The Richest Elder in the World

The morning sun cast long shadows across the opulent Kỷ Family estate. An air of unusual tension, mixed with palpable excitement, hung over the courtyard. A formidable woman in her late seventies, Madame Dung Ngộ, the family’s revered matriarch, stood surveying the scene with an expression that brooked no argument.

“What is the meaning of this commotion? And why are you late for your first day of school, old man?” she demanded, her voice firm, addressing her grandson.

Kỷ lão gia, a man who, despite his age, held himself with the air of a mischievous child, shuffled his feet. A gaggle of great-grandchildren surrounded him, trying to look innocent.

“Great-grandmother, today is Grandfather’s first day at the Elder’s University! We all came to see him off!” one of the children chirped.

Kỷ lão gia lowered his voice and leaned toward his mother, a plea in his eyes. “Mother, can’t I just skip it? Please?”

Madame Dung Ngộ’s eyes narrowed. “Absolutely not. You spend every night at home staying up late online. For the sake of your health, you must go to school today.”

The old man began to tremble. “I’m so nervous, Mother. It’s been decades since I was a student. My blood pressure is rising, I swear! Mother, I’m dizzy!”

His older son sighed, an exasperated smile playing on his lips. “Father, you’re almost 80, yet you’re still acting like a grown-up child.”

“Enough of this ruckus!” Madame Dung Ngộ declared, cutting off the dramatics. “Now, get to school! Listen carefully to the lectures, no private conversations in class. While you are at school, there is no running, no fighting, and absolutely no premature romance. Drink less water, and remember to use the restroom before class, do not wet your pants again. And when I show up for parent-teacher meetings, do not embarrass me.”

“Are you all trying to cause chaos?!” she snapped at the great-grandchildren.

“We didn’t say anything! Why are you hitting me?” one of them wailed.

“If you hit me again, I’ll tell our ‘parent’!” another threatened. “Great-Auntie, punish Grandfather!”

“That’s enough,” the matriarch commanded. “Have you memorized your multiplication tables yet? Now, study hard.”

The absurdity of the scene—an almost 80-year-old man being lectured by his mother and chaperoned by his great-grandchildren on his first day of “university”—was interrupted by a joyous shout from the gate.

“Third Brother is home!” “Third Son is back!”

Kỷ lão gia’s eyes lit up, and he seized the opportunity. “Quick, Auntie Dung Ngộ, please ask for a leave of absence for me! I can’t possibly go to school today!”

“Mother, Third Son hasn’t been home for three years! I miss him so much!” his son pleaded.

Madame Dung Ngộ sighed, a rare concession. “Alright. Just this one time.”

A victorious “Yes!” escaped Kỷ lão gia’s lips. “Third Son, I’m coming for you!”

The return of Kỷ Mặc Hàn, the third son of the family, was momentous, not just because of the long separation, but because of his status.

“Mother, our Third Son is just like you, a scientific researcher,” the eldest son explained proudly. “He’s one of the world’s leading scientists. For the past few years, he’s been traveling the globe, researching the most advanced scientific fields. He’s truly brilliant.”

“That’s right,” his mother confirmed.

Suddenly, a massive crowd of people, mostly women of all ages, descended upon the Kỷ estate.

“What?! Young Master Three is back?” “Wonderful! I adore him the most!” “This era is truly wonderful! Everyone respects those in scientific research so much!”

One of the younger great-grandchildren, Kỷ Chu Dã, piped up, “Great-Grandfather, you misunderstand. Everyone is eager to see Third Uncle not because of his science, but because he is called the ‘Little Prince of the Kỷ Family’.”

Kỷ Mặc Hàn stepped out of the car, instantly commanding attention. The aura of the man, the brilliant scientist and infamous playboy, was undeniable.

“Pardon me, Young Master Three, this spot is dirty,” a middle-aged woman named Ma Vương (Auntie Vương) said, quickly wiping a speck of dust.

Kỷ Mặc Hàn offered a charming smile. “Only two days, and Auntie Vương looks even more beautiful.”

“Oh, no, I’m so old,” she demurred.

“Don’t put yourself down,” Kỷ Mặc Hàn purred. “A woman is beautiful at any age.”

Kỷ Chu Dã, the great-grandson, made a face. “Third Uncle has the smartest brain but the most promiscuous heart. Women within a hundred miles are infatuated with him.”

“Third Uncle is a total scholarly rogue. I hate it!”

“Hate what?”

“I hate why I can’t be a rogue like him!”

“Perhaps being a dashing young master requires a certain level of good looks,” one of his brothers quipped. “You should learn the good things from him.”

“My Third Uncle spends all his time fooling around with women outside. Sooner or later, someone will beat him up.”

“This is a society governed by law. How could that happen?”

“Third Son, Third Brother, did you get plastic surgery?” the eldest son teased.

A security guard interjected. “I have delivered the person. Goodbye.”

The Butler reported, “The guard found him on the roadside and brought him back based on his ID card. It seems he really was beaten and got a broken head.”

The man who stepped out of the car was Kỷ Mặc Hàn, but his eyes were vacant, a childish innocence replacing the familiar worldly charm.

“Is this my house?” he asked, staring around blankly. His eyes fixed on a beautiful young woman nearby. “This girl is so pretty! Here, a squeeze toy bunny for you. Can we date in the ‘Dǎng Zi Party’ game?”

“Oh no!” Kỷ lão gia exclaimed, clutching his head. “Third Brother has caused romantic trouble outside and was beaten so badly his head broke, and now he’s an idiot!”

“Hush, let me take a look,” Madame Dung Ngộ said gently, examining him. “Be a good boy. Be quiet.”

“Well, how is he?” the family anxiously inquired.

A doctor stepped forward, shaking his head gravely. “Oh, Young Master Three. This is post-traumatic organic mental disorder, accompanied by severe intellectual impairment. His current IQ is only equivalent to that of a five-year-old child. He might be like this for the rest of his life.”

Silence descended upon the family, followed by a burst of hysteria.

“Third Son is truly an idiot now!” a woman’s tearful laughter echoed.

“Oh no, what are we going to do?”

“Brother, calm down,” the eldest son urged.

“Mother, only you are calm,” the second son lamented. “I can’t handle this!”

“It’s not a major problem,” a new voice cut in—a clear, composed, and utterly confident female voice. “With continuous acupuncture for 7749 days, he can be completely cured and return to normal.”

Everyone stared at the speaker—a young woman in her twenties with a pleasant, chubby face.

“This girl is talking nonsense! Who would believe her?” the doctor scoffed. “Great! Third Son is saved!” Kỷ lão gia shouted, ignoring the doctor.

“Old Kỷ, your Kỷ family is a big one. You must trust the doctor! I am the number one Western medicine doctor in Hải Thành!” the doctor protested.

“I’ll tell you this,” Kỷ lão gia declared, pointing at the young woman, “In this house, I only trust Miss Dung Ngộ! She’s just a chubby-faced little girl, yet she can make everyone listen to her obediently. What kind of talk is that?”

“What are you doing?” the doctor demanded as Dung Ngộ approached him.

“Alright, now try standing up straight.”

“My hunchback has been with me for years. It’s incurable! Do you think I’m a child you can just heal?”

The doctor straightened up, his back completely erect.

“It’s cured!”

“Finished. That’s just a temporary relief. I will prescribe some traditional Chinese medicine for you to drink.” Dung Ngộ said calmly.

The Western doctor was stunned. “I treated you disrespectfully, yet you still healed me. Your medical skills and your heart are far superior to mine. I am truly humbled.”

“Elder Kỷ, I must take my leave.”

“Leave. Leave now.”

“My mother comes from a family of Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners. Her medical skills are the best,” the eldest son explained. “Now that Great-Grandmother is here, our Third Brother is finally saved!”

The Kỷ family quickly adjusted to the new reality: Kỷ Mặc Hàn was an adult with the mind of a five-year-old, and Dung Ngộ, the young woman they affectionately called “Great-Auntie,” was his primary caregiver and the family’s only hope for a cure.

“Pretty Sister! Hàn Hàn’s little car can light up and sing! Come sit! Hàn Hàn will take you for a ride!” Kỷ Mặc Hàn (Hàn Hàn) babbled, offering the squeeze toy to Dung Ngộ.

“What is this? He’s this sick, this idiotic, and he’s still thinking about flirting?” one of the family members muttered.

“That is your Great-Auntie! Show some respect!”

“This is my flower, but Hàn Hàn still has more. You can have as many flowers as you want, Sister.”

“Oh my god, is Third Brother flirting again?”

“Pretending to be an idiot is fine, but actually being one is good, too. He spends all his time hurting girls and embarrassing the Kỷ family. I wish I could be embarrassed like that, too.”

The domestic chaos was soon overshadowed by a new development.

“Elder, there’s a pregnant woman outside. She says she’s carrying Young Master Three’s child and wants to see him.”

The woman, Trương Lệ Lệ, entered, her face etched with sorrow. “My name is Trương Lệ Lệ. Mặc Hàn and I were on our way back to meet his family, but I lost him on the road. I searched and searched, and finally found him, only to see he’s become an idiot.”

“So, you are Third Brother’s girlfriend?”

“Even though he’s become an idiot, I will still love him,” she declared dramatically. “Mặc Hàn, I will always take good care of you. We will be together just like before, okay?”

“Shut your little mouth,” Kỷ Mặc Hàn whined, covering his ears. “You’re too loud!”

“Mặc Hàn, I’m carrying your child! How can you treat me like this?”

“Witch! I’m still a baby! How can you carry my baby?”

“Poor Sister-in-law,” one of the great-grandchildren whispered. “She’s pregnant with Third Uncle’s child and has to deal with this. Third Uncle is truly a scumbag. A rescue dog team is coming. I have to go see the rescue dogs!”

“Mother, what do you think?” the eldest son asked Madame Dung Ngộ.

“When she was speaking just now, her blink rate was twice as high as normal. She is lying,” Dung Ngộ stated, her gaze piercing.

“You dare accuse me of lying? Who are you?” Trương Lệ Lệ snapped.

“Insolent!”

“Miss Dung Ngộ is a master psychologist,” the second son proudly explained. “Years ago, Mother caught a foreign high-level spy who had been deeply embedded for years just by reading his micro-expressions!”

“Auntie, they are lying!” Trương Lệ Lệ cried.

“I say you are lying, and therefore, you are lying.” Dung Ngộ’s sheer force of presence seemed to suffocate Trương Lệ Lệ.

“Alright, alright, I was lying,” the pregnant woman finally confessed, collapsing. “He didn’t intend to introduce me to his family, but the baby in my belly is genuinely his.”

“Third Brother is a real scumbag! He got our sister-in-law pregnant and just abandoned her!”

“Go call Third Brother’s chauffeur!” Madame Dung Ngộ commanded. “He takes him everywhere.”

“Elder, Little Qián, do you know this lady?”

“Her name is Trương Lệ Lệ, I think. Yes, I’ve seen her. Many times.”

“He’s not lying! It is indeed Third Brother!”

“You may step down,” the Elder told the chauffeur. “Although the matter is not entirely clear, she is pregnant and running around is dangerous. Let Miss Trương stay at the Kỷ Family for now. If what you say is true, the Kỷ Family will not treat you poorly.”

“No, Grandfather,” Kỷ Chu Dã interjected. “With this status, feel free to use the cards. The Kỷ Family will treat her to the standard of the Young Mistress of the Kỷ Family.”

“Mother, is this arrangement okay?”

“For now, yes.”

“Then I will go arrange the room. There’s a spending limit, though!”

Trương Lệ Lệ watched as the Kỷ family members retreated, a strange mix of disbelief and resentment in her eyes. Why does everyone in the Kỷ family look at this girl with such reverence? Who is she, really?

“Hàn Hàn, you’re going to have a wife,” one of the children teased.

“I don’t want the woman just now to be my wife!” Kỷ Mặc Hàn insisted. “I want Sister Dung Ngộ to be my wife!”

“Absolutely not!”

“Why not? Is she your wife?”

“Third Brother, you can’t just say things like that!”

“You don’t agree either? Then is she your wife? How could she be? She’s not yours, so she’s my wife!”

“You little rascal! She’s my mother!”

“If she’s your mother, then she’s my wife. That means I’m your father!”

“Then I’m your father!”

The family dissolved into a chaotic, if somewhat familiar, melee.

“You idiot!” the Elder yelled. “Why did you hit him? He’s just an idiot now, with the intelligence of a five-year-old. If news of me hitting an idiot gets out, it will be bad!”

“Don’t hit Third Brother anymore,” one of his brothers pleaded. “Grandfather, I just feel like Third Brother’s head isn’t very bright.”

“Fourth Brother, what do you mean? You’re calling me an idiot!”

“Do you dare show off again?” Madame Dung Ngộ asked the Elder.

“Mother, why do you look so worried?”

“I just feel that the pregnant girl’s story is not as simple as it seems.”

Meanwhile, Trương Lệ Lệ began to revel in her new status. “This house has so much jewelry and treasure, Auntie Vương. What’s the deal with that Dung Ngộ girl? Why is everyone in the Kỷ family taking her side?”

“I’m not too sure either,” Auntie Vương replied. “Miss Dung only moved into the Kỷ Family this year. She’s classmates with Young Master Four and Young Master Five. The Kỷ Family values her greatly, treating her like family. Being in between the two young masters, her background is likely very influential.”

“Young Mistress, the plate of strawberries has been washed.”

“How am I supposed to eat strawberries with all these seeds? Wash another plate. Pick all the seeds out.”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Later that night, Kỷ Mặc Hàn, the “idiot,” was doing his homework.

“This is too difficult. I’m going to sleep.”

“Quickly write it!” Dung Ngộ instructed. “Big dummy.”

“The answer is 26.”

“This is the hardest question on all the past years’ university entrance exams. Third Brother, you looked at it once and knew the answer?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. The answer really is 26.”

“Let’s not play anymore. How much is this one?”

“Square root of 3.”

“And this one?”

“1/2. And this one is 1/4, Great-Auntie.”

“Great-Grandmother, Third Brother’s intelligence isn’t limited to a five-year-old. Although his cognition is damaged, his IQ is still there. Now I believe he’s like me.”

“Big idiot, little idiot!”

“Oh my, don’t stop me. I want to hit him until he finishes his homework. If he doesn’t finish this problem today, I’ll hit you first.”

The next day, Trương Lệ Lệ continued her tyrannical behavior.

“Young Mistress, the plates of strawberries have all been seeded.”

“That’s acceptable. But I feel a bit hot now.”

“I will turn on the air conditioner for you.”

“Are you deliberately stupid or do you have no brain?! Air conditioning is cold air! What if it chills the baby in my belly? Can you take responsibility? I want natural wind! Fan me with a hand fan!”

“Ah, I’m fanning the wrong spot. Sorry, Young Mistress.”

“You’re fanning my head! Do you even know how to fan? Apologize!”

“I know, just kneel and fan me. Kneeling will make the angle right.”

“Auntie Vương, my leg was broken once, an old injury. If I kneel for too long, I won’t be able to stand up.”

“Auntie Vương, I checked. The baby in my belly is a boy, the Kỷ Family’s first legitimate grandson, and the future heir to the Kỷ Family. If you offend me, you offend the entire Kỷ Family. If I’m unhappy, I can immediately kick you out of this house.”

“No, please, no. I’ll kneel.”

Kỷ Mặc Hàn, the ‘five-year-old’, witnessed the scene and was enraged. “Ugly Third Young Master! Mean! You’re so mean it hurts my eyes! You’re the worst!”

Trương Lệ Lệ scoffed, “It’s fine, it’s fine. He’s just an idiot. You can do whatever you want to him. That’s right, teach him a good lesson.”

Trương Lệ Lệ and her chauffeur, Tiểu Qián, ganged up on the ‘idiot’, pushing him violently. Kỷ Mặc Hàn fell, hitting his head.

“Great-Grandmother, what was that noise?”

“Third Brother! Are you okay? Let me see.”

“What happened?”

“Young Master Three just fell and hit his head. I’m taking him to apply medicine. Come on, Young Master Three, apply a little medicine.”

“Be careful! Cold! Cold!”

“I wasn’t hitting you just now. I was just playing a game with you. Now let’s play another game, okay? If you do well, I’ll give you more snacks.”

“What game? You say something, and I repeat it.”

“Exactly. Just now, we were happily playing a game.”

“That’s right, just now we were happily playing a game.”

“Good boy. Later, when we go out, we have to keep playing this game, too.”

“Alright, later when we go out, we have to keep playing this game, too.”

“Alright. What happened to your head just now?”

“I… I fell myself.”

Suddenly, the ‘idiot’ looked up at his chauffeur and spoke the truth, as instructed by the game.

“He… he hit me!”

“He pushed Hàn Hàn’s head against the wall!”

“Young Master Three, why are you talking nonsense? You clearly wanted to play fighting with me!” Tiểu Qián stammered.

“Who wants to play with you? Hàn Hàn doesn’t play with bad guys! You hurt Third Brother! Tiểu Qián, is that true?”

“Young Masters Four and Five, don’t believe him! How can you trust the words of an idiot?”

“Come on, be a good boy. Go see the rescue dogs, okay?”

“Yes. Here are today’s flowers. Alright, go on.”

“Little Qián, come here,” Dung Ngộ ordered.

“What are you doing? She’s so strong! How dare she hit someone? Tiểu Qián has worked for the Kỷ Family for so many years! There’s no one in the Kỷ Family I can’t touch!”

“Young Masters Four and Five, look how arrogant she is! Are you just going to let her run wild in the Kỷ Family?”

“Of course, we are!”

“I know both of you like her, but she’s tricked you! She’s a manipulative flirt, playing both of you! She’s made you both cherish her!”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Miss Dung Ngộ allows us to cherish her. That is our honor!”

“Do you have anything else to say? Don’t be so smug! The Young Mistress is carrying the Kỷ Family’s legitimate grandson! That’s right! You haven’t even married into the family yet. What gives you the right to compare yourself to me?”

Dung Ngộ calmly pulled out a black card. “Everyone, look. This is the black card Elder Kỷ personally gave me. It is the symbol and recognition of my entry into the Kỷ Family.”

Elder Kỷ appeared. “I gave the wrong card before. I’m taking it back now.”

“You are truly lawless! I’m going to find Elder Kỷ! Just you wait!”

“No need to look for me. I am here.”

“Kỷ Shùn! How did your Kỷ family raise such a malicious and wicked person? How do you manage the Kỷ family?”

“Insolent! How dare you scold Elder Kỷ?” Trương Lệ Lệ cried. “Elder, look at her! This girl is too arrogant! She’s making my stomach hurt from anger! The Kỷ Family’s legitimate grandson is in my belly! What if something major happens? She really needs to be taught a lesson. Just wait to be kicked out! Even a golden or silver grandson is not as important as Miss Dung Ngộ!”

“Miss Dung Ngộ is absolutely right. It is my fault. I did not manage the Kỷ Family well, allowing such garbage to infiltrate. Kick him out and notify all families associated with the Kỷ Family: never hire him.”

“Take him away! Wait!”

Dung Ngộ stepped forward. “You dare bully my Third Brother!”

She turned to Trương Lệ Lệ. “And you! Third Son is a kind person, yet you stood by and let him be bullied by others! Do you truly love and protect him as you claim? Is the child in your belly really his?”

“Elder Kỷ, I truly was wrong. He abandoned me while I was pregnant. I did harbor resentment. Plus, it’s the pregnancy hormones! I truly, truly know my mistake. Please forgive me this one time! Give me a chance, Elder Kỷ!”

“Elder Kỷ, look!”

“Clear out all valuables from this room. Revoke her Young Mistress status. Let her stay here and repent properly, so she doesn’t go out and embarrass the Kỷ Family.”

“Yes, sir!”

“Where are the people? Clear out all valuables from this room! Revoke her entire Young Mistress status! Understood!”

Miss Dung is not just a classmate of Young Masters Four and Five. Who is she, really?

🌟 Kết thúc (Conclusion)

“Hàn Hàn is hurting here. Pretty Sister-Wife, blow on it for Hàn Hàn.”

“Shut up! How dare you ask my mother to blow on your injury? I’ll hit you!”

“Fine, then you, my son, blow on Daddy’s injury.”

“I will kill you today!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Come here, brother. Sit down. Don’t be angry.”

“Alright, alright, alright. Ah Uyên, quickly go prepare the acupuncture needles for me. If we wait until Trương Lệ Lệ’s baby is born to do the DNA test, the opportunity will be lost. I must start acupuncture on him soon.”

“Yes, Great-Grandmother. Puncture him hard!”

“Puncture him hard!”

“Alright, alright. Why are you angry with him? Not angry, not angry.”

“Are you okay? This child still has some filial piety. Let Dad check you.”

“Mother, don’t stop me! Brother, be careful! Brother is furious!”

“Come here, come here. Sit down first. Sit down. It’s okay, it’s okay. He’s still a child. Don’t be angry, Mother. I’m also a child.”

“Yes, you are also a child. Good children, it’s okay. Come here, come here. I researched ancient texts and learned a kind of enhanced acupuncture method. A maximum of two weeks and Third Son can be completely cured.”

“Elder, maybe don’t do it. What if you damage Mặc Hàn?”

“How much more damaged can he get? Can he get stupider than he is now? Seven Dwarves turning into葫芦娃 (Calabash Brothers) fighting Princess Snow White.”

“When he recovers his memory, someone is going to be in big trouble.”

“Fourth Brother, who are you talking about?”

“Of course, him. Third Brother has done so many bad things. Grandfather plans to teach him a good lesson when he returns to normal. But, Miss Trương, who do you think he’s talking about?”

“I also thought he was talking about him.”

Needle one.

“Does this really work?”

“I remember! I remember when A Dã secretly smashed the walnut that Grandfather had been polishing for three years and lied that the dog ran off with it!”

“Grandfather, don’t bring up old things!”

“It seems this acupuncture really works!”

Needle two.

“Maybe that’s enough. Too much acupuncture is not good.”

“Be quiet!”

“I remember again! I remember once when A Dã had an urgent need to pee as a child, he peed into the cup on the table! Grandfather asked what it was, and he lied that it was iced tea that had been sitting out! And Grandfather drank the whole cup in one gulp! Come back here! Today, if I don’t kill you…”

“Grandfather, Grandfather, you’re having a heat stroke! Drink some more soup!”

Needle three.

“I remember again!”

“Wait, wait! Tell me first! Is it still about me this time?”

“This time, it’s about Eldest Brother!”

“Then please speak loudly!”

“Eldest Brother, do you still remember the time your underwear was filled with chili powder? You were burning for three days and three nights!”

“You remember that too?”

“That’s right, A Dã put it there! Wasn’t that because he cheated on the year-end exam, and you scolded him? You rotten kid! Eldest Brother, stop! Eldest Brother, stop! Grandfather, hold him tight! Hit him for me!”

“I was wrong! Grandfather! Brother! Eldest Brother!”

“I’ll puncture you!”

“Why are you using a cactus to puncture me?”

“I need to solidify the upper half of your body, which was beaten.”

Needle four.

“Great-Grandmother! Please! No more! I really can’t take any more! He’s the one being punctured, but I’m the one who hurts!”

“Everyone, that’s enough. Too much in one day. I’m afraid Mặc Hàn’s body can’t handle it. We’ll stop here today.”

“Miss Trương, why are you sweating so much?”

“I… I was just too shocked. It must be the baby in my belly. I feel a bit unwell. I’m going to rest now.”

“Third Son, did the acupuncture hurt just now?”

“No, it didn’t hurt. When Great-Grandmother was putting in the needles, Hàn Hàn could only smell the fragrant scent of the beautiful sister.”

“Oh my goodness, show some respect to your Great-Grandmother! Wait until you’re better, and then I’ll deal with you! Quick, move away from my butt! You can call me ‘Great-Grandmother’ later.”

“Yes, Great-Grandmother Sister!”

“Hàn Hàn is sleepy.”

“Alright, everyone else go rest, too.”

“Yes, Great-Grandmother.”

“Mother, I’m so sorry. I haven’t raised my grandsons well. I’ve made you have to babysit.”

“When I left that year, you were still just a child. Now look at this boy, he’s exactly like you were then.”

“Mother, that sister is mine! No one can take her!”

Meanwhile, Trương Lệ Lệ and Tiểu Qián were in a panic.

“Your job is gone, and the old man took back your card. You need to quickly think of something to do.”

“What’s the rush? That idiot can’t wake up immediately anyway.”

“Can’t wake up? That person named Dung Ngộ is rumored to be on the verge of curing him! When that happens, the truth about you harming him will be exposed. Before, to pay off your gambling debt, you even stole Young Master Three’s Patek Philippe, Little Qián!”

“Did you steal my Patek Philippe?”

“How could I? If I wasn’t 100% sure, how would I dare tell him?”

“Young Master, I’m sorry. Next time, I won’t… You didn’t kill anyone. You just said he hit his head and became an idiot. You told me to pretend to be his girlfriend, saying that all his assets would belong to us and the child. Now it’s about to be exposed! Should we run?”

“It’s too late to run. The loan sharks have found me. We can only go all the way. Since someone wants to block our path to wealth, don’t blame us for being ruthless.”

The next day, the Kỷ family was out.

“Mother! Come here! Come here! Come with me! What’s the rush?”

“Quick! Good news! One shot, and I passed! A genius at driving!”

“My mother, your great-grandmother, is so busy, yet she still managed to get her driver’s license! Truly invincible! When I went to play at Disney, I conveniently bought a small car for you, Mother, to play with.”

“This multi-million AMG GT is considered a ‘small car’?”

“Great-Grandmother, I also conveniently did a simple interior modification on this car for you, helping you out!”

“A multi-million interior is considered ‘simple’?”

“Get out of the way!”

“Great-Grandmother, I also conveniently bought a car insurance package for you.”

“They all conveniently gave you gifts.”

“Then I, Kỷ Chu Dã, will conveniently give you a luxury car time management service.”

“Speak in human language.”

“It means when you’re not using the car, can I borrow it for a few days to drive?”

“Drive? I’ll open up your head right now! You dare try to take advantage of your Great-Grandmother? Did you finish your homework? Did you memorize the vocabulary? Did you finish the big essay? I find that everyone in this house targets a handsome young man like me.”

“Handsome young man, indeed.”

“Where is Third Son? Let’s test the car I just modified.”

“Let’s go! I’ll go practice driving outside.”

“Yes, alright. Great-Grandmother, I’ll go with you! Get up now! First come, first served! Too bad if you’re late!”

Meanwhile, Trương Lệ Lệ was confirming the trap. “Are you sure the car will malfunction?”

“I’ve been working with cars for years! Don’t you trust my skill?”

“Someone’s coming! Go! Go!”

“She just got her license! She’s bound to run into trouble later! Dung Ngộ, you bitch! You dare block my path to wealth?”

Inside the tunnel, the car suddenly accelerated out of control.

“Let’s see what the video recorded. ‘Are you sure the car will malfunction?’ ‘Don’t you trust my skill?’ ‘Dung Ngộ, you bitch! You dare block my path to wealth?'”

“It’s not good! Sister is in danger!”

“Save Dung Ngộ! Save Dung Ngộ! Save Dung Ngộ!”

“Great-Grandmother! You just got your license, and you want to race F1? The brakes and accelerator have been tampered with! The speed won’t slow down!”

“Third Brother! What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

“Save Dung Ngộ! Save Dung Ngộ!”

“No, no, Great-Grandmother! The car is going faster and faster! It’s almost 250! Great-Grandmother, if I had known, I wouldn’t have fought for this seat! Great-Grandmother, first come, first served!”

“Be quiet! Answer the phone!”

“Grandmother, is everyone okay? We’re about to die, Eldest Brother!”

“Youngest Son, shut up! Ah Uyên, we are fine. Now, go to the entrance of Tunnel 36, 350 meters northwest, and set up obstacles to slow down the speed.”

“Yes, Great-Grandmother Mother!”

“Grandfather, don’t worry. I’ve set up the obstacles. Great-Grandmother will be fine. Now, let’s go outside the tunnel to meet them.”

“Buddha bless, Buddha bless. Please, no cars, not a single one.”

“There really are no cars. There really aren’t any.”

“There are two up ahead! Great-Grandmother! And they’re big trucks!”

“No good! No good! We’ve lost hundreds of miles! Great-Grandmother, if we continue like this, we’ll surely crash! Even the only way out is gone! Great-Grandmother, if I post a selfie of my will on my Moments now, will everyone remember me? Will they remember me forever? Great-Grandmother, I’m afraid there’s no time left.”

“I’m afraid there’s no time left.”

“Great-Grandmother, in my next life, I still want to be your obedient grandson!”

Suddenly, the speeding car was lifted entirely into the air, soaring over the two trucks before landing safely on the other side.

“Is this a divine being?”

“Grandmother! Grandmother! Mother! Great-Grandmother! Little Sister! Are you okay? Are you hurt? You scared me to death! Mother, if anything happened to you, I wouldn’t want to live anymore!”

“Alright, brother, don’t cry. A small matter like this won’t trouble your mother.”

“I thought I was going to lose my mother for the second time!”

“No way! Everyone, I almost saw Great-Grandmother just now! Oh no, my Great-Grandmother is still here! I’m telling you, my Great-Grandmother has superhuman strength! She just got her license, but her driving skills are superb!”

“Actually, she didn’t just get her license. I read in Great-Grandmother’s autobiography. Her driving skills were honed during the war, transporting secret military documents through enemy bullet fire!”

“Fourth Son understands me well. You are a good grandson. Kỷ Chu Dã, you went through life and death with your great-grandmother. You are her most obedient grandson!”

“Good, good, good grandson, good grandson, good boy.”

“Ah Uyên, how did you know our car was tampered with?”

“Third Brother told us.”

“Young Master Three, you’re awake?”

“It seems I’ve been sleeping for a very long time.”

“Great-Grandmother, I found it. Someone tampered with this car.”

“Didn’t you say that Dung Ngộ was definitely dead? Who knew Dung Ngộ was some kind of monster? Run quickly! Once we reach the airport, everything will be fine!”

“Catch them! Stop! Run! Run quickly! Block them! Stop! Go back to where you were!”

“What do you want to do? I just returned from the gates of hell. I plan to take you on a trip there.”

“Why is her presence so strong? The problem with your car has nothing to do with us! We didn’t do it! But we haven’t even said it’s because the car had a problem yet! It is indeed you two! I will send you to jail! You won’t get out!”

“Elder Kỷ, the child I’m carrying is the Kỷ Family’s golden grandson!”

“Even if you were carrying the Emperor’s dragon baby, it wouldn’t matter. You dared to harm Miss Dung Ngộ! I absolutely forbid it! Arrest them!”

“Yes, sir! Go!”

“Murder! Murder! Help! They’re killing people! Help!”

“What’s wrong with the pregnant woman? That’s right, what’s happening? Why is she lying on the ground?”

“I’m pregnant with Young Master Kỷ Three’s child. As a result, the Kỷ Family looks down on my humble background and wants to send me and the baby to jail! They want to take the lives of my child and me!”

“How could the Kỷ Family be like this? The Kỷ Family is too much! Everyone can’t just stand by and do nothing! They say the Kỷ Family is a virtuous and charitable family outside. How can they do such cruel things behind closed doors? Truly hypocritical! Everyone, don’t just listen to one side and believe it!”

“The egg and the stone! We must stand on the side of the egg! Yes! We all stand on the side of this pregnant woman! Today, we will seek justice for her! We won’t let the evil Kỷ Family take her away!”

“Since this is a matter of the Kỷ Family, why don’t you ask for my opinion?”

“Third Brother! Third Son!”

“He’s so handsome! Is this a celebrity?”

“Third Brother! He’s back to normal!”

“She said she was pregnant with my child, but why don’t I know who she is?”

“Completely cured! I accidentally bumped my head at home and suddenly remembered everything! Therefore, I also clearly remember that this woman has absolutely no connection to me. Everything is a lie and fabrication by her.”

“So, the real villain is this pregnant woman?”

“That’s right! I never expected it! So, she was using us! We’ve become tools!”

“Everyone, don’t listen to his nonsense! I am his chauffeur! I can testify! The baby the Young Mistress is carrying is his child! That’s right! You meet with so many women every week! Maybe you just forgot!”

“That night, we were drunk, so we…”

“Excuse me. Every woman who has appeared in my life. I engrave their face and name deep into my memory. Chu Xiǎo Yáng, Ah Uyên, Anasia, Amanda, Mèng Mèng, Sofia, Sarapova, Manuela, Lǐ Èr Yā, Zhāng Yún Jié, Nǎi Nǎi Zi, Zēng Tíng Tíng. These are all the people I remember in chronological order. What exactly was Third Brother traveling the world to research? But in my memory, I have never had you. Your name is Trương Lệ Lệ. Trương Lệ Lệ… never heard of her.”

“Impossible! I swear! The baby in my belly is his child! If not, my whole family will die!”

“Swearing such a terrible oath! She must not be lying, right?”

“Then I swear too! If that baby is my child, my whole family will die!”

“What are you saying? Don’t talk nonsense! I still want to live for a few more years!”

“Everyone, calm down! If I wasn’t 100% sure, I would never swear such an oath. This child cannot be mine, not even one in a trillion, because I always use my heart, not my body.”

“Using the heart, not the body! Third Son, could it be…”

“The pulse reading truly indicates a pure Yang body, never having mixed Yin and Yang.”

“Third Brother, are you a virgin?”

“Before, I thought Fourth Brother and I were the only two pure ones. I never expected that our Kỷ family would be a family of three pure ones! Youngest Son, don’t compare yourself to us. I chose it myself, and you… were forced.”

“Why? How could this be? Didn’t you say you knew Young Master Three well? How could you not know such an important matter? You’ve killed me!”

“You two emit the same kind of malice. You two are truly a pair!”

“Tiểu Qián, Trương Lệ Lệ, you are guilty of fraud, theft, intentional injury, and attempted murder. You have violated Article 266 and Article 232 of the Criminal Law. You face life imprisonment! Arrest them!”

“Third Brother is really handsome after returning to normal! Fourth Brother, you used to say you were the most handsome!”

“Kỷ Mặc Hàn, I didn’t kill you last time! This time, you’re definitely dead!”

“Be careful!”

Dung Ngộ stepped forward, blocking the assassin’s strike with a swift, powerful move that left the attacker stunned.

“So cool! This is my invincible, super-cool mother!”

“Just you wait! When my son is born, he will take revenge for me!”

“Then I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed. Before coming here, I investigated. The baby in Trương Lệ Lệ’s belly is the child of her ex-boyfriend. I’m afraid he won’t be interested in avenging you.”

“What? You bitch!”

“Take her away! Doing evil brings retribution. All luck is predetermined by a price in the dark.”

“Fourth Brother, let me tell you, what’s so handsome about Third Brother? The most handsome one is still our Great-Grandmother! Super, super dominant and arrogant! Her appearance shocks the whole place! Invincible martial arts! Just now, she took a pulse in the style of Chinese medicine and knew if Third Brother was still a virgin! Truly amazing!”

“Read more books! She was just pretending to take his pulse to trick them, you idiot!”

“Third Son has almost completely recovered. Now, I will formally introduce this most beautiful, most lovable, and most respected Great-Grandmother—Madam Dung Ngộ!”

“I understand! I remember everything from before! This most beautiful flower is for the most beautiful Great-Grandmother! It’s just a shame I can’t call you ‘Sister’ anymore.”

“Too close! Stay a little further away from me!”

“I apologize for my previous recklessness. I have many ‘good boys’—little wolves, little yellow dogs, all types. To express my apology, I can introduce a young pilot for you. The difference between you two is only 70 or 80 years. It’s the perfect, most adorable age gap!”

“Good. Good. It seems you truly are well now. Since that’s the case, the debts from before should also be settled. You dare flirt with your Great-Grandmother? You disobedient, unfilial grandson! The family law will serve you well!”

“Finally, I’m not the only one in the house being beaten anymore!”

“Before I’m beaten, please allow me to distribute the gifts I brought back from all over the world to everyone. When I bought these gifts, I carried a deep longing for all of you. Grandfather, you once said you wanted to see a volcano but didn’t have time. I climbed to the rim of Mount Rinjani in Southeast Asia, carved your name on it, and brought back a piece of volcanic rock for you. This is for me? Eldest Brother, you are always too focused on work and don’t eat properly. Your stomach is not good. This is Manuka honey I brought back from New Zealand, made from Manuka flowers. It is effective for nourishing the stomach, more than…”