Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled-Chapter 504 - 304: Wealthy Family
When Song Jun and Zhang Sitong arrived,
Chen Pingsheng was still chatting with the leaders from Golden Mountain, mainly discussing matters concerning demolition.
In the past, there were many chemical plants in Golden Mountain, most of which were concentrated around Jinshan New City.
However, Fengjing and Zhujing are quite distant from the new city, and they are not chemical industrial zones.
The settlement of Tengying Group in Fengjing Town has also become the central town of Golden Mountain.
Every time Song Jun saw Chen Pingsheng, he felt somewhat nervous, especially when his cousin Song Yanxi wasn’t around.
He always felt there was a great disparity between them, not like the casual joking relationship common among relatives.
"Pingsheng,"
Song Jun came over with his girlfriend Zhang Sitong. Chen Pingsheng merely glanced at her and didn’t respond much.
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"Why have you come to Golden Mountain?"
Song Jun wanted to say it was to see his cousin-in-law’s masterpiece, the future headquarters building.
But the words just wouldn’t come out; chiefly because he wasn’t good with words and disliked flattering relatives so explicitly.
"My girlfriend is on vacation, and I specially brought her to meet Pingsheng. We also want to invite my cousin for dinner tonight,"
"Oh, so you’re planning to get married?"
Song Jun felt embarrassed. He really liked Zhang Sitong, and naturally, it would be great if they could get married.
But with her high level of education, she might not be willing to marry him.
Men often like to place themselves in a vulnerable position within a good relationship.
This is completely different from most women.
Seeing he didn’t speak, Zhang Sitong’s face almost turned red as she quickly explained, "Ah Jun and I are indeed planning to get married."
Chen Pingsheng nodded noncommittally, "Then you should first invite your cousin for dinner, and wait for her to arrive this evening to see if you want to inform your parents."
This girl definitely had not agreed to marry beforehand, and she hadn’t even allowed Song Jun to broach the subject.
Now that the topic had been brought up, Song Jun couldn’t answer, yet she took the initiative to mention marriage plans.
What was she deliberately trying to prove? He was too lazy to think about it.
Perhaps a little too elated, Song Jun immediately said, "Pingsheng, Sitong works at a big architectural design firm."
"Oh... and?"
Zhang Sitong inwardly cursed; she hadn’t expected Song Jun to blurt out something so dumb at a time like this.
Wasn’t this plainly suggesting she wanted to land the super project of designing the Tengying Group headquarters?
She reckoned that right now, he might think that was her intention for making him say so.
Zhang Sitong hurriedly clarified, "I do work at a design firm, but my experience is still lacking, and I’m not able to take on big projects."
"Alright, you don’t have to be so cautious,"
Chen Pingsheng said, "If my cousin likes you and wants to marry you, just marry him honestly, and you will have everything."
Song Jun felt awkward; was this a compliment? Experience more on novelbuddy
It seemed so.
His emotional intelligence was just too low; it was as if Chen Pingsheng had stopped short of saying Zhang Sitong was much smarter than him.
She had many little schemes on her mind.
She had intended to form a closer relationship but didn’t show it too obviously on her face.
For Song Jun, having a woman like this by his side had plenty of benefits, but the drawbacks were also clear.
It was all about how he would handle it.
That evening, Song Yanxi invited them to have dinner at her home, and it was Zhang Sitong’s first time entering the Tan Palace villa in Magic City.
The people inside were either rich or noble, treating others as if they were mere chess pieces.
It was in these seemingly trivial actions that they designed the lifestyles of ordinary people.
This was the influence that came with being at the pinnacle of society.
It was also the real reason why ordinary people were knocking their heads against the wall trying to climb into such ranks.
Who wouldn’t want to easily change the fate of a place over a swaying glass of red wine?
This was the pinnacle of power and boundless charisma.
At least for Zhang Sitong, a high-class white-collar worker from Magic City, Tan Palace was just that.
Even though Song Jun might be a poor talker with low EQ, he could easily bring her through this door.
And that was enough.
Who doesn’t live by climbing higher at any cost?
Song Yanxi was more than five months pregnant, and her man was busy with lots of external affairs.
He wouldn’t bother with the trivial domestic disputes.
It goes without saying, given the dramatic change in her family’s economic situation.
Consequently, the fringe relatives of the Chen and Song families also reaped tremendous benefits when it came to choosing partners.
In the past, high-caliber graduates from top 985 universities in Magic City, earning a salary of twenty thousand a month, would not have spared a glance for someone like Song Jun, a high school dropout and a stir-fry chef.
Being a woman herself, Song Yanxi certainly understood Zhang Sitong’s ulterior motives.
Having an agenda isn’t scary, what’s frightening is using it for nefarious purposes.
Song Yanxi had her secretary send a message to her boss, deliberately inviting him to dinner, which conveniently allowed him to see Zhang Sitong was there.
The next day, Zhang Sitong got promoted three levels.
Her salary went from twenty thousand a month to over six hundred thousand a year.
Song Yanxi said nothing, but her boss seemed to understand everything.
Without asking any questions, he simply delivered the outcome she desired.
This is the tacit understanding of the upper echelons.
All is understood without words.
While Zhang Sitong’s goal in finding Song Jun was to get close to Magic City’s Tengying Group,
the speed of the outcome exceeded her wildest dreams.
Clearly, the female host communicated through this meal telling her,
"I can easily help you rise, and just as easily grant you the most dignified life in Magic City."
But you must understand that none of this is free.
You need to be sincere and maintain your current persona, deceiving my cousin for a lifetime.
When deception becomes a lifelong commitment, then she too is a great wife and mother.
Zhang Sitong’s assumptions were correct; she could not have possibly deceived such a family.
And even when they discovered her, they did not expose her.
Instead, they casually gave her what she wanted; truly, a wealthy family is extraordinary.
At least, she still couldn’t fully comprehend this approach.
Perhaps they simply didn’t want to dwell too much on such matters.
Not just Song Jun, her cousin, even for Song Wu, her own sister, Song Yanxi did not stop her from finding her own happiness.
Her man had his own ideas too.
What of it? As long as her family had no issues, all those sinister thoughts had to be suppressed deep within.
Unless they themselves wanted to give up such excellent prospects and scenery.
Once you reach the threshold of a wealthy family, it’s hard to go back to living an ordinary life.
Song Yanxi caressed her belly where Little Third resided and looked at the little fart kid arguing like a bantam.
If Chen An’an, her sister, was one to spend money like water,
her little sister had lost all concept of money.
Having everything she desired, she couldn’t understand why anyone would want to live in what she called a ’pet room.’
A house with less than a hundred square meters was, in her mind, only fit for pets.
The place she lived in had to be exceedingly large.
To be honest, Song Yanxi was starting to worry about the education of the next generation.
If this was how the little fart kid grew up, no matter how prodigious, with a photographic memory,
she would still end up as a privileged and spoiled second-generation rich kid.
That was absolutely unacceptable.
In comparison, her mischievous elder daughter still managed to maintain her original kindness towards ordinary people.
