Chapter 5
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, not only did she make others work overtime, but she also took advantage of their meal. To be honest, Xue Mi felt quite embarrassed.
Although considering that Lawyer Feng is a foreigner and does not have such a strong obsession with the Chinese New Year, basic hospitality skills are still required.
After confirming that the money had been deposited into the account, Xue Mi finally showed Lawyer Feng her most sincere smile of the day: "Lawyer Feng, you have come from afar, how about letting me entertain you in City A for the next few days?"
Lawyer Feng has already made an appointment with Xue Mi to wait until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year when the notary office opens to apply for a notarized certificate of inheritance rights. There are still six days left. Although I don’t know how Lawyer Feng plans to arrange it, the basic arrangements still have to be done.
Sure enough, Lawyer Feng just smiled politely and said, "Thank you, but I have a friend here. I plan to visit him during my free time these few days, so I won't bother you."
Lawyer Feng is very sensible. He knows that Xue Mi is only being polite on the surface and actually doesn't want to hang out with strangers outside during the New Year.
Although she was satisfied, the hypocritical Xue Mi still showed a polite smile and extended a warm hand to Lawyer Feng: "Then I'm sorry to bother you this time. See you on the seventh day of the New Year."
Lawyer Feng also gave a formal smile, stretched out his hand, and shook hands with Xue Mi politely.
Xue Mi never expected that the hallucination that appeared last night would come to her again.
But this time, what she saw was not about herself, but the bad luck that Lawyer Feng had in the next few days.
When I went to meet an old classmate, I accidentally twisted my ankle. As a result, my old classmate’s husband misunderstood me and beat me up even with my injured leg. During the beating, he accidentally knocked over the thermos next to me. Fortunately, I was wearing thick clothes in the cold winter and was not burned. However, the water spilled on the ground and caused my foot to slip and fall to the ground again, resulting in a second injury to my ankle...
The problem is not big, it’s just this person’s luck... Should he go to the temple to pray and change his luck?
Xue Mi wasn't sure whether the foreigner believed this or not. After hesitating for a while, she decided to say nothing.
After all, she wasn't sure whether those hallucinations would really happen in the future, and what Xue Mi saw were just a series of small things that wouldn't cause any big trouble.
The most important thing is that in the end, the series of small troubles mentioned above may not necessarily be a bad thing for Lawyer Feng.
The illusion passed in an instant. On the surface, Xue Mi only hesitated for less than a second. Then she put on a false smile again, looked at Lawyer Feng deeply, and said from the bottom of her heart: "Take care."
Lawyer Feng mistakenly thought that this was the Chinese farewell etiquette, so he also followed suit and said take care.
After all, he was a foreigner and couldn't hear the implicit hint in the words. Xue Mi could only shake her head regretfully, then said goodbye to Lawyer Feng, and happily went to her afternoon shift with the 300,000 yuan that had just arrived in her account.
Even if she becomes rich overnight, it won't stop her from continuing to earn overtime pay!
Apart from the exaggerated shape of her mouth corners and a slightly unsteady pace when she walked, no one could tell that Xue Mi had now become a wealthy woman with 300,000 yuan in her pocket and would soon have 1 billion yuan in cash.
Xue Mi has made up her mind that she will continue to go to work. Even if she wants to resign, she will apply to the HR department one month in advance to avoid having her salary deducted.
There was no way. She had been poor since she was a child. The few dollars in her hand could make ends meet for a week. Even if a huge inheritance suddenly fell upon her, she still had to earn the money she deserved.
It was not until she returned to the empty office where she was the only one there that Xue Mi suddenly couldn't help laughing. While laughing, she continued to check the bank messages on her mobile phone to confirm that what happened at noon was not an illusion.
She really became a rich person!
She laughed for a long time, but when she saw the small wooden box on the table, the smile on her face fell away.
There were also a few letters in the wooden box, which were the last messages my mother left for me.
Xue Mi opened the wooden box again, hesitated for a few seconds, and closed it again.
She still doesn't have the courage to read these letters.
She didn't even want to know why her mother left her so much money but didn't even want to see her.
No matter what the reason was, for so many years, she was a child without a mother and without a home.
Xue Mi put the wooden box into the drawer of her desk.
She decided to wait until she was mentally prepared before facing those things.
On the other side, Zhang Ying kept asking her on the phone what had happened and why she suddenly went out for a big meal.
Zhang Ying seemed to think that Xue Mi's sudden binge eating and drinking was to vent her anger after the breakup.
How could she know that Xue Mi now almost forgot the scumbag's last name.
How could a scumbag like that be worthy of wasting even a bit of the rich woman's attention?
"I just won a small sum of money from the lottery. How about I treat you and your uncle and aunt to a dinner tonight?" Xue Mi replied happily.
"The lottery shop is open today?"
"Forget it, keep the money for yourself. My parents have prepared the ingredients for today's feast, including pork elbows and my dad's specialty, beer duck. Just come over early to eat."
"Throw away trash like Jiang Zhendong. I'll introduce you to a more handsome and rich boyfriend and make that loser die of anger."
As expected of a good friend, just a few words made Xue Mi feel warm at heart.
Xue Mi held her phone and giggled a few times, but she managed to resist telling her best friend what happened today. However, as soon as she punched out of get off work at 4 o'clock, she rushed to the nearby department store to buy some New Year gifts for her best friend and her parents.
Xue Mi first went straight to the women's clothing area on the 5th floor.
A few days ago, Zhang Ying saw a cashmere coat here and tried it over and over again for a long time. However, seeing the price of nearly 10,000 yuan, she hesitated for a long time and finally couldn't bear to buy it.
What are you thinking about now? Just get it!
Xue Mi didn't even need to try it on, she just picked up the coat, told the salesperson her best friend's size, and got the product directly.
Of course, she couldn't treat herself badly. After choosing for a long time, Xue Mi chose a dark brown coat for herself. After putting it on and looking at it from left to right, she was not satisfied with it. She simply changed the sweater, tweed pants, and even the boots on her feet into a new set. Sure enough, she looked brand new in an instant. Standing in front of the mirror, her whole body was glowing with the unique glow of money.
Suddenly, she met a shopping guide from a big client. The smile on her face instantly became very enthusiastic. She was busy helping Xue Mi with various combinations of things. In the end, when she looked at the successful sales of more than 30,000 yuan, she was also very happy.
Xue Mi put on the new clothes right away and didn't plan to change. She asked the shopping guide to help her cut the tag and prepared to wear this outfit to visit her best friend's house for New Year's greetings.
The salesperson smiled and took out a paper bag of clothes: "Okay, then I'll fold the clothes for you and put them in the bag."
When hearing this, Xue Mi hesitated for a second.
The frugal habits she developed since childhood made her not accustomed to throwing away old clothes casually. She could cut up old cotton clothes and use them as rags, and unwanted coats as blankets.
But now, remembering that she had worn that old down jacket on a date with a scumbag, Xue Mi finally showed her generosity and smiled at the salesperson in a way that only a rich girl could: "No, please just dispose of the old clothes for me. You can send them to the used clothes recycling station or the trash can."
Then, Xue Mi, wearing a well-matched new dress and brand new but soft lambskin boots, strolled around the mall again, buying a pair of good wines for Uncle Zhang and a high-quality freshwater bead necklace for Aunt Shen.
Seeing that the time was almost up, she opened her phone and called an online taxi, which she would never have called at this time before - after all, it was New Year's Day, and taking a taxi at this time would be more than twice as expensive as usual!
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Xue Mi, dressed like an urban beauty and carrying a lot of bags, finally arrived downstairs of Zhang Ying's house.
Zhang Ying opened the door for Xue Mi and asked, "Didn't you say you could get off work at four o'clock these days? I called you but you didn't answer. I was worried that something had happened to you."
The next second, she noticed Xue Mi's new clothes: "Did you go shopping? Your clothes are pretty good this time! You look different now."
Xue Mi happily wished her uncle and aunt a happy new year, and hugged her best friend: "Yeah, I went shopping and spent some money, and I feel really good!"
Then she said sweetly, "Uncle and aunt, I also bought you gifts, see if you like them."
"You're here, why buy anything?" Aunt Shen said to Xue Mi in a chastised tone, "It's not easy for you to be alone outside. If you miss your uncle and aunt's cooking, just come and eat. But if you bring something, it will be too formal with your uncle and aunt."
"I'm here to pay New Year's greetings today, how can I be so formal?" Xue Mi hugged Aunt Shen's arm and acted coquettishly for a while, and Uncle Zhang just came out of the kitchen with some dishes.
"Come and eat, come and eat. We've been waiting for you. Let's have a hot reunion dinner." When the two elders heard that Xue Mi was going to spend the New Year alone here again, they felt very distressed. Yesterday they even blamed their daughter for not telling them earlier, otherwise they could have invited the child to their home to celebrate the New Year together.
Zhang Ying glanced at the box in Xue Mi's hand, her face a little strange. When the two of them sat down at the dining table, she couldn't help but whisper to Xue Mi: "Did you really win the lottery? Why did you buy such an expensive thing?"
Xue Mi smiled mysteriously: "I'll tell you later, I guarantee you'll be shocked."
Zhang Ying looked at Xue Mi suspiciously.
It was strange. She felt that her little sister didn't have the sadness of a broken heart on her face. Instead, she looked very proud.
After the meal, Zhang Ying was even more surprised when she found out that the gifts Xue Mi gave to her parents probably cost tens of thousands of yuan in total.
She secretly pulled Xue Mi into her room, then slapped her hard and said, "Are you crazy? Even if you win the lottery, you can't buy something so expensive. You've always wanted to buy yourself a house, right? Wouldn't it be better to save the money?"
She still thinks that Xue Mi was probably traumatized by a breakup.
"I can't accept such an expensive gift from you. I'll transfer the total amount to you directly," Zhang Ying took out her phone again and prepared to transfer money to Xue Mi, muttering, "You can't spend that little salary like this. Even if you get a windfall, you should save it. Your family is unreliable. If anything happens, you can only rely on yourself."
After all, they have been friends for many years. Zhang Ying knows that Xue Mi is usually short of money, so she would take care of her whenever she can. Sometimes, when she feels that Xue Mi has not been eating well recently, she would take her home to improve her diet.
At this moment, how could I bear to see Xue Mi wasting money just because of a broken heart!
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