Chapter 805: Chapter 647: Second Update
Midnight, twelve o’clock.
While Li Qing was preparing wine and snacks, Ning Youguang and Jiang Wei were admiring the flowers she was cultivating on the windowsill.
"The flowers look really nice here." Jiang Wei gently touched the purple hyacinth petals beneath her hand, "But I don’t like the meaning behind hyacinths; it’s quite tragic."
Being a flower enthusiast, Ning Youguang naturally knew the meaning of hyacinths — Apollo’s lover turned into a flower through tragedy, known as the hyacinth.
"You can look at it optimistically, you know? I think it’s beautiful." Ning Youguang carefully took out her phone from her pocket to photograph the beautiful hyacinths Li Qing had on her windowsill.
"I know, but love was preserved, wasn’t it? Instead of turning into bones, they bloom into fragrant flowers."
After answering, Jiang Wei bent down to take in the fragrance of the hyacinths, "It’s so fragrant."
"If you like them, you could plant some at home." Ning Youguang suggested upon seeing Jiang Wei’s liking, "Water-cultivated hyacinths are easy to grow."
"No thanks." Jiang Wei refused without hesitation, "I don’t even keep green plants like pothos, let alone hyacinths."
When she moved into her new home, she used activated carbon for air purification and didn’t have a single green plant.
"Why not?" Ning Youguang didn’t understand.
Don’t young girls usually like to decorate their homes with fresh flowers and pretty plants?
"Because I often travel for work, my home isn’t suitable for living things."
"Can’t keep animals, but plants too?"
"Nope."
"Why?"
"Because I’m afraid they’ll easily die if I’m not around."
"Oh, that’s quite a pity."
"Pity is no big deal." Jiang Wei moved on to another lush red hyacinth beside her, "I’m mainly afraid that if they die, it’ll bring bad luck — a financial loss."
"..."
Li Qing, having set up the bar in the dining room, came over and immediately noticed her two friends happily chatting by her windowsill.
She wanted to say, "Aren’t my hyacinths beautiful?"
But seeing Ning Youguang’s smile suddenly freeze on her face, she changed her words, "What are you talking about?"
Ning Youguang came back to her senses, barely amused as she repeated Jiang Wei’s words to Li Qing.
Li Qing, who was freshly heartbroken, was stunned by Jiang Wei’s unwavering determination to accumulate wealth.
She gave Jiang Wei a big thumbs up, "Now I understand why, even though we were classmates, you’re the only one who built yourself up and became wealthy."
"Please!" Jiang Wei raised her hand, "Where have I even reached?"
She said, "The money I earn now is far from my goal of financial independence."
Thus, whenever stressed, she would silently question the heavens, "Damned life, when will it be my turn to get rich? What’s wrong with another rich woman? Would it disturb the ecological balance?"
"We’ve been graduated for eight years, and with your own efforts, you bought a luxurious one-bedroom, three-living room apartment in Chaoyang District and could afford a BMW, yet you say your earnings are peanuts?" Li Qing was dumbfounded, "Do you know you’re doing a ’Versailles’ here?"
"Versailles?" Jiang Wei flipped her shoulder-length black hair, "I don’t think so."
Even Ning Youguang couldn’t help but cast a curious glance at her old classmate, leaning closer to Jiang Wei, "Hey, can you tell me how much your financial independence goal is?"
Jiang Wei casually told them a figure.
Ning Youguang was stunned, while Li Qing knelt in amazement and pulled Jiang Wei to her family’s dining table to sit down, "Come on, our first topic of the evening is, please, wealthy lady, tell me how to earn like you?"
Jiang Wei offered the window seat to Ning Youguang and sat down on a chair, seriously looking at Li Qing, "It’s simple, free of love, single and elite."
"..." Thank you, what a serious face for that answer!
Li Qing’s silence was met without understanding by Jiang Wei.
She had just seriously answered Li Qing, then pretended to be elegant, raised her red wine in front of her, and gently clinked glasses with Li Qing, "Let’s toast to being single first."
Li Qing gritted her teeth and lifted her wine, "I really thank you."
Ning Youguang chuckled.
With her laugh, Jiang Wei and Li Qing followed suit.
The three of them laughed for quite a while.
Jiang Wei finally placed down the plum packaging bag in her hand, her eyes sharp as she looked at Ning Youguang and Li Qing, "Don’t laugh at me, when it comes to getting rich, I really have no special tricks. I think since graduation, besides having some good luck in my career, these eight years have been a vulgar struggle to elevate my status."
"Call me mercenary if you wish, call me vulgar if you like, but really, for someone like me coming from the lowest of rural backgrounds, if I don’t strive to move up and fight for more, I cannot control my own fate. In TV dramas, a sweet and naive girl can survive to the end because the writer lets her, but real life only delivers blows."
Ning Youguang and Li Qing gradually collected their expressions, knowing that what Jiang Wei was saying was heartfelt truth she would never share with others.
"How could loving money be considered vulgar?" Ning Youguang said, "I love money too, very much, not only money but also gold."
"Me too, who doesn’t want to be a joyful rich woman?" Li Qing added.
Jiang Wei smiled and shook her head, "You’re different from me; I’m the type who would give up life, love, marriage for money. How about you two, are you the same?"
Ning Youguang and Li Qing fell silent.
...
Ultimately, Li Qing, affected by heartbreak and betrayal, began laughing and crying with a few drinks, focusing on her freshly broken relationship, "What should I do now? I can’t control my emotions, I want to call and curse him!"
Jiang Wei promptly grabbed the phone beside Li Qing and shoved it into her hand, "Quick, call to curse him! Don’t hold back, some people deserve to be scolded."
Li Qing really dialed her ex’s number.
The other side didn’t hesitate, answering quickly, "Hey, Qingqing?"
The mere three words uttered by the other ended up sounding gentle and affectionate.
If Ning Youguang hadn’t just seen him cuddling another girl protectively, her voice-biased friend might have felt her ex was quite good.
Jiang Wei remained the most clear-headed, unfooled by the scumbag’s pleasant low-toned voice, immediately asking Li Qing, "Is this the jerk who cheated?!"
Li Qing’s hand trembled, nearly dropping her phone.
Perhaps the ex who cheated also heard the voices on this side, patiently explaining, "
But even when marriages fall apart, men seek new love; the stigma of being an ex-wife rarely sticks to these women.
Because they live well, even better, without men.
What they possess isn’t just astronomical wealth, but more importantly, the indelible experience and matchless ability accumulated over decades.
Rather than saying they seized good marriage opportunities early in life, it’s more accurate to say they actually won by investing in themselves.
Because self-education and growth is a business that never loses.
Han Suxi’s rare charisma lies in her face with alluring details in her eyes and lips, yet she exudes a sharp and non-sticky assertiveness.
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