pertwk Chapter 5 Why did you take off your stockings?
Chapter 5 Why did you take off your stockings?
Wang Defa sped home on his electric bike.
They live on the fifth floor, and there is no elevator.
Wang Defa climbed up in one breath and stood at the door of his house. Before he could even take out his keys, he heard a familiar voice coming from inside.
"How many times have I explained this problem to you! What is three plus six? It's nine! How did you write five? Where are your eyes?"
Zhang Yanfen's voice was high-pitched and bright, and could be heard clearly even through the security door.
Wang Defa paused for a moment.
Then came her daughter Duoduo's voice, small and trembling with tears: "Mommy, I made a mistake..."
"You miscalculated? You always miscalculate! How can you be so stupid? Just like your dad!"
Wang Defa stood outside the door, his lips twitching.
Well, I've been caught in the crossfire again.
He put on a smiling face, took out his keys, and opened the door.
The scene in the living room was pretty much what he had expected.
My daughter, Duoduo, was doing her homework on the coffee table, with a math workbook open in front of her, her eyes brimming with tears.
Zhang Yanfen sat next to her, wearing a floral nightgown, her hair casually tied in a bun, her expression as if she had just eaten a pound of dynamite.
When Wang Defa came in, Zhang Yanfen's attention shifted from her daughter to him.
Her nose twitched twice.
"Have you been drinking?"
Wang Defa turned his face away guiltily: "I only drank two bottles of beer, not much."
"not much?"
Zhang Yanfen's voice suddenly rose a notch.
"Look at your face, it's as red as a monkey's bottom, isn't that enough?"
Wang Defa didn't reply. He changed into slippers, came in, squatted down, and patted his daughter's head.
"Duoduo, have you finished your homework?"
Xiao Duo glanced at him, then stole a look at her mother, and dared not speak.
"I'm asking you a question."
Zhang Yanfen's voice rang out again:
"Who did you drink with?"
Wang Defa stood up and answered honestly:
"With Wang Guanxi, my childhood friend, I've told you about him before."
Zhang Yanfen paused for a moment, searching her memory for the name.
"Is it the one who works in Shanghai?"
"Yes, that's him."
"Isn't he making a lot of money in the big city? Why is he back here drinking with you?"
Wang Defa hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "He resigned and went back to Jiangcheng."
"Resign?"
Zhang Yanfen raised her eyebrows and continued, "Were you fired?"
"No, he resigned himself."
"Come on, the salaries in Shanghai are so high, at least ten or twenty thousand a month. Who would quit a job they were doing well? They must have been fired by their company and couldn't make it there, so they came back."
Wang Defa opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when he saw his wife's face, he swallowed his words back.
Zhang Yanfen pressed on, "How much did your barbecue cost?"
"Not many..."
"I'm asking you how much it costs!"
Wang Defa swallowed hard: "Two hundred and sixty-eight."
"Who gave you the money?"
Wang Defa fell silent.
Zhang Yanfen narrowed her eyes: "You gave it to me?"
"……Um."
"Wang Defa!"
Zhang Yanfen slammed her hand on the table, startling Xiao Duo.
"Are you out of your mind? Don't you know how much you earn in a month? And you're treating others to meals?"
"He just came back from Shanghai, so he might be a little short on cash."
"What does it matter to you if he's short on money? Are you his father or his mother? Just because he's short on money doesn't mean you have to treat him to meals? What if he doesn't have money for food tomorrow, are you going to support him?"
"I think he's just coming back to sponge off his parents and borrow money from others!"
"You're so eager to spend money on people. Did your delivery wages just fall from the sky?"
Wang Defa took a deep breath and glanced at his daughter.
Duoduo lowered her head, tears falling drop by drop onto her workbook, blurring the wrong answer "3+6=5".
Wang Defa looked at his daughter, who was too scared to utter a sound, and didn't want to argue at home, afraid of frightening the child.
He knew Zhang Yanfen too well; the more she argued, the more energetic she became, and the fiercer her insults grew. So he simply shut his mouth, remained silent, and turned to walk towards the bathroom, intending to take a shower and find some peace and quiet.
His silence was interpreted by Zhang Yanfen as tacit agreement.
Zhang Yanfen stood there, growing angrier the more she thought about it, her chest heaving, her mind utterly resolute:
That kid Wang Guanxi must have been so broke in Shanghai that he couldn't even afford to eat, which is why he slunk back to his hometown. He'll definitely be asking Wang Defa for money next!
Wang Defa is such a spineless coward, his heart is softer than tofu. When someone pleads poverty, he'll definitely be too embarrassed to refuse!
Why should I use the savings I've painstakingly accumulated to pay for that poor bastard's debts?
No way!
As soon as Wang Defa entered the bathroom and closed the shower door, the sound of running water filled the air. Zhang Yanfen's eyes hardened, and she quietly picked up Wang Defa's cell phone from the living room table.
She knew Wang Defa's phone password, and without saying a word, she unlocked it, opened her mobile banking and WeChat wallet, and with lightning-fast fingers, transferred every last penny of the money in Wang Defa's balance and the deposits in his linked bank card to her own account.
After transferring the money, she even deleted the transfer record, put her phone back in its place, clapped her hands, and showed a smug look on her face.
Is she looking to borrow money from Wang Defa, her husband?
dream!
I held onto the money tightly, not leaving a single penny for that poor bastard!
Look at this good-for-nothing who went broke in the big city, who else can he get benefits from and cheat out of money from!
What bad luck!
. . . . . .
Meanwhile, when Wang Guanxi returned to the hotel, it was almost 10 p.m.
He changed into slippers, lay down on the bed, and sighed comfortably.
Today was a truly fulfilling day.
This morning he was still in Shanghai, but now he's moved into the most luxurious executive suite in the entire county, and there's still 100 million yuan in his bank account.
No, it'll be two hundred million tomorrow.
Wang Guanxi rolled over, took out his phone, and decided to buy himself something.
I bought clothes and shoes this afternoon, but there are still many things I haven't bought.
Take razors, for example.
The Philips shaver he used before made shaving hair like sandpaper scraping a wall.
I've decided to buy a good one this time.
I searched for Braun, and it cost 1,800 yuan, so I placed an order.
Take headphones, for example.
He's been using his AirPods for three years, and there's static in his left ear; it sounds like someone is cooking in his ear.
I'm getting a new pair of AirPods Pro. I've also heard that Huawei's FreeClip is pretty good, so I'll order both.
Wang Guanxi got more and more carried away with his shopping, buying an Alienware computer, a suitcase, and a Fiji Cup...
Huh?
Can you buy motorcycles online?
Place your order!
He glanced at the order list and realized that he had unknowingly placed dozens of orders.
Is this what happiness is for the rich?
Buy whatever you want, without looking at prices, waiting for discounts, or needing to reach a minimum spending threshold for reductions.
The moment he placed the order, he didn't even know how much all the items would cost.
Because there's no need to know.
He was engrossed in buying when suddenly a "thump thump thump" sound came from inside.
Someone is knocking on the door.
Wang Guanxi frowned, wondering who it was so late at night.
He got up and opened the door, and his eyes lit up the moment he opened it.
The receptionist standing at the door is the same one who works during the day, but she looks completely different from how she does during the day.
During the day, he wears a sharp business suit and behaves very properly.
Now, however, she had taken off her work clothes and was wearing only a white shirt and a short skirt, revealing her long, slender, and straight white legs, which made Wang Guanxi pause for two seconds in shock.