Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 370 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 70_1

Chapter 370: Chapter 370 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 70_1

Wang Nan looked at her freshly minted diploma and truly felt like crying.

It took three tries to pass the university entrance exams, and honestly, without Fan Xiaofei’s support behind her, she would have given up a long time ago.

She saw the people around her either getting into university, beginning their new lives, or, like many others, completely giving up on the exams to get married and start a new Chapter in life with children.

Although Wang Nan was reluctant to simply get married and then worry about household expenses for the rest of her life, she didn’t have a choice, given her age.

It wasn’t possible to use the excuse of preparing for the exams year after year, constantly draining resources—her family had long been extremely dissatisfied with her repeated attempts at the entrance exams.

They felt that if it were possible to pass, people like Huang Lei and Zhao Aoran would have done it long ago. Even Fan Xiaofei had given up on the entrance exams and opted for Dian University instead, which was all the same to them.

Wang Nan had never considered the suggestion of attending Dian University; she wasn’t foolish and knew that once she returned to the city, her salary, whether she would get married, and whom she would marry would not be up to her to decide.

All the decision-making power would lie in the hands of her parents, who might even use her marriage to extract a large dowry from the groom’s family.

As for the so-called dowry for her, she could forget about it—once a daughter was married off, she was like water that had been poured away, and her family would not consider her future plight.

So, feeling depressed, Wang Nan ran out of her house to an empty, secluded place and began to sob uncontrollably.

As a result, she ran into Fan Xiaofei once again. Initially, she wanted to leave; she didn’t want to stay with Fan Xiaofei.

She still remembered that time when, in a desperate situation and clinging to her last hope, she had come here, excitedly seeking out Fan Xiaofei.

Instead, Fan Xiaofei kicked her a few times, and at that moment, she understood that to him, she was just a burden.

But then Fan Xiaofei grabbed her and kept apologizing, explaining how helpless he was.

Although Wang Nan knew there was something off about his words, she felt that for a man, for someone as proud as Fan Xiaofei, not many would be willing to admit their wife was seeing someone else, effectively wearing a cuckold’s cap.

It was with his support that she reunited with him, and without it, she might not have had the courage to take the entrance exams for the third time.

It was also with his financial support that she completed her three-year diploma program. Yes, that’s right, she bought a bunch of revision materials and even attended remedial classes at school.

There was no comparison to the university Huang Lei got into—it wasn’t even a full-fledged undergraduate degree.

Although to many people, a university is a university, they know the gap between an undergraduate and a diploma program, not to mention that Huang Lei had already graduated two years prior and her career had taken off.

Wang Nan’s complexion was awful; she felt no joy at graduating and had never imagined that she, as a fellow classmate, could fall so far behind Huang Lei.

Fan Xiaofei hurried over to attend Wang Nan’s graduation ceremony, but he was in a bad mood, especially after realizing that Zhao Aoran, unbeknownst to him, or perhaps unconcernedly, had been doing quite well for himself,

How could Fan Xiaofei be content? With all that frustration, Wang Nan wasn’t feeling great, but when a man is in a bad mood, he definitely needs to find out what’s going on.

Learning that Zhao Aoran had gotten married, Wang Nan’s first reaction was, "Who did he marry?"

"Did he marry Huang Lei?" She knew very well that the Zhao Family had been trying for years to mend their relationship with Zhao Aoran; it was just that he hadn’t given in yet.

"He married someone even better than Huang Lei," Fan Xiaofei replied testily.

Better than Huang Lei? Wang Nan couldn’t comprehend what he meant, "Is any random woman Zhao Aoran marries not better than Wang Nan?"

An orphan without parents, a grandmother without a pension, and a grandfather who was merely a cook could not possibly provide much support to Zhao Aoran.

Hearing Wang Nan’s words filled with disdain for Huang Lei’s family, "Are you really Huang Lei’s good friend?"

"You don’t know that Elder Huang can cook medicinal meals?"

"You don’t know that Elder Huang is doing very well in Capital City."

Fan Xiaofei remembered his business trip to Capital City and something he heard from an old classmate, which still baffled him to this day.

Wang Nan’s expression was even more bewildered, "What are you saying?"

"You’re saying Elder Huang can actually make medicinal meals, but is it difficult to do that?"

Wang Nan hadn’t paid much attention when Fan Xiaofei mentioned that Capital City had medicinal meals available; it was something unrelated to her, so she didn’t care.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Huang Lei’s family business, "Then her family must be getting rich."

Just the thought of Huang Lei becoming a rich person filled Wang Nan’s heart with unbearable envy.

"Getting rich or not, I don’t know, but for sure they live better than us." That much was certain.

"Zhao Aoran’s wife is his university classmate, and her family has some power in Capital City."

Fan Xiaofei was so angry he nearly shattered his teeth. Just like Zhao Aoran, who married into the powerful Yue family, except Zhao Aoran wasn’t a son-in-law and he handled work very smoothly.

Looking at himself, he was a son-in-law as well, tiptoeing and appeasing, and what was the result? They still looked down on him.

When the Zhu Family was in power, he, as their son-in-law, hadn’t received much help. Now that the Zhu Family had fallen on hard times, he was dragged down with them, sent straight to a department for the elderly.

How could the proud Fan Xiaofei accept this, especially when he saw his past underlings living comfortable lives?

"I’ve made up my mind, I’m going to resign, I’m going to do business." Doing business can make big money now, many times better than working.

Do business? Wang Nan was startled by Fan Xiaofei’s decision, "Do business?"

Wasn’t it just before that he said once he got his degree from Dian University, it would be the starting point of his rising career? Why was he now planning to engage in business?

"Yes, do business. The Zhu family may be going through tough times, but so am I."

He didn’t want to elaborate further. He was also a bit worried now about whether Wang Nan would give up on him, "If I stay in the system, I shouldn’t even dream of getting a promotion."

"Especially in the future when there will be more and more college graduates. If I don’t secure a strong position now, climbing up later will be practically impossible."

Without the support of the Fan Family, Fan Xiaofei had suffered a harsh beating from society. Now he knew he wasn’t that formidable; his abilities didn’t stand out either.

If the path of an official career was impassable, then he had to switch to another path. He refused to believe that people with less education who went into business could prosper while he could not.

"Men should either have money or power."

"I refuse to believe that I won’t have either." Hmph, once he had money and became a wealthy tycoon, he wouldn’t be any worse off than Zhao Aoran.

Yes, having money is just as good. Wang Nan thought of Huang Lei who was now a wealthy person, and it soured her mood.

"I support you." Wang Nan felt that if Fan Xiaofei got into some opportunistic businesses, he would probably make money.

It was illogical that those uneducated people could make a killing in business while they couldn’t make any money.