Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 39 Love is a constant feeling of debt
Time quickly came to the 20th.

These past few days, Xu Mu has either been staying at Bai Xue's place or at the Yangjiashan villa.

Enjoying the happiness of family life.

However, after a while, Xu Mu also found this kind of life boring.

But after a few days of consistent exercise, Xu Mu could clearly feel the abdominal muscles appearing on his lower abdomen.

Xu Mu felt that the appearance of these abs had little to do with fitness; rather, it was the body-improving drugs provided by the system that had taken effect.

On the afternoon of the 20th, Xu Mu finished writing and came out of the gym when she suddenly received a call from Tong Wu.

Tong Wu rarely calls himself; at most, he sends WeChat messages.

Or he would occasionally exchange a few words with Tong Wu in the Xiaomi car owners' group.

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?"

Xu Mu answered Tong Wu's call.

"Brother Mu, let's have dinner together tonight!"

"I broke up with my boyfriend."

"Huh?" Xu Mu was taken aback. "How come I've never heard of you being in a relationship?"

"It's my former college classmate, we dated for over a year," Tong Wu sighed. "Okay, I've sent you my location, come have a drink with me!"

"Okay, I'll bring two girls to talk you out of it!"

"???" Tong Wu cursed, "No, Brother Mu, I'm already so heartbroken, and you still bring two girls? Aren't you deliberately rubbing salt into my wounds?"

"Hey," Xu Mu said with a smile, "I'll bring you two outstanding girls to see what excellent women are like, and you'll be able to get over this relationship quickly."

"If that doesn't work, then wash your feet."

"Wash your feet first, and you'll walk out even faster!"

"..." Tong Wu couldn't help but sigh, "Brother, I knew it was unreliable to ask you for help!"

"Alright, send me your location, we'll talk more when we meet!"

"Stop whining. It's just a breakup, not like we're going to die."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mu drove back to the Yangjiashan villa.

"Mengyan, Ruofei, come out with me for a meal."

Xu Mu looked at Wang Mengyan and Wang Ruofei, "My good brother who raises cattle has broken up with his girlfriend, and I'd like you two to give him some advice!"

"Huh? Brother Mu, this is really a blind spot for us, because neither of us has ever been in a relationship," Wang Mengyan said, slightly embarrassed.

"Hey, it's okay, we're just trying to provoke him!"

"We'll show him how much we love each other."

"Huh?" Wang Ruofei was taken aback and said, "Won't this make him even more upset?"

Xu Mu raised an eyebrow, having already figured out the plot: "The point is to make him even more heartbroken. Once he's heartbroken, he'll forget his sorrows when he gets drunk!"

"Tell me, is this reasonable or not!"

"Then I'll go to Dolan Foot Massage and find two pretty girls to take a couple of photos of him together and post them on WeChat Moments for his ex-girlfriend to see. Wouldn't that provoke them both?"

"what?"

Wang Mengyan and Wang Ruofei exchanged a glance.

No, is their boss really that mean?

So cunning!
But it sounds quite interesting.

"Tell me whether it's reasonable or not?"

"That makes sense! That makes sense!"

"But Brother Mu, don't you think about who's at fault in this relationship? What if it's an amicable breakup? Wouldn't that be awkward?"

"If it had been a peaceful breakup, my brother wouldn't be so upset!"

"And I will definitely stand firmly on my brother's side."

They got into the Maybach; Wang Mengyan drove, and Wang Ruofei sat in the passenger seat.

Xu Mu lay back in the executive chair in the back row, contemplating life.
"Sigh, if I have money, why did I order a Xiaomi SU7 Ultra? And now I have to wait for the car! I could have bought a Ferrari!"

"But Ferraris don't hold their value well, so forget it... I'll lose 500,000 on the road, I'll just buy an Ultra instead!"

"Hey, Ruofei, have you two been following the latest news?"

"They said the carbon fiber cover plate, which cost 42,000 yuan as an option, was just for show and had no effect whatsoever, nor could it provide any downforce."

"Brother Mu, it mainly depends on your own preference. I think this is a matter of personal taste." Wang Ruofei's voice came from the front. "Many people buy this car just to support President Lei. After all, this car is really cool! And for the price of a Mercedes-Benz E, you can experience the power that only supercars have."

"I think it fulfills the dreams of many people."

“That’s true.” Xu Mu nodded and said, “I ordered the car because I wanted to support President Lei, and the cutout design is really cool. Spending 42,000 yuan to show off is pretty good, and it also fulfills my childhood dream of owning a sports car!”

"However, I think Mr. Lei's price is still too low. If these people can afford this kind of performance car, now a group of people are pushing and shoving each other down!"

Chatting along the way, Xu Mu arrived at the Da Yu Hot Pot restaurant in the new city.

There's no Haidilao in this small county.

The most awesome one is Da Yu Hot Pot.

After sitting down, Xu Mu handed Tong Wu a cigarette and said, "Xiao Wu, doesn't your family raise cattle? Why are you eating beef hot pot here?"

"Why don't you just kill a car from home and bring some meat over?"

"???"

Tong Wu, who was smoking, coughed because of Xu Mu's words.

"Brother, you really don't care about me at all!"

"What's there to feel sorry about?"

"Isn't breaking up in a relationship normal? Have you forgotten how I broke up with Zhou Mengting back then? I was so heartbroken during that time! But then I figured it out! The fastest way to move on from a relationship is to start a new one!" Xu Mu said with a smile, hugging Wang Ruofei and Wang Mengyan. "Look at these two girls next to me, aren't they pretty?"

"Beautiful!" Tong Wu said honestly, "I wish I could be as carefree as you."

"Hey, you can't say that. I've been through it too."

Xu Mu stood up, walked over to Tong Wu, and asked, "Tell me first, why did you two break up?"

"Money, or simply feelings?"

"It's still a matter of principle."

"Sigh, it's just a simple emotional issue, maybe with a little bit of money involved too!"

"As for matters of principle, I don't know."

"Tell me about it!"

Tong Wu didn't say anything, but simply took out his phone and handed it to Xu Mu.

"Brother Mu, see for yourself!"

"Anyway, I just feel pretty tired."

Xu Mu took Tong Wu's phone and scrolled through the chat history.

Most of the conversations were posted by Tong Wu, especially when the entire screen was filled with short, green posts, the green light couldn't be contained and was reflected directly onto Xu Mu's face.

"No, Xiao Wu, are you a fucking simp?"

"A short essay that glows green?"

Xu Mu was dumbfounded!

Everything was lush and green.

"Brother Mu, does writing more words mean you lose?"

"Yes!" Xu Mu nodded, then continued scrolling down.

Then, Xu Mu felt two more pairs of eyes appear on either side of him.

Wang Mengyan and Wang Ruofei both came over, clearly wanting to join in the gossip.

"Feifei, I've noticed you've become much colder towards me."

"I just wanted to ask you out to see a movie, but you didn't even reply!"

"What are you doing?"

"..."

Most of the messages were posted by Tong Wu.

And this girl named Feifei only said two sentences.

"Busy, I'm busy."

"I'm very busy."

"Tong Wu, can you stop being so childish and clingy? Can't I have some space of my own? Can't you respect me? Why do you have to ask me about everything?"

"..."

"My best friend broke her phone yesterday, and her boyfriend immediately bought her a brand new iPhone 16 Pro Max!"

Will you buy me a new phone?

Tong Wu: "Your phone isn't broken!"

"No, what I mean is, if my phone breaks, will you, as my boyfriend, buy me a new one?"

Tong Wu: "I won't. Buying a phone is a small matter, but I think buying it voluntarily is different from moral coercion!"

"Tong Wu, this is a free question, how could you answer it wrong?"

"I just want your attitude!"

"It's not like I'm really asking you to buy it."

Tong Wu: "Of course, if you really break it, I will be willing to buy you a new phone, but I don't like this so-called attitude to prove whether I love you or not. You know better than me whether I love you or not. And this is such an easy question."

"Making you happy is my responsibility as your boyfriend, but I don't want to endlessly indulge your unreasonable demands."

"Feifei, I'm tired. Let's break up."

"..."

"Wasn't this a pretty good answer?" Xu Mu pointed to the conversation and said, "You were the one who initiated the breakup!"

"I learned this from TikTok," Tong Wu said. "Sigh, I just feel so tired. Dating her is exhausting!"

"When I message her, she says she's busy, or she needs personal space!"

“When she messages me, she demands that I reply instantly! And every night she wants me to go out for late-night snacks or go out with her! But do you know what? I have to get up at two or three in the morning to work every day, and I have to go to bed at nine at night.”

"I don't have time for late-night snacks! She always says I don't spend time with her and don't understand her, but nobody understands me!"

“I managed to keep it up for a month, but it was just too exhausting… I was practically pulling all-nighters every day, with my sleep schedule completely messed up. Eventually, I couldn’t take it anymore, and she started arguing with me again!”

Xu Mu returned the phone to Tong Wu and asked, "Did you buy her a phone?"

"Bought."

"iPhone 16 Pro Max! And it's 1TB."

Tong Wu rubbed his temples, lit another cigarette, and said, "I'm quite conflicted. I really like her, and she gave me her first time, so from the very beginning, I tried my best to be good to her!"

"Perhaps that's what love is: giving everything and still feeling indebted!"

"About six months later, she was like a completely different person. She started ignoring me completely, but it didn't seem like she was cheating on me..."

"Anyway, after dating for more than a year, I really feel exhausted!"

“I think…” Wang Mengyan, who had been eating watermelon, suddenly said, “When someone who used to love you suddenly stops loving you, it must mean they’ve fallen for someone else!”

(End of this chapter)