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When Jiang Yizhou returned to his rented apartment in a daze, he still felt a bit unreal.
In his previous life, although he earned nearly ten thousand each month, he had been struggling quite a bit. Among his peers who graduated around the same time, coupled with the soaring prices and housing costs in the capital, he had basically lost confidence.
In this life, however, those twenty thousand should be equivalent to at least two hundred thousand later on. At first, he thought that just one or two thousand would be enough.
Moreover, unlike the Phone Card that wouldn't peak until March next year, Jiang Yizhou suddenly missed the pile of Phone Cards he had locked away in his bedside drawer; those twenty thousand were solid cash.
Could selling instant noodles really be that profitable? Jiang Yizhou almost considered diving into it.
"Click!" Qin Yi opened the door and found Jiang Yizhou sitting on the sofa in a daze, his gaze somewhat vacant and lost in thought.
She made a shushing gesture to her friend behind her and gently patted Jiang Yizhou's shoulder. "Jiang Yizhou, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Yizhou came back to his senses, blinking rapidly before realizing it was his roommate Qin Yi who had brought a friend. "Nothing, just thinking about some things. I'll head back to my room now."
Jiang Yizhou still wore a complex expression as he returned to his room, locked the door tightly, and then fell silent.
Li Yue watched him leave and complained, "Why did Teacher Zhao do this? He got you a male roommate! This guy feels a bit strange. What's his personality like? Does he have any quirks? Like getting up at midnight to brush his teeth while shaking his butt or secretly sniffing your underwear..."
Li Yue squinted playfully at Qin Yi while mimicking a disgusting shiver.
"Hey, you just came here to gross me out, didn't you?" Looking at her goofy friend, Qin Yi wrinkled her nose slightly. "Teacher Zhao was just in a hurry to leave and didn't have time to find someone else. He's not bad!"
"As for Jiang Yizhou, he seems like a workaholic. He leaves home around six in the morning and often comes back at seven or eight at night. He usually just collapses into bed when he gets home; how could he have that much energy?"
Qin Yi recalled her observations from living together so far. If Jiang Yizhou's job was real, then he truly was a good roommate—rarely home, no complaints, and no noise; everyone would want such a roommate. It would be even better if he were female!
"Hey, have you looked into your roommate?" Li Yue, who graduated with Qin Yi and now worked in sales at a company, speculated maliciously about Jiang Yizhou. "The more reserved a man is, the more dirty thoughts he might have inside; they just aren't easy to detect and accumulate pressure. If you trust him too much..."
"Shut up!" Qin Yi grabbed an unpeeled orange from the coffee table and stuffed it into Li Yue's mouth. "He's just a programmer; it seems he's self-taught and currently works at a company over in Zhongguancun. Plus, he's only eighteen!"
"Isn't that even more dangerous? Young people can be too hot-headed!" Li Yue took the orange out of her mouth and teasingly continued...
"Ring ring... ring ring..." The phone suddenly rang, and Qin Yi was about to poke her best friend's ticklish spots, saying, "I'll deal with you later!"
Then she answered the phone, "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Mr. Jiang Yizhou. Is he there?" Zhang Qiang was a bit confused, wondering why it was a female voice. Isn't he in a special relationship with Mr. Ding's granddaughter?
"Oh, you mean Jiang Yizhou? He's my roommate. I'll go get him right now!"
With that, Qin Yi hung up the phone and went to knock on Jiang Yizhou's door. "Jiang Yizhou, your phone!"
Jiang Yizhou was about to continue writing his diary when the urgent knocking interrupted him. A phone call?
"Wait a moment, I'll be right out!" After getting dressed, Jiang Yizhou opened the door and asked Qin Yi, "Whose call is it?"
"I don't know; it's a male caller!"
Jiang Yizhou understood and walked over to the landline to answer the call. "Hello, who is this?"
"I'm Mr. Du's assistant; we met before. The money has already been transferred, and you should be able to check it in a few days. That's all!"
Then there was a busy tone. Jiang Yizhou didn't quite understand what it meant, but anyway, he had money coming in, so he should be happy about it.
Having taken a rare day off, he couldn't let it go to waste. Once he entered the company, he wasn't just completing assigned tasks—because he did them quite well—there would be more work coming his way. He was also being pulled into various projects and needed to study to fill in the gaps in his knowledge since crossing over to the past.
He had a grand plan that needed to be realized, so he needed to keep learning and enriching himself to feel capable of supporting that plan.
Now, it was a long-awaited holiday; he wanted to relax properly.
Putting aside the unpleasantness caused by the person on the other end of the line and thinking about the large sum of money that would soon be in his hands, he decided to go out for a big meal.
However, seeing the two people beside him—one was his roommate and the other her friend—he felt he should politely extend an invitation but would also courteously decline since they weren't very familiar.
"I ran into something exciting; I'm planning to go out for a meal. Sister Qin, would you like to join me?"
Qin Yi hadn't had a chance to speak before Li Yue jumped in, "Go, go, go! Not going would be foolish, right, Yi?"
With a personality that couldn't resist a good deal, Qin Yi could only apologize awkwardly, "Sorry, my friend is causing you trouble!"
"It's fine, it's fine! The more people, the merrier! I just arrived in this area; why don't you recommend a good place for me?" Jiang Yizhou was quite generous at this moment and didn't mind.
Qin Yi felt there was no way out. Saying something like "You all go ahead; I won't join" would be too disappointing. Since the two didn't know each other well, it wouldn't be appropriate for her to back out.
The three of them tidied up and left the house. Li Yue was very friendly and kept chatting with the two of them, "If we're going to a restaurant, it has to be our school's Friendship Restaurant. The part of the cafeteria that's open to the public is much better and affordable! We've had several gatherings there during college!"
"Really? Then we definitely have to try it! Shall we go there?" Jiang Yizhou was very interested because in his previous life at his alma mater, there was also a Friendship Restaurant located near the school's guesthouse. He had dined there once. After twenty years, everything had changed; he didn't know anyone at this school anymore, and many buildings hadn't been constructed yet. However, seeing the familiar sign that had been passed down gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"We're here! It's pretty nice, right? I've always thought the decor here is great; it's perfect for a quiet meal, just right for both of you!"
Li Yue teasingly commented on the two who weren't very talkative. Jiang Yizhou thought... it wasn't bad at all; he needed someone with such energy to motivate him!
Well done!
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