Luo Yingtao leaned weakly on the bed, her mind in a mess. She had disregarded worldly pressure and the reproach of her conscience and rekindled her old relationship with Si Mingda regardless of anything. Her purpose was to use his resources to make money, to narrow the economic gap between her and Wang Mudan, and in exchange for psychological balance.
However, just when she was calculating every day how long it would take to raise enough for the down payment, Wang Mudan took advantage of her status as Simingda's legal wife and the second-in-command of Mingdan Company to forcibly cut off her relationship with Simingda, causing her to lose her most powerful financial support. Not only did she fail to raise enough for the down payment, but she had to return 170,000 yuan and at the same time lost more than half of her customer resources. This was a result she never expected. Wang Mudan had become too ruthless and ungrateful. Why did she act so cruelly?
Out of venting her anger, she told Gao Huai all about her conflicts with Si Mingda and Wang Mudan without reservation after meeting him at the class reunion. Her original intention was just to find someone to talk to, but she didn't expect to cause such a big fuss.
In her memory, Gao Huai had always been an easygoing man with a well-off family. Although he had a conflict with Simingda during their school years, why did he still hold a grudge against Simingda for slapping him so many years later? Otherwise, why would he report Mingdan Company?
A series of messy troubles made Luo Yingtao exhausted both physically and mentally, and her head felt like it was about to explode.
After a while, Jiang Nanmu came to the room, looked at the weak Luo Yingtao silently, and sighed helplessly.
After a while, he walked over to the bed and sat down, saying, "I've advised you a long time ago not to be too arrogant. Wear shoes that fit your feet. If we can't afford a house in Nanyou City, then we shouldn't buy one. Why bother showing off?"
Jiang Nanmu's sincere and reasonable persuasion could not convince Luo Yingtao: "I just don't accept Wang Mudan. Her child can live in a big house, why can't my child?"
"Comparing yourself to others is infuriating, don't you understand? Ten fingers are of different lengths. We don't have as much money as she does, so why do we have to hold on? Look, now we haven't made any money, and instead, our health has been ruined. Is this the result you wanted?"
Jiang Nanmu earnestly persuaded his wife, whose mind had been blinded by money, hoping that she could face reality and stop thinking about buying a house all day long, which would end up with nothing.
"Wang Mudan is the main culprit behind this situation. If she hadn't forced me to return the 170,000 yuan, we would have saved enough for the down payment and might have moved into a new house by now. But now we have nothing. No money, no customers, and our children can't go to public school. If this continues, I don't know when we'll be able to afford a house."
Luo Yingtao confidently vented all the injustice she felt on Wang Mudan, but she did not reflect on the fact that the real cause of the current situation was her extramarital affair with Si Mingda.
"What's more important, health or face? With my current physical condition, how can I compare with Wang Mudan?"
Jiang Nanmu asked with a look of disappointment.
"I want to stay healthy, but I also want to buy a house. Once I buy a house, my children can go to public schools and enjoy the best educational resources. Everything that Wang Mudan's children have, my children should have too. Then my mood will improve, and my health will naturally improve."
Luo Yingtao's self-serving logic left Jiang Nanmu helpless and speechless. "If your child can't go to a public school, a private one will do. Why deceive yourself? You can only do as much as you can with your money. Just because you're Simingda's first love, and now their financial situation is better than yours, you're feeling unbalanced and constantly trying to compete with Wang Mudan. Why bother?"
Jiang Nanmu's insightful analysis stung Luo Yingtao's most vulnerable nerves. She immediately lost control of her emotions and yelled at her husband, "Jiang Nanmu, if you weren't bad at making money, the financial gap between Wang Mudan and me wouldn't be so big. I could also buy a house in Nanyou City and wouldn't have to endure her bullying."
Luo Yingtao's ruthless denigration made Jiang Nanmu quite dissatisfied. In their unequal marriage, he was undoubtedly the weaker party. No matter how much he paid over the years, he could not get Luo Yingtao's recognition, which made him feel heartbroken.
"Haha, Luo Yingtao, you only blame me for not being able to make money and affecting your ability to shine in front of your classmates, right? Ask yourself, these past few years, I've spent at least 180,000 yuan on your father and your brother, even if it's not 200,000 yuan. If I hadn't paid them, we could have used that money to buy a house in Nanyou City a long time ago. House prices weren't as expensive back then. Are you blaming me for my incompetence and inability to make money?"
Jiang Nanmu's harsh counterattack left Luo Yingtao speechless. She certainly understood that it was her parents' family that hindered their progress in buying a house, but in comparison, Simingda's ability to make money was obviously much stronger than Jiang Nanmu's. It was just that there was no medicine for regret in the world. She had looked down on Simingda in the first place, and now it was no use regretting it.
Jiang Nanmu continued to vent his grievances indignantly: "You are in a bad mood, so you take it out on me. We don't have enough for the down payment, so you take it out on me. Have you ever considered my feelings? I am a man, I have self-esteem and personality. Don't think that just because you are beautiful and your previous boyfriends are richer than me, you can do whatever you want to degrade my self-esteem and look down on me. Don't you think that if it weren't for my help, your father and brother would have recovered so quickly? Your previous boyfriends were all rich, why did they leave you one by one?"
Jiang Nanmu expressed his dissatisfaction with tears in his eyes. The frustration that he had suppressed in his heart for a long time was finally released. Facing one blow after another, this honest man finally couldn't help but shed sad tears.
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