(Thank you for your "Book Friend 140413094639947" and "Streamline under the Sky" for your tips, thank you for your support and recommendation.) The last few chapters are excessive, maybe a little bland, after all, people don't live in a vacuum, I want to make the world in this book as full as possible, and get into the main drama right away. ）

"No, I'll have to call your brother and ask."

In order to facilitate contact with Li Jie in the United States, Xu Zhendi's mobile phone is specially bound to an international long-distance card - of course, this is operated by Li Xinyi for her, and she can't get it herself. In order to save phone bills, Xu Zhendi usually calls once a week, but now she is in a hurry, and she definitely can't take care of it.

There is a 16-hour time difference between East Shanghai and Los Angeles, and when he received a call from Xu Zhendi across the ocean, Li Jie was dealing with Tsai's nagging in his Beverly Hills mansion. This lazy guy has been pestering him to organize a party on the grounds of celebrating Li Jie's housewarming, and today he finally succeeded, and he was so excited that he sat down at Li Jie's house early, thinking that he was a little interested.

Raising his hand and signaling that he had a call to answer, Li Jie was able to get rid of this verbose guy for a while, walked to the balcony on the second floor, and connected the phone.

"Son, son, I saw a news in the newspaper, did you mean you? It says you've made a billion, or dollars? Xu Zhendi's voice came from the receiver of her mobile phone with a little trembling excitement, and her speech was a little upside down.

"Mom, don't get excited, listen to me tell you slowly." Li Jie heard the other party's excited voice and was really worried that she would faint for a while, which was really troublesome. He tried his best to make things more reasonable in a flat tone, and wasted half a day of saliva, and finally let Xu Zhendi know the general situation of the matter.

"I originally wanted to wait until the matter was almost over, and I would sort it out myself, and then go back and tell you in person, after all, a sentence or two on the phone may not be clear; Second, you also know that we Chinese people pay attention to wealth and do not show it, after all, it is better to be safe, and there are not many people who know me abroad, and everything here is also lawful, and there is no danger. But it's different at home, we'd better keep a low profile, and I'll talk about everything when I go back after I've arranged it, what do you see? ”

Although he showed great respect for the other party's opinion, in fact, it was just to appease, even if the other party objected, Li Jie could come up with other reasons to prevaricate. During the whole process, his tone did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he calmly spoke as if he had been on countless ordinary phone calls before, and those parents spoke their thoughts in a short and thoughtful manner.

Xu Zhendi was quickly infected by him, and her emotions slowly calmed down. She is a typical low-level citizen in Donghu, who always only knows the things of the small world around her. Therefore, in Li Jie's mouth, the United States has become safer than China, as if those shootings, corpse crushing maniacs, and serial murderers have never existed. After talking about it for a long time, the core meaning is that I didn't tell her for their good, and I will talk about it when I go back.

"Son, son, you don't tell your mother about such a big thing." Xu Zhendi kept complaining in her mouth, but she felt that her son was very reasonable, if she let others know that her son is so rich, whoever has bad intentions will be bad if she turns around, and it will be unlucky to meet the bold one who kidnaps the family, and she really can't make a noise for the time being, and she must wait for her son to come back to arrange.

"I'm running a new company right now, and I'm really busy. Mom, don't worry about me, take care of yourself, you still have to spend the money you should spend, and I'll send some money to your card when I go back. Li Jie's voice didn't sound anything unusual on the phone, and he was even more sensible than the previous Li Jie, who was kind and seductive, shushing and asking for warmth, and coaxing Xu Zhendi to smile.

"And when are you coming back?" His son seems to be more sensible than before, and sure enough, it's different when he goes abroad to study, I haven't seen him for more than a year, and Xu Zhendi still misses her son.

"Let's celebrate the New Year, I'll go back when the New Year is almost over, and I'll bring you whatever gifts you want at that time." Li Jie smiled slightly.

"What kind of gift do you want with your dad, it's a waste of money, you have to spend money to open a new company. Don't hang up yet, your sister is going to talk to you. Despite smiling from ear to ear, Xu Zhendi still said no, and handed the phone to Li Xinyi, who had been jumping up and down on the side for a long time.

"Brother, have you really become a billionaire?" Li Xinyi felt that the whole thing sounded illusory, and asked this sentence when she opened her mouth, as if she didn't hear Li Jie confirm it in person, and she thought that a beautiful bubble could burst at any time.

"There are some other expenses that have to be deducted, which is certainly not that much, but there are still billionaires." Li Jie's understatement was exchanged for a scream and exclamation on the other side of the earpiece. In his memory, Li Xinyi was a relatively sensible and good girl, and there was an old saying that the children of the poor were in charge early, which was very applicable to their two siblings. can make Li Xinyi, who has always been quiet, lose her temper so much, and it can have a huge impact on the Li family.

After agreeing to a lot of things for Li Xinyi, Li Jie told her that he would let people send some money to their cards first, pay attention to checking, pay attention to safety, etc., and ended the call. After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhendi's mother and daughter still couldn't believe that there would be such a good thing for a long time, and even hugged each other to wipe their tears, and cried a little, feeling that they were bitter.

Li Jie could understand the ecstasy and excitement of the small family in the east, and with this transatlantic call, many memories that he had not cared about at all before slowly came to mind. Li was born in a typical low-income family in East Shanghai, just like those families in the slums of New York, but the crime rate is not as high as here, at least his life safety is still guaranteed.

From the moment he was sensible, Li Jie was reminded countless times by his rich aunt and grandmother who hated the poor and loved the rich. His father, Li Cunrong, never had the decent job they thought he had, and his mother, Xu Zhendi, was hovering at the lowest wage. Although her aunt and uncle all live very well, Xu Zhendi never wants to borrow a penny from them, even in the most difficult times.

At first, Li Jie didn't understand why, until his family couldn't afford to study abroad, and Li Jie realized what a cruel world he lived in. That cold night, Li Jie stood downstairs and called his grandmother, uncle, and aunt, and the unanimous answer was that he didn't borrow, and his uncle and aunt didn't even bother to give a reason. In the end, he really had no choice, and he was afraid that his mother would be angry, so he had to beg these people not to tell Xu Zhendi about borrowing money from them.

And they agreed. But before Li Jie stepped into the house, Xu Zhendi received a call from them, and in this way, Li Jie saw his tearful mother for the first time. In the end, their family took out a mortgage to make up enough for tuition, and from that moment on, Li Jie vowed in his heart to stay away from the family from now on, and only took care of them when they had to do so.

No wonder the original Li Jie's desire to get ahead after coming to the United States is so strong, although he has already looked down on all the predators and survival of the fittest, Mephisto still feels that there is still a lingering resentment after the departure of the body. He suddenly felt that he didn't seem to maintain enough of this body's ties in this world, after all, for a long time, he still needed to rely on Li Jie's identity to exist in human society.

It seems that it is necessary to spend some time dealing with the problems of Li Jie's family and friends.