After winning 40 million dollars, I resigned and went back to my hometown.

When I arrived at the station, I called my dad to pick me up. He asked me why I was back.

I joked that I had been fired and now had to live my life by them.

It was raining heavily. I waited until evening, but he didn't come to pick me up.

I rushed home in the rain. As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Lisa complain, "Why are you in such a hurry? It's raining heavily but you still asked me to handle transfer procedure. Look, I'm drenched."

My mother said, "It's all for your own good. Carl has lost his job. Are you willing to return the house to him?"

Lisa snorted and said, "When he comes back, ask him to rent a house outside. I'm not used to having other men at home."

1

I stood at the door. I didn't know if it was because my whole body was wet and cold.

Or I was still disappointed.

Because I couldn't stop trembling.

Droplets of water rolled down my cheeks and fell to my lips. I pursed my lips.

It was salty.

How could a 30-year-old man like me cry?

The rain drop today was salty.

After standing there for a long time, I raised my hand and knocked on the door. My mother was partial to Landon, Landon, and my father was a man who kept silent in his life. I always took care of Landon, and we had such a good relationship.

He wouldn't kick me out of the house like them, would he.

It was my mother who opened the door.

There was an unnatural smile on her face.

"Carl is back."

I nodded and went in to change my shoes. He explained, "It's raining heavily. Your father can't go out to pick you up. He wants to pick you up at the station when the rain gets lighter."

"How did you get back? Did you take a taxi?"

"Yes."

I changed my shoes and saw that there were four pairs of wet shoes next to me. I pretended to know nothing and asked her, "Did you go out?"

My mother frowned when she saw the shoes on the ground, but she still found an excuse.

"Before the rain, we were at your sister-in-law's house. We all got wet in the rain on our way home."

I replied with indifferently and pulled my suitcase to my room.

The door opened and there was a pile of junk inside.

I stood at the door and looked at Mom. I asked, "Mom, what's going on?"

The corners of my mother's mouth twitched and she looked embarrassed.

"It's just that there are too many things at home, and you don't often come back to live, so I want to pile them up first."

"Where's my old stuff."

My mother quickly opened the door of balcony and said to me, "They're all here. Your sister-in-law put them away for you."

I looked at the bags on the balcony. They were in a mess.

"Whose idea is it?"

"I paid for this house. Am I not even worthy of a room?"

My mother lowered her head and pretended to be helpless. Lisa shouted arrogantly outside, "Carl, the house was indeed bought by you, but so what? Are you trying to drive me away?"

"You're a family, and I'm the only outsider."

I couldn't be bothered to argue with her. I pushed open the door of the study and saw my brother playing games inside.

"Landon, you've piled up my room. Where do I live?"

Landon took off his earphones and looked at me. He said, "Carl, you're back. Wait for me for a few minutes. The game will be over soon."

I stood there and watched as Landon finished the game. Then, he got up and walked over.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's all mother and my wife's fault. They always say that there are too many things at home and there is no place to put them, so they piled them up in your room."

"How about this? My wife and I will stay in a hotel for a few days, and you stay in our room."

Landon asked, "Carl, how long have you been back?"

"In my opinion, you don't have to go back to Atlanta, which is so far away. You can work at home, and our family can take care of each other."

I had heard this many times.

In the past, I would always say that my major did could not be needed in this city. Not only could I not find a job in this place, but I would also not get a high salary if I found one. Hence, I still wanted to returned to Atlanta.

But this time, I agreed and said directly, "I think so too. I've had enough worked outside these years and I'm ready to come back."

"I'm going to stay here for a long time, so it's definitely unrealistic for you and Lisa to live in a hotel. Let mother clean my room up for me to live."

2

Landon was stunned for a moment.

Then, Landon said, "Take it. Tell them to take it immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lisa shouted, "Where should we put these stuff? The house is too small to live another person!"

They stood still and did not move.

After a long stalemate, Landon said, "If you don't clean the room for Carl, then I do it."

As Landon spoke, he was about to walk into the house, but my mother grabbed him. "You don't know how to accept it."

I looked at my mother and didn't worry about whether she would clean the room for me.

"It's okay if you don't want to clean the room. Isn't the apartment I bought empty? Give me the key. I'll live over there."

I reached out to my mother, but she didn't respond for a long time.

I looked at my mother, then looked at Landon.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Carl, don't be angry," Landon said. "My wife's brother is living in that apartment now. It's not convenient for you to go there."

"Oh."

"Isn't that another set of apartment? Give me the key to the one in Sunlight Garden."

They remained unmoved. My father, who had been silent for a long time, also spoke up at this time.

"Carl, are you here to ask for a house? Or are you here to show off that you bought these houses?"

I was so angry that I almost laughed.

"Dad, am I that kind of person in your heart?"

"I've asked so many questions here. Where do I live? You didn't say anything, so I have to arrange it myself. Now you say something, you still say that I'm showing off."

"I haven't seen anyone show off that they bought three apartments without a place to stay!"

Their expression darkened, but no one spoke.

I knew that they just wanted to drive me, who had lost my job, away.

I disdained to stay in this room with them, but since they were heartless, don't blame me for being unjust.

Since they wanted to drive me away so much, let's do it thoroughly.

"What do you mean by keeping silent? Are you driving me away?"

My parents and Landon both kept silent and Lisa looked at me with disgust and said. "I haven't seen anyone in their thirties who doesn't get married and still lives in his brother's and sister-in-law's house. It's okay to live there occasionally, but are you going to live here all the time after losing your job? Don't you know yourself was disgusting?"

"It's convenient for you to live alone. Landon and I are married. Is it appropriate for you to live with us?"

I chuckled and said in a displeased tone.

"You don't have the right to speak. I was asking my parents and Landon."

Lisa was scolded, and Landon's face darkened on the spot. He looked back at me and said in a very unhappy tone.

"Carl, we are siblings. You can scold and hit me however you want, but she is my wife. You are not qualified to scold her. Please be polite to her."

I looked at Landon and said with a smile, "I have no objection to her. What about you? Why didn't you speak just now."

"Landon, I bought three apartments. You use one of them for your wedding. One for your brother-in-law. When I was a child, our parents left me to our grandparents. They didn't bring me back until our grandparents passed away. I'm older than you. Haven't I treated you well for so many years? How can you treat me like this?"

"What are you pretending to be considerate for now? If you have the ability, return all three apartments to me. Take your wife and parents out to live."

After I finished speaking, Landon's expression turned extremely ugly.

Before Landon could speak, my dad stood up from the sofa and scolded me harshly, "Carl! How dare you!"

I ignored my father's loud rebuke and said calmly, "I'll ask you again. Do you think I can't afford to stay in any of the three houses?"

"Yes!"

It was from my mother.

I nodded and looked at them.

"So, you want to sever ties with me, don't you?"

They were silent. In a deep voice, I declared, "Fine. Since that is the case, let's sever ties today. From today on, I, Carl Taylor, have no parents, no relatives."

I pulled my suitcase out of the house.

I booked a hotel and checked in first.

I called my lawyer friend for acquisition that I had full payment for the three apartments and could I get them back after the certificate of the title was in other's name?

He asked me if I had a gift agreement, including a verbal one.

I told him that had a set of apartment that I said I would give to my parents for retirement, but the other two set of apartments was not settled by any agreement.

The lawyer said that it might not be easy to get the apartment that you give your parents back completely.

I asked him if I could change my parents name to mine.

The lawyer said that it wouldn't be a problem for getting the property right back.

I told him about my family and hired him as my lawyer. I wanted to get all three apartments back.

After hanging up the phone, I felt sad, as if my heart had been gouged out.

After graduating from high school, I worked part-time and studied hard. After graduating from high school and staying in Atlanta, I worked overtime and saved money, and bought these three apartments.

I used up all my savings.

My plan was to give one of them to my parents for retirement, one for myself to live in, and the other to rent a house to earn some money. In this way, I could retire.

But it's not enough for my parents to monopolize one set. Even if they give Landon the one I gave them, I wouldn't be so angry.

They wanted all three sets of apartments.

And kick me out of the house.

Just because I lost my job.

I took out my phone and looked at balance on my account.

I smiled.

It didn't matter. I still had money. I would never be able to spend it all in my life.

I washed my face and went to the restaurant for dinner. Then I came back and slept.

The next day, I went to the sales office of the villa in Telaria Bay early in the morning.

It was the most expensive villa area in Locaster.

I spent more than 1400 thousand dollars on a set of exquisite decorations.

I moved in with my bag and hired a housekeeper to cook and clean every day.

Half a month passed peacefully like this.

I received a call from my mother. As soon as I answered the phone, I heard her roar.

"Carl, are you crazy? How dare you sue us!"

I sneered.

"Mrs. Lee, who are you? I'm going to sue Landon for occupying three apartments I bought. I paid for them in full."

"Carl, you've grown up. You still want to go to court because of a little conflict. Well, I'll sue you for being unfilial!"

"Do you really think you can break off the relationship with just a few words? Landon said that the law did not allow it. As long as you don't die, you have to support us."