Chapter 383: All My Money Is Spent on Him (Part 2)

Shen Meng was already waiting for her in the hot pot restaurant. She took the elevator directly up to the 5th-floor dining area and found her at the table number Shen Meng had provided.

“Shen Meng, look at you! All your shopping trips are at Xinyue Center now. Your salary went up, and suddenly you’re shopping in a whole new class.”

Ignoring her catty tone, Shen Meng handed her the menu. “See what you’d like to eat. Don’t hold back.” Then she added, “I had some business here. You know I rarely go shopping.”

Wu Min looked up from ordering her food and said, “You may not go shopping often, but the things you buy on those few trips cost more than what I buy in a whole year.”

‘So catty.’ Speechless, Shen Meng picked up her phone and pretended to check her messages. ‘I really don’t have much in common with my cousin.’

She checked the performance trends for the company’s recent livestreams from the broadcast backend. The numbers were showing an increasingly positive trend. The two young women were full of drive now. As their skills improved, daily sales had grown from just over 6,000 at the start to a stable 13,000, and they were still increasing. It seemed the high salaries the company offered were working wonders—a classic case of paying a premium to attract talent. It wasn’t just their team, either. The department responsible for online store sales was also seeing rapid daily growth, though that section was less technically demanding and relied mainly on traffic driven by the Xinyue Go mini-program.

After they finished ordering, Wu Min went to the self-serve area to get a fruit platter and some dipping sauces. When she returned, she sat down and immediately asked, “Shen Meng, was your salary this month 200,000?”

Shen Meng was looking at the backend data. Hearing the question, she shook her head.

Wu Min’s eyes lit up. “I knew it! There’s no way your company would let you take home that much. So? How much did they deduct? Did they even leave you with 50,000?”

Then she sighed. “Yang Hui, oh, Yang Hui. How could he do that? Skimming from his own girlfriend’s salary… That’s just wrong, so wrong.”

She shook her head, criticizing Yang Hui, pretending to be indignant on Shen Meng’s behalf, but she couldn’t suppress the gloating smile on her face.

“What are you talking about? Why would he skim from my salary?”

Wu Min let out a dry laugh. “Didn’t you just say your salary wasn’t 200,000? That must mean he docked it. And you’re still defending him! Ah, women… Once you fall in love, you lose all sense of self. It’s terrifying, terrifying. Good thing I always keep a clear head.”

Shen Meng couldn’t resist retorting, “Or is it that Wang Hua never gave you the chance to lose yourself?”

Wu Min’s face darkened. “Shen Meng, you never used to talk back like this. To think you’d do this for Yang Hui—he’s the one who docked your bonus!”

“First, he didn’t dock my bonus. Second, even if he had, I wouldn’t care. How much work did I even do? Why should I earn that much money?”

Wu Min completely ignored the second point. “But you said you got paid, and it wasn’t 200,000?”

“It’s true, it wasn’t 200,000—”

Just as Wu Min was about to say something, Shen Meng added, “My salary was 350,000.”

Huh? Wu Min was completely stunned. She absentmindedly chewed on the piece of watermelon in her mouth, juice dribbling down the corner of her lips. Her eyes had lost their focus.

She muttered, “350,000… 350,000? How can you earn that much?”

Shen Meng hadn’t wanted to crush her, but since she kept badmouthing Yang Hui, she replied, “Because the company doesn’t dock bonuses. And it’s willing to pay its employees well.”

‘Willing to pay its employees well?’ Thinking of Shen Meng’s 350,000 salary, Wu Min’s composure finally broke. She said through clenched teeth, “Huasheng Commerce is a garbage company. If I weren’t just looking for a cushy job, I’d never be wasting my time there.”

Shen Meng rolled her eyes. ‘You’re just looking for a cushy job? Or just coasting? And you still expect a high salary? Isn’t that a paradox?’

“Shen Meng, from now on, you’re paying whenever we eat out. It’s what you get for being so rich. But… you can’t possibly earn this much every month, right?”

What she really cared about was that last part of her statement. In her view, bonuses fluctuated. She also knew that Shen Meng’s high income this month was mainly because of one livestream that brought in 4.1 million.

“Fine, I’ll pay.”

She wasn’t a stingy person anyway. Besides, she was living at her aunt’s house. Other than occasionally buying some groceries for the family, she ate all her meals there. Now that her income was high, it was only right for her to contribute a little.

Shen Meng was used to paying for meals now. Yang Hui had given her plenty of practice in that area. She had paid for more meals in the last month with Yang Hui than in her entire life before that.

The more Wu Min thought about it, the more she lost her appetite. In the past, besides not being as pretty as Shen Meng, she had felt superior in every other aspect. Especially since Wang Hua used to buy her small gifts frequently, while Shen Meng was always frugal. There was a clear gap between their clothing and even their skincare products. But everything had changed since Yang Hui appeared.

She had originally thought Yang Hui’s ambition might put some pressure on Wang Hua, shaming him into striving harder. But ever since Yang Hui bought Shen Meng a Mercedes-Benz C260L, Wang Hua had just given up completely. It was as if his attitude was, ‘I can’t beat him, so why bother trying?’ That was completely unacceptable, and lately, Wu Min didn’t even dare to provoke him. She hadn’t even told him that Yang Hui was the boss of Yanghe Commerce, afraid it would only give Wang Hua another excuse to quit trying.

What really annoyed her was that for the past few days, Wang Hua kept bringing up how Yang Hui was unemployed, acting as if Yang Hui was now living hand-to-mouth. Every time he mentioned it, Wu Min felt awful. If she told him the truth, she was afraid he’d give up completely. But if she didn’t, he’d use it to feel superior and prove he was better than Yang Hui.

After dinner, Shen Meng led Wu Min toward the first floor. Wu Min asked in surprise, “What are we doing on the first floor? It’s all luxury goods. That’s not a place for us to shop.”