Chapter 101 Three Phone Calls
When I got home, it was already daybreak.
I lay exhausted on my bed, still thinking back to what happened at Gu Ruoyan's house. At that time, Gu Ruoyan said that as long as it was me, she would never regret it. I knew that she was just grateful to me, and she didn't really care about me. At that time, I didn't say anything, but just persuaded her to go to sleep.
I knew that as long as she didn't find someone who could truly love and take care of her, I would never be able to get rid of this burden. I decided that I had to help her solve this problem. I had thought about introducing Xu Jian to her before. It seemed that I had to ask Xu Jian if he had a wife or girlfriend. If not, then if the two of them could get together, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? I found a good home for Gu Ruoyan, and we became a perfect couple. I was also relieved. Why not do it?
As I was thinking about it, I thought about my own troubles again. I didn't know how to talk to Qiu Jieqin, so how could I minimize the damage?
Oh! What a headache!
Before I knew it, I fell asleep. But not long after, I was woken up by the ringing of my cell phone. I frowned and looked at my watch. It was only 9:30 in the morning. God! I only slept for three or four hours.
I suppressed my anger at being disturbed, picked up the phone, and said unhappily, "Hello!"
"Good morning, Brother Tang Qian! Are you up yet?"
I sighed and said, "You! I just went to bed! What's the matter so early?"
"Hehe! I miss you! In two days, I will be escorted home by my sister. It may not be easy to see you in the future, so I want to spend more time with you in the next two days. Brother Tang Qian, come and play with me when you wake up!"
"Alas! I am not like you! I have a carefree life and no worries about food and clothing. I haven't even found a job yet! If I continue to live like this, I will soon run out of money. How can I have the time and leisure to play with you?"
"Looking for a job? That's too easy! Ask my sister to arrange one for you! Anyway, there are so many people working for her, she doesn't mind having you as one more. And you're my sister's good friend, how can she treat you badly? I can't say if the salary is more, but if it's less than , I won't agree!"
I could only laugh: "Ask your sister to arrange things for me? What can I do? I can't do her entertainment business. Besides, your sister and I are friends. You want me to work for her and listen to her bossing me around every day? Don't even think about it!"
"Then... you can be my tutor! My grades are very poor, and I need you, a top student who graduated from Z University, to tutor me. And we can be together legitimately, how great! As for the salary... it's easy to talk, I'll give you whatever you say!"
I asked curiously, "How do you know I graduated from Z University? I don't think I told you that."
"Ah? This... Hehe! Anyway, I know it. What do you think? You can do this job, right? Brother Tang Qian, you don't know that my mother has found several tutors for me before, but I made them all so scared that they never dared to come again. But as long as it's you, I will be very good and obedient. I will be very happy to be with you and I promise not to make you angry!"
I sat up from the bed and said, "Hey! This is different. With my relationship with your brother, can I charge you for tutoring? If you are really obedient, I can volunteer to be your tutor! But we have to talk about this later. I have to find a job to support my family with my own abilities. I don't want to rely on your family to live. Do you understand?"
"Ah! You are really...stubborn! Okay, okay! If you don't want to do it, then don't do it! And! What do you mean by relying on your relationship with my brother? Am I not as close to you as my brother? I am your future wife!"
I laughed and said, "That's too early! Right now you should focus on studying. Only if you study hard can you have a Let me make it clear! If you don't get into a key university, I won't want you!"
"Key university? That's too difficult, right? You're deliberately making things difficult for me! You're not sincere!"
"Don't scream! I'm doing this for your own good. If I don't put some pressure on you, how can you study hard? If you really find it difficult, I can help you. We can put aside the five-year agreement for now. Studying is only for your own good. You have to understand that!"
"Humph! You can bully me anyway! I'll put up with it! Who told me to obey you? But if you do this to me again in five years, I won't let you go!"
Hey! How come she sounds so much like her sister? I smiled and said, "Okay! Let's talk about it in five years. I mean, I'm sleepy, can you let me sleep a little longer?"
"No! Stop playing tricks on me! I'm asking you! My sister said that you went to someone else's house after you went back home. What were you doing there in the middle of the night? Was that person a man or a woman?"
I laughed and said, “Female!”
"I... knew it! I just told you that you can cheat occasionally, but you were so blunt and acted right away! I don't care, you come here and tell me clearly, what's the woman's name, how old is she? What did you do that night?"
Seeing that the little witch was really anxious, I put away my joking attitude and said seriously: "Don't make blind guesses. That was an old leader of mine. She encountered something annoying, so I went to counsel her. She is not as dirty as you think."
"real or fake?"
"I would lie to you, a child?"
"Who is a child? I've told you eight hundred times, I'm almost eighteen and I'm going to be an adult soon!"
"It's just that it will be soon. You're still a child now, one day less won't count!"
"You... Fine! I can't argue with you, so I won't waste my words on you. Can you come over? I'm waiting for you!"
"Forget it. I might as well find a job if I have this much time. I'm going to die! I'm really not awake yet. Please let me sleep a little longer."
"Tang Qian! You...Oh no, my sister is here, humph! Remember this!" As soon as the words fell, the little witch hung up the phone immediately.
I smiled bitterly, put my phone away, and thought to myself, this little witch is really a headache! I yawned, and lay back on the bed, ready to catch up on some good sleep.
But as soon as my head touched the pillow, my phone rang again. I rolled my eyes and took out my phone again. The number was from Zhao Yanjin.
"Hey! Lao Zhao!"
"Old Tang! I just came back from a business trip and heard that you resigned. What happened?"
"Oh! It's hard to explain in a few words! I'll tell you in detail when I have time. By the way, I still owe you two thousand yuan. I'll send it to you in the evening. "
"I'm not here to ask for money, do you still consider me a brother? It's been so long since I resigned and you didn't even say hello. Don't you know how to use your phone?"
"No, I was busy dealing with some things these past two days and forgot about it. As a brother, please forgive me!"
"Forget it, that's all I said. Hey, I also heard that your relationship with the new Vice President Hua was very strained. Did you resign because of her?"
"Well... that's it!"
"Hey! I've inquired about it. That woman's father is the group's president, Hua Qiming. He's very powerful! If you offend her, no one can help you! I can't help you either!"
"Lao Zhao! Thank you! You are the only one in the company who will really help me, but I have already resigned, so please don't worry about me."
"What are you going to do after you quit your job? Have you found a job?"
"Not yet. It's really hard to find a job nowadays. I can't do anything else. I'll just take my time!"
"Is that so? Old Tang, if you are not afraid of being wronged, I have a friend who opened a small bookstore, which was originally run by his wife. But his wife is the kind of person who can't sit still. After reading for a while, she kept complaining that she had no freedom, no time, and no fun. My friend has another job and can't come to see the book himself. He and his wife are from other places and have no relatives here. So two days ago, he asked me to help him find an honest and clean person to take care of the store for him. I was thinking, isn't reading a big hobby of yours? If you are free for the time being, why not come and help. It doesn't matter how long you work, you can work until you find a suitable new job. But the work here is not tiring, just selling a few books. You don't need to promote it, just pay for whichever book Gu Rong wants to buy. But... you need to talk to him about the salary, I don't think it will be very high. What do you think? Do you want to consider it?"
I thought about it and realized that it was really hard for me to find a suitable job right now. If I continued to be unemployed, I was afraid that my savings would not last for a few days. It was rare that Lao Zhao was so loyal and still thought of me and was willing to help me when I was frustrated. Why should I be polite to him? After all, he was my best friend and there was nothing to be ashamed of. Although it was a bit of a waste of my talents for a college student to run a small shop, college students also had to eat! Besides, there were so many college students who couldn't find jobs in today's society. Why should I care about my face? Besides, it was a bookstore after all. Books were elegant things. Selling books to the world was a noble profession and not shameful!
I thought about it and made up my mind. I said, "Old Zhao, don't think about it. I'm worried about having nothing to do right now. I think the job in the bookstore is suitable. Can you introduce me to someone?"
Zhao Yan said happily: "Well! Don't regret it if the salary is not high! I have said it in advance!"
"It's not a big deal! It won't be a long-term solution anyway. I'll leave if I find a suitable job."
"Okay! Since you agree, I'll call him and let you know as soon as I have any news."
"Thanks, Lao Zhao!"
"We're brothers, why are you being polite? I'm hanging up!"
"goodbye!"
I put down my phone, feeling touched and sighing. I was touched that when I was in trouble, there were always friends who could lend a hand. Although I don’t make many friends, I can judge people very well. Those who can become my friends are friends who can help each other and treat each other sincerely. I was sighing that the high-achieving university student who was full of vigor and vitality back then has now only been reduced to helping others run a store. And this job was only obtained with the help of friends, otherwise I would have continued to be unemployed! What a huge difference this is from what I thought when I just graduated!
I smiled bitterly and lay down again, preparing to take a nap while waiting for Lao Zhao's call. But as soon as I lay down, my cell phone started ringing again. I thought strangely: "Lao Zhao can't be that fast? I just put down the phone!"
In desperation, I took a look at the caller ID and the number was Hua Jingjing!
