I am not just a tycoon

Are these people really fit to be parents?

Kids spoiled like this never show filial piety. Zhang Shoujin could already predict that when these two middle-aged women are in their seventies or eighties, the one who'll be filial isn't this useless son, but their daughter whom they're trying to bleed dry.

"This trust isn't unconditional."

"There are conditions?"

Yao Cuilan raised her eyebrows, "Isn't it natural for daughters to give to their parents? What conditions could there be? Are you sure this is Yingzi's idea?"

Fu Hongbing interrupted, "Let's hear him out first."

Yao Cuilan was even angrier, her voice rising, "What's there to talk about? This is what she's supposed to do. We raised her with all our heart for 20 years, and now it's her turn to support us, and she comes up with this?"

Fu Haoyang felt aggrieved too, mumbling, "Exactly, in other families the sister gives all her earnings to them. But her, she makes tens of thousands each month and only gives us a few thousand."

Zhang Shoujin smirked inwardly, so showing filial piety means handing over all the hard-earned money to you? And also supporting your good-for-nothing son?

Luckily, there's this trust, or else Miss Fu would be drained dry by you all.

He couldn't be bothered with these three oddballs, continuing, "Condition one, apart from the trust stipulation, you may not ask her for living expenses or additional costs each month. Condition two, she will not help her brother find a job, nor will she cover future marriage expenses for him. In short, any expenditure related to the brother will not be covered by her."

"Condition three, you may only call twice a month unless we, the trustees, contact you first. Condition four, you must not seek her out unless she visits you of her own accord. Condition five, you must not defame our client's reputation in any place or to any person."

"What?!"

Yao Cuilan was getting angrier by the minute, slamming the table, "She's trying to cut us off!"

Fu Haoyang was dumbfounded. Was this really his sister? Coming up with such tyrannical terms—wouldn't even Li Hongzhang sign them?

Fu Hongbing's face was grave, pondering for some time, "This trust shouldn't carry any legal weight, right?"

"I'll answer the first question first."

Zhang Shoujin adjusted his posture, "If our client truly wanted to cut ties with the family, you wouldn't be able to find her, and there'd be no need for a trust fund like this. You must understand, with our board's resources, we could relocate her anywhere in the world, and then you would never find her."

Yao Cuilan and Fu Hongbing calmed down slightly. This was true; if she didn't care about the family, why bother with all this?

Moreover, from what the lawyer said, her boss was backing this?

"Is your board member my daughter's boss?" Fu Hongbing asked.

"I've already said what I shouldn't, and won't answer any more questions related to our board."

Zhang Shoujin continued, "Regarding the second question, this is an offshore trust, fully legally binding, aimed at providing security for your retirement. You are the beneficiaries and have rights. However, I must stress again, the trust follows the terms strictly, and if you breach the agreement, your rights will terminate."

Involving Fu Yingzi's boss, they couldn't afford to be careless. Big shots were not to be offended. Yao Cuilan cautiously asked, "Could I ask, isn't my daughter a secretary? Does she have some other relationship?"

Reasonably, her boss shouldn't meddle in their family issues. If they did, it indicated a relationship beyond superior and subordinate.

"I said, no more answers about our board member."

Zhang Shoujin said flatly, "I hope you'll consider carefully. We will give you half an hour to think. Decide before signing. After half an hour, if it's not signed, this trust fund is void."

"What happens after it becomes void?" Yao Cuilan couldn't help but ask.

"Naturally, there'd be no trust. I believe our client would cut losses in time."

Zhang Shoujin stood, buttoned up, "It's necessary to remind you, you are now 50 and 51. If you live till 80, you get over two million in total. No worries about healthcare and retirement, no interference in how you spend. Otherwise, you might get nothing. Weigh what's heavier."

After speaking, Zhang Shoujin left with another lawyer, leaving the three of them looking at each other.

They carefully examined the trust, found it all in English, and though there was a translated version, it was dense and they hadn't much schooling to understand such boring terms.

Yao Cuilan tried to call Fu Yingzi, but still couldn't get through, finally asking Fu Hongbing, "What do you say we do?"

Fu Hongbing resigned, "What else? Didn't you hear? If we don't sign, we won't get a penny!"

Yao Cuilan hesitated, "But if we sign, she won't help Haoyang get a job, and when he gets married…"

Fu Hongbing sneered, "Don't you see? She created this trust so she wouldn't have to help her brother or have us bothering her!"

With just the three of them left at home, Fu Haoyang felt emboldened, shouting, "Don't sign it, send it to the family group chat and expose Fu Yingzi's ugly face. Don't worry about retirement, earning 50,000 a month isn't hard, she can do it, so can I!"

Fu Hongbing slapped Fu Haoyang on the head, "Have those games fried your brain? Do you have any idea what 50,000 a month means? Combined, your mother and I don't make 10,000. You think money is that easy to make?!"

Fu Haoyang drooped, "Then how come she can make it?"

Looking at his foolish son, Fu Hongbing was unimpressed, "Because she has a good boss! Your sister used to work at a Health Management Company, then a charity foundation, and now the law firm's talking about a board member. That's a lot of business and spread far and wide. If you can't understand that, start reading and use your brain instead of gaming all day!"

"But so what? Can her boss interfere with our family matters?"

Fu Hongbing couldn't be bothered to explain further, it was clear enough. The lawyer had hinted at it, her boss probably fancied Yingzi, hence the intervention.

Yao Cuilan confirmed, "So we must sign?"

"What else? If they come back in half an hour and really take the trust away, we lose the chance. Besides, it's a nice sum, and the conditions are manageable."

Yao Cuilan sighed, "Oh well, we'll have to sign."

Actually, the conditions were bearable. Together they received 4,000 a month, 5,000 after five years, and 6,000 in ten, with healthcare and retirement covered.

But the issue was the son had no security. His job and marriage were problems.

Relying on this gamer, ordering takeaways, to earn 50,000 monthly?

It was far from their expectations. They thought Fu Yingzi would support the family and her brother more, with work, dowry, house, renovations… now all gone.

But what else could they do?

You couldn't afford to offend the powerful and wealthy. Just this trust fund already held them at bay.

This was a warning before action. If not signed, who knows what trickery they'd face later.

In silence, the two sighed, picked up the pen, while Fu Haoyang tried to intervene, only to be slapped back by Fu Hongbing, "Go! You want us starving in old age?"

Zhang Shoujin returned half an hour later, seeing the signatures—it was expected, they had no real choice.

Gathering up the papers, Zhang Shoujin left without a word.

Watching them leave, Yao Cuilan asked with a complex expression, "Should we call Yingzi? I want to know what's going on with her boss."

Fu Hongbing smiled bitterly, "What call? You can only call twice a month, if you do now, that's one less call for the month. But you can text her, it doesn't say you can't message."

"Sigh, worth a try."