving, Su Mei was still very worried. Not only did she arrange a nurse for her, but she also repeatedly reminded her to call immediately if she felt any discomfort.

This made Meng Yitong, who had never experienced a mother’s love, feel a soft warmth in her heart, as though her entire heart had been soaked in a hot spring, warm and soothing.

However, after Su Mei left, as Meng Yitong sat in quiet reflection, thinking about the events of the past few days, she couldn’t help but furrow her brows.

The more Meng Yitong thought about it, the more she felt something was off. Based on her years of watching countless melodramatic shows, she knew that the current situation was very unfavorable for her family.