Leaving Shi Jing's house, Qi Shuang was still somewhat dazed. She had thought that if Shi Jing wanted to leave, her mother would definitely stop her, and the two might even argue. Who knew they would leave so peacefully? What was Shi Jing's mother thinking, letting her underage daughter move out while keeping her current mother and sister here?
Although Lin's mother was strict with Qi Shuang, she also doted on her, so Qi Shuang couldn't understand why she had such a mother.
Shi Jing, however, did not take this situation seriously. Her relationship with Ms. Yan was very distant, and she was not surprised that it had turned out this way.
"Let's go find a hotel first."
Qi Shuang looked at Shi Jing and saw that her expression was calm, as if her emotions had not been affected. She hesitated before asking, "Xiao Jing, are you alright?"
"Huh?" Shi Jing was surprised, then realized what the other person meant, and she immediately laughed, "Don't worry, I'm fine. That's her house, it's her freedom to let whoever wants to live there, I just don't want to get involved with them. My relationship with my mother has always been rather distant, and we used to live separately."
Qi Shuang didn't quite understand, but seeing that Shi Jing really wasn't sad, she felt a little relieved.
Only then did she remember about Shi Jing's place: "Isn't it a bit unsafe for you to live alone outside? Why don't you come and stay with me at my place?"
Shi Jing understood her good intentions, but Qi Shuang and her family were still living in her grandmother's house, so it wasn't really appropriate for her to go there.
"It's alright, Xiaoshuang. Don't you know how strong I am? Anyone who's blind enough to cause me trouble is just asking for death."
"Fine, I can't persuade you anyway."
"Alright. School should start in another two weeks, then we can live together. I won't be staying outside for long anyway," Shi Jing teased her.
Qi Shuang knew she couldn't persuade her anymore, so she stopped trying: "Then where do you plan to stay?"
"Stay in Junchen, the environment there is better."
Junchen is a star-rated chain hotel with excellent service and a very nice environment; of course, the price is also quite attractive.
The car went directly to the hotel, where Shi Jing had booked a room for half a month and paid over ten thousand yuan for it. Half a month was enough time for her to register for school.
Qi Shuang helped her carry the suitcase upstairs. She didn't actually have many clothes. She wore school uniforms during her school years. As for other clothes, especially some that Ms. Yan had bought for her that she hadn't worn yet, she didn't know if Qin Xiaomei had taken them and tried them on, so she simply didn't take them.
Books were the most numerous items she brought, and Shi Jing needed to think about where to put them. A dormitory might not be enough to hold all that stuff, and renting an apartment for only two or three months a year didn't seem really necessary.
As she was thinking, Qi Shuang suddenly slapped her forehead and said urgently, "Xiao Yan said yesterday that she was coming today to bring something to my mother, but I completely forgot."
As she spoke, she quickly dialed a number. The phone rang for a while before being answered.
"What's wrong? I'm almost there."
"Xiaoyan, I'm sorry. I'm not home right now, and no one's home. I forgot by accident."
Qi Yan's surprised voice came from inside: "Why aren't you home? Where did you go?"
They had made an agreement long ago, and if nothing had happened, Qi Shuang probably wouldn't have stood her up.
Qi Shuang explained, "Shi Jing moved out of her house today, and I helped her move. We just arrived at the hotel to settle in."
"Which hotel?" Qi Yan asked quickly upon hearing this.
"Junchen Hotel".
"Okay, wait for me a moment, I'll change my route now." Qi Yan said to her driver, "Change route, Junchen Hotel."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, Qi Shuang and Shi Jing tidied up their belongings, including the books they were currently using and some personal items. She would be living here for half a month, so naturally, everything needed to be organized and arranged.
About twenty minutes later, Qi Yan's car arrived.
Upon arriving at the hotel, Qi Yan went straight to Shi Jing's room number.
As soon as the door opened, Qi Yan went in and saw the two of them. She asked in surprise, "What happened? Why did you move out of your house?"
The three of them have a good relationship and care about each other a lot.
Shi Jing knew that she was worried about her, so she didn't hide anything and simply explained, "My mother has remarried, and her new husband's mother and sister are coming to live with us. Since I'll be living at school anyway, I just moved out."
Qi Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that nothing happened. So you've been staying in a hotel for so many days? Why don't you come stay at my place? I have room to stay."
Qi Yan also extended an invitation.
Shi Jing chuckled: "No need, I've already booked a room for half a month, so I can just live on campus after school starts. Okay, don't worry so much, have a seat."
Jun Chen's room was nice, while Shi Jing's room was spacious, bright, and exquisitely decorated. The room was divided into an inner and outer section; the inner section was the bedroom, and the outer section was the living room. Large floor-to-ceiling windows made the room spotless and bright.
She pulled Qi Yan down to sit and handed her a bottle of water.
"School is about to start. If you have nothing to do, you can come here to me for tutoring. I heard that No. 1 High School in the city has a tradition of having a placement test at the beginning of the semester. I can't afford to do poorly and embarrass myself."
As the top scorer in the high school entrance exam, Shi Jing also had to maintain a certain image. What if she was surpassed by others? Where would she put her pride then?
At this moment, the system suddenly emitted a "beep" sound.
"System Task: Please maintain your ranking in the entrance examination of the No. 1 High School. Task Reward: 5 million yuan. Penalty for Failure: Subsequent high school tasks will have their rewards halved!"
Shi Jing was taken aback. Since starting the mission, he had almost always received rewards and had rarely encountered punishment.
And are the rewards for tasks really that high now? A 5 million yuan reward for a task to assess students' understanding of the school opening?!
As if sensing her shock, the system explained, "After high school, the rewards for all of the host's tasks will be greatly increased."
Shi Jing realized that this mission was crucial, as it was related to future mission rewards!
When Qi Shuang heard that Shi Jing wanted to study, she immediately responded enthusiastically: "Great! I'll bring my schoolbag over and study here with you."
Qi Yan didn't value academic studies as much as the other two, but since her friends wanted to study together, she couldn't stand out, so she agreed.
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