"Are you kidding me? Hundreds of millions in a single month?" Xin Rui clearly didn't believe it.
"Do I look like I'm joking?"
"God. How could anyone spend that much money?"
"Forget raising a few wives, you could raise hundreds and still afford it."
"What are you thinking? How did such a pure girl become like this?"
"If I had that much money, I'd support ten or eight men and switch them out daily."
"You're hopeless. I'm completely defeated by you," Xia Li said, covering her forehead.
"Then what's the point of me going to work anymore? I couldn't spend it all even if I spent it for him every day."
"You absolutely must not think that way. If you do, I'm afraid Yang Zi will never look for you again. People like us, as long as we're not pregnant, have our own jobs. Didn't Yang Zi tell you this morning? You can come work with me, but try not to quit your job. I seem to have a lot of free time now, but when things get busy, I'm on my feet non-stop. Besides, this work cannot be taken lightly, because what we're shipping out is jade, and each piece is worth millions or tens of millions. Those decorative pieces Master Xu mentioned earlier are worth billions, even tens of billions."
"I can do it. I'm not afraid of getting tired, nor am I afraid of hardship. The thought of billions of yuan worth of items passing through my hands excites me." Xin Rui's eyes sparkled.
"Don't get too excited yet, you'll know after doing it a couple of times."
"Are you always here keeping watch?"
"More or less, most of the time. However, if it's not busy, and Kyoto or Shanghai don't need jade, I can go help my mom with my nephew."
"What if you want to go out and travel?"
"I haven't been out."
"I see. Then what's the point of earning so much money?"
"That's why you need to be prepared mentally. However, if you come over, I might be able to take a vacation, and then we can take turns resting."
"When can I come to work?"
"We'll ask Yang Zi about that later. Didn't he say you shouldn't quit your job? If that's the case, you keep your regular job there, and if it gets busy here, I'll call you, and then you can come over."
"But I don't want to work anymore. With so much money, why would I still need to work?"
"There's usually not much happening here. Master Xu usually comes to cut the stones and do the work; we can't help with that. We only get busy when Kyoto or Shanghai order goods."
"Speaking of which, your job seems quite leisurely too. Why did Guo Xu Yang say I couldn't do it?"
"The main thing is that you have to stay here twenty-four hours a day, and you have to live here at night too. Before Yang Zi considered this his new home, I was the only one living in that villa on the east side, and it was very boring. It was only when Sister Xiao Xi started renovating her new house that I moved over here. Now the villa on the east side is their love nest, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to stay there anymore."
"What's inappropriate about it? You just let him hug you for intimacy moments ago, and there was nothing inappropriate then."
"That was a special situation; it's never happened before."
"I don't believe you. Do you believe yourself?"
Xin Rui's rhetorical question made Xia Li blush. Her lie was easily exposed by Xin Rui.
"Believe it or not, suit yourself. Yang Zi seems even more formidable than before, I can hardly keep up."
"He's practically an animal, completely lacking in gentleness and tenderness. I still can't straighten my back properly," Xin Rui said, clutching her stomach.
"Who told you to agree to him? If you hadn't agreed, he wouldn't have forced you."
"You don't understand his demeanor, it was like he had red eyes, and his whole body was flushed. It wasn't out of concern for him, I was sacrificing myself to the tiger."
"Don't make it sound so noble, okay? I heard everything."
"Heard what?"
"I remember when we were in school, a male classmate told this story: They went out and hired a prostitute, giving her two hundred yuan. The prostitute refused, saying she wasn't that kind of person. They increased the money to five hundred yuan, and then the woman said, 'I'm yours tonight.' The group took out another three hundred yuan, and the woman said, 'Don't treat me like a person tonight.' But there were too many of them, so what to do? Finally, they took out a thousand yuan, and the woman said, 'No matter how many of you there are...' " Xia Li didn't answer, instead telling a joke.
"Are you trying to kill me? Am I that kind of person?"
"You're not that kind of person. You should be the one who says, 'Don't you...' " Xia Li laughed heartily.
"What are you two talking about so happily?" Guo Xu Yang pushed the door open and asked, seeing them giggling and wrestling.
"Nothing, just chatting. Are you done filming?"
"Finished. Let's go, let's eat together. You've worked hard all day."
Xin Rui's face flushed. Guo Xu Yang's words were a bit suggestive. What did he mean by working hard all day? Wasn't it just him having his way with her?
"Yang Zi, Xin Xin doesn't want to go to work anymore and wants to come here to keep me company. What do you think?"
"I have no problem with that. The main thing is, can she stand staying here? It's very boring here, and not many people come by."
"I can. I don't want to go to work anymore," Xin Rui said.
"If you can stand staying in this place, you can choose a room upstairs. From now on, you and Xia Li can live here."
"Will you come here often?"
"That's hard to say. I'm quite busy and can't come here often. If there's nothing specific, I might come."
"Won't Li Minxi live here after she gets married?"
"This is a new house. She generally doesn't live here. She usually stays at the villa by the artificial lake. She has a house there, and there are more people and it's livelier."
"Oh, I see? Then maybe I won't come for now?"
"As you wish. If you want to come, just contact Xia Li directly. There are plenty of rooms upstairs, so you can pick one. I suggest you continue working at your current job. If it gets busy here, Xia Li can contact you. You can also come over to help if you have time. The salary is the same as Xia Li's, one hundred thousand a month."
"One hundred thousand a month? Really?" Xin Rui asked in surprise.
"Of course, Xia Li also gets one hundred thousand. However, Xia Li has additional profit-sharing from equity. The shareholders are all confirmed now, and there are no plans to expand the equity, so you won't have that."
"Since I didn't invest, I won't get any dividends, I understand that. One hundred thousand is already a lot."
"If you agree, you can come over tonight to keep Xia Li company, so she doesn't feel lonely and bored staying here alone at night."
"Don't you come here usually?"
"Very rarely. I have too many things going on outside. If there are no special circumstances, I generally won't come here. If Xia Li needs anything, she calls me or goes to the artificial lake to find me."