Chapter 119: He Doesn’t Know How to Pretend to Be Poor!

A message notification appeared at the top of WeChat.

[Shen Fei, have you reached home? 🙂 ]

The person who sent the message was Shen Fei’s middle school classmate and school beauty, Su Ruyan.

Shen Fei glanced at the message but didn’t plan to reply.

The phone made another ‘ding’ sound.

[Shen Fei, are you free tonight? I got a substantial bonus because of you, and I’d like to treat you to dinner! ]

Upon seeing this, Shen Fei’s mind was conflicted. After a brief hesitation, he replied:

[Sorry, I’ve been busy lately!]

Before he could think about the purpose behind Su Ruyan’s message, he received another reply.

[Alright, it’s a bit of a shame/what a pity.]

[Let me know when you have time, and I’ll arrange to meet you then!]

After reading this message, Shen Fei put his phone down without replying.

At the same time…

In the employee lounge of Yunhe Mansion.

Su Ruyan stared at the WeChat chat with Shen Fei, lost in thought.

She suddenly remembered the Shen Fei from more than a decade ago, back in middle school.

At that time, Shen Fei wasn’t as handsome and charming as he was now.

Apart from being good at studies, Shen Fei was completely an unnoticed figure in the class.

Before now, she had never regretted rejecting Shen Fei, even though not long after that, she was dumped by the son of the school principal.

During high school, she was admitted to a non-elite school, and from that point, Su Ruyan’s focus shifted away from her studies.

After entering society, she held high standards for herself.

She traveled to a few big cities, met many rich second-generation heirs, and was even kept by some of them for a period of time.

Although she ended up with nothing, it only strengthened her desire to marry into a wealthy family or a rich man.

She knew that even if she married into a normal family, she wouldn’t settle for that.

So, even though many people pursued her, she rejected them all.

After being “harassed” and having her celebrity dreams shattered, she decisively entered the real estate industry.

But she didn’t choose cheap properties priced in the thousands per square meter, nor did she go for the ultra-expensive ones priced over a hundred thousand per square meter.

One was beneath her, and the other, she couldn’t handle.

Yunhe Mansion, with its price of seventy to eighty thousand per square meter, became the perfect place for her to find a wealthy husband.

After starting the job, with her attractive appearance, Su Ruyan naturally received a lot of attention from tenants.

However, those people were either too old or fickle-hearted, which she didn’t find appealing.

After working for several months, she became more determined to wait for a wealthy bachelor, even if it meant interfering in someone else’s marriage. She wasn’t afraid.

Morality?

Hah, don’t talk to her about values.

Life is only one, and she wanted to change her destiny and live in luxury.

But this waiting dragged on for over half a year.

Gradually, Su Ruyan began to waver in her thoughts.

She wondered if she should lower her standards.

Just then, Jiang Tiancheng and Shen Fei appeared before her.

Initially, she wanted to use Shen Fei to get closer to Jiang Tiancheng.

But after hearing the boss talk about Jiang Tiancheng’s background, she hesitated.

Then she thought about how Shen Fei had taken out over twenty million to buy a house and was driving a car worth one or two million. Her focus instantly shifted.

Even though Shen Fei was already married with a wife and children, none of that mattered to Su Ruyan, who had no values or moral concepts.

What mattered to her was only Shen Fei’s financial strength and potential!

The key point was that Shen Fei had confessed his feelings to her once.

That alone made her start to fantasize and expect things.

Even though Shen Fei didn’t respond after she sent her messages, she wasn’t disappointed in the slightest.

She was confident.

Beauty, figure—these were her assets.

Ask anyone, which man wouldn’t like a beautiful woman?

A glint of determination flashed in her eyes, and Su Ruyan murmured,

“Shen Fei, are you trying to get back at me for rejecting your confession from more than a decade ago? It’s fine, vent your frustrations! Only then will you be calm enough to be with me!”

…

As for Su Ruyan’s musings, Shen Fei was unaware.

After returning to his rented apartment, he started organizing his things.

This included things belonging to Han Xinyan and Shen Jiayue.

After everything was packed, Shen Fei sighed deeply, stood still, and looked around.

This apartment held many memories of him and Han Xinyan.

In his past life, he had disappointed, saddened, and ultimately made Han Xinyan lose all hope in him in this very place.

But in this life, having been reborn, he was working hard to improve, and Han Xinyan had gone from losing hope to gradually having faith in him again.

Things were slowly moving in a better direction.

After this reflection, Shen Fei grabbed two bags and left the apartment without looking back.

He stuffed the luggage into the trunk and left the small neighborhood where he had lived for two to three years.

After picking up Shen Jiayue, he drove to Zhongtai Commerce.

After picking up Han Xinyan, Shen Fei took the two women directly to a trendy restaurant.

In the restaurant…

Han Xinyan looked at the prices on the menu, frowning deeply.

“Today isn’t even a special holiday, why are we eating out? We could have made several dishes at home with the price of just one dish! Our finances are barely okay, we should be saving!”

“Just eat! It’s rare that we’re here today! I see you’ve bookmarked this restaurant! Don’t worry about the price, I’ll take you to eat French cuisine next time—are you going to back out then?” Shen Fei reassured her, teasing.

Hearing this, Han Xinyan felt touched.

When she had bookmarked this restaurant, it was merely to give herself a hopeful outlook on life.

She never expected that Shen Fei had remembered it.

A smile appeared on her face as she proudly said,

“Is it that if one day I bookmark a Lamborghini or Ferrari, you’ll secretly buy it for me?”

“Well, if you want it, as your husband, I’ll definitely make it happen!” Shen Fei teased, glancing at her.

Han Xinyan, noticing the deeper meaning in Shen Fei’s words, blushed and quickly scolded him playfully,

“Stop talking nonsense! I think you should focus on putting that money to good use. What about the scar cream project? There’s been no progress! Are you short on funds? You should focus on your career first!”

Upon hearing this, Shen Fei scratched his head.

He had already asked Tang Xingwen to start working on the scar cream project.

When the production is ready to be launched in the market, he’ll invest a little more money into it.

Apart from the three billion he allocated to the scar cream, he still had over five billion in assets.

In a few days, another big opportunity awaited him.

Once he seized that opportunity, his assets would multiply several times.

This…

He definitely didn’t know how to pretend to be poor!

But seeing Han Xinyan’s beautiful face, Shen Fei reluctantly nodded,

“Okay, I got it, whatever you say is right, my wife.”

“Flattery!” Han Xinyan playfully rolled her eyes at him. After a pause, she became serious and said,

“I need to talk to you about something!”