My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 92: Seeing the Stunning Zhou Shuyan
Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Seeing the Stunning Zhou Shuyan
"He just doesn’t care about draining all the money from my family, leaving nothing for my college tuition, or that my younger brother is only in elementary school and doesn’t even have money for lunch at the school canteen. No matter the freezing cold or sweltering heat, he has to go back and forth from home four times a day." freewёbnoνel.com
"That’s terrible, how can he do that! It’s outrageous!"
"And he’s supposed to be the eldest in your family, right? He shows no sense of responsibility."
"My aunt says he’s a top student from Jing University and he will be very successful in the future. She says students from Jing University can make a lot of money tutoring."
"I’ve checked into it; while it’s not a huge amount of money, tutoring does indeed pay quite well," said the female student. "Just take me for example, before I came here, neighbors in my residential community were already asking if I could tutor their kids when I come home for holidays, offering one hundred yuan for a two-hour class. If I tutored their child two hours every day, I could make 3,000 a month. Don’t forget, I’m only working two hours a day. Even if I only tutored once a week, working four hours that day, I could still make 800 yuan. And if I tutored more kids, wouldn’t I earn even more?"
"Yeah, I don’t know about the rates for tutoring in the Imperial Capital, but my cousin is busy with his studies and only tutors for one day a week; with the same rate as you said, he could earn 800 yuan a month, which should at least cover his meals, right?"
"Yeah!" the male student nodded along.
"But he does nothing, and my family still has to pay for his living expenses and tuition. He’s spending the money my dad earned through toil, my college savings, and the lunch money my little brother scrimps and saves from his own mouth."
"My goodness, that’s just too much!" the female student exclaimed indignantly, "And to think he’s the eldest brother!"
Lu Youxi gave a bitter smile. "So, how can I afford tutoring? Because I can’t afford it, I just have to try twice as hard."
"Do you know Lu Youbang?" a male student asked Lin Jingshen.
Lin Jingshen shook his head. "I don’t, but after today, I’ll have to ask around. In case I have a friend who is close to him, I need to let them know that person has serious character issues."
"We should definitely talk about it," said Lu Youxi, in a rare agreement with Lin Jingshen. "Otherwise, it’s bad if someone gets taken advantage of. My family has already suffered too many losses. Even though I’m now at Jing University, I try to avoid any contact with him as much as possible. I’m really afraid he’s going to find me and try to exploit me somehow."
Lu Youxi spread her hands, "Although, I don’t really have anything to be exploited for, since I have nothing besides my family."
"You don’t mind if we tell others?" the female student asked, surprised.
"Normally, people are very secretive about family matters, especially if it’s not something to be proud of, and they’re cautious about becoming gossip."
"What’s there to mind? I’m not the one scheming against family and doing bad things, and there’s nothing shameful about me. As for my family’s situation, even if I don’t talk about it now, people will figure it out eventually," said Lu Youxi openly. "Actually, even before I spoke up, you all probably already noticed that my family isn’t well-off."
Instead, everyone felt a bit abashed by Lu Youxi’s frankness.
They had indeed almost judged her by her appearance.
"Oh right, I haven’t introduced myself yet," the female student said, trying to relieve the awkwardness of the moment. "My name is Lu Xiaohui, I’m from Hang City."
"I’m Lu Youxi." Lu Youxi was very polite to Lu Xiaohui, showing a completely different attitude than she did with Lin Jingshen.
"I know, I heard you earlier," Lu Xiaohui chuckled.
The other three people also introduced themselves.
"By the way, which class are you in?" Lu Xiaohui asked.
"Class one," responded Lu Youxi.
"What a coincidence, I’m in the same one!" Lu Xiaohui wished aloud. "It would be great if we could be in the same dorm room."
She thought Lu Youxi seemed nice and easy to get along with.
She didn’t seem like the type that would be troublesome.
"Which dormitory were you assigned to?" Lu Xiaohui asked expectantly.
Lu Youxi smiled and said, "I just got the key and didn’t have the chance to look; I plan to find the dorm building first and then check. Once we get inside, I’ll let you know."
"Great!" Lu Xiaohui nodded.
After walking a bit further, Lin Jingshen said, "Boys’ dormitories are to the right, and girls’ dormitories to the left. This is as far as I go. I have to go back and continue helping the new students."
"Thank you, senior. You’ve been a great help," everyone said in unison.
Lu Youxi also followed suit with the pleasantries.
After Lin Jingshen left, Lu Youxi and Lu Xiaohui said goodbye to the three boys, and everyone went their separate ways.
Having walked a little distance, Lu Xiaohui asked in a low voice, "Did you not mention the dorm room earlier because Lin Jingshen was there?"
"Yeah," replied Lu Youxi without any attempt to hide it, as she didn’t want Lin Jingshen’s attitude towards her to spark any unnecessary speculation or rumors.
"Ai!" Lu Xiaohui slapped her thigh, "I spoke too quickly just now and regretted it as soon as I’d asked."
Now Lu Youxi took out her key, which had a tag attached, labelling the room number, "I’m in 302."
"Oh my god!" Lu Xiaohui excitedly pulled out her own key, "Me too! We’re actually going to be roommates! This is amazing!"
"I was worried we wouldn’t know anyone in the room, and we’d have to slowly get used to each other. I didn’t expect to get to know you first," said Lu Xiaohui happily.
Lu Youxi just smiled; she was indifferent about these things.
Having been through enough in the business world in her previous life, she had long learned to speak with people appropriately in any situation.
This meant as long as she wanted, she’d never worry about interpersonal relationships.
"But why don’t you like Lin Jingshen?" Lu Xiaohui asked, indulging her gossiping instincts. "He looks quite good, and his clothes are designer brands. He must come from a well-off family. I noticed as soon as he appeared, a lot of the senior girls were looking at him—he must be quite popular around the school."
"He’s not my type," responded Lu Youxi blandly. "He just comes off as a frivolous playboy. Plus, his looks and build aren’t my taste."
"You really know your own mind!" said Lu Xiaohui admiringly. "Not like many others who just get seduced by Lin Jingshen’s appearance."
To be honest, Lin Jingshen was handsome and seemed to come from a wealthy family, traits that were undeniably attractive.
If she hadn’t seen Zhou Shuyan, she would have admitted that Lin Jingshen was attractive.
Poor character aside, a pretty face can be quite deceiving.
But having seen Zhou Shuyan, who was stunning, Lin Jingshen suddenly looked like a stone dishonestly painted green to mimic jade—not only fake but outrageously so.
"So what’s your type then?" Lu Xiaohui asked curiously.