A life of financial freedom

Chu Yi entered the coffee shop and immediately spotted Fei Jie.

"You're really early."

"I just arrived too," Fei Jie said. "This is an iced Americano for you."

He knew his girlfriend liked iced Americanos.

Chu Yi then sat down and took out a gift box from her bag, saying, "This is a birthday gift I bought for you. Open it and take a look."

Fei Jie opened the gift box, and inside lay a delicate bracelet.

"How is it? Do you like it?" Chu Yi supported her chin with her hands, her face full of anticipation.

"It's very beautiful. I like anything you give me," Fei Jie said with a smile and a nod.

"Hehe..." Hearing this, Chu Yi was overjoyed. "When I first saw this bracelet, I thought it was beautiful and would look great on your wrist. Don't think it's just a simple bracelet, it's not cheap, worth millions."

"That expensive?" Fei Jie raised his eyebrows.

"Of course... it's fake," Chu Yi said in a drawn-out tone. "I'm just an ordinary person, very ordinary, how could I afford a bracelet worth millions? This thing is a fake, but it's said to be more real than the real thing. You can wear it and definitely won't be exposed."

"Am I amazing for being able to buy such a good fake?"

Fei Jie put on the bracelet: "Yi Yi, you're amazing."

"That's right!" Chu Yi raised her chin.

The two chatted casually.

Fei Jie pondered for a few seconds and said, "Yi Yi, I want to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"Someone came to find me yesterday."

"Who? Why are you telling me this?" Chu Yi asked, sipping her iced Americano and blinking her eyes.

"Qiao Zhenghong."

Chu Yi's voice immediately rose an octave: "Who?!"

"Qiao Zhenghong," Fei Jie repeated, then explained, "Currently, he is a very popular idol in the country, with many fans..."

Fei Jie introduced Qiao Zhenghong's accomplishments, while Chu Yi fell into a daze.

After a long while, Chu Yi slowly came back to her senses, her eyes filled with hesitation: "So... you know my identity?"

"Yes," Fei Jie nodded.

In an instant, Chu Yi's thoughts were complicated.

She liked her current life, working every day, chatting and walking with Fei Jie, and didn't want to disrupt her current state of life because of anything external.

But hearing those words, she knew that her life had changed.

"Then what do you want to do?" Chu Yi didn't know what to do. "Should we break up?"

Hearing this, Fei Jie smiled: "Why should we break up?"

"Huh?" Chu Yi was stunned. "Aren't you angry that I deceived you?"

"It's okay," Fei Jie shook his head. "I put myself in your position and thought that if I were you, I would do the same."

Fei Jie was not ignorant of the ways of the world.

He thought about it all night and didn't think that there was no affection between himself and Chu Yi. On the contrary, they had established a deep relationship, and Chu Yi was even more invested than he was.

What was a musical girl hiding her identity and dating an ordinary person like him trying to gain?

His education? His published papers? His stable job?

None of those.

What Chu Yi sought in their relationship was only affection.

Thinking of this, Fei Jie understood many things in his heart, and his mood was much calmer.

Today, he had the courage to appear in front of Chu Yi.

Chu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and gritted her teeth: "Damn it! That bastard Qiao Zhenghong, I'm going to kill him for sure."

Fei Jie smiled: "Do you have a conflict with Qiao Zhenghong? I saw that you two had some rumors some time ago."

"That bastard used me for hype," Chu Yi didn't want to say too much about Qiao Zhenghong and changed the topic, asking, "Are you really not angry?"

"Not angry."

"That's good," Chu Yi patted her chest.

She had imagined countless times the scene of her identity being exposed, but the results were quite terrible, but the reality was more different than she expected.

Fei Jie asked, "How did you enter the entertainment industry?"

"Um..." Chu Yi touched her chin. "I never thought about entering the entertainment industry. I just simply liked music. When I was in college, I formed a band with some classmates and friends, and then slowly entered the music circle. Music and entertainment are inseparable, and I took a few steps into the entertainment industry and became like this."

If possible, she would prefer to stay in the music circle and simply make music, but things always change beyond people's expectations.

Various forces drove her to get involved in the wider entertainment industry.

"Is your family very rich?"

When Fei Jie was checking Chu Yi's information, he found that the brokerage company she was in had her legal person's name and had 100% control.

And there were also many gossip magazines saying that Chu Yi was a rich daughter or was being supported by someone.

Chu Yi waved her hand: "Actually, my family is not rich, similar to your family, also an ordinary family, used to live in the countryside."

"However, my brother is very capable. He earned a lot of money and changed our family's situation. My brother supports my musical dreams, and the brokerage company was a gift from him. I can have today's achievements, all thanks to his care."

Her identity had been exposed, and Chu Yi no longer concealed it, telling her family situation.

She already knew Fei Jie's family, and correspondingly, Fei Jie also had the right to know her family situation.

Fei Jie looked up and down at the musical girl in front of him, his girlfriend, her skin as white as snow, her eyes like clear autumn water, revealing agility and playfulness, and her black hair soft and draped over her shoulders, with shallow dimples when she smiled.

"You used to be a 'spiritual girl'?" He couldn't believe it.

"What? Doesn't look like it?" Chu Yi raised those beautiful eyebrows. "Before my senior year of high school, I was a famous 'spiritual girl' in the surrounding villages, as 'spiritual' as can be."

"In my senior year of high school, I secretly ran to the Magic City, thinking of wandering the world, and was finally caught by my brother. Fortunately, he caught me, otherwise I might have gone down another path."

Today, Chu Yi recalled her situation back then, she couldn't help but want to slap herself twice.

So brain-dead!

Chu Yi took off her mask, looked at her boyfriend, and asked, "How is it? Is there anything else you want to know?"

Fei Jie shook his head, paused, seemed to think of something, and was a little embarrassed, but still opened his mouth: "Then what should we do next?"

Fei Jie was a little numb.

My girlfriend is a big star.

Then many things will change. How should he explain to his parents, how should both parties pay for marriage and buying a house, and most importantly, how does Chu Yi's family view the matter between them?

Chu Yi spread her hands: "You are a man, you ask me?"

Fei Jie fell into deep thought and said, "Or, let's keep it a secret for now?"

"Okay!"

The two opened their hearts, talking about their respective thoughts, and then stopped dwelling on the matter.

Chu Yi took Fei Jie to celebrate his birthday, eating, watching movies, playing small games in the mall, doing what ordinary couples do.

Until night fell.

Chu Yi挽着Fei Jie's arm, tilting her neck: "Do you think birthdays are meaningful?"

"Yes," Fei Jie said. "From a mathematical point of view, a birthday is the 'origin' on the timeline of life, a unique and certain value. In the infinite sequence of time, each birthday is like a special 'iteration point', recording the trajectory of growth with the increase of age."

He paused, turned to look at his girlfriend: "This is the most meaningful birthday I have ever had, thank you Yi Yi."

Hearing this, Chu Yi smiled brightly.

"Okay, that's it for today, I'm going home."

Afterwards, Chu Yi hugged Fei Jie, and then the two separated.

Seeing the two go away, their figures disappearing from sight, a man wearing a baseball cap came out, his right hand clenched into a fist: "Yay!"

"I finally dug up big news."

"Musical girl celebrates birthday for a strange man, extremely happy, enthusiastically embraces him when leaving..."

"If I send this news out, I'll make a fortune!"

"Promotion and salary increase, marrying a rich and beautiful woman, reaching the peak of life!"

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