Chapter 20
When Gao Jichang was a child, his family was well off. His father Gao Yonghui is a businessman and his mother Xu Cuilin is a full-time housewife. Their family was one of the first to become rich. They were not extremely wealthy, but they definitely didn't have to worry about money.
Gao Yonghui liked this son very much. He was handsome, smart, and had been a good student since childhood. He brought Gao Jichang to many drinking parties, both for the sake of face and to teach his son personally. Gao Jichang did not disappoint him. The shark fin, bird's nest and drinking parties did not dazzle the child. Instead, he studied harder after returning home.
Gao Yonghui asked him why, and he replied: I also want to live such a good life in the future, so of course I have to study hard.
Gao Yonghui laughed out loud, thinking that his son would definitely make a name for himself in the future.
In 1996, Gao Jichang was 15 years old. It was the time when Gao Yonghui was the richest. The family had more than two million in savings and owned three factories. Wherever he went, people called him Boss Gao. When everything is too easy to get, and he is surrounded by flowers and sweet words, Gao Yonghui can't even see his toes when he looks down, and he is floating in the clouds and no one can stop him.
Unsurprisingly, Gao Yonghui took the path that many men of that era would take - playing with women.
At first, it was a female secretary, a high school graduate. Gao Yonghui was only in his thirties at that time, and he looked energetic. After coaxing her for a while and throwing a stack of money, he could easily lure her into bed.
Gao Yonghui has tasted the sweetness of it. It’s not so much that he likes women, but rather that he likes the sense of control and constant fresh stimulation.
Bar girls, laid-off female workers, female college students, wives of his subordinates... But he never brings these women home. Even though he has a shrew at home, he still has his precious son. That was his pride, his bloodline, and the heir to his family business.
Once, Gao Jichang asked his mother: "Why don't you divorce?"
Xu Cuilin stared at him with her dark eyes: "Why divorce? I accompanied him through all the hard times. When he first started his business, I borrowed the capital from my mother's family, and I worked hard with him to set up the stall. I don't have a job, and the family's money is not in my hands. Wouldn't divorce just give those little bitches an advantage? I will never divorce you."
Gao Jichang asked again: "Then do you want to find a way to get half of the money?"
Xu Cuilin's face flushed red, but she didn't realize that she was already showing a fearful expression. She suddenly lost her temper at her son: "What can I do? What can I do! He owns the factory and the accounts! Your father is so smart, how can I beat him?"
Gao Jichang never mentioned it again.
In that era, he would hear a lot of rumors and people would point fingers at him when he walked on the street. At first he would blush, get angry, and cry. Later I became indifferent and concentrated on reading, pretending that those people who were talking about it didn't exist.
Gao Jichang had run into his father several times, hugging different women, acting like a big brother. Once the school needed to pay for materials, but he had no money. Xu Cuilin went back to her parents' home, so he went to the factory. As a result, just as I was about to push open the door of my father's office, I heard strange noises coming from inside. He listened quietly for a while, then walked to the window. There was a crack in the window through which he could see two naked figures on the bed.
Gao Jichang turned around and sat on the steps and waited. After waiting for more than ten minutes, when the matter was done, Gao Yonghui came out refreshed. When he saw his son, he was shocked. Gao Jichang was very calm and told him about the material costs. Gao Yonghui gave him some money and asked awkwardly, "How long have you been here?"
Gao Jichang thought for a moment, glanced at the tender and plump female worker in the room, and replied: "When you ride her from behind, I'll go back to school if I'm fine."
Gao Yonghui was stunned, and the cigarette he had just taken out almost fell to the ground. Looking at his son, who was as tall as a Hsinchu bamboo, walking further and further away, he suddenly laughed and scolded, "Little bastard!"
As for women, it's just like that. My son is already 15 years old. In his age, he could get married. This shows that the son is on the side of his father, and from now on, the son will definitely not be controlled by a woman.
What a good boy. ⑨
Two years later, due to rapid changes in policy and economic trends, Gao Yonghui's factories were poorly managed and went bankrupt one after another. After that, Gao Yonghui went through several trials and tribulations: he opened a company, which went bankrupt, and then he opened a factory, which still had no sales. However, by that time Gao Jichang had already been admitted to a prestigious university and left home. Gao Yonghui gradually lost his spirit and opened a small supermarket near his home, so he lived a worry-free life. Xu Cuilin became the boss lady of the supermarket again, sitting in the store all day, busying around. The couple became harmonious, as if what happened in the past years had never happened.
Gao Yonghui flirted with the proprietress of the stinky tofu shop next door and met her occasionally. He also made advances towards the female clerks in the shop, but Xu Cuilin pretended not to see anything. Now she finally has the store and money in her hands, and her son has been admitted to a prestigious university. She feels that she has finally turned her life around after all the hardship.
When Gao Jichang went to college, his family was already very ordinary. He wears a white shirt every day and spends most of his time either in the classroom or in the library studying. He is also the president of the college student union, and his work ability and attitude are unanimously praised by teachers and students. He is recognized as the handsome man in white, and the girls chasing him line up from the front door to the back door of the library. But he was like a Buddha, concentrating on his studies and remaining indifferent.
It was not until his junior year that he started dating a girl in his class who was average-looking, average in grades, and even in poor health. It was the girls who pursued him, who brought him breakfast, supper, and accompanied him during self-study. One night, Gao Jichang burst into tears as he watched the girl who persevered in waiting outside the dormitory to bring him midnight snacks.
"I am touched," he told the group. "No one will ever be so kind to me again."
He walked out of the dormitory and hugged the girl, surprising many people and creating a campus legend of sincerity and success.
Someone asked the girl: How dare you pursue him?
The girl replied: He is so gentle and very nice to me. I know he is such a good person, he doesn't treat me like that alone. But I couldn't help but have the desire to give it a try. I didn't expect that he would be really moved by me. I will treat him well all my life, even if it means I die.
Gao Jichang graduated from his senior year with a mid-level academic ranking, far from qualifying for a place in graduate school. But he successfully got into graduate school and studied a better major.
Because the girl's father is a leader in the city.
The girl was born with congenital defects and poor health, so she stayed at home without a job after graduation. On the day Gao Jichang received his graduate degree, he got married to her and moved into the house bought by the girl's parents. Gao Jichang knelt down and cried to his father-in-law and mother-in-law: "She gave me unprecedented love. Dad, Mom, you have given me a second life. I will love her and spoil her for the rest of my life."
At the beginning, Gao Jichang was assigned to the top high school in the city. After working there for three years, he could not keep up with the teaching level. The school leaders of the awesome school were also awesome. After some operations, Gao Jichang got a promotion and a raise in salary. He was then transferred to be a class teacher at a second-level high school within the group, namely No. 29 Middle School.
That year, Gao Jichang was 28 years old.
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