Rebirth of the Godly Prodigal ( ADAPTATION )

Chapter 3 - Squandering Is Actually a Type of Skill

Upon hearing what Liam said, Tzuyu was initially elated, but her face turned ghastly pale shortly after. Even though she had decided to eventually renege on the engagement from the start, being directly told by Liam that he might not want to marry her even if she were willing to upset her greatly. This was because she had always been admired and treasured by the people around her.

In fact, she had calculated and prepared for all the possible reactions and questions that Liam might have had… except for this. If she said she didn’t know how to squander, she would be putting herself up against Liam. If they ended up in a disagreement, he might just cancel the engagement. Then, her family’s crisis would not be resolved. But if she said that she knew how to squander, wouldn’t that be akin to telling a barefaced lie? In the end, Tzuyu could only angrily reply, “I have no idea if I am good at squandering or not because I have never tried it before!”

“Oh, all right then.” Liam had more pressing issues to attend to than wasting time wrangling with this young brat. With an emotionless expression, he said, “OK, that was all that I needed to know. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading out to squander. You can just hang around here for now.”

“You—” Tzuyu couldn’t believe that Liam would just cast her aside like this. With her looks and family background, the people around her were more than willing to spend their time with her. Yet Liam was clearly isolating her now. Obviously startled, she angrily stamped on the floor and said, “How can you be so impolite and ungentlemanly? Are you going to just leave me here alone?” She had come here today with the purpose of getting engaged. If word got out that her soon-to-be fiancé had left her by herself and gone out after only exchanging a few words with her, that would surely be very embarrassing for her.

Ha, called it. I knew that she wouldn’t allow me to go out by myself. Liam had already predicted that she wouldn’t agree. He had already more or less guessed the motives behind the Chou family’s engagement proposal, so he knew that it was unlikely that Tzuyu would let him go out by himself. Liam cheekily said, “Then come along with me, and we can go out and squander together!” As he spoke, he raised both of his hands up high into the air and declared: “I’m gonna become the Prodigal King!”

Tzuyu’s pretty face went ghastly pale with anger, but there was nothing she could do except scold him. “It is my utmost shame to be associated with a prodigal like you!”

Liam wasn’t concerned with how she regarded him. After they left the room, Liam immediately headed over to his mother and extended his hand toward her. “Give me some money. I am bringing Tzuyu out to squander.”

Chou Ruisi coughed violently again. As he was in the unfortunate position of seeking help from the Hong family, he could only pretend not to have understood Liam’s words. He waved his hands at Tzuyu and said, “Tzuyu, go out and enjoy yourself with Liam. I still have some matters to discuss with your Uncle Manoban.”

Liam’s mother took out a card from her handbag and stuffed it into his hand, then said in a coddling manner, “Liam, find out what Tzuyu likes and buy it for her. There is about 300,000 yuan on the card. If that’s not enough, I will get Aunty Liu to transfer more money into it afterward. The PIN is six zeros—be sure to remember that.”

“OK…” Liam took the card from her and shrugged nonchalantly. Then, suddenly, he asked Tzuyu, who was beside him, “How much pocket money do you usually get a day?”

Tzuyu looked away and said, “I get 500 yuan a day. That’s already more than I need.”

“Only that much?” His mother had given him 300,000 yuan just like that, but Tzuyu only received 500 yuan a day. Liam’s nose twitched as he directly stuffed the card into Tzuyu’s dress pocket. “Take this money as a gift for our initial meeting, then.” After which, he reached out his hand to his mother again and said, “I have finished spending the money, give me some more.”