Chapter 29: Jealousy in the Air

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

While having dinner at home, Yang Jingsheng asked, “Yulu, I saw today that Xu Yang and Zhao Yuxin went to buy a car, a Maserati Quattroporte, and it cost them 2.3 million. Do you know how they have so much money?”

“What!” Before Zhao Yulu could say anything, Liu Yujuan exclaimed, “They spent 2.3 million on a Maserati Quattroporte? Where did they get the money?”

Yang Tiancheng furrowed his brow slightly, looking at Zhao Yulu. 2.3 million for a car had surprised him. Even though he was a vice president of a company, he drove a Mercedes-Benz S350 worth only 1.5 million to 2 million.

Liu Yujuan continued, “Yulu, do you know what’s going on?”

Liu Yujuan noticed her daughter wasn’t surprised at all and seemed to be aware of the situation.

Zhao Yulu replied, “Yes, Xu Yang recently invested in futures and made some money. More importantly, he picked up a big deal at the antique market yesterday, a genuine painting by Wu Daozi, Hundred of Beasts. The vice president of the Antique Appreciation Association, Mr. Tang paid 50 million for it.”

The revelation once again shocked everyone at the table.

“Sh*t! 50 million?!” Yang Jingsheng couldn’t help but exclaim. Fortunately, he hadn’t taken a bite of food; otherwise, he might have choked.

“You said he found a treasure, but how much did he buy it for?” Yang Tiancheng asked.

“Fifty thousand yuan,” Zhao Yulu replied.

“Damn, that’s a thousandfold increase!” Yang Jingsheng gritted his teeth, his eyes turning green with envy.

‘Xu Yang is so damn lucky. Not only did he enjoy both the Zhao sisters, but he also found a treasure. All the assets of my family added up did not even amount to 50 million. This villa we lived in was worth more than 20 million yuan. Adding up other assets, our family had a total of more than 30 million yuan, less than 40 million yuan. In other words, Xu Yang’s net worth had surpassed any of them. No, it was more than the sum of the four of us.’

“How could Xu Yang be so lucky?” Liu Yujuan asked and felt very upset.

Liu Yujuan couldn’t help but think, ‘If Yulu did not break up with Xu Yang, I would be Xu Yang’s mother-in-law. He had fifty million yuan. It should not be a problem for me to get ten to twenty million yuan from him. I’m partially considered as Xu Yang’s mother-in-law now, which was determined by blood relations with my daughter Yuxin. However, since Yuxin didn’t acknowledge me, I couldn’t ask for money from her.’

Yang Tiancheng was also a little unhappy. The young man he had looked down on back then had actually surpassed him in terms of social status by finding a treasure.

“Yulu, you said that Xu Yang made some money by investing in futures. What futures did he buy? How much did he earn?” Yang Tiancheng asked.

“He bought gold futures,” Zhao Yulu said. “So far, he should have earned three to four million.”

During this period, Zhao Yulu had been paying attention to the value of the gold futures. She estimated how much money Xu Yang could earn in her heart. The price of gold futures had already risen by 20%. She thought that Xu Yang had only invested two million yuan, so she said that he had earned three to four million yuan.

“He earned three to four million from buying gold futures? Is he that accurate?” Yang Tiancheng frowned.

Yang Tiancheng was a stock trader, and he had a few million yuan in the stock market. Although he did not invest in futures, he would pay attention to the financial news every day. He knew that the Lighthouse International Reserve had cut interest rates drastically, causing the price of gold to soar. He also especially looked at the domestic gold futures trend chart, which had two daily limits.

“This time, he was right,” said Zhao Yulu. She remembered that she had borrowed money from Xu Yang before and told him that the gold futures would fall. Zhao Yulu felt embarrassed now.

“If that guy had that ability, he would have made a fortune long ago. He must have been damn lucky to earn so much money!” Yang Jingsheng exclaimed. He was jealous again.

Zhao Yulu and the other two glanced at Yang Jingsheng and were speechless. It was dinner time yet Yang Jingsheng was full of cursing and made them lose their appetite.

Seeing the three looking at him strangely, Yang Jingsheng realized that what he said was somewhat inappropriate, so he quickly changed his words, “He just happened to buy it with luck. I don’t believe that he can predict that the gold futures will rise.”

Yang Tiancheng nodded in agreement and said, “Indeed. He’s probably just beginner’s luck and doesn’t have that ability.”

Liu Yujuan noticed something and asked, “Yulu, you said that he earned three to four million yuan. To earn so much, he would need at least one to two million yuan of capital investment. He can’t earn so much money just by investing tens of thousands of yuan, right?”

“It’s Dad…” Zhao Yulu paused for a moment and looked at Yang Tiancheng. She was not referring to Yang Tiancheng but Zhao Hai. “He gave Yuxin two million yuan to buy a house with Xu Yang as the down payment. Xu Yang took the two million yuan and bought gold futures instead.”

Liu Yujuan’s expression turned ugly and said, “Zhao Hai is really generous. The two million yuan should be the money he saved over the years. He actually took it out to buy a house for Yuxin and Xu Yang. Xu Yang used the money to buy a house to invest in futures. Does Yuxin not care?”

“Yuxin agreed to this,” Zhao Yulu said.

Liu Yujuan said angrily, “Yuxin is such a reckless girl. She actually agreed to let Xu Yang do this kind of thing. She made money this time, but she will lose money next time.”

Yang Tiancheng agreed and said, “You’re right. Futures are high-risk, and I wouldn’t dare to invest in them. Xu Yang may have made money this time, but if he doesn’t stop in time, he’ll likely lose it all. In the financial market, you can easily lose as much as you’ve gained.”

Yang Jingsheng felt slightly embarrassed but continued to grumble, “He probably even lost that 50 million he found.”

Yang Jingsheng’s jealousy of Xu Yang was hard to conceal, and he secretly wished for Xu Yang’s fortune to vanish. Only then, Yang Jingsheng would feel better.

Liu Yujuan decided to address the situation with Zhao Yuxin. She took out her phone and dialed her daughter’s number, sitting on the sofa while waiting for her to answer.

It took a while for the call to be picked up. Liu Yujuan asked, “Why did you take so long to answer?”

“Do you need something?” Zhao Yuxin didn’t address Liu Yujuan. To Zhao Yuxin, Liu Yujuan was not her mother. She held Liu Yujuan responsible for causing so much harm to her father. If not for Liu Yujuan, her father would not be struggling to make ends meet running a small restaurant.

Liu Yujuan wasn’t concerned about the delay in answering; she got straight to the point, “I heard from Yulu that Xu Yang took the 2 million your father gave you for buying a house and invested it in futures. Is that true?”

“Yes, what’s the matter?” Zhao Yuxin replied.

Liu Yujuan scolded, “That money was meant for your house, and you let Xu Yang invest it in futures? What if he loses it? Have you thought about it?”

Liu Yujuan wasn’t genuinely concerned about Zhao Yuxin; she just wanted to interfere with her decisions, much like she had done with Zhao Yulu.

In the past when Zhao Yulu had chosen Xu Yang as her boyfriend, Liu Yujuan didn’t approve of him. She did everything in her power to get Zhao Yuxin to break up with him.