Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Divorce Agreement (6) Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Divorce Agreement (6) “Carolline, have you eaten yet?” Mia Parker held onto Carolline and wouldn’t let go. She had initially planned to go home for dinner, but now that she saw Carolline, she didn’t want to go home anymore.

“I already ate,” Carolline answered truthfully.

“Even if you’ve eaten, you can still accompany me. Come on, let’s go have dinner together.” Mia pulled Carolline along, and the two of them walked to the side of the road and hailed a taxi.

“Where are you planning to eat?” Carolline was practically dragged into the car and was at a loss for words. There were several small restaurants nearby that served delicious food.

“I heard from Ben Parker that there’s a new Pork Rib Clay Pot restaurant in the City District. Since you’ve already eaten, you can just have some soup with me,” Mia requested.

“You’re not meeting up with Ben again, are you?” Carolline frowned. It wasn’t because she disliked Ben, but rather because she didn’t know how to face him after the trouble she had caused for him last time.

“Of course not, he’s too busy going on blind dates,” Mia denied. She was planning to eat alone, and since Carolline was not hungry, she would order a small pot for herself.

At their age, they really couldn’t understand their parents. During college, they were against them dating, but as soon as they graduated, not only did they stop objecting, they even directly supported marriage.

Ben’s parents even took out their life savings and directly bought him a three-bedroom apartment in the City District. Now, Ben is considered a man with a car and a house—an entire apartment that was paid for without needing a loan.

Any woman who marries Ben Parker can directly enjoy a life of comfort.

“So you’re actually a bit jealous, huh?” Carolline joked with Mia.

Of course, she knew Mia’s family background couldn’t be compared to Ben’s parents, who were both ordinary wage earners. A year’s income for Mia’s father would be enough to buy Mia a villa.

But Mia’s family didn’t live in a villa; instead, they stayed in Auntie’s apartment provided by her company, just like their own home. In fact, Carolline’s family also had enough money to buy an apartment in the city.

Emily Hill, as the vice dean of the kindergarten, certainly had excellent welfare benefits. At that time, an apartment was allocated to Emily, but she gave it to someone without a house. The leader then gave Emily a significant resettlement payment.

Emily hadn’t used that money even until now. When she received it, she said she was preparing it as Carolline’s dowry, even though Carolline was only five years old at the time.

Henry Ruiz’s salary was also high, but their family didn’t buy a house because their parents believed that having a place to live was enough. Buying so many houses was unnecessary, as people could only sleep in one bed and eat under one roof.

Whether a family is happy or not isn’t determined by the number of houses, but by the warmth of the home.

Mia’s parents also thought the same way, which was why Mia’s father, regardless of his wealth, never invested in real estate. Instead, he continued to put the money into his company’s operations, and that money generated more money, like a snowball getting bigger and bigger.

“Who, me? Envious? If I were really interested in Ben, that kid would probably have to become our family’s son-in-law,” Mia said proudly. “However, there’s one advantage: once we have a child, we won’t have to worry about whether the kid should have the mother’s or the father’s surname.”

Pfft—

Carolline almost spurted out the last bowl of sour soup she had drunk just now. Ever since she had met Mia, the problems Mia thought about were unlike those of normal people.

Is getting married all about figuring out whether a child should have the mother’s or father’s surname afterward? Isn’t it Z Country’s tradition that children naturally take their father’s surname once they’re born?