Chapter 918: Who Wouldn’t Be Afraid
"I don’t want to live my life in a daze, like the other men in the village, eating, sleeping, farming, marrying a not-so-smart wife, having not-so-smart children, generation after generation, in an endless cycle."
After voicing his feelings, Yu Jingting started talking business with Su Zhe.
"You’ve got to know what a woman wants. Take my wife, for instance. Do you think she cares about money? I made her a gold bracelet a few days ago, and didn’t see her liking it at all."
"That bracelet of yours is over 100 grams, if it’s known it’s a bracelet; if not, it looks like handcuffs, big and gaudy—any old lady wouldn’t necessarily like it, let alone Suizi," Su Zhe couldn’t help but criticize.
Yu Jingting simply had to spoil his wife whenever he had some money in hand, treating Suizi like a big cloth doll, dressing her up whenever he thought of it.
But the thing is, though this guy was good at business, his aesthetic taste just never improved, resulting in items that were rich and ostentatious but lacking in elegance.
"Whenever I give her other things, she reacts pretty much the same—not as happy as when I take her up to the roof to look at the stars."
"So why keep giving them?"
"You can’t live on just stargazing, can you? Providing for your wife is about making her feel secure, having something to rely on no matter what happens. Even if one day I’m not around, she can live on without worry. What I mean is, in married life, if you cherish each other and together make a comfortable home, isn’t that wonderful?"
Yu Jingting never bothered with such roundabout matters; he was a straightforward man.
"How can you expect praise from others? Those who dislike you would rather see you miserable, eager to magnify your shortcomings. The more they do so, the better you must live. If you let their nonsense dictate your life, what kind of life would that be?"