Julian’s Stand-In Wife

His mother was accustomed to life within the Second Ring Road, with hospitals, convenience stores, and beauty salons everywhere. Within a few steps, there were various attractions and delicious restaurants.

If they suddenly moved to a dirty and inferior bungalow without heating, they wouldn’t be able to bear it.

Seeing his reluctance, Lulu, feeling a bit angry, insisted, “Can’t we buy another one? Go to the suburbs around the Second Ring Road, and buy a small apartment. That’s better than that house, right? Your family earns enough money, and you shouldn’t have trouble coming up with this amount.”

They did have some money on hand.

His parents never hid it from him. However, that money was their retirement fund. Now that the elderly live longer, his parents, having retired, wanted to travel and enjoy life.

Moreover, with children in Richburgh, the expenses will be higher in the future.

In essence, that money served as a safety net.

If Larry lived a stable life, he could live comfortably. But if he wanted to make a significant breakthrough on his own and earn ninety to a hundred thousand a year, it was difficult.

His job only brought in forty to fifty thousand. Maintaining that throughout the year was already good enough.

severe layoffs recently. I’m about to turn thirty-five, and this is a critical period. In case of layoffs, the

difficult for their family

for a while, he asked, “What about

out how much Lulu’s dowry would be. After all, she

wanted to make sure he understood everything so he wouldn’t mistreat her later. It would also help him plan how to spend the money on hand and how to settle his

Lulu to be with him. He also knew that given his background and appearance, finding

was a girl from out of town, and

Lulu heard Larry’s question about her

my family’s money even before getting married? Ugh, I knew I couldn’t marry a poor man like you! How dare you think about a woman’s

seventy thousand dollars. I plan to leave that for my parents. I’m marrying into a family that’s far away from them, and they raised me with difficulty. Don’t

before marriage, she defined

she

thought for a moment, and

reassured her. “Don’t worry, we’ll give it to

able to go home often in the future. Parents would miss their children, so the dowry could be considered their