Chapter 8: Adding Insult to Injury!

  After work, I went home and simply stir-fried a dish. I cooked the leftover rice from last night into porridge, and that's how dinner was settled. Living alone has many aspects that seem to be carefree, thinking about what to eat or do is very convenient, but in reality, it's not easy at all.

  She simply washed some rice and cooked it in the smallest electric cooker, but she couldn't finish a meal. A solitary dining table was indeed too bleak, and her appetite had decreased significantly. However, now that she was certain that her future would be different from everyone around her, Xiao Yao's heart had calmed down. Even though she was lonely, just like in the past when she was poor and lacked money, she had never thought of taking a shortcut to make quick money. Now, she also didn't think about going out to find solace in the hustle and bustle.

  What people fear most is not the lack of direction or goals, but rather the inability to resolutely move forward in that direction and towards those goals.

  Although the daytime work is busy, Zuo Xiaoyao, who has always been efficient and able to quickly grasp the key points from a seemingly chaotic situation, clarify the order, and then complete them one by one swiftly, does not find this assistant job with a decent income tiring.

  Moreover, with plenty of time left over from practicing at night to recharge her spirit, the daytime Xue Xiao Yao was even more energetic and lively, earning her the nickname 'Little Workaholic' from people in the company, which she smiled but didn't respond to.

  Re-entering the Zi Yuan realm, Zuo Xiao Yao felt a bit tense. She had been cultivating this nameless technique for nearly a hundred days now. Except for feeling that initial thread of energy growing thicker and larger, nothing else had happened until that morning. When she left the Zi Yuan realm after her last cultivation session that morning, Zuo Xiao Yao had already vaguely sensed that her energy was showing signs of breaking through the 'dam' and flowing out. She didn't know where it would flow to, but deep down, she felt this was a good thing, the first goal she should achieve since starting her cultivation.

  It turned out that the sixth sense of human beings was quite sensitive. When Zuo Xiaoyao, sitting on the purple bamboo bed, started practicing again not long ago, she suddenly felt that the air flow broke through the 'dam' and rushed to her dantian, a kind of unspeakable comfort spread throughout her body.

  I feel a vague and indescribable power surging through my body, since I started cultivating, Zuo Xiaoyao felt for the first time that this cultivation method brought a different kind of change to people, it's likely that she has truly entered the early stage of Qi Refining.

  Zuo Xiaoyao ended her cultivation and thought to herself.

  Once again holding those books that introduce the grass and trees, or introduce various spiritual objects including humans, she is no longer as 'ignorant' as before. She knows that in this vast universe, on countless planets, not only do large numbers of humans live, but also various other races that can possess abilities to move mountains and seas with a wave of their hand through spiritual cultivation. And after reaching a certain stage, they can appear in the simplest human form, generally known as spiritual practitioners, each with their own racial hierarchy and innate divine powers.

  Even though Zuo Xiaoyao, who had no one to guide her in her cultivation, was a rookie who had just stepped into the door of cultivation, but in the subsequent cultivation, she found that every time she operated the qigong method of the early stage of Nei Qi, the various colored gases in her dantian would increase a little, and she could feel that the surroundings were also filled with those colorful light points, and the qigong method she was operating was trying to absorb those light points into her dantian. Moreover, she could maintain her cultivation state for a much longer time than before, and she knew that from now on, she had truly become a cultivator in the world of Xuanhuan!

  Seeing Wang Zijia again after half a month, with whom she had been talking on the phone every day, Zuo Xiaoyao almost couldn't believe it. She saw that her somewhat plump figure had completely slimmed down, her round apple face had become a melon seed face, and wearing the same clothes as before made them seem a bit loose.

  "Xiao Yao almost doesn't recognize me anymore, right? No wonder people say that heartbreak is the best weight loss medicine. Look, in the past I tried every means to lose weight but couldn't, this time it came off without me even realizing it. Don't worry, sit down first, this is great, I'm very satisfied. This really is a blessing in disguise!"

  Zhen Leng stood at the door of the package room with a frown, and Zuo Xiao Yao's eyes were filled with heartache. Wang Zi Jia smiled bitterly and self-deprecatingly.

  She casually ordered a cup of coffee, and after sending the waiter away, Zuo Xiao Yao shook her head in disapproval, "You clearly promised me you'd be fine, that you'd take good care of yourself. How could you still end up like this?"

  "They got divorced!"

  As if using all her strength to finish this sentence, Wang Zi Jia leaned back against the sofa with a weak and listless expression.

  After a moment of silence, until the waiter brought coffee and left, closing the door behind him, Zuo Xiao Yao finally replied somewhat awkwardly: "It's better this way, we're separated, each living our own lives, carefree!"

  "Yes, I think so too! However, the reason I asked you out today is actually for something else. After dividing up all our assets yesterday, my dad and mom both told me to ask you a question, and I find it quite strange!"

  Some careless Wang Zi Jia said thoughtfully.

  Xiao Yao's eyes flickered slightly as she raised her coffee cup and lowered her head, seemingly casually asking, "What's going on that's so serious? If they had something to ask me, they could've just called me, why bother having you find me to ask? I recently started a new job and didn't even have time to visit your place, Grandpa Wang must be very sad too?"

  She knew that Zuo Xiao Yao wanted to give them space, and didn't want to see their originally harmonious family become fragmented. Wang Zi Jia smiled wryly and asked, "Ask you, where did you go recently? What did you do? Originally, last time we agreed that you would come to my house that day, I also heard my dad mention this matter, at the time I thought he was concerned about you. Later that day, however, something happened and you didn't make it. But after all the commotion they've been causing recently, not only does my dad still care about this issue, but my mom has also asked the same question, and even asked behind each other's backs. I think there's something strange going on with this matter!"

  Her hand tightened around the cup as Xiao Yao replied with a seemingly curious tone, "I went to X City, I told Grandpa Wang about it after I came back. That thing is Grandma's hometown, don't Uncle and Aunt know?"

  "I don't know if they knew or not, but since they asked me to ask, I'll just ask then. Honestly, I didn't expect it, my dad is actually quite wealthy. He has two or three villas outside that he bought without telling my mom, and with the current real estate market, those villas are worth several times more than before. And he also has a lot of savings. He's not even an official, so I really can't understand where all his money came from! Luckily, the lawyer my mom found is very capable, and in just two or three days, they were able to investigate all these assets. Now it's beneficial for me and my mom, we each got a lot, taking more than half of it, leaving him and that mistress he found fuming with anger, wishing they didn't get divorced. Now I'm a little rich girl, come and try to curry favor with me!"

  "How annoying! I have no experience, you guide me first! ...Anyway, think carefully about the future, this society, divorce and remarriage are common things. In our country, relying on one's parents is a common thing, but now that you've got your share, not only do you need to keep it safe, but also be frugal!"

  Although she had heard about it through phone calls, Zuo Xiao Yao was still hearing about these things for the first time. After all, Wang Zi Jia's father was just a salaried worker and not the kind of person who would likely hide a lot of assets or be a financial expert. Thinking back to how her parents had asked those seemingly concerned questions, it now seemed somewhat strange. Zuo Xiao Yao couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly, immediately thinking of Zi Zun San Bao, who had been automatically added to her list of acquaintances after acknowledging her as the main person.

  "Got it, no need to remind me of these properties. Not even Luo Kai knew about them. Speaking of him, I have no idea what he's been up to lately. He's often nowhere to be found and doesn't even answer his phone!"

  Whenever she mentions her childhood sweetheart, although she is complaining, the tenderness revealed in Wang Zi Jia's eyes and eyebrows is self-evident.

  It's okay like this, her parents' marriage has problems and she still has a confidant to rely on. Zuo Xiao Yao smiled saying "I think you're just talking about it, don't really want to find him!"

  "You're the only one who understands me, Xiaoyao. Something so embarrassing happened at home, and I really don't want anyone else to know, including him!" Wang Zijia nodded again with a bitter smile.

  "It's okay, after this matter has passed and your emotions have calmed down a bit, it will be the same to talk to him then. It won't be embarrassing, and who knows, maybe there are more people getting married than getting divorced now."

  Just like she asked herself if there was still "true love" in this world, after experiencing her parents' divorce due to the most common social phenomenon - keeping a mistress, Wang Zijia couldn't help but have doubts about men and women's relationships. If she were to be with her boyfriend often, she might make unreasonable demands or harbor suspicions under such circumstances, bringing negative influences to their future together. After all, women are emotional creatures, easily empathetic and prone to taking out frustrations on innocent people.

  After chatting for a while in the afternoon, the two of them, whose mood had improved somewhat, decided to change their location and find a restaurant to have dinner. Just as they were about to walk out of the private room and through the coffee shop's entrance, Wang Zijia suddenly stiffened, her whole body tense. Seeing that she looked strange, Zuo Xiaoyao instinctively followed her line of sight, but her face immediately changed color. This was truly adding insult to injury!

  "Xiaojia, don't be sad, I'm here, this kind of person isn't worth our sadness and trouble!"

  Pulling the dispirited Wang Zi Jia, Zuo Xiao Yao walked directly to a table and picked up two cups of coffee, quickly pouring them over the heads of the quarreling couple.

  Among the crowd's astonished murmurs in the coffee shop, Zuo Xiao Yao loudly said with a furious expression "Luo Kai, Ding Ya, one of you betrayed your girlfriend and the other betrayed your classmate and friend. What a wonderful 8 o'clock soap opera! Do you want to play three-way? At least ask the other main character if they agree or not!"

  "Seriously! This mistress is really shameless, a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own nest, yet she's stealing her good friend's boyfriend..."

  "This guy is really no good, messing around with his girlfriend's best friend, and when someone dies..."

  "What's the big deal? We're all free anyway since we're not married!"

  "Come on, I should give these two shameless ones another one!"

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