Chapter 3

After I hung up, I dragged my suitcase straight to the most famous gated villa community downtown, because I had come back to live here.

And now that I had enough money, of course I could buy a villa for my future.

Since I paid in full, I moved in that same day with just my bags.

What I didn't expect was that no sooner had I settled in than my brother called.

"Theo, your nephew's birthday is the day after tomorrow!"

The call connected, and he said, "You promised before! That you'd pay for his tuition-course fees this year as his birthday present!"

"Those course fees are a hundred thousand. You're not going to go back on your word, are you?"

Listening to the voice on the other end, I laughed in anger.

I never imagined my brother could be so shameless.

Even now, he was still thinking about getting me to pay.

And it was a hundred thousand dollars, no less.

"Marcus, I'm bankrupt!"

I said in a cold voice.

And the moment I finished, the voice on the other end immediately changed to his wife's.

Sounding a little worked up, she said, "Theo Rowe, can't you even keep a promise you made yourself?"

"That's something you agreed to long ago!"

Listening to the voice on the other end, I smiled.

Then I said, "You seem to have forgotten!"

"You were the ones who kicked me out of the house yesterday!"

"And now you think I should still pay tuition for your kid?"

I said flatly.

Hearing this, Vivian on the other end immediately said, "Theo Rowe, you promised that yourself!"

"You can't just go back on your word, can you?"

Vivian was especially worked up, and I smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm bankrupt!"

"Right now, I have no money!"

The moment I finished, Vivian on the other end immediately said, "Theo Rowe, don't you still have a few hundred thousand?"

"Since you've got a few hundred thousand, that's more than enough to pay!"

Listening to her, my face was full of disbelief.

I never imagined they could be so shameless.

They were the ones who drove me out.

And now, at a time like this, they were still eyeing my few hundred thousand dollars.

They knew perfectly well that this few hundred thousand was all I had left.

"That few hundred thousand is my retirement money!"

I said coldly.

And the moment I finished, Vivian on the other end quickly said, "Theo Rowe, you have to work hard yourself!"

"You promised this money, so you have to hand it over!"

"As for after that, whatever you earn on your own has nothing to do with our family!"

She said it with complete self-righteousness.

And I smiled and said, "No money!"

"Theo Rowe, since you have no money, then there's nothing more to say!"

"You mark my words, if you have no money, then don't expect my son to take care of you in your old age!"

"Also, since you're the one who broke your word, from now on our two families should have no more dealings!"

Listening to her, I laughed in anger.

By now, of course, I understood: they had cooked up this whole thing because they were afraid I'd come asking them for money someday if something happened to me.

"Don't you worry, from today on, we won't be seeing each other again!"