Financial freedom begins with meeting wealthy women.

Chapter 59 Jealousy

Two hours later, Su Jie returned carrying large and small bags of things.

He handed Ye Jingyao's things to her, saying, "Try it and see if it suits you. I don't know either."

"Thanks!"

Ye Jingyao lowered her head and took the money, not daring to look the man in the eye. "How much is it? I'll transfer it to you!"

Su Jie asked with a smile, "Is your phone still working?"

Ye Jingyao shook her head. "We need to replace the screen."

Su Jie took out another box. "I bought you a new phone. I'll help you change the SIM card."

"Um?"

Ye Jingyao's gaze fell on the phone box, and she discovered that it was a brand new iPhone 15, instantly triggering her instinct to resist.

"I don't want to!"

Realizing she had spoken too impulsively, Ye Jingyao lowered her head and whispered, "I have no money!"

"I know you don't have any money."

Su Jie shook his head. "This phone cost six thousand yuan. You can pay me back two hundred yuan every month from now on."

Ye Jingyao knew the man wanted to help her. "I don't have money. I can't afford an iPhone. A phone that costs a little over a thousand yuan is perfectly fine."

"Can't afford it?"

Su Jie asked with a smile, "Then would you like to use an iPhone?"

Ye Jingyao shook her head. "I don't want to!"

"You're really boring."

Su Jie casually tossed the phone box aside. "He's calculating, has many ideas, and is very vigilant."

"Who would want to be your friend and consider your fragile inner feelings?"

"You'd better not be friends with me anymore, lest my wealth provoke you again."

"If you get agitated and grab a cleaver to stab me a couple of times, I'll be in deep trouble!"

The man's words pierced Ye Jingyao's heart like steel needles: "I want to use an iPhone, but I know I'm not qualified to use one right now!"

"Ye Jingyao!"

Looking at the girl, Su Jie suddenly raised his voice, "I know your family isn't well-off, which is why you're so sensible. You're also positive, ambitious, and strive to change your destiny!"

"But sometimes you don't need to be so sensible."

"Spend money where it's necessary."

"Money should be spent where it's needed."

"In today's society—"

"If you encounter trouble, you can solve it with the few dollars you save."

"Then this problem can be solved without you being so frugal!"

Ye Jingyao was touched, but she remained stubborn, "You've never been poor!"

"Believe it or not, there have been times when I didn't know where my next meal would come from."

Su Jie shook his head. "But money is something you can't really save up."

"You should use your brain and focus on increasing revenue, not cutting costs!"

"You earn three thousand a month, spend one thousand, and have two thousand left."

"If you earn 5,000 a month, spend 2,000, double your quality of life, and still have 3,000 left!"

He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Of course I understand."

Ye Jingyao sighed, "It's just that I haven't graduated yet, so it's hard for me to find a job."

Su Jie pointed out a promising path: "Shen Ruoxuan is about to start a company and happens to need a helper. Go and help her."

Ye Jingyao became even more resistant, "I'm not going!"

The girl gave the opposite answer, which surprised Su Jie. "Why don't you go?"

Ye Jingyao shook her head. "I'm not going, that's final."

Su Jie sensed something amiss. "Isn't she your best friend?"

Ye Jingyao lowered her head and remained silent for a moment.

Su Jie asked with a smile, "Are you jealous of her?"

Ye Jingyao shook her head vigorously, "No."

"To be honest, is it really that difficult?"

Su Jie shrugged. "He wouldn't dare admit what he's thinking!"

Ye Jingyao remained silent.

Because of her leg problems, she has no way to escape from here.

"You're just overly sensitive."

Su Jie continued, "It's really no fun being friends with someone like you. You might stab me in the back out of jealousy at any time."

"If this were a TV series, he'd definitely be a vicious villain!"

Her fragile heart was aroused again, and Ye Jingyao glared at the man.

"You're saying everything you say is right?"

"So what if I'm malicious and a villain?"

Did you consider my feelings when you said those things?

Seeing the girl he had pushed to her limit, Su Jie smiled and retorted, "What's our relationship? Why should I consider your feelings?"

Ye Jingyao remained silent for a moment, but tears welled up in her eyes again.

Don't cry in front of me.

Su Jie took the tissue and handed it to him, saying, "I'm a cold-blooded person with no compassion."

"I'm jealous of Shen Ruoxuan."

Ye Jingyao looked at the man, choked up and said loudly, "She is not as good as me in any way, but she can be carefree and doesn't have to worry about anything."

"The only thing I'm better at than her is studying."

"But I finally got into Bashu University for graduate studies, and I was about to surpass her and have a brighter future!"

"It's you!"

"She found such an amazing boyfriend like you, and she brags about it to me every day!"

"Do you know?"

"Because of you—"

"I'll never surpass her in my entire life!"

Su Jie rolled his eyes. "When did I become her boyfriend?"

The air seemed to freeze. Ye Jingyao stood there, stunned, for a few seconds before asking, "Aren't you her boyfriend?"

"I wanted to argue with you back at the hospital."

Su Jie shook his head. "I'm not Shen Ruoxuan's boyfriend yet."

Ye Jingyao asked naively, "So what's your relationship now?"

"More than friends, but less than lovers!"

Su Jie laughed and said, "I'm rich and capable, so I have high standards for my girlfriend."

"Her conditions are very ordinary, there's nothing that really attracts me, and she doesn't meet my standards for a girlfriend."

Ye Jingyao asked, "Are you keeping her as a mistress?"

"It's not about being kept by a sugar daddy."

Su Jie shook his head again, "Right now, we're in the stage of getting to know each other. To be more specific, I'm a potential girlfriend, but who knows when I'll officially become her."

Ye Jingyao hesitated before asking, "She hasn't been back to the dorm for the past few days. Are you all asleep?"

"Going to sleep."

Su Jie nodded, "But she got her period and didn't do anything."

Ye Jingyao asked again, "You two aren't boyfriend and girlfriend, yet you're willing to give her a million to start a business?"

Is one million a lot?

"Don't substitute your thinking for mine."

Su Jie tore off two tissues and handed them over, saying, "If she shows exceptional talent in business, it will be a plus for me, and she'll be more likely to be promoted."

Taking the tissue, Ye Jingyao wiped away the tears on her face, unsure of what to say for a moment.

She remembered too.

That night, she asked her best friend if they were officially dating, and her friend seemed a little hesitant.

It turns out they weren't actually boyfriend and girlfriend.

Seeing that the girl was silent, Su Jie smiled and said, "I'm in a different position than you now, and my views on many things are different too. Let me give you some life advice."

Ye Jingyao looked at the man, and her previously lifeless eyes gained a ripple of emotion.

"Poverty is not scary, weakness is not scary!"

"What's scary is that people think they're right because they're weak or poor, and then they blame society and other people, trying to gain sympathy from others in this way."

"I find this approach very objectionable."

"Not only will they not sympathize, they will also look down on them."

"Your thinking has gone astray. If you can't change, this is all you'll ever be."

"Poverty and weakness are not things we can choose from the beginning, but we must accept and understand them from the bottom of our hearts."

"Then you must strive to improve yourself and work hard to change your current situation."

"Being born into poverty is not a disgrace; true manhood lies in being able to bend and stretch!"

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