Vulgarity

  I received a call from Lu Yishu, her tone on the phone sounded much better than last time. I hailed a taxi and gave an address to the driver. The driver asked me if I lived there, I said I was going to visit a friend, he smiled and didn't say anything else. The driver must have thought that I was a rich man's mistress living in a golden house.

  In Shenzhen, mistresses and second wives are extremely common. Some developers even target them specifically, with some residential areas being entirely inhabited by ernai (second wives/mistresses).

  I got out of the car and took a look around the neighborhood. The housing prices in Xiangmi Lake are getting higher and higher, already 40,000 to 50,000 yuan per square meter. Last time I heard someone complaining that the housing prices were too expensive, saying that after struggling for a lifetime to buy one house, what's the point? Someone next to him chimed in, saying that if you can afford to buy a house after working hard for a lifetime, that's already something to be proud of.

  Everyone knows that houses are expensive, but they still work hard to earn money to buy a house. I am one of them. What I want is just comfort, at least I don't have to rely on others and live with dignity.

  Lu Yishu's place was a small, independent villa. The nanny opened the door for me, and although the house wasn't very big, it was decorated warmly, with everything in pink, giving off a cozy atmosphere.

  When I arrived, Lu Yishu was stir-frying dishes around a pink apron, and just looking at that appearance is very likable. If I were a man, I would definitely like it too. Nowadays, how many women can cook and are still beauties?!

  She saw me and smiled, telling me that she had made my favorite beef slices. Her smile was much brighter than before, and her whole face was flushed with joy. I asked her what good news she had, and she told me that Shizhe had agreed to help her father reduce his sentence, and maybe in two or three years, her father would be released. Ah! That's indeed a great thing.

  She could only sigh when mentioning her brother's illness. Originally, Shi Xiu wanted to help her brother transfer to a better hospital in Shenzhen, but Lu Yishu was worried that her mother would find out that she had become someone else's mistress and wouldn't agree. She said that anyway, late-stage cancer is incurable, it's just hanging on.

  To be honest, Shi Xi is really good to Lu Yi Shu. For people like us, it's not easy to find a man who truly treats us well! No matter how sweet the words are that come out of a man's mouth, or how much he says he loves you, in the end, they care about saving face. How many men would actually marry a mistress as their wife?

  But I'm a practical person, when eating, I teach Lushi, Shixiu to accept whatever accessories are given to her, be nice to him with sweet talk, think of ways to get more money from his pocket, so that when we're dumped one day and the people are gone, at least there's still money left.

  Lu Yishu is smarter than me, I just talk about it with my mouth, she directly takes action. She told me that she has already talked to Shixiu about not wanting to go to school, and Shixiu helped her with the self-study procedures and even gave her a store. I quickly interrupted her words to ask whose name is on the household registration.

  Lu Yishu told me that in a few days, the property transfer will be completed and her name will be on it. I listened to the location of the store and hugged Lu Yishu, saying she is now a rich lady and from now on we'll rely on her for our livelihood.

  Lu Yishu plans to open a cake shop, she said her childhood dream was to open a cake shop. I'm speechless, with Shi Xiu this big money master, opening a jewelry store would be much better!

  Looking at Lu Yishu's expectant face, I didn't say what was in my heart. Compared to Lu Yishu, I am a vulgar person, from skin to bone, all are vulgar, and my eyes only stare at money.