Free Web NovelChapter 2165: Chapter 2166: The Original Spouse Left With Nothing 85
"I know. I really wish I could be like you." Luo Jia said softly.
"Even though I majored in economics, and even though my family has a company, I have an older brother above and a younger brother below, and even if my family does have a company, it’s for my brother and my younger brother."
"At most, when I get married, I’ll get a generous dowry, but everything in the family has nothing to do with me."
"After I married Han Bin, he’s been busy with work; I have to take care of Great-Grandpa and my parents-in-law, and I have to look after the child, and also go out for social engagements. Actually the Han family’s idea is that they hope I won’t work, just be a full-time housewife."
"I didn’t agree. After all, my grades weren’t bad; I don’t want all these years of studying to end with me becoming a housewife. But for various reasons, even though I did go to work, I could only stay in one of those idle departments. After all these years, I haven’t really learned anything."
"I don’t know when my older brother will get out, and even if he does, who knows if he can get back into the circle. As for my younger brother, that guy—you ask him to spend money on calligraphy and paintings, to spend on art, that he can do, but asking him to shoulder the family business, that’s impossible."
"So you’re planning to inherit the family business." Zhang Yu thought for a moment and felt the phrase she used wasn’t quite right. "No, it doesn’t even count as inheriting the family business. You’re just a married-out daughter working for the family."
"Has your father said anything about giving you shares?" Zhang Yu didn’t really know much about the Luo Family, but judging from Luo Jia’s temperament, she didn’t look like a child who grew up being coddled by her parents.
Ovi had originally thought that because of Han Bin, Zhang Yu would treat Luo Jia with a lukewarm attitude. He hadn’t expected that she actually planned to give Luo Jia some guidance, which really surprised him.
Luo Jia shook her head. "No, but he said he won’t treat me badly." freēwēbnovel.com
Once she heard that, Zhang Yu could tell there was a lot of moisture in those words; in truth, Luo Jia’s father just wanted to make use of this daughter.
But however you put it, in the end he was still Luo Jia’s father. It wasn’t her place, as an outsider who wasn’t even that close, to comment too much.
Without seeing it, one could tell from Ovi’s rather odd expression, in the spot where Luo Jia couldn’t see him, that he also felt something was off.
Seeing Zhang Yu remain silent, Luo Jia knew they both felt there were issues with what she’d just said, and she couldn’t help giving a wry smile. "If only my little brother were capable, my dad wouldn’t have come to me."
"Once my brother gets out, my dad will still cultivate him. After all, he’s the eldest son of the family, and in the worst case, isn’t there still my nephew?"
"He’s in junior high now. I guess I’ll hold out until he graduates from college." Her father hadn’t spelled it out, but she knew it was more or less like that.
Zhang Yu had originally thought Luo Jia was wearing a filter when it came to her family, imagining everything to be rosy; she hadn’t expected Luo Jia to see things so clearly. It really surprised her—this was a clear-headed girl.
But sometimes, even if your mind is clear, it still comes down to how you act.
"After all, my dad did raise me, and he gave me a generous dowry when I got married. Now that there’s trouble at home, if I don’t step up, who will?"
"If I want to divorce Han Bin, I really do need my family’s support. If my family’s situation were bad, the Han family wouldn’t agree to the divorce."
"And I wouldn’t be able to get my dowry back from the Han family so smoothly."
"Given how bad things are for Han Bin now, I need my family’s support. More importantly, I’ve figured it out: I can’t keep staying in that department; I need to move somewhere else. I need to improve myself."
"But at my age, if I go out and look for a job, who would hire me? No one. They’d all go for someone younger, not someone like me who doesn’t know anything."
"But if I go to my dad’s company, in order to help me get up to speed quickly, they’ll definitely teach me properly, and I can take the chance to really learn."
"I can also draw a salary. Once my brother or my nephew takes over, I don’t have to panic, because by then I’ll have ability. Whether I go out to work or retire and enjoy life, I’ll have options and won’t have to worry." Luo Jia knew her family was using her, but she could only rely on them.
Fine, Zhang Yu had to admit that Luo Jia’s thinking was sound. Not everyone has a smooth time getting divorced, especially when it’s a marriage between two Wealthy Families; the situation becomes even more complicated.
"The reason I came to see you today, besides thanking you, is also, also because I hope, I hope..." As she spoke, Luo Jia glanced over at Ovi.
Ovi immediately avoided her gaze in every possible way. Zhang Yu was very curious. "What is it?"
What Luo Jia actually wanted was for Ovi to step in; she felt the success rate would be higher that way. But there was nothing she could do—if Ovi wouldn’t help, she couldn’t force him.
"Ovi, I was thinking, if possible, I’d like to learn from you." Forget it—since she was the one asking for a favor, she ought to say it herself; that was the only way to show sincerity.
What? Learn from her? Zhang Yu looked at Luo Jia in confusion. "Learn from me? Learn what—finance?"
Zhang Yu was genuinely curious. "I remember the Luo Family mainly does industrial business, right?" Even though part of it was in finance, it wasn’t large in scale; it was, after all, a company where industry carried the main weight.
Since Luo Jia was going to help, she should be going to those departments, shouldn’t she? Why did it sound like they wanted her to be in charge of finance?
Sure, it could make money, but when it lost money, the speed could be so fast it would make you panic. Zhang Yu really couldn’t understand how they could put a complete rookie in charge of this.
"Yes. My family’s investment in finance isn’t big, so the people they’ve recruited aren’t very strong. So far, they’ve lost quite a bit."
Thinking of the financial statements she’d seen a couple of days ago, Luo Jia was truly shocked. She’d known the company had been on a downward slope these past few years, but she hadn’t realized the situation was this bad.
Although for now the company was still operating normally, and nothing had leaked out, unless she could plug that deficit, things would be very tricky.
The only way to make money quickly was to go into the stock market, but money in the stock market wasn’t easy to take; one wrong move and you could lose even your principal.
So Luo Jia set her sights on Zhang Yu, hoping to follow behind her and learn how to trade stocks.
Learn stock trading from her? What on earth? Zhang Yu was completely baffled; she had no idea how Luo Jia had found out.
She looked at Ovi; if anyone here might have sold her out, who else could it be but Ovi?
Hearing what Luo Jia said, Ovi felt like dying. "I didn’t say anything."
He had wanted to make some inquiries and could have dug up a few things, but he hadn’t done it; he knew that if he did, it would definitely make Zhang Yu very unhappy—she cared a lot about this.
Who could have expected that Luo Jia would just blurt it out herself? He really didn’t know what to say; he couldn’t figure out what was going through her mind. She also worked in a government department—even if it was an idle post, she shouldn’t be this lacking in tact.
Ah... Ovi was speechless and actually a bit regretful—what on earth had he been thinking back then when he agreed? His brain must have been flooded with water.
