Chapter 99
Wang Jiazhi looked much better than before. Although she had always been cold and icy during the meeting, she couldn't hide it. Wang Jiazhi knew that Kuang Yumin must have noticed it too.
Seeing that she was now rosy and charming, Kuang Yumin could tell that she was well moisturized. He thought to himself, "Bitch!"
He suddenly thought of Meng Shunying, as if it was a long time ago. She looked at him with tears in her eyes, desperate, sad, and pitiful. Thinking of her, his heart warmed.
After all, she is a chaste and elegant lady from a noble family.
He was feeling quite upset on the way back, and his superiors must have noticed. Wang Jiazhi had said the amount of money was wrong again. There was only so much money left for the small circle.
Not being able to give them much is another problem, and now they always have to coax them into doing things. But this time it won't work either, after all, Wang Jiazhi's money is crucial, and if things don't go well for her, all their efforts will be wasted.
If only she could lose less at mahjong. She's been playing for so long, but she just can't seem to master it. If only Meng Shunying were smarter than her.
"What an idiot!" he thought to himself.
As soon as Kuang Yumin entered the room, Huang Lei got up from the bed and asked, "Where's the money?"
He took out a wad of money. Huang Lei counted it and said angrily, "What can you do with this little money?"
"Old Wu saw that we had taken the money and refused to give us any more."
"Did you keep it all for yourself?"
"That's enough for you. I didn't take any."
Huang Lei knew that Kuang Yumin would not take the money, but he just liked to make trouble and not let him go.
Because he had some money recently, he had become even more addicted to smoking, drinking, and whoring. At one point, he even went whoring for three days straight.
After the commotion, Kuang Yumin had to go out and find some peace and quiet. It seemed that Lai Xiujing, Ouyang and others also wanted money, which was another trouble.
Huang Lei tossed and turned at night, unable to sleep. He needed to vent, to numb himself. But it was difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. He had been able to indulge himself a while ago, but now he had to go back to his old life. He couldn't bear it.
Even silently reciting the Shanglin Fu couldn't calm him down. Every time he imagined the prostitute had Bai Aiyan's face, he just couldn't think of it.
Later in the night, he suddenly got up and went out. Kuang Yumin was also woken up by him and asked, "Where are you going?"
"It's none of your business!"
Wang Jiazhi went back and counted the money. The amount was decent. She had expected the discrepancies these past few times, and Old Wu wasn't stupid; how could he not know about their little tricks? It was just to give them some benefits, but now that it was almost done, she couldn't keep giving them money.
They thought she was squandering money, but she either lost it on mahjong or treated the wives of officials to dinner; she really didn't spend any of it on herself.
The money I gave you these times was so little that it was not enough to lose money on mahjong.
Kuang Yumin told her impatiently that she could lose less.
He was still that foolish, deliberately losing even if he could win. If she hadn't given them money like this, it would be strange if those wives of officials would even have a glimpse of her. They were already eyeing her covetously, and if she didn't give them some benefits, would they still want to stay?
Even though she really wanted to win, she couldn't.
She had gone through life and death here, and they only wanted to get benefits from her. She didn't know how much they got.
Wang Jiazhi recalled how Lao Yi had told her that when they were young, their money was shared, with only the bare minimum for living expenses, and the rest went to the group. At that time, one of the group members came from a wealthy family and sent a large sum of money. He wanted to keep some for new clothes, and it wasn't that he didn't want to pay, but he was just a few days late. When this was discovered, people accused him of selfish motives. Shame-stricken, he tried to explain himself and finally paid the money. Back then, even the leaders were reluctant to spend their money on themselves, even if it was a worn-out suit they wore.
Wang Jiazhi had heard that when the city was captured, they were afraid that the people would not recognize them, so they asked the local officials to surrender. The officials refused, and some people committed suicide on the spot.
Those people have faith, and they are not afraid of death, and even romantic about it.
Wang Jiazhi shook her head and thought of Kuang Yumin and the others, and recalled the scene before their death.
I think Lao Yi also looks down on my current self. After all, the ending is not worthy of my past high-spirited self.
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