Chapter 825: You Should Drop Out of School and Prepare for Marriage
"You refused?" Lin Wanxiu looked incredulous.
"Child, how could you refuse?"
Su Ruochu explained, "Chen Fan was going to discuss business matters. I didn't want to go along, so I refused."
"You..." Lin Wanxiu was speechless.
"This was such a great opportunity."
Just by going along, she could have publicly announced her status as Chen Fan's fiancee to everyone.
Such a good opportunity, and her daughter actually refused it.
The key point was that it wasn't that Chen Fan didn't invite her, but that her daughter refused herself.
Lin Wanxiu was almost having a stroke from anger.
"Ruochu, have you known Chen Fan for a long time?" At this moment, the big aunt asked with a smile.
Su Ruochu nodded, "We were high school classmates. We've known each other for many years."
"I see, so who pursued whom when you two started dating?"
Su Ruochu felt a bit embarrassed: "He pursued me."
"I see, it seems this young Chen truly likes you."
"What kind of questions are these? You're not focusing on any of the important points," the big uncle couldn't help but scold his wife. The big aunt immediately retorted.
"My questions aren't good? Then you ask."
The big uncle ignored his wife's anger and looked at Su Ruochu with a slight smile.
"Ruochu, has Chen Fan mentioned anything about marriage to you?"
With this question, the expressions of all four elders became tense.
Su Ruochu was a bit confused, "What exactly are you trying to ask?"
"Mom, Dad, why do I feel like you've all been acting strange since earlier?"
Lin Wanxiu quickly asked, "Daughter, Mom is asking you, please tell the truth."
"How much do you know about Chen Fan's business?"
"The company?" Su Ruochu frowned slightly.
"I rarely inquire about his business matters."
Lin Wanxiu couldn't help but ask, "Then don't you know how rich Chen Fan is now?"
Seeing her daughter stunned, Su Xuecheng felt his wife's words were a bit too blunt. He had to take over the conversation and asked.
"It's like this, when we came back yesterday, we were curious and searched for some information about Chen Fan. We were shocked by what we found out."
"Chen Fan's net worth has actually exceeded 10 billion yuan."
"What?" Su Ruochu widened her eyes in surprise.
"You didn't know?" Lin Wanxiu quickly asked.
Su Ruochu shook her head: "I really didn't know."
"Then do you know that Chen Fan has now established a group company called Ruofan Group?"
"I know about this, Chen Fan mentioned it to me briefly before."
"Then do you know that this group company currently owns multiple subsidiaries, with businesses covering real estate, internet, media and entertainment, service industry, and many other fields? It's said online that the market value of this group company has also exceeded 10 billion yuan."
Su Ruochu shook her head again.
"I'm not clear about this."
Lin Wanxiu became anxious, "How can you not know anything? Doesn't Chen Fan talk to you about these things?"
Su Ruochu shook her head: "It's not that. Chen Fan has been extremely busy these past 6 months. Sometimes when he calls, either I'm in class or he's in a meeting at the company."
"On the rare occasions we do talk, it's usually when we're about to rest at night."
The big aunt couldn't help but ask, "Has Chen Fan ever mentioned his business matters to you?"
Su Ruochu nodded: "He's mentioned it several times, but I'm not interested in this. Every time he starts talking about business, I act coy and change the subject."
The four elders exchanged glances, their faces full of helplessness.
This was great.
They really couldn't blame Chen Fan for this.
It wasn't that he was deliberately concealing anything.
It was that their daughter herself wasn't interested.
The big uncle glanced at Su Xuecheng and his wife, and couldn't help but give an embarrassed laugh.
"This is really..."
"You girl... you actually didn't know your boyfriend is a billionaire worth over 10 billion yuan."
"Now that you know, aren't you excited?"
Su Ruochu looked at the four elders and calmly said.
"Whether Chen Fan has money or how much money he has, I don't care."
"I like him as a person."
If she didn't like Chen Fan, she wouldn't have agreed to his pursuit when he was poor and had nothing back then.
The big uncle was stunned, opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
The big aunt beside him couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you marry Chen Fan right after graduation? Was going to graduate school your own idea or Chen Fan's suggestion?"
"It was my own idea to continue studying."
"What was Chen Fan's opinion?"
"He... at first he didn't quite agree, but later he said he respected my choice."
"Silly girl, if other girls knew their boyfriend was so capable, they would want to get married right after graduation. But you, you chose to continue with graduate studies and have a long-distance relationship."
"You're too trusting of Chen Fan."
Lin Wanxiu couldn't hold back anymore and looked directly at her daughter to ask.
"Has Chen Fan ever mentioned when to get married?"
Su Ruochu was silent for a few seconds.
"He... asked a few times before, but later said he respected my choice."
"What does that mean?"
"Well..." Su Ruochu felt a bit embarrassed: "Chen Fan's parents urged a few times, so Chen Fan told me he respected my choice."
"Chen Fan's parents have urged you two to get married?" The big uncle immediately caught the key point.
"Yes."
The four elders exchanged glances, all seeing the joy in each other's eyes.
It seems the other side's parents are eager for grandchildren.
This was good news.
At least it proved that Ruochu had passed the test with his parents.
But now the only key point became Ruochu herself.
"So what did you say to Chen Fan?"
Su Ruochu hesitated for a moment and said: "At first, Chen Fan said we'd get married right after graduation, but later I... I said I wasn't ready yet and asked him to give me some time. Chen Fan then said he respected my choice."
"Silly girl, what is there to consider?"
"A boyfriend like this is hard to find even with a lantern. Why aren't you quickly getting the marriage certificate and making the marriage official? What are you waiting for?"
The big aunt really couldn't hold back anymore.
"Have you thought about how many women with ill intentions there might be around Chen Fan, given that he's so young and has such great wealth?"
"Maybe your relationship is still good now and can withstand the test. But what about after a long time?"
"Chen Fan might be able to resist the temptation of one or two beautiful women, but what about ten, or a hundred..."
"Even heroes find it hard to resist beautiful women. That's exactly what this saying means."
Lin Wanxiu listened and became more and more anxious. Finally, she directly cut in.
"After the New Year, when you go back, immediately apply for dropping out. Don't study anymore. Come back and prepare to marry Chen Fan."
"Mom..." Su Ruochu looked at her mother in surprise.
Lin Wanxiu, however, had a matter-of-fact expression.
"I'm doing this for your own good."
"If you can't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no one will help you when you regret it later."
"As long as you marry Chen Fan and get the marriage certificate, you'll be the properly married daughter-in-law of the Chen family."
"Then, even if Chen Fan does something wrong, you'll still be on the side of righteousness. As long as your father-in-law and mother-in-law stand on your side, no matter how many vixens there are outside, they won't be able to enter the Chen family's door."
Lin Wanxiu spoke with conviction.
But Su Ruochu lowered her head and was silent for a few seconds, then stubbornly said.
"I won't drop out of school."