After my divorce, I started to have good luck

Chapter 1237 647: Cheng Yuhuan's Suspicion

Guo Mengyao's words left Cheng Yuhuan and Fang Xiaoyue utterly shocked.They knew Chen Feng had money, especially Fang Xiaoyue, who had long been aware of it. But she never imagined Chen Feng was this wealthy. In her speculation, Chen Feng's total wealth was at most thirty to forty million, with perhaps a few million in cash at best.

After all, Chen Feng had been buying houses and cars in Xiu Zhou. Everyone knows the real estate prices there, and it's impossible to buy a villa for less than ten million, which surely cost him a lot.

She never considered that Chen Feng would have cash in the billions—it's truly unimaginable for most people.

At least one hundred million in cash—what kind of concept is that?

Just like Guo Mengyao, who is said to have a fortune in the billions, but in reality, she can only control a few tens of millions in liquid assets, and her personal cash amounts to just a few million, as she mentioned.

And Cheng Yuhuan's husband has a fortune of several billion as well, but immovable assets occupy at least eighty percent of it, including houses, shops, cars, jewelry, treasury bonds, and whatnot. The cash in hand is a mere twenty to thirty million.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have only saved a few million in private funds over all these years.

"Are you kidding? Is Chen Feng really that rich? Are you talking about Chen Feng's total assets, including his houses and cars?"

Fang Xiaoyue was the first to ask, genuinely surprised and confused.

"No joke, I'm talking about cash. Just recently, he withdrew his shares from my company, transferring them to two new shareholders. It was a cash transaction, and he got a bit over one hundred million. I've only told you two about this, so don't share it with others."

Chen Feng's withdrawal from Mengyao's company wasn't a big secret; she just knows Chen Feng's low-key nature and never really mentioned it.

But now, she brought it up casually and felt that Cheng Yuhuan and Fang Xiaoyue could be trusted, so she talked.

Fang Xiaoyue knew Chen Feng had shares in Guo Mengyao's company but not how many. She only assumed it was a small percentage, but Guo Mengyao's words clearly indicate an underestimation of Chen Feng's initial shares and the market value of Mengyao's company.

Knowing Chen Feng's true wealth now, she felt awful. Her previous assessment of Chen Feng's worth was clearly too low.

If she had known Chen Feng was so rich before, she would have tried every means to pursue him, and perhaps there would have been a little chance.

But now, with so many women around Chen Feng being more beautiful and capable than her, what does she have to pursue Chen Feng?

The key point is, she embarrassed herself several times in front of Chen Feng, including being caught by him when she went to a hotel with someone, and flirting in a teahouse.

With such black history, how could Chen Feng possibly accept her?

She used to feel like losing a thousand bucks when unable to advance further with Chen Feng. Now she feels like losing a hundred thousand.

The psychological gap is overwhelming, making her feel deeply uncomfortable, leaving her muddled and lethargic.

"I guess I really misjudged this; is Chen Feng really that rich?"

Compared to Fang Xiaoyue, Cheng Yuhuan has better psychological resilience. Of course, that's also because she never really had any feelings for Chen Feng. But she was pretty surprised by how rich Chen Feng turned out to be.

"It's not that much money, right? His total assets are probably just two or three billion," Guo Mengyao said casually.

For someone like Guo Mengyao, with her family background, a person with two or three billion in total assets doesn't count as very rich. Not only in cities where a single house costs tens of millions but even within Lu City, there are many people with billion-dollar assets. Her parents each have assets exceeding a billion, for example.

Moreover, she knows quite a few billionaires herself.

Cheng Yuhuan's family background was ordinary, and she couldn't compare to Guo Mengyao. But now married to a billionaire husband, she knows quite a few wealthy individuals as well and doesn't find Guo Mengyao's words off-mark.

Clearly, she also greatly underestimated Chen Feng's wealth before. Moreover, her impression of Chen Feng as an ordinary country classmate with a modest family background, working a mediocre job with a few thousand monthly salary, especially after hearing about his divorce last year, showed no signs of rapid success.

Then suddenly, this year, she heard about Chen Feng starting to make it big, and his wealth growth seemed almost miraculous.

"Wasn't he quite impoverished around last year's divorce? Otherwise, his ex-wife wouldn't have left him. How did he suddenly get rich?"

Cheng Yuhuan was genuinely curious.

Guo Mengyao said: "He claims it's a stroke of luck—first winning tens of millions in the lottery, then making more from stock trading. I'm not exactly sure of the specifics."

"Winning millions in the lottery, if true, is quite a lucky strike. As for stock trading, is he some stock market expert?"

Clearly, Cheng Yuhuan found Chen Feng's explanation rather hard to believe.

Guo Mengyao could hear the doubt in her voice, frowning slightly, "Why would he lie to me? Otherwise, how could he suddenly get rich? He couldn't possibly be doing anything illegal, nor robbing banks."

Cheng Yuhuan asked: "Does his family or clan have any extraordinary figures?"

After thinking briefly, Guo Mengyao shook her head, saying: "As far as I know, no. His family is just from Qingpu Town. I've met his parents; they're ordinary country folks."

After a moment of pondering, Cheng Yuhuan said: "I think Chen Feng must have some unknown secret that made him wealthy overnight. How about inviting him over and the three of us give him a mock trial, to make him reveal that secret?"

Guo Mengyao hesitantly replied: "Not necessarily? Before his divorce last year, he was just a regular worker earning a few thousand monthly salary. He only got rich after the divorce. Apart from winning the lottery, how could he suddenly have so much money? It's unlikely to be from robbing banks or drug smuggling."

Cheng Yuhuan laughed, "There are countless ways in the world to get rich overnight; it's just that ordinary people don't know them. Invite him over and ask him thoroughly, and you'll find out. But I doubt the lottery win explanation holds; it's too improbable. I tried buying lottery tickets for years, spent at least several thousand, and the most I won was five bucks—the odds are too low."

"Did he really deceive me?" Guo Mengyao was skeptical.

"Invite him over, and we can probe further," Cheng Yuhuan said.

"Alright, I'll try to get him to come, but he might not be willing."

"You've got him wrapped around your finger; surely he'll come if you ask him over for supper. Who wouldn't be tempted by you?"