Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Precious Darling

"Ouch! Stop hitting me! If you break the TV... it costs over a thousand yuan! It can’t even be fixed!"

Goldie Thorne didn’t dare let go or dodge, taking several solid blows and crying out in pain. ’What did I do to deserve this?’ he thought. ’I spend a fortune only to get a beating. My parents have no concept of spending money! All they know is how to take it in, not how to spend it. They’ve never enjoyed life. Unbelievable...’

The mention of over a thousand yuan successfully stopped the old couple. It wasn’t because they felt sorry for Goldie Thorne, but because they were afraid the television would get broken.

Seeing the large cardboard box, Byron Thorne’s eye twitched. He roared, "Take it back and get a refund!"

’What’s so great about a television? I don’t even like watching movies. Looking at cash is much more satisfying.’

"It can’t be returned! I had a friend buy it for me from the south. All sales are final, no returns or exchanges!"

"I’ll... I’ll beat you to death, you good-for-nothing spendthrift! COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH..."

Byron Thorne was so furious he broke into a coughing fit. The thought of over a thousand yuan being gone was like a knife twisting in his heart; the pain was so sharp he felt like he could cough up blood. ’I’ve been thrifty my whole life,’ he lamented internally, ’so how did I end up with such a prodigal son? The ancestors must not be watching over us!’

"It can’t be returned even if you kill me! Dad, just take a look at the TV first, and then we’ll talk. I’m sure you’ll fall in love with it!" Goldie Thorne said enticingly.

"Love it my ass! You pig-head! I ought to beat you to death!"

Byron Thorne coughed a few more times. As long as he remembered this blasted thing cost over a thousand yuan, there was no way he could bring himself to like it. ’Damn it all!’ he fumed. ’Back in the day, it only cost me six silver dollars to marry Raina. This thing costs more than my old woman!’

"Uncle Byron, since it can’t be returned anyway, why not let Goldie unpack it so we can have a look? It’ll be an eye-opener for all of us. We’ve only ever heard about these things, never seen one!" someone called out.

The others chimed in, egging Goldie Thorne on to turn on the TV for everyone. The commotion grew so loud that Shane Thorne and Preston Thorne came over. When they saw the television set, they were filled with envy too.

"Brother, just let Goldie turn on the TV. It’s already been bought; what a waste it would be not to watch it!" Shane Thorne urged.

Byron Thorne shot him a glare. ’Easy for you to say when it’s not your money,’ he thought bitterly. ’We’re talking about over a thousand yuan here.’

But it couldn’t be returned, and he couldn’t very well beat his third son to death over it.

"Uncle Goldie, I want to watch TV!" Tang Xiaonan yelled.

Seizing the opportunity to smooth things over, Goldie Thorne had Patrick Thorne help him unpack the television. When they saw the brand-new, boxy device, the villagers stared as if it were a foreign curiosity. Then, Goldie Thorne lifted his wrist to reveal a shiny watch, drawing another wave of envy from the crowd. The Thorne family had truly struck it rich.

"We can’t watch anything until six-thirty tonight. It’s only six o’clock now, so we have to wait a bit."

Goldie Thorne was repeating what Adrian Hawthorne had told him: there were no programs during the day. Cartoons would start after six-thirty, followed by the evening news, and then a movie. Everything would be over by nine-thirty. Plus, only Channels 1 and 2 from the central station had any programming.

The villagers were more than willing to wait; they were all curious to see what a television was really like. As they waited, the bored villagers began to chat amongst themselves.

"I heard people can appear inside this box, just like in the movies."

"It’s so strange. How do they get those little people in there?"

"Who knows? And it can show so many of them, all looking different. Men and women, too."

...

’Tang Xiaonan almost died from holding back her laughter. Such simple, honest questions! But it was perfectly normal for people at this time not to know what a television was. Very few families owned one, even in the cities. She remembered that her family in her past life hadn’t bought a TV until sometime in the eighties, and they didn’t upgrade to a color set until the nineties. Her family was even considered one of the early adopters. Some people didn’t get a television until well into the nineties. This set that Goldie Thorne bought would be considered one of the very best in all of Vessaria.’

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