"Yes, normally parents should give their children living expenses, but my family is different. I stopped receiving living expenses in the first year of high school and had to earn them myself."

Chu Jiang was stunned. Was he hallucinating? She hadn't had any living expenses since the beginning of high school...?

Chu Jiang didn't think too deeply about it. Could this girl be an orphan without parents?

Are you an orphan?

Xi Ran shook her head, "No! Both parents are alive!"

Chu Jiang also muttered to himself, "Both parents are alive! Don't your parents care about you? You have to earn your own living expenses from the first year of high school!"

A bitter look appeared on Xi Ran's face. "I don't want to talk about these unhappy things! I need to find a part-time job first! I need money!"

"Didn't I return the two hundred and fifty yuan you gave me at noon? Two hundred and fifty yuan should last you a while."

Xi Ran blurted out, "Not enough! I need a lot of money, there are so many things I need to spend! Paying off debts! There's no reason to stop! Two hundred and fifty yuan is just a drop in the bucket, far from enough!"

Chu Jiang frowned. The words "repayment of debts" appeared repeatedly! Could it be that her family had borrowed money from loan sharks?

The idea is flawed!

Xi Ran studied law! She wouldn't be foolish enough to borrow money from loan sharks!

She doesn't want to say! Let's just pretend we don't know!

After all, they haven't known each other for very long, so it's impossible for them to reveal everything about their families.

"Let's go! Let's take the subway."

"Take the subway?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with taking the subway?"

"Anyone here who doesn't take the subway? I need to do part-time work commuting back and forth! The transportation costs are considerable!"

"You're going to save money on this too?"

Xi Ran nodded, "Let's save money where we can!"

Chu Jiang flicked Xi Ran's forehead helplessly, "Silly girl! You can't even do such a simple number, and you call yourself the top scholar in the province? Nobody would believe it!"

Xi Ran looked at Chu Jiangyi with a puzzled expression, "Does it count?"

"Yeah, what a simpleton. Does he have no hobbies other than studying?"

"There's no difference between working a part-time job and taking the subway!"

"There's a difference! Most part-time workers are college students! The bosses in the neighborhood are very shrewd! To reduce costs, they've shrunk part-time wages to the bare minimum, so you won't earn much!"

"If you also look for a part-time job near the school, you'll suffer the same loss. The bosses in the area have reached a tacit agreement that the part-time wages are almost the same. Have you ever looked for a part-time job nearby? Doesn't it sound like what I'm talking about?"

Xi Ran suddenly realized that it was true. She had looked for several part-time jobs recently, trying to find one with a high salary, but the salaries offered by each boss were about the same, so there was no comparison.

The bar beer salesman's salary is the highest, so he chose to work at the bar, and after only one week, something bad happened.

The bar owner is definitely involved in this incident, but there's no evidence, so even if we call the police, they won't take the case!

They caused a scene at the bar in the dumbest way possible! The owner was at a loss! He then settled a week's wages!

She transferred all the money to her younger brother. At noon, Chu Jiangyi returned 250 yuan, and she exchanged it with her classmates for 200 yuan in micro-red envelopes, which she then transferred directly to her younger brother. She only had 50 yuan left in her pocket!

If I don't find a job soon, I'll be eating dirt for the rest of my life!

If I can keep my food expenses under five yuan a day, I can manage for a while! I'll just take the subway! At worst, I'll skip lunch!

If I can find a part-time job, I can work for a week and get an advance on my salary. That way, I can get through this month and things will be a little easier next month!

"Why the long face? Am I wrong?"

"No, you're absolutely right. As long as the part-time job pays well, it's still a good deal after deducting the cost of subway fare."

"That's right! That's exactly the point. No wonder you're the top scorer in the province; you get it right away."