"Haha, Luo Yingtao, is it worth getting so angry? Think about it, Wang Mudan is Simingda's wife, and you are his first love. Your identities are destined to make you enemies. Isn't it normal for her to be jealous of you? Put yourself in her shoes, and your reaction might be even more intense than hers. Women are petty, hahaha..."
Gao Huai and Luo Yingtao used to be lovers. They broke up because of their different job search directions. There was no conflict between them. Now that they are middle-aged, they don’t have any concerns in their hearts and are more casual when chatting.
"I feel like a dumb person eating bitter herbs right now. I don't feel like chatting with you." Luo Yingtao retorted.
"Haha, Luo Yingtao, don't be so pessimistic, be happy." Gao Huai peeled a few pistachios for Luo Yingtao and considerately poured her a drink: "Eat some pistachios, just like when you were at K University, and be like a happy little bird every day. How wonderful that would be."
Gao Huai's subtle action made Luo Yingtao feel warm in her heart, and her tense nerves gradually relaxed.
"I want to be happy too, but I can't be happy." Luo Yingtao ate the pistachios, but she still felt heavy-hearted.
"Okay, let's talk about something else. How many children do you have?" Gao Huai asked.
"I have a son who will not start primary school until next year. Isn't he too behind?" When talking about her son, Luo Yingtao finally showed a happy smile on her face.
"What does your husband do for a living?"
"technician."
"Oh, it's good. The job is stable."
"Just make do."
When Jiang Nanmu was mentioned, a few clouds of worry appeared on Luo Yingtao's face again. Gao Huai saw it and kept it in mind. He guessed that Luo Yingtao's marriage might not be very happy.
"Luo Yingtao, you have become a little pessimistic. You were not like this before." Gao Huai said thoughtfully.
"It's all because of Wang Mudan that I got angry." Luo Yingtao turned the topic to Wang Mudan again. The 170,000 yuan was her biggest concern. She felt sorry for the money, but she could not let go of Wang Mudan's aggressive scolding.
"If you don't contact Si Mingda and maintain a normal relationship with her as classmates, she won't make things difficult for you."
"She can't control her husband, so she takes it out on me. Who the hell is she?" Luo Yingtao hated Wang Mudan with gnashing teeth. The 170,000 yuan she had to return was as painful as seventeen cuts on her body.
"After you reunited with Simingda, how did he treat you?"
Gao Huai asked tentatively. After all, he and Si Mingda were rivals in love. They were like enemies in school back then, and he was beaten by Si Mingda. In his heart, those slaps from Si Mingda were a knot that he would never be able to untie in his lifetime, but he would not show it in front of Luo Yingtao.
Hearing Gao Huai's question, a hint of embarrassment crossed Luo Yingtao's face. She leaned her head against the sofa, let out a long sigh, and said, "I admit that we were quite close for a while, but it wasn't my fault alone. It was Simingda who took the initiative to approach me every time, and he gave me pocket money voluntarily. Why does Wang Mudan put all the blame on me?"
"Just because she is Si Mingda's legal wife, no matter what your relationship with Si Mingda is, in Wang Mudan's eyes, you are a mistress and are destined to be despised by others if you date him now."
"It takes two to tango. Even if I am wrong, her man may not be that clean." Luo Yingtao vented her dissatisfaction with Wang Mudan indignantly.
"Tell me about how they are doing."
Gao Huai asked further. He said that he did not know the business scale of Simingda's company. As former rivals in love, they had a grudge against each other. Comparing economic conditions with each other was also due to human nature. If his conditions were better than Simingda's, he would have a sense of superiority in his heart. On the contrary, if Simingda's conditions were better than his, he would feel unbalanced in his heart. This was also due to human nature.
"In fact, for twelve years after graduation, Si Mingda and Wang Mudan and I had no contact until the Dragon Boat Festival two years ago, when their son turned 100 days old. They held a grand birthday party for him. I attended with several classmates. It was like a class reunion. It was the first time we met after graduation. We all added each other on WeChat that day, and we kept in touch more often after that."
As she was telling the story, the expression on Luo Yingtao's face became more and more unnatural, and her voice became involuntarily much deeper. It was obvious that she had many secrets in her heart.
Gao Huai was so cunning that he had guessed from Luo Yingtao's expression that her relationship with Si Mingda was unusual, otherwise Wang Mudan would not have pressed her so hard.
He probed further, "If you only contact each other occasionally on WeChat, Wang Mudan wouldn't have made a big fuss and scolded you, right? She's not that kind of person."
Luo Yingtao had something to hide, so facing Gao Huai's probing, she could only evade the question: "Si Mingda's business is very big, and he has many friends in the business circle. I wanted him to help introduce some business to me, so that we can naturally interact more. He really takes care of me and gives me some pocket money from time to time. For him, this amount is not much, but Wang Mudan found out not long ago, and she wants me to return it all or she will sue me."
When talking about the money, Luo Yingtao was so angry that her eyes almost popped out. What made her even more unbearable was Wang Mudan's condescending and arrogant attitude.
"How much did she ask you to return?"
"One hundred and seventy thousand."
"Wow! That's a lot of money. No wonder she wants you to return it."
Gao Huai looked at Luo Yingtao in surprise. His expression was extremely exaggerated, which didn't seem to fit him next to the boss of a so-called foreign trade company. However, Luo Yingtao didn't notice the strange look on his face. She was busy venting her dissatisfaction with Wang Mudan. "Her family's assets are almost over 100 million. What's this little money to them? What's more, it was Simingda who took the initiative to contact me. I just asked him to take care of the business. Wang Mudan is just seeking revenge on me. Don't think she is still that pure and innocent. In fact, she has a very vicious mind."
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