#54 - Chapter 54 Grandma, We Are at Dad's House

Xu Mengyao was surprised: "President Song, is it that low? Don't NBA stars earn tens of millions of dollars?"

Song Yuan smiled wryly: "President Xu, our team's highest annual salary is this much. How can we compare with the NBA?"

"However, players can take on endorsements themselves. If they become famous, the money they earn will be more than eight million."

Xu Mengyao looked at Lin Chen: "Honey, your side business earns more than ten million a month, right?"

Lin Chen smiled: "Maybe not ten million, but eight million should be possible."

"Uh—"

Song Yuan and Liang Hui were taken aback.

Lin Chen's side business actually earns so much a month. What's the appeal of an eight million annual salary to Lin Chen?

"President Xu, sorry for disturbing you."

Liang Hui said regretfully.

Lin Chen smiled and said: "Coach Liang, I won't sign with you, but I still like basketball quite a bit."

"Xiao Qian is still young, and I don't have time right now."

"If I have time in the future, I can play occasionally. In this situation, can I play in matches?"

Liang Hui and the others' eyes lit up.

"Of course, there are foreign aid slots. We can find foreigners, let alone our own people."

"It's just that the treatment—"

Lin Chen smiled: "I don't care about the treatment. Just arrange it as you see fit. I have three small requests. First, I don't have time to participate in training."

"Second, I only participate in the matches I want to participate in."

"Third, if Mengyao and my daughter want to watch, I hope you can arrange good seats for them."

Song Yuan agreed immediately: "No problem."

Lin Chen doesn't even ask for treatment. These are all small matters.

Of course, even if Lin Chen doesn't ask for treatment, they definitely won't give him a penny less than what he deserves.

"Lin Chen, when will you be free?"

Liang Hui looked at Lin Chen expectantly.

Lin Chen smiled and said: "When I'm free depends on when Mengyao is free to take Xiao Qian. I shouldn't be free for the next two or three months."

Song Yuan and the others nodded.

Two or three months will pass quickly.

Before long, Song Yuan and the others said goodbye and left.

Xu Mengyao: "Lin Chen, I didn't expect their team's annual salary to be so low."

"Low? Eight million a year is low for a tycoon like you, but it's very high for ordinary people."

"I couldn't even earn eighty thousand a year before."

Xu Mengyao looked at Lin Chen: "That's because you didn't want to earn it. If you wanted to earn it, earning a hundred million a year would be easy."

Lin Chen now just takes the time to write fairy tales, and he's already making a fortune. If he worked hard to earn money, he would definitely earn even more.

"With such a low annual salary, I thought you would reject them directly. Why did you agree to go in the future?"

Xu Mengyao was a little puzzled.

Lin Chen smiled and said: "I like it. Many people would probably be willing to spend money to play with basketball stars. I get paid to participate in matches."

"Why not?"

"And haven't you noticed that Xiao Qian is very excited? What Xiao Qian needs most now is companionship, but when she gets older, besides companionship, she will need more things."

"When other people's fathers are glorious, can her father only stay at home?"

Xu Mengyao stared blankly at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen really considers a lot for Lin Xiaoqian.

Lin Chen smiled and said: "Actually, there's another reason."

"What reason?"

Lin Chen gazed into Xu Mengyao's eyes: "I have to show my strength in the future, otherwise others might gossip behind my back, saying that your husband is useless."

Xu Mengyao: "…"

"I don't care about that."

Lin Chen: "The things that happened back then might be exposed in the future. If I'm useless, when it's exposed, you'll feel uncomfortable when others look at you with pity, right?"

"If I'm strong, the things that happened back then will be a predestined fate, and others will be envious."

Xu Mengyao stared blankly at Lin Chen.

"A predestined fate?"

Xu Mengyao murmured to herself.

Others don't know, but she already knows that Lin Chen is very outstanding. Perhaps this is really her fate with Lin Chen?

The area of shadow in her heart quietly shrank a lot.

"Lin Chen, go take a shower quickly."

"Take a rest after showering. Drink less wine tonight."

Xu Mengyao said.

"If I drink alcohol tonight, I can't drive. Why don't you stay at my place tonight and drive Xiao Qian back early tomorrow?"

Lin Chen took out his car keys.

Xu Mengyao hesitated for a moment and took the car keys.

"Come back early."

"If you don't come back, Qianqian might not sleep."

Lin Chen smiled and nodded.

……

At 7:30 in the evening, Lin Chen finished drinking.

He was about to take a taxi by the roadside when Lin Xiaoqian's voice reached his ears: "Daddy, here! Daddy, Mom and I are waiting for you to go home together."

Lin Chen looked over.

Lin Xiaoqian's little head stretched out of the window.

Xu Dong and the others' eyes revealed envy.

"Brother Lin, you are truly a winner in life."

"Your wife is a rich and beautiful woman, and your child is also cute. I'm so envious."

Xu Dong and the others said one by one.

Lin Chen waved his hand: "I'm leaving. Be careful on your way back."

Soon, Lin Chen got into the car and sat in the passenger seat.

"Such a strong smell of alcohol. Lin Chen, how much did you drink?"

"More than a pound, I guess. They were all very enthusiastic. But don't worry, my alcohol tolerance is more than that."

Lin Chen's alcohol tolerance wasn't this good before. Now that his physique has improved, his alcohol tolerance has also increased a lot.

Xu Mengyao frowned slightly: "Drinking more than a pound is too much, right? Lin Chen, you have to drink less alcohol in the future."

Lin Chen smiled: "Okay... I'll take care of my body. Maybe we can have a second child in the future."

Xu Mengyao's hand trembled.

"You're drunk."

Xu Mengyao said unhappily with a slightly red face.

"Daddy, what is a second child?"

Lin Xiaoqian in the back row asked curiously from her safety seat.

Xu Mengyao quickly said: "Qianqian, don't ask. Your dad is drunk. Let him have a good rest."

"Okay... Daddy, you rest."

Lin Xiaoqian said in a childish voice.

More than an hour passed, and Lin Chen and the others arrived home.

"Beep beep!"

Xu Mengyao's phone rang.

She looked at her phone. It was a video call from her mother.

"Mom."

Xu Mengyao answered the video call a little further away.

On the other end of the phone, Xu Mengyao's mother, Yang Qingyue, asked in confusion: "Mengyao, it doesn't look like you're at home?"

"Yeah... I'm at a friend's house."

Xu Mengyao said.

Lin Xiaoqian heard Yang Qingyue's voice, and she ran over happily: "Mom, is that Grandma? I heard Grandma's voice."

"Qianqian, it's Grandma."

Yang Qingyue's eyes lit up and she called out happily.

Xu Mengyao pointed the phone at Lin Xiaoqian. She had a faint, uneasy premonition in her heart.

"Grandma, I miss you so much."

Yang Qingyue: "Grandma misses Qianqian too. Qianqian, where are you and Mom?"

"We're at Daddy's house."

Lin Xiaoqian replied quickly.

Xu Mengyao: "…"