Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 404 Male Classmate or Female Classmate_1

Chapter 404: Chapter 404 Male Classmate or Female Classmate_1

"Ya Qi, tell mother honestly, are you and... Wang Ye... are you dating?"

Liu Mei asked somewhat subtly, as some things were hard for her to ask directly.

Nalan Yaqi’s eyes swirled around, not panicked at all, and instead asked her mother with a giggly smile, "So, mom, do you hope I’m friends with him or not?"

This question stumped Liu Mei.

Yes, did she hope that her daughter had an intimate relationship with Wang Ye or not...

If she didn’t consider any external conditions, purely from the perspective of a "mother," Liu Mei would rather her daughter not have anything to do with Wang Ye.

But Wang Ye’s external conditions couldn’t be ignored!

Leaving out his handsome looks, he’s crucially wealthy!

Especially, his "wealthiness" is of the excessively prosperous kind...

What mother-in-law wouldn’t want such a son-in-law?

In the end, aside from Wang Ye’s weakness of being a bit of a playboy, it was hard to fault him in any other respect.

He conducted himself well beyond his years, giving people the feeling of being very experienced and appropriate—every person he interacted with felt comfortable, as if bathed in a spring breeze.

"Um... actually, now that I think about it, Wang Ye is quite nice..." Liu Mei said thoughtfully.

Nalan Yaqi laughed happily, pulling Liu Mei’s arm and said, "Right? You have no idea how popular he is among the girls! Back when he hadn’t started his business and made his fortune, he was already the subject of gossip among the girls in our preparatory building at school. From what I know, several girls wanted to chase after him."

Looking at her daughter’s radiant, happy face, Liu Mei sighed inwardly.

Her daughter had grown up. She had her own choices and judgments, and of course, the right to pursue happiness and love. As her mother, could she really stand in her way?

And besides, Wang Ye really was an incredibly outstanding young man.

So what if he was a playboy?

Even if her daughter was only one of his many girlfriends... would she be unhappy?

These matters of the heart were truly hard to define.

Moreover, she wasn’t really in a position to impose her views on her daughter about love, considering her own marriage was a failure...

......

Meanwhile, Wang Ye had gotten through on the phone to his father.

His father was a minor leader in his department, and had been given a mobile phone by his unit at the start of the nineties!

Wang Ye still remembered, that type of mobile phone was humongous, like half a brick, complete with its own dedicated carrying bag.

During that time, stepping outside with a phone bag was absolutely a symbol of identity and status!

Everyone would be envious wherever you went.

Keep in mind, it cost around twenty thousand to get that type of mobile phone back then—enough to buy a house in a small county town...

Of course, this was the 21st century, his father had naturally switched phones too—no longer using that huge mobile phone, but rather he had a newer Motorola model.

He didn’t pay for it himself, but it was bought by the unit, one of the perks of being a minor leader in power...

"Hello, dad, I’m in the capital. I’ve had a bit of work to do here, so it’ll probably be a couple of days before I get home," said Wang Ye without beating around the bush.

His father’s loud voice came through the phone, "Back in the country already? Then you should hurry home, what are you still doing hanging around the capital? What important things could you possibly have to deal with as a student?"

In his parents’ eyes, Wang Ye might still be the child who had just graduated high school. Other than studying, they couldn’t imagine where he’d have anything else important to do.

Wang Ye sighed, helpless, and could only say, "Well, I came back with a classmate. His home is in the capital, and he insisted on having me stay and play here for a couple of days before returning home. It’s fine, there’s still over ten days until Chinese New Year, so there’s plenty of time."

Hearing Wang Ye say this, his dad paused, since he was not an unreasonable person.

He knew Wang Ye was now in college, and that he had new friends and a new social circle. So, he said, "Fine, then you can play for a couple more days before coming back. But remember, don’t cause trouble for others. If you’re going to a classmate’s house, be sure to be sweet-mouthed, polite..."

Just as he was rambling on with his advice, it seemed like the phone was snatched away, and his mother’s voice came through instead.

"Xiaoye, tell mother, is your classmate male or female?"

Clearly, his father and mother’s concerns differed...

Wang Ye hesitated for a while. He really wanted to say "male," but the reality was different!

He could only honestly reply, "It’s a female classmate..."

His mother’s interest perked up immediately, and she raised her voice to ask excitedly, "A female classmate?! Is she also a student studying abroad from your school? You guys should be about the same age, is she pretty..."

With this string of questions, Wang Ye was left tongue-tied, somewhat regretting his earlier response.

The longer the conversation, the harder it was to clarify things. Wang Ye could only cut the conversation short, "Let’s not talk about this for now, mom and dad. I’ve been on a plane all day, and I’m dead tired. I’ll talk in detail with you when I get home, goodbye."

Once done, he quickly hung up the phone.

No matter what kind of big occasions he faced in Moscow, he always displayed calm and strategic brilliance.!

But in front of his parents, he still felt psychologically "inferior"...

......

Once the busy tone came from the phone, Wang Ye’s mother, still feeling her conversation was incomplete, looked at the phone and handed it back to Wang Ye’s father while complaining, "This child! He’s barely been abroad for a year, and already dare to hang up on his parents. We need to have a good talk with him when he comes back! He hung up before we finished talking. I wonder if he’s fallen in love, a "female classmate" after all."

His father, on the other hand, wasn’t worried, and said with a grin, "That’s not a big deal. After all, he is a college student—if he really found a good female classmate to be his girlfriend, that wouldn’t be a bad thing. You know today, those who are able to study abroad generally come from well-off families, and this one’s even from the capital. If they were to get together, it would be better than finding a bride here in our small city."

Listening to his father’s analysis, his mother seemed to understand, "Huh, right! But Xiaoye just entered college, and he’s already dating. Won’t this affect his studies?"

Wang Ye’s father waved his hand dismissively, "Xiaoye is a sensible kid, he knows what’s important. But... having a girlfriend, daily expenses will increase, so the living expenses we give him probably won’t be enough anymore. I estimate he’ll need about one hundred fifty US dollars per month. We’ll have to find a way to get more money to give him more living expenses next year. Can we withdraw the capital we invested in Xiaoye’s aunt’s school?"

The two of them started to discuss the standard for Wang Ye’s living expenses next year...