A life of financial freedom

"Still want to jump?"

Shao Xiang shook his head: "I don't want to jump anymore, but..."

Then he sat down, hugging his knees, and remained silent.

He thought of his father and Chu Fang, and comparing the two, Shao Xiang felt infinitely lonely.

Today, he had pestered his grandfather, insisting that Shao Bowen attend the parent-child activity, but the result was quite unsatisfactory.

"Why did you want to jump off the cliff?" Chu Jin tilted her head.

Chu Zhi also slowly said, "Is it because of Dad?"

Shao Xiang pouted.

Chu Jin thought for a moment and said, "Your dad is indeed useless."

Among the many parents, he was the oldest, yet he couldn't do anything. He came to the parent-child activity but spent it working in the car, with almost no interaction with anyone present.

The three children sat on the mountaintop, looking down below.

"Chu Jin, Chu Zhi also."

Just then, Chu Fang's voice came from afar.

He finally found his two children and quickly ran over, shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Why did you two run here? You scared me to death!" Seeing that his two children were safe and sound, Chu Fang breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, he was so anxious that he didn't know where he was, imagining that his two children had been kidnapped and he had to raise money.

"We came here to play," Chu Jin said happily, burrowing into his arms.

"You can't do this again," Chu Fang flicked his daughter's forehead. "If you two go missing, your mom and dad will be so sad."

"Then how sad will you be, Dad?"

"Very sad."

"How sad is very sad?"

Chu Fang rolled his eyes at his daughter.

Can you ask a proper question?

At this moment, the kindergarten teachers and parents arrived, and everyone was happy to see that the three children were unharmed.

Chu Fang hugged his daughter and patted his son's head. "Let's go, let's go down the mountain."

Then everyone went down the mountain, and by the time they reached the bottom, night had fallen.

Chu Fang came to Shao Bowen's car and said, "Brother, your child has been found. He went up the mountain to see the scenery, nothing serious. Don't be angry, it's just the child's curiosity."

He learned about Shao Xiang's thoughts of jumping off the cliff from his own children, but he didn't say it directly, instead using a more subtle way of putting it.

Shao Xiang stood there, silent.

Shao Bowen finally finished his work, looked up, got out of the car, walked to Shao Xiang, and then slapped Shao Xiang in the face:

"I've told you countless times, don't cause me trouble, can't you remember?"

The slap was heavy, and Shao Liang's face quickly became red and swollen. Tears couldn't stop flowing from his eyes, and he sobbed softly.

"I'm already giving you face by accompanying you to this so-called activity. You're just asking for it, causing such a thing, not only wasting everyone's time but also耽误ing my work," Shao Bowen said calmly.

"Crying, still crying. As a man, the only thing you can think of is crying. What value do you have? If you only know how to cry, then you don't deserve to be my son, Shao Bowen."

Shao Bowen raised his leg, and seeing this, Chu Fang quickly stopped him: "Brother, brother, don't be angry. The child is still so young, how would he understand these things?"

"What business is it of yours how I educate my own child?" Shao Bowen frowned and shook him off. "Don't think you're so great just because you're doing well here."

"I don't think I'm great, I just can't educate children in this way," Chu Fang said.

He had been a father for three years and had learned many lessons. It's best to use deterrence and violence sparingly when educating children. Every act of violence leaves a lifetime of pain in the child's memory.

Chu Fang had never hit his two children since they came into the world. If they did something wrong, he would talk to them and slowly teach them to understand the world.

In fact, children are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very smart. If you talk to them sincerely, they will understand.

"I don't need you to teach me what to do," Shao Bowen said in a deep voice. "I was able to get to where I am today because of my own ability and my understanding of the world, and you are just a rich kid, you don't deserve it."

Among the many parents, Chu Fang was considered young and handsome, so Shao Bowen naturally regarded Chu Fang as a rich second generation and couldn't help but look down on him.

Chu Fang frowned: "Although I'm not old, I know how to be a person and how to be a father."

Since Shao Bowen said such personally offensive words, he naturally wouldn't give him any face.

"I think I'm the best father in the world!" Shao Bowen said, "I provide him with the best material conditions, food, clothing, and shelter. It cost hundreds of thousands to get him into kindergarten. Go ask around, how many families can provide such a life?"

Chu Fang said quietly: "My family can."

Shao Bowen glanced at him, then smiled contemptuously: "If it weren't for your parents' efforts, you wouldn't even be worthy of standing here and talking to me today. If you were to compete with me in business, I would beat you to the ground."

He paused for less than a second, then continued: "Okay, I don't want to talk to a rich second generation like you who doesn't know the hardships of the world."

"I was able to achieve what I have today entirely through my own hard work, you don't deserve to lecture me."

After speaking, Shao Bowen got directly into the car and shouted to Shao Xiang: "Get in the car."

Shao Xiang sobbed as he got into the car, and then the driver drove away from the place.

Watching the car disappear from view, Chu Fang couldn't help but curse: "Damn it! Mental illness!"

He didn't understand, he had tried to persuade him, but how did he end up arguing with him?

"Why is his dad like that?" Chu Fang asked.

Chu Jin shook her head: "I don't know."

Chu Zhi also touched his chin and said softly: "From a psychological point of view, when a person is in a high position, when facing someone lower than him, his tone of voice will naturally carry a condescending arrogance."

"Shao Xiang's dad saying those words means that he..."

Chu Fang interjected: "Means he looks down on me."

"Means that in his eyes, you and Shao Xiang are at the same level," Chu Zhi also said.

Chu Fang scratched the back of his head: "So he's treating me like his son?"

"Um... you could understand it that way."

Chu Fang pinched his son's little face: "You little brat, you don't learn anything good all day long, stop reading those miscellaneous books."

He's even talking about psychology.

If he keeps talking, I'll become Shao Bowen's grandson...

At this time, it was already dark, and many parents left one by one. Chu Fang said goodbye to the teacher, thanking her for her help, and then drove his two children away from here.

On the way back, Shao Bowen stared at the computer, and Shao Xiang sat next to him, sobbing softly.

"Still crying?"

Hearing this, Shao Xiang's pupils showed fear, and he slowly stopped crying.

Shao Bowen couldn't help but think of Chu Fang's appearance and snorted: "What qualifications does that kid have to lecture me? I've eaten more salt than he's eaten rice."

Under the night, the car slowly returned home.

When the car stopped, Shao Bowen strode down, and Shao Xiang's mother, Xu Yuexin, quickly came up and asked: "Did you have fun participating in the activity today?"

"Fun?" Shao Bowen turned his head and looked at his son sitting in the car. "Don't look for me for such activities in the future, and don't go begging your grandfather."

"After today's incident, I hope you can mature and stop acting like a child. At your age, I was already shouldering many family affairs. If you continue to be so naive, I will consider whether or not to give you a share of the family property in the future."

"I hope you will do well."

Shao Bowen strode towards the villa.

Xu Yuexin didn't know what was going on, and then she heard her son wailing. She comforted her son: "It's okay, it's okay..."

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