Chapter 165 Strange Gazes
Huo Jiansheng didn't insist on paying for the meal; Li Man paid the bill, which cost a total of over six hundred yuan.
Riemann ate his fill and felt it was really economical and affordable. Isn't this better than eating a steak that costs tens of thousands of dollars?
"Have you eaten enough?" Li Man asked Huo Jiansheng.
"I'm not just full, I'm stuffed," Huo Jiansheng replied, rubbing his stomach.
"That's good, I'll treat you again next time," Riemann said with a smile.
"Okay!" Huo Jiansheng didn't refuse and even seemed somewhat expectant.
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Chen Xiaohui also submitted her resignation.
She decided to set up a barbecue stall with Riemann.
Her salary is only 8,000 yuan a month. 8,000 yuan seems like a lot, but rent in Shenzhen is high. A two-bedroom apartment like theirs costs 3,500 yuan a month. Add water, electricity and property management fees, and it's 4,000 yuan a month. She and Liman split it, 2,000 yuan each. Add living expenses and transportation costs, and it's more than 2,000 yuan a month. Her daughter's allowance is about 1,000 yuan a month. This doesn't include buying clothes. It's good if she can save 2,000 yuan a month.
She was married to Wang Junfeng for two years, and Wang Junfeng didn't allow her to contribute to household expenses. She basically spent Wang Junfeng's money, so she was able to save a little money during those two years, but not much, only about 100,000 yuan.
This amount of 100,000 or so isn't a lot, but housing prices in Shenzhen are high, and this amount isn't even enough for a down payment.
She's almost forty years old, and if she doesn't run a business, she'll never be able to afford a house on her salary alone in her lifetime.
So when Riemann said he wanted to do business, she agreed without hesitation.
She has no plans to get married in this lifetime. After what happened with Wang Junfeng, she's scared. So, she wants to rely on her own efforts to buy a house.
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An Xin also went back to school.
When she walked into the classroom, her classmates all turned to look at her with strange eyes.
An Xin hurriedly lowered her head, quickly walked into the classroom, and sat down in her seat.
She kept her head down, trying to minimize her presence, but the whispers of her classmates brazenly reached her ears.
"I heard that her father was killed by her mother's friend."
“That’s not her biological father, that’s her stepfather.”
"Isn't that so?"
"no!"
"Huh? I thought her dad used to treat her very well, he took her to school almost every day, and I was even envious. Turns out he's not her biological father?"
"No, I heard that her stepfather tried to do *that* to her, and then he was killed by her mother's friend."
"Oh? Really? Where did you hear that from?"
"I saw it on the news. Don't you guys read the news?"
"No, what else did the news say?"
"That's all."
"So, do you think she was... you know... by her stepfather?"
"I don't think so..."
Suddenly, with a "bang," the discussion abruptly ceased.
An Xin was startled. She looked up through her teary eyes and saw Gu Heng slamming his fist on the desk, his handsome face full of anger. "Have you said enough? This is a classroom, not a market. If you want to talk, go outside!"
The classroom fell silent instantly, so quiet you could hear a pin drop; no one dared to speak again.
An Xin's tears slid down her cheeks. Through her blurry vision, she saw Gu Heng looking at her, and she quickly lowered her head.
An Xin sat motionless in her seat all day.
No classmates came to talk to her; she sat there as if she were invisible.
After finally getting through the day, and with all the other students gone, An Xin finally got up from her seat.
As soon as I stepped out of the classroom, I saw Gu Heng leaning against the railing in the corridor.
Their eyes met, and An Xin hurriedly lowered her head and walked quickly toward the stairwell.
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