Compared to the increasingly charming clear and delicate type, the glamorous type often captures the eye at first glance.
The glamorous type is also known as the vase type, especially since Lu Qingqing was tall and curvy, with not a single flaw from head to toe.
During her student years, the endless stream of boys who wrote her love letters, gave her snacks, and confessed to her publicly at the school gates below made many unaware of her true worth think she was just a gorgeous vase without substance.
Lu Qingqing, unable to bear the constant attention, began using makeup in her sophomore year to make herself look as unattractive as possible, which inadvertently allowed the active Tang Tang to stand out until graduation.
Remembering the past, Tang Tang couldn't help but pinch her cheek, the smooth, tender feel made her once again marvel at the other's natural beauty, "I'm not afraid of you outshining everyone; after all, you're my good sister! But Qingqing, how exactly do you maintain yourself? I'm only two years older than you, but my skin seems decades worse."
Lu Qingqing swatted her hand away, "Haven't I already shared all my beauty secrets with you? I didn't hide anything, you know. Early to bed and early to rise makes a body good, regular exercise, use better skincare products, pay attention to diet, eat more bird's nests, sea cucumber, and fish maw."
After all, that's what she did.
Tang Tang rolled her eyes, "I eat shark fins and abalone every day! You know how many years I've struggled for a single apartment. If it weren't for the money you lent me for the down payment, I'd be relegated to eating chaff due to the housing prices by now."
As a first-tier city, Pengcheng's real estate prices were frighteningly high.
She didn't have Lu Qingqing's ability to buy her own apartment in Pengcheng early on.
Moreover, she didn't have Lu Qingqing's happy family.
Her father, having made hundreds of thousands from minor business endeavors, became corrupt, wanting a son to carry on the family name. He had an affair when she was in her first year of high school and kicked her and her mother out of the house. At the time, they knew nothing of marital law, her father had transferred the assets early on, and with her grandmother creating endless trouble, she and her mother were left without a thing, nowhere to go.
Although Lu Qingqing's parents took them in, found her mother a job, and funded her continued education, Lu Qingqing also pulled her back from the brink of rebellion, but life was still hard for her and her mother. Her mother, due to poverty, refused to admit she was ill until it was too late. Tang Tang had thus vowed early on to marry into wealth.
She was too afraid of the days with no money.
Unaware that her best friend was reliving these memories, Lu Qingqing continued the conversation, "You make it sound like I'm some rich person."
"You are rich compared to me, a super tycoon." What impressed Tang Tang the most was that Lu Qingqing's current wealth was all self-made, without depending on anyone.
Lu Qingqing pointed to her ring, "Wearing at least twenty or thirty million worth of a 'pigeon egg,' don't you feel guilty saying that?"
"The main stone of this ring is 13.14 carats, color D, FL clarity, 3EX cut, no fluorescence," Tang Tang extended her delicate hand, displaying the large, sparkling ring under the light.
"Top-grade white diamond, symbolizing 'forever,' worth at least thirty million, and it wouldn't be impossible for major brands to ask for fifty million on the market."
Due to her profession and personal interest, Lu Qingqing had specifically studied jewelry prices, and she understood the value of this 'pigeon egg' far better than Tang Tang.
Since Tang Tang didn't normally interact with luxury goods due to financial constraints, she was taken aback by this revelation, "That expensive? Ming-ge told me to wear it for now and that he'll give me a pink diamond for the wedding ring. Is the pink diamond more expensive?"
"They're rare and particularly expensive. Not just ordinarily so. It seems that he treats you pretty well."
"I'll treat him well too." Thinking of her fiancé, soon to be walking down the aisle with her, Tang Tang's face lit up with a smile, "I'll be rich once I marry him, and then I'll surely follow your diet and skincare regime."
Lu Qingqing hummed in agreement, "We women should treat ourselves better."
"Exactly, if we don't cherish ourselves, can we expect others to see us as treasures?" Tang Tang had many views in common with Lu Qingqing, "By the way, you often eat tonics like bird's nests and fish maw, does your boyfriend not mind? He works at the same company as me, earning less than twenty thousand a month. After rent, living expenses, and socializing, there can't be much left for your expenses."