High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 91 - 90: Jiang, Why Are You Squatting Here? Trying to Act Like a Creep?
Li Yang’s relatives are quite strange; the closer they are, the more problematic they seem.
For example, his Big Uncle and Third Uncle.
Even his Big Uncle isn’t much better.
On the contrary, the slightly more distant relatives are relatively nice.
Sometimes, when Mom gets angry, she complains that it’s due to the wrong location of this family’s ancestral grave.
From Li Yang’s perspective, actually, his dad is too kind, willing to give to those around him.
If the other person knows how to be content and grateful, the relationship between them will only get better and better.
If they don’t know what it means to be content, and even less what gratitude is, it just raises their appetite.
Just like a darned romance...
Phooey! Who needs romance!
Anyway, when he returned home at noon, Dad’s face didn’t look good.
Because all the relatives had come, except for Li Lifa and Li Lilou, who didn’t show up.
Even if they came empty-handed, Li Likun wouldn’t be this upset.
They were notified early, but this morning they suddenly called to say they needed to go to the construction site?
To hell with the construction site! Missing a day doesn’t matter!
Why not go earlier or later? Why insist on going today? And even if they went, couldn’t their wives and kids come as representatives?
Nope! Both families left early in the morning.
Today, twenty or thirty families of relatives showed up, even Li Yijun’s wife rushed over from the county, bringing five thousand.
Other relatives gave six hundred, eight hundred, or a thousand.
For usual weddings or funerals, it’s mostly two hundred; this occasion is quite special.
Except for the two brothers who didn’t come, everything else was fine.
The Big Uncle’s family came and brought two thousand.
But Li Yang knows these two families will fall out sooner or later because his dad borrowed a hundred thousand from his uncle.
It should have been borrowed this year, and up until the year Li Yang was reborn, only twenty-six thousand had been repaid.
It all depends on compared to whom. If compared to Li Lifa and Li Lilou, his Big Uncle is practically a pure white lotus.
During dinner, Li Likun drank too much.
It was supposed to be a happy day.
Li Yang took advantage of him being full of bravado to drag him to the second floor.
The old home is a two-story small building, standard for a small town.
Ten years ago, it was only one level, adding the second layer later, but it has never been occupied.
After dragging Li Likun there, Li Yang asked, "Dad, did you give your work on the construction site to Big Uncle and Third Uncle?"
Upon hearing this, Li Likun sobered up considerably and hurriedly said, "No way, you told me not to, right? Would I dare not listen?"
No acting needed today; of course, Li Yang wasn’t that upset, especially since those two positions were originally meant for the two brothers.
"Dad, I bought a house in the county. Once I get the notice, and the entrance banquet is done, you and mom can go live there."
"Hmm? What?"
Li Likun was bewildered. Such a major thing like buying a house, and the two of them hadn’t heard a peep?
"Where’d you get all that money from?"
"Academic bonus money, but buying the house spent it all. We still need furniture, so you guys need to pitch in a bit."
"Can academic bonuses be so much? I heard it’s just over two hundred thousand?"
Li Likun suddenly felt his son was unfamiliar.
Or rather, he suddenly shifted from being in a caretaker role to being cared for.
From buying a house, it’s obvious Li Yang can now make decisions alone for many things.
Li Yang said, "Not just that, I know the new boss of the Green Water Group, who is a relative of a classmate. Before the college entrance exam, she promised to give a little extra."
"Then what’s the price of your house?"
"Bought through Jun; if you want to see it, you can visit anytime."
Li Likun: "..."
Actually, he’d like to stay at the old home a few more days; coming back these couple days really felt splendid.
Walking down the street, everyone knew his son was the top scorer in the college entrance exam, with Qingbei clamoring to have him.
The face he lost throughout life, he recovered thanks to his son in a day.
When he was poor, people didn’t act like this... even kids didn’t expect candy from them during New Year greetings.
But those were things from over a decade ago—their split, starting anew with a pregnant wife, renting, then building a house... those years he never had his spine straight.
But thinking carefully, maybe these days were enough.
Compared to other parents, they seemingly hadn’t given their child much.
Both were primary school graduates, barely literate, letting him grow on his own.
Money spent? Together, they hadn’t spent much; Li Yang’s education wasn’t even as costly as his father’s years of smoking.
"Then let’s go take a look tomorrow..."
...
Xue Ning didn’t return; Li Yang headed back to the county alone.
Since Jiang Banxia had already finalized his preferences, he wasn’t going to delay, quickly filling out his own.
He merely informed Beijing University’s admissions office, not negotiating any terms.
The scholarships and such likely came with conditions once at school.
However, he asked about the entry exam; there is one, yet only just.
Meaning he could enroll smoothly.
He looked up cases of rejection due to entry exams, finding forty-four universities specifying it in their admissions brochures; even some 985 and 211 universities do, though hardly triggered.
Usually, some inside information arises, like suspicions of cheating, for stringent assessment.
He worries about becoming a monitored candidate, quite concerned all along.
Moreover, his application has already been locked in by Qingbei, so there’s no need to worry about anyone stealing his account and changing his application.
Although logging into the account requires phone verification, someone may very well have his entire personal information set.
If his personal information gets leaked in the future, he can just go find that bastard, and it won’t be unjustified.
...
July 2nd, the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, a good day for traveling, moving, engagements, groundbreaking, and blessings.
Jiang Banxia didn’t pack much in her room, because the new house already has everything they need.
It’s impossible to deal with so many things at once.
A lot of people came to her home today; she saw Dou Ying’s parents, her own grandparents, and some relatives.
Of course, the main focus was that little boy.
Dou Ying brought the child to her, saying to him, "Come on, call her sister."
The little boy seemed a bit shy in this setting but, under his mom’s gaze, called out, "Sister."
At this moment, Jiang Banxia handed over the red envelope she had in her hand, which her father gave her.
She had a slight smile on her face, making Dou Ying breathe a sigh of relief.
Then came moving and eating.
Jiang Banxia received quite a few red envelopes, all celebrating her acceptance into university.
She knew these people were already good to her, but ever since there was another child at home, she truly felt like a stranger.
She still remembered that before her birthday, Dou Ying would ask what kind of birthday gift she wanted and even book a restaurant in advance.
And tomorrow was her birthday.
The new house was indeed nice, with new furniture, a spacious area, and luxurious decorations.
No longer would she worry about the hum of the air conditioner’s outdoor unit; she couldn’t even hear the people on the other side of a wall.
During the latter part, almost all the relatives focused their attention on Jiang Tiandong, with only Dou Ying occasionally asking her about some things, like if she’d want to go traveling in a few days, if her room lacked anything, and even what kind of flowers she liked to grow on the balcony in the coming days.
She knew Jiang Banxia didn’t like pets.
It was busy until nighttime, and everyone was tired, having spent the whole day like this.
After her bath, she spent some time in her bedroom reviewing the Alliance Leader Group of a novel author.
The group recommended a few stocks.
She would monitor daily and analyze the trading patterns based on stock movements.
After taking some notes, she realized she simply couldn’t fall asleep.
Scenes from today kept replaying in her mind.
At family gatherings like these in the past, she used to be the main character...
From start to finish, her dad’s attention would always be on her.
Today, there were more guests than before, so it’s understandable for him to accompany them.
But...
It’s almost midnight, does no one really remember her birthday?
The whole house is very quiet; everyone fell asleep an hour ago.
...
"Honey, the money has been transferred to you, did you get it?"
Li Yang was just about to lie down when he received Bai Qing’s message.
Bai Qing transferred one million to his account right before midnight.
He only checked his text messages after seeing Bai Qing’s message.
"Isn’t it from the Green Water Group’s company account? Did you transfer it from your personal account?"
Bai Qing quickly said, "Yeah, the company account is too troublesome, would a rich lady like me care about that little money?"
Li Yang’s sleepiness faded away.
This was one million.
Apart from his parents, no one in the world would willingly give him one million.
Only his parents didn’t have it.
"Actually, you could back out, the initial agreement didn’t have any legal binding."
Bai Qing replied, "I’m not stupid. What’s a million compared to you, honey? Honey... will you play games with me tonight? I’ll transfer another three million to you..."
"???" Li Yang immediately said, "Never mind, never mind, just take it as me borrowing it from you, I’ll return it after using it for a while."
It’s clear Bai Qing’s financial situation isn’t great either, otherwise, the million would’ve arrived a few days ago.
"I don’t want it! I’m serious, as long as you cooperate just a tiny bit, the three million will arrive within a month."
"Huh? How to cooperate?"
"Play games with me. You know the team EDG in LOL, right? They approached me, saying if you pass their assessment, there’s a three-million contract waiting."
Li Yang quickly refused, "I’m not interested in being a professional player."
"It won’t take much of your time, you won’t even need to play in matches, just attend the assessment, and I can guarantee the contract won’t have any binding clauses, it’s just the assessment. You don’t need to do anything else, and the contract will automatically end after a few months."
Li Yang had to admit, he was tempted.
He knew Bai Qing must have been behind this, or there’s no way such a windfall would appear.
"Really?"
"Really! Do you need me to pick you up?"
"No need, let’s meet at Geek Internet Cafe, I’ll be there in half an hour."
After speaking, Li Yang immediately left the house.
If it’s just as Bai Qing said, then he’ll shamelessly go for the three million, and at worst, return both principal and interest to Bai Qing later.
... 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
The breeze in the neighborhood is very cool at night, Li Yang arrived at the community gate, just about to swipe his card to exit, when he noticed someone crouching by the security booth.
As he got closer, his expression turned odd.
"Jiang, what are you doing here crouching like that? Acting like a creeper?"
