AWB Chapter 21 Living a Low-Key Life
Chapter 21 Living a Low-Key Life
After driving away, Lao Xiao was heading to work. But he was worried about the 100 million yuan in cash and 50 yuan in gold bars. He didn't want anything to happen to them. So he called Lin Yue: "Should I bring the cash to you now?" Lin Yue replied, "Lao Xiao, check if anyone is following you. If not, bring it to me while Gong Yong is away."
Okay. Lao Xiao quickly drove to Lin Yue's building. Lin Yue brought down a trailer, a kind of campervan, to meet Lao Xiao on the basement level. Lao Xiao put the trailer in a large black bag and placed it inside the campervan. He then took out a few boxes of snacks and put them on Lin Yue's campervan. He kept two boxes for himself. He also pulled down the trunk of the trailer and followed Lin Yue to her home. After entering and closing the door, Lao Xiao said, "There's 120 million here, 70 in cash, and 50 in gold bars. I helped you close a deal, and the other party gave me a 30% commission." Lin Yue said, "Then it's rightfully yours. Keep it safe."
Finally, Lao Xiao said, "The three of them added me on WeChat, and they'll buy things from us again if they need anything. Do you think that's believable?" Lin Yue said, "I won't sell anything for now. These things have solved my basic survival problems. I don't want to attract too much attention, so you should also keep a low profile."
Finally, Lin Yue retrieved 50 jin of rice and 50 jin of flour from the kitchen, along with a basket of vegetables, and loaded them into the campervan before handing them to Lao Xiao. Lin Yue said, “Lao Xiao, this stuff can only be eaten for a maximum of ten days a month. The rest of the time, you must replace it with regular rice. Eating too much will cause ordinary people to explode and die. This stuff is good for our health, and the same goes for this spiritual vegetable. I’ll take some back for you and Xiao Hui, but you must keep this locked up. Only your family can eat it; don’t let anyone else taste even a little bit, and don’t tell anyone.”
Old Xiao said, "Okay, I got it. I'll tell Xiao Hui." Then Old Xiao pulled the camper van down to the basement, put the spirit rice and spirit noodles in the trunk, and the spirit vegetables in the back seat. After thinking for a moment, Old Xiao took out his phone and asked for half a day off from work. He then drove all these things back to his home. Old Xiao had already sold one of his 140-square-meter properties and was currently looking at apartments in Lin Yue's neighborhood.
He brought the spirit rice and spirit noodles home and quietly told Xiao Hui, "Keep these things safe. You can only eat them for ten days a month at most." Xiao Hui asked him why. Old Xiao said, "Lin Yue said that eating too much will cause your body to explode and die, but eating a small amount is very good for our health." Xiao Hui nodded, understood, and put the spirit rice and spirit noodles in a corner at the bottom of her closet where she kept her clothes. She also took out the spirit vegetables and put them into her refrigerator in different categories.
Old Xiao sat on the sofa, smoked a cigarette, and said to Xiao Hui, "I took half a day off this afternoon. Let's hurry up and go check out Lin Yue's neighborhood. If we find a suitable house, let's buy it right away." Xiao Hui agreed.
The two tidied up and drove off together. After getting in the car, Lao Xiao said to Xiao Hui, "I heard Lin Yue say today that she hasn't told Gong Yong about the money she's made recently, which proves that Gong Yong probably knows nothing about Lin Yue's cultivation. So don't let anything slip to Gong Yong."
Xiao Hui said, "Really? Are things really that complicated between them now?"
Old Xiao said, "Sigh, poverty brings a hundred sorrows! I guess Gong Yong did something that made Lin Yue resentful, right? So you should also be careful. Today we're going to Lin Yue's neighborhood to look at houses, especially the small villas in the back, to see if we can buy an upper or lower duplex. What do you think?"
Xiao Hui said, "Whatever you want, it's up to you."
Old Xiao said, "I helped Lin Yue sell a batch of spirit rice and spirit vegetables today. The other party gave me a commission of 30 yuan, which is still in the trunk. Let me tell you about it."
Xiao Hui exclaimed in surprise, "So many! That's wonderful!"
The car sped along the road, both of them feeling a mix of anticipation and excitement, hoping to find a satisfactory apartment in Lin Yue's neighborhood.
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After Lao Xiao left, Lin Yue quickly put the 700,000 yuan in cash and 500,000 yuan in gold bars into her spatial storage, and then took out the previous 200,000 yuan. She planned to give Gong Yong another 40,000 yuan that night, and use the remaining 10,000 yuan to buy supplies for the month.
Afterward, Lin Yue casually placed the 15 yuan in cash into a drawer in the wardrobe in the master bedroom. She gently closed the drawer, finally feeling relieved, and thought about her future plans.
The old man Huoyun Xianding asked, "Lin Yue, are you still not going to tell Gong Yong?" Lin Yue replied, "I don't want to tell him for now."
Canhun Xueyang said, "If you let him find out about your situation from other people, your marriage might be in jeopardy." Lin Yue said, "I don't know how to tell you this. During these long 10 years of raising the children, I suddenly had no income. I've been taking care of the kids on and off at home for 10 years, while his income went from very high to very low. Actually, I've seen many different faces, and I feel my heart has turned cold. A large part of the reason I didn't mention divorce before was because I have three children. I don't have the financial strength to raise three children on my own. Divorce would be harmful to the children, so I've never considered divorce. But now that I have financial strength, I still have to consider the children. Although Gong Yong didn't do anything terribly wrong, what he did really chilled me to the bone. So, I don't want to tell him now."
The old man of the Fire Cloud Immortal Cauldron sighed, "Alas, this matter is indeed difficult, but you also need to think carefully about what to do in the future." Lin Yue frowned, looking worried, "I know, I will consider it carefully." The remnant soul Xueyang also said, "No matter what decision you make, we will support you, but we still hope that you can try your best to handle your relationship with Gong Yong well, after all, the child needs a complete family." Lin Yue nodded and fell into deep thought.
That evening, after putting the three children to bed, Lin Yue took out another 4 yuan and handed it to Gong Yong, saying, "This is the commission for the second batch of payments." Gong Yong took it and put it in his bag. Lin Yue said, "I've kept 1 yuan for this month's supplies. Winter is coming soon, and my eldest daughter's clothes are too small. I want to buy her some nice down jackets, and a couple for my second sister as well. My youngest son, Xiaobao, also needs clothes. Although his maternal grandmother sent a lot of clothes and pants from his aunt's sister, he still needs one or two more coats."
Gong Yong said, "You decide what to do." Then he suddenly added, "Since we don't have much money, let's not buy it if we can avoid it. Take a look at some of your down jackets from before you got married; they'll fit your daughter perfectly. She's almost as tall as you now, and she's 10 years old. Let her understand that earning money isn't easy."
Lin Yue glanced at Gong Yong, her heart filled with mixed emotions, unsure how to express herself. Instead of buying a down jacket, Lin Yue gathered all her pre-wedding clothes and showed them to her eldest daughter, hoping to find something she liked. Her daughter said a down jacket would suffice. In the end, Lin Yue still felt uneasy and bought her eldest daughter a base layer outfit online for 27 yuan.
Lin Yue sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the payment success notification on her phone, her heart filled with helplessness and guilt. She thought of her eldest daughter's expectant eyes for her new clothes, and then of the family's financial situation, and couldn't help but sigh. Meanwhile, Gong Yong didn't question the money Lin Yue had given him; he seemed accustomed to this frugal life and somewhat indifferent to his children's needs.
As night deepened, Lin Yue lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, pondering how she should spend her days in the future.
The next morning, Lin Yue woke up from her meditation, immediately cooked breakfast, sent her two children off to school and Gong Yong off to work, and then took Xiao Bao leisurely to the park near the willow tree spirit.
She looked somewhat downcast, her eyes filled with confusion, and she seemed lonely and even depressed. She didn't know how to relieve her pain or how to make her life more comfortable.
If I tell Gong Yong about my income, I'm afraid he'll cause trouble, especially with his parents getting involved. But if I tell my parents, I'm afraid that suddenly realizing their daughter is earning money will cause their relationship to become strained again.
Lin Yue sat on a park bench and sighed softly, while Xiao Bao played by himself nearby. Sunlight shone on her face, but it couldn't dispel the gloom in her heart. She gazed at the frolicking crowd in the distance, her heart filled with confusion and helplessness. She had no answer to which way to go in the future.
As Lin Yue was immersed in grief, a mouse suddenly climbed onto her leg. "Little Bao's mom, Little Bao's mom, long time no see," said the little willow tree beside the swing.
When Lin Yue saw the two little devils, she suddenly realized that it was actually quite good that they were simple and didn't have so many worries.
The little willow tree said, "You haven't come over for so long. That group of people has been hanging around our area two or three times already. But since nothing important happened, I haven't come looking for you. What's wrong with you lately? You don't seem to be in good spirits."
Lin Yue shook her head with a wry smile: "Sigh, I have so many worries at home, I don't know what to do."
The mouse blinked its little eyes and said, "Don't worry, there's always a way."
The little willow tree gently swayed its branches: "Yes, you must cheer up."
Looking at their sincere expressions, Lin Yue felt a warmth in her heart: "Thank you, seeing you makes me feel better."
Unbeknownst to Lin Yue, in a corner where a surveillance camera was constantly monitoring her muttering to herself, it even captured details like how Lin Yue's pants, which were clearly bent, suddenly straightened, as if something was pressing down on her leg.
The surveillance footage showed nothing there, so why did Lin Yue's pants suddenly straighten? Why? It felt like there was something pressing on Lin Yue's leg, but they couldn't see anything. Wang Ge and Xiao Chen, who were behind the monitor, said, "Do you think it's possible that Lin Yue had something on her leg that we can't see with our naked eyes?"
Xiao Chen said dejectedly, "Brother Wang, it's possible. My master said this is called an illusion, where some spirits put on an illusion that ordinary people can't see. That proves that Lin Yue has at least one spirit in this area who is connected to her."
Brother Wang said, "That's how it should be. We can also talk to the master about this."
Therefore, the two decided to inform their master of this discovery as soon as possible, hoping to get more instructions and solutions from their master.