Money Over Love
Copyright© 2026 by RomanticDoaist
Chapter 20: Property worth tens of millions!
“Hmph. You can buy a heap of worthless paper online for a few hundred yuan, and you still try to fool people with it? Calling you stupid is an understatement.”
Stack after stack of banknotes burst into flames, gradually turning into a pile of black ash. A cross-breeze blew through the hall, scattering the ashes until they vanished completely.
Zhang Qiang stood to the side, staring at Lin Fan as if he were an idiot. He even planned to post this incident as a joke in the family chat group so Zhang Meili and Su Mengqing could join in and viciously mock Lin Fan!
“Why don’t you burn it for your mom, Lin Suxin, so she can spend it in the underworld! Hahaha!”
“Burning ten million in cash for my mother? You’re even more filial than her own son,” Lin Fan said, taking a deep breath to calm himself. He returned the favor, looking at Zhang Qiang as if he were the moron.
“And as for all of you,” Lin Fan said, turning to the gathered men and women, “I have already repaid the kindness you showed by visiting my mother. You burned the money yourselves. Just don’t regret it later.”
“Lin Fan! Have you no shame? Trying to dismiss us with a pile of fake money?”
“I don’t believe a word you say! You’re just as cunning as your mother, Lin Suxin. Did you prepare this in advance?”
Some shot him disdainful looks while others crossed their arms and scoffed. None of them took his words seriously.
“That’s right, pay up! Believe it or not, we’ll smash this memorial hall to pieces if you don’t!” Unsettled by Lin Fan’s stare, Zhang Qiang was about to continue his loud threats.
“Brother Qiang, something’s not right!” Ma Laosan said, rushing over with his phone, a panicked look on his face. “I just checked online. Cultivation Coupons are always printed with warning text that makes them easy to identify!”
“Have you got no backbone?” Zhang Qiang rolled his eyes in exasperation. “We just burned a bunch of Cultivation Banknotes. What’s the big deal? Why are you looking it up online?”
His wife was a teller at a bank branch and had once brought home a stack of Cultivation Coupons. And the bills they had just burned ... they didn’t quite look like the usual ones.
A sense of dread made his stomach lurch. Zhang Qiang’s expression shifted slightly, but he quickly stuck his neck out and snorted defiantly. “What’s there to be scared of?! Even if it was real, I have plenty of money! I can pay you all back!”
Hearing this, Ma Laosan’s face turned beet red again, and he smiled sheepishly, not daring to say another word. The other men and women also nodded along with expressions of complete trust. Everyone knew that Zhang Qiang’s aunt was the wealthy Zhang Meili, whose family owned the multi-billion-yuan Su Pharmaceutical. He wasn’t just bragging; he truly had the means to back it up!
“Mr. Lin, I’ve come for Mrs. Lin.”
Just then, a pleasant, melodious voice spoke from the doorway. Following the sound, a man and a woman entered, immediately capturing everyone’s attention.
A beauty, an absolute goddess!
Zhang Qiang’s eyes were glued to Yuan Youwei as she walked toward Lin Fan, his jaw nearly on the floor. However, when his gaze shifted to the man behind her, his pupils contracted violently and a tremor ran through his body.
“President Luo? You ... you’re really President Luo from Haicheng Commercial Bank?!” Zhang Qiang rushed forward, his face plastered with a wide smile as he eagerly extended his hand. “My wife, Xu Juan, is a teller at one of your branches. I never thought I’d get to meet you today, it’s truly a...”
“Mm,” President Luo, dressed in a sharp suit, cut him off with a noncommittal grunt. He looked past him at Lin Fan, who stood beside Yuan Youwei, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
Last night, a call from the Yuan family had dragged him out of bed to personally escort a delivery of one hundred million in cash. President Luo had no idea what had transpired. But when he learned today that the same one hundred million was to be deposited back into the bank, he shamelessly took the initiative to come along. A young man held in such high regard by Yuan Youwei could hardly be an ordinary person. At that moment, President Luo was filled with speculation and decided he had to find a way to get closer to Lin Fan.