A woman who is not ruthless will not have a stable position.

  Shen Xiangyu's face was still a bit pale, as if she hadn't recovered from the previous shock. Many memories flashed through her mind. Since childhood, she had always liked to follow Lu Qi Rui around. Whenever a girl approached him, she would try every means to make the other person retreat, because from that time on, she thought Qi Rui was hers and one day she would become his bride.

  Finally, in the summer of her 19th year, she married Qi Rui, the heiress of the Shen family and the future successor of the Lu Group. The wedding was a grand affair that had never been seen before. Some people might think it was a political marriage, while others believed it was the result of Shen Xiang's love for Qi Rui. However, no one knew about the conspiracy behind it, including Shen Xiang herself.

  She only knew that she was satisfied with being able to marry Qi Rui, because she deeply loved Qi Rui and thought about how to become a qualified wife. In the end, she was hurt all over her body. She asked the man who had wanted to marry her why he treated her like this. The reason was that he had never loved her from the beginning. He didn't love her, nor did he love himself. Ha ha, Shen Yinyu was really the biggest fool in the world!

  Xin Yu looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and couldn't let that man disturb her thoughts again. She had been foolish enough once in her life, and there were many things waiting for her to do. Now the most important thing was to go to a place where she could settle down.

  Half a day has passed, the sky is approaching dusk, Shen Xiangyu is sweating profusely, she feels her breathing becoming increasingly heavy. She looked for several places, but they were all too expensive. Now that she doesn't have a job, she only has the 100,000 yuan from selling the ring, and she can no longer spend money carelessly like before.

  "Xian Yu?" A soft, gentle and charming voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts. She looked up to see a fashionably dressed woman before her eyes.

  Her long, curly hair cascaded down her chest, and a black mini skirt and a fashionable handmade top accentuated her slender figure. A face with sunglasses leaned in close to her, excitedly opening its mouth: "It's really you, Shen Xinyu, do you still remember me?"

  "Are you, Qin Jie?" Shen Xiangyu was a bit uncertain. The other person took off her sunglasses, revealing a beautiful face in the sunlight, and said with a smile: "It's really me! I didn't expect you to come out too. It's great to see you!"

  After taking a closer look, Shen Xiangyu was certain that she was Qin Jie, a woman who had been hurt and wrongly accused for her boyfriend, whom she deeply loved for many years. Her boyfriend eventually married another woman, and Qin Jie attempted to take her own life several times in prison, only to be saved by Shen Xiangyu each time. The two became friends, and Qin Jie was released from prison a year ago. Little did Shen Xiangyu expect that they would meet again today, and Qin Jie had transformed into such a fashionable person that she almost didn't recognize her.

  "Xīn yú, it's been a year since we last met, where are you living now? Is everything okay?" Qin Jie asked with concern after taking a sip of her coffee and putting the cup back on the table.

  Shen Xiangyu smiled faintly and said: "I just came out today and I'm looking for a place to settle down."

  "Looking for a house? Don't bother, just stay at my place first." Qin Jie waved her hand and before Shen Xiangyu could nod, she pulled her across the street. After walking down an alley, they arrived at her residence. The house was not big, with two rooms and one living room, and the furniture inside was very simple.

  "I was originally sharing an apartment with someone else, but not long ago she caught a golden turtle son-in-law and went to live in a golden house, leaving me by myself. I was just thinking of finding someone to share the rent with, now it's perfect, we can live together." Qin Jie walked over to the sofa and looked up at Shen Xinyu, saying: "Unless you're disgusted with my current job and refuse."

  Qin Jie smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up a pack of cigarettes from the coffee table, pulled out one and held it between her slender fingers, lit it, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

  Smoke wafted around her beautiful face, like a woman who had experienced the vicissitudes of reality. She flicked ash into an ashtray and said lightly, "With your intelligence, you should be able to tell that I work at a nightclub."

  Shen Xiangyu didn't say anything, actually she was also guessing just now, and now she said it out loud, "Do you think I would be disgusted?"

  "A junior high school graduate, no education, and having been to prison, trying to make a living in this highly competitive place is harder than climbing to the sky. In this world, men are not trustworthy, it's better to earn their money and spend it. Qin Jie took another drag on her cigarette and exhaled: "Xinyu, since I chose this path, I won't care about what others think of me, because I know that, as you and Wen sister told me, relying on myself and living a serious life is the way to go."

  Everyone wants to live seriously, including her, so how can she be disgusted? Shen Xiangyu reached out and took the cigarette from Qin Jie's hand, extinguishing it in the ashtray. "You should smoke less in the future, it's bad for your health, and as a roommate, I don't want to inhale second-hand smoke either."

  Qin Jie was taken aback for a moment, and then a good-looking smile spread across her face as she said: "Xinyu, you're still the same. What are your plans from now on? The things you've learned from Wenjie over the past few years should be useful by now, right?"

  Everyone inside knows that Wen Jie used to be a business tycoon, always aloof, but miraculously, she actually took the initiative to find herself. Growing up, she had always spent her mind on playing and praying, never having worked so hard to learn. Wen Jie indeed taught herself many things, but just a month ago, she passed away from heart disease, her body was sent back to the United States, and afterwards, she couldn't know anything anymore.

  Shen Xiangyu raised her eyes and said: "I should probably find a job first, hopefully in finance or investment."

  "In the financial investment field... Ah, Xinyu, have you heard of Zhuoyue Group? Last night I overheard a guest talking about it. The new CEO of Zhuoyue Group has taken office and is reorganizing the investment department. They're preparing to select a batch of traders. You can go try out, aren't you studying this stuff anyway? This is insider information, hope it's useful to you."

  She had certainly seen it in magazines, and the excellent investment under the group was one of the top ten most prestigious investment banks at present, where many people wanted to squeeze in. Of course, it wasn't that easy to get in, but whether or not it was a luxury, she really did want to try.

  "Didn't expect to chat with you for so long, won't say more, I'm in a hurry to start work. You sleep in that room, if there's anything, give me a call, I'll leave first." After finishing speaking, she picked up her bag and hurriedly left, leaving Shen Xinyu alone by herself.

  She pushed open the door to the room, which was small, with a single bed, desk and wardrobe almost filling up all of the space. But compared to four years in prison, it was heaven on earth, and for her, it was already more than good enough, because at least she finally had a place to settle down.