Chapter 31

Later, we felt that our wedding wasn’t serious enough. At the very least… shouldn’t we buy a pair of wedding rings?

Du Hongting asked me what brand of jewelry I liked. Seriously, you’re asking me? Being able to come up with a single name is already my limit.

Me: “Chow Tai Fook?”

Du Hongting: “Okay, I’ll figure it out myself.”

Thought he had good taste. Bought a ring that looked like a grandma’s sewing needle pinning a shoe sole – plain and simple, making me feel quite square. It seemed to be called Cartier… Sorry, I tend to forget English once I glance at it.

After getting married, I felt that there was no change in the lives of Du Hongting and me. Something doesn’t seem right. Why was my marriage so simple? Watching others get married, it seems so complicated!

Du Hongting and I seriously held a discussion. I felt it necessary to plan our life after marriage.

Du Hongting: “All based on the leader’s instructions.”

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Flakswpzu!

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R oypd’v elxydekdt, “Rq usw nyd’v yqqsae kv, zlv’p fwpv aldv. Rv oswze cl talyv kq ol nswze qkde y nsxqsavyczl, prynkswp rzynl.”

Du Hongting: “Hmm, the bed should at least be 2.2 meters.”

I asked him why he needed such a large bed. This shameless guy actually said it was to unlock more new positions! So, that night, we happily made the decision.

With a goal in mind, people are different. To give my second-generation dog egg a better future, I must strive to become a better version of myself. Earning a lot of money, becoming part of the wealthy generation, so that my dog egg is born into the rich second generation.

I quit my job, found a study room on campus, and rented a room off-campus. I often visited the graduate entrance exam forum, researched for a while, and decided to choose the ideal university in the city where Du Hongting worked. I really didn’t want to experience a long-distance relationship again.

Every day, I worked hard, studied for about three months, went through all the textbooks twice, memorized vocabulary, and solved exam questions. Sometimes, when I couldn’t solve a problem after thinking for three days, I would go to Du Hongting. He could always give me the answer in less than ten minutes.

There were times when I couldn’t bear it. Initially, I went to Du Hongting to adjust my mood, and he ended up dragging me to bed for a vigorous “adjustment” all afternoon! After that, I could continue studying.

Whenever my mind was restless, thinking about Du Hongting immediately made me feel that studying was better.

Finally, I received the interview notice from the ideal university. Du Hongting accompanied me on the day of the interview. Indeed, thanks to praying to the study gods, I was admitted with a scholarship.

Before the start of the semester, I proposed to visit Du Hongting’s company. He refused, citing strict regulations at his workplace that non-employees were not allowed to enter. I naively believed him, like a foolish donkey.

The first year of graduate school was intense, but the second year was a bit better.

I used my spare time to take the driver’s license exam. I still remember the goal of making enough money to buy a good car for myself before turning thirty.

Unfortunately, during driving lessons, I was bothered by a boring male student. I tried my best to ignore him, but he was still overly enthusiastic. When waiting in line for the practical driving test, he approached me again.

I casually mentioned this to Du Hongting via WeChat. Unexpectedly, he was on duty and suddenly rushed over. From a distance, he saw me and shouted, “wife.” The volume wasn’t loud, but those who needed to hear heard it.

How childish. However, thinking back, that was the first time he called me “wife” after we got married.

Du Hongting has been doing well at work recently. He even boasted to me that he could soon afford to buy a house. It made me a bit uneasy, so I told him the truth – I’m about to become a CEO.

Yes, the first entrepreneurial failure didn’t extinguish the small flame in my heart. Three months ago, the school sent me to a prestigious laboratory for intensive study. Feeling that I should do something significant, I remembered an inspiration from a technology competition hosted by a well-known internet company last year. I developed a mobile office software as a result.

After listening to my description, Du Hongting carefully inquired about the mobile office software. Then he said, “I’ll be your angel investor, how about that?”

Me: “… How much are you investing?”

Du Hongting: “How much do you want?”

Such confidence.

Me: “One million.”

Du Hongting: “Sure.”

Turns out he was just teasing me.

Me: “What if the business fails?”

Du Hongting: “I’ll take responsibility for the gains and losses of that one million.”

I couldn’t believe it.

Why bother with entrepreneurship then?

Just take the money and run!

Fortunately, there are still some normal people. Through our mentor’s introduction, an investor approached me, invested a hundred thousand, and we established Beijing Mengqiqi Wireless Technology Co., Ltd.

So annoying.

I hate it when people randomly give me nicknames, but there’s nothing I can do when the one paying is the big boss. Boss Shen’s twisted sense of humor hasn’t changed at all.

After going back, I considered this as a pleasant surprise and told Du Hongting about it. However, he exploded in anger, “You reject my one million and go take ten thousand from Shen Cheng? Are you kidding me?”

I casually smiled, “If you had a million, I’d give it to you tonight (due to explicit content, two words are muted) —”

Du Hongting logged into online banking to show me his assets: tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions! I asked in disbelief, “How did you have so much money?”

He coldly replied, “I told you before.”

I questioned, “When?”

“When I said I could soon buy a house.”

I was speechless. 

Du Hongting said, “In this city, that’s just the cost of a house.”

I was in trouble. I was about to experience a humiliation of words.

I had a big mouth!

Now what? How to swallow such a big sum!

It keeps moving back and forth!

It pokes at the throat, making you want to vomit but unable to!

The horror culminated at the end. Du Hongting held my face from a higher position, saying he would educate me on the saying “Fat water does not flow into others’ fields.”

I exclaimed, “!!!”

I admit defeat.

After that, I couldn’t stand the scent of oleander flowers anymore.