As night fell, Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao came back from the school cafeteria after dinner. Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo squatting in the bathroom washing clothes, Luo Yan smiled and said:
"Jiang Xiaoguo, what are you doing?"
"do the laundry!"
"I know you're doing laundry, I mean, why don't you use the washing machine?"
“Save money!”
Before Jiang Xiaoguo could speak, Duan Jiabao beside him said with a smile:
"It costs three yuan to wash clothes in the washing machine. Xiaoguo is such a stingy person, she will definitely not be willing to spend that money!"
"Who said that?"
Rolling his eyes at Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao who were standing outside the bathroom door and laughing at him, Jiang Xiaoguo raised his eyebrows and said jokingly while washing his oily coat:
"Although I'm stingy, I'm still willing to spend three dollars!"
"Who are you kidding?"
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo who was deliberately making a fool of himself, Duan Jiabao rolled his eyes and said:
"I just need to do some laundry. Let's wash yours and mine together. How about I lend you the washing machine?"
"No!"
He picked up the clothes in the washing basin and looked at them under the light. There were still oil stains on them. Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but said in frustration:
"It's greasy and I can't wash it clean by hand, let alone a washing machine!"
"Hey, isn't this the clothes you borrowed from your colleague?"
"How did you get grease stains on it?"
"Don't mention it. I was so unlucky today that I opened the door for the unlucky guy. I was so unlucky!"
After taking a look at Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao, Jiang Xiaoguo continued to wash clothes while complaining:
"My phone fell into the toilet in the morning, I met my cheating ex at noon, and I was bumped by someone when I came back from the school cafeteria at night. The most important thing is that I was fine, but the clothes I borrowed were ruined!"
"Who, who hit you?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo's miserable words, Duan Jiabao pretended to be indignant and said:
"Tell me who he is, and I'll help you reason with him and ask him to compensate you with a new dress!"
"And me!"
Luo Yan, who was standing by, followed Duan Jiabao and joined in the fun:
"Xiaoguo, don't worry. Dad will help you get justice and make him compensate you for your financial losses and mental damage. I can't kill him with the compensation!"
"Go away, both of you, stop making trouble, it wasn't intentional!"
Rolling her eyes at Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao who were making a fuss, Jiang Xiaoguo took out the coat that could never be completely washed from the washing basin, wrung it out, and then went to hang it on the balcony to dry. Seeing her being so generous, Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao looked at each other in surprise.
Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao followed Jiang Xiaoguo to the balcony. The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and finally Duan Jiabao spoke:
"Xiao Guo, is he a handsome guy? Is the person who bumped into you a handsome guy?"
“It’s quite handsome!”
After hanging the clothes to dry, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao who were staring at her eagerly. She thought for a while and said temptingly:
"He is about 1.8 meters tall, with legs all the way down from the waist, an upright figure, and a handsome face, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He is also very gentlemanly and polite, and looks gentle and refined, just like the male protagonist in a romance novel, gentle as jade!"
"Really?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo speak so well, Duan Jiabao, who likes chasing stars, couldn't help but say:
"What's his name, is he from our school, which department is he in, and is he as handsome as ours?"
"Of course it's... fake!"
Jiang Xiaoguo rolled his eyes at Duan Jiabao, then walked to his desk and sat down.
"His name is Yuan Xudong, he's from the computer department, he looks okay, similar to your family, anyway, they're both handsome guys!"
"Yuan Xudong?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong's name, Duan Jiabao slightly widened his eyes and said:
"I know, I know. I met him once last time when I was at a social gathering with other classes. He's quite handsome, but a bit shy and doesn't like to talk much. I heard that he doesn't have a girlfriend yet. Xiaoguo, why don't you take him in?"
"That's it, that's it!"
Before Jiang Xiaoguo could speak, Luo Yan interrupted:
"I know him, Yuan Xudong, computer science major, junior this year, from a single-parent family, with a mother at home. Like you, he likes money. When he was a freshman, he opened a small shop in his dormitory, typing and copying materials for people. At night, he went to various dormitories to sell melon seeds, drinks, spicy noodles, etc. Later, he was reported to the school by the student union, and the shop went bankrupt. Then he became a game merchant, reselling game coins, high-level equipment, etc., and also helped people level up. I heard that he made a lot of money!"
“How much money did he make?”
Hearing Luo Yan mention money, Jiang Xiaoguo slightly widened his eyes and said energetically:
"How do you know so clearly?"
"He said so himself!"
After fiddling with her phone for a while, Luo Yan opened the game forum, found the post posted by Yuan Xudong, showed it to Jiang Xiaoguo and Duan Jiabao, and said:
"There are many scammers in the game. In order to make others believe him, he posted messages to promote himself in various forums, especially the Dungeon Fighter forum. He has been updating steadily for more than two years. He posts screenshots for every transaction. Someone helped him calculate that he probably made more than 100,000 yuan. There are also forums in our school. Many college students earn gold coins and sell them to him. As time goes by, people who like to play games know him. Although I don't like playing Dungeon Fighter, I still know that there is such a special game merchant in our school!"
“Can you make so much money playing games?”
Hearing Luo Yan say that Yuan Xudong made more than 100,000 yuan by playing games, Jiang Xiaoguo slightly widened his eyes and sighed:
"He's quite amazing!"
“Is it amazing?”
Duan Jiabao on the side tilted his head and said:
"I spend 20,000 to 50,000 yuan on a bag. Even if it's 20,000 yuan, a few hundred thousand yuan is only enough for me to buy bags for a year. What's so great about that?"
"Who can compare with you?"
Jiang Xiaoguo rolled his eyes at Duan Jiabao, who didn't know how hard it was to make money without earning it, and said:
"Luo Yan's mother is a lawyer. Her family owns two houses in Shenzhen, and they don't have any mortgages. Your father is a billionaire doing business in Sichuan. He has never lacked anything since he was a child. His clothes and bags are all branded. For ordinary people like me and Yuan Xudong, our family can only support our tuition and basic living expenses. I am now an intern in the financial field, and I only make 3,000 yuan a month, which does not include food expenses, transportation expenses, etc. If I could not live in the school dormitory, I don't know how I would survive in Shenzhen, okay?"
“Is it so miserable?”
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo speaking so miserably, Duan Jiabao hugged her and said with a smile:
"But it doesn't matter, I'll take care of you!"
"Go away, who wants you to support me?"
Jiang Xiaoguo rolled her eyes at the playful Duan Jiabao and pushed her away, saying:
"Okay, I'm busy now, please stop bothering me!"
"Okay, Master Xiaoguo!"
"Get lost!"
After sending away the idle Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao, Jiang Xiaoguo sat at his desk, took out his wallet and bank cards from the drawer, and began to count his assets one by one to see if they were enough to compensate half of his colleague's clothes, and then buy the latest model of Apple mobile phone to show off.
"1,385.88 yuan from China Merchants Bank, 1,255.89 yuan from China Construction Bank, 250.12 yuan from Agricultural Bank of China, 52.55 yuan from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, plus 1,458.89 yuan in Alipay, 201.58 yuan in WeChat, and 3.69 yuan in the red envelope I grabbed this morning, plus this month's salary of 3,000 yuan, and cash..."
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo lying on her desk fiddling with her calculator and mumbling to herself, Luo Yan, who was lying on the upper bunk opposite her playing with her phone, couldn't help but say:
"Xiao Guo, what are you mumbling about?"
"Gather some money, you will regret not having enough money when you need it!"
"So how was your salary during the six months of internship? Did you volunteer?"
"It's better to be a volunteer. At least volunteers don't lose money. Internships make people poor. The monthly salary is 3,000 yuan. You have to take care of your own transportation. There is no meal allowance. Takeout is very expensive. The only affordable food near the company is Sister Zhang's barbecue rice. You get 20 yuan off for every 25 yuan you spend!"
After Jiang Xiaoguo finished speaking, Duan Jiabao, who was sitting diagonally opposite her, suddenly said:
"This is too much. These marketing accounts are spreading rumors and slandering our family again!"
After that, she ran directly to Jiang Xiaoguo, handed her her phone and said:
"Xiao Guo, look, this is really too much. Can you accompany me to the Xiaoba Association to comment on them?"
"No, wait a minute!"
"Just take a look!"
"Did I add the amount from Bank of China? I'm done. I have to recalculate it all over again!"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo really had no time to take care of him, Duan Jiabao ran to Luo Yan and begged:
"Shi Tou, look at this, this is not our family at all. Our family doesn't look like this. They still say that he had plastic surgery, put on makeup and retouched the photos. This is too much!"
"I'm not interested. I've never met Li Li. Who knows what he looks like in real life?"
"Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. You all don't even look at me or pay any attention to me, okay!"
Seeing that Luo Yan and Jiang Xiaoguo were unwilling to pay attention to her, Duan Jiabao sat at her desk alone and sulked, humming deliberately. Seeing her like this, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but put down the calculator, turned around and looked at her and smiled:
"Dabao?"
Seeing Duan Jiabao holding the pillow and deliberately ignoring her, Jiang Xiaoguo smiled and said:
"Baby?"
Glancing at Jiang Xiaoguo, Duan Jiabao pouted and said:
"what?"
"I understand you. Don't you just want to clarify something for your Lili?"
"Uh-huh!"
"I'll show you a clear way!"
"What?"
"Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, on the first floor of the Shaw Building, there will be a special recruitment fair for film and television companies. It is no longer a dream to speak up for your idol!"
"Oh, I see. Thank you, Xiaoguo!"
"You're welcome!"
After dealing with Duan Jiabao, Jiang Xiaoguo started to calculate her assets again. She majored in finance and was a very particular person. When she calculated, she had to be precise to two decimal places. She would feel uncomfortable and uneasy if she had one cent less.
After a while, seeing Jiang Xiaoguo still fiddling with her calculator and mobile phone, Luo Yan, who was lying on the upper bunk playing with her mobile phone, couldn't help but say:
"Xiao Guo, how's your calculation going? Do you have enough money?"
"If you don't count the clothes, there's still a shortfall of 600 yuan!"
"What are you going to do? How about I lend you some?"
"No, thank you!"
Jiang Xiaoguo rejected Luo Yan's proposal while fiddling with his phone.
"I can return my meal card and bus card, but this order hasn't been shipped for such a long time. I'd feel bad if I don't return it!"
"What did you buy?"
“Snail noodles!”
"You're going to quit the snail noodle too?"
"No?"
"Of course, as long as you are happy!"
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo looking for money everywhere, Luo Yan reminded her:
"By the way, about that shared bike, have you returned the deposit?"
"I would like to withdraw, but there are more than 14 million people waiting ahead of me. I don't know if I can get this money in my lifetime!"
"Don't lose heart, as long as you live long enough, the money will be returned to you one day!"
"Oh, I hope so!"
Just as he finished speaking, a cell phone rang. It was Jiang Xiaoguo's phone. Seeing that she didn't answer the call, Luo Yan asked curiously:
"Who is it? It's not your ex-boyfriend, right?"
"No, it's my mom!"
"Then why didn't you answer the phone?"
"I would like to answer it!"
"Then you answer it!"
"It will take tens of seconds before you can answer this phone!"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo swiping the answer button on her iPhone but seeing no response, Luo Yan couldn't help but complain:
"Jiang Xiaoguo, you are truly the most impoverished but determined woman I have ever met. Dad wants to donate money to you!"
"Get lost!"
After glaring at Luo Yan, Jiang Xiaoguo finally answered the call. She walked to the balcony with her phone and said:
"Mom, how's your square dancing going lately? Have you found any suitable uncles?"
"You naughty kid, what do you think about all day long?"
"My dream of becoming rich depends on you. You said you have been single for so many years, why don't you do something serious?"
"Do you need to be beaten? Why don't I do anything serious? You keep talking nonsense all day long. Oh, I want to ask you something serious. I played mahjong with your aunt Zhao and the others. I won money, and then your aunt Zhao and the others transferred the money to me via WeChat. Then, how do I withdraw the money?"
"I taught you this during the summer vacation. Open that wallet!"
"Okay, wait a minute, which wallet is it? The flower wallet I use for shopping, or the black wallet you bought for me?"
"No, I'm talking about my wallet on WeChat!"
"Where can I find your wallet on WeChat?"
"Oh my god, I was talking about my wallet on WeChat, not my wallet!"
"What a mess! I've been confused by you. Is it your wallet or mine?"
"Oh my god, are you really my biological mother? I am such a smart daughter, how could you..."
"What's wrong with me?"
"Forget it, it's hard to explain. This may not be your fault, it's my dad's problem!"
"What happened to your dad?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. It's fate. You open WeChat, click on mine, and then find my wallet... Hello?"
Just when Jiang Xiaoguo was about to patiently teach her mother how to withdraw cash from the WeChat wallet, her iPhone finally froze.
"I'm so pissed off, what a crappy phone!"
Jiang Xiaoguo returned to the dormitory with a grumble, borrowed Luo Yan's phone to call his mother, briefly explained the situation, and then returned the phone to Luo Yan and said:
"Shi Tou, didn't you say you were going to donate money to me? Hurry up, my broken cell phone has finally come to an end!"
"Okay, no problem, I'll transfer it to you via Alipay later!"
"Okay, thank you!"
"It's okay, but you should have listened to me and applied for that scholarship."
As Luo Yan spoke, she showed Jiang Xiaoguo the list of scholarships in the group:
"Look, the third-class scholarship is two thousand!"
"Let me take a look!"
After taking Luo Yan's phone and taking a look at it, Jiang Xiaoguo smiled with his eyes slightly wide open:
“I’m rich!”
"Didn't you apply for a scholarship?"
"I didn't apply, but Wang Wei did. I lent her 300 yuan last semester, and she hasn't paid me back yet!"
After saying that, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly ran to Duan Jiabao, took off the headset she was wearing and said:
"Dabao, I'll lend you a bunch of bananas!"
"Okay, take it!"
"Thank you. I'll treat you to an apple later!"
After putting the headset back on Duan Jiabao's ears and letting her continue listening to the songs of her idol , Jiang Xiaoguo took three bananas from her pile of fruits and snacks and walked to the dormitory next door. She knocked on the door, and the door opened from the inside. The person who opened the door was Wang Wei.
"Xiao Guo, what can I do for you?"
"I...I'll give you three bananas. I...I want to..."
Jiang Xiaoguo offered the banana with both hands, looking at Wang Wei who seemed to know nothing, and hesitantly said, it was really too embarrassing to ask her to pay back the money. Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo was hesitant and unable to speak, Wang Wei took the banana and prepared to close the door and said:
"Thank you, Xiaoguo!"
"Hey, don't worry!"
Seeing Wang Wei preparing to close the door, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly blocked it with his foot and said:
"Last semester, I...I lent you three hundred yuan. Shouldn't you pay me back?"
"Three hundred dollars? Didn't I pay you back?"
Hearing Wang Wei say this, Jiang Xiaoguo slightly widened his eyes and said:
"Did you...return it to me?"
"Xiao Guo, I'm sorry. I thought I had returned it to you. I'm sorry!"
"It's okay, it's okay, just remember it. The main reason is that I want to buy a new phone, and after paying for living expenses, I'm still short of money. I saw in the group that they said that scholarships were being distributed, right? That's why I came to you for it !"
"No problem. I'll return the money to you as soon as the scholarship arrives, okay?"
"Don't worry too much, thank you!"
"It's okay, bye!"
After that, without waiting for Jiang Xiaoguo to say bye, Wang Wei closed the door. Jiang Xiaoguo waved at the dormitory door, said bye and walked towards her dormitory. Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo coming back, Luo Yan said with concern:
"How is it, is the money coming back?"
"not yet!"
Shaking his head slightly, Jiang Xiaoguo said a little depressed:
"She said she would pay me back as soon as the scholarship arrived. I was confused. You said it was obvious that she owed me money. As the saying goes, it is only natural to pay back debts. But why am I the one who feels embarrassed and not her?"
"Isn't this simple?"
Luo Yan glanced at Jiang Xiaoguo and said with a smile:
"Isn't it said on the Internet? People who owe money are the real bosses these days. As long as I'm not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed!"
"Really? Never mind. Let's not talk about it anymore. Turn off the lights and go to sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow to do an interview!"
"What about your cell phone?"
"It's okay, just force restart and it will be fine. It can still last for a few more days!"
"Well, good night!"
"Good night!"
…
The next day, Jiang Xiaoguo returned to school after a day of work. Just as she was thinking about whether to buy a bag of instant noodles for dinner, a WeChat notification sounded. She swiped the screen hard to open WeChat, and it turned out to be a message from Yuan Xudong.
"Hello, I'm Yuan Xudong, the handsome guy who stained your clothes yesterday. I want to ask, have you asked for the price?"
"handsome guy?"
With a smile on his face, Jiang Xiaoguo typed a reply while walking:
"I asked, that dress costs 2999 yuan, half of that is 1499.50 yuan, I'll get rid of the change for you, just transfer me 1400 yuan!"
Clicking send, without waiting for Yuan Xudong's reply, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly typed again, fearing that he would misunderstand that she was taking the opportunity to blackmail him:
"If you don't believe me, you can come with me to buy it. I will return it to my colleague after I buy it!"
"Okay, thank you for your help. Where are you now? I'll come find you."
After taking a look around, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly replied:
"I'm on this side of the playground, near the north gate. Where are you?"
"The dormitory is not far from where you are. See you later!"
"See you later!"
After ending the contact with Yuan Xudong, Jiang Xiaoguo sent a voice message to the group of herself, Luo Yan, and Duan Jiabao:
"Shitou, Dabao, I'm going to buy clothes. Does anyone want to go with me?"
"I'm having dinner with my friends, Xiaoguo, go by yourself, bye!"
Duan Jiabao replied quickly.
"I'm playing King of Glory with my friends. Xiaoguo, go by yourself. Bye!"
Luo Yan replied.
"Just go by yourself, bye!"
After replying, Jiang Xiaoguo put her phone into her shoulder bag and stood there waiting for Yuan Xudong. Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan were both not available to go shopping with her. Jiang Xiaoguo was a little nervous. Apart from her first boyfriend Zhao Dachuan more than two years ago, this was her first time going to the mall to buy clothes with a strange man.
After a while, Yuan Xudong trotted over from the opposite side of the playground. He was wearing a loose sportswear, but his figure and appearance were there. A handsome man looks handsome in anything he wears. The originally ordinary sportswear instantly became fancy on him, just like a real beauty who looks good in anything she wears, a natural clothes hanger.
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo wearing a white suit, a pair of white canvas shoes, neatly combed short hair, a small and exquisite oval face, a cherry mouth, big eyes with clear and bright eyes, she was not tall, about 1.65 meters, only up to Yuan Xudong's chest. She looked quite cute, like a child. Thinking this in his heart, Yuan Xudong took the initiative to greet her:
"Hello, Jiang Xiaoguo!"
"Hello!"
Nodding slightly, Jiang Xiaoguo glanced at Yuan Xudong and said with a stammer:
"Well...it's getting late, and I have to go to work tomorrow, so let's go early and come back early!"
"Okay, I'll follow your instructions!"
"Well, let's go. They're sold in the nearby mall. It's about four or five stops away from our school!"
"Um!"