The woman looked at the neighbor in the BMW with expectant eyes, hoping the other would say that the car was rented or borrowed, then she would feel at ease.

But the woman in the BMW smiled and said, "Mm, just picked it up yesterday."

Upon hearing this, the woman felt almost like she'd been struck by lightning - bought - they actually said bought, when everyone was poor, how did you suddenly get rich!

"Little Yi's mother, I don't quite understand. Did Little Yi's dad win the lottery?" the woman asked, trying hard to disguise her urgency.

The woman in the BMW laughed, "Not at all, it's not that easy to win the lottery. Our family never believed in it, never bought any."

The woman chuckled awkwardly, "Then what did you guys do to get rich? Haha, um... I'm just curious, if it's inconvenient for you to say, forget it."

Although she said so, she really wanted to know, her mind racing with thoughts like a cat scratching, knowing that the other was an old employee at a regular unit, almost facing elimination, and the husband's a security guard, honest and gentle. Neither seemed like the type who could get rich.

Could it be something illegal?

If she finds out they are indeed engaged in shady activities, she would definitely report it immediately, not out of righteousness, but because she can't stand them getting wealthy.

The woman in the BMW laughed, "There's nothing to hide. My Little Yi went to play soccer and signed with the Yun City Team. He's such a filial child; he took his first month's salary and said he'd buy me a car because I've spent half my life squeezed on buses, I should have my own car. So here we are, I've been working on my driver's license for three years with no car, always borrowing my sister's when needed, really inconvenient."

As the woman spoke, she displayed a contented expression.

She hardly listened to the rest, only focusing on the first two sentences, astonished, "What, soccer money? First-month salary and he bought a BMW?"

The woman in the BMW replied, "Yes indeed, the team owner is really generous, and Little Yi just called me saying he's been doing well, even got bonuses. We're considering looking at new houses because this old one we've been living in for decades is about to become a safety hazard."

Woman: "..."

She was losing it, jealousy spilling over, they bought a car and are even looking for new houses, seriously? How did two families of similar standing suddenly have such a vast difference!

The woman in the BMW smiled, "I won't hold you any longer, I need to go home and start dinner. Little Yi has a day off today and is coming home, chat more some other day."

After speaking, the woman in the BMW waved and drove away.

Looking at the tens of million BMW, then at her husband's few hundred yuan electric scooter, the woman was fuming, "Look at you, really useless!"

The man had an innocent expression, "What's it got to do with me? Didn't you hear? It's their son who succeeded."

The woman snorted, thinking, "Is soccer that profitable?"

The man replied, "I don't play soccer, how would I know."

The man was a teacher, besides work, he had no hobbies.

The woman felt a bit unsatisfied, "Their son went to vocational school, not even as well-read as our Leilei, graduated for two years, heard he worked odd jobs at a restaurant, who would've thought he'd turn around and soar!"

The man said, "That's their fate, you can't envy that."

The woman retorted, "What fate, our Leilei likes soccer too, if he can, so can our Leilei. Yes, I remembered last month a limping man came saying he wanted to recruit Leilei for soccer, what was his background?"

The man chuckled, "Ha, how would I know? Isn't recruiting Leilei to play soccer often turned away by you?"

In this house, the wife was in charge, he was a husband fearing wife's command, all household decisions, including what their son could or couldn't do, were made by her. He was busy working and had no time to care.

The pair talked as they walked home, the woman mumbling nonstop, upon knowing the neighbor's son got a BMW playing soccer, she was excitedly envious, almost overwhelmed.

Upon returning downstairs, the man parked the electric scooter, searching for the battery, intending to charge it.

Seeing this, the woman felt a pang of bitterness, why was her fate so hard, confined to electric scooters her whole life?

They had no hope for her husband, in her eyes, a useless dead weight, only capable of teaching, never able to prosper with that dead salary.

She could only pin her hopes on her son, genuinely having great expectations for him. Her belief was he needed to attend university, pursue graduate studies, attain qualifications to find a good job in the future. Although she always knew he liked soccer, he thought it was a hobby and nonserious.

After seeing Little Yi's mother with a BMW, she felt her worldview shattered.

If Little Yi could play soccer, why couldn't her son?

She was moved by the idea but quickly fell into indecision; Little Yi was lucky, who can guarantee her son would be the same, if he couldn't become a professional player, it would all be wasted.

Ultimately, education was the safest route.

She wasn't ignorant, well aware of many young people steering away from education, pursuing celebrity or influencer status - sure, they earn millions with ads and videos.

But that's few, a metaphorical thousands clambering a single-log bridge, you can't focus only on the glamorous, but also the many who fall beneath.

No matter what, it's always the top who earn, most struggle on the line of sustenance; soccer follows the same, unless you become a professional player, it's wasting youth!

Thinking it through, studying remains the safest.

Despite her words, seeing the neighbor's BMW made her intensely envious, almost going mad from jealousy.

"Dad, Mom!"

Suddenly, hearing someone calling.

Isn't that their son's voice?

They searched, didn't see their son, but a Rolls-Royce pulled up.

The woman's eyes lit up; that's a Rolls-Royce, millions' worth!

She wasn't ignorant after all.

Oh my, who's car is this, making rounds of luxury vehicles in the neighborhood today?

Fixating on the Rolls-Royce, she forgot she thought she heard their son just now; perhaps it was a hallucination!

Yet, suddenly a young man leaned out of the Rolls-Royce passenger seat waving at them.

The couple was stunned; isn't that their son, how did he end up in a Rolls-Royce?