Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Chapter 78 Bringing up old grievances

Cao Xiaoyu had always disliked Zhang Dali, and was actually quite happy when she learned of their breakup. Now, because of the loan issue, Jin Yuanyuan kept contacting him, and her expression and gaze had become increasingly different.

After his argument with Jin Yuanyuan, he became suspicious and wanted to have someone investigate Zhang Dali. So, he secretly went to Shanghai, found Jin Feiyan downstairs at her company, asked her to come down for coffee, and asked if she could find someone to investigate Zhang Dali.

Jin Feiyan was quite puzzled. Although she had seen Zhang Dali with other girls before, she thought that such business-to-business matters shouldn't cause too many problems. She asked Cao Xiaoyu directly, "Do you like Jin Yuanyuan and not love me at all?"

Cao Xiaoyu was stunned. He never expected that his simple request for Jin Feiyan to investigate Zhang Dali would turn into a question of love.

Jin Feiyan looked at him, completely ignoring the people coming and going downstairs in the office building, and asked him earnestly, "Actually, I've kept this to myself for a long time. Sometimes I really feel that you care more about her than about me. But do you know that I used to be your wife, the person you lived with?"

"What does this mean?" Cao Xiaoyu still didn't understand. "I like you, I love you, and that has never changed."

"Then why do I feel that you love Jin Yuanyuan?"

Why?

"For example, if you bought two popsicles before, you would always give one to Jin Yuanyuan and eat the other yourself. When you saw me, you would give me the popsicle stick. Or, if you saw a pretty cup while on a business trip, you would buy it for Jin Yuanyuan. Do you remember our honeymoon trip to Otaru, Japan? Jin Yuanyuan said she liked pink glasses, and you braved the heavy snow and even slipped and fell, but you still managed to buy that pink glass in a glass shop in Otaru. But when you gave it to Jin Yuanyuan later, you didn't mention any of these things. You just casually said, 'I saw it while shopping and bought it on a whim.' You know, at that moment, I clearly felt that you actually loved Jin Yuanyuan."

Cao Xiaoyu was completely dumbfounded, and after a long while, he finally muttered, "Why do you women all love to bring up the past?"

"What do you mean by 'old grudges'? This is a discussion with you! Like now, you asked me to find Jin Yuanyuan's first love because of her. What do you mean by that? She's an adult, can't she tell the difference? Does she need you to investigate? Who exactly are you to her?" Jin Feiyan was getting anxious.

"Don't you know what our relationship is?" Cao Xiaoyu, now calmer, looked at Jin Feiyan. "We grew up together in Jinjia Village. We were classmates, friends, and even husband and wife. You can come close to me if you want, and leave if you want. What do you take me for? You said you wanted a home, and I gave you one. You said you wanted to see what was going on outside, and I let you go. Have you ever thought about my feelings? What's my relationship with Jin Yuanyuan? We've been together since birth. We're like siblings, even closer than siblings. Now, I'm contacting you because I think you can try to investigate for Jin Yuanyuan's sake. If I know anyone in finance who has access to banks, I'll beg them to investigate."

"..." Jin Feiyan was taken aback by Cao Xiaoyu's long speech and didn't know how to respond. She took a half step back before saying, "I was just asking..."

"Feiyan, the reason I came to see you again is because I believe there are still feelings between us, but this is our business and has nothing to do with Jin Yuanyuan. Can you understand?" Cao Xiaoyu said earnestly. After Jin Yuanyuan went to Shanghai to study, their relationship quickly blossomed from good friends to lovers, and they were sweet and affectionate for a long time.

They got married right after graduating from university and received many blessings. However, the marriage ended in divorce after only six months. The reason was simple: Jin Feiyan saw Jin Yuanyuan go abroad to study and truly experience the world, and she wanted to see it too. But given her current situation, she could only find a job in the glamorous world of Shanghai.

Jin Feiyan worked hard and found a job at a financial company, starting from the very bottom as a coffee saleswoman, enjoying the high-class lifestyle of Shanghai white-collar women depicted in movies and TV dramas. She encouraged Cao Xiaoyu to also come to Shanghai for work, so that the two could end their weekend marriage.

However, Cao Xiaoyu considers Jinjiacun his home and does not approve of such a lavish lifestyle.

Different ideas, conflicting beliefs, and frequent arguments led to a hasty decision to divorce in the heat of youth. All these years later, neither Cao Xiaoyu nor Jin Feiyan has remarried, and the fact that they still maintain contact has baffled everyone.

Finally, at this moment, the two stood together and started arguing again. Cao Xiaoyu then realized that besides disliking his "lack of ambition," Jin Feiyan also had Jin Yuanyuan in her heart. "We've known each other for thirty years. If anything happened between Jin Yuanyuan and me, it wouldn't concern you at all. Jin Feiyan, I admit I've always liked you. Even after we've been divorced for so many years, I've always had feelings for you, which is why I haven't looked for other women. This is the last time I'll bring this up, and the last time I'll ask you for a favor. If you don't want to, that's fine. It won't be too awkward when we all go back to Jinjia Village in the future."

"I...that's not what I meant." Jin Feiyan suddenly panicked. It turned out her previous confidence had been based on Cao Xiaoyu's tolerance and deep affection; she had always been the one being cared for. "Give me some time, let me investigate. Give me some time too. I want to be with you again, that's why I care about the people around you."

"I think you should talk things out with my mom first, so she won't nag me about you every day." Cao Xiaoyu laughed. "Jin Feiyan, I've been waiting for you for a long time, don't keep me waiting too long."

Jin Feiyan nodded.

It was much easier to investigate someone through the financial and banking system. Jin Feiyan quietly asked a few colleagues about the performance of Zhang Dali's loan department. The reply was that the performance was very poor, but the family members of the people in that department were all overseas. This made Jin Feiyan a little suspicious, but she couldn't find out much, so she could only tell Cao Xiaoyu this for the time being.

When Cao Xiaoyu heard that Zhao Zhuoran had a lot of doubts about Zhang Dali, he told him everything he knew.

Zhao Zhuoran said to him directly, "Let's call the police!"

"Surely not? It's just suspicion." Cao Xiaoyu was quite surprised. "You're saying there's something wrong with them? They didn't cheat me out of money or sexually assault me, did they?"

"Prevention is better than cure. If you have any doubts, you should have them." Zhao Zhuoran, a man with a science and engineering background, was extremely calm. He dragged Cao Xiaoyu to report the case without even letting Cao Xiaoyu, Jin Feiyan, and Jin Yuanyuan say a word.

(End of this chapter)