Mr. Yuan is Always Unhappy - Chap 73
CH73 – MANLY PRIDE
Yuan Rui remembered today’s raffle victory again and happily shared this with Zheng QiuYang, saying: “I thought I definitely wouldn’t have been able to collect it, yet LingLing-jie personally called over here and approved it. This $233 yuan is still on Xiao Zhao’s Alipay account however. I’ll ask him for it in the afternoon. It’s just enough to buy you a new steering wheel cover. Yours is a bit old.”
Zheng QiuYang felt both amused and somewhat sweetened. He said with a beaming smile: “En.”
Yuan Rui then said happily: “The Chinese version of <> is called <>. Next Wednesday, we will be recording the first season. I’ll be able to go out by that time!”
Zheng QiuYang thought, The registration for the Jewelry Design Tournament just happens to begin that day as well.
He had at least some confidence in himself. Passing the qualifying round was definitely no issue. For designers like him, who weren’t well-known within the profession, to pass the qualifying of such a big Tournament like this was already a very grand accomplishment that could assist immensely with job search or creating your own workshop.
Originally, because of what had happened, he already developed the thought of using this opportunity to stop working at YunChang Jewelry. However, the head piece set that he designed has not been completed yet. A huge portion of design depended on a person’s individual taste and style. If he resigned now, the person taking over would very likely change his hard work beyond recognition. In addition, considering his dad basically didn’t visit the company nowadays anyways, the two of them wouldn’t have to meet each other awkwardly in public. Zheng QiuYang ultimately decided to continue working and wait until he’s finished with his current project before resigning.
In the afternoon, he returned to the company again to work.
After Yuan Rui woken up from his noon nap, he watched an entire afternoon of Conan.
Towards the evening, Zheng QiuYang still didn’t return. Fang ShiQing, however, came back first.
Yuan Rui: “……”
Fang ShiQing grunted: “What kind of expression is that? Am I not welcomed here?”
Yuan Rui covered up and said: “No no…… how come you still haven’t gone home?”
Fang ShiQing said righteously: “I was the one who left home, how can I return myself?”
Yuan Rui: “…… oh.”
Zheng QiuYang already saw Fang ShiQing’s car downstairs. When he entered the door, he immediately observed Fan ShiQing laying on the sofa, limbs spread eagle as he watched tv, while Yuan Rui was making food in the kitchen like an unfortunate young maid. Instantly, Zheng QiuYang became furious and went over to give Fang ShiQing a kick. He cursed: “Dumbass, if you don’t return home now, your husband will be seduced away by a little vixen. When that time comes, you better not cry.”
Grimacing in pain from being kicked, Fang ShiQing snapped back: “If they want to seduce him, then they can seduce him. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. Yuan Rui and I are purely friends. Stop stuffing your head full of yellow garbage.
Zheng QiuYang said: “Stop your fcking nonsense. If you’re not leaving, I’m throwing you out!” He got into position to do it.
Fang ShiQing let out a scream and yelled: “Yuan Rui! Come quickly!”
Yuan Rui walked out, wiping his hands: “What are you guys doing?”
Zheng QiuYang said: “This ass……”
Before he finished speaking, Fang ShiQing wailed and howled: “Yuan Rui! Your husband is taking advantage of me!”
Zheng QiuYang: “……”
Yuan Rui was stunned, then suddenly: “Hahaha.”
Fang ShiQing: “…… what are you laughing about?”
Yuan Rui said, beaming ear to ear: “Looks like he’s really bent now.”
Zheng QiuYang: “……”
Fang ShiQing slammed his head onto the pillow, god fcking dammit.
Actually if Zheng QiuYang had discussed reasonably and amiably with Fang ShiQing, he wouldn’t have insisted on staying in the young couple’s home. With how Zheng QiuYang was behaving, however, Fang ShiQing became stubborn as a mule. You want me to go, then I’m definitely not going. Be mad hmph hmph.
The two of them stopped yelling and each sat in a sofa chair, watching the soccer game together. Yuan Rui went to make food in the kitchen again.
After eating dinner, Zheng QiuYang watched that cultivation tv series with Yuan Rui. Fang ShiQing gave it two glances and still felt uninterested. Therefore, he very tactfully returned to the guest room and went online to read. It’s not because he was too considerate to interrupt the two person world. Rather, he really didn’t want to be tormented by the two people’s sappy, romantic PDA.
After the tv series was done, Yuan Rui went to take a bath. When he came out, he saw Zheng QiuYang leaning against the head of the bed and holding a little booklet, writing and drawing on it.
“What are you doing?” Yuan Rui moved over to look. He discovered that Zheng QiuYang was actually doing finances and instantly felt extremely surprised. In this household, accounting was his specialty!
Zheng QiuYang said: “Seeing how we can save money.”
Yuan Rui: “…… What’s going on with you?”
Zheng QiuYang reached out a hand and pulled Yuan Rui closer. He pointed at the several lines of numbers listed for Yuan Rui to read, saying: “Look, right now I have a SUV with the market value of $1,800,000 yuan in hand. The combination of my stocks and trades add up to probably almost $2,000,000. There are 200k-300k fixed deposits with you. There’s also 46k in my salary card. I plan to resign by the end of December. At least before March of next year, I might not be able to find a suitable job. Stocks and trade temporarily can’t be retrieved. The fixed deposits have been saving for three years. Taking them out right now would waste the interest gained. In other words, there’s only 40k moveable funds. In between all this time, there’s Chinese New Year, which requires expenses. If we don’t economize, we won’t even be able to eat meat.”
Yuan Rui’s eyes widened, large and round. He asked: “How come you’re not counting my money?”
“Oh yes, I still have a Harley-Davidson, placed in my mom’s storage basement. In the past, I loved to play with it, but now it’s useless. Might as well sell it.” Zheng QiuYang added a note before finally saying nonchalantly: “Your money is your money.”
Yuan Rui said carefully: “Are you…… afraid that people will say you’re living off me?”
Zheng QiuYang naturally was unwilling to admit it and said awkwardly: “No. You can just keep your money saved. We’ll use it when we’re old.”
Yuan Rui didn’t reply and silently fiddled with his fingers.
Zheng QiuYang thought, Yuan Rui is also a man. Did he become unhappy upon hearing these words? He then explained superfluously: “The main issue is my mom. She spends way too much money. I’ve seen the receipts from her credit card. Every month, she spent practically tens of thousands just buying clothes, bags, cosmetics, and going to spas. She’s lost enough playing mahjong to cost me a tire. Right now, I just hope she won’t cause too much trouble in the future and her health will also remain fine without any problems.”
Yuan Rui said: “En.”
Zheng QiuYang: “……”
En what en? Actually, he wasn’t used to going roundabout with Yuan Rui either. Therefore, he simply asked straightforwardly: “Are you unhappy?”
Yuan Rui turned his head and looked at him. Out of the blue he said: “QiuYang, I’m actually very easy to feed and support.”
Zheng QiuYang: “……”
Yuan Rui continued to say: “I don’t like to eat meat either.”
Zheng QiuYang was stunned for a moment before he burst out laughing.
Yuan Rui’s face was a little red. Hugging Zheng QiuYang, he said quietly: “The sight of you being manly is so handsome.”
Zheng QiuYang felt soft from his shoulders to his heart. Arms around Yuan Rui’s waist, he pressed the other into the pillow and kissed him fiercely.
Inside the guest room, Fang ShiQing looked at the phone which still didn’t ring yet, and was practically about to spiral into depression. How come Wang Qi still hasn’t relented and coaxed him home yet?
He walked to the living room to pour a cup of water. When he returned, he vaguely heard voices from the main bedroom. Gossipy by nature, how could he let this kind of opportunity go. Immediately, he shuffled over and pressed against the door to listen. Not even 10 seconds later, he got hard from listening.
After returning to his room, he jerked himself off while crying a river of tears. As a shou who’s left home, why did he go listen to that? It was really digging his own grave.
Zheng QiuYang finished writing his letter of resignation and waited to hand it in as soon as his work was completed. Unexpectedly, before he even resigned, life at YunChang Jewelry already changed like night and day.
His mom and Zheng ShaoYang’s mom actually managed to join forces and deal his dad a vicious blow.
Back in the early years when his dad kept his mom as a mistress, Zheng ShaoYang’s parents were in a matrimony built on free love. Naturally, Madam Zheng was heartbroken, but Papa Zheng insisted that the female party had tempted him; he only had a momentary lapse in judgment. Considering their previous loving relationship and child together, Madam Zheng tolerated this explanation. However, ultimately, she wasn’t an inexperienced little girl born from a normal family like Mama Zheng. After discovering that this mistress also gave birth to a son, she forced Papa Zheng to sign a contract to transfer 50% of YunChang Jewelry’s stocks under her name. In addition, he had to promise to never make the same mistake again or he must leave the marriage with nothing.
To be honest, Madam Zheng and Mama Zheng could be considered women of the same temperament. For a scumbag, they both took out their anger on another woman for half of their lives. It’s not until they got older that they realized they have been ripping into the wrong target for decades.
Emotional creatures like women… when they’re in love, they are gentle like water; when they’re out of love, they are poisonous like arsenic.
Mama Zheng pretended to be magnanimous and contacted Papa Zheng proactively, expressing that she can forgive him but after experiencing this incident, she felt unsafe and without guarantee. She proposed to sign a contract with him, which verified their many years of marriage so that if any unforeseen accidents happened in the future, there’d be an explanation. Papa Zheng was used to signing this kind of thing and pretty much didn’t think too much of it. He signed swiftly.
Immediately, Madam Zheng filed a lawsuit to the court and submitted these two signed and stamped documents to the court.
Bigamy was an minor issue, but leaving a marriage with nothing was major. Fighting a lawsuit was a minor issue, but losing face was major. The Jewelry King, who rarely appeared in the gossip forum of the entertainment circle, finally caught up with the times at the age of 59 and made the headlines.
Under Zheng ShaoYang’s hands, YunChang Jewelry continued to operate as usual. Old Mr.Zheng’s presence, or lack thereof, didn’t make too much of a difference. Zheng ShaoYang also didn’t seem affected by his parent’s legal battle and went to work everyday as usual. Madam Zheng didn’t have time to fuss over her daughter-in-law’s problems. This married couple actually managed to gain peace and quiet.
Zheng QiuYang’s mom moved out of that apartment. She had put aside plenty into savings and still had several other apartments. Her son was also filial. She wasn’t afraid of her future living conditions at all.
She just didn’t really like her son’s partner, that’s all.
Meanwhile, after Yuan Rui listened to Fan ShiQing’s gossip about the Zheng family’s unstable situation, he became even more scared of his mother-in-law.
