Pukia：“He and Sophia, they live over there. Do you wanna check it out?（他和Sophia，他们住在这儿。你想过去看看吗？）”

Pukia抬了抬下巴。常斐然顺着那方向看去，果然不远处一个恢弘的庞大建筑在其他房子背后露出头。

所谓脱颖而出。

常斐然：“That's huge. He must be rich.（真大。他肯定很有钱。）”

Pukia：“He's not, honey. She is.（不是他，亲爱的。是她，她很有钱。）”

常斐然：“Sophia?”

Pukia：“She is the fourth-generation heiress to ‘Starke’, the largest cleaning supply brand in the country.（她是这个国家最大的清洁品牌‘Starke’的第四代继承人。）”

常斐然：“Oh my God.（天啊。）”

Pukia：“Right? I know. Are you envious?（对吧？我知道。你嫉妒吗？）”

常斐然：“Of whom?（嫉妒谁？）”

Pukia：“Yeah, good question, of whom?（对，好问题，嫉妒谁？）”

常斐然：“Neither. We all have our own paths. I prefer to make money with my own hands.（都不。我们都有自己不同的路。我更喜欢自食其力。）”

Pukia：“Of course, that's a good way to console yourself. Come on, be honest, at least with yourself.（哦当然了，这是安慰自己的好说辞。拜托，诚实点，至少对你自己诚实点儿。）”

常斐然：“What about you, who are jealous of?（你呢？你嫉妒谁？）”

Pukia：“Both. See? That's called being honest with yourself. People preach about being ‘independent woman' these days, but man, life is hard enough as it is. Man or woman, if you have something to lean on, lean on it.（都。看见吗？这叫做对自己诚实。如今我们都被教育说要做一个‘独立女性’，但是天啊，生活已经如此艰难，无论是男性还是女性，能靠什么就靠什么吧。）”

常斐然只是低头走路。这不符合他一路成长被教育的价值观，但是他一时又不知道该如何反驳。他想站在一个道德制高点上教育她人应该自食其力，却又在这个想法产生的第一瞬间觉得自己虚假。

于是他什么都没有说。