merit book

It has been more than half a year since I saw Rong Yuan, and when we met again, Zhou Yuan was still out of breath nervously.

During this time, even during Chinese New Year, she would rather shiver alone in the dormitory wrapped in a quilt than to go home.Her stubbornness and determination made her stepfather Zhou Chengjun lose face among relatives and friends. The man was furious, not only claiming to sever the relationship, but also strictly forbidden her mother Kong Yuhong to visit her at school since then.

In the past, Kong Yuhong would sometimes secretly give her some money so that she could buy some delicious food.After completely cutting off contact with his parents, Zhou Yuan cried a lot at night, woke up in the morning, wiped away his tears, and decided to support himself.

She let go of her dignity and pride, collected the bottles and waste paper thrown away by her classmates during the break, and sold them together when school was over.But Zhou Yuan didn’t know that even the discarded bottles actually had their own ownership. It was the extra income of the cleaners who cleaned the toilets, lawns, teachers’ office buildings and other places in the school. Everyone tacitly The land has the right to dispose of the garbage in the area it cleans.Zhou Yuan didn't know the inside story, and swept away all the discarded beverage bottles he could see, which would naturally make others unhappy.But she is a student at the school, and the aunts can't do anything to her if they work part-time, so they curve to save the country, and they become a lot more diligent in an instant. They hang around the trash can when they have nothing to do, and put away the bottles when they see them. .Compared with students who have to go to class and do exercises on time every day, their time and scope of activities are much more free.For a week in a row, he could only pick up twenty or thirty bottles a day, which was not the same as the hundreds of bottles before. Zhou Yuan felt strange in his heart, after observing carefully, he knew why, and silently gave up his plan to make a living by this.

She began to work everywhere, distributing leaflets, washing dishes, working as a cashier, working as a [-]-cent soldier in an Internet cafe, tutoring, delivering couriers, doing promotional activities, cleaning for others... Because Zhou Yuan's shape is not good, she only works every day After school and rest days, the process of finding a job is also bumped into obstacles everywhere. When working part-time, not only have to deal with all kinds of strange things, but sometimes wages are deducted for inexplicable reasons. The hardships are hard to describe.But there are pros and cons. She knows that she is ugly. She can't even tell that she is a woman just by looking at her back when she is in the dark. Therefore, she is very courageous. She dares to go anywhere and take any job. She is not like ordinary people at all. Girls also worry about their personal safety when they go out to work, for fear of being taken advantage of.

Zhou Yuan is busy with part-time work. When he is in class, he always calculates how much money he has in his pocket and how much salary he can get today. When he returns home from part-time job at night, he is exhausted. He can only deal with homework randomly, and his studies have naturally gone downhill. His grades fell directly to the bottom of the list, and when the end of the semester began, none of the courses were passed.The teacher has talked to her many times, and Zhou Yuan is still the same, otherwise, even if her grades improve, she will not only have no money to go to college, but also have no money for food and accommodation.

Just when she even started to consider whether to give up her studies, Jin Yang introduced her to a job, usually from afternoon to evening, [-] a day; on rest days, working all day, [-] a day, including food and lodging, asked her Do you want to go?

If Zhou Yuan disagreed, he nodded quickly.She distributed leaflets for a day in the twelfth lunar month of winter, and her fingers were frozen, but it only cost 100 yuan.The pay for this job was already very high for her.Moreover, the working hours do not conflict with her class time, and she only works one job, which is much easier than she used to work several jobs and run around in different places to catch time.

Jin Yang also told her that the place of work is far away, it takes nearly two hours to commute back and forth every day, and the living conditions are also poor, and the employer is still a man, asked her if she would accept it?

Zhou Yuan nodded again, she is not afraid of this!And she believed that Jin Yang would not introduce her to unreliable bosses.

She searched all the way according to the address Jin Yang gave her, and found that it was indeed in a very remote place, and the place where she worked was actually a seemingly abandoned warehouse.At this time, she couldn't help doubting the accuracy of Jin Yang's news, and regretted not confirming it with him before coming here.After wandering outside the door for a while, Zhou Yuan knocked on the door hesitantly.

But she never expected that it was Rong Yuan who answered the door.

Zhou Yuan was going crazy.

She still has the basic self-defense awareness of a single girl, and she made some preparations to prevent accidents before coming here.In short, it is to make herself look sloppy, with disheveled hair, dirty face, torn clothes, and a brick in her bag, plus her face, her figure, she believes that as long as it is normal Men are not interested in her.

——Of course Rong Yuan will not have it.

If Jin Yang was in front of him right now, Zhou Yuan would almost like to jump on him and bite him to death.

……

Rong Yuan looked Zhou Yuan up and down, and after a while he confirmed, "Zhou Yuan?"

The girl in front of me has changed a lot from before, probably due to the change in diet and the increase in exercise. She has lost a lot of fat on her body. Although she is still fat, at least she can see her facial features clearly; her skin has also improved. Most of her moon face has been filled up, leaving only some deep and shallow acne marks, but exposed to the wind and sun, her face has become dark and rough.But the spirit of the whole person is completely different from the past. At first glance, what attracts people's attention is not her appearance and figure, but her shining eyes.

In the past, it was difficult for Zhou Yuan to speak directly to Rong Yuan, but now, although she looks stunned and stupid, at least she can look at Rong Yuan squarely, without revealing the humble and dusty appearance she used to have.

"Jin Yang introduced you?" Rong Yuan asked knowingly.It's really because if he doesn't speak, Zhou Yuan doesn't know how long he will be in a daze.

"Oh... yes!" Zhou Yuan came back to his senses, his whole body trembled, and he hurriedly replied.

"Come in." Rong Yuan stepped aside to open the door.

Zhou Yuan tremblingly carried his bag and followed him in, while hastily brushing his hair with his free hands, while carefully sizing up Rong Yuan from the corner of his eyes, his heart was beating wildly, if it wasn't for his dark face, he might have already It was as red as fire.

Rong Yuan didn't show up at school for a long time, and there have been many rumors, some say that he has gone to university, some say that he has gone abroad, and some say that he was picked up by his rich biological father.Zhou Yuan never thought that the employer this time was actually him.

Because of this new assistant, Jin Yang and Rong Yuan made some renovations to the house in advance.To put it simply, it is to store Rong Yuan’s things that cannot be seen by others. The two use a few partition boards to separate the bedroom from the living room and the bathroom, and then divide the bedroom into two. Because there is not enough space, the original partition The board moved a bit toward the laboratory.However, the space occupied by so many experimental equipment cannot be compromised, so each room is very small, Rong Yuan’s bedroom is better, Zhou Yuan’s bedroom is so small that only a bed can be placed in it, and clothes can only be hung on the wall on or under the bed.

But there is only one wall between Rong Yuan and Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan sees everything pleasing to the eye, giggling all the way, not dissatisfied in any way.Students can't live in the dormitory during the holidays, so she has been staying in a hotel, and the accommodation costs half of her part-time wages every day. She hasn't paid the school's accommodation fee for the next semester. After leaving the room, the luggage was packed, and all the belongings were packed in her carry-on bag.Rong Yuan asked her to put things away, and then took her to explain the content of future work.

As soon as the door was opened, Zhou Yuan couldn't help holding his breath, and didn't even dare to go in for a moment.

Many instruments exuding cold mechanical luster, experimental instruments densely arranged on the test bench in different categories, and a set of experimental devices that are reacting, these things produced invisible pressure in the silence, reminding her that this is the same as the one she held in her hand before. The rags or leaflets are completely different from what she usually comes into contact with. It really makes people feel that this is not a place that ordinary people should set foot in. It makes people feel awed and want to shrink back.

She looked at Rong Yuan who was waiting by the test bench, with a white shirt, casual trousers, and a lab coat as white as snow. She picked up a test tube with her slender fingers and shook it, her condescending eyes seemed a little careless.Zhou Yuan felt that he fit in very well with this place, but he was like an ugly duckling who had strayed in by mistake, and had no qualifications to stand here at all.This huge sense of disparity made her little blushing thoughts disappear, and she even wanted to turn her head to hide her face and run away because of her embarrassment.

——This is exactly what Jin Yang wanted her to take over the job.

From Jin Yang's point of view, this girl has been making crazy money recently, and she is working part-time for the sake of working, putting the cart before the horse. Not only is her study messed up, her interpersonal relationship is also messed up, and she has nothing to say to her classmates or roommates in the dormitory.Be it slander, isolation, contempt, or concern from people around her, they all fell on deaf ears. She only felt that everything she did was right, and she was even secretly proud of her independence and self-improvement. Can't be heard by her.

In front of Jin Yang, she is still the same as before, a simple and somewhat reserved girl, but when Jin Yang advises her not to push herself so hard, to pay more attention to her studies, and to get along well with her classmates, the disapproval in her eyes is all gone. It fell into Jin Yang's eyes.

So Jin Yang asked her to come to Rong Yuan.In normal contact, Zhou Yuan always inquired about Rong Yuan's recent situation by beating around the bush. She thought she was doing it secretly, but how could Jin Yang not see it?He knew that this girl's admiration for Rong Yuan had not changed, and asking her to see what Rong Yuan was doing now was more effective than ten thousand words of persuasion from others.

It's not bad for Rong Yuan either.The assistants he needs should be diligent, careful, serious, able to endure difficult conditions, never perfunctory in the usual experiments, absolutely obedient, not self-assertive, and require extremely high loyalty and confidentiality, all the experiments here The details cannot be disclosed to the outside world, and if any of the conditions cannot be met, Rong Yuan would rather not.Among all Jin Yang's acquaintances, Zhou Yuan was the only one who could do these things and accept low-paying employment.

Rongyuan's funds are limited, so it is naturally impossible to pay Zhou Yuan too high a salary.In fact, the salary he gave was [-] per day, and the rest was subsidized by Jin Yang to Zhou Yuan.After becoming independent, the girl actually had a strong self-esteem, and she was unwilling to accept financial support from others, and she did not even apply for the school's poverty subsidy.Jin Yang went on to give Rong Yuan a part-time job, so that she could get a job that could meet her basic living needs and save money for college in the future. Although it was not much, it was enough to solve Zhou Yuan's urgent needs and let her refocus her mind. Put it on the right path.By Rong Yuan's side, Rong Yuan doesn't need to say a word, she will naturally want to make progress.

Rong Yuan was well aware of these things, but he didn't say anything to Zhou Yuan.He has no feelings for this girl, but since Jin Yang asked him to do it, he will naturally take care of it.