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Chapter 473: A Reminder
Chapter 473: A Reminder
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Lu Jiaxin and Shi Xinyu played a game of tennis, both of them working up a sweat. Shi Xinyu had been practicing daily lately, and her skills and stamina had noticeably improved. Not only Lu Jiaxin, but Yu Meiton and Zong Simeng had also fallen to her in matches.
After sitting down for a drink, Shi Xinyu happily said, "It seems that my practice for the past half month has been effective. I need to keep at it."
Zong Simeng smiled and said, "Since you like it, you should practice more. It's good for your health. Getting engaged is also physically demanding; a weak body won't be able to handle it."
Shi Xinyu's engagement date had been set—December 12th. However, the engagement banquet would be held in Singapore, and she had invited Lu Jiaxin and the other two girls.
All three of them had agreed to attend.
Shi Xinyu smiled and said, "Taoyong also said the same. Whenever he has free time now, he accompanies me to play tennis. In the past half month, he's lost five pounds and looks even more handsome than before."
Lu Jiaxin didn't find Taoyong particularly handsome, but she supposed that love was blind.
Speaking of which, Shi Xinyu turned to Lu Jiaxin and asked, "Jiaxin, how does Nie Zhan maintain his figure? It's been more than three years since we met, and it feels like his physique hasn't changed at all."
Lu Jiaxin smiled and replied, "He exercises vigorously every morning and night. Plus, he has a nutritionist, and he never touches anything that's unhealthy and easily causes weight gain."
In this regard, she couldn't compare to Nie Zhan. When it came to food she liked, she wouldn't care about calories; satisfying her taste buds came first. That was why she had to be careful about her weight.
Zong Simeng said, "Looks like I need to get Zhi Feng to learn from Nie Zhan. He's gained ten pounds this year. If he keeps gaining weight, it won't be good for his health."
Remembering Zong Simeng's previous complaints, Lu Jiaxin said, "Sister Simeng, if you ask your brother-in-law to lose weight, I'm afraid your mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law will criticize you again."
In the past, she had addressed them as 'Big Brother Hu' and 'Sister-in-law', but after becoming closer to Zong Simeng, she started calling them 'Sister' and 'Brother-in-law'.
Zong Simeng laughed and said, "That won't happen. They care a lot about Zhi Feng's health. Previously, when I mentioned that Zhi Feng's blood lipids were a bit high, they were so worried that they asked me to keep an eye on his diet."
Lu Jiaxin said disdainfully, "Your mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law are really hypocritical."
When Sister Simeng wanted to lose weight, they said that being plump was a blessing and wouldn't let her diet. But when it came to Hu Zhifang, they wanted her to supervise his weight loss. This was the downside of living with elders; they tended to meddle in everything and always wanted to impose their old-fashioned ideas on you. Fortunately, she didn't have that problem. Even after marriage, it would just be her and Nie Zhan, and they wouldn't be living under the same roof as their elders.
Yu Meiton coldly snorted and said, "It's not just her in-laws and mother-in-law. In this world, there are double standards for men and women. If a man has a wife and still finds second or third mistresses outside, people will praise him for being capable. But if a woman has an affair after marriage, she's labeled as a slut and a disgrace."
Seeing Yu Meiton's righteous indignation, Lu Jiaxin asked in surprise, "What happened? Did someone close to you get into trouble?"
Yu Meiton's mood turned slightly gloomy as she said, "It's my cousin. My cousin's husband has been with countless women since their marriage, but not a single person blames him. My aunt even keeps telling her to be more open-minded. But my cousin was just privately keeping in touch with an old friend, and her husband's family not only scolded her harshly but also drove her out of the house."
"It's fine if only her in-laws scolded her, but even her own family thinks she's embarrassing and won't let her through the door. Why is it that a man can mess around outside and it's okay, but if a woman finds someone to alleviate her loneliness, she's being unchaste?"
Lu Jiaxin's focus was different: "How do you know that your family won't let her through the door?
Yu Meiton said, "She had nowhere to go, so she came to stay with me. My place is small, and the other room is rented out, so she had no choice but to go and stay with a friend."
Shi Xinyu couldn't quite understand this arrangement. "Why would she choose to stay with a friend instead of at a hotel?"
She personally disliked staying with others as it was inconvenient for her and bothersome for the host, so she preferred hotels.
Yu Meiton, sounding a little helpless, explained, "She usually uses her husband's supplementary card, but after being kicked out, she couldn't use it anymore, and her bag was left at her in-laws' place, so she had nothing."
"What about assets under her name?"
"None. She doesn't have anything under her name."
Zong Simeng asked in confusion, "But during the marriage, the husband's family gives a betrothal gift, and the bride's family provides a dowry. What about those?"
When she got married, her in-laws gave a betrothal gift of 16 million yuan, and her family provided a dowry of 5.8 million yuan. These belongings were solely hers.
"Yes, they gave 3 million yuan in dowry, but she spent it all."
Lu Jiaxin asked, "Did she spend it herself, or did she spend it on a man?"
This, Yu Meiton wasn't clear about.
Lu Jiaxin guessed that her cousin must have spent the money on men. Such a woman didn't deserve sympathy. "She could have chosen not to spend a man's money, but instead of earning her own, she splurges on men. That's just foolish."
Zong Simeng also felt that such a person didn't deserve sympathy, so she steered the conversation towards stocks. The stock market had been performing exceptionally well, and she had even invested her personal savings into it. At the beginning of the year, she had bought three stocks, one of which had increased by more than three times its original value, another by over double, and the least performing one had still risen by 70%.
Hearing this, Shi Xinyu exclaimed, "Sister Simeng, I'm so envious of you! The most I've made on my five stocks is a 130% increase, and the least is only 40%."
Yu Meiton interjected, "Actually, I'm the one you should be most envious of, because I didn't buy any. When I sold those brand-name bags, clothes, and shoes, I did consider investing in stocks, but I was worried that if the stock market fell, I wouldn't be able to buy a house."
Lu Jiaxin laughed. "Sister Meiton, we only used our extra money to buy stocks. If the market falls, it won't affect our lives. But you need to buy a house, so if the stock market drops, you won't be able to buy one, and then you'll have to endure your weird colleagues day after day."
"If you don't rest well at night, you won't have energy during the day at work. How can you perform well and get promoted or get a raise?"
Yu Meiton smiled. "Jiaxin, you really are a qualified boss."
It would be foolish not to leverage their relationship. Not long after she joined the company, the higher-ups all knew about their sisterly bond. As a result, no one dared to make things difficult for her, and her confirmation as a permanent employee went smoothly.
Shi Xinyu asked curiously, "Jiaxin, how much have your stocks increased by?"
Zong Simeng laughed. "You're asking the wrong question. You should ask her how much she's earned in total. Jiaxin, do you know how much you've made?"
Having sold the stocks, Lu Jiaxin naturally knew the exact amount. "I made 76.88 million yuan."
She omitted the unit 'yuan' at the end, making it sound like she had earned over 7.9 million Hong Kong dollars. Many wealthy people in Hong Kong had made similar amounts, so it wasn't an eye-catching sum. The precise figure of millions was mentioned to lead into the next part of the conversation.
Shi Xinyu's eyes widened in shock. That was such a substantial amount! Her entire net worth added up to just over 4 million yuan. Compared to Jiaxin, she felt poor.
Yu Meiton was also incredibly envious. With this kind of capital, it was no wonder that the elders of the Nie family had come to apologize. In her case, both the Fu family and her own family thought that she would regret her decision to call off the engagement.
(End of Chapter)
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