Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

20 million!

Now, it was Marco and his brothers' turn to be stunned. They exchanged uneasy glances, caught off guard by the demand.

They hadn't expected the other party to ask for such an astronomical amount-twenty million.

Technically, they could afford it, but they had no intention of handing over that much. Twenty million wasn't a trivial sum, especially given their current situation.

For Marco, personally coughing up twenty million was unsettling. Compared to the average person, he was well-off, but most of his wealth was tied up in assets. His liquid savings barely reached tens of millions. Handing over twenty million in one go? That was out of the question.

After a brief, silent exchange with his brothers, Marco finally spoke. "That's too much. We don't have that kind of money. Sure, you see us as rich, but it's not what it looks like. Our wealth isn't as substantial as you think."

name, let alone have any claim to the family fortune. When our mother was alive, she supported us privately so we could live

we still work for the

but our annual salary is under a million. And soon, it'll be even less. Liberty is now in charge-she sees us as enemies. Do you

Finding new jobs won't be easy. There are already countless college graduates struggling to find work-how muck harder do you think it is for people like us? No job means no income. We'll have to survive on

brothers nodded in agreement as

education isn't cheap. The competition is brutal, and it drains

"Mom only covered

and even supporting the elderly-all fall on us.

three to five thousand left at the end of