"How is that possible? Where could such a rich man live?" Mike Ford didn't believe it.
Claire Ford immediately dug up the news report.
She handed it to Mike.
"Look at this."
After reading it, Mike instantly froze.
She was right. The man in the report spent one million dollars on a little raccoon plush.
Their little daughter who had just returned was holding the same raccoon plush.
Did that mean… their daughter had found a very rich boyfriend?
He looked further down the report.
Mike grew even more shocked. "Goodness, this man also spent five million dollars to rent Prairie Steakhouse. Free dinner for sanitation workers?"
Claire agreed. "Yes, this man has a good heart. He is a candidate suitor we can trust!"
"But our daughter is only eighteen years old. She just moved back from abroad, after her first year of college." Mike was worried.
"What do you have to worry about? If this man is truly good, you can let them date first. Then, they can marry after college." Claire responded.
"Okay, you take time to talk with Maddie. Ask if she can bring the man back to meet us." Mike tasked his wife.
Thinking of his precious daughter dating such an outstanding man, Mike's mood lifted. He felt much better.
But it didn't last long. When he saw the community chat gossip, his positivity was dragged back down.
It was still discussing the issue of his eldest daughter and the man they called Charlie Pace.
Thinking of his youngest daughter lying about the luxuries given to her by Charlie, Mike's angry fire raged brighter than before.
To think that the undisputed leech son-in-law could spend a million dollars on a plush for charity was ridiculous.
It might be okay if he was at least willing to spend a few dollars to buy his eldest daughter a plush and not need her to be the one supporting him.
Thinking of this, Mike angrily demanded, "Take time to call Katey! Tell her to bring that man over. He still dares to let our daughter support him. Well, no more! I will cut him down."
...
In her room.
Madison lay on her bed comfortably. Her cute little head was propped up by the little raccoon plush.
She enjoyed spending time on Quora.
She often answered questions on it.
After so long, she had managed to gather tens of thousands of followers.
It just so happened that at this moment, she had received an invitation to answer a topic called "Is there really a rich person around you?"
Madison couldn't help but type her answer.
"Thanks for the invite," she quickly responded.
"My brother-in-law is rich. Just today, he gave my sister a Maserati MC12. Then, he spent a million dollars to buy her a plush. He treated the city to dinner and charged a membership card for a total of ten million."
"#TruthFacts"
Madison had her own fanbase.
This answer of hers was so explosive, it instantly became a hot topic.
The comment section was very lively.
"I never thought I'd see the day Maddie would be willing to make up a story just to get likes," posted one commentator.
"Quora, always sharing untrue stuff," posted another.
"Yep, this is what I know. It's just as I expected," someone commented passively.
"Here I am in the stupid comment section, even when the Quora editor-in-chief is sharing a real story with real people in it," another bitterly posted.
Seeing that no one wanted to believe her, Madison posted a direct link to the news report in her answer.
Seeing the news report, the tone of the replies popping up in the comment section quickly changed.
"Holy crap, it's true?"
"How rich is this guy?"
"Alright, folks. I did the math. The Maserati MC12 is worth about ten million dollars. One million was spent on that plush. The free food and membership card charged is another smooth ten million. That means he just spent up to twenty-five million dollars or so," some curious people posted.
"Elon Musk? What's Elon Musk doing in City of Putin?"
"That's not Elon Musk, dude. He only spends dogecoin, not dollars."
"It seems people can't be equal. I might not be able to get ten million dollars in my entire life, but this guy has spent up to twenty-five million in one day. I need this man's number. I'm bringing a shovel and a pickaxe."
"Yeah, let me join you. It's time we did some gold digging together."
"Is it just me who cares about the fact Maddie has a rich brother-in-law?"
"Oh, my God! So Maddie is one of the twin sisters we saw today. What else can I say, except she is the Wife From the Cosmos!"
"I am the bearer of bad news. I can prove what this little cold child says is true. But it's a painful admission, and it makes me really want to beat up her brother-in-law."
"Ditto. That man doesn't just have money. He is AF handsome. My girlfriend is obsessed with him. She even decided to break up with me," responded a sad man.
...
The next day, Kate Ford drove her Maserati MC12 to work.
Kate worked at a company, Eureka.
It was an advertising company.
The Maserati MC12 was a very famous car model, and it quickly attracted a lot of attention and brought all the workers to the scene.
When they saw Kate step out of the car, her colleague Renee Cortez's sense of awe was so grand, her jaw dropped out of joint.
She immediately ran over and said, "Oh my God, Kate! Did you become rich overnight? Why are you suddenly driving a Maserati?"
Before this, Kate used to drive a battery-operated junk car to work.
It was insane to understand how she was now driving a ten-million-dollar Maserati to work instead.
Kate answered, "It's a gift from my husband."
"From your husband?"
When Renee heard this, she was completely stunned.
This… couldn't possibly be true.
Wasn't Kate's husband supposed to be a terrible, rotten leech?
If she remembered something correctly, she swore Kate once confessed that she only worked at the company so she could earn enough money to support him.
Two years ago, Kate had a car for herself. It was a good car and not the little battery-operated one she used for her commute.
It turned out the reason she downgraded to the battery-operated car was because of financial pressure. She had to sell her good car and downgrade to a crippled battery-operated one so she could continue supporting her husband.
That useless, leech-of-a-man had now managed to somehow buy a Maserati MC12?
How was this possible?
Seeing Renee wasn't too keen on believing it, Kate pulled out the car's ownership certificate. She proved to Renee that the car was indeed given to her by Charlie Pace.
Renee was shocked.
"Oh my God! It's true. Your husband can lift a finger now?"
Kate smiled and said, "Well, he can make money now."
"Wow. You go, girl! Why don't I have the same luck as you?"
Renee was dying of envy.
Not every husband was capable of giving their wives a ten-million-dollar Maserati MC12.
Her own husband, for example, even though they'd been married for a long time, never bothered to buy a car. She hadn't even seen him own a toy car before.
How could there be such a huge wealth gap between one person and another?
She was also a hardworking woman…
Hearing all this, some male colleagues were stunned.
Originally, they all coveted Kate's beauty.
After all, who didn't like such a beautiful goddess?
Did it matter if she already had a husband?
When they heard her husband was a rotten man, her male colleagues' confidence grew. They were sure they were stronger and better than her husband.
So, they all fantasized that one day, it was only a matter of time before they could take her home with them.
Now, her husband had turned the tables.
They no longer had a chance.