Chapter 483: Chapter 471: Reminder Chapter 483: Chapter 471: Reminder “Bang, bang, bang…”
Lu Jiaxin and Shi Xinyu played tennis, and after a set, both of them were dripping with sweat. Shi Xinyu had been practicing every day recently, and her skills and physical fitness had clearly improved from before. Not only Lu Jiaxin, but Yu Meitong and Zong Shimeng had also been defeated by her.
After sitting down and drinking some water, Shi Xinyu said happily, “It looks like my practice for the past half month has been very effective. I need to keep training.”
Zong Shimeng said with a smile, “Since you enjoy it, practice more. It’s good for your health. Engagements are also physically demanding, and if your body isn’t up to it, you can get worn out.”
The date for Shi Xinyu’s engagement had been set for December 12th. However, the engagement party was to be held in Singapore, and they had invited Lu Jiaxin and the other two.
All three of them had agreed to go.
Shi Xinyu said with a beaming smile, “Tao Yong says the same thing. Now he accompanies me to play tennis whenever he has time. He has lost about five kilos in a little over a month and looks handsomer than before.”
Tao Yong being handsome? Lu Jiaxin certainly didn’t think so. She could only say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Speaking of this, Shi Xinyu looked at Lu Jiaxin and asked, “Jiaxin, how does Nie Zhan maintain his figure? It’s been over three years since I’ve known him, and I feel like his physique has always stayed the same without any changes.”
Lu Jiaxin said with a smile, “He exercises in the morning and evening, with a pretty intense routine. Plus, he has a nutritionist. As for things that are fattening and not good for the body, he never touches them.”
In this respect, she was not as disciplined as Nie Zhan. When it came to food she liked, she didn’t care about calories or anything; she would just satisfy her taste buds first. And because of this, her weight would soar if she wasn’t careful.
Zong Shimeng said, “It seems that I need to get my Hu Zhifeng to learn from Nie Zhan. He has gained about ten kilos this year, and gaining more would be bad for his health.”
Thinking back to her previous complaints, Lu Jiaxin said, “Sister Shimeng, if you get your husband to lose weight, I’m afraid your mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law will have something to say about it again.”
Previously, she would call Hu Zhifeng and his wife like Nie Zhan did, but after becoming close with Zong Shimeng, she started calling them brother-in-law and sister instead.
Zong Shimeng said with a laugh, “That won’t happen. They are very concerned about Zhifeng’s health. When I mentioned that Zhifeng’s blood lipids were a bit high, they were so worried and told me to keep an eye on his diet.”
Lu Jiaxin said with a look of disgust, “Your mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law really are hypocrites.”
When Sister Shimeng wanted to lose weight, they said that being plump was a sign of good fortune and wouldn’t let her lose weight, but when it came to Hu Zhifeng’s turn, they insisted on him losing weight. This is the downside of living with elders; they like to meddle in everything, and they always use the same old expectations. Thankfully, she didn’t have this trouble. Even if she got married, it would just be her and Nie Zhan, without having to live under the same roof as the elders.
Yu Meitong snorted coldly and said, “It’s not just her in-laws. This world has double standards for men and women. Men can have mistresses and people will praise them for being capable, but if a woman finds a lover after marriage, she is labeled as promiscuous.”
Lu Jiaxin looked at her indignation and asked in surprise, “What’s wrong? Did something happen to someone you know?”
Yu Meitong, with a tinge of sadness in her voice, said, “It’s my cousin. Her husband has been fooling around with God knows how many women since they got married, and no one criticizes him for it. My aunt even kept advising her to be more open-minded. My cousin was only privately in touch with an old friend, and when her in-laws found out, they not only insulted her cruelly, but also kicked her out.”
“The fact that her in-laws insulted her was one thing, but even her own family thought she was disgraceful and wouldn’t let her in the house. Why is it fine for men to mess around, but for women to seek solace in someone, they’re considered lowly?”
Lu Jiaxin was focused on a different point, “How do you know her family wouldn’t let her in?”
Yu Meitong said, “She had nowhere else 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 stay with a friend.”
Shi Xinyu couldn’t understand, “Why would she stay at someone else’s place rather than at a hotel?”
She didn’t like to stay at other people’s homes; firstly, it was inconvenient for herself and secondly, it would disturb the hosts, so she would rather stay in a hotel.
Yu Meitong said somewhat helplessly, “She usually uses her husband’s supplementary card, but after she was kicked out, the card stopped working, and she left her Paopao at her in-law’s place, leaving her with nothing.”
“What about assets registered in her name?”
“None, she doesn’t have any assets in her name.”
Zong Shimeng asked with confusion, “At the time of marriage, the groom’s family gives a dowry, and the bride’s family provides a bridal gift, what about those items?”
At the time of her marriage, her in-laws had given a dowry of 16 million, and her parents had provided a bridal gift of 5.8 million, all of which were her personal belongings.
“They did, they provided more than 3 million in bridal gifts, all of which she spent.”
Lu Jiaxin asked, “Did she spend it herself, or did she spend it on a man?”
Yu Meitong wasn’t clear about that.
Lu Jiaxin guessed her cousin must have spent all the money on a man, thinking such a woman didn’t deserve sympathy, “One can choose not to spend a man’s money, but not earning her own money and still squandering it on a man is just too foolish.”
Zong Shimeng also felt such a person was not worthy of sympathy, so she changed the subject to talk about stocks. The stocks had risen so well that she had used all her private savings to buy stocks too. At the beginning of the year, she had bought three stocks: one had more than tripled, one had more than doubled, and the least had only increased by 70%.
Shi Xinyu couldn’t help but say, “Sister Shimeng, I’m so envious of you! The best performer among the five stocks I bought has only risen by 130%, and the worst has only gone up by 40%.”
Yu Meitong interjected, “The one you should be envious of is me; I didn’t buy any at all. When I sold those designer bags and clothes, I thought about investing in stocks, but I was also worried that if the stocks fell, I wouldn’t be able to buy a house.”
Lu Jiaxin said with a smile, “Sister Meitong, we all used extra money to buy stocks; if they fell, it wouldn’t affect our lives. But buying a house is an essential need for you. If your stocks were to fall, and you couldn’t buy a house, you’d have to endure your bizarre colleague every day.”
“If you don’t rest well at night, you won’t be energetic at work during the day. How can you achieve good results if you’re not in a good state at work? How will you get promotions and pay raises in the future?”
Yu Meitong smiled and said, “Jiaxin, you really are a qualified boss.”
Having connections doesn’t mean being a fool; not long after she joined the company, the senior management knew she was as close as sisters with Lu Jiaxin. So, no one in the company dared to trouble her, and her probation period went smoothly.
Shi Xinyu asked curiously, “Jiaxin, how much have your stocks risen?”
Zong Shimeng laughed and said, “You’re asking the wrong question. You should ask Jiaxin how much she has earned in total. Jiaxin, do you know how much you’ve made?”
Having sold the stocks, Lu Jiaxin naturally knew how much she had made, “I made 76.88 million.”
She omitted the unit “greenbacks” to make it seem like she had earned over 79 million Hong Kong Dollars. That amount wouldn’t stand out in Hong Kong, where many wealthy people had made such sums. She specified the precise figure in millions to segue into the next part of her statement.
Shi Xinyu’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, so much money, her entire net worth added up to only a little over 4 million. Compared to Jiaxin, she felt like a pauper, wailing in her heart.
Yu Meitong was also incredibly envious. With that kind of capital, the Nie Family’s elders had come to apologize, unlike in her case, where both the Fu Family and her own relatives thought she would regret calling off her engagement.