Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Regardless, no one has said anything about the delayed salary payment. But it's clear that everyone is waiting to see how things go in two weeks.

Jin Yuanyuan was also very nervous, pulling Li Lianqing and the finance staff to keep calculating the accounts. Fortunately, her math scores had always been quite good, and she was able to apply what she had learned to the company's accounts quite well. She quickly figured out the inflows and outflows, write-offs, prepaid expenses, current liabilities, and so on.

Two weeks later, when everyone was finally paid, Jin Yuanyuan finally felt relieved. She went back to her apartment, took a nice shower, and did a beauty treatment. She also made a video call to her best friend, Ye Huanxi, and the two discussed whether she should go to Shanghai for the weekend for a short get-together.

When Cao Xiaoyu drove over to help her get her clothes, she was still rummaging through her sneakers, since high heels weren't allowed in the hosiery factory.

"Yuanyuan, should I buy a house near you too? That way we can look after each other." Cao Xiaoyu would occasionally come to her place for a visit. He was very familiar with the arrangement of the items in the house and automatically helped her find her shoes.

"No, it won't be convenient if you get a new wife." Jin Yuanyuan saw him leaning over to look under the bed, so she simply sat down.

"It won't happen again." Cao Xiaoyu's voice suddenly became muffled.

"What's wrong?"

"I just feel tired." Cao Xiaoyu opened the cabinet again and looked around. "You know I went on a blind date last week. It was with a pretty young girl, but the first thing she asked me was if I was the boss of a company, if I owned a villa, and how many times I could travel abroad each year. I suddenly felt really tired."

"Isn't this normal? People don't marry you to serve you; they marry you to live your life and be your teammates," Jin Yuanyuan laughed.

"What do you think, should we be teammates?" Cao Xiaoyu noticed the closet was messy and immediately started tidying it up.

"Aren't we always teammates?" Jin Yuanyuan suddenly felt that Cao Xiaoyu's words were not quite right, but it was just a momentary illusion.

"Yes, we've been teammates for over thirty years." Cao Xiaoyu's tone slowed down considerably. "You know, we've been together since we were babies. Our ID numbers were consecutive, then our student numbers, our college entrance exam numbers, even the fortune sticks we drew at the temple were consecutive. It's truly a deep connection."

"That's right, we must have been brothers by blood in our past lives, and we're brothers without blood ties in this life." Jin Yuanyuan felt that Cao Xiaoyu was a bit strange, so she got up and walked over to him.

Cao Xiaoyu happened to turn around and look at her at that moment, her face slightly red.

"What's wrong?" Jin Yuanyuan was taken aback and tried to reach out to touch his forehead, but Cao Xiaoyu dodged away.

"Do you think that we were husband and wife in our past lives?" Cao Xiaoyu said this slowly, but still managed to say it.

"So what if it was? It was in our past life, not this one." Jin Yuanyuan was startled and a little flustered. "Actually, isn't it great that we're like this now? We're truly like brothers and sisters, helping each other..."

"Perhaps, we can go even further?" Cao Xiaoyu said again.

"Never mind." Jin Yuanyuan finally understood what he meant. To avoid embarrassment, she still smiled and reached out to touch his hair, just like when they were children. "It's best for us to be like this. Maybe if we become a couple, we won't even be able to be friends anymore. You know my temper; this kind of thing isn't suitable for us."

Cao Xiaoyu's eyes flickered. He looked at Jin Yuanyuan and finally sighed. "I hope this is the only time in my life I'll fall for you."

"Why are you attracted to me?" At this moment, Jin Yuanyuan deliberately sat on the ground in a disheveled manner.

"Perhaps, it was seeing you standing in the crowd talking that made me realize I didn't see you as just a friend, but as a real woman."

"Okay, I guess I've always seemed to be a girl." Jin Yuanyuan laughed, though a little uneasy inside. But this was Cao Xiaoyu, her best friend.

Regardless of what Cao Xiaoyu thought, his sudden confession left Jin Yuanyuan feeling somewhat uneasy, and she became a little awkward when she saw him.

She sat in Chairman Jin Yaya's office, constantly reviewing various reports. One day, Li Lianqing came in and brought her a cake, saying it was a worker's birthday and everyone was eating it.

"Why haven't I seen you at Jin Yaya's Restaurant lately?" Li Lianqing was Zhu Hongying's best friend and treated Jin Yuanyuan even better than her own daughter.

"Aunt Qing." In private, Jin Yuanyuan was also closer to her, but she couldn't tell her about Cao Xiaoyu's confession to her. "I've been looking at financial statements these past few days, I'm totally dumbfounded."

"Your mother is a bit domineering, but she's anxious because it's really hard to support so many people." Li Lianqing watched Jin Yuanyuan eat the cake, then poured her a cup of hot water, taking good care of her just like when she was a child.

"Actually, I understand. After reviewing the reports these past few days, I realized that Jin Yaya is facing more than just a few problems. Besides internal ones, there are external ones as well. Every single one of these issues isn't accidental; there's a reason behind it." Once she got down to business, Jin Yuanyuan couldn't stop. "Take Lin Zhiqiang's departure, for example. It seems like it was because of his salary, but actually it was also because there wasn't enough room for advancement. He felt he had the ability, but he couldn't utilize it at Jin Yaya. After all, Jin Yaya is at least a third smaller than Jin Jiaya, and the overall equipment and other hardware haven't been updated in time, so he also felt hampered everywhere..."

"Yuanyuan," Li Lianqing interrupted her, "Just do what you feel is right. The aunties might not be able to keep up with the times anymore, after all, they're getting old and their bodies are what they are. Look at those young girls, always wanting to go to some boy band concert, I've never even heard of them."

"Actually, I don't know them either," Jin Yuanyuan laughed. "There's a generation gap between us."

"You have new ideas and new methods. Your mother and I have told them to let them do it." Li Lianqing patted Jin Yuanyuan's hair. "Just don't make things difficult for yourself."

"Oh." Jin Yuanyuan felt a warmth in her heart.

But the next moment, her warmth vanished. Because Li Lianqing said, "Xiaoyu wants to take a long vacation. He said Feiyan went to work in England, and he wants to stay there for six months..."

"Huh? What's he up to? Why didn't he just tell me!" Jin Yuanyuan grimaced. "How can he take a vacation! I'm here!"

"You two, no, I should say all three of you are a handful. You and Feiyan don't want to stay in Jinjia Village, you're both yearning for the outside world. The outside world is indeed wonderful, but home is always your root, isn't it?" Li Lianqing looked at Jin Yuanyuan very seriously. "You've grown up, and we won't force you to do anything. But life is short, so don't waste your time."