Chapter 1666 — We Still Need One More Car
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"This... this is too much..." Tang Jucheng was at a loss. He had never expected the Hidden Tang Family to give him such a lavish gift! Of course, Tang Jucheng understood perfectly well that the Hidden Tang Family was most likely trying to curry favor with him because he was Bingtang's biological father. But with a gift this valuable, how could he accept it so casually?
The moment Mother Tang heard this, she flew into a rage. She shot him a glare, kicked him again, then rose directly to her feet and took the villa keys and document envelope from Leader Tang. "What's there to be embarrassed about? Big Brother Tang already said we're family, and this is merely a meeting gift. If you refuse it, aren't you refusing him face? Besides, all he's giving us is a house. To the enormous Hidden Tang Family, this is nothing!"
"No... What I mean is, we already have a house in Songshan City, don't we? This place is so far away, and we won't be able to come here more than a few times a year. Wouldn't that be a waste...?" After being berated by Mother Tang, Tang Jucheng became so flustered that his words came out in a jumble. He no longer knew how to explain himself.
"That's true... It is rather far. I know what you're getting at, Old Tang. Our family simply doesn't have a car. If we did, it would be convenient!" As she spoke, Mother Tang moved to return the keys to Leader Tang, saying regretfully, "Brother, thank you for your kindness, but my family doesn't have a car. It wouldn't be convenient for us to travel back and forth..."
Leader Tang was at a loss for words. Was Mother Tang some country bumpkin who had never seen the wider world? She was practically devouring people without even spitting out the bones! On the surface, she was saying she wanted to return the keys, but every word between the lines conveyed the same message: their house was too far away, and without a car, it was inconvenient to come here. She was asking him for a car!
Damn, wasn't she being a little too greedy?
"Ahem!" Elder Tang saw his eldest son standing there in silence and immediately grew anxious. If she wanted a car, couldn't he simply buy her one? Right now, the Hidden Tang Family's top priority was making Bingtang happy, even if it cost a fortune!
"That's right, you are short one car. Sister-in-law, what kind of car would you like? Just tell me, and I'll make a call right now and have someone buy it for you!" Prompted by Elder Tang, Leader Tang spoke at once.
Hearing her mother's shameless attempt to fleece Leader Tang, Bingtang could not help laughing. Her mother really was something else! She suddenly remembered what Tang Zhi had told her that night about some of the things their mother had done, and she sighed inwardly as well. Her mother had suffered for most of her life. If she was greedy for money now, that hardly counted as a flaw!
With Bingtang's current wealth, giving Mother Tang a hundred million to spend would be effortless. Seeing her mother rack her brains to get a little more money, Bingtang felt a pang of sorrow and quickly said, "Mom, I'll buy you a car..."
"You ungrateful little wretch!" Mother Tang exploded when she heard this. Do you think I need you to buy me a car? If I wanted one, Wei Zhao could easily afford it. Am I not doing this so I can squeeze a little more out of this big-headed fool Tang? Furious, she snapped, "This is their gesture of goodwill. How can it be the same if you buy it? Wouldn't that be slapping them in the face? Is it that they can't afford one?"
"..." Bingtang was instantly covered in speechless black lines. So she was wrong even to offer to buy her mother a car? She had no idea how her younger cousin Tang Zhi had managed to survive all these years with such an extraordinary mother! Fortunately, Bingtang only had to enjoy the feeling of familial affection from time to time. If she had to stay here all year round... she was certain she would go insane!