"My name is Jiang Tong, and I'm Jiang Ting's—"

The man on the other end of the phone spoke slowly, but before he could finish his words, Jiang Ting's frightened voice suddenly rang out from behind him, "Brother Jun'an, what are you doing?"

After saying that, he rushed forward and snatched the phone from Xia Junan's ear.

She hung up the phone angrily, and asked angrily, "Why did you answer my call without permission? You are invading my privacy!"

Xia Junan paused and quickly explained, "Tingting, don't be angry. I saw that the number belonged to North City, so I called several times in a row. I was worried that your parents wanted to see you for something."

Jiang Ting's face was still ugly. She held the fruit phone in her hand, but her fingers were shaking slightly. She saw that the number that had just called was Jiang Tong's.

She had blocked Jiang Tong before, but after being threatened by him once, she didn’t dare to block him again.

Unexpectedly, she went to the bathroom, and in such a short time, Xia Junan answered Jiang Tong's call.

She suppressed her panic and asked awkwardly, "Did you ask who called?"

Xia Junan was stunned, "You don't know who is calling?"

Jiang Ting hummed, avoiding his gaze, and said, "I don't recognize this number. I was just angry because you answered my call casually. Did he - did he tell you who he was?"

Xia Junan always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think much about it at the time and replied, "He said his last name is Jiang, and he should know you. Is he a relative of yours? Otherwise, you can call back and ask, so as not to delay anything."

Jiang Ting breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll call back and ask later."

Xia Junan paused again, why wait a little longer? Can't we fight now?

But he didn't ask. For some reason, he had a feeling that Jiang Ting would get angry again if he asked this question.

He didn't want to make Jiang Ting angry.

After returning to school, Xia Junan took Jiang Ting to the laboratory building. The teacher in the laboratory equipment management room was a senior who graduated from previous classes. His name was Zhang Shuo. Because he had also served as the president of the Student Union, Xia Junan had invited him to previous student union dinners, so he had some friendship with him.

As soon as Jiang Ting said she wanted to find a part-time job, Xia Junan contacted Zhang Shuo. It happened that Zhang Shuo was short of staff, so he took over the job.

When they arrived at Zhang Shuo's office, Xia Junan knocked on the door. Zhang Shuo was writing something, and when he saw Xia Junan, he immediately stood up to greet him enthusiastically.

"Jun'an, come and sit down. What would you like to drink? I have coffee, tea and ice water."

Xia Junan smiled and said, "Don't bother, just get a bottle of mineral water."

They were all students. He had come to chat with Zhang Shuo with his friends before, and they would just drink mineral water from the corner.

I guess he was so polite today because he saw Jiang Ting was here.

Zhang Shuo handed a bottle of mineral water to Xia Junan, and asked Jiang Ting, "What would you like to drink, sister-in-law?"

Jiang Ting smiled obediently, "Senior, I just need to drink mineral water."

Zhang Shuo looked up to her. This girl was not pretentious at all and didn't have so many problems.

He handed the mineral water to Jiang Ting and asked Xia Junan with a smile, "How have you been recently? You are a junior now, and your studies should be more intense. Are you still able to handle the work of the Student Union?"

"Fortunately," Xia Jun'an said with a smile, "The pressure of schoolwork is within my tolerance, and the work of the student union is going smoothly."

"You kid," Zhang Shuo smiled and shook his head, "Just don't neglect your sister-in-law. The girl came all the way here just to see you. Don't just be busy with work, spend more time with her."

Xia Junan nodded seriously, "Senior, I know."

He glanced at Jiang Ting with a smile in his eyes, and then said to Zhang Shuo, "Senior, tell Tingting about the specific content of your job here. She is serious and responsible, you can rest assured about that."

Zhang Shuo nodded, stood up, took a document, handed it to Jiang Ting, and said seriously, "My job here is mainly to record and maintain some experimental equipment. It's not tiring, but it's quite tedious. Because there are a lot of experimental equipment, and many people apply to use it every day, so you may have to come here every night for two hours. Of course, you can come here if you are free during the day. Anyway, you have to guarantee two hours of work every day."

Jiang Ting smiled sweetly and said, "I'm fine, Senior."

Zhang Shuo nodded and continued, "The pay for this job is not high, 12.5 yuan an hour, 2 hours is 25 yuan, and if you calculate it as 30 days a month, you can earn 750 yuan. It's a little less, but the working hours are short and it won't interfere with your other work, so the cost performance is still quite high."

He smiled and said, "As soon as I posted this job that day, a lot of people contacted me, including leaders who wanted to get someone in, and students who wanted to gain experience for working in school. If Jun'an hadn't called me in time, I would have almost given this job away."

Xia Junan said quickly, "Senior, you are giving me face. I will treat you to a meal alone later."

Jiang Ting felt quite proud at first. After all, she was working in a school laboratory, which sounded better than working outside. But she never expected that she would only earn a few hundred yuan a month for working two hours a day!

This amount of money is not even enough to have a meal at a high-end western restaurant!

Hearing Xia Junan and Zhang Shuo politely accepting a favor, she felt even more uncomfortable. She had thought that Xia Junan was a well-known figure in school and that others gave him face and asked him to do things for them. She had not expected that she would have to owe others a favor for such a small job.

After Xia Junan exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Shuo, he accompanied Jiang Ting to go through the formalities. After completing the formalities, he realized that Jiang Ting seemed a little unhappy, and hurriedly asked, "Tingting, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Ting sat on the bench next to her and hummed softly.

Xia Junan quickly sat over and said, "What's wrong? You're suddenly unhappy."

Jiang Ting pouted, "Working part-time here only makes 750 yuan a month, which is not enough for my living expenses!"

Xia Junan immediately laughed, "I thought it was something else. What are you afraid of? Don't I have various subsidies? With my subsidies, we can have more than 3,000 a month, which is enough for the two of us to eat."

Jiang Ting's heart sank when she heard this. With a living expense of more than 3,000 yuan a month for two people, it would be starving.

How could Xia Junan say such things as if it was his right? Did he feel that when he was with him, he was only worthy of eating every meal in the school cafeteria?

Zhang Mengdi and Yang Jiao have only been in school for a week, but they have already bought several sets of clothes and bags, but she hasn't bought anything yet!

But she couldn't say this out loud, because if she did, it would become a sign of her vanity.

She didn't want to leave such an impression in front of Xia Junan.

"Well, more than 3,000 is definitely enough," Jiang Ting smiled falsely and kissed Xia Junan on the cheek, "I will definitely work hard and not embarrass Brother Junan."

Xia Junan touched her head and said, "Then I'll take you to the lab. I have to go to the student union later, so I'll pick you up when I'm done."

"Okay." Jiang Ting smiled sweetly.

After Xia Junan sent her to the laboratory, he left. Jiang Ting followed Zhang Shuo around the laboratory. After she had a basic understanding of the work she was going to do, Zhang Shuo left.

There was no one in the laboratory at the moment, and Zhang Shuo had already finished recording the daytime work. Jiang Ting took the opportunity to call Jiang Tong.

"Hello." Jiang Tong's nonchalant voice came as the call was connected.

Jiang Ting got angry when she heard his tone, "Didn't I tell you I would find a way? What nonsense did you say to Xia Junan on the phone?"

Jiang Tong said nonchalantly, "Didn't you say nothing?"

"That's because I arrived in time!" Jiang Ting said angrily, "If I hadn't been able to grab the phone in time, were you going to tell him your identity? Don't you think about it? If you cooperate with me, you can still get money, but if you destroy me, you will get nothing!"

"What do you mean by that? Am I that kind of person?" Jiang Tong said with a smile, "I'm short of money these days. I asked you for money but you refused to give it to me. I have no choice. If I don't push you, your progress will be too slow."

"I told you to take it slow, and do it gradually!" Jiang Ting was speechless. "I just asked him for 20,000 yuan, and then I asked him for 100,000 yuan. Even if he is dumb, he will notice something is wrong! Do you think everyone is as stupid as you? You have to give me some time to find an excuse and give me some precautions in advance, right?"

"Then I don't care," Jiang Tong said shamelessly, "Anyway, I've lost the 20,000 yuan, and I need 100,000 yuan to get my money back urgently. You have to pay me as soon as possible. After tomorrow, my luck won't be at its best. If I lose again, don't blame me for it on you!"

Jiang Ting gritted her teeth, "So you asked me for money over and over again, and you gambled it all away? And you lost it all? That was all my hard-earned money, and you just threw it away like that?"

Jiang Tong said, "What do you mean by throwing it away? Do you understand that I'm starting a business?"

Jiang Ting was so angry that she was shaking all over and didn't say anything for a long time.

Jiang Tong was anxious, "Can you transfer the 100,000 to me tomorrow? If not, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will go to your school to find Xia Junan. He stole my girlfriend, so there should be an explanation, right?"

Jiang Ting didn't want to talk to him about this again, so she said after a while, "Okay, I'll give you 100,000 tomorrow, but can you agree to one thing I want?"

"What request?" Jiang Tong asked casually.

"Promise me, don't gamble anymore. Online gambling is programmed and won't let you win." Jiang Ting said earnestly, "Find a job. If you continue like this, you'll be completely screwed."

Jiang Tong didn't know what Jiang Ting said touched him. He was silent for a while and said, "Okay, I'll bet another 100,000 yuan and quit while I'm ahead."

"There is a university town here. Many students need to do part-time jobs. There are many types of part-time jobs, which are much more suitable than your previous running back and forth between several high schools. If you are willing, come to me and I will help you gain a foothold here." Jiang Ting tried her best to keep her tone calm.

Jiang Tong couldn't believe it. "You want me to find you? Is that true?"

Jiang Ting smiled and said, "Of course it's true. It's impossible for you and I to continue our past relationship, but after all, I loved you sincerely at the beginning, and I hope you are well."

Jiang Tong's voice was choked with sobs for some reason. "Well, OK, I'll come to see you in a few days."

"Okay." Jiang Ting said, "Then I'll hang up first. I'll transfer the money to you tomorrow... Promise me that you won't go down the wrong path this time."

"I know." Jiang Tong hung up the phone.

Jiang Ting took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

Just at this moment, Zhang Shuo came back. Seeing Jiang Ting taking notes seriously with a pen and paper, he was very satisfied and said with a smile, "Jun'an said that you are serious about your work. It's true. I heard that you have been dating Jun'an for several years?"

Jiang Ting smiled and said, "Yeah, we've been together since high school."

Zhang Shuo hissed and gave a thumbs up, "What a guts! Free love is so beautiful."

Jiang Ting asked curiously, "Senior, why do you say that? Aren't you in a free love relationship?"

Zhang Shuo smiled and shook his head. "How can I be worthy? My mother has been telling me since I was a teenager that it's okay to play with girls outside, but when it comes to marriage and having children, you have to marry someone arranged by your family. For people like us, our fate is in the hands of our family. Look, I'm a teacher in the equipment room here. Others got in through exams, but my family sponsored the school with millions of equipment and bought me this job."

Jiang Ting listened and asked tentatively, "Senior, your family is so powerful? I'm sorry, it turns out that you are a rich second-generation."

Zhang Shuo smiled bitterly, "Whoever wants to be a rich second-generation can be one, I'd rather be an ordinary person."

He didn't say anything more. After all, she was his junior's girlfriend. It was okay to have a polite chat with her, but it would be inappropriate to say too much.

After a while, Zhang Shuo left.

Xia Junan arrived later. Jiang Ting put away her notebook and followed Xia Junan away. On the way, she asked, "Brother Junan, is Senior Zhang Shuo's family very powerful?"

Xia Junan nodded, "Yes, his family is in the medical equipment business, and it's probably one of the top three in the country, which is relatively impressive. He also has an older brother who is being trained as the heir and has already joined the family business. Zhang Shuo himself has no interest in business, and his way of resisting his family's control is to be an insignificant person."

Jiang Ting was a little shocked. After all, Zhang Shuo didn't look like anything special, but he actually had such a great background.

Being among the top three medical device manufacturers in China, it must be a very large group, right?

Although it can't be compared with the Fu Group, the Fu Group has nothing to do with Xia Junan after all. But Zhang Shuo is different. He is directly a rich second generation. Even if he doesn't join the company, he should have half of such a huge family business, right?

Jiang Ting became more interested. Although Zhang Shuo said that his family did not allow him to have a casual relationship, if he had a child, would his family really not let him in?

Comparing herself like this, between Xia Junan and Zhang Shuo, she really didn't know which one to choose.

After returning to the dormitory, Jiang Ting simply washed up, then climbed onto the bed and sent a message to Xia Junan, "Brother Junan, I've talked to my mother. She has a heart disease and needs a bypass surgery. She doesn't have medical insurance, and the doctor said it will cost more than 100,000 yuan. What should I do?"

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