Chapter 2 (8)
Yu Meng's pace is faster.
She got a divorce certificate here, a social position there, and then started socializing. In fact, if she wasn't so arrogant, as long as the news of the divorce was released, men would be tempted to make a move.
Yu Meng had many suitors, and Weng Yue's brother Weng Yang was one of them.
Yu Meng's own fault, too. After the divorce, she spent lavishly to establish herself. Weng Yue, assuming she'd received tens of millions, rushed to help her brother connect. Weng Yang's ex-wife was known for her bad temper, strong-willed nature, and disrespectful of her mother-in-law. Weng Yue, her sister-in-law, urged her brother to divorce her. After six months of strife, the divorce finally took place. The upside: it helped her mother regain face and clean up the mess. The downside: her brother, now legitimately married, had a daughter. Both father and daughter depended on Director Weng Yue for their livelihoods.
Weng Yue felt like there was a huge burden dragging down his butt.
During this move, Weng Yue forbade his brother from coming, assigning him to guard the courtyard in his hometown of Wenling. Yu Meng suddenly divorced, and Weng Yue, believing the time was right, immediately invited his brother out of retirement and arranged a dinner. If the two of them got married, it would both free him from his brother's burden and solidify his relationship with Yu Meng, facilitating future business ventures.
The best of both worlds.
But Yu Meng wasn't buying it. She was furious when she heard she was going to meet Weng Yang. While removing her makeup that night, she kept complaining to Yu Shuang, "You want to eat my food? I don't even know who you're going to eat!" Yu Shuang found it amusing and fanned the flames, saying, "People also say her brother is sincere and willing to raise two children together. Oh no, three. He's been in love with you for decades."
Yu Meng turned away, looking pale and haggard, like Bai Wuchang. "She's willing, but I'm not! She's sick!"
She wouldn't be fooled. If she failed right from the start, she'd be defeated. Luan Chengyun would look down on her! She finally got out, so she had to look up, not down. This was a matter of dignity, no way to take it lightly! She wanted to find a poor man to live with, so why would she have waited until now?! Damn Weng Yue! So selfish! No wonder he dumped her.
Yu Rui hasn't come home yet.
Yu Shuang mentioned, "Xiao Rui found a boyfriend."
Yu Meng became interested and asked about the situation.
"A small boss."
"what for?"
"Open a restaurant? Or deal in building materials? Anyway, he opened some kind of company. He's a local." Yu Shuang said.
So-so. Yu Meng said it was good, but in her heart she felt a little contempt. She couldn't help but feel superior. Haha, after all, she was just a little girl, lacking experience, unlike her sharp eyes and golden eyes. How could she hand herself over to a small boss? Looking back in five years, she would regret it!
Yu Meng had always wanted to suggest that Yu Rui emulate the old Shanghai film actors. Being in the glitz and glamour of life can help one develop a revolutionary consciousness and a forward-thinking outlook. We're all actors, so how did they do it? One should view things from a developmental perspective! Since one has decided on this path, one might as well be bold and dare to think; only then can success be achieved.
What's a small boss? Not enough to fill the gaps between our teeth.
"What about yours?" Yu Meng asked, referring to Kang Long.
"No contact." Yu Shuang said.
It was the truth, not a hint of resentment. After the blind date was "successful," Yu Shuang and Kang Long were busy with their own things. Apart from the occasional voice calls and video calls, they hadn't actually seen each other again.
"I don't try to please him," Yu Shuang said. It's not that she doesn't want to see him, but she has to hold it in.
"Taipatu is not good either." Yu Meng was anxious.
"He studies his chestnuts, and I do my online education. Meeting is just a waste of time." Yu Shuang has her theory.
Yu Meng was disappointed with his failure. "I'm afraid of wasting time now, but there will be more days to waste time in the future. People still need a companion."
After Yu Rui returned, the three of them discussed the need for a get-together at home. Kang Long would definitely come to meet Yu Shuang's friends. They would also help her keep an eye on things and screen them. Bai Yuankai would also be a good idea; he was the matchmaker, so she deserved to be thanked. When Yu Rui learned Yuankai was coming, she refused to mention Shi Tongguang. They weren't officially boyfriend and girlfriend yet, so it wasn't time for Shi to meet friends. Even if things got more serious in the future, Yu Rui wouldn't let Shi show up if Yuankai showed up.
She was afraid that she would not be natural.
Besides, Jia Jie was also here, and Yu Yi was turned away, so Jia might not be happy. Yu Rui decided to wait and see what happened. Facing Yu Meng's "interrogation", Yu Rui just said that she was just a friend.
It's the official conclusion.
The next day, Yu Shuang made plans with Yu Jia and Bai Yuankai; Yu Meng, on Yu Jia's behalf, arranged a meeting with Kang Long. Yu Jia couldn't come, saying her child had tutoring and she needed to be with her. She wanted to avoid him for the time being. Yu Meng refused, calling again and insisting she could come after tutoring. Yu Jia had no choice but to say she'd see how things went. Bai Yuankai agreed to come, but he had a meeting that day and might be late. But he promised to be there. Kang Long was straightforward and agreed over the phone.
Because of the party, this week seemed particularly promising. Yu Meng wasn't idle. She met with Weng Yue and Weng Yang. However, Yu Meng immediately mocked and ridiculed Weng Yang. Seeing that her brother had no hope, Weng Yue didn't want to offend Yu Meng for no reason. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. At her age, she didn't have many close friends she could talk to, and she didn't want to lose her friend. So, Weng Yue made amends by recommending Yu Meng to join the district's "Women Entrepreneurs Association"—originally just to deliberately make things difficult for her and boost her own status. Yu Meng was happy to go along with it, and forgave Weng Yue over the phone. The two of them were eager to become sworn sisters.
Bai Yuankai and Kang Long were coming. Yu Shuang wore a nonchalant attitude, her makeup unadorned, and she'd even worked an extra shift the day before the party (purely coincidental). Yu Meng, on the other hand, took it easy, believing the attendees were all juniors, not her type. As the elder sister, the boss, she held a prestigious position, and naturally, a certain solemnity was necessary. She didn't need to prepare much. Besides, with her "career" having just made a breakthrough, she was naturally in high spirits.
Only Yu Rui was ready for battle.
On Friday afternoon, she left work early and had a skincare session. She also wanted to do her hair, but she was afraid it would be too much, so she gave up.
Although it was calm and peaceful, Yu Meng still saw through it.
Meng and Rui were the only ones at home. She was sorting clothes again. Yu Rui remembered that whenever she was with Yu Meng, she was either doing beauty treatments or sorting clothes. She once jokingly said that Meng's clothes were like Doraemon's pockets; they were never empty.
Yu Meng glanced at Yu Rui and said, "Let's go to Daimei."
"No."
"Girl's Hydra-Ultrasound Skin Tightening, Korean Brow Lift, Swan Neck," she tilted her head, looking at Rui 180 degrees, reciting a jingle, "It's right that you didn't get the Botox. You don't need it for now."
"I just refilled my water bottle," Yu Rui laughed, "but I've been charged with so many crimes."
Yu Meng upheld the original verdict. "At your age, it's unnecessary to do so much, but your attitude is right. Investing may yield returns, but not investing will never yield returns. A woman's appearance will definitely depreciate gradually."
Nonsense. A man's appearance doesn't increase in value either.
Yu Rui smiled.
Yu Meng seemed to have guessed what she was thinking and continued, "Men are different. Some men are plain when they're young, but become more attractive as they get older. This includes their looks. Being bald when you're young is a serious sin. But when you get older, being half bald can sometimes actually highlight your successful temperament."
Really good at making excuses for men.
"So?" Yu Rui waited for her next sentence.
"So before it depreciates beyond repair, you must get a ticket and board the ship. Otherwise, swimming across the vast ocean by yourself will exhaust you to death."
The metaphor is interesting. Yu Rui followed up, "Then you're still clamoring to get off the boat."
"It's almost sinking. If you don't get off the boat, you're just waiting to die?" Yu Meng said strangely. "We're already divorced. I don't want to say too much bad things about people." She hung up the clothes in her hands and continued, "Hehe, we used to go on a small sailboat, but now we're going on a cruise ship. My specifications are for a cruise ship."
Yu Rui admires Sister Meng for this point—she never hides her ambition.
However, she didn't think Yu Meng's approach was smart enough. Who wouldn't want to go on a cruise? She did, too. But what real cruise ship wouldn't be wary of a woman whose ambition was written all over her face? Exhorting her in public would inevitably alert the enemy. This society couldn't tolerate overly ambitious women, even if her target was just a man.
Yu Rui believes in being wise but appearing foolish, and women should be even more so - no matter how smart they are, they should appear stupid and clumsy. A woman who looks too smart will live a very tiring life. Men will be wary of you, afraid that you will set a trap for them, and women will also be wary of you, afraid that you will steal her resources. The worst case scenario is that she looks smart but is actually very stupid. Such a woman will eventually fail miserably, be trampled upon, and be left with nothing.
But Yu Meng, in turn, despised Yu Rui's concealment. In her view, the best way to win wasn't defense, but offense, offense, and more offense. However, the offense had to be clever, ideally opening the gates wide and luring the enemy into a trap. She loved to lure men into her encirclement, then, unexpectedly and decisively, capture them! Beauty was her weapon, unstoppable and invincible.
Yu Meng changed her tone and asked, "Are you really planning to follow the boss?"
"No," Yu Rui denied softly. She couldn't keep a secret, as she was so happy and so outspoken. It wasn't because she was loose-lipped, but in her opinion, these romantic affairs weren't secrets at all.
"You made it for Xiaobai, right?" Yu Meng teased. This was the underworld, after all. Yu Rui blushed at being guessed, but she couldn't admit it.
"My membership is about to expire, so I have to use it." is a good reason.
Yu Meng continued to educate, "If I were you, I wouldn't look for the young boss, I would definitely target Xiaobai. A few bucks are nothing. People like Xiaobai are the future, they have hope. Being with people like this will elevate your spirits and prevent you from aging so quickly." Yu Rui smiled bitterly in her heart. Everyone knows that Bai Yuankai is a good person, but who can capture him?
She doesn't have that confidence anyway.
She looked down at Yu Yi, looked straight at Shi Tongguang and sideways at him, and when it came to Bai Yuankai, she could only look up at him.
Yu Rui didn't want Yu Meng to guess what she was thinking, so she said, "Sister Meng, we can talk about whatever we want in private, but when we get together, we can't joke about it. We're not even friends anymore. We've only met a few times. Many things can't be forced; it all depends on fate. But thank you, Sister Meng, for always worrying about me. Haha, I just need a sister like you to give me guidance and support. Oh, I've wasted my time."
Yu Meng had been about to say something, but Yu Rui's flattery made her feel so flattered that she forgot everything. However, she firmly promised that if Bai Yuankai came, she wouldn't force a matchmaking. Yu Meng emphasized that the main characters of this gathering were Kang Long and Yu Shuang. They just had to play supporting roles.
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