At 5:30 the next morning, the sky was just beginning to lighten.
In the second bedroom.
Xiao Wanqing was awakened by the alarm clock. At first, she was a little dazed, but quickly sat bolt upright in bed.
System!
With a thought, the system interface appeared before her eyes.
[Mission: Get Xu Xingyu back to her husband Chen Mu's side until the end of their wedding night.]
[Status: Completed]
[Reward: 50,000 RMB in cash (already transferred)]
Seeing the "already transferred" message, Xiao Wanqing quickly opened her phone and was pleasantly surprised to find that her Alipay account had indeed received a transfer of 50,000 RMB!
This system is real!!!
Realizing this, Xiao Wanqing felt as if the whole world had brightened.
This was even better than last night!
However, at that moment, the text on the system panel changed again.
[The host's daughter got married yesterday. According to custom, today is the day for the daughter to return to her parents' home and for the son-in-law to address her as "bride." For family harmony and to ensure the daughter's strong backbone in the outside world, financial support is especially important, and a generous "bride-address" red envelope is a good way to demonstrate financial strength.]
[Task: Prepare a generous "bride-address" red envelope for the son-in-law.]
[Reward: Double the amount of the red envelope.]
[Note: No additional loans allowed]
Looking at the newly appeared content, Xiao Wanqing felt that happiness had come too suddenly.
She finally understood why novel protagonists could become invincible in less than two years.
Who could resist these rewards one after another!
Especially this task, which even offered double the reward.
"Wow, Xingyu really made the right choice getting married this time..."
Xiao Wanqing sighed. If Xu Xingyu hadn't gotten married, she might not have awakened this system, let alone received any rewards.
So there's nothing more to say; she must reward her good son-in-law handsomely!
She immediately checked her Alipay, WeChat, and various bank account balances.
Her face fell instantly.
She didn't have much money left.
She was an English teacher at a private junior high school, earning a decent monthly salary of over ten thousand yuan.
Unfortunately, her father had fallen seriously ill a few months ago, draining much of her savings.
Adding to that, wedding expenses, and after deducting her 100,000 yuan in a one-year fixed deposit, she now had less than ninety thousand yuan available.
"Oh well, ninety thousand it is. With the cashback, it's eighteen thousand. Earning ninety thousand a day, what more could I ask for?"
With this thought, she didn't hesitate any longer, quickly washed up, and went outside to exchange money.
However, before leaving, she carefully unlocked the master bedroom door.
After all, she had the reward.
In case the two of them needed to use the bathroom while she was gone, they could come out on their own.
The two inside were her precious children; she didn't want anything to happen to them.
...
Time flew by, and it was seven in the morning.
The two in the master bedroom woke up one after the other. Chen Mu stretched comfortably.
Xu Xingyu, lying on the bed, rolled her eyes, ignoring him. Noticing the lock on the door was closed, she knew her mother had opened it and got up to go outside.
She wasn't planning on staying here any longer; she was going to find somewhere else. Otherwise, how could she have a secret rendezvous with her crush?
Her mother was really something, meddling so much in their young couple's affairs.
Pah, what young couple!
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw her mother, Xiao Wanqing, sitting in a chair.
This made her expression freeze instantly.
"Mom…why are you still here…"
"What, are you unhappy that I'm here?" Xiao Wanqing raised an eyebrow.
Xu Xingyu shook her head, forcing a smile, "No, no."
Xiao Wanqing didn't argue with her, saying, "According to custom, the first day after the wedding is the day the bride returns to her parents' home. Since I'm here, let's skip the tedious procedures. Where's Chen Mu?"
"Auntie, I'm here," Chen Mu replied, having changed into new clothes.
Looking at Chen Mu, who was still handsome even though he had just gotten up, Xiao Wanqing couldn't help but recall the scene after the lights were turned off last night.
Her face suddenly felt hot.
He quickly bit his tongue to clear his head, sat up straight, and feigned displeasure, saying, "You're all married now, why are you still calling me 'Auntie'?"
Uh...
Chen Mu paused, realizing he'd called her that in his previous life, so he didn't dwell on it. He went to Xiao Wanqing and called out, "Mom."
Xiao Wanqing immediately smiled broadly, took Chen Mu's hand, and said earnestly, "Hey! That's more like it. From now on, you and Xingyu should live a good life together. I've spoiled Xingyu all these years, and I hope you'll be understanding of her little quirks."
After saying that, she released Chen Mu's hand, took out nine red envelopes from her bag, handed one to Chen Mu, and said with a smile, "What did you just call me?"
Touching the bulging red envelope in his hand, Chen Mu's eyes lit up, and his previously nonchalant expression instantly became fervent.
"Mom!"
"Hey." Xiao Wanqing handed him another red envelope.
"Mom!"
"Hey." A red envelope.
Xu Xingyu, standing nearby, was dumbfounded.
Wait, Mom, who's your child?
And you, Chen Mu, are you calling me "Mom"?
And right in front of me!
Isn't this a form of NTR?
Especially seeing those bulging red envelopes being handed to Chen Mu, she became even more anxious.
"Mom! Why are you giving so many red envelopes?!"
Give them to me!
Xiao Wanqing glanced at her and smiled, "It's a son-in-law's change of address fee."
Consider this money as the young couple's savings; they can divide it themselves later.
She felt her system was truly amazing.
Other super-rich systems require spending money to show off to others.
But hers was different; it directly gave cash to the family, keeping the money within the family.
It was like earning double the money without spending a single penny.
What a great system!
As Chen Mu finished calling out "Mom!" one last time, she handed him the last red envelope.
With a relaxed expression, she said, "Alright, you two get ready. I'm going back to your grandparents' house first. Remember to come back early."
With that, she walked out cheerfully.
As the door closed, only the two of them remained in the room.
Xu Xingyu looked at Chen Mu, held out her hand, and said coldly, "Give me the red envelope."
Chen Mu scoffed, "Are you kidding me? Did you even share your share of the money? Besides, your mother handed this money to me personally. Why should I give it to you?"
"Because she's my mother."
"This money is what I earned as her son!" Chen Mu said matter-of-factly.
"..." Xu Xingyu was speechless, momentarily at a loss for words.
Suddenly, Chen Mu smiled at her and teased, "You want a red envelope? Fine, I earned it by calling you 'Mom.' How about this: you call me 'husband,' and I'll give you a red envelope. Is that okay?"
Call me 'husband'?
Xu Xingyu was stunned, then furious.
Her husband could only ever be Ye Chen. Who gave her the chance, this deadbeat simp?
Even a simple address was absolutely out of the question!
"You're dreaming!"
"Well, then, there's nothing I can do."
Chen Mu smiled even more broadly, holding the red envelopes, and went to the second bedroom, closing the door behind him, and began counting the money.
Eight red envelopes contained 10,000 each, and each envelope contained 8,888.
That's a total of 88,888.
Chen Mu couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, people from Fujian are really generous!"
Who says being a simp is bad? Being a simp is great!
But thinking about it carefully, he felt something was off.
He wondered, "Why is it different from my last life? I did give a red envelope in my last life, but it was only 10,000. Why is it 90,000 this time?"
He didn't understand. Since his rebirth, so many things had changed.
After much thought, he could only attribute it to the butterfly effect.
After all, he had been reborn; some changes were perfectly normal.
Never mind, the advantage is in my hands anyway.