Chapter 5 Useless Ji Xia
When Ji Xia woke up, sunlight was shining through the attic window onto his face. He stretched out his hand to grab the light in the air before getting up from the sofa. He found that his school uniform had disappeared and he was back in his original clothes.
After the accident that happened yesterday, the change of outfit had no effect at all. Not only did it not increase my favorability, it actually decreased it.
Ji Xia raised his hands to cover his face, feeling a little unlucky.
He moved, and the pain in his arms and ankles made him hiss softly. He checked his condition and saw a large bruise on his arm. His right ankle was swollen and it hurt when he stepped on the ground.
Ji Xia rubbed it hard for a while, then walked back and forth in the attic for a long time. After getting used to the pain, he opened the door and went downstairs.
When he was at home, he worked three jobs every day, leaving at 3 a.m. and waking up at 6 a.m. So even without an alarm clock, he thought he was definitely not late, until he saw the time on the grandfather clock in the first-floor living room: 9:47. Ji Xia was stunned.
At this moment, a silver-haired old man in a suit and a red bow tie emerged from the kitchen. Upon seeing Ji Xia, he gave her a kind and gentle smile, but his words were like the whispers of a demon. "Master Ji, I'm the housekeeper here, my surname is Xu. Master Ji asked me to tell you that, aside from eating and sleeping, he sees no value in you."
Ji Xia's face suddenly turned red.
He explained, "Grandpa Xu, I just think we shouldn't waste food. I used to get up early every day, and today was just one of those rare occasions where I overslept."
Butler Xu's eyebrows curved, and the curve of his mouth didn't change at all. He said, "Master Ji, do you need breakfast now?"
Ji Xia immediately shook his head, fearing he would be identified as a big foodie. He asked, "Where's Mr. Fu?"
Butler Xu said, "The young master is in the study."
Ji Xia thanked him and turned to walk upstairs, but because of his injured foot, he walked slowly and his walking posture was not very smooth.
After finally reaching the second floor, sweat already beaded on his forehead, he took a deep breath, knocked on the study door, and after hearing the response of "Come in", he pushed the door open and went in.
The Alpha sitting at the desk didn't even raise his head, but his powerful aura and terrifying pressure still made people who approached him feel tremendous pressure.
Ji Xia lost his temper, swallowing all the words he had prepared along the way. He was as obedient as a quail, standing by the desk, peeking out.
Fu Yuan raised his head with a cold expression.
Ji Xia immediately asked politely, "Mr. Fu, is there anything I can help you with?"
Fu Yuan said coldly, "How to demonstrate your value to me? Isn't that what you should think about?"
Ji Xia felt that Mr. Fu was indeed very fierce.
He pursed his lips subconsciously and said, "I'll think about it carefully."
Fu Yuan looked at him for a moment, handed him a stack of documents, and said, "This is a project worth 300 million yuan. Help me see the investment prospects."
Ji Xia was surprised. Three hundred million... He probably couldn't tell if it had any future. But he still took the document with a try-it attitude.
After seeing the contents of the first page, the seriousness on his face turned into numbness. With his junior high school diploma, he couldn't even understand what was written there.
Ji Xia hesitated for a moment, then put the document down and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Fu, I don't understand."
Fu Yuan spat out two cold words: "Useless".
Ji Xia said, "I don't know this, but I know other things. Confucius said that when three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher. Even Mr. Fu has something to learn from me."
Fu Yuan: "For example?"
Ji Xia choked and said, "There are a lot."
Fu Yuan: "Give me an example."
Ji Xia gritted her teeth. "Cleaning, cleaning the windows, washing the car..."
Fu Yuan nodded in agreement and said, "I do know these things. However, I have hired professionals to help me with these matters. I don't need to know these things at all."
Ji Xia volunteered. "I can help you with these matters, too."
Fu Yuan glanced at him lightly and said nothing.
Ji Xia smelled an opportunity and immediately went out to find the housekeeper to ask for a small bucket and a rag. He returned to the study and prepared to show his skills to let Fu Yuan see how powerful he was.
He wrung out the towel deftly and walked towards the bookshelf, only to find it spotless, with books and decorations neatly arranged, and no need to clean it at all.
He walked around the study and found sadly that the entire study had already been tidied up and there was nothing for him to do.
Ji Xia searched again, unwilling to give up, but still found nothing. He intertwined his fingers in confusion, and turned to glance at Alpha furtively. Seeing that Alpha wasn't looking, he quickly reached out and left a sweaty handprint on the spotless window glass.
He didn't dare look at Fu Yuan, his eyes flickered, and he said in an erratic tone: "Mr. Fu, you see, the glass is not clean. If you let me do it, I can do it better."
Fu Yuan looked over with a cold gaze.
Ji Xia felt guilty and short of breath, so he immediately moved a chair to cushion the handprint and wipe it off, lest it be discovered that it was his. When he jumped down from the chair, he was so flustered that he didn't pay attention to his footing, and his injured foot twisted again, the pain making him black out.
He bit his lower lip to endure the pain.
His face was pale, and he said earnestly, "Mr. Fu, I have a secret recipe that can clean the window glass very clean."
Fu Yuan glanced at the window glass, then lowered his gaze to Ji Xia's face and said, "Yeah. Not bad."
Jixia's cat-like eyes immediately lit up.
Fu Yuan continued, "I don't need so many people cleaning for me. Since you're better than them, I'll fire them immediately and hire you. 30,000 yuan a month, and you'll be responsible for cleaning the villa. What do you think?"
Ji Xia pressed his lips into a hard straight line. He wanted to nod. As long as he nodded, he could stay in the villa and would not be involved in any terrible incident. His fate as a cannon fodder would change, and he would not die alone in the cold winter night.
I don’t have to be beaten every day, the money I earn won’t be taken away, I can still eat enough, I still have a high salary, and I still have a place to sleep.
Fu Yuan: "Hmm?"
Ji Xia's nails dug deep into the flesh. He lowered his head and after a while, he said "hmm" softly.
Fu Yuan's eyes turned colder as he picked up the phone. "Quit..."
"Mr. Fu!"
Fu Yuan raised his eyelids and looked at him.
Ji Xia's face turned pale, and her eyes were red. "My... the five fingerprints are mine... mine."
Fu Yuan hung up the phone.
Ji Xia lowered his head again. He knew that he was finished and was going to be kicked out.
"Congratulations, host. Boss Fu's favorability rating +2."
Ji Xia blinked her big eyes, raised her eyelids quietly and peeked at Fu Yuan. The moment she met the Alpha's eyes, she was chilled by the cold gaze.
He thought the system might have malfunctioned and the -2 became +2.
Fu Yuan: "I hate people who deceive me the most."
Ji Xia lowered her head even lower.
He wanted to defend himself, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no point in defending himself. He whispered, "I'm sorry."
Fu Yuan: "I hope that in the remaining day and a half, you can change my bad impression of you."
Ji Xia suddenly looked up, and her dull eyes regained their vitality. "Yes, I will. I definitely will."
Fu Yuan glanced at his watch. "I hope to have fresh oranges in twenty minutes."
Ji Xia remembered that there was one in the refrigerator and immediately said, "I promise to complete the task."
As he said that, he rushed towards the door. Unexpectedly, just as he reached the door, the tightly closed study door was pushed open from the outside. Ji Xia was not in a hurry to dodge and the door panel hit his face.
Fortunately, the person who opened the door moved very gently and was not close to me, so he just barely touched my forehead.
Ji Xia, preoccupied with completing his mission and demonstrating his usefulness, didn't pay much attention to his red forehead, and hurried out. But when he saw Butler Xu holding a tray of meticulously cut and beautifully arranged oranges, accompanied by a glass of vibrant, freshly squeezed juice, he froze in his tracks.
Butler Xu inexplicably received a call from the young master who only said two words. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out the intention, so he took the opportunity of delivering fruit to ask about it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he bumped into the Omega that the young master had left last night. Seeing the Omega's stunned look, he suspected that he had knocked the person silly. Looking at the young master again, he was in a rare happy mood.
Butler Xu calmly put the fruit plate away and left the study.
Ji Xia turned her head, her beautiful big eyes covered with a layer of mist, and she looked at Fu Yuan pitifully.
"Congratulations to the host, Mr. Fu's favorability +1."
Ji Xia:?
Mr. Fu's face was so cold it could freeze.
He felt that the system he was tied to might really be malfunctioning.
Fu Yuan said with regret, "Once again, you're useless."
Ji Xia struggled to defend herself. "This was just an accident, it doesn't mean anything. I'm very useful."
Fu Yuan did not comment and lowered his head to continue processing the documents.
Ji Xia wanted to wait for Fu Yuan to make any further requests, so she sat down in the office chair opposite him.
After sitting there for a while, he felt that this was a pure waste of time and life, so with Lu Feng's consent, he picked up the thickest economics book and wanted to study it.
Ji Xia put the book on the table, straightened his back and read carefully.
Ten minutes later, he lay on the table, his eyelids heavy, drowsy, and then he really fell asleep.
With a "click", the propped-up book was knocked down by the sleeping person and fell onto the table, disturbing those who were working diligently.
Fu Yuan: ………………
At this time, Butler Xu knocked on the door to remind everyone to have dinner.
Fu Yuan stood up and walked out of the study room, lowering his voice and saying, "When he wakes up, ask Chen Xi to come over and see him. No need to tell him."
Butler Xu replied "Yes" and closed the door gently.
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