Chapter 2539 — A Young Idler, an Old Beggar
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Though she often had to work the night shift, it was one day on and one day off, and most of the time she simply sat in the office with her colleagues reading the newspaper to pass the time. She only had work to do when a salesman brought clients to collect goods, so it was easy and not the least bit tiring.
Mother Chen was deeply grateful to Wei Zhao for all of this, and she often told Chen Xi that one must remember kindness and repay it, urging her to study hard so that she could repay Wei Zhao in the future.
Chen Xi understood all this well enough, but the repayment in her heart took a different form entirely. If Mother Chen ever found out, she would surely scold her for being a bad girl at such a young age... But there was nothing to be done. After spending so long with a fierce girl like Ying Ziyu, even Chen Xi's innocent mind could not help being influenced.
Zhao Guangyin's fleeting reappearance had also put Mother Chen's mind at rest, letting her see through his ugly face completely. It had been a trap from the start, luring Wei Zhao to his death. In an instant Mother Chen gave up all hope in Zhao Guangyin and resolutely moved out with Chen Xi.
Ying Ziyu's living quarters were not bad—neither fancy nor shabby. It just so happened that the elderly couple downstairs and their children were going abroad and had two apartments across the hall from each other to rent out. Mother Chen rented one, and Grandpa Zhu rented the other.
In truth, Mother Chen was being a bit overly cautious. For one thing, it was utterly impossible for Zhao Guangyin to appear before her again; given his temperament, once he had used someone he was done with them—what would be the point of further contact, unless he wanted that woman Yu Xiaojin to go mad?
Besides, with Leader Zhu around, did it really matter where the mother and daughter moved? The only difference was that after moving here, Chen Xi moved into Ying Ziyu's home. Her excuse was perfectly reasonable: the two of them could help each other with their studies.
Since Mother Chen sometimes had to work the night shift and had no time to look after Chen Xi, she raised no objection at all to Chen Xi's decision. And so Chen Xi's innocent little head began to be polluted by Ying Ziyu once again.
"Xiao Xi, you came first in the whole grade on this exam, you know. Aren't you going to report it to Brother Wei Zhao?" Ying Ziyu lay on the bed drinking milk and nudged Chen Xi, who was reading, with her foot.
"Ah... call Brother Wei Zhao? Is that really all right?" Chen Xi hesitated, but egged on by Ying Ziyu, she rather wanted to do it.
"What's wrong with it?" Ying Ziyu said carelessly. "Xiao Xi, I'm not criticizing you, but Brother Wei Zhao has so many pretty women around him. If you don't take the initiative yourself, when will your turn ever come? Haven't you heard the saying? 'A young idler, an old beggar.' If you don't want to end up crying in a BMW someday, you'd better start working hard now!"
"A young idler, an old beggar? Isn't that about studying? What does it have to do with this... And what do you mean, crying in a BMW? I don't even have a BMW!" Chen Xi was utterly bewildered by Ying Ziyu's baffling words.
"It's all the same, isn't it? It means if you don't work hard to pursue Brother Wei Zhao now, when you grow up and regret it, you'll cry!" Ying Ziyu explained. "Brother Wei Zhao treats you so well—of course he'll buy you a BMW someday, but he'll also treat you like a little sister, and that's when you'll be sitting in the BMW crying."