The money was saved, but it was a big mistake.
"Congratulations, cousin — you got such a beautiful wife for nothing."
"She is not only beautiful, but she comes from a top family. You got this big pie; I'm really envious."
Chen Fan had just come back from school when his second cousin, Chen Haowen, arrived with a smile and warmly congratulated him.
Chen Fan was very surprised.
His second cousin Chen Haowen, who was one year older than him, was now the president of the Student Union at Jiangzhou University. He usually opposed him everywhere—why was he acting out of character today? Something was wrong.
"Xiao Fan is back. Get ready and attend the engagement party the day after tomorrow."
Just then, a spirited silver-haired old man came out of the study and ordered Chen Fan without question.
The silver-haired old man was Chen Fan's grandfather, Chen Shanhai.
"Engagement party? Whose engagement party?"
Chen Fan was confused.
"Your engagement party. I have found a perfect wife for you. You will get engaged the day after tomorrow, and you will hold the wedding in two months."
Grandpa Chen Shanhai explained.
"What?"
"Grandpa, I already have a girlfriend," Chen Fan explained immediately.
"From now on, you will break up with your girlfriend. The wife I found for you is from the top wealthy family in Jinling—the Xu family."
When Chen Shanhai mentioned the Xu family in Jinling, his face showed yearning and admiration.
Being able to become relatives with the Xu family in Jinling was something that would make him wake up with a smile.
At this time, footsteps came from outside, and a young woman with a beautiful face and tall figure—though a bit mean in appearance—entered, surrounded by several followers.
"Miss Xu is here."
After seeing the woman, Chen Shanhai immediately smiled and greeted her.
"Yeah."
The young woman nodded slightly, with a cold attitude.
"Xiao Fan, let me introduce you. This is your future fiancée, Miss Xu Junyao."
Chen Shanhai introduced her to Chen Fan. Chen Fan looked at Xu Junyao and felt that something about her was off. Soon he found out why: Xu Junyao's belly was a little big.
Noticing Chen Fan's gaze, Xu Junyao did not hide it at all but admitted it proudly. "I'm pregnant. The child is my male god's!"
"And this child I will not only not abort—I will give birth to it!!!"
Seeing Xu Junyao admit it directly, Grandpa Chen Shanhai's face changed slightly. Why would the daughter of a top wealthy family in Jinling take the initiative to marry his grandson? It was naturally because of the pregnancy.
Chen Shanhai and the old patriarch of the Xu family—Xu Junyao's grandfather—were old acquaintances. Xu Junyao had gotten pregnant before marriage, and the old patriarch of the Xu family was furious and wanted Xu Junyao to abort the child, but she threatened to die. There was no other way. For the sake of the Xu family's face and to cover up the scandal, the patriarch of the Xu family had to find someone to take responsibility and marry Xu Junyao.
At this time, Chen Shanhai, who happened to be a guest at the Xu family, took the initiative to suggest and recommend his grandson Chen Fan.
Chen Fan was the most ordinary of all his grandchildren, destined not to achieve anything in the future. Therefore, sacrificing Chen Fan's lifelong happiness in exchange for marriage with the Xu family in Jinling, Chen Shanhai felt, was quite cost-effective!
As for whether Chen Fan would have any objections to being pushed into this situation, it didn't matter.
Next to him, looking at Xu Junyao with her proud expression and then at Chen Fan, his second cousin Chen Haowen smiled with a gloating look on his face.
"What?!"
After listening to his grandfather's words, Chen Fan's anger rose. This was asking him to take responsibility—to wear a green hat and be the one who takes over! His own grandfather actually wanted him to marry a pregnant woman?!
"That Xiaofan, isn't it just pregnancy? Men should be responsible. Don't mind this issue," Chen Fan's aunt Chen Yuzhen persuaded him from the side, looking like she was doing good for Chen Fan.
"Ahem, well, when Miss Xu's child is born, let the child take your surname. You just treat the child as your own—it's no big deal."
Grandpa Chen Shanhai explained to Chen Fan.
But before Chen Shanhai could finish, Xu Junyao beside him sneered and then said in a very domineering manner, "How can the child take his surname? How can my male god's man be worthy of taking his surname? He must take the surname of my male god's child. After the engagement, he will change his surname to Qin!"
"And you must do whatever I tell you to do in the future, and you can't complain!!"
"Secondly, although we are engaged, you can't touch me. I will go to Beijing twice a month to see my male god, and you can't have any opinions!!"
Xu Junyao even set a lot of rules for Chen Fan. Listening to this, even Grandpa Chen Shanhai's expression changed. This was a bit too much. But in order to be able to marry into the Xu family, Chen Fan had to bear this grievance.
"Xiao Fan, in fact, these conditions of Miss Xu are nothing big—you just bear with it."
Grandpa Chen Shanhai spoke. "Xiao Fan, I do this for your own good."
"After all, with your ability and level, you can only be an ordinary worker after graduating from college. You will work hard for a salary of only a few thousand yuan a month, and you will probably not even earn one or two million in your lifetime."
Cousin Chen Haowen, Aunt Chen Yuzhen, and several other relatives all echoed.
"This is a good thing that fell from the sky, Xiaofan. You must cherish it."
"If you agree to marry Miss Xu, you will be the son-in-law of the Jinling family in the future, and you can directly jump over several classes and soar to the sky from now on."
Hearing this, Chen Fan was furious.
A year ago, Chen Fan's parents had disappeared unexpectedly. Since then, Chen Fan had been targeted everywhere in the Chen family.
With his parents gone, Chen Fan especially cherished family affection. He tolerated these excessive relatives again and again, but they became more and more aggravating.
It chilled Chen Fan again and again.
Until today, they actually asked him to smile and take the initiative to wear this green hat and become a pushover. How could a man tolerate this?!
"Since it is so good, why don't you go marry this Miss Xu?!" Chen Fan questioned everyone.
"Chen Fan, how can you talk?!" Eldest Aunt Chen Yuzhen scolded him. "Are you still a member of our Chen family?!"
Grandfather Chen Shanhai also said with a gloomy face, "Chen Fan, if you still admit that you are a member of our Chen family, you must agree to this marriage!!!"
Hearing this, Chen Fan sneered. "Chen family, do you still regard me as a member of the Chen family? You are pushing me into the fire pit."
"In this case, I don't want to be a member of this Chen family!!!"
"From now on, I will sever all ties with your Chen family!!!"
As soon as Chen Fan said this, the entire Chen family fell into dead silence. Chen Fan wanting to sever ties with them was something no one present had expected. Even when Xu Junyao looked at Chen Fan, there was a hint of strangeness on her face.
"Chen Fan, what are you talking about!"
"Chen Fan, if you sever ties with our Chen family, we will take back everything you have, and you will immediately become a pauper!"
"Without our Chen family, you will become a lowly civilian, destined to be mediocre and to work hard for a few thousand yuan every month!"
The Chen family members scolded Chen Fan.
"I will give you one last chance to take back what you said just now. Otherwise, when you regret it one day and become penniless, it will not be so easy to return to our Chen family."
Grandpa Chen Shanhai said coldly.
"I will never regret it!!!"
Chen Fan said firmly.
After that, Chen Fan directly found paper and pen, wrote a letter of severance, and signed his name.
"Sign it..."
After writing, Chen Fan put it directly in front of Chen Shanhai.
Looking at this disobedient grandson, Chen Shanhai was furious. In a rage, he directly picked up a pen and signed his name.
"Haha, in less than three days he will cry and come back after spending all the money on him."
"Three days, haha, I don't think it will be even two days. When he is penniless, he will definitely come back on his knees to beg for forgiveness."
"Without our Chen family, he will live a worse and poorer life than ordinary people!"
The Chen family members were talking in a weird way. For them, Chen Fan's severing of ties with the family was actually a great thing. Without Chen Fan sharing the family property with them in the future, they could get tens of millions more, or even one or two hundred million!
Putting away the letter of severance, Chen Fan said lightly, "From now on, I have no relationship with the Chen family!"
As Chen Fan's voice fell, a mechanical voice came from his mind.
[Congratulations on awakening the Strongest Richest Person System.]
[Ding.]
[On the first day of severing ties, reward: 1 billion.]
Then, the phone vibrated.
Chen Fan picked up his phone and looked.
[Your card ending with 5169 has received 1,000,000,000 yuan. Current balance: 1,000,000,317.]