Chapter 508

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Liu Jie's hand holding his chopsticks froze in mid-air, his gaze blankly fixed on Gu Hongyuan sitting opposite him; he only felt his understanding had been somewhat subverted, and he could no longer comprehend this old classmate's train of thought.

A monthly salary of over twenty thousand, and he's still a middle-level supervisor.

Such a salary level, in Jiangcheng, a third-tier city, already counts as the high-income group.

Liu Jie himself is currently a Department Manager at Zhao Zhenhui's company; even after becoming a regular employee, his salary only just reached twenty thousand.

An enterprise able to offer such a salary, even if not a nationally renowned large corporation, should at least be a decent local star enterprise in Jiangcheng.

With this scale and profitability, it absolutely could not be some small workshop or studio.

How could it possibly go bankrupt just like that, as Gu Hongyuan just said about Nanyang?

What puzzled Liu Jie even more was that Gu Hongyuan himself earned a monthly salary of five thousand, coasting on so-called stability in a state-owned enterprise; how did he have the nerve to look down on his wife whose salary was more than four times his?

How did he manage to spend his wife's money while acting so righteous about it?

"Right, I'm a bit curious — how do you know so specifically how much money your sister-in-law spends on things?"

Liu Jie suppressed his displeasure and asked with a frown.

Gu Hongyuan picked up a piece of Red Braised Pork with his chopsticks; the flavor in his mouth attracted his attention, and his eyebrows couldn't help but rise.

He ate the meat in his mouth unhurriedly, then said with some smugness: "She doesn't know how to manage finances; after we got married, I confiscated her salary card, and the mobile number reserved with the bank is also my mobile number, so whenever she spends money buying things, I get SMS alerts here, and I can check her bank card transaction records anytime."

As he spoke, the expression on his face looked like he was showing off something remarkable.

But his words made Liu Jie feel his three views were utterly destroyed.

He really couldn't understand this kind of operation; how could a husband and wife be like this?

"Gu Hongyuan, then what does your sister-in-law do when she normally needs to use money?"

Liu Jie's tone couldn't help but change, carrying a hint of questioning: "She earned the salary herself; doesn't she even have the right to dispose of it freely?"

Gu Hongyuan seemed completely unable to hear the edge in Liu Jie's tone; instead, he shook his head as if it were only natural: "How could that be? I'm not that kind of male chauvinist man; every month after she gets her salary, I'll transfer her eight hundred yuan pocket money; if I'm in a good mood, or if she behaves a bit more obediently, I'll transfer a bit more, give her a thousand yuan."

Good grief!

This is simply the pinnacle of eating soft rice hard!

Liu Jie was completely speechless; he looked at this roommate of four years of university before him, and suddenly felt this person had become somewhat strange.

Is this still that campus celebrity from back then?

How did he turn into this selfish, self-serving, and un-self-aware model after marriage?

"That... you only give your sister-in-law a thousand yuan pocket money; if she normally goes out to eat or shop with colleagues, this bit of money should be not enough, right?"

Liu Jie took a deep breath, trying his best to make his tone gentler.

Even if his family's financial situation isn't too good right now, and he rarely goes out shopping with his wife, he knows very well in his heart that if several colleagues go out together, just eating a meal costs several hundred yuan.

Let alone shopping for clothes and such; a thousand yuan probably can't even support one trip.

"So, I basically don't let her go out wandering with those colleagues and friends."

Gu Hongyuan answered righteously, his face still carrying disdain: "When women go out shopping, aren't they just going to spend money recklessly? Let me tell you, women nowadays, when they spend money they just buy those useless things — what cosmetics, clothes, shoes; the house isn't lacking them, yet they'd rather stay at home properly, save money to buy me some useful things, the money must be spent where it counts!"

Liu Jie opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found he couldn't utter a single word.

Gu Hongyuan's logic had already exceeded the range he could understand; he really didn't know how to continue this conversation.

Unexpectedly, the next second, a clear, cold female voice suddenly came from the side: "This sir, you think your wife... no, you think the things we women buy are all useless; then I want to ask, the things you men buy, are they all useful?"

The woman speaking was precisely Fang Yuan, sitting not far away.

She had just been silently listening to the conversation between Liu Jie and Gu Hongyuan; Gu Hongyuan's bizarre remarks made her feel more and more uncomfortable the more she listened.

What Fang Yuan hates most is people who look down on women.

Gu Hongyuan's words just now, between the lines, exuded discrimination and disrespect toward women.

What does "women spend money buying useless things" mean?

What does "better stay at home and save money to buy me useful things" mean?

And he still has the face to say he's not a male chauvinist?

This is simply writing male chauvinism on his face, simply selfish to the extreme!

Suddenly interrupted and retorted by an outsider, Gu Hongyuan immediately felt displeased.

He originally thought his words were very reasonable; now publicly refuted by a strange woman, he immediately retorted back without the slightest politeness: "How so, could it be that what I said is wrong? We men have to deal with all kinds of people outside, we have to run business, we have to curry favor with leaders; drinking and socializing, none of it can be missed; don't we have to dress properly to leave a good impression on people?"

He paused, gestured a three with his hand, his tone full of showing off: "Let me tell you, last week I secured an order of over three hundred thousand for our enterprise! During this process, treating clients to meals, giving gifts... which link doesn't need money spent? Such a big order, if you women were to handle it, could you secure it? Saying you women can't compare to us men, could it be that I said something wrong?"

"That... let me interject."

Seeing Gu Hongyuan speak so arrogantly, already causing dissatisfaction among many women in the Hall, Liu Jie feared being dragged into the fire and hurriedly waved his hands to declare his stance: "What he said, I personally do not agree with; I feel men and women should be the same, no one is inferior to anyone else, just different division of labor."

"Three hundred thousand?"

Fang Yuan let out a cold laugh, not paying any attention to Gu Hongyuan's clamor, and couldn't help but shake her head.

Then she took out her Mobile Phone, quickly dialed a number, and said only one sentence into the receiver: "Assistant Wu, you bring the cooperation contracts signed by the company this month right now, come to the Lu Family Restaurant on Food Street, the faster the better."