Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 453 Battle
Looking at Du Huaian who was talking in front of him, and his parents who looked approving, Xiao An really felt like he was going crazy.

It was obvious that through Mr. Zhou's relationship, he could have done it without paying a penny, but Du Huaian not only went through all that trouble, but also went so far as to give 200,000 yuan to others?

"Dad, Mom, not everything can be accomplished with money. Is it possible that the person I'm looking for has a status and ability far beyond your imagination..."

People are always like this. Even though countless experiences in the past have proved that her parents would never listen to her, Xiao An still refuses to give it a try.

"puff!"

Before she finished, Du Huaian interrupted her with a sneer, "An Xiaoyun, do you want to listen to what you are saying? You are just a senior waiter in a hotel. How can you know such powerful people? Do you know what a real boss looks like?"

"Du Huaian, please be more respectful in your words. Also, I have resigned from the Four Seasons Hotel Group..."

"You resigned?"

Du Huaian was stunned for a moment, then immediately asked, "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's been two or three months."

Xiao An said coldly, "We are no longer husband and wife. What obligation do I have to tell you? Besides, this is not important. What is important is..."

"How is this not important!"

Xiao An's words were interrupted again by Du Huaian. From the moment he saw Xiao An, Du Huaian's heart was full of doubts, and at this moment, that suspicion was rising sharply.

"Where have you been living for the past two months? And since you've quit your job, where did you get the money to buy this bag? If I'm not mistaken, this bag in your hand is from Prada, which costs tens of thousands. And this outfit of yours is from LV, right? It costs at least tens of thousands more..."

The reason why Du Huaian knew about the bag in Xiao An's hand was because a college student he had slept with before had once begged him for this gift, saying that it was a new autumn model of Prada.

Originally Du Huaian thought that if it was just something worth a few thousand dollars, he would just give it away as a gift, but when he asked, it turned out to be a fucking twenty or thirty thousand dollars.

He immediately kicked the little girl who wanted to eat fart...

After all, the current economy is in a downturn, and tens of thousands of dollars are enough for him to find two or three new partners. He is tired of sleeping with them anyway.

"How many tens of thousands for a bag?"

Xiao An's parents were shocked. For them, who had been frugal all their lives, this was an incomprehensible consumption concept.

"Xiao Yun, are you crazy? No matter how rich you are, you can't spend tens of thousands to buy a bag, right?"

Xiao An's mother immediately said in disbelief, "Also, you were doing well in the hotel, why did you suddenly quit without saying anything and without discussing it with us?"

Although Du Huaian's words were full of contempt, in the eyes of his parents, Xiao An's previous job was actually quite respectable. He worked in a high-end hotel in a big city and earned a five-figure salary every month. Why would he need a bicycle?

This time they just wanted to persuade Xiao An to live with Du Huaian again, and they didn't think of asking her to resign. After all, there were hotels under the Four Seasons Group in Shanghai, so she just had to be transferred back from Hangzhou.

"My current job is better, and my salary has increased several times. I didn't spend any money on these bags and clothes. They were all given to me by my boss. In fact, the person who helped me today is also my boss..."

Faced with Du Huaian's questioning, Xiao An could have ignored it, but faced with her parents who also didn't understand, she subconsciously explained.

But as soon as he said that, Xiao An regretted it.

Because she realized that this would only lead to greater misunderstanding.

Sure enough, while his parents were still in a daze, Du Huaian had already exploded.

"Your current boss?!"

Du Huaian felt something was not right, and asked angrily, "What kind of boss would give his employees gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars? I'm also a boss, how come I don't know about this kind of thing? An Xiaoyun, tell me clearly, what is the relationship between you and your so-called boss?"

"Yeah, Xiaoyun, what's going on? You, you're not being kept by someone..."

Xiao An's mother was also very anxious, but before she blurted out something, she remembered that Du Huaian was still beside her, so she quickly stopped talking.

"Mom, it's not what you think. It's just a normal working relationship... and I don't think I need to explain anything. I don't know how many times I have to repeat it before you understand that Du Huaian and I are no longer husband and wife."

No matter how frankly Xiao An spoke, Du Huaian, who was very familiar with her, still caught the evasion in her eyes at this moment.

At this moment, Du Huaian, who felt like he had been cheated on, felt his blood boiling. But before he could say anything, a tentative voice suddenly came from the side.

"Are you Boss Du?"

Du Huaian turned around and found that a middle-aged man in a jacket had appeared beside him at some point, looking at him with his hands behind his back.

Du Huaian quickly connected the other party's voice with the previous call. He quickly adjusted his facial expression and shook hands with the other party enthusiastically.

"Director Wang, hello, hello, I'm Du Huaian. Why did you come out in person? I was just about to call you..."

"Oh, I thought you were about to arrive, and I was afraid you couldn't find the way, so I came to meet you. Come with me."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man took the lead and led the way. At this time, Du Huaian and Xiao An's parents and others did not bother to ask Xiao An any more questions, and hurriedly pulled Xingxing to follow.

Xiao An, who had already taken out her cell phone and wanted to call Lin Ran, hesitated for a moment, but she soon felt relieved.

Why do I have to be so entangled?

If Du Huaian is willing to spend the money, let him spend it.

As long as Xingxing can successfully enroll in school, they can think whatever they want. Anyway, their parents have never trusted themselves.

It just so happens that she doesn't have to feel any psychological burden for using up Zhou Wang's favor...

So Xiao An put away his phone and followed silently, just watching coldly as Du Huaian continued to get close to Director Wang.

The group followed Director Wang and entered through the small gate of the school. They made many turns and walked many small paths along the way and finally arrived at Director Wang's office.

Du Huaian, who always felt that he was a little sneaky, couldn't help but ask a question.

"Director Wang, um... why don't we take the main road?"

"Today, the school has a major shareholder coming to inspect. Several principals and vice principals are here. Of course, we have to stay away from them. You know it will have a bad influence, right?"

Director Wang did not shy away from explaining in a low voice, "The major shareholder came a little suddenly, and the scene was a bit exaggerated. If I had not already made an appointment with you, I would have asked you to come another day."

"I see, I see!"

Du Huai'an understood what he meant. After all, he was going through the backdoor, so he had to be careful about the impact. No wonder Director Wang would come out to greet him personally...

The office of the Teaching Department is very large, but there was no one else there. Considering that a shareholder came to inspect and everyone else went to accompany him, this explanation is reasonable.

After Director Wang closed the door, he waited for Du Huaian to hand him the bulging bag. He nodded with satisfaction and then went behind a desk to get a form.

"This is the child, right? Here, this is the registration form for the primary school. Please fill it out now, and then make a copy of her household registration booklet for me. I have already arranged the admission quota for you. Just go back and wait for the notification..." Xiao An observed from the side. Although he always felt that Director Wang was a little weird and did not quite match the demeanor that a dean of teaching should have, Xiao An could not say what the demeanor of a dean of teaching should be...

Moreover, there seemed to be no problem with the whole process. She took a look and found that what Director Wang took out was indeed the official seal of the school's teaching department, so Xiao An suppressed her doubts.

"Xiao Yun, you fill it out. You know some things better than I do."

Seeing that things were going smoothly, Du Huaian couldn't help but look at Xiao An with pride, as if showing off, and handed her the enrollment registration form.

Xiao An took the form and was about to bend over to fill it out when she accidentally glanced at the header of the form. She was startled, then she looked up in confusion and said:

"Director Wang, did you take the wrong watch?"

"Let me see, no, it's this form... Our Pinghe School's enrollment registration forms are all in a unified format, there won't be any mistakes."

“Then why is it the admission list for 2025?”

Xiao An questioned, "Shouldn't it be 2024 now?"

"What are you talking about...Boss Du, didn't you explain it clearly to your wife?"

Director Wang, however, looked extremely displeased and glanced at Du Huaian.

"Blame it on me, blame it on me. I forgot to explain it to her."

Du Huaian laughed awkwardly, turned around and said to Xiao An, "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Do you know how tight the enrollment quota of Pinghe School is every year? It's not our turn this year, so of course we have to wait until next year..."

"So you spent two hundred thousand just to buy a place for next year's admission?"

Xiao An said in disbelief, "Our daughter is already six years old. Next year she will be seven or even eight years old. How can a seven or eight-year-old go to elementary school?"

"What two hundred thousand? Don't say such nonsense!"

Director Wang's expression became even gloomier.

"Xiao Yun, what are you doing... I'm sorry, Director Wang, she's not very good at talking, please don't take it to heart."

Du Huaian was also very anxious. "Do you know that this enrollment quota for next year was finally coordinated by Director Wang? If you continue to make trouble, this quota will be gone soon."

"Xiao Yun, just fill out the form when I ask you to. Why are you talking so much? What's wrong with starting school a year later?"

Xiao An's father also scolded him with a sullen face.

"It's not okay to start school a year later!"

Xiao An's voice got louder. She could tolerate anything, but when it came to her daughter's normal growth, she couldn't bear it anymore. Ignoring Du Huaian's crazy eyes trying to stop her, Xiao An looked directly at Director Wang.

"Director Wang, you can take the money, but please give me this year's enrollment form. Also, my daughter wants to go to the best class, the one taught by Teacher Meng Lefeng..."

"Are you still going to do it?"

Director Wang seemed to laugh out of anger. He ignored Xiao An and only asked about Du Huaian.

Du Huaian didn't expect that Xiao An not only didn't compromise, but even made more unreasonable demands. He quickly pulled Xiao An aside, suppressed his anger and said in a low voice:

"An Xiaoyun, I'm warning you, don't do anything weird to me again. Do you know that their school's new campus is still under renovation? There are so many orders waiting for me there..."

"List?"

Xiao An looked at Du Huaian in surprise.

Du Huaian accidentally let the cat out of the bag and stopped hiding it. He said impatiently in a low voice: "I gave more than 200,000 yuan. There was also a check for 300,000 yuan in the bag. Do you think I spent so much money just to send my daughter to school... Guess how much money they invested in their new campus?"

"Seventeen small goals in total!"

"I don't need much, as long as I can get a little bit of soup, I won't have to make any money for the next three years. This is called killing two birds with one stone, do you understand? So please don't make trouble for me anymore!"

Looking at Du Huaian, whose forehead was bulging with veins, Xiao An was stunned and felt hopeless.

She originally thought that since it was all for her daughter, she would let him do whatever he wanted...

But at this moment, she realized how naive she was.

Seeing Xiao An standing there without saying a word, Du Huaian did not wait for her, but turned to Director Wang with an ugly face and said with a flattering smile:

"Director Wang, don't pay attention to her. A woman like her doesn't know shit. Let me fill out the form... Wake up, come here. There are some things that Daddy doesn't remember. Tell Daddy."

When Du Huaian was about to wake her up, Xiao An suddenly pulled his daughter behind him.

"We don't need to fill out this form, and you don't need to worry about Xingxing's enrollment. Dad, Mom, if you want to follow Du Huaian, it's up to you... Xingxing, follow mom."

Having said that, Xiao An was about to take Xingxing away.

"An Xiaoyun, stop right there!"

There was no way Du Huaian would let them leave, and he immediately stepped forward to stop them.

"Xiao Yun, what the hell are you doing? Mr. Du has already given away all the money, come back soon..."

Seeing that Du Huaian was almost unrecognizable due to anger, Xiao An's parents hurried over to pull An Xiaoyun.

Just as this group of people were arguing and arguing, there was suddenly a chaotic sound of footsteps in the corridor outside, accompanied by some faint laughter.

"Shut up, everyone!"

Director Wang was stunned for a moment and then realized something. His face changed and he shouted in a low voice in an urgent manner.

Du Huaian and the others subconsciously stopped what they were doing and looked out through the glass window on the office door. They saw a number of people walking slowly and laughing along the corridor, with security guards leading the way in front. It was a huge scene.

Du Huaian also guessed that these might be the group of major shareholders who came to inspect the school, and he couldn't help but hold his breath.

This was even more so for Xiao An's parents. Looking at the scene in the corridor outside, there were at least dozens of people, more imposing than the leaders they had seen in the towns and villages. They didn't even dare to breathe.

As the group of people were about to pass by, no one noticed them in the office. Du Huaian and Director Wang were about to breathe a sigh of relief when the laughter outside suddenly stopped.

Then the crowd in the corridor stopped, and a few seconds later, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and a young face poked its head in.

"what?"

(End of this chapter)