Chapter 2415
Self-Awareness
"Sister Manyun, who are you going to see?"
"Does it need to be like this... um..." Jia Ling asked bluntly, but in the end, she didn't know how to describe it.
It just felt like Su Manyun was anxious and insecure.
The girl is only sixteen years old this year. She just moved to Hong Kong Island with her parents and works as a clerk in a clothing company.
The legal working age in Hong Kong Island is fourteen, so it is legal for her to work at that age.
In her opinion, she definitely wouldn't want to go back to work in mainland China.
But Su Manyun gave too much.
She works as a junior clerk on Hong Kong Island, earning three to four hundred Hong Kong dollars a month.
Su Manyun gave her eight hundred, which was our family's money.
In addition to regular statutory holidays, you can also take a week-long family visit leave every three months, with travel expenses reimbursed.
It's equivalent to her working for Su Manyun for one month being equivalent to her working for three months at a clothing company.
Of course, if you use the official exchange rate, it would be even more.
Our family's currency can be exchanged for Hong Kong dollars. The official listed price is currently 0.3 yuan to 1 Hong Kong dollar.
However, in the south, the ratio on the black market is only one to one or two.
This wasn't a big problem. After all, Jialing, who only had a junior high school education, was very satisfied with this job.
"Stop talking!"
"I taught you before, as a secretary, you should ask what you should ask and not ask what you shouldn't ask." Su Manyun glared at the girl, but patiently explained it to her again.
Su Manyun's public relations company has four or five employees from the mainland. Only she and Jialing came from Hong Kong Island. So, although the two are the boss's secretary, they actually live together and are more like sisters.
Lacking family affection, Su Manyun unknowingly began to treat this cute little girl as her younger sister.
"Hehe... Sister Manyun, but the way you looked just now... it was like you were going to see your lover..."
"I'm just curious!" Jia Ling saw that Su Manyun wasn't really angry, so she simply started to act coquettishly.
Su Manyun smiled helplessly and said, "Crazy girl, let go."
Ugh···
I don't know how to explain it.
Women, especially those from Hong Kong Island, either marry into good families and become devoted wives and mothers.
Now that we've focused on our careers, love is a luxury for us.
Jialing, if you get married after you grow up, are you content to still live in a cramped, makeshift house?
Carina Lau lives in a private housing estate of about 30 square meters, which is a normal living environment for ordinary citizens on Hong Kong Island.
However, for a young woman just entering society, she has too many beautiful fantasies about the future. She would definitely be unwilling to live in that kind of small house with her future children.
So Jialing shook her head very decisively.
"That's what I thought back then too. I was unwilling to accept it, and I was determined to live in a luxury villa through my own efforts."
"But it's just too difficult." Su Manyun shook her head wearily as she said this.
"But, Sister Manyun, you have that ability now!"
"I can't afford a mansion, but a thousand square feet shouldn't be a problem! That's great too." The girl's eyes lit up at the thought of living in a 'thousand-square-foot mansion,' which was her current dream.
"Hehe... I thought the same thing back then."
Human nature is never satisfied.
Jialing, I have a question for you.
"If you had to choose, and you could gain a great fortune by submitting yourself to someone, would you choose it?" Su Manyun asked, slightly conflicted.
"Who? Is he handsome or not? Someone like Adam Cheng would be perfect."
"Dream on! Adam Cheng is living off a woman himself, and you expect him to do the same?"
"But there has to be a standard."
If you're too ugly, it won't work.
"I'm still young, and my friends say I could try to become Miss Hong Kong..." Carina said with great anticipation.
“But it’s a huge fortune!” Su Manyun chuckled, then added, “How much fortune?” The young girl was quite realistic about this.
"Hong Kong's richest woman!" Su Manyun uttered weakly.
In fact, she had already made up her mind when she said those words.
What she's worried about now is whether He Yuzhu will even be interested in her, given her age and current situation.
"Huh?..." Jia Ling was also so surprised that her mouth dropped open.
Lou Xiao'e is known to everyone. She is the richest woman in Hong Kong and a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. She is an idol for mainland families like hers who have moved to Hong Kong.
In fact, the reason she was willing to accept Su Manyun's invitation in the first place, besides the high salary, was because she knew that Miss Su was originally working for Lou Xiao'e.
Otherwise, she might not be willing to return to the mainland.
People who leave their hometowns often have this complex mindset.
I always have mixed feelings of love and hate for my hometown.
No one longs to return to their hometown until they have achieved great success.
“I know that Mr. He, the He Group.” Su Manyun finally said what had been weighing on her mind.
She slumped limply in the office chair.
Little did she know that this very matter had put immense pressure on her.
I was thinking of finding someone to confide in.
But the little girl opposite, upon hearing this, completely changed her mental state.
The Ho Group!
The Ho Group, reportedly with assets of tens of billions, is owned by Lou Xiao'e, Hong Kong's richest woman.
Who cares whether the man behind this company is pretty or ugly?
Furthermore, Jia Ling would cut out the few photos of He Xinghua that occasionally surfaced in the media and stick them on her bedside table in her fantasies.
For her, it was a dream that millions of girls on Hong Kong Island could never have.
And what is Su Manyun saying now?
Does she know the man behind Lou Xiao'e?
And the train ticket I just had her book seems to be for going to see that man.
If someone takes a liking to it...
The little girl just started giggling.
Stop dreaming!
They all have wives; even Lou Xiao'e is just a concubine.
Moreover, that man seemed like a very upright person.
Some things are simply impossible. It's clear from the fact that Su Manyun calls Lou Xiao'e by her first name that she probably still harbors resentment towards Lou Xiao'e.
After all, her previous happy life was basically ruined by Lou Xiao'e.
She didn't want to go to Beijing in the first place; it was Lou Xiao'e who forced her to go.
She could have had a happy family and a loving husband, but Lou Xiao'e's heartless dismissal triggered a series of subsequent events.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have thought of making a move on He Yuzhu.
No one can truly understand the human heart.
Good and evil are separated by a single thought.
He Yuzhu simply took a piss and then snapped out of the allure of the phone call.
And they became wary of Su Manyun.
He knew his own worth: average looks, average brains, and average tongue.
At least he didn't think any woman would be interested in him if all external factors were disregarded.
Having self-awareness is probably He Yuzhu's greatest strength. (End of Chapter)