Chapter 524 - 178: The ’80s Drama Queen, Forced into Business as a Top Student (13)
Chapter 524: Chapter 178: The ’80s Drama Queen, Forced into Business as a Top Student (13)
Sheng Leyun was staying comfortably in a spacious, clean guesthouse, sleeping soundly under the pleasant breeze of a fan.
When she woke up, she found Xiao Xuezhen already waiting in the lobby with the parents of Pang and Junzi.
Each of them carried two or three bags. Upon seeing her, they expressed their sincere apologies and hoped she would give their little troublemakers another chance.
For this, each of them had painfully forked over fifty yuan in compensation. Combined with the cost of the nutritional supplements, it was almost half of the salary they worked so hard for each month.
In their hearts, they were already giving their little brats another good thrashing!
Sheng Leyun didn’t make things too difficult for them. She accepted the items and nodded.
"I believe Pang and Junzi aren’t bad kids. They’re just a little simple-minded and can’t think for themselves. Someone used them as a tool."
"So as their parents, instead of just working hard to make money and provide a good home for your children, it might be better to spend more time with them and teach them properly. You should at least be strict about the friends they make, right?"
"This time, they were just manipulated into doing these things. What about next time? Do you think they might dare to do something even more extreme? Or what if they fall into a trap and get kidnapped?"
The parents of the two troublemakers felt their scalps tingle with fear.
They were both young and people of some standing at their work units. Their families only had one or two children—they couldn’t have any more, or they would be fired from their jobs, leaving their families with no source of income.
Compared to their parents’ generation, which was full of children and grandchildren, their own small families seemed rather empty and quiet. This led them to dote on their children with an unprecedented intensity. The boys, in particular, were the sole heirs, treated so preciously that you’d be afraid they’d melt in your mouth or get bruised in your hands!
They couldn’t imagine their own children suffering such a terrible fate.
But the young girl’s tone was sincere, and her face was filled with concern. It seemed she wasn’t interested in their gifts; she just wanted them to learn a lesson and to truly prioritize their children’s all-around education and well-being.
They nodded gratefully. "Young lady, we have to thank you. Very few kids are brave enough to stand up to this sort of thing. Otherwise, we’d never have known that our good-for-nothing sons were capable of something like this!"
"You can rest assured. We can’t speak for anyone else, but we’ll definitely give our own kids a harsh lesson. We’ll have those two little rascals apologize to you as soon as they get home from school."
Sheng Leyun breathed a small sigh of relief. "I’m glad you understand. I was afraid you’d blame me for making a big deal out of it."
"Not at all, not at all, how could we say that? The authorities are cracking down hard on this sort of thing. Right now, our kids are young, so they’ll just get a talking-to at worst. But if we don’t rein them in, they’ll go astray and could make a terrible mistake in the future."
After a few more pleasantries, the two families left the items and departed.
Xiao Xuezhen hadn’t expected this girl to be so capable.
The scenario he had imagined, where the two families would hold a grudge, didn’t happen at all. Instead, they actually approved of Sheng Leyun taking the matter so seriously.
’What in the world is happening?’
When it was his turn, Xiao Xuezhen also made a show of apologizing seriously, promising that he would strictly discipline the children in his house.
Sheng Leyun didn’t give him the time of day, merely fiddling with the nutritional supplements she had just received. "Alright," she said lightly, "I’m not here to listen to a mouthful of your empty words."
"Remember to bring Xiao Hailan and Xiao Haiyang to me after school so they can offer me nine bows of repentance!"
Xiao Xuezhen gritted his teeth and grunted in agreement.
"My mom booked this hotel for one day, so I won’t be going back tonight. It’ll save me the trouble of getting a stye from seeing something I shouldn’t. But you all need to solve my accommodation problem as soon as possible."
"I’m afraid if people see me staying in a hotel every day, the resulting gossip won’t be something you’ll want to hear."
Sheng Leyun said languidly. That tone, that posture... it was truly infuriating!
Xiao Xuezhen felt like his lungs were about to explode from pure rage.
He struggled to rein in his temper, which was teetering on the edge of an explosion. After grunting an acknowledgment, he stalked away.
He was afraid that if he stayed a second longer, he would send her to meet her father right then and there.
Once Xiao Xuezhen had left, Sheng Leyun carried the items back to her room in three trips.
There was a lot of stuff. It was as if the three of them had planned it, as the gifts were all different and covered nearly everything she had mentioned.
Sheng Leyun stared at the items spread across half the table. ’Why,’ she thought, ’did I have to draw an "erratic luck" attribute right when I started this new gig?’
’I’m so jealous of the ones who can draw a portable inventory. Even if it gets wiped clean every time you enter a new world, it’s still an essential for both home life and travel!’