She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 986 - 852: Super Star 26 (Second Update)
On the night of the 11th, the always busy Teacher Zhen Hao called her: "Are you really that busy? The job I introduced to you, how come you frequently take leave?"
Hua Yan stuck out her tongue apologetically: "Teacher, I have heavy study tasks and I’m also participating in English, Chinese, and Math competitions, I—"
"Are you still going or not? They kept you on because of my reputation, but if you don’t have the time, I’ll just find someone else."
Hua Yan thought for a moment and felt she indeed couldn’t just occupy a spot, so she quickly said: "Teacher, I’m sorry, I probably really don’t have the time to go."
"Alright, no need to apologize, but aren’t you scheduling your lessons too passively? Even if you’re not taking a professional exam now, you shouldn’t be so neglectful, should you?"
"Teacher, I have been practicing, it’s just that there have been a lot of competitions lately, and I haven’t had the chance to schedule a lesson with you. How about this? I’ll schedule a lesson on the morning of the 20th."
"The 20th? Wait for my news, I’m not sure if I’ll have time then. Such a good job, you turned it down, sigh, I really don’t know what to say about you, but I can’t blame you after all. Considering your current age, studying is indeed more important than playing the piano. Are you sure you’re not doing it?"
Hua Yan was reluctant too; such a good opportunity, not to mention the money, just the atmosphere alone was the best way to practice. Whether or not she’ll enter this field in the future, the experience of performing on stage is very precious. But right now, she just couldn’t find the time to work and in the end, she gave it up.
After hanging up with the teacher, she chatted with Ning Hao on WeChat for a while. This kid said Uncle has connected the family with internet, so he could chat with his sister wirelessly now. Before, they weren’t used to WeChat, and although Hua Yan was already accustomed to it, she had no choice but to reply to his texts because he kept texting her.
It’s already the summer of 2013, and WeChat was quite mature by then, but it didn’t truly become widespread until after 2014.
After not visiting the Ning Family for 20 days, she took a walk after dinner and slipped over to the Ning home and cleaned up the place. Don’t mind the windows being closed; dust still managed to get inside. After cleaning inside and out, it was nearly nine o’clock. This was even more work than her usual walks. Going home, she took a shower and lay in bed, transforming.
As soon as she transformed, the phone rang again. This time, it was a strange number on another phone, and she wondered if there was news from the mistress side. Alas, as a cat, she couldn’t speak, so she simply set the phone to silent, entered the space to sleep, saving air conditioning costs. She’s thrifty like that.
Summer in Beijing is really hot, so hot that any little movement made her sticky all over. So, unless she really needed to, she’d stay in her space leisurely the rest of the time.
Compared to her, Ning Hao in the Northeast was much more comfortable. Although it was hot there too, the temperature difference between day and night was big. Sleeping at night wasn’t a hardship.
The next day, the phone rang again, and this time, Hua Yan answered it. Sure enough, it was from that private detective.
"Miss, the things you wanted have been roughly prepared. Shall we meet to discuss them in detail?"
"Meeting isn’t necessary, but the last data you provided, I’ve looked through it thoroughly, and I can tell you were diligent. Since the materials are ready this time, send them over to me. As long as I’m satisfied, I’ll immediately transfer the remaining payment to you. What do you think?"
"The remaining payment requires one hundred thousand,"
Hua Yan raised an eyebrow in surprise: "You previously said it wouldn’t exceed one hundred thousand total, now it’s becoming one hundred and fifty thousand?"
"Miss, once you see the materials, you’ll find paying one hundred and fifty thousand for these secrets, let alone one hundred and fifty thousand, even two hundred and fifty thousand would be worth it. I’ll trust you this once; after you’ve received the materials, you can pay the remaining amount. How about it?"
Hua Yan pressed her lips together, suddenly curious about what kind of bombshells the other party was going to bring her: "Alright, deal!"
After hanging up, she was told it would be available to collect tomorrow morning, she wasn’t about to give them the chance to ambush her.
The next day she got to the post office early but didn’t rush in. Instead, she scouted the surroundings first and later found someone squatting in a nearby car.
She thought for a moment and spent fifty yuan to hire a middle school student to go in and retrieve the document for her. She then instructed him to take the document to a nearby KFC and place it in a particular spot in the bathroom, where he would receive his remaining fifty yuan. In doing so, she effectively transferred the document to her space for one hundred yuan, and they still hadn’t figured out who she was.
