After Ding Yun finished outlining the specific plans for her son’s upbringing, she had Liu Yuan return to his seat and continued to discuss other arrangements and plans for the company.
After the meeting, some personnel adjustments were made.
Only then did Ding Yun dismiss the meeting, leaving Liu Yuan behind.
“Mom, what’s going on? Am I dreaming or something? How did you suddenly buy our company? And where did you get the money?”
Liu Yuan didn’t actually know much.
He knew that Ding Yun had licensed the technical patent for the bio-electric ring technology from an unknown source, knew that the bio-electric rings were selling well, and knew that Ding Yun had participated in the live stream of the previous Breakout Skincare company.
But that was all he knew.
He didn’t know that Ding Yun received a three-part profit-sharing from the license, nor that Ding Yun was the behind-the-scenes owner of Breakout Skincare, and even the sole controlling shareholder.
Ding Yun hadn’t revealed these details to anyone.
Liu Yuan often worked outside and never asked Ding Yun about it, so it was normal for him to be unaware.
“Breakout and Rebirth were both started by me.
Yes, you heard that right. Both of these companies were founded by me. Because of this, I have the money to acquire the company you’re working for. You won’t have to be so tired anymore and can spend more time improving yourself.
You can film movies and TV shows that you like and that are genuinely good. If you want to sing, I can even hire a top lyricist and composer to tailor songs specifically for you. In short, you don’t have to be so stressed, and you don’t have to worry about disappearing from the entertainment industry one day and not making money.
You are only nineteen this year.
You can live more freely, for yourself.
If you want to go back to school, that’s fine too.”
In reality, what parent doesn’t dote on their child? It’s just that their own abilities are limited, and they don’t want their children to earn the same hard-earned money in the future.
This is why they try to push their children a bit harder.
Hoping their children will be more motivated and have a better future.
But if they have the ability, most parents are willing to indulge and be more lenient with their children. It’s just that sometimes the balance is hard to strike.
Being too indulgent and lenient can easily raise a problem child.
Ding Yun would, of course, not make this mistake. Although she said these words, the actual practice wouldn’t be absolute freedom, but rather relative freedom, freedom that is legal and doesn’t violate moral principles.
However, Liu Yuan still needed time to accept it.
So he remained silent for a while, his expression changing several times, and asked doubtfully, “Are you still my mom?
If you had these abilities, why didn’t you show them at all before and live such an ordinary life? I don’t understand, I don’t understand.
Did an alien possess your body?
Where did the scar on the back of my head come from?”
Ding Yun had indeed changed quite a bit during this time. Although Liu Yuan wasn't the smartest, he wasn't so foolish as to be oblivious to the significant change in his mother's personality. He could barely accept the previous changes, thinking they might be related to the Li family.
He thought the changes stemmed from some support provided by the Li family.
But now, the value of the Breakout Skincare company had surpassed the Li family’s accumulated wealth over many years. This didn’t seem to have anything to do with the Li family, but if it were really his mother’s own research,
it would be too far-fetched.
His own mother hadn’t even finished junior high school.
“The scar on the back of your head was from your dad. He’d toss you up while holding you, and the higher he threw you, the happier you’d laugh. Then he missed you, and almost sent you to your death.
You needed stitches afterward. How could I forget?
How can I explain it to you!
Indeed, some miraculous and hard-to-describe-in-words-or-science things have happened to me, but there’s absolutely no doubt that I am your mother.
Think about it yourself…
Besides your own mother, who else would be so good to you?
Here’s what we’ll do: you’ll come back with me later.
I’ll tell you the whole story, just as it happened.
But you must promise not to leak any information. If you accidentally reveal my secret, neither you nor I will have a good end, do you understand? Can you do it?”
“If I can do it, I’ll tell you when we get back. If I can’t, it’s better for me to keep the secret myself.
Now, give me a definitive answer.”
After all, he was the original body’s son. In terms of filial piety and character, he was acceptable, so Ding Yun planned to reveal some half-truths to him to dispel his doubts, but he also had to be told of its importance.
The things she had to tell him.
He absolutely must not let slip.
Upon hearing Ding Yun accurately state the origin of his scar and her subsequent words, Liu Yuan bit his lower lip and hesitated for another moment. Finally, unable to suppress his inner curiosity and conflict, he nodded:
“I promise, I absolutely will not leak it. If I do, may lightning strike me, may I be infertile, may I…”
“Enough, enough! Are you cursing me or yourself? You don’t have any other plans today, do you? Come with me now, we’ll talk when we get back.”
“Yes, okay!”
…
Half an hour later, Ding Yun brought Liu Yuan to the outside of a second-hand, fully furnished detached villa she had just purchased.
She pulled him inside and headed straight for the basement.
As Ding Yun opened several password locks and protective doors in the basement, what finally appeared before them was a dazzling, blood-pressure-spiking mountain of gold.
On the left was a mountain of gold bricks.
On the right was a mountain of gold ingots.
In the middle were various oddly shaped gold artifacts.
The basement, covering nearly 500 square meters, was almost completely filled with gold, leaving no room to stand.
“Mom, this… this is gold?”
“Did you secretly dig into a gold mine?”
“Oh, where would I find a gold mine to secretly dig into these days? What kind of daydreaming is this? I conjured this gold. You go upstairs with me first.
Forget it, I’ll give you a couple to play with.”
After displaying the gold, Ding Yun casually grabbed two gold ingots and put them into her son’s hands, then closed the basement door again. She forcibly pulled Liu Yuan upstairs, brought him to a storage room, pinched him a couple of times to sober him up, and then continued:
“Look carefully. These are two pieces of clay.
Weigh them yourself, knead them, confirm if I’m lying, and then give them back to me.”
That’s right, Ding Yun intended to demonstrate her Midas touch ability and, based on this ability, explain her previous actions and changes.
When a person gains a golden finger and confidence,
it’s normal for their temperament to change.
Along with gaining a golden finger, gaining some special abilities and becoming smarter is also reasonable. After all, with such an unscientific Midas touch golden finger already present, what’s the big deal with a few more unscientific things?
Liu Yuan was still confused for the moment, but he obediently took the two pieces of clay Ding Yun handed him. He weighed them first, then reached out and kneaded the clay into a deformed shape.
As he returned the clay, just as he was about to ask a question,
he saw his mother’s hands, which had taken back the clay, suddenly emit a faint golden fluorescence. Then, the two pieces of clay in her hands turned the same color as the pile of gold in the basement, as if they had turned into gold.
Immediately after, Ding Yun naturally continued to throw the two deformed pieces of clay, which had now become gold, back to her son: “Now look at these two pieces of clay again.
Have they turned into gold?
Your fingerprints from when you deformed them are still there.
This is my biggest secret. A while ago, I was suddenly hit by a beam of light, and afterward, I gained the ability to turn other things into gold. In mythological legends, this should be called the Midas touch.
At the same time, I feel like I’ve become smarter.
I learn everything with just a glance, and after studying for a few more days, I can generalize and even make breakthroughs.
The bio-electric ring and that earring were because I was worried Li Rong wouldn’t let me go and would still want my kidney. So I specifically studied and researched, and then made two small items to prevent danger.
As for the formulas for Breakout and Rebirth companies,
they were also the result of my study, research, and breakthroughs.”
“It’s very magical, isn’t it?
It’s precisely because it’s too magical that I didn’t dare to say anything, and even kept it from you. That’s how it is.”
Fearing that she might need to rely on other things to increase her influence in the future, Ding Yun didn’t mention that she had gained technological and skincare knowledge in her mind. Instead, she directly said that she had become much smarter. Once a person becomes smart, it’s easier to explain any high-tech products or super formulas she might present later.
Ah, it’s because I’m smart now.
It’s because I’m a genius now.
The beam of light is unrepeatable, and no one can falsify this matter, so this matter is true.