"Later, give this to him and have him set it into the ring."
Guo Xuyang said, taking out a diamond the size of a pigeon egg and handing it to Xia Li.
"Where did you find this? It's enormous."
"It won't be that big after it's polished."
"What is this?" Xin Rui asked.
"A diamond. Can't you tell?" Xia Li asked.
"This is a diamond? How many carats is that? This, this..."
Xin Rui's gaze towards Guo Xuyang changed.
He was a total rich tycoon. Never mind that Guo Xuyang wasn't married, even if he was, it wouldn't stop her from inserting herself as a mistress.
"Alright, I'll take you to see where I work," Xia Li said to Xin Rui. "Yangzi, Sister Xiaoxi, you two rest here for a bit."
Xin Rui was led away by Xia Li, still looking back reluctantly.
"Happy now? Showing off again," Li Minxi said, stomping on Guo Xuyang's foot.
"I didn't provoke this, you can't blame me. Besides, I have absolutely no relationship with her."
"What other relationship do you want?"
"None. By heaven, really none," Guo Xuyang said, raising his hands quickly.
"Now she's completely smitten with you, what more do you want? Didn't you see how reluctant she was to leave?"
"What can I do if she admires me? I can't exactly tell her in front of her face, 'Don't like me, I'm already married.'"
"It's always your logic. Come on, let's go upstairs and pay your dues first." Li Minxi was extremely assertive, pulling Guo Xuyang upstairs.
"It's still daytime. What if your team arrives soon?" Guo Xuyang didn't want to go upstairs yet. He was afraid Li Minxi would deliberately make noise.
"Let them wait when they arrive. I need to feel good before I can work. Otherwise, I'll make them all uncomfortable," Li Minxi said domineeringly.
"Alright, alright, my fate is to toil."
"Just be content. I think I'm quite considerate of you. If Yezi were here, try it? She'd wear you out."
Li Minxi didn't know that Yezi could hear their conversation in Guo Xuyang's mind.
Yezi couldn't help but roll her eyes. Was she really that desperate? Was she that insignificant in Li Minxi's mind?
Xin Rui was led by Xia Li to a villa on the west side.
"Is this where you work?"
"Yes. My job is to supervise the security and be responsible for transporting raw stones and jade. I also work as an accountant part-time."
"Can I come and work as an accountant here in the future?"
"That's up to Yangzi. It's no use telling me."
"Is this villa also Guo Xuyang's? Do both of them belong to him?" Xin Rui asked.
"Yes. Both are his."
"How much money is that?"
"It didn't cost any money. His company built it."
"You mean these houses were developed by his company?"
"Yes. I used to help sell houses at his company before coming here to help manage the jade rough."
"When did you get together with him?"
"When I told you about him."
"When I told you about him? What time was that? You didn't tell me you'd hooked up with a rich man. You only told me you had a boyfriend."
"It was back then. I even looked down on him then? He was always ogling me, wanting to flirt with me."
"Then how did you get together later?"
"He arranged for my dad to work at his hotel. That way, my dad could be brought over from the county town. I felt grateful, right? So I agreed to him later."
"He'll go to any lengths for a woman?"
"How to put it? It's comfortable being with him. Besides, he wasn't married before, so it wasn't exactly hooking up with a rich man, just making friends."
"You mean that until he got his marriage certificate today, he was a confirmed bachelor?"
"It's not wrong to say that. Anyway, he was just the very wealthy type, and he treated me very well, and my family members very well.
He gave my dad a house in the residential area behind where my dad worked."
"A tycoon! Why didn't I meet one before?"
"I advise you not to come over. There are too many women around him, more than seven or eight."
"If I don't get together with him, can I at least work for him?"
"I'm not looking down on you, but you won't be able to control yourself then. If he comes for you, will you be willing to refuse him? It's best to stay far away from him."
"My salary is too little. If he could pay me a hundred thousand a year, what's wrong with being his mistress?"
"But you were criticizing me at the restaurant just now?"
"I didn't know the situation then. Now I can't envy you enough."
"I knew you'd be like this. Yangzi has intentions for you. I knew he had intentions for you when I saw that stone he gave you."
Just as Xia Li finished speaking, Li Minxi's voice came over.
"Listen, someone is being punished."
"Are you talking about Li Minxi?"
"No, it's Guo Xuyang. Sister Xiaoxi must have seen the stone he gave you, and now she's making him work like an ox."
"What do you mean by 'work like an ox'?" Xin Rui, who had no experience, asked.
"Have you heard of the saying: 'There are only tired oxen, no fields that can't be plowed'?" Xia Li asked with a mischievous smile.
"No."
"Then you really are a blank slate. No wonder Yangzi likes you."
"What blank slate? The more you talk, the less I understand."
"It's okay. When Master Xu arrives later, I'll have him cut the stone for you, and then you'll understand."
"I have to go to work this afternoon."
"Didn't you hear Yangzi say they're taking wedding photos this afternoon? Aren't you going to watch?"
"What about my shift?"
"Take a leave of absence."
"Taking leave deducts salary."
"That little stone is worth ten years of your salary."
"What? Don't scare me. Is such a small piece of stone really that valuable?"
"If you don't believe me, when the stone cutter opens it for you, you'll know. Otherwise, why would I say Yangzi is being punished?"
"Then why do I hear Li Minxi's screams? And they sound very painful."
"You've never had a boyfriend, have you?"
"Yes. I've been pursued since junior high, but I never gave them a chance."
"Have you held hands? Kissed? Slept together?" Xia Li asked a series of questions.
"We held hands and kissed, but we didn't sleep together.
My mom said that if a girl sleeps with someone, she must marry that person. I haven't found the right one yet."
"No wonder you said that? Calling you a blank slate, you feel like you're at a loss.
Didn't you say last time that there was a Chen family with good conditions who was pursuing you? Why didn't you agree?"
"That scumbag, don't mention him. I heard he tried to molest a girl and was almost castrated. Then we lost contact."
"No man nowadays can be trusted."
"I think this Guo Xuyang is quite good."