After my divorce, I started to have good luck-Chapter 877 - 470: Fishing and Counter-Fishing

Normally, Chen Feng wouldn't bother chatting with someone like Zhai Xinxin, a tea girl, or from the start, he wouldn't even consider adding her as a friend.

It was only because of Guo Mengyao and Mrs. Guo's request, and seeing Geng Lehua, his seemingly honest little brother-in-law, who genuinely wasn't bad at heart, Chen Feng couldn't bear to see him deceived.

Therefore, since Chen Feng encountered the situation and promised Mrs. Guo and Guo Mengyao to persuade Geng Lehua to divorce and break up, he thought he might as well give it a try and see if he could make Geng Lehua give up on her.

Chen Feng endured the intense tea-scented messages from Zhai Xinxin and quickly typed a reply.

[I think Le Hua is quite good, loyal and honest, and most importantly, he treats you well. Besides, he is the only son in his family. His stepmother, who is also my future mother-in-law, is relatively wealthy and treats him well too.]

[I initially chose him because he was honest and kind to me, and I was willing to believe in love. Also, I was soft-hearted, thinking that we could gradually develop feelings after being together. But now I am troubled, as I found I still can't love him, and I don't know what to do. Sigh!]

Zhai Xinxin also sent a crying emoji.

Chen Feng continued to endure and typed a comforting message: [You should give him some more time. He doesn't earn much now, but I believe he will succeed in the future.]

[Do you really think someone as honest as him will have much success in the future? After all, he's not as outstanding and elite as you are. Besides, I don't really care about money. My parents raised me believing that as long as money is enough to spend, there's no need to pursue it deliberately, otherwise you lose yourself. I have always lived according to their teachings. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen Le Hua back then. There were not just him chasing me; many were wealthier and more handsome than him.]

[Well, your family upbringing is admirable.]

[My parents were considered highly educated in their days. They both attended college and are now working at a university. My dad is an associate professor, and my mom is an administrative officer.]

[Wow, that's really impressive. It sounds like you're from a scholarly family.]

[Kind of, I suppose. Sigh, maybe it's because of the academic influence from my parents since childhood that I've always had a fondness for men with scholarly charm, focusing more on inner qualities than outward appearances. I chose Le Hua because he exuded that scholarly air, was honest, introverted in a gentle way, and treated me well.]

[Women like you who don't seek vanity are rare these days.]

[Smiley.jpg, thank you for the compliment. But actually, I can't say I'm not vain. It's just that I'm not as materialistic as other women. I just want a stable home and a steady income that can keep us fed and clothed.]

[Your expectations are fair and very normal.]

[Right now, I can't say that Le Hua and I have a stable home. We don't own a house in Xiu Zhou and have been renting, which feels a bit stifling. Without a house in this city, you feel like a second-class citizen without roots, so you can't have stability.]

[I heard from Mengyao about your plans to buy a marital home. Le Hua's father doesn't have the money for that. If anyone is to pay, it would be his stepmother, who is Mengyao's mom. Mengyao has some objections to this and doesn't really approve.]

Upon learning of such inside information, Zhai Xinxin became utterly furious. She suddenly realized why the matter of buying a house outright, something Le Hua's parents almost agreed to, turned hesitant and unsure; it seemed Mengyao was meddling in between.

She held back her anger but couldn't help letting some emotion slip into her text as she asked: [How can Sister Mengyao, who has so much money, let her mother be so stingy in buying her brother a house?]

[How do I put it? After all, Le Hua is not Mengyao's real brother, nor is he her mother's biological son. Plus, the houses in Xiu Zhou aren't cheap at all, and even in slightly better areas, they cost millions. That amount is not insignificant.]

[So what does her mother think specifically now?] Zhai Xinxin's hands trembled with anger as she held the phone.

Before she registered her marriage with Geng Lehua, she truly didn't know Mrs. Guo wasn't his real mother, let alone about Guo Mengyao's existence.

It wasn't until they registered and held the banquet in Lin Nan that she learned about it.

Just as Chen Feng said, Mrs. Guo indeed wasn't Geng Lehua's biological mother, and there was no reason for a stepmother to spend millions to buy a house outright for a stepson, especially when she had a biological daughter.

[From what I heard, Mengyao feels if you want to buy a house outright, she'll definitely oppose it, and her mother has reservations too. However, if it's just to help with the down payment, I think eventually she'll agree.]

There's a considerable difference between a house bought with a down payment and one bought outright. At least during a divorce settlement, the division of assets will be much less or possibly even unattainable.

Hearing this, Zhai Xinxin clenched her teeth in anger. She invested heavily to register with Geng Lehua and even planned for marriage, aiming for not just tens of thousands but millions. But now it seemed challenging to squeeze much more out of Geng Lehua, unless truly living with him for several years.

But by then, she would have aged, something she's unwilling to accept. She's acutely aware of how precious her upcoming years are; she must achieve financial freedom before thirty and find herself a truly wealthy man to marry and have children with for a stable life.

Otherwise, a woman's value after thirty diminishes gradually, and her allure to men, especially wealthy ones, declines relentlessly.

After simmering down for quite a while, she finally collected herself and messaged Chen Feng: [What you said is truly heartbreaking. You know I've lost my job now, and Lehua makes only five to six thousand a month. How could we ever afford the mortgage payments?]

[I understand. But there's not much I can do about this. At the end of the day, Lehua isn't his stepmother's biological son, and Mengyao has opinions about this too.]

Chen Feng mentioned Guo Mengyao again, causing Zhai Xinxin to grit her teeth in hated anger.

[I really can't believe Sister Mengyao is so stingy. From what Lehua said, her net worth is already in the billions, yet she still haggles over her brother. Brother, it's not like I'm badmouthing her, but how did you fall for someone so stingy?]

[Actually, it's not that I fell for her, or you could say that's not entirely accurate. In fact, she had a crush on me in high school, which I was completely unaware of at the time. Later, we went separate ways in college and got married to others. She even had a child with her ex-husband, while I haven't had any yet. We reunited last year, and she pursued me actively.]

[Oh, I see. That explains it. I was just wondering if you genuinely liked her, how could you bear to be in a long-distance relationship? She's in Lin Nan, and you're in Xiu Zhou; it just didn't make sense.]

[Of course, I like her, but I don't have plans to remarry her for now. She's been pushing for it, though.]