Novel Full Chapter 76: Chen Xiao is Lazy to Death
Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Chen Xiao is Lazy to Death
Everyone needs a benefactor in their life. On this day, Chen Xiao had accidentally become one for two different people!
Xu Wu’s rise was meteoric, and Zhao Hui’s life, compared to before, had also changed completely!
A monthly salary of fifteen thousand, full benefits, the position of deputy department head in a major corporation, and even the regional general manager looking out for him—this was something he wouldn’t have dared to dream of before!
When he got home from work and told his family the news, Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao were so moved that tears streamed down their faces.
Those who have never been poor cannot understand the suffering that comes with it.
Struggling every day just to put food on the table, braving the elements, constantly afraid that one day they’d wake up with no work and no income.
They couldn’t afford their child’s tutoring fees or the money for social obligations. These hardships had plagued the Zhao Family for years. If Zhao Xiangjun hadn’t sent money home every month, they would have genuinely struggled to put food on the table.
Zhao Hui’s stable, well-paying job could single-handedly lift his family from poverty to a comfortable, middle-class life.
In his excitement, Mr. Zhao insisted on running out late at night to buy some braised dishes. When he returned, he pulled Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Hui to the table, adamant that they have a few drinks to celebrate.
Zhao Hui went to grab the bottle of Maotai, but Mr. Zhao quickly stopped him. "Ah Hui, let’s save such an expensive bottle. A cheap one that costs a few dozen yuan will do just fine!"
Zhao Hui said, "Dad, today’s a special occasion. It’s worth celebrating, so let’s drink this one. Besides, you haven’t seen my brother-in-law’s storage room—it’s piled with dozens of cases. You think you’ll ever be short of this stuff to drink?"
Mr. Zhao sighed. "No matter how rich he is, that’s his money. We can’t always be taking advantage of his generosity. It puts your sister in a difficult position!"
Zhao Hui nodded. "I get it, Dad. My sister has had it rough for so many years. Now that I can earn good money, I swear I’ll never let her suffer the slightest bit of hardship again. If I do, I, Zhao Hui, don’t deserve to be called a man!"
In the end, they drank the Maotai. Today was certainly a day worth celebrating.
After three rounds of drinks, Mr. Zhao, warmed by the alcohol, said to Zhao Hui, "Tomorrow, ask Xiangjun when she’s coming back. I have to return to the construction site in a few days."
Mrs. Zhao added from the side, "I video-called her this afternoon. She said she’d find time to stop by in the next day or two. She’ll definitely be here before you have to go back."
Zhao Hui then said, "Dad, if you ask me, you shouldn’t go back to the construction site at all. Why don’t I ask if my company needs a security guard? The work is much easier!"
Mr. Zhao was genuinely tempted. He didn’t make much at the construction site, and more importantly, he was away from home most of the year. If he took a job as a security guard, he could come home every day. The family could be together, happy and harmonious. What could be better?
"You can ask tomorrow, then. But would that be appropriate? You just started at the company."
"I’ll just ask HR. You have no idea how polite they are to me. They came down to my department a few times today just to check in and see if I needed anything!"
"The boss at this company is that nice?"
Zhao Hui said with a laugh, "It must be because my sister pulled some serious strings. Otherwise, the general manager wouldn’t be so polite to me!"
He wasn’t stupid. ’Liu Haoran’s initial attitude and the package he offered me were completely different from what I got in the end. Something must have happened during that time I stepped out with the HR manager.’
When he told his sister about it later, she wasn’t surprised at all. That must mean she has enough influence to affect the Yinuo Jiangzhou Branch!
"Our family has depended on Xiangjun’s support for so many years," Mr. Zhao said with a sigh of emotion. "This time, we have her to thank again."
"Don’t even get me started," Zhao Hui said, clinking glasses with his father. "With my sister’s looks, if we were in ancient times, I could pass for an Imperial Uncle, and you, Dad, would be the Imperial Consort’s Father!"
"That’s debatable," Mr. Zhao sighed after downing his drink. "With your sister’s personality, if this were ancient times, our whole family would probably be dragged down with her!"
’She’s not afraid of powerful people. She’d rather die with integrity than live in disgrace! In ancient times, she’d probably commit an offense punishable by beheading!’
"The modern world is better," Zhao Hui countered. "If she were with the Emperor, she’d have to compete for his favor. But with my brother-in-law, who knows how much he spoils her. I bet he doesn’t even let her lift a finger to swat a mosquito!"
"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Zhao chided. "Besides, it’s not like their house has any mosquitoes!"
Bihu Twin Seals was a luxury residential complex with year-round climate control—constant temperature, humidity, and oxygen levels. There really weren’t any mosquitoes to be found.
Little did the family know that the very same Zhao Xiangjun, whom they imagined was living a life of utter bliss, was at that moment at home, crouched on the floor, holding a pair of nail clippers.
And Chen Xiao was lounging on the sofa, his foot propped up for her to trim his toenails.
"Chen Xiao, you’re impossibly lazy! Have you been growing these things for years? If I didn’t trim them, you’d just let them keep growing wild, wouldn’t you?"
When Chen Xiao got home and changed into slippers, he flopped onto the sofa. She spotted his long toenails and told him to cut them, but he refused to move. Finally, unable to stand it any longer, she crouched down to do it for him.
"Let them grow. They’ll break off on their own once they get long enough!"
"Chen Xiao, you’re so disgusting!" she exclaimed, holding his smelly foot with one hand while carefully clipping his toenails with the other.
Chen Xiao roared with laughter. ’This life is so decadent,’ he thought, ’but I love it!’
"Xiangjun, I’ll need to use your ID again tomorrow."
"Mm."
"You’re not even going to ask what for?" Chen Xiao asked, surprised.
"Why should I ask? You’re not going to buy me another house with it, are you? At this point, I’ll just let you do whatever you want. I wouldn’t even be surprised if you came home tomorrow and told me you bought an island!"
Seeing her look of utter resignation, Chen Xiao suppressed a laugh. "I’m going to use your ID to register a company!"
"You’re starting a company?" she asked, not the least bit surprised. For someone as rich as him, working as a salesman every day was the truly strange part.
"I’m not the one starting a company. I like being a salesman!"
Zhao Xiangjun rolled her eyes at him. "You’re such a weirdo!"
"Look who’s talking," Chen Xiao huffed. "You’re not short on cash either, but you still go to the shop every day to work as a sales associate, don’t you?"
"That’s different. The money I have now isn’t money I earned through my own skills. The money I make at the store is mine, earned with my own two hands. It makes me feel grounded!"
"But you? You clearly have the ability to make a fortune, yet you insist on being a salesman. That makes you a weirdo. Diagnosis confirmed!"
’Chen Xiao felt utterly wronged. It was the system that was the pervert, okay? What the hell did it have to do with him!’
"Fine, call me names. Just wait until tonight, Zhao Xiangjun. I’ll show you what ’perverted’ really means!"
Zhao Xiangjun immediately clammed up. He really was more of a pervert at night, with a stamina that was simply unbearable.
"Hey, Xiangjun," he continued, "this company has a registered capital of 800 million yuan, and you’ll be the legal representative. That means you’ll be shouldering 800 million in risk!"
"Oh."
"You’re not scared?"
"What’s there to be afraid of? This life is all I have. If worse comes to worst, they can just take it."
’Her brain is wired differently than a normal person’s,’ Chen Xiao thought. ’But her logic is crystal clear.’
"I’ll take you to see the company sometime, President Zhao. You now own another 800-million-yuan capital management firm!"
Zhao Xiangjun finished clipping his nails, filed them smooth, and then stood up. "What’s there for me to see? I don’t know the first thing about any of that, so you can just handle it all yourself. I’m just lending you my name. You can take it back whenever you want."