Free Web NovelChapter 120: Chapter 120: How About Asking an Ex-Boyfriend for Some Tutoring?
"Okay," Wen Ci agreed.
"That’s great."
Xu Jinghe let out a sigh of relief. Something had come up with a shipment at his factory, so he couldn’t get away, but he also couldn’t just not go to Beijing to pick up his nephew.
But when he learned that the person who found his nephew was Huo Jingyuan’s wife, he felt much more at ease.
"So, should I book a flight for tomorrow morning?"
Wen Ci hesitated for a moment before saying, "Huo Jingyuan wants to meet Xiao Chuan. He’s injured and still in the hospital, and visiting hours are only in the morning."
"Injured?!"
Xu Jinghe’s voice grew louder. A moment later, he spoke again, "Sister-in-law, don’t worry about sending Xiao Chuan over. I’ll come tonight."
Before Wen Ci could say anything, Xiao Chuan cheered and shouted into the landline’s receiver, "Uncle, I’ll wait for you at Big Sister’s house!"
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「Meanwhile.」
After finishing his morning training, Jiang Chen got breakfast and stood at the door, knocking. He waited for a while before the door opened. High school books were still laid out on the desk.
"Eat breakfast first."
Jiang Ye flashed a sweet smile. "Thanks, Bro."
Her biological parents had taken all her money, leaving her unable to afford food. She could only use the excuse of studying hard to get Jiang Chen to bring her meals every day.
Soldiers had an hour of rest after morning training. Jiang Chen came inside and casually sat on the small sofa in the living room. He said unhurriedly,
"When I passed by the cafeteria, I heard someone mention that Wen Ci gets three servings of food every day. You said Huo Jingyuan is in the hospital. Can one person really eat that much?"
Hearing this, Jiang Ye’s eyes widened, then curved into crescents as she said, "Bro, so what you’re saying is...?"
’Wen Ci is keeping another man at home?!’
Jiang Ye didn’t say this out loud.
A smile spread across her face. As long as Wen Ci made a mistake, Mrs. Jiang would surely forgive her.
’For her own biological daughter to do something like this, it would be a total disgrace to her mother.’
Jiang Ye couldn’t even be bothered to eat the egg in her hand. She said excitedly, "Then let’s hurry back and tell Mom about this! Let Mom investigate it herself!"
"No rush. Eat first."
Jiang Ye gave a dry laugh. "Alright, no rush!"
Though she said there was no rush, she was incredibly anxious. This room was smaller than her bedroom back home, and if she got a stomachache in the middle of the night, she had to use a public toilet.
The conditions here were barely any better than in the Northwest.
She couldn’t wait to get back to her soft, comfortable bed in the Jiang Family home.
Jiang Ye’s hands sped up as she peeled her egg. She swallowed it in just two or three bites and said with a grin, "Bro, let’s go back now, before Mom and Dad leave for work."
"Have you decided which university you want to apply to?"
The smile on Jiang Ye’s face froze. The books on her desk were just for show; she had already forgotten everything she learned in high school.
"I..."
"Are you going to apply to one in Beijing or somewhere else?"
Jiang Ye forced a smile. "One in Beijing, I guess."
"If you work hard, even if Mom hasn’t forgiven you yet, she definitely will once you get into university. You’d be the first college student in our family."
"I... I will."
Jiang Ye said it without a shred of confidence. Luckily, the college entrance exam scores weren’t publicly announced—you just received an acceptance letter. Otherwise, if the Jiang Family found out, she would truly have no chance of turning things around.
Suddenly, Jiang Chen remembered the boyfriend his sister used to date, who was a prospective Qingbei student. "Why don’t you ask your old boyfriend to tutor you?"
Jiang Ye’s eyes darted around.
’That could work.’ There was still over a month until the college entrance exams. Maybe with Gu Che’s help, she could actually get into a university.
