Chapter 15: Song Xiyun: I Should Have Known Better Than to Call Out Recklessly
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“I’m going to spend some money; open your code quickly, it’s urgent.”
Jiang Nian was truly speechless. Who could understand? He had just stepped out and immediately ran into that annoying woman.
Encountering a foolish receptionist was one thing, but finally catching a female coach who had switched jobs, and she was such a stiff, hopping around awkwardly.
Apologize? Is that all she knows how to do?
With your level of professionalism, you’d be dismissed immediately in Japan! Service comes first, so say something meaningful! This is infuriating—having to spend money and still handle everything myself!
Zhao Qiuxue was bewildered, and instinctively uttered a single syllable.
“Ah?”
“Damn!”
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The irritable Jiang Nian finally calmed down. Xu Qianqian, curious before unlocking the security door to enter the house, turned around to ask,
“Why are you so happy tonight?”
“Oh, I found some money.”
“Crazy.”
With a bang, the door shut.
Xu Qianqian’s foot injury had improved greatly; she could apply the medicine herself. It was fine to apply it gently since it would heal in a day or two anyway.
Old Xu called again, on another business trip.
Xu Qianqian calmly hung up and walked into the empty house. After washing up, she sat in the living room wearing thin pajamas, humming softly while applying the medicine.
As she applied it, tears began to fall quietly.
At a street food stall on Education Road.
Song Xiyun had just finished evening self-study and met up with her mother, Zhao Qiuxue, for an unusual late-night snack. She had already resolved to live frugally from now on.
Since her mother was laid off, she needed to shoulder some family responsibilities.
However...
“Yunyun, Mom made her first sale on her first day at the new job, pretty impressive, right?”
“Huh?” Song Xiyun looked shocked, her face sweating like soybeans, “Mom, didn’t you just resign today? How can you have a first day already?”
“I switched jobs,” Zhao Qiuxue stuck out her tongue, bragging, “Mom brought over her old clients.”
“Come on, you have zero sales.”
Zhao Qiuxue: “Feeling wronged...”
Song Xiyun slapped her forehead, “Mom, just be honest with me. I can help you think it through.”
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“I’m an adult; what help can a kid like you give me?” Zhao Qiuxue wanted to regain her dignity as a mother, but it was futile.
Seeing her daughter still staring at her, Zhao Qiuxue had no choice but to recount the whole incident tonight.
“You know, that handsome guy was strange. Not only did he buy the 998 membership card, but he also bought thirty lessons at 110 each, totaling a full 4,000 yuan. So expensive...”
Listening to her mother ramble, Song Xiyun’s vision darkened.
“Mom, what’s the name of the guy who made the sale to you?”
“Oh, you mean that handsome guy... Jiang Nian~~ I heard he’s still a senior in high school. I advised him not to buy lessons since he wouldn’t have time, but he insisted.”
Those two words together broke Song Xiyun’s already bent spirit completely.
“How could it be him!”
“Yunyun, you know that handsome guy?” Zhao Qiuxue asked curiously.
“No, I don’t!” Song Xiyun said in horror, recalling how she had called out “Dad” earlier in the day, which was meant to lighten the mood but now felt like a boomerang.
She resolved to find a chance to ask tomorrow.
Meanwhile,
Jiang Nian was happily staring at his bank card balance over and over again. Although he wasn’t sure how the morning task went, Zhou Haifei had given up on the idea.
Perhaps due to a mismatch in timelines, the Zhou Haifei from twenty years later was quite different from the current one, as people’s thoughts do change.
He had worked hard to complete the gym task that evening by running around. He wouldn’t actually go to the gym or attend classes.
As for reselling secondhand items, he had no plans for that now. Who knew how the system judged things? If he sold immediately after getting the money, it might be deducted again.
In short, four thousand yuan exchanged for twenty thousand was a great profit.
Currently, he had 23,000 yuan in his account. Just a week ago, he was a poor senior with only 300 yuan on him; now he had suddenly become wealthy.
Feeling a bit inflated, Jiang Nian tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He got up in the middle of the night to drink water and happened to see his parents in the living room with the lights on, quietly discussing expenses while writing in a notebook.
Li Hongmei frowned, whispering to Old Jiang. Jiang Nian, just stepping out of his room, asked curiously but was immediately shut down by his mother’s stern look.
“Go, go, go. Kids shouldn’t mind adult matters. Go to sleep; you have school tomorrow.”
“Alright,” Jiang Nian obeyed willingly.
The system task hadn’t refreshed yet. After glancing at it a few times, he went to sleep.
The next day.
“Is your foot better?” Jiang Nian brought breakfast for Xu Qianqian as usual and looked at her suspiciously, “Hey, why are your eyes red?”
Xu Qianqian, freshly washed, sat in the living room waiting for him. She turned her head awkwardly upon hearing this.
She didn’t dare say she had been applying medicine alone yesterday and ended up missing her mother so much that tears fell. That night back in her room, she cried again until her pillow was soaked.
“I... didn’t sleep well.”
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“Oh, you haven’t applied the medicine yet? Let me help.” Jiang Nian squatted down and searched for some herbal liniment, “Where did you put the medicine yesterday? You didn’t throw it away, right?”
“I can do it myself.” Xu Qianqian lowered her head, touching her ankle and pressing it gently, “It’s almost healed; I don’t think I need more medicine.”
Jiang Nian ignored her and grabbed her foot.
Her calves were fair and slender, cool to the touch; the taut muscles outlined a graceful curve. Her delicate soles flashed briefly, and all five toes curled up.
“I already said no...” she mumbled.
“We’re going to be late. Do you think I want to do this?” Jiang Nian poked her sole lightly. Xu Qianqian immediately cried out, curling her toes even tighter.
“Ah~~” Jiang Nian mimicked the sound.
Xu Qianqian blushed deeply, “You’re dead meat, Jiang Nian!”
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Walking down the road, Xu Qianqian’s face remained flushed, and her ankle still felt warm.
Only when she reached the stairs of the teaching building did she remember.
“Are you confident in your English?”
The stairs were crowded with students rushing to class. Jiang Nian only had time to turn back and say,
“Probably.”
Ring ring ring!!!
The class bell rang, and downstairs erupted like a zombie outbreak. It was like the end of the world, with students frantically running.
Xu Qianqian opened her mouth to say something but was swept away by the crowd.
The first class was math. Jiang Nian propped himself up, listening drowsily. His eyelids drooped, and his mind was foggy. Last night’s excitement over the extra 20,000 yuan was to blame.
That delicate young woman even added him on WeChat, but Jiang Nian thought it was unnecessary.
Ha~~ so sleepy.
For a senior, two math classes first thing at eight in the morning was pure hell.
Finally, the third class, English, arrived. The English teacher was late, carrying a dozen answer sheets, her face void of any smile.
The class wasn’t afraid of her, and although the reaction was mild, they respectfully quieted down.
“This exam... cough cough.” The English teacher, a thirty-something young woman, wore different outfits daily, and her bag on the podium was worth over ten thousand yuan.
“The results are terrible. Only three students scored above 130 points!”