Chapter 56 Low-cost items
Qiao Xing wasn't interested in any of this; she simply said "Oh."
"Are the people they sent there going to work for our company, or are they just here for a simple inspection?"
"I'm not too sure either. Didn't General Manager Wu say he was coming to reorganize things? He should be considered an advisor or something, right?" Lin Shuang analyzed.
Qiao Xing only cares about his salary now; he has no interest in anything else.
She spent a whole day at the company writing the plan, which was scheduled for Wednesday, but she finished it today, though she doesn't plan to hand it in to Wu Yun yet.
Because she had taken a taxi there in the morning, she couldn't pick up Qin Ce.
However, Qin Ce probably wouldn't want to see her either, otherwise he would feel embarrassed if she exposed him.
Qiao Xing sent a message to Qin Ce and then went home.
She never expected to see Lily as soon as she entered the door.
Qiao Xing was surprised. Lily had actually come back?
However, the atmosphere inside the room was somewhat tense. Lily was carrying a suitcase, but her aunt stopped her.
My aunt said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Since you want to break up with Xiaoye, shouldn't you return the betrothal gifts we gave you?"
Lily said irritably, "I've talked to him for so long, isn't that worth 280,000? You don't even have to compensate me for the wasted time of my youth?"
"Oh, you silly child!" Her aunt was both amused and annoyed by her words. "Girl, we didn't ask you to come and live with Xiaoye, did we? When you came back, it was your own choice to come and live with us, wasn't it?"
"Your youth is youth, but my son's youth isn't? You take the bride price and want to leave? What do you take us for?"
Lily said, "How can I be compared to him? He's just a lowly warehouse manager. He's incredibly lucky to have found a girlfriend like me. It's his good fortune that we've been together for so long! And you still have the nerve to ask me to return the bride price?"
After enduring so much, Auntie finally snapped and stopped tolerating Lily, saying a lot of hurtful things.
At this moment, Wang Ye stood up and interrupted the two, "Alright, what are you arguing about?"
"son……"
Wang Ye didn't give his aunt a chance to speak. He said, "Mom, this is between Lily and me. Can you let us handle it ourselves?"
"She's already packing her bags and about to leave, what's the point of talking to her? Does she even seem like she wants to have a proper talk?"
Wang Ye opened his mouth, then glanced at Lily. Lily still had that arrogant look on her face, as if she was very popular and would find someone better even if she dumped Wang Ye.
Wang Ye didn't say anything. He snatched the luggage back from his aunt and handed it to Lily, saying, "You can go now."
Auntie was furious. "That's 280,000 yuan, son! How many years would it take you to earn that much? Are you crazy?"
"That's your parents' hard-earned money, son! How can you side with your parents?"
"I'll find a way to pay you back. Let her go." Wang Ye irritably ran his fingers through his hair.
Seeing Wang Ye's dejected look, Lily's expression was somewhat complicated. She wanted to say something, but after a forced smile, she turned and left.
She dragged her luggage and swayed gracefully as she walked out of the dilapidated house.
As she passed by Qiao Xing, she glanced at him but didn't say anything.
Qiao Xing watched her walk away, then looked back at Wang Ye before quickly chasing after her.
"Lily," Qiao Xing called out to her.
Lily paused, turned around and glanced at her. "What is it?"
Qiao Xing pondered for a moment and said, "I went to your house to look for you yesterday."
Lily's expression changed, then she smiled again, "Let them look for me, I've already moved away anyway."
"Did you really move away, or did you never even live there?"
"What do you mean?" Lily's expression changed, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, but she managed to conceal it well.
"You should know exactly what I mean. If I call the police now, do you think you can get away with it?"
Anger rose in Lily's eyes, and she said irritably, "Then go ahead, the 280,000 was the breakup fee that Wang Ye gave me himself. Even if you go to the police, it won't do you any good."
“The money Wang Ye gave you was a bride price, and he gave it to you on the premise of marrying you. You have been deceiving him from beginning to end, so calling the police will be useful. You will be arrested as a swindler.”
"Wang Ye is giving you money now because he feels he still likes you since you're with him. But if he knew you'd been deceiving him all along, do you think he would still be willing to give you the money?"
Lily's face grew increasingly grim. She put down the box, crossed her arms, and looked down at Qiao Xing. "So what?"
"I just want to ask you, why did you lie to Wang Ye? Of all the men, why did you target Wang Ye?"
Lily said, "Who told him to be stupid?"
"That's all? Lily, you're selling your body and youth for such a small amount of money, is it really worth it?"
“What’s the point of whether it’s worth it or not? You go to work every day, work yourself to the bone for such a small salary, aren’t you also selling your body? I’m just doing it in a different way, and I’ve also made sacrifices, it’s just that what we’ve sacrificed is different, so you don’t need to lecture me here. I know what I’m doing, and I know what I want.”
Qiao Xing smiled and said, "I didn't mean to lecture you. Wang Ye is my cousin. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't have bothered at all. I can't just stand by and watch him get cheated on emotionally and financially."
Lily was getting impatient. "It's just money, isn't it? You're short of money too, aren't you? How about this, I'll give you 100,000, and you can just pretend this never happened, okay?"
Qiao Xing shook her head. "Impossible. If you return the money to Wang Ye, I won't expose you. Let's just consider it a breakup, and at least do it gracefully. Otherwise, I'll call the police."
"You..." Lily was speechless with anger, "Are you out of your mind? I can't possibly follow him for a year and get nothing in return, can I?"
“You haven’t worked for a year and have been supported by Wang Ye. He’s bought you so many things. He’s never even treated his own parents like that, yet he’s been so good to you. What more could you want?”
"So what? Anyone can do these things. Wang Ye has nothing, so he can only offer these low-cost options. He wants to make me happy, and it's simple: money."
"Qiao Xing, let me tell you, it's not a big deal if a man is nice to you. If he's rich and still nice to you, then he truly loves you. The kindness of a poor man is worthless."
Qiao Xing listened to her words in a daze, speechless, and she was even somewhat speechless in rebuttal.
Undeniably, Lily's words make a lot of sense, but that cannot be used as a reason to lie.
“These are two different things. You lied to him. If you genuinely liked him and wanted to be with him from the beginning, I think there would be no problem with you taking the 280,000 yuan. But the problem now is that you have been lying to him from the very beginning.”
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