Chapter 42
While waiting for dessert, Xu Yinyin finished drafting the contract. She happily sent it to Huo Yan and waited for him to give her suggestions for revisions.
In the end, Huo Yan just took a casual glance and decided on it.
"I don't want to change anything. I'll do it as you requested. Ten million per month. When it comes to socializing, like fending off romantic interests, accompanying you to banquets or meeting friends, I'll give you three million at a time. If there's a dress code for an occasion, I'll prepare it in advance. Is that okay?"
"Wow, the boss is really generous. It's three times higher than my price."
Huo Yan raised his chin proudly. "If there's no problem, I'll have my lawyer prepare it and send it to the company for you to sign tomorrow. Is that okay?"
"Oh, oh." Xu Yinyin made an OK gesture.
"If you need my presence at any event, I won't charge you any money."
Huo Yan looked at Xu Yinyin, as if to say, I am much more generous than you!
"You can take the money, just deduct it from the salary you give me. I don't need much."
“······” She really has planned everything out!
[Haha, you want to make money from me? No way! This was a plan tailor-made for you. I never needed it. Besides work, I also hang out with the daughters of various wealthy families. Yacht parties, pool parties, extreme sports parties. It's so cool. Acting with you is something I sacrificed my leisure time for, okay?]
What if Grandpa invites him to visit our home and he refuses to go?
"Then I'll hire another man. If I have money, why worry about not being able to spend it?"
[In other words, you used Huo Yan's money to hire another gigolo. This move is really shameless.]
[Hey, you have to understand, he and I are just a business, we are not real boyfriend and girlfriend. His money is earned by my hard work, I can spend it however I want, understand?]
[Yeah, I understand, I understand. So Huo Yan is just a complete sucker.]
【Who made him need my service? 】
Huo Yan secretly tightened his grip. Yes, it was because he needed someone to block the thunder, and this person's plan and prospect analysis were so good:)
Isn't it right that he was fooled?
Huo Yan, Huo Yan, could you foresee that one day you would capsize in a ditch?
After lunch, Huo Yan sent Xu Yinyin downstairs to the company and said to her, "Free up some time this weekend. I'll take you to meet your friends."
Xu Yinyin was a little unhappy.
[This weekend, I'm going to go skiing with Yiyi on her family's private jet. Damn Zhou Paopi, he really won't lose a penny!]
"Are you sure you want to go on the weekend? It's written in the contract that weekends are considered overtime and the pay will be doubled!" Xu Yinyin secretly tried to dissuade him.
"I'm sure." How could Huo Yan not know her little tricks?
The more unhappy she was, the happier he was.
"Okay."
Xu Yinyin opened the door and got out of the car without any interest, with a thick resentment lingering around her.
After stepping into the company gate, he still felt unsatisfied, so he turned around and glared at Huo Yan's car fiercely.
[You bastard, you evil capitalist! ]
After cursing, he looked away and strode away.
Huo Yan was amused by her and watched her figure completely disappear before leaving.
As soon as Xu Yinyin sat down at her workstation, Xu Yao came out from the lounge next door and came over to inquire with a curious look on his face.
"Sister, you guys took quite a long time to finish the meal. What did you talk about?"
"Let's talk business. Isn't this the direction of a business marriage?"
“······”Xu Yao was speechless.
He opened his online banking and said, "Sister, give me your account number and I'll transfer the money to you."
Xu Yinyin glanced at his account balance. There was only the fifty million that Huo Yan had given her. She suddenly felt a little sorry for him. "Forget it, keep it for yourself. My bank card balance is twenty times yours."
"Mr. Duo?!" Xu Yao was stunned. "Where did you get so much money?"
"The pocket money my parents gave me, plus the 5% stake in Fengyi my grandfather gave me, that's 500 million in dividends a year. Don't you have any?"
“······”Everything he did was controlled by his parents.
"Oh, I remember now. You seemed to want to be independent, but you really don't have one yet. So, cherish every opportunity to earn extra money. When you enter society, even if you earn 40,000 or 50,000 yuan a month, you'll still find it hard to make ends meet."
"Is forty or fifty thousand considered a salary?" Xu Yao's blind spot in knowledge was exposed.
"Brother, how much do you think the salary should be?"
"At least the base salary should be 100,000, right? That's the average salary at Fengyi, okay?"
"Oh, I think you really don't know the sufferings of the world. Average means the sum of the income of the top and bottom employees divided by two. There are executives at Fengyi who earn tens of millions a year, and a front desk assistant who earns ten thousand a month is considered top-tier in the industry. You want peach!"
"ah?!"
"Before you spread your wings and fly, don't you investigate the market?"
Xu Yao shook his head. He really didn't know the suffering of the people.
"In our country, a monthly income of 50,000 yuan can beat 90% of the population. The average salary for the rest is 3,000 yuan, no more."
"What the hell, three thousand dollars isn't even enough for a meal!"
"Haha, the three thousand you earn in the future will not only cover food, but also rent, water, electricity, gas, food, drink, defecation, friends' gatherings, hospitalization, etc. If something goes wrong at work, your salary will be deducted, and the money you earn will be reduced by half. Then you can only live in the basement, eat expired food, and drink porridge cooked with plain water. Tsk tsk tsk, brother, life is difficult. Save this money for your life!"
"..." Xu Yao felt tens of thousands of critical hits, "Is it really that exaggerated?"
Xu Yinyin caught a glimpse of the foolishness in his eyes. She pulled him up and walked him to the corridor outside the office area. She pointed at an employee and introduced him, "Little Li from the marketing department. The one in the suit with the thickest hair. He graduated from MIT and makes 40,000 yuan a month. Impressive, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"Do you know how he got the promotion and salary increase?"
"It depends on strength and hard work."
"No, I rely on working hard to please my boss, marrying his mistress, covering up their affair, and even sacrificing myself when necessary, in order to get the top score and earn 40,000 a month."
Xu Yao was so scared that he gasped, Oh my god!
"An MIT degree sounds impressive, but what does it mean in the end? You still have to bow to reality and take off your pants."
"Look at that guy, the purchasing manager, wearing a high-end suit and Italian handmade leather shoes, who looks like a real person. He's the grandson of the major shareholder, Yu Lang. He graduated from a fake university and has no skills, but he earns 150,000 yuan a month and gets company dividends at the end of the year."
"Ah, that's not too unfair, is it?"
"This is the world of adults. Fairness is never absolute. Some people are born with a life of struggle for others, while others work their entire lives only to fill their stomachs."
Xu Yinyin looked at Xu Yao and said earnestly, "But I'm different. I have no ideals or ambitions. I can't even spend all the interest I earn every day from the bank. After all, I have parents who care for me at home, someone who takes care of my daily needs, a car to pick me up at work, and on weekends I get to hang out with my besties and go to all kinds of parties. I live a life of luxury and indulgence, and I never want to leave. Money is just a bunch of useless numbers to me. But you'll probably never experience this kind of life in your entire life. After all, you really want to be on your own. Go ahead, fly bravely, and I'll support you spiritually."
“······”I’m really tied up.
[Hahahaha, you are so mean! Don't scare children like this.]
"I'm just stating the facts. A young master like Ah Yao needs to go out and be beaten up by society to experience the dangers of the world. Many walls can only be deeply understood after being banged against. Anyway, I will never work hard. I'd rather die in a comfortable nest."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Tell me about Yaoyao's recent situation. Has she gone to see her mother again?"
"No, Grandpa assigned Sister Yao a new task. He asked her to work on an artificial intelligence project with my dad. No abnormalities were found."
"Where's your uncle?"
"Uncle has been even busier lately. Grandpa seems to have assigned some of my mom's work to him. The two of them are working and fighting secretly at the same time, so they can't handle everything in two places."
[Grandpa is probably going to weaken Second Aunt's power. Will this push her to the limit?]
How else could she dance? Secretary Sun's issue alone was enough to make her suffer.
[Ah, imprisoning others without authorization, instigating others to commit crimes, any piece of evidence would result in a sentence of more than five years but less than ten years. If it really comes to that, will Xu Yao collapse?]
【Ayao is quite pitiful. 】
Xu Yao silently tightened his grip. He had foreseen his mother's ending long ago, but he was just a child and could do nothing. If it really came to that, it would be her own fault.
"Sister, do you hate my mother?" Xu Yao suddenly asked, with a trace of sadness in his eyes.
"Why do you ask?"
"Because she always opposes my uncle, and she even had an affair with my uncle-in-law before, the Xu family is in turmoil because of her. I know that my grandfather has been forbearing, but she has no remorse and no way to restrain herself. Sooner or later, she will be trapped in her own web. Although she is very bad, I can't seem to hate her because she is my mother and she gave me life."
[Ah, this—woohoo, I feel so sorry for Ayao.]
Xu Yinyin held him in her arms, patted his back and soothed him, "We are the younger generation. The conflict between Second Aunt and her family is a matter of the previous generation and her personal choice. Ah Yao, no matter what Second Aunt becomes, it's not your fault. Just remember this, okay?"
"Okay, I understand, sis. Thank you."
"Ayao, you're even better than you think. If you want to pursue your dreams, then go for it bravely. At worst, I'll support you. At worst, you'll still have a cheap brother-in-law, right?"
"That's true." Xu Yao smiled gently, feeling deeply moved.
On Friday night, Huo Yan called his childhood friends for the first time. The four grown men gathered in a private room in the club to drink wine and chat.
After a brief greeting, everyone began to secretly inquire about Huo Yan's active invitation.
"Ayan, it's rare to see you take the initiative to organize a party. I wonder if you have something happy to announce to us?" Wang Xun raised his eyebrows and looked at him, his eyes full of gossip.
"Let me guess, you are not so happy that you are eager to show off to us three old bachelors." He Yang tested him in a teasing tone.
"Hey, don't count me when you talk about singles. I'm about to get out of being single." Ji Kai looked proud.
"Tsk, go ahead and brag! The canary has already flown away, and you're just showing off your feathers!"
Ji Kai smiled without saying anything, took a sip of wine leisurely, and glanced at Wang Xun and He Yang with an expression as if to say, you mortals don't know what you are talking about.
"Hey, what's up? Do you have any new information?"
He Yang approached him frivolously, grabbed his collar and sniffed, "Which little flower is this time?"
"Get lost, she is a genuine artist!" Ji Kai raised his chin slightly, and his proud look was so arrogant.
"How could an artist be interested in a dandy boy like you? It's well known that you kept canaries back then. How could an artist, who is so high-brow and proud, accept this?"
"That's right, I think you might be going crazy!" Wang Xun sneered.
"Go away, stop asking about social matters. The protagonist tonight is A Yan, so leave me alone."
Reminded by Ji Kai, the two hurriedly said, "Right, right, right. Let's interrogate A Yan first, and then you."
The three of them looked at Huo Yan in unison, their eyes full of curiosity.
Huo Yan gently shook the wine glass, and the warm orange light shone on the amber liquid. Through the refraction of the crystal glass, it cast a shimmering glow on his overly handsome hands.
He gently turned his wrist, and the dark blue gemstone cufflinks matched his lazy and casual attitude at the moment, making him look like a true nobleman.
This scene made the three men sigh with emotion: Damn, when Nuwa created Huo Yan, she was extremely partial to him. How can one person be good-looking in every way? Tsk!
"My grandmother has arranged a marriage partner for me, and I should be able to settle down." He said these words casually, like thunder.
"Huh?!!" The three of them widened their eyes at the same time, their faces filled with disbelief.
"No, you're so easy to talk to, is that it settled?!"
"Who is it? Whose daughter picked the snow lotus on our mountaintop?"
"Ayan, if grandma threatens to die, just blink. Even if we have to sacrifice everything, we brothers will rescue you from this dire straits!"
Huo Yan was amused by the three people's exaggerated remarks, "Why, do you think I'm a monk?"
"Isn't it?" the three answered in unison.
“······”
Wang Xun said calmly, "No, he's not a monk, he's a suspected homosexual."
The other two nodded frantically.
"Get out!" Huo Yan raised his long legs and kicked Wang Xun.
"Think about it, you've been surrounded by so many beautiful girls like butterflies since you were little, but have you ever paid any attention to them? You've made countless little girls cry when you were little. As you grew up, you became more and more outstanding, and there were more and more people chasing you, but you still didn't show any respect. You even replaced your secretary with a man, saying it was to avoid trouble. Haha, you're really just trying to cover up your mistake."
"Yes, yes, that's quite interesting. When you appear, there won't be even a female mosquito within a ten-mile radius, let alone the opposite sex. It's hard not to think too much."
Ji Kai suddenly stood up and said in a fearful tone: "A Yan, I'm afraid that the other party is not a woman disguised as a man to pique your interest, right?"
It can be seen that Ji Kai has a huge psychological shadow, and this is just my experience.
"Fuck, this is amazing, and you dared to think of it!" Wang Xun gave him a thumbs up and praised him.
Huo Yan gave him a glare, "You sound quite experienced, don't you?"
Ji Kai felt a chill down his spine, and memories of the dead began to attack him.
He said awkwardly, "Just pretend I didn't say anything. I'll shut up!"
The three of them looked at him at the same time, feeling that he was hiding something.
"Drink, drink!" Ji Kai pretended to be calm and raised his glass to invite them to drink, trying to divert their attention.
If his explosive experience were to be known by these bad friends, wouldn't they laugh at him for the rest of his life?
No, they would probably work together to make this life experience into an epitaph, for his descendants to laugh at, generation after generation without end!
He couldn't stop trembling when he thought of that scene.
So, you can’t tell me even if you kill me!
"Stop going off topic and tell us quickly, which family the other party's daughter is from and when can we meet my sister-in-law?" He Yang looked impatient.
"The eldest grandson of Fengyi Group, Xu Yinyin." Huo Yan introduced his family name swiftly.
"ah?!!!"
"puff---"
In addition to the two exclamations, there was also the sound of Ji Kai spitting out wine in an uncontrolled manner.
"Cough cough cough--" Ji Kai almost coughed himself to death.
Why is it Xu Yinyin who died? Wow, that person eats melons like he doesn’t care about his life.
Woohoo, his secret is about to be exposed, help!!!
"Akai, your reaction is too big. Although my sister-in-law has a strange background, the Xu and Huo families are old friends. It makes sense that they want to marry. Are you so surprised that you want to spit out your wine?"
Xu Yinyin's family recognition banquet was held in a very grand manner. The parents of the young masters present were all there and naturally knew the inside story.
"I just happened to choke."
Huo Yan looked at him suspiciously, feeling that he was hiding something. "You haven't met Yin Yin before."
After Ji Kai calmed down and coughed, he met Huo Yan's inquiring gaze and said evasively, "Last week, my friend and I went to the Yan family's horse farm and met her. She's quite pretty and has a good personality. The young ladies all liked her very much."
"Really?" Huo Yan was still skeptical.
But he quickly thought of the key point. Ji Kai was hesitant about being single, and just now he said something strange about a woman dressed as a man. Xu Yinyin happened to be familiar with the negative information of the people around her, and she might be holding Ji Kai's little braid.
Tsk, I suddenly feel a little curious about what's going on?
"You all know how exclusive the young ladies in the circle are. As soon as my sister-in-law appeared, she was surrounded by them, which shows how popular she is."
"Then this also shows that my sister-in-law has a cheerful personality and should be able to get along well with us."
"You know what? The real culprit for the widespread lack of closeness between brothers after marriage is really their wives. If their wives don't approve of brothers getting together, even the closest of buddies will break up."
"Right, right, right. So, in order for us to still be able to play together without restraint, we all tacitly agreed not to get married. This is a titanium alloy brotherhood."
"Bah, can you please have some shame? You just can't bear to retire for a woman. Stop taking the blame on us."
Wang Xun mercilessly accused He Yang of being shameless.
"My philosophy is that life is short and we should enjoy it while we can. I can't even endure a minute of A-Yan's ascetic life."
Everyone laughed at him with contempt.
"Okay, stop being so funny. Free up this weekend and fly to Country R to ski."
"What the hell? Flying to Country R to ski? Isn't my thousand-acre artificial ski resort enough for you to play?" He Yang looked at Huo Yan with a look that said, "Are you crazy?"
"Just treat it as a leisurely flight, do you want to go?"
"I'll go, I'll go." Wang Xun responded positively.
"Are there just four of us?" Ji Kai asked nervously.
"I'll take Yinyin with me."
The other two immediately let out a meaningful exclamation: "Oh~~~~"
The looks they gave each other were vicious.
Ji Kai was a little hesitant, he really didn't want to meet Gua Huang.
"Akai, you don't seem to be in a good mood. Is there something you can't tell me?" Wang Xun finally noticed his abnormality.
"You're not afraid of meeting your sister-in-law, are you? What's going on? Do you two have a conflict?" He Yang speculated.
When Huo Yan looked over, Ji Kai quickly waved his hands and said, "No, how could that be possible? We've only met once, how could there be any contradiction?"
"Then why are you hesitating?"
Wang Xun leaned over with a sly smile, "Are you planning to bring your girlfriend along too?"
"No, not so fast."
"The more mysterious you are, the more I want to meet my brother and sister-in-law sooner. I hate being kept in suspense the most. If you make me angry, I will ask someone to investigate tomorrow." He Yang has an impatient temper.
"You are not allowed to check. If you dare to check, I will cut off all ties with you."
"Okay, okay, okay, Daddy won't check, and you're still my good son."
"screw you."
The two of them wrestled with each other childishly.
Huo Yan looked at Ji Kai's abnormal behavior and wanted to know more about his secret.
Why doesn’t he have some gossip-revealing gadgets like Xu Yinyin? It’s good for entertaining, tsk!
Today's Huo Yan: Questioning Xu Yinyin (√), Understanding Xu Yinyin (√), Becoming Xu Yinyin (Progress 20%)
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