Chapter 825 - 336: Just Don’t Want To..._2

Chapter 825: Chapter 336: Just Don’t Want To..._2

"You’re being too serious. My wife and I just want to live our lives, doing some trivial things we can manage. Big things have nothing to do with us."

"It may have nothing to do with you, but it does concern Jiang Banxia."

Li Yang: "If you keep speaking unpleasantly, I’m leaving!"

"Go, go, just remember to pass my message to Jiang Banxia. We sincerely want her to join us."

...

At night, by the riverside.

Jiang Banxia was having her meal with a lunchbox. Li Yang whispered nearby, "The village chief came by today, wanted to see you, but I didn’t bother to inform you."

"Ah, what did he say?"

"He wanted you to join them over there."

Li Yang saw no need to hide anything from Jiang Banxia, and there was nothing to hide.

Jiang Banxia had her own choices.

If Jiang Banxia found another man, he surely wouldn’t agree, but in life and work, he never imposed any limits.

"I’ve been trading Bitcoin, strictly speaking, I’ve got a blemish, can’t go..."

"That’s a flimsy excuse..."

What’s wrong with trading Bitcoin? If you really want to clean up, there are a million ways.

Besides, it’s not her account, the money has nothing to do with her, who could prove it?

Except, of course, Li Yang could prove it.

"Ah, just don’t want to go..."

"Understood, understood..."

Not far away, Dou Ying watched their blurry figures, her thoughts a bit tangled.

She had shown up here more than once...

Since adapting to the rhythm of caring for a child about a month ago, she woke up relatively early, knowing Jiang Banxia must not be sleeping, she thought of making her a meal.

But she didn’t find Jiang Banxia.

Later, she woke up earlier, discovered Jiang Banxia went out alone around five in the morning, and followed her to the riverbank to find Li Yang.

Apart from Sunday and Monday mornings, Li Yang missed no other time.

She couldn’t accept Li Yang’s private life, but seeing him still so caring, she felt some guilt.

At least now there was another person in the world who was caring towards her daughter.

...

On July 3rd, Dou Ying prepared a sumptuous dinner specifically to celebrate Jiang Banxia’s birthday.

That night, Li Yang brought a small cake to the riverside to eat with Jiang Banxia.

On July 8th, when it was Li Yang’s birthday, it was the same.

The two suddenly started to like this feeling.

They didn’t have much proper dating time. Early on, they both were engrossed in work, never having experienced things like secret dating or sharing quietly.

Oddly, even after being married for years and having two kids, because of some matters, they mysteriously rediscovered this feeling.

Li Yang had originally planned to go to Jiangbei, but Jiang Banxia’s things weren’t finished, so he felt uneasy.

Staying up late and being hungry, what if when he returned, Jiang Banxia fell ill?

She still owed him 481 times.

Wrong, calculating the more than a month he delivered meals, she owed him over five hundred times.

These were all Jiang Banxia’s shortcomings! The more, the merrier, naturally.

And so, it continued till October.

...

Capital City, Starry Escape Room.

Song Yu was coming less and less frequently, especially this year, with Xinguan’s business not opening for most of the year.

Starting from October, it was preparing to open.

Just... no staff.

Previously, there were dozens of employees, but now only a dozen or so could return.

So, Song Yu organized recruitment.

In the pile of resumes received, she saw a familiar name.

So, she sent the resume to Li Yang, asking, "Lil bro, you’ve encountered an old flame, should I hire her?"

"What old flame? Wang Manqi? Has nothing to do with me!"

"Looks like you’ve moved on completely, so I’ll reject her."

"Yeah, reject her then."

At that moment, Song Yu had already added the WeChat from the resume.

Once the friend request was accepted, she said, "You left some money with me back then, when will you come to take it back?"

Wang Manqi replied, "Are you still willing to give it back?"

Song Yu said, "Even if it’s not just twenty thousand, even if it’s two hundred thousand, twenty million, I wouldn’t default. I’m just curious, you graduated back in ’17, why didn’t you come to get it in the past two years?"

"I don’t know..."

"Did you feel a lucky chance seeing Li Yang become more impressive?"

"Yes."

"No lucky chances now, right?"

"There’s still some..."

"Give me your address, I’ll bring the money to you."

...

In an alley in the Capital City lived countless people who had graduated and come to the city striving for a career.

They couldn’t afford to rent single apartments because such apartments were often very expensive.

Even in remote locations, rent starts at over two thousand a month.

What really suited them were old houses, close to their workplace, and not expensive.

The drawback is... the rooms are tiny, barely space for a bed.

And there’s no private restroom, even the toilet is shared by several households using a public toilet.

Wang Manqi graduated three years ago, with only a diploma, she hadn’t found many opportunities, worked in restaurants, and various companies as a receptionist, earning only four to five thousand in the Capital each month.

She hadn’t returned home, having long lost any feelings for it, and her family didn’t care. Other than calling to ask if she had a boyfriend, they introduced a match for her with good family conditions...

It was simply to bring back some dowry.

She’s not stupid.

No way would she give her life to feed others.

But she did once act stupidly, the more capable Li Yang grew, the more it proved her initial foolishness.

She rented a shared room with a female classmate, using bunk beds.

The small shared room was just six square meters, and when both were home, hardly left the bed since there was no space for them to sit.

And now, she’s facing the risk of being unable to renew her lease since she was out of money.

Her last paycheck was still from last December, and for January, her company found excuses not to pay.

She had a small salary, scraping together just over ten thousand over the years was already very frugal.

But after so long, she reached the end of her rope.

From April, she furiously sent out resumes, but most companies were laying off staff, and those hiring weren’t many.

After several months, there were only a few interviews, and only one telemarketer job offer.

But... the company looked like a scam operation, and it wasn’t in the Capital.

She dared not go.

Perhaps consciously or unconsciously, she walked near the Starry Escape Room during a stroll and spotted a job posting, submitting her resume.

Unexpectedly, she was recognized so quickly.

Which was good, at least her month’s rent was covered.

They all were wealthy and didn’t care about such a small amount.

But for her, that money was a considerable sum.

She bent down to get off the top bunk.

The space was so small, getting down was a hassle every time.

Especially since her bust was large, she always got caught on the ladder.

Her roommate was out for an interview; she sat on the lower bunk, pondering her future.

Taking their money should kill the last bit of her false hope.

During college and these few years after graduation, quite a few guys pursued her. No matter where she worked, she’d gain a bunch of WeChat contacts soon.

During holidays, her phone transfers and red packets, accumulated two to three thousand.

Ranged from a few to several tens, to few hundreds, occasionally reaching thousands.

But due to her faint hope, she hadn’t accepted them.

What if she became Mrs. Li? Accepting that money would give leverage to someone else.

Now... she could take them!

Time to face a new life.

She wasn’t ugly.

The girl she shared living space with didn’t have half her looks and survived ten months without a job without worrying about food and drink.

And found a guy who arranged a decent job for her.

An alum from her school, very pretty, though also from the countryside, now lived in a five-thousand-plus a month house, bought a car, and her social media exuded a life of elegance every day.

She wanted that too!