Han Chuanzong paused. That was the richest man he had ever met. He had been envious of that car for a long time.

“You’ll bring me? Can I sit in the car?”

Han Jing paused. “Of course. It’s his car. If you behave yourself, I’ll ask him to drive us home later. How about that?”

Han Jing had not expected a car to be so alluring to a boy. Han Chuanzong immediately agreed without needing her to say anything else.

“Then go and get ready. Bring your school bag. I’ll telephone him and ask him to come over.”

Han Chuanzong was displeased. “Why do I need to bring my school bag if I’m going there to play?”

“Because he likes studious children. The children in his family are all very outstanding. If you bring your books, he will think you’re very studious and clever. That way, he will really, really like you! He will drive you to have fun and buy nice food for you.”

Food and fun were very attractive to young children.

Han Chuanzong agreed.

Han Jing hurried off to make the call.

When Han Chuanzong got home, he ordered Mother Han to pack his school bag. Mother Han was delighted to hear that he was going to the Li House. She said, “Then I’ll come with you. You’re going to someone else’s house alone. What if there’s no one to take care of you? I can take the opportunity to see what his house is like and just how rich he is. Then I can ask for a higher bride price.”

“There’s no need for you to go!” Han Jing’s voice drifted over.

Mother Han immediately lost her temper. “Why can’t I go? I’m your mother. He wants to marry my daughter, but I can’t go to his house…”

“He doesn’t want to marry your daughter. He has plenty of women.”

Mother Han: “…”

“I’ve already told you that his family is very wealthy. His brother-in-law is a high official and holds a very high position. He comes from a distinguished family. I’m just a village girl from a farm. So many noble young ladies are lining up to marry him. He can do without me.”

Mother Han was shocked. “But… you… you’re a university student. You…”

“Those noble young ladies are all university students, and their families are all outstanding. They can help him in his career and won’t ask him for a villa. In fact, those girls will bring many villas as their dowry when they get married.”

Mother Han was livid.

“Then why marry him?”

“Because he’s rich! I want to marry him. As long as I can successfully marry him, I will soar. I will always be superior to others.”

“You…” Mother Han could not refute that. She could not stand being oppressed by someone else. She was used to throwing her weight around at home, and her daughter was a university student. Everyone in the village envied her. She had not had this feeling of being crushed under someone’s foot for a long time.

“You’ve already said that he has many women around him. How can you be certain that he will marry you? Based on what you said, you might as well marry into the Wang family!”

Han Jing laughed. “What’s the use of marrying into the Wang family? Am I going to marry into his family to be their nanny? He’s so old and ugly, and he has a daughter. His family also has old folks that I will have to wait on. Why marry him? It will be hard to even get some living expenses from him!

“But the Li family is different. Why do so many girls from noble families want to marry him? Because there are many benefits. The rich girls want to marry him for convenience. Of course I want to as well!

“When I become part of his family, there will be servants to wait on me. When I have children, I will have nannies to take care of them. They can attend the best schools, and later on, they will be the young scions of a noble family. Besides that, he will teach me how to get things done. In the future, I can have a job and earn a salary. The Wang family is nothing.

“So let me tell you. I must marry into the Li family. You had better not drag me down. Be very careful to please him.”