The new company offers higher salaries, and the new colleagues' attire is noticeably more refined than at the previous company.
Seeing that Jiang Xin was dressed plainly, a kind colleague suggested that she buy one or two designer clothes, which she could use when attending company events or meeting clients.
Jiang Xin blushed and didn't say anything. Although her salary had increased, household expenses were also high, and she really didn't have the money to buy new clothes.
When she got home that evening, she told Yanling about it. Yanling immediately frowned and accused her colleague of being vain, saying that she was no longer the eldest daughter of the Ye family and didn't need to pretend to be rich.
Seeing that she couldn't reason with him, Jiang Xin kept quiet and didn't want to argue with Yan Ling.
But Yanling saw that she didn't speak and thought that she was feeling guilty because of what he had said. He couldn't let her have such dangerous thoughts. What would he do if she spent the money?
Yan Ling said with a serious expression and impatience, "Jiang Xin, you're not a girl in your early twenties anymore. Be realistic. Your colleagues need to dress up to attract the opposite sex, but you don't. You have me."
Jiang Xin forced a smile. She knew there was no point in arguing with Yan Ling about these things, so she got up and went to the bathroom to wash her clothes.
Yan Ling, however, was smug about his words. He thought Jiang Xin's colleague was vain and wanted to seduce rich people by packaging herself.
He had never worked for a large company and was unaware that some companies had strict dress codes for their employees. In his narrow world, everything women did was to please men.
As Jiang Xin washed the clothes, she pondered which brand of clothing to buy. Sometimes, when meeting important clients, she needed to be dressed presentably, as it was related to the company's image.
The scene of seeing the bright moon that day flashed through my mind again. I struggled to buy myself a new outfit, but the bright moon could get it without lifting a finger.
The car she drives would take her several years of saving every penny to afford; that's the difference between her and Mingyue.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xin scrubbed the clothes even harder, as if she wanted to vent all her resentment on the clothes.
The next day, as soon as she entered the company, she saw her colleagues gathered together, talking about something. When she got closer, she found out that the heir of Chenguang Group and the eldest daughter of Leyuan Group were engaged.
One of the female colleagues said with envy, "Wow, you have no idea how grand and luxurious this engagement party was. I heard that the roses at the event were all flown in from France, the dress was handmade, and Mr. Ye gave Ms. Fang a diamond crown!"
"If the engagement banquet is this extravagant, then the wedding must cost hundreds of millions. I don't understand the world of the rich."
"I heard that President Ye has a younger sister, and that diamond crown was also custom-made for her."
"That's nothing. After Mr. Shu found out, he went and bid on a blue diamond, supposedly to make a crown for his youngest daughter. That blue diamond cost 80 million!"
"Wow!" A burst of exclamations erupted in the tea room, all praising the Ye family's youngest daughter's good fortune.
At this moment, a female employee, with a gossipy look on her face, lowered her voice and said, "Did you know that the Ye family actually has two daughters? Both daughters are adopted, but the eldest daughter feels that the Ye family has imprisoned her mind and bound her soul. She feels that being a daughter of the Ye family is not happy at all."
She eventually severed ties with her family. Now, the Ye family only has one young daughter, and they love her like a princess.
As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd fell silent, and almost everyone wore an incredulous expression.
A female employee older than Jiang Xin looked constipated: "I know what you're talking about. My younger sister was in the same class as this eldest daughter in high school."
When she was in high school, she got involved with a troublemaker in her class who skipped school and fought every day. He also told people at school every day that President Shu was strict and made her feel suffocated.
She's dressed in designer clothes every day, and driven to and from school in luxury cars—how could she feel so stifled?
Laughter filled the break room, and a young woman spoke up: "Repressed? I've thought about that kind of repressed life!"
"Yeah, does she even know what real repression is? You all know Wang Jing from the next group, right? Her mother came to the company and made a scene again last week. Sigh, poor thing."
"I wondered why she looked so pale; it turns out her mother had come again."
"Is her mother not her biological mother?"
"No, she was also adopted. She has an older brother with cerebral palsy. Her mother adopted her to find a nanny who could take care of her son."
Unexpectedly, Wang Jing was intelligent and had excellent grades since childhood. With the help of the school and teachers, she was admitted to a 985 university.
Originally, her mother didn't want her to go to university, but her high school teacher told her that only by going to university could she get a good job and be able to repay her family in the future.
The female employee who was speaking sighed and continued, "Her teacher meant well, thinking of solving the immediate difficulties first."
Unexpectedly, Wang Jing's mother had been asking her for money since she went to university. Now, almost 10 years into her career, she has not saved a single penny and gives her entire monthly salary to her mother.
Her mother also ruined several of her relationships. Her mother demanded exorbitant sums, including a house from the groom and a 1 million yuan dowry. Tell me, who would dare marry a woman like that? Wang Jing is now their family's ATM.
Wang Jing's story made everyone feel very down. One of her beautiful female colleagues sighed, "I am an only child, and my family is well-off. Even so, my mother taught me from a young age that I should know how to do housework. She said I can't do any of it, and that my in-laws will look down on me after I get married."
I don't understand why, even though I have a good family background, good looks, and good education, I still have to learn how to please my in-laws.
When I was in school, they wouldn't let me date, but now they're pressuring me to get married. It's so hard for women to establish themselves in this society.
Jiang Xin listened silently in the corner, her feelings complicated. It turned out that her previous life was paradise in other people's eyes.
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