Chapter 260 Breaking up

Chapter 260 Breaking up

Chapter 260 Breaking up

There is a term in psychology called psychological advantage. Its conceptual definition is quite complicated to explain, but to put it more specifically, it refers to a sense of advantage that a person has over others on the psychological level.

In Yuantong, for the past two generations, the An family has made a living by renting the Luo family's fields. To use a materialistic term, the An family is a poor family, while the Luo family can be regarded as the richest family in Yuantong. To go further, it can even be said that the An family relies on the Luo family for food and clothing, which is how they can survive in Yuantong. If the Luo family did not rent the land to the An family for farming, the latter would probably have no means of making a living.

To put it bluntly, if An Rushong had not existed, after a few years, after An's father and mother and Luo Jinggeng passed away, the brothers of the An family would still have to rely on the "little fat man" to survive. Therefore, when facing the An family, Luo Jinggeng and his fat son actually have a great psychological advantage. In their eyes, the An family is still the same family as before.

That's right, Luo Jinggeng did know that An Rushong was different now. After all, this guy often appeared in newspapers and on TV, and it was claimed that he had a net worth of more than 2 million US dollars. This net worth was much more than him, the "richest man" in Yuantong. To be precise, the two were not on the same level at all. This was also the most fundamental reason why Luo Jinggeng wanted to marry into the An family.

But then again, even though he is the richest man in Wontong-ri and has always lived in Geundeok-myeon, in the final analysis, both Wontong-ri and Geundeok-myeon are similarly “remote and poor places”. In the words of Seoul people, Na Gyeong-gwan, the richest man in Wontong-ri, is just a country bumpkin, or to put it bluntly, a country bumpkin. His vision and knowledge are limited to such a large place.

In Luo Jinggeng's eyes, An Rushong had indeed made it and become a big shot, but the only difference between him and himself was the amount of personal assets. To put it bluntly, An Rushong was now richer than him, Luo Jinggeng. Apart from that, there was no difference between the two.

What Luo Jinggeng didn't understand was that a rich man with a net worth of tens of millions and a rich man with a net worth of hundreds of millions are two completely different beings. The difference between the two is not the amount of wealth, but the huge difference in the social resources and personal connections they have.

In Seoul, who does An Rusong deal with all day? The president-elect, a member of the National Assembly, the chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, the director of the district office, etc. In Wontong-ri, who does Luo Jinggen deal with all day? At best, it is a member of the National Assembly, a farmer like An Jia. The perspectives of the two are not on the same level.

When An Rusong saw Luo Jinggeng, he didn't think too much, he was just upset. And Luo Jinggeng didn't think too much either, so he didn't think of giving An Rusong enough respect.

"Haha, aren't all the people back?" Seeing the men from the An family coming in, Luo Jinggeng sat on the sofa without moving. He just laughed and said, "Oh, this man is different now that he's rich. Look, I haven't seen him for only half a year, but Rusong's temperament is like a different person."

Opposite him, the expressions on An's mother and Rubin's faces were quite awkward, especially Rubin. She was feeling uneasy and embarrassed. The facial features on her little face were all twisted together. And the little fat boy opposite her kept staring at her, and the greed in his eyes was almost coming out of his pupils.

"Gengbo is here?" An Rusong was unhappy, but he didn't show it. He supported his father and walked to the sofa where his mother and Rubin were sitting. He glared at his sister and scolded her, "Why are you running out instead of reviewing your lessons in your room? Do you think you can definitely get into Korea University?"

Rubin was stunned for a moment after being scolded by him, and seemed a little at a loss.

"I tell you, if you fail to get into the Law School of Korea University, you should just come back and find someone to marry like your parents said," An Rushong winked at her but continued to scold her.

At this moment, Rubin understood what her brother meant. She bit her lip, stood up from the sofa, and moved her legs so fast that she disappeared from the living room in the blink of an eye.

The moment she escaped from the living room, Ru Bin felt as if she had unloaded a heavy burden. At that moment, her brother was so handsome. It was the first time that she felt sincerely touched when being scolded.

After An Rushong said this, Rubin felt relieved, but Luo Jinggeng, who was still sitting on the sofa, had the smile on his face frozen.

He just has little experience and a narrow vision, but he is not really stupid. What An Rushong said was too clear. There is no doubt that at least he, as the eldest son of the An family, does not approve of the marriage between the two families.

However, An Rushong did not consider whether the expression on Luo Jinggeng's face was good or not. He helped An's father to sit in front of Rubin's just seat. Just as he was thinking about where he would sit, he saw Ruhui moving a chair over and placing it next to him.

An Rushong didn't say anything polite. He sat down on the chair, fumbled in his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes. While passing cigarettes to everyone, he said with a smile: "Uncle Geng, this is..."

When he spoke, his eyes were on the fat boy, but he seemed to have forgotten the fat boy's name, so he couldn't finish his words. "Brother, this is Zaixun," Ruhui was not very smart, and didn't see his elder brother's intention, and he quietly introduced him. But after the introduction, he felt a little strange, because he seemed to have mentioned the name of Zaixun from the Guangbo family yesterday.

"Ah, yes, Zaixun," An Rusong seemed to have just remembered. He looked at the fat boy and said with a smile, "Yes, Zaixun, he seems to be three years older than Bin, right? Did he go to college? How is his academic performance?"

Luo Zaixun ignored An Rushong at all. When he saw that the other party didn't give him any cigarettes, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one for himself as if no one was around. From the way he took and lit the cigarette, it was obvious that he was an old smoker.

An Rusong didn't mind the fat boy's rudeness. He smiled and withdrew his gaze from him, turned his head to look at Luo Jinggeng, and said with a smile: "Uncle Guang, Zaixun didn't go to college, did he? Haha, in today's society, people who don't go to school, have no education, and no diploma have no future. Could it be that Uncle Guang hopes that his descendants will rely on collecting land rent to make a living?"

"Rushong," An's mother called him nervously.

Old people are all cautious in nature. Both An's father and mother may have changed their stance on Ru Bin's marriage, but they still hope to have a good talk with Luo Jinggeng. Even if the marriage fails, there is no need to tear the faces of the two families apart.

But An Rusong's attitude was obviously problematic. His tone was too aggressive, and his words were mocking Luo Zaixun for being uneducated and unworthy of Rubin. As for the rudeness shown by Luo Jinggeng and his son, the two old men didn't feel it, or they were used to it and didn't think that the other party's attitude was rude.

"Haha, Rushong has really made great progress," Luo Jinggeng's face was already very ugly. As he said before, in his mind, An Rushong was at best richer than him. If the two families could get married, it would be a good thing for the Luo family, but if the marriage failed, the Luo family would not suffer any loss.

After all, An Rushong is rich because he set up an IT company that does Internet business, while the Luo family's base is on the land in Yuantongli, and he makes money by collecting rent and running some supermarket-like businesses. The two parties' businesses are completely unrelated, so he naturally has no need to feel any awe towards An Rushong.

To be honest, An Rusong looked down on Luo Jinggeng, thinking that he was a bumpkin and a country bumpkin. Luo Jinggeng looked down on him. In his eyes, he was just a nouveau riche who suddenly became rich without any background. Apart from anything else, in Yuantong, was his An family qualified to compete with the Luo family for influence?

Since the other party didn't give him face, Luo Jinggeng would not humble himself in front of the other party. Therefore, he said in a cold voice: "Now they look down on those of us who rely on the fields for a living."

With a simple sarcastic remark, he turned his gaze to the uneasy An's father and said, "An Lao San, if you don't say anything, do you agree that Rusong is now in charge of your family's affairs?"

An's father had three brothers, and he was the youngest. The elders in Yuantong were used to calling him "An Lao San", but Luo Jinggen was younger than An's father, even if he was only a few years younger, he was still a junior. It was definitely not polite for a junior to refer to his senior as "An Lao San".

However, in the living room at this moment, except An Rushong, no one thought that Luo Jinggeng's behavior was excessive, because he had always called An's father like that.

"Luo Laosi, who is in charge of our family? Does it need to report to you?" An Rushong spoke before An's father could speak.

When An Rushong heard the other party call his father "An Lao San", the little smile on his face disappeared. He spoke bluntly before An's father could open his mouth.

Luo Jinggeng is the fourth of five brothers. He does not respect his elders and calls his father An "An Lao San". An Rushong calls him "Luo Lao Si" in return, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

"Ah~~~" An Rushong had just finished his sentence when Luo Zaixun, who was sitting opposite him, became angry. He tried to get up while cursing, but a hand reached out from behind and pressed on his shoulder.

(End of this chapter)