章節 33: Robbery (1)
編輯: Henyee Translations
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Yue Yan and Zhou Boyan went home together. She had indeed not done her homework and had something to tell Zhou Boyan.
Before they parted, she called out to Zhou Boyan, "The female classmates who came to my house last time wanted to know your address. I said I didn't know."
Zhou Boyan laughed. "What's wrong? Are they going to find trouble with me?"
Yue Yan lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, "Not really. Many people wanted to ask me where I bought the bicycle and I wanted to get them to give up. In the end, they came to my house and happened to see you, so they wanted to take the opportunity to get close to you."
Now that she thought about it, she felt like a hypocrite who prevented others from making friends with Brother Xiaofei.
Even if those female supporting characters were indeed not good people, they were not evil people either. She had no right to interfere with Zhou Boyan's right to make friends.
In the eyes of others who did not have an omniscient view, they would think that her actions were pretentious. Yue Yan only realized that her actions were wrong on the way.
Zhou Boyan wanted to reach out and smooth her hair, but he remembered the barriers between men and women. Yue Yan was already a young girl, and she was not a child.
"Yueyue did very well. You helped me block unnecessary trouble. Actually, I don't like to maintain interpersonal relationships, especially making friends. It's even more troublesome for me. It's fine as long as I have one or two close friends."
The main thing was that this was a world in a book. The protagonist's privilege was very powerful. He did not want to make friends. If they all became members of the protagonist's camp in the end, he would be so angry that he could vomit blood.
Yue Yan widened her eyes. "Then am I?"
Was she one of Brother Xiaofei's close friends?
Zhou Boyan kept her in suspense. "Why don't you have a guess."
Due to his memories from his previous life, although he was 17 years old now, he treated Yue Yan like an old father. He always treated her like a child and ignored the fact that Yue Yan was a 16-year-old girl.
A 16-year-old girl could fall in love on his planet, so he had to be careful at all times in the future. He had to maintain the appropriate distance between men and women and not ruin Yue Yan's reputation.
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After Yue Yan finished her homework, Cousin was back too.
She took out the contract she had written. It was a page that looked like an IOU. There was not much written on it. It was considered a confidentiality clause.
"Cousin, take a look at this contract."
Wen Zaitian had attended elementary school after all. Yue Yan did not write any difficult words in it, so he finished reading it quickly.
He put down the contract. "What does this mean? I'm just here to help Uncle. Why are you pulling me into your business?!"
Wen Zaitian said uncomfortably. The contract treated him extremely well. He was given 20% of the profits every day. He was just here to help. Everything was figured out by his uncle's family. If he dared to agree to them giving him so much salary, his parents would beat him up when he returned home.
Yue Yan went straight to the point. "Cousin, we're family. We won't lie to you. Do you want to know how much our family's net income is today?"
Wen Zaitian said foolishly, "How much?"
He had also helped to collect money today, but it was mostly 10 cents and 20 cents. He guessed that it would only be 30 to 40 yuan at most.
Yue Yan said calmly, "200 yuan, and bingfen forms the bulk of it."
Wen Zaitian's mouth widened in surprise. "What the hell! 200 yuan?! Yueyue, you must have counted an extra zero!"
Yue Yan said, "I already told you the truth. If you don't believe me, ask my father."
Yue Huaide had been silent at the side. He only smiled when Yue Yan mentioned him. "It's true. I earned 200 yuan. It was 220 yuan yesterday."
Wen Zaitian did not understand. It was clearly something that cost a few cents. How could he earn so much?
Yue Yan tried her best to persuade him. "Cousin, there are still many years before you want to inherit Uncle's job. But think about Aunt. She should have twins in her stomach. In the future, are you going to stay at home and help take care of the children all day when Uncle and Aunt will earn money to support the family?"
Wen Zaitian thought about the scene of him taking care of the children at home and could not help but shiver.
Yue Yan increased her strength. "Actually, Aunt is considered a geriatric pregnant woman. Giving birth is like going through the gates of hell for her. She shouldn't have been doing heavy work for a few years after giving birth. It's very easy for her to fall ill. Even if you have Uncle at home to support you, what will happen to your future wife if you don't save some money now? Will you still be living in the same house as Uncle?"
This was Wen Zaitian's soft spot. He had always wanted to be independent because there was not enough rooms at home. If his younger brother or sister were born, the last room would be gone. The would only be a room which was used for his grandfather's altar.
No matter how useless he was, he could not snatch his grandfather's room.
He was conflicted. What his cousin said made sense, but he really did not dare to take 20% of the profits. It was too much!
Yue Yan sighed. She had pulled Cousin in because she trusted her relatives. Cousin did not disappoint her at all, but he still thought that giving him 20% of the profits was a lot.
"Cousin, calculate carefully. My family bought the tricycle for you. It's considered a rental. I'll charge you three yuan a month for the rental fee. You have to make your own bingfen when you sell it. You even have to make my father's bingfen when he sells Malatang. You still have to help my father after selling all your bingfen that day. Although my family is the one who provided the raw materials, it's really not much for you to get 20% of the profits from doing so much work."
Wen Zaitian was dizzy from Yue Yan's words. He could not calculate these things at all, but Yueyue kept saying that he did not take much. Hence, he signed a confidentiality contract in a daze.
She still had to scare him. "Cousin, don't worry. This confidentiality contract is to allow our bingfen business to continue. Do you think we can still earn money if the formula is leaked and everyone can make bingfen?"
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