Chapter 179: Truly Earned by Myself
"Yeah! Qi, you wouldn't have forgotten me so soon, would you?" Ge Dongxu laughed.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! I couldn't tell, but it turns out you're quite the handsome guy, and well, look at this physique. No wonder Yuan Li fell for you," Su Qi circled Ge Dongxu, appraising him from head to toe with continuous sounds of admiration, her eyes shining brightly as she looked at him.
"Hey, Su Qi, what are you talking about!" Yuan Li had also been "stunned" by Ge Dongxu at first, staring at him without blinking, and when she suddenly heard Su Qi mention that she liked him, she got startled, quickly raised her little fist to hit her, then said to Ge Dongxu with a blushing face, "Dongxu, don't listen to Su Qi's nonsense, she's always like this, she loves to gossip."
"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay. Do I look all right now?" Ge Dongxu said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, then asked.
"Of course, you look great! You're really giving Yuan Li face! This way no one can gloat over her getting divorced, or laugh at her misfortune! Come on, let's go." Su Qi said, and she grabbed Ge Dongxu's hand and started to lead him out without another word.
Su Qi suddenly grabbing his hand really gave Ge Dongxu a start, and he quickly withdrew his arm.
Su Qi was slightly taken aback at his reaction, then said, "You're killing me here. Am I that bad? I take the initiative to hold your hand and you don't even appreciate it!"
"Giggle!" Yuan Li couldn't help but laugh at this, then she walked up and gently took Ge Dongxu's hand, saying, "Don't bother with her, Dongxu! Let her be crazy!"
With that, she started to walk outside with Ge Dongxu.
Ge Dongxu offered a sheepish smile, but this time, he did not shrug off Yuan Li's hand.
After all, he and Yuan Li were close, so how could he shake off her hand?
"Hey, wait for me!" Seeing this, Su Qi quickly caught up, then, regardless, she grabbed the other arm of Ge Dongxu, and said with a hint of agitation, "What's this all about! Yuan Li holds your arm, and you stand still like a good boy, but when I grab your hand, you act as if you've been bitten by a snake. Besides my face not being as pretty as Yuan Li's, in what way am I inferior? I have the chest, I have the butt... *cough cough*, anyway, back in school, I also had many admirers."
Ge Dongxu was at a loss for words, this time he really encountered a formidable woman!
But truth be told, Su Qi did have a notable figure, and the pressure when she held his arm made him very uncomfortable, but this time he dared not shake her off.
After all, Su Qi was Yuan Li's classmate, and she had gone so far in what she said, he had to give her some face. He might as well sacrifice a bit of his dignity and let her take a little advantage.
That's what Ge Dongxu thought, but the men around them didn't think so. They watched two vibrant women, one on each side, holding the arm of a young and handsome man, especially the one on the left, who looked as radiant and dignified as a white-collar beauty from TV dramas, and they were filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
When will I ever be that awesome!
"Dongxu, did you spend a lot of money on this outfit?" Su Qi, unable to contain her curiosity, asked as they walked towards where the cars were parked.
"It's okay, including the watch, less than thirty thousand," Ge Dongxu nodded and replied nonchalantly.
When he was buying jade tokens, he would spend hundreds of thousands, and lately, it had even amounted to millions, so thirty thousand really wasn't a big deal to him. If only he hadn't thought it unnecessary to buy an expensive watch, he could easily have afforded one of those gold Rolex watches that went for hundreds of thousands with his current wealth.
Yet even so, Ge Dongxu's casual mention of spending thirty thousand managed to stagger Su Qi, almost causing her to twist her ankle.
Thirty thousand! The average annual salary of a worker in the capital city last year was just over ten thousand, which meant this was equivalent to an ordinary worker's salary for three years. And yet, Ge Dongxu had spent it in the blink of an eye, just to be an adequate decoy.
The cost, the price, made Su Qi's little heart start to pound. She didn't dare to cling to Ge Dongxu's arm anymore.
Previously, the reason why she dared to tease Ge Dongxu and walk arm in arm with him was mainly because of the first impression he had given her. She never truly placed Ge Dongxu on a high pedestal in her mind, always feeling that he was just a young man from a small place. And she was a white-collar worker at a bank in the capital, feeling a sense of superiority both in terms of social status and age, which made her behave quite casually, without ever feeling anything improper.
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In the last few years, although her husband had made some money from his business, they never dared to spend thirty thousand so casually, a few thousand was already the limit.
"Dongxu, what does your family do? You're spending so much money so casually," after a while, Su Qi couldn't help but ask curiously.
"This money is all earned by Dongxu himself," Yuan Li chimed in to help.
"Earned it himself? Didn't you say Dongxu is only eighteen years old?" Su Qi asked, eyes wide with disbelief.
"It's really earned by myself," Ge Dongxu had to confirm himself.
"Okay, I got it!" Su Qi glanced at Ge Dongxu, nodding her head as if she understood everything.
Ge Dongxu thought Su Qi really understood, so he didn't explain further, while Yuan Li knew Su Qi had misunderstood him. She cleverly assumed that Ge Dongxu had some background in Changxi County and that it was not convenient to explain clearly.
However, since Ge Dongxu didn't continue explaining, Yuan Li didn't feel it was right to explain further. She always knew that Ge Dongxu was low-key and didn't like showing off; otherwise, with his wealth, he wouldn't have dressed so plainly just now.
Wearing such attire today, this must be a first for him!
Thinking this, Yuan Li felt a sweetness in her heart, and unconsciously hugged Ge Dongxu's hand a bit tighter.
Su Qi didn't drive a fancy car, just a white Jetta.
Once in the car, Yuan Li explained to Ge Dongxu that they had also been at Quanjude eating roast duck just now, and the next item on the agenda for the evening was to go to a place called the Jinyi Entertainment Club to drink and sing.
Halfway through the drive, Su Qi's phone rang. A man's dissatisfied voice came through, "What's going on, Su Qi? Why haven't you and Yuan Li arrived yet?"
"Director Cui, we will be there soon, very soon," Su Qi hurriedly responded.
"Aren't you all classmates? Why call him Director?" Ge Dongxu asked curiously after Su Qi hung up the phone.
"Giggle! You'll understand once you start working and enter society," Su Qi laughed, now more convinced than ever that Ge Dongxu was wealthy because of his family.
Otherwise, how could a truly capable person, who could earn so much money on his own, ask such a naive question?
What Su Qi didn't know was that the way Ge Dongxu made money was different from others; he only made decisions on the big directions, and details of dealing with people and government departments didn't require his involvement. Thus, he didn't have as deep an understanding of such realistic aspects of society yet.
ps: Still on a trip, only two chapters today, sorry, sorry.