I Get A Random New Occupation Every Week

Chapter 2261: Chapter 2262: Troubles at Home

“Isn’t that Xiao Lei?”

Seeing the child being hit, Ji Qingyan was a bit puzzled.

Although she couldn’t recall some of the names of the children from the orphanage, she remembered almost all of the older ones quite well.

The child Wu Feiyue was beating was named Liu Lei.

He had been sent to the orphanage at the age of two and was now in the eleventh grade.

“Probably being disobedient again, and big bro is disciplining him,” Ning Yue said, clearly aware of what was happening.

“Let’s go over and see what’s going on.”

“Big Bro.”

Upon hearing Lin Yi’s call, Wu Feiyue looked up and the rage on his face subsided by more than half.

“You’re back.”

“Sister-in-law.”

Seeing Ji Qingyan, Liu Lei ran over and stood behind her as if someone was there to back him up.

Lin Yi glanced at Liu Lei, “What happened, to get you so angry?”

“His mother had to attend a parent-teacher conference today, and in the end, the teacher had to stay behind.”

Mentioning this, Wu Feiyue started to get heated again.

“It’s bad enough that he doesn’t pay attention in class, but he’s also always skipping school and fighting with others. He has bullied every student in the school.”

Lin Yi looked at Liu Lei again, “With such a serious issue, why didn’t the teacher contact the parents earlier?”

“The teacher knows about our orphanage’s situation and looks after us quite well. She wanted to handle the problem by herself without making a fuss, so she never mentioned it. But now she’s realized it’s getting out of control, so she used the parent-teacher conference to tell Mom everything.”

“Don’t talk about me.”

Liu Lei, hiding behind Ji Qingyan, retorted with a defiant look.

“When you and Yi Bro went to school, you also fought every day. What right do you have to discipline me?”

“You fucking dare to talk back to me? Believe it or not, I’ll thrash you to death.”

“Big Bro, cool it down a bit.”

Ji Qingyan advised, “This kind of thing can’t be solved just by getting angry.”

She said this, but Ji Qingyan felt that such issues indeed needed to be taken seriously.

She didn’t expect the orphanage kids to repay anything in the future, but it was essential for them to become capable enough to support themselves in society.

If things continued like this, their future would be ruined.

With Ji Qingyan stepping in, Wu Feiyue didn’t have much else to say.

Lin Yi was at a loss for words, not sure how to handle the situation.

He and his big bro also fought all the time at that age.

Now trying to discipline them seemed somewhat hypocritical; one must be reasonable.

“Big Bro, let’s leave this matter for now. After all, tomorrow is New Year’s Day. Let’s address anything else after the holiday,” Qu Xuanhe suggested, trying to smooth things over.

“Let’s go inside. Mom and Dad are waiting for you guys.”

Wu Feiyue also realized that everyone was back, and teaching Liu Lei a lesson would have to wait until later.

One by one, everyone entered the house. Seeing Lin Yi return, the children from the orphanage ran over joyously.

But most of them gathered around Ji Qingyan.

That was because whenever Ji Qingyan visited, she always brought them treats.

“Daughter-in-law, come here.”

Hearing the commotion outside, Wang Cuiping came out of the kitchen, took Ji Qingyan’s hand, and greeted her as warmly as if seeing her own daughter.

Ji Qingyan smiled warmly, seeing the enthusiastic Wang Cuiping, she was also filled with joy.

“Have you been busy with work recently? Mom has missed you terribly.”

“I miss you, too,” Ji Qingyan said, linking arms with Wang Cuiping.

“Where’s Uncle Zhao? Sent you out to get things done again, huh?”

Ji Qingyan was very familiar with the state of the orphanage.

Almost every time she visited, Zhao Quanfu was nowhere to be seen, always dispatched to work by Wang Cuiping.

“Don’t even mention it,” Wang Cuiping said irritably, waving her hand,

“Our place is like an apartment, right? There are residential buildings behind us, but the fence next to us has had its metal sheeting torn off. People from inside keep passing through our place. There are so many kids here, it’s just not safe, so I sent Uncle Zhao to talk to the property management.”

“It’s not that big of a deal, just needs talking to,” Ji Qingyan said with a smile,

“The property companies under our group often deal with this kind of thing. A repair will do.”

“But this residential property takes the money and doesn’t do the work,” Wang Cuiping said angrily, cursing under her breath,

“The other day, Uncle Zhao went up to the top floor and found water pooling with algae, and there’s still a hole in the fence that I reported several times before. It’s been over a month, and they still haven’t fixed it. They’re driving me insane.”

“It’s not such a big issue, no need to get so upset,” Lin Yi said with a smile, “Let me go and have a look.”

“Bro, I’ll go with you,” Qu Xuanhe said.

“Let’s go.”

“Son, wait a sec,” Wang Cuiping interjected,

“Some guy named Wu Zhaoyou called earlier, asking if you were back. I didn’t think too much about it at the time and told him. Hope he’s not a bad guy.”

“Uh… no.”

Lin Yi couldn’t help but find it a bit funny and exasperating at once; his mom had been guarding the orphanage all day, completely out of the loop about who even held the reins of power in Yang City.

“That’s good then. He said he’d come over later, might be looking for you.”

“Okay, if he arrives, let him wait here for me. I’ll be right back.”

“The two of you going is perfect, you can bolster your dad’s presence a bit. They’re just too bullying.”

Qu Xuanhe inwardly felt alarmed,

Yi Bro is really something else. Just returned for a festival, and the top guy in Yang City is actually coming over personally.

What an honor that is, truly a legit big brother of society!

The two set off one after the other, while Ji Qingyan stayed behind to chat with Wang Cuiping.

Second floor of the property management office,

A middle-aged man was angrily looking over some documents on his desk with a cigarette in his mouth.

His name was Li Qingxi, the manager of the property.

According to Chinese traditions, at the end of each year, people conducted annual reviews.

Even though theirs was just a small property management, they had similar proceedings.

Today was the last day to submit their review, but this year, with a shortfall of tens of thousands of dollars and a mismatch of over three thousand dollars still unresolved, Li Qingxi was at his wit’s end.

“Damn it.”

Li Qingxi cursed, his mind in turmoil due to the accounting discrepancy. On top of that, the commotion downstairs only added to his irritability.

At that moment, a person dressed in a security guard uniform hustled upstairs.

“Manager, that guy downstairs is so annoying and is incredibly stubborn. He’s saying he won’t leave today until we agree to fix the fence.”

“Damn it!”

Li Qingxi cursed again, still over three thousand dollars short in his accounting, and now they actually expect him to fix the fence, where would the money come from?

“Manager, we can’t handle that guy, maybe you should go take a look.”

“I’ll go see.”

Li Qingxi stamped out his cigarette and rose from his chair with impatience, following the security guard downstairs.

At this time, Zhao Quanfu was downstairs, arguing intensely with the staff.

“Don’t you try to brush me off,” insisted Zhao Quanfu, refusing to back down.