Chapter 965
Ambitious
Standing with Bai Susu and Xu Bo'an, Shen Ruoyao heard that Xu Bo'an was going to buy a car worth over a million yuan, which was a whole million yuan more than she had initially expected. This huge difference made Shen Ruoyao feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
How could someone who seems so ordinary buy a car at a price close to hers? And this person is Bai Susu's friend, which makes it even more unacceptable to Shen Ruoyao.
Back in school, Shen Ruoyao and Bai Susu were quite close because they were roommates and often went to and from school together. However, in front of the extremely beautiful Bai Susu, Shen Ruoyao lacked confidence and even felt very inferior because many boys admired Bai Susu and ignored her.
Shen Ruoyao hangs out with Bai Susu every day to attract the boys' attention and make herself noticed by more boys in the class. However, she has been going to and from school with Bai Susu every day for two years, and the boys in the class have indeed started to try to get on her good side. But those who try to get on her good side are all trying to get closer to Bai Susu through her.
Although she spent time with Bai Susu and became close to many boys, none of them genuinely wanted to be with her; they all sought out Bai Susu, which greatly annoyed Shen Ruoyao.
Shen Ruoyao was always filled with girlish fantasies, thinking about how to hang out with handsome and cool boys. Bai Susu, on the other hand, had many boys pursuing her, but she was a well-behaved girl and never thought about getting too close to any boy during the most important three years of high school, which would affect her studies. So she ignored all the boys' advances. Therefore, Bai Susu's nickname in high school was "Cold and Aloof Goddess".
Bai Susu usually ignores those boys, but when those boys see Bai Susu, they all act like peacocks spreading their tails, very enthusiastically trying to show off in front of Bai Susu. However, despite putting in a lot of effort to get along with the boys, in the end, she is only used by those boys as a messenger to relay their messages to Bai Susu.
This made Shen Ruoyao extremely sad, and from then on, she developed an almost twisted feeling towards Bai Susu.
After three years of hard work, Bai Susu was admitted to a prestigious medical university, but Shen Ruoyao didn't care about her studies and just enrolled in a local, second-rate junior college.
The three years Shen Ruoyao spent with Bai Susu in high school left an indelible mark on her mind. It wasn't friendship, but rather extreme jealousy. So what if Bai Susu was beautiful and got into a prestigious university? She vowed to live a better life than Bai Susu in the future!
After graduating from junior college, Shen Ruoyao faced numerous setbacks in her job search due to her low education level and average appearance. Fortunately, she had a relatively good figure and eventually got a job as a salesperson at a fairly large car dealership.
After working for a while, sales were still pretty good, so she gradually started spending money on her face. She started by getting double eyelid surgery and saved money to buy expensive skincare products to maintain her face. After a period of persistence, Shen Ruoyao's previously dark skin became increasingly fair and tender.
After that, she started taking makeup and styling classes, and her makeup and styling skills, as well as her fashion sense, kept improving. Once a woman becomes beautiful, many men will try to chat her up. Moreover, Shen Ruoyao is a salesperson at a 4S store, so she comes into contact with many people every day. Men tend to feel sorry for slightly pretty girls, especially girls like Shen Ruoyao who have just graduated and are usually very enthusiastic at work. As a result, even more men will want to get close to her.
Shen Ruoyao is an unmarried young woman who naturally wants to find a good man to spend her life with. However, after trying to meet several men, she felt they were all unsuitable. Those men were either too poor or too promiscuous, not her type at all. Shen Ruoyao wants to marry a man who is both wealthy and handsome. However, she knows full well that this is impossible. After all, handsome and rich men aren't stupid. The world is full of beautiful women, and how could a girl like her, with low education, not particularly attractive, and from an ordinary family, possibly catch up with those handsome and wealthy playboys? It's simply a pipe dream.
After various attempts, Shen Ruoyao's dream of climbing into high society was completely shattered. Having experienced the humiliation of high school, although this was only a feeling of shame in Shen Ruoyao's own mind, Shen Ruoyao made up her mind to surpass Bai Susu in life.
However, surpassing Bai Susu is not an easy task. Bai Susu's family has been doctors for generations and is a scholarly family. They are not short of money at all.
And what about his own family? Going back three generations, they were all farmers. His parents were just ordinary workers who didn't even have a basic pension. Not only did his family have no money, but they also had no connections. In terms of family background, they couldn't compare to Bai Susu at all.
Bai Susu is very beautiful and has a master's degree from a top university, which makes Shen Ruoyao, who only has a junior college diploma and is plain-looking, incomparable to Bai Susu.
Bai Susu not only had a high starting point, but also had excellent personal qualities. Whether from the perspective of family or personal qualities, Shen Ruoyao knew very well that she could never surpass Bai Susu.
After years of navigating the complexities of society, the precocious Shen Ruoyao felt even more strongly that compared to intangible things like integrity and character, only tangible things like money were the most important and reliable. Only money could allow her to climb the social ladder and become a member of high society.
For Shen Ruoyao, who has nothing in terms of looks, education, or family background, crossing social classes is as difficult as climbing to heaven—no, to be precise, even more difficult than climbing to heaven; it is simply impossible.
However, how could Shen Ruoyao give up so easily? She began to cling to men. At first, with her ordinary looks, she could only cling to men with a little money. When she had some savings, she would get plastic surgery to make herself more beautiful, and then cling to even richer men. This went on and on, and Shen Ruoyao's wallet began to get fatter and fatter, and her social status continued to rise.
Afterwards, in order to continuously connect with more powerful men, Shen Ruoyao began attending a socialite training program. From then on, Shen Ruoyao consistently associated with men in high society. In a way, Shen Ruoyao was quite an ambitious person! (End of Chapter)