Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Seeing Jin Yuanyuan yell, the couple fell silent and stared at her.

Cao Xiaoyu actually took two steps back and stopped grinning.

After yelling those words, Jin Yuanyuan realized she had gone too far, but her emotions were running high and she couldn't control herself. For the past twenty years, she had lived a life of extreme repression, carefully navigating the complex relationship between her parents. Fortunately, she eventually left them after going to university, studying abroad, and eventually starting work. They only called each other once a week, just for show.

After composing herself, Jin Yuanyuan said, "You're not tired, but I am. For twenty years, you argue every time you meet, and you still refuse to divorce. What's the point?"

"You can't get a divorce. If you do, your dad's money will go to his mistress and won't be yours anymore," Zhu Hongying said, repeating the same few sentences.

"Dad, what do you mean? All these years, I've never heard the word 'divorce' from you, have I?" Jin Yuanyuan turned to Jin Yuanbao.

Jin Yuanbao pushed up his glasses and coughed lightly. "If your mother doesn't want a divorce, then let's not get one."

"What about your mistress? Doesn't she want a title?" Jin Yuanyuan was so direct, her personality just like Zhu Hongying's.

Jin Yuanbao coughed lightly again. "She doesn't want to."

"What does this mean? Is she willing to follow you like this without any status or recognition? What are you doing?" Jin Yuanyuan was even more confused.

Jin Yuanbao even managed a smile at this moment, saying, "Adult matters are none of a child's business."

"...I really don't want to get involved, but you've been making a scene like this for twenty years. Aren't you tired? I am." Jin Yuanyuan sighed heavily. "So, what is it all for?"

"What else could it be? He owes me." Zhu Hongying snorted. "Your dad was only able to get into the ancient architecture team because your maternal grandfather used his connections. Later, your maternal grandfather even ended up in the hospital because of drinking with someone. If your dad hadn't gone into ancient architecture, would he have achieved what he has today? So, every penny he earns should go to our family."

"Ugh, I've heard these old, tired stories too many times. I don't want to hear them anymore." Jin Yuanyuan covered her ears. "Do whatever you want."

"Yuanyuan, don't worry about our business. I just wanted to ask what happened. If Jin Yaya is having financial difficulties, I can give you some money to help you through this." Jin Yuanbao's refined demeanor made it impossible to yell at him.

"Uncle, it's really nothing serious. Yuanyuan has taken care of everything. It's just that her salary will be delayed by half a month, and everyone has agreed to that." Cao Xiaoyu quietly leaned forward. "I was too talkative. I won't do it again next time."

"Xiaoyu, you did nothing wrong." Jin Yuanbao sighed softly. "It's alright, it's alright. When you were little, you loved my braised pork intestine noodles the most. Do you still have pork intestines? I'll make a few more bowls for you two kids. I haven't eaten yet, let's eat together."

"Great! I love Uncle Jin's cooking." Cao Xiaoyu said happily. He secretly tugged at Jin Yuanyuan, who frowned at him. "My mom has heart disease and high blood pressure, she can't eat this."

"What? You're in the hospital? Why didn't you tell me?" Jin Yuanbao had just rolled up his sleeves, but now he put them down again. "What's wrong now? Are you still in the hospital, or have you been discharged? What did the doctor say? Have you taken any medication?"

"Don't pretend. Wouldn't you be relieved if I died?" Before Zhu Hongying could finish speaking, Jin Yuanyuan snapped, "Alright, stop talking. Did you run away from the hospital? Who told you that?"

"This Jin Yaya is mine, of course I know everything." Zhu Hongying looked at Jin Yuanyuan, "To be fair, you didn't do a bad job. Luckily you didn't borrow money from loan sharks, otherwise I really would be in the ICU. I came back to see you, thinking you might need someone to talk to... Don't worry, since I've entrusted everything to you, I won't interfere too much."

"Oh, no need, I'm already this old..." Jin Yuanyuan turned her head away awkwardly. In her parents' eyes, she would always be that child who never grew up.

There was no pork intestine in the kitchen, only frozen wontons.

Cao Xiaoyu and Jin Yuanbao cooked wontons, but Zhu Hongying couldn't eat them; she had to go back to the hospital. So, after the four of them quickly finished eating, Cao Xiaoyu took Zhu Hongying back to the hospital.

Jin Yuanbao said he needed to fill up his car with gas and since they happened to be passing a supermarket, he could give Jin Yuanyuan a ride to buy some things. Jin Yuanyuan had originally planned to buy some online, but since he said that, she went along.

Jin Yuanbao repeated his previous statement: "You can borrow money from me."

"No need, I can handle this." Jin Yuanyuan had calmed down, although she hadn't eaten much. However, she suddenly asked, "Is there something else going on if you're not getting a divorce?"

"Huh? No, no, no." Jin Yuanbao's expression was actually a little flustered, and he even deliberately looked in the rearview mirror to cover it up.

"Really?" Jin Yuanyuan asked again.

"Really, no." Jin Yuanbao was quite certain. "What's between your mother and me is a matter for us adults, so you shouldn't interfere."

"Okay, I won't ask anymore." She was exhausted after a long day and didn't want to know any more.

Looking back now, it seems my grandfather didn't say anything when Jin Yuanbao and Zhu Hongying were getting a divorce. At that time, Jin Yuanbao's parents had already passed away, and Zhu Hongying's mother had died long ago. So, my grandfather should have intervened, or at least said something.

But when Grandpa saw the two of them arguing at their worst, he turned and left. At that moment, little Jin Yuanyuan tried to tug at Grandpa's sleeve, but he ignored her.

Not long after, her grandfather also passed away, just before she was about to take her college entrance exam.

Jin Yuanbao and Zhu Hongying devoted themselves to caring for their grandfather during his final days at the hospital, and everyone thought the couple had reconciled. However, after Jin Yuanyuan finished her college entrance exams, the two of them picked her up from the exam hall and had a meal with her, after which Jin Yuanbao returned to the ancient architecture team.

Later, Jin Yuanbao became the general manager of the Hangzhou Ancient Architecture Team and bought a house next to the team for his mistress and her daughter to live in. He was extremely busy with work and lived in the team's dormitory.

The year Jin Yuanyuan went abroad, Jin Yuanbao even took a special leave of absence to accompany her to the United States to complete her enrollment procedures. She still remembers that many classmates admired her father's refined and scholarly demeanor, and some American classmates even came over to take photos with her father, who was wearing a traditional Chinese long gown.

At that time, Jin Yuanyuan was still very happy, because her father's role had never been absent at this crucial juncture in her life.