In fact, after Zhou Qiaoqiao’s father got together with her stepmother, his career went through a period of recovery after being on a slump for awhile. Otherwise, how could they afford to send Zhou Qiaoqiao to the teacher’s place to eat and drink? After all, the cost of sending her there was definitely more expensive than cooking at home.
However, the issue of university tuition was a complicated one. The tuition fee was 7,900 yuan per year, textbook fees were 800 yuan, and the school accommodation fee was 1,200 yuan, in addition to separate monthly expenses for electricity and water bills.
Nowadays, prices are high, especially in Yiwu City. A meal costs at least 20 yuan, and 50 yuan a day is not considered expensive. The school cafeteria may be relatively cheaper, but the monthly food expenses should still be around 1,000 yuan. Adding a little pocket money for the child, a total of 1,500 yuan should be given each month, right? And this is in a big city like Yiwu. However, Zhou Yingjie never considers these expenses.
According to her stepmother’s words, other people’s children are amazing; they can support themselves through university until graduation!
Therefore, except for the first year’s tuition, which was covered by Zhou Qiaoqiao’s father, by Zhou Yingjie, from the second year onwards, Zhou Qiaoqiao would earn her own tuition, not to mention the school accommodation fee, textbook fees, and various miscellaneous expenses.
Her father, Zhou Yingjie, contentedly gave her a monthly allowance of 300 yuan, which amounts to 2,400 yuan per year.
Based on all these reasons, Zhou Qiaoqiao did indeed live frugally, but she didn’t always eat plain rice with kimchi soup. She only ate that when she occasionally didn’t have money. Most of the time, she still ate plain rice with spicy stir-fried tofu, alright!
Nevertheless, she was still the “Grandet” 1refers to Félix Grandet in the novel “Eugénie Grandet” by Honoré de Balzac. Felix was a wealthy but miserly man. Frugality is his vice. at school, a lone wolf among students.
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Zhou Qiaoqiao glared at Ruan Xiaojiao, pointing at her and saying, “How ridiculous! As if any field doesn’t value integrity? If you can work in the accounting field, it shows that your company doesn’t value integrity either!”
Ruan Xiaojiao turned her head to look at Zhou Qiaoqiao, staring at her as if she couldn’t believe she dared to speak like that.
Zhou Qiaoqiao chuckled, hands on hips, not even realizing how embarrassed she looked. But she was very proud of herself. She pointed a finger at Ruan Xiaojiao and said, “Are you stupid? There’s no professor dad to discipline me now!”
Zhou Qiaoqiao had completely given up on herself. She turned in a circle, twisted around, and looked at Ruan Xiaojiao, saying, “You see, even if you’re still unsatisfied with me, what can you do? You can’t bite me.”
“Zhou… Qiao… Qiao!” Ruan Xiaojiao abruptly stood up and pointed at Zhou Qiaoqiao, shouting.
Zhou Qiaoqiao continued to twist around! Continued to provoke!
“Calling your sister! I don’t know you that well…” Zhou Qiaoqiao looked at her and proudly said, “That school hunk was the idiot who deceived people first. Who in the school knew he had a girlfriend? Did he mention it? Knowing that someone was pursuing him, yet he didn’t mention having a girlfriend. Isn’t he the one with the problem? And you dare to call Jiamin a third party. Your sense of values is messed up!”
Ruan Xiaojiao couldn’t believe that Zhou Qiaoqiao was so audacious and angrily said, “Shut up! This is a job interview place. Why are you causing a scene here?”
Zhou Qiaoqiao looked up at the sky and said, “La la la, I didn’t come here to work. What’s wrong with causing a scene? Who started bullying others first? Letting you badmouth Jiamin, hmph!”
This time, Zhou Qiaoqiao remembered to open the door. She pulled it open, turned her head, and said to Ruan Xiaojiao, “Hehe… I’m leaving.”
Then she walked out, even turning back to taunt Ruan Xiaojiao. Oh, how satisfying it felt! In the past, her father was a school professor, and everyone would flatter her. Even when she was bullied, she didn’t dare to resist.
But now that she has entered society, who’s afraid of who! Does everyone have a powerful father in society?
La la la la la… This idiot is driving me crazy.
“Oh, oops!”
Without looking ahead, the consequence was that she bumped directly into someone’s arms. Zhou Qiaoqiao held her forehead and looked up, only to see Yan Wei also looking down at her with a smile on his face.
“Yan Wei, what are you doing here?” Zhou Qiaoqiao asked him curiously, covering her forehead.
Yan Wei glanced inside and saw Ruan Xiaojiao in a state of frustration, while the people around her frowned, some looking at Ruan Xiaojiao and some at Zhou Qiaoqiao.
Yan Wei whispered in Zhou Qiaoqiao’s ear, “I came in to play.”
Play? Play what?
Yan Wei raised his hand and wiped Zhou Qiaoqiao’s face with his sleeve, laughing, “Why are you in such a mess?”
“Ah!” Zhou Qiaoqiao just remembered that she still had a nosebleed! She quickly said, “It might dirty your clothes.”
“It’s fine,” Yan Wei stopped her resisting hand and smiled at Zhou Qiaoqiao. “It’s fine, it’s just clothes.”
Zhou Qiaoqiao looked up at him in a daze, and Yan Wei also looked down at her. He asked Zhou Qiaoqiao, “Have you made up your mind?”
Zhou Qiaoqiao honestly shook her head and said, “No, I’m scared!”
It was a major decision in life, and she didn’t dare to make a hasty judgment. She didn’t want to end up like her mother, whose entire life revolved around her father and couldn’t survive a little setback.
Yan Wei nodded and said, “It’s okay, take your time to think. But don’t be afraid, I won’t harm you, whether you agree or not.”
Ruan Xiaojiao watched Zhou Qiaoqiao and a man getting intimate outside the door. At first, she couldn’t believe it, but then she felt a bit devastated.
Zhou Qiaoqiao’s life was a constant mess, and Ruan Xiaojiao felt that Zhou Qiaoqiao’s university years were probably the messiest moments of her life. With messy short hair, a small stature, dry and yellowish hair, darkened skin, she always wore faded jeans and a white shirt that looked like it had been washed to the point of turning white. She wore the same pair of sneakers from her freshman year to her senior year.
Ruan Xiaojiao posted information collected from various sources on the campus website, turning Zhou Qiaoqiao into the laughingstock of the entire school in the last six months.
However, even now, dressed up so nicely and looking radiant, this person couldn’t escape the “brilliant” impression she left during her university days. And yet, this person, who was like that, was actually getting intimate with a man who clearly looked like a wealthy playboy?
Ruan Xiaojiao couldn’t believe it. In Yan Wei’s sudden glance, she saw a threat, and her expression turned into one of panic.
What kind of look was that? Did he want to vent his anger for Zhou Qiaoqiao?
Zhou Qiaoqiao also turned around and made a funny face at Ruan Xiaojiao. Finally, someone beside Ruan Xiaojiao couldn’t take it anymore and said, “Who are these people? The world is really a forest full of all sorts of birds. The company interview feels like a joke.”
There were also people who were unhappy with Ruan Xiaojiao and said with a smile, “But it was our company’s employee who provoked others first!”
“I can’t stand this kind of atmosphere. What kind of job is worth enduring this? Is it simply a lack of ability?”
Yan Wei pulled Zhou Qiaoqiao, wanting to leave. Upon hearing these words, he turned back to look at that person and asked curiously, “So, the level of ability is determined by the level of endurance? Zhongtai Corporation really surprises me!”
Yan Wei looked at the row of people sitting behind the desk and said with a smile, “I know my girlfriend’s abilities better than all of you. The behavior of a company can be seen from how it treats newcomers during interviews. Blaming the newcomers for not being able to handle it shows that indeed the world is a forest full of all sorts of birds.”
He used the words of the interviewer to refute herself, leaving the interviewer fuming. She was about to stand up and slam the table, but Yan Wei wasn’t in the mood to argue with people. He simply closed the door, leaving behind a group of self-righteous individuals.
Those words got stuck in her throat, almost choking her.
Yan Wei held Zhou Qiaoqiao’s hand and they walked out. His 14,000,000 yuan Maybach was parked at the entrance, and Mao Liang was there, bowing his head and scrolling through his phone.
When Mao Liang saw Yan Wei coming out, he put away his phone and was surprised to see Zhou Qiaoqiao. He exclaimed, “Miss Zhou, what are you doing here?”
Zhou Qiaoqiao replied, “I came for an interview! Yan Wei, why are you here?”
Mao Liang looked at Yan Wei with a schadenfreude smile, and Zhou Qiaoqiao furrowed her brows, not understanding why he found her question amusing.
Yan Wei looked ahead with a serious expression and said, “I came to meet a friend and happened to catch the rabbit that’s been pushed to its limits and is biting people.”
Zhou Qiaoqiao widened her eyes and asked, “Rabbit? Where is it?” She first leaned over to check the passenger seat, then sat back and looked at Yan Wei, asking, “Are you referring to me?”
Yan Wei smiled and said, “Yes, the one I caught is a bald rabbit.”
Zhou Qiaoqiao: “…” Bald, bald rabbit?
The car started, and Zhou Qiaoqiao saw a few people coming out from the entrance. One of them seemed to be looking around, searching for someone. Then, that person looked in their direction and shouted, “Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, listen to me, I…”
Zhou Qiaoqiao couldn’t hear the rest of the words, she could only blink in confusion, then turned to Yan Wei and asked, “Who is he?”
Yan Wei didn’t even turn his head. He simply wore a playful smile as he looked ahead, his voice calm and indifferent. “Who knows.”
Zhou Qiaoqiao: “…”
“Qiaoqiao, what you should be thinking about is what I told you a few days ago,” Yan Wei interrupted her thoughts, bringing her attention back.
Zhou Qiaoqiao thought for a moment and said, “Actually, I wanted to ask, Yan Wei…” She looked serious and earnest. “Are you sure it’s me?”
Yan Wei looked at her like that and suddenly smiled, asking in return, “Why can’t it be you?”
Sansukini: OMG! He’s so sweet. This is not a revenge novel, but our ML is no soft persimmon either. Tit for Tat.
Grandet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A9nie_Grandet
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Well, have to agree that he does seem quite sweet, protective, considerate, and caring to her.