at dusk.
Xiao Ran was about to go out for dinner when he happened to see Elaine coming back and about to enter the apartment.
He quickly stopped the French beauty.
"Good evening, Elaine, I have something to say. Are you free?"
Elaine looked back at him.
"Good evening, Sean, come in and talk."
Xiao Ran nodded and then followed into Elaine's apartment.
After entering the door, he went straight to the point.
"I'm very sorry, Elaine, I can no longer sell the statue of Aphrodite created by the sculptor Boudel to the Louvre."
"A friend liked that top-notch piece of art very much and asked me to buy it. I sold him the sculpture at noon."
Elaine was stunned for a moment, somewhat surprised.
The next moment, she smiled and shook her head.
"It doesn't matter. That statue of Aphrodite belongs to you. It's your right to sell it to anyone, and no one has the right to interfere."
"I want to congratulate you on becoming a new multi-millionaire. It's incredible."
As she spoke, she clenched her fist and lightly punched Xiao Ran's shoulder.
"Yes! This is indeed incredible. I still feel unreal."
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, then changed the subject.
"Please say sorry to Pierre on my behalf. I am also very grateful to him for helping to identify the sculpture of the goddess of beauty."
"You're welcome, Pierre is not that stingy. At most, he is a little regretful."
"That's good, but I'm still a little embarrassed."
After chatting for a while, Xiao Ran extended an invitation to Elaine and prepared to invite her out for dinner to express his gratitude.
Unfortunately, the beauty had already had her dinner.
Xiao Ran could only give up the idea and find another opportunity to thank the French beauty later.
After leaving Elaine's apartment, he went to a Chinese restaurant near the apartment building for dinner alone.
UCLA has many international students from China, as well as Chinese students, so there are several Chinese restaurants near the university.
As for whether the Chinese food is authentic, that is another matter!
At this time, although Xiao Ran had a net worth of tens of millions of dollars, he did not go out to spend a lot of money on crazy shopping and consumption.
In fact, even if he wanted to consume revenge, there wouldn't be many places to go.
This is West Hollywood, adjacent to the famous Beverly Hills. There are many high-end shopping malls and it is one of the most prosperous neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
But in this special period, everything is in depression, and not many shops are open in the city.
More importantly, going to those places for consumption involves taking huge risks. If you get caught, it will be tragic!
Xiao Ran had had enough of living alone at home, and he never wanted to experience it again.
After dinner, he went straight back to the apartment and got busy.
He first took out the USB flash drive and checked the various materials and papers inside.
Fortunately, all the final materials and the first draft of the thesis are still there and have not been damaged in any way.
This made him take a deep breath and relax completely.
Next, he copied all the information and papers into a new notebook and uploaded a copy to the cloud, just in case.
After doing these things, he looked at the time and then started video chatting with his mother in the capital.
The video was connected in a blink of an eye, and my mother immediately appeared on the video.
It happened to be the weekend, and my parents were resting at home and making lunch, wearing aprons.
Seeing his mother, Xiao Ran immediately smiled and waved.
"Mom, let me tell you a good thing. I got my suitcase back, the USB flash drive is still there, and the information in it is also there."
Upon hearing this, my mother suddenly laughed happily.
"That's great. Now you can graduate successfully, so you won't have to study abroad in vain, and you won't have to postpone it!"
Before he finished speaking, my father also came to the camera, equally happy.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran got to the point.
"Mom and Dad, I have better news to report. You two should sit down and hold on tight. Don't be scared!"
"Is there any better news? Is it possible that your boy has found a girlfriend? Is it a Chinese girl or a foreigner?"
Mom asked in surprise.
Xiao Ran smiled helplessly.
"Mom, is it too early to urge marriage now? It won't be too late to urge you to get married when I return to China!"
"This matter has nothing to do with my girlfriend, but something else."
"It has nothing to do with your girlfriend? What good news is that!"
Like all mothers, there are only two things that my mother cares about most right now.
One is Xiao Ran's safety, and the other is his lifelong event, when he can find a girlfriend.
As for other things, they have to be pushed to the back.
Seeing this situation, Xiao Ran was not going to show off.
"Mom and Dad, listen to me, sit down on the sofa first, and I will reveal the answer later."
"What's wrong with you kid? You're trying to be mysterious!"
Mom said angrily, but still sat down on the sofa.
The same goes for dad, sitting side by side with mom.
After seeing them doing a good job, Xiao Ran said proudly:
"That's right, your son is not what he used to be. Now he has a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. He can be considered a millionaire. He has achieved basic financial freedom!"
As expected!
Mom and dad were stunned for a moment, then scoffed.
"Is your kid awake and talking in his sleep?"
"Why don't you say you are a billionaire when you still have a net worth of tens of millions of dollars!"
"Even if a pie falls from the sky, it won't hit your kid's head."
"Is this the good news you said? Wake up, son, stop dreaming!"
Xiao Ran, who was scolded, smiled even brighter.
"Don't tell me, Mom, maybe I will become a billionaire soon."
"Dad, I'm not dreaming, this is a real thing."
"I have a contract here. If you look at it, you will know what's going on."
With that said, Xiao Ran took out the sales contract of the statue of the goddess of beauty and showed it in front of the camera of his mobile phone.
My parents both speak pretty good English and there will be no problem understanding the contract.
Just when they started to read the contract, Dad's cell phone suddenly rang, which was a text message alert.
Dad took a look at the phone and suddenly exclaimed.
"Ah! Xiaoran just transferred eight million US dollars to my bank card. Is it true?"
Mom’s hand holding the phone couldn’t help shaking, obviously frightened.
She quickly turned to look at her father and said angrily:
"Xiaoran transferred eight million U.S. dollars to you? What a huge amount of money that is. It's obviously a telecommunications fraud. Just delete it!"
Xiao Ran smiled proudly.
"Don't be in a hurry to delete it, Dad, the eight million US dollars was indeed transferred by me. I respect you two and accept it with peace of mind!"
Before he finished speaking, his parents turned to look at Xiao Ran, their eyes full of disbelief.
Before they could respond, Xiao Ran continued:
"Don't believe it. After reading this antique art sales contract, you will know what is going on."
"As for the details, I will explain them to you later."
"I will send you the electronic version of the sales contract and all relevant information to prove the legality of the money!"
"With these supporting documents, you can use this huge sum of money normally and avoid being investigated."
Seeing the seriousness of what he said, my parents couldn't help but believe it and were shocked.
Mom quickly took a screenshot of the English contract, then tremblingly enlarged the picture and read it carefully.
When they saw the US$14 million stated on the contract, as well as the signatures of Xiao Ran and Sister Chen, as well as the signatures of both parties' lawyers, they were all stunned.
A moment later, a sharp exclamation suddenly came from the video.
That's my mother's voice!
Looking at dad again, he almost slipped off the sofa!
