Chapter 225: Kids Shouldn’t Ask Random Questions
“Alright, the plunder distribution meeting officially begins!”
The next afternoon at two-thirty, in her own rental room, the beaming Pei Ningle sat on the sofa and announced this. Sitting beside her was Han Yixuan, and a bit farther away was Wang Heng.
Just now, Han Yixuan had finalized the details with the Blueberry Music Festival project manager, and right when Wang Heng arrived to check, the other side had sent the advance payment—twenty thousand yuan.
So now, the problem had arisen.
Pei Ningle’s gaze drifted over the two agents as she asked, “This twenty thousand yuan, are we doing the plunder distribution now?”
Wang Heng complained, “The term ‘plunder distribution’ is really… such a unique train of thought.”
Pei Ningle: “Hey, don’t sweat the details! We’re talking serious business!”
Han Yixuan sighed too: “And wouldn’t it be better to split it after all the money arrives? Why the rush?”
Pei Ningle pulled out her bank card and waved it, smugly saying, “It’s already here, a full twenty thousand!”
Han Yixuan: “I mean, wait until the remaining thirty thousand arrives before splitting.”
Pei Ningle shook her head, however: “We agreed—to split as soon as we get the money. You two each get 20%, that’s four thousand yuan per person.”
Wang Heng silently watched the two young girls’ inexplicable argument—others dragged their feet on paying out or rushed to grab the money, but here it was reversed?
He simply asked, “Why are you both so reluctant?”
Pei Ningle answered just as directly: “Because I don’t like owing money to others, not even to close friends.”
Han Yixuan hesitated a bit, then said with her head lowered: “I feel like I only did a tiny bit, and now taking four thousand yuan feels a bit uncomfortable…”
Wang Heng: “It’s what the contract stipulates—no need to act all noble. Agents are supposed to take commissions. If it bothers you, just help Xiao Le earn as much as possible!”
Han Yixuan was still hesitating, but Pei Ningle had already completed the transfer using the computer. Now, there was no more room for refusal.
“Thanks, Xiao Le,” Han Yixuan could only say this. “I’ll try my best to help from now on—leave any troublesome matters to me!”
“Mm-hmm!” Pei Ningle smiled and nodded.
Seeing how harmonious they were, Wang Heng was also gratified: “In that case, the liaison with the music festival officials this time will be up to you, Classmate Han Yixuan.”
The young girl looked at him and couldn’t help asking back, “What about you?”
Pei Ningle quickly added, “You’re not saying you’re not going, right!”
“Of course I’ll go, but…” Wang Heng stretched lazily in comfort, “I’ll just be a bodyguard the whole time, nothing else.”
Han Yixuan: “You’re being way too lazy!”
Pei Ningle: “Exactly, the agent’s revenue share is coming too easily.”
Watching the two young girls team up to roast him, Wang Heng smiled, showing no sign of anger.
At this rate, their relationship seemed to still be that of very tacit best friends? That was good—even if there were some unexpected changes in the situation, at least these two probably wouldn’t harm each other.
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After handling Fu Jiu’s Junior High Department transfer procedures, on Saturday Lu Qi finally set aside work matters for the time being and returned home to tutor her younger cousin.
Compared to mathematics, Lu Qi had already realized this child needed more tutoring in English.
“In this sentence, what is the underlined part at the back called?” Lu Qi asked, pointing to an example in the tutoring book.
Fu Jiu tugged at the right pigtail, thought for a moment: “Clause.”
Lu Qi pressed on: “What kind of clause is it?”
This stumped Fu Jiu.
The girl furrowed her brows and racked her brain for a while before tentatively saying, “Adverbial clause?”
Lu Qi couldn’t help slapping the table: “Attributive clause!”
Fu Jiu couldn’t help pouting her little mouth: “Why are you yelling so loud…”
Seeing her younger cousin’s expression, Lu Qi realized she had her priorities backward. Tutoring her was meant to mix grace and authority, but now she was only getting angry—authority without grace? Crucially, Lu Qi knew that for a not-so-intelligent student, getting worked up was pointless.
Taking two deep breaths, Lu Qi calmed her mind properly, then suddenly closed the grammar tutoring book.
Fu Jiu immediately panicked a bit: “Qi Qi Jie, don’t be mad…”
Lu Qi shook her head and smiled: “What’s there to be mad about? I’m perfectly calm now, not angry at all. Xiao Jiu, how about we memorize words first? Actually, as long as your vocabulary is sufficient, even if grammar is fuzzy, basic reading questions won’t stump you.”
“Words?” Fu Jiu’s little body trembled, sensing something even worse.
Lu Qi picked up the junior high English vocabulary book: “This is your book—have you looked at it yourself?”
Fu Jiu certainly didn’t dare say she’d only flipped it open twice, and just nodded blankly.
Lu Qi continued: “How far have you memorized?”
How to answer this? Fu Jiu thought. If being factual, she hadn’t even finished the first page—such truths were hard to admit.
After some careful deliberation, the little girl answered: “The short words, four letters or fewer, I’ve pretty much memorized!”
Though she hadn’t studied much, the super short ones should leave some impression, right? Plus with “pretty much,” she could wiggle out if wrong—Fu Jiu thought smugly.
Lu Qi nodded and flipped open randomly, seeing these two pages were all D-starting words. Among them, she picked the shortest “dig” and asked: “What does ‘dig’ mean?”
Fu Jiu: “Dig?”
Lu Qi: “Yeah, four letters or fewer.”
Fu Jiu thought hard, but grew more bewildered. She grabbed her pigtails with both hands, tugged several times, but only felt pain—no inspiration or recollection.
Lu Qi sighed silently and prompted: “Starts with D.”
Fu Jiu was still bewildered.
It was only a three-letter word anyway, so Lu Qi prompted two-thirds: “First two letters are D and I, then what?”
Fu Jiu guessed: “dick?”
Lu Qi: “…What did you say?”
“D, I, C, K?” Fu Jiu tentatively spelled the four letters, then saw Qi Qi Jie set down the vocabulary book, hands over her face, brows furrowed like she was mad. But looking again at her sister’s slightly upturned mouth, it seemed like she was stifling a laugh?
After a while, Lu Qi lowered her hands, exasperated yet amused: “Forget it, start memorizing over.”
Fu Jiu took the vocabulary book, searched a bit, and finally found the word “dig” for “excavate.”
“It’s only three letters…” the little girl muttered, then couldn’t help asking, “Qi Qi Jie, is ‘dick’ a word too?”
Lu Qi: “Kids shouldn’t ask random questions—memorize your junior high words!”
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