Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 103 - 88: Today’s Livestream Mock Exam!

"Taking a lunch break?"

Since it was agreed beforehand that Shen Qiushan would come to her office for tutoring at noon, Lin Xiamo wasn’t surprised to see him at this time.

However, it seemed like she hadn’t heard the class dismissal bell yet.

"Director Xu wanted to have a chat with me, so I came out early."

Saying this, Shen Qiushan took out two red envelopes and placed them on Lin Xiamo’s desk. "The 20,000 yuan you lent me before."

"I don’t really have any urgent need for money, so there’s no rush to return it."

Lin Xiamo didn’t take the money but instead gave Shen Qiushan a look.

"You know, I’m not lacking in money now either."

Shen Qiushan shook the phone in his hand, making it clear that he now had an income from writing novels.

Lin Xiamo couldn’t help but think of the readers’ enthusiastic tipping; even she couldn’t resist giving a 1,000 yuan tip last night.

"Your book..."

Actually, Lin Xiamo wanted to ask how much Shen Qiushan had written in advance and if she could borrow it to read.

At the moment, she had already read the latest Chapter and was naturally very curious about the subsequent plot.

But as she was about to speak, she changed her question: "Can you actually receive all the tip money?"

"Not really."

Shen Qiushan shook his head. "It’s a fifty-fifty split with the website, and personal income tax is deducted."

"Huh?"

"Do they take that much?"

Lin Xiamo frowned slightly. When she tipped last night, she thought that anyway, the money would be used for her nephew and niece’s tuition and living expenses.

Unexpectedly, there were unscrupulous middlemen making a profit!

Out of 1,000 yuan tipped, Shen Qiushan couldn’t even receive 500 yuan.

"Surprised? They provide the platform, after all!"

"It’s the same logic as short video platforms; those streamers only get half of the gifts they receive."

Shen Qiushan casually explained, thinking Lin Xiamo asked because he had returned the money and she wanted a rough idea of his writing income.

He had no idea this aunt was feeling sorry for her tip money.

Fortunately, it was only 1,000 yuan.

Lin Xiamo silently comforted herself. To her, this amount of money was nothing, but she mainly felt it was spent too unjustly.

Having money doesn’t mean you have to be a pushover!

"I promised online that your next mock exam will be livestreamed. Are you sure there’s no problem?"

Lin Xiamo changed the topic.

"No problem."

Shen Qiushan looked relaxed. There’s still nearly a month until the next mock exam, by then, the review plan for "Political, History, and Geography" would be completed.

Shen Qiushan couldn’t even imagine how strong he would be by then.

"By the way, are there really reporters and influencers signing up for the exam?"

Shen Qiushan asked out of curiosity.

"Yes, many. The spots were filled shortly after the video was posted."

After Lin Xiamo posted the video, her private messages exploded, with people signing up, interview invitations, and even business collaboration proposals.

"Makes sense!"

"For both reporters and influencers, it’s a great opportunity to gain traffic."

As Shen Qiushan was speaking, the class dismissal bell rang.

"I’ll go to the cafeteria to buy lunch; you should use the time for review!"

Lin Xiamo stood up and took on the task of buying lunch.

"Alright!"

Shen Qiushan nodded, not refusing his aunt’s kindness.

However, as he watched her elegant figure leave, Shen Qiushan felt a little dazed for a moment.

When he first met Lin Xiamo, this aunt was only 13 years old, a lively and cheerful little girl with even a bit of a chatterbox trait.

Shen Qiushan still remembered the two questions Lin Xiamo asked him the first time they met.

"Brother-in-law, is your style the ’non-mainstream’ kind?"

"Brother-in-law, are you tough? My dad said he’s going to beat you to death!"

He wasn’t sure when exactly, but the lively and cheerful aunt started to become silent and withdrawn, eventually evolving into the aloof person people saw her as now.

But Shen Qiushan knew this aunt was a typical case of being cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

She was particularly attentive to him and the two kids. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Knock, knock, knock...

While Shen Qiushan was reminiscing, someone knocked lightly on the office door.

The sound was so light it seemed they were afraid of disturbing anyone inside.

From the knocking, Shen Qiushan could tell it was Xu Pipa.

This little girl was cautious in everything she did.

When Shen Qiushan opened the door, there stood Little Mushroom Head in an oversized school uniform, holding two math workbooks in her arms.

"Uncle Shen."

Seeing Shen Qiushan open the door, Xu Pipa was a bit surprised. She thought she would be the first one there after class, but unexpectedly, Shen Qiushan was there even earlier.

"Pipa, here’s your tutoring fee, take it."

After Xu Pipa settled on the sofa, Shen Qiushan handed her the prepared red envelope.

After leaving Xu Decai’s office, Shen Qiushan decided to return the 30,000 yuan; 20,000 to pay back Lin Xiamo, and 6,000 to Xu Pipa as her tutoring fee.

"Uncle Shen, this is too much..."

Xu Pipa took the red envelope. Although she didn’t count it, she could tell from its thickness there were at least a few thousand yuan inside.

"As agreed, upfront payment."

"Daily payments were too troublesome; this is the full two months of tutoring fees."

Shen Qiushan explained with a smile.

"Oh."

Xu Pipa hesitated slightly but still took the envelope.

She first put it in her school uniform pocket, probably worried it might fall out of the loose pocket. She then unzipped her school uniform jacket.

All along, she had kept her school uniform jacket zipped up to the very top, wrapping herself tightly and even covering her neck.

Now, with the school uniform unzipped halfway, Shen Qiushan, who was casually glancing in her direction, was taken aback by what he saw.