Chapter 274 Questions
Chapter 274 Questions
Xu Mingyuan blocked Lin Jing without any hesitation.
He rarely logs into QQ, and Tao Shuxin logs in for fun most of the time. Lin Jing only needs to greet him on holidays, but it's a bit troublesome to chat with him when she has nothing to do.
After finishing the call with Xiao Yangzhi, when Xu Mingyuan put down his phone, he heard the "buzzing" sound of text messages, reminding him that several text messages had arrived.
Xu Mingyuan took a quick look and saw that they were all text messages from Lin Jing.
"Don't block me on QQ, remove me from the blacklist now."
"You blocked me on your phone too? I was going to send a message to Tao Shuxin?"
"I was joking. I have something to talk to you about. A real man should be generous. Why would you be angry with a little girl like me?"
Xu Mingyuan ignored her and continued to send messages to Tao Shuxin. After the girl finished washing up, he called her again.
Xu Mingyuan's monthly phone bill was at least three hundred yuan, and that was just for the calls between the two girls. Moreover, in 05, the charges were two-way, and answering the calls also cost money. You can imagine how much money the operators make nowadays.
After hanging up the phone, another text message came, still from Lin Jing, asking Xu Mingyuan to remove her from the blacklist.
Lin Jing seldom contacts Xu Mingyuan. If there is no holiday, she won’t send a message for a month or two. This time it was strange.
Xu Mingyuan also became interested and simply opened the blacklist. There was only one person lying there, Lin Jing, who was using the system avatar.
As soon as I pulled it out for her, the message came.
Lin Jing: Let me out! (crying expression)
Less than a minute later, another message came, still an exact copy of the reply.
The blacklist at this time will not delete the other party’s friend list, but will not receive messages.
Seeing that the message was still being sent, Xu Mingyuan replied directly.
Xu Mingyuan: What’s the matter?
Lin Jing: You pulled it out for me? Sorry, I didn't notice. Sorry, I was wrong...
Xu Mingyuan: Don’t give me that crap, just say it.
Lin Jing: You are so cool.
Xu Mingyuan: Are you not done yet?
Lin Jing: Hehehe.
Before Xu Mingyuan could reply, a video request came in.
Xu Mingyuan hung up the phone with a frown on his face and sent a "?"
Lin Jing: Voice is more convenient.
Xu Mingyuan simply sent a voice message.
Lin Jing hung up the call, sent a video, and also sent a line of words: Be more sincere in the video.
Xu Mingyuan was too lazy to waste time and simply clicked the answer button.
Lin Jing over there was wearing a yellow and white floral pajamas, no makeup on, leaning over her laptop with her hands crossed, staring at the camera without blinking.
Xu Mingyuan felt as if Lin Jing was looking at him, and he felt uncomfortable from the inside out.
Lin Jing noticed that Xu Mingyuan frowned, chuckled and put on the headphones, then gently stroked the microphone with her soft fingernails. Seeing that his brows were even tighter, she raised her hands and clenched them in the air twice, then said with a smile, "Good evening."
Seeing her signature way of greeting, Xu Mingyuan opened his mouth, but then remembered that he didn't have headphones with him, so he could only type "hmm" on the keyboard.
"Really? I sent you a video and you just typed 'hmm'?" Lin Jing said.
Xu Mingyuan continued typing: Just tell me if you have anything to say.
"Can you get a pair of headphones? Don't say you don't have any. I'm talking here and you're listening there. Am I reporting my homework to my teacher? Don't do this, right? I'm exhausted every day."
Lin Jing was speechless and said with a sour look on her face.
Xu Mingyuan got up from the recliner, took his notebook and walked downstairs, putting it on the coffee table.
There was no rush anyway, so I unplugged the headset from my computer, went to the kitchen to get the boiled water, and poured myself a cup of tea.
After finishing everything, Xu Mingyuan went back to plug in the headset, then lay on the sofa waiting for her to speak.
"Oh my god, did it take you so long to get a pair of headphones? I've been working on group assignments for days. Look at my eye circles, they're as dark as panda eyes."
Lin Jing took off her glasses, leaned forward, and her eyes were almost touching the camera.
Seeing her exhausted face, her lips turned pink and white, as pale as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, Xu Mingyuan sighed at the pressure of a higher education institution and didn't say any more nonsense.
"Then just say it."
"Is there no sound from your end?" Lin Jing asked.
"No? No way."
Xu Mingyuan sat up and checked whether the earphones were plugged in tightly.
"You say something, I can't hear you."
Lin Jing tapped the earphones on her ears.
"Stop pretending, my time is precious."
Xu Mingyuan noticed that the volume of his voice kept fluctuating, so he lay back down.
"Hehe, don't you live in a dormitory?"
Seeing Xu Mingyuan's accommodation environment, Lin Jing asked.
"Well, I'm a day student."
"You are so happy, aren't you? I still have to live in the dormitory." Lin Jing said with a sigh.
"Your dormitory environment is great. If I had the same accommodation environment as yours, I wouldn't want to move out." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
Xu Mingyuan glanced behind Lin Jing. There was a wide distance between her and the bed opposite her. It was a wooden bed and desk, with bright windows and clean desks. It was several times better than Jiangda's and was an accommodation that many college students would beg for.
"How dare you say I'm pretending? Aren't you the same? Tsk tsk, your house is decorated very girly. Didn't Tao Shuxin move in to live with you?" Lin Jing said with a chuckle.
"She's staying in the dormitory today." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Today? Oh, her life is my dream, otherwise I would be the only one living here today." Lin Jing said with a smile.
"Hey, stop talking nonsense to me. There is no way you can come to Jiangda to take the entrance exam."
Xu Mingyuan interrupted her unrealistic thoughts.
"You really are such a fool. Can't you let me think about it for a while?"
Lin Jing raised her eyes and pretended to be angry and didn't want to pay attention to anyone.
The roommate came back with something in his arms. When he passed by Lin Jing, he saw her chatting on video, so he asked casually, "Xiao Jing, is this your classmate?"
"Ex-boyfriend." Lin Jing replied with a smile. "Uh." The roommate was stunned for a moment, glanced at Xu Mingyuan on the other side of the video, waved and said, "Hello."
"Well, you too."
Xu Mingyuan glanced at the girl with glasses. Her eyes seemed a little dull. She was obviously a top student, far from being comparable to a slutty bitch like Lin Jing.
Lin Jing is very good at pretending. If she puts her pretending skills into her studies, she might be able to go further and study engineering or something, and become a researcher.
"Lin Jing, are all your roommates studying?"
"Yes, they are all memorizing books, and some are writing academic papers."
Lin Jing took her notebook and scanned Xu Mingyuan's dormitory environment, then returned to her seat and sat down.
"Very good, I won't keep you any longer, go study hard."
"Wait a minute, I'll tell you, I'll tell you right away, please do me a favor."
Seeing that he was about to hang up, Lin Jing quickly held the microphone and whispered.
"What favor do you need? What can you ask of me? I won't help you." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"It's not a difficult thing to do. Didn't you see Song Xiaowan today? There is a boy who is pursuing her shamelessly. Please help persuade him to stop harassing Xiaowan. You are so famous in Jiangnan University, this should not be difficult to do, right?" Lin Jing said.
"Why are you asking me for this kind of bullshit? Am I idle and have nothing to do? Is she a kindergarten kid? What does a counselor do? Just go find the teacher."
Xu Mingyuan was speechless. He was already in college, but he couldn't handle such a small matter? And Lin Jing, this scheming bitch, had a lot of bad ideas. Did she really need his help?
"Give me some face, it would be embarrassing if it gets to the teacher." Lin Jing said with a wink.
"Hurry up and tell me what's the matter. If you don't, I'll hang up." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Tell me, what are you in such a hurry for? My store is about to be demolished, and the compensation is the price of the commercial building. Can you help me make some adjustments? It shouldn't be that difficult, right?"
"Isn't your store in Gulou? Why are you demolishing that place?" Xu Mingyuan asked.
"My home is at the corner of the intersection. It's either next to the Gulou store or very close to it. I heard that the area is going to be demolished to make way for a shopping mall."
Lin Jing explained the whole story.
Xu Mingyuan probably understood that Nanxi's current plan was to move forward quickly and vigorously. All buildings from the last century that affected the city's appearance should be rebuilt or demolished as soon as possible, otherwise they would be too unaffordable to demolish in two years.
But this kind of thing is difficult for developers as well. They have already invested bank loans, and materials, artificial land and other assets all cost money. There are really few people who have large amounts of funds to use, so they will definitely lower the demolition price. This is unavoidable.
After listening for a while, Xu Mingyuan interrupted her and said, "I can't help you with this."
"It's not that hard for you, is it? If you promise me, I can do anything."
Lin Jing raised her eyebrows and blinked at the camera.
"Okay, then go and do some advanced math problems." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"Sure, you want it to be so simple? Linear algebra or differential equations? Well... some calculus questions are difficult, but I will try my best. You set the questions, and I will see if Jiangda's questions are difficult to answer?" Lin Jing said with a smile.
"Forget it. It's not that I won't help. If your family gives too much for the demolition, others might make a fuss and it will be very troublesome."
Considering that Lin Jing was a top student after all, Xu Mingyuan was asking for trouble with this kind of question, which was a bit of self-humiliation.
Although the problem is not difficult to solve, people are more worried about inequality than scarcity. In a small sense, it is seeking personal gain, and in a big sense, it affects urban planning. Xu Mingyuan is unwilling to get involved in real estate affairs, otherwise he will get into trouble.
"Oh, I knew you would say that. I just came to ask you something. I know you are familiar with business matters. Do you think it is better for my family to take out a loan to buy a store in Nanxi, or to buy a commercial house in Beijing?"
"It must be Beijing. Your parents don't have to do any work. Just wait for five, six, seven, or eight years and they can become middle class. Then they can sell their businesses and buy two stores in any second- or third-tier cities." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
"Oh, you are very good. Our teacher said so too." Lin Jing said with a smile.
"The teachers at Peking University and Tsinghua University are really great. They are telling you these things."
Xu Mingyuan was not surprised. Houses are currently a necessity. Although most people are waiting and watching, anyone with a little vision will understand that housing prices will continue to rise sharply.
"My major is management and engineering, which is a comprehensive subject. The teacher will explain everything," said Lin Jing.
"What? Do you want to take the civil service exam in the future?" Xu Mingyuan asked.
"Who knows? I haven't thought about it yet. Can you help me think about it?"
"You have so many ideas? Do you need me to think about them? Just solve it yourself."
Xu Mingyuan moved the mouse pointer to hang up and clicked it off.
According to the original plan, Lin Jing should have persuaded her parents to buy a house in Beijing, and then she never returned to Nanxi.
Lin Jing came to ask herself this time probably to clarify what she was thinking. After all, buying a house for a small family was a major event that affected her entire life, and Xu Mingyuan was too lazy to change her current situation.
"Hey, I haven't finished yet, don't hang up yet..."
Seeing Xu Mingyuan standing up and fiddling with the touchpad, Lin Jing was about to call him to stop, but then she rolled her eyes at the offline chat window.
She was using Coral QQ, and could tell that Xu Mingyuan was really offline this time and didn't send any more text messages to ask.
"Xiao Jing, have you finished your group assignment?"
Seeing Lin Jing hang up the video call, the roommate sitting opposite asked curiously.
"No, I have to rush the work. It's so difficult."
Lin Jing exited QQ and opened a half-finished document. Because Xu Mingyuan had delayed her for more than an hour, she would have to work until at least late at night.
"Xiao Jing, do you really have an ex-boyfriend?"
"Haha, yes, his name is Xu Mingyuan, have you heard of him?" Lin Jing said casually.
"I don't remember. Is he from our school?"
The girl in the same dormitory shook her head.
"No, he is a student at Jiang University and the founder of Classmates.com."
"Oh, it's him? He should be pretty good, right?"
It is the most popular social platform in college nowadays, and we often discuss it.
"What a pity, it's my ex-boyfriend."
Since she had already found out the answer, Lin Jing didn't want to talk about it any more and started looking for information to complete the group assignment.
Thinking about what she had done before, and Xu Mingyuan standing behind her watching her performance, Lin Jing felt an indescribable pain in her heart.
As for Xu Mingyuan, he just ate and drank as he pleased. He was really just a young boy at the time and didn't have any ideas.
But there are people who like to dwell on trivial matters. They always like to complicate simple things and find things to do for themselves.
(End of this chapter)