Chapter 199 Love Makes People Blind
“It’s gone now.”
Guan Weizi slowly withdrew his hand, gently rubbing his fingertips with affection, but his face remained expressionless.
The Maybach drove to Qiao Suisui's home with ease. She recognized the familiar street scene and suddenly turned to look at Guan Weizhi and said, "I don't think I told you where my home address is when I got in the car just now."
The car fell into silence. Guan Weizi sat in the back seat, motionless and silent.
Old Tang, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was sweating profusely. He laughed and said, "I'm so sorry, Miss Qiao. Mr. Guan didn't say anything. I thought he was going to take you back to school."
Qiao Susu's home and school are indeed on this road.
She nodded and said politely to Old Tang, "Just let me drop off at the hotel across from the school."
Guan Weizhi tilted his head to look at her and asked, "How do you want to stay in a hotel?"
"It's just a transition period. I'll move when I find a suitable house."
Qiao Suisui hadn't planned to live on campus. She had a different sleep schedule than her roommates and was a light sleeper, unable to sleep well even with a little light or noise. Plus, she was planning to leave that home, and the first step was to keep Qiao's mother from knowing where she was.
Guan Weizhi frowned slightly, "When did you decide? I haven't heard you mention it before."
"just."
Guan Wei choked.
This child is getting better and better at choking. Is he entering his rebellious phase?
The man thought this in his heart, but his expression remained calm. He knew that he had been too strict with her today, and was afraid that she would not tell him anything in the future, so he put on the appearance of a "good teacher".
"You can live out there. No matter where you live, make sure you attend class well. I heard from Professor Xu that your attendance rate in some of your general education classes is a bit low."
Qiao Suisui said nonchalantly, "That kind of class is a bit of a waste of time."
Guan Weizi raised his eyebrows. Is this still the good boy he knew before?
"So what did you do when you skipped class? Tell me."
Qiao Suisui said calmly, "Make money."
"My part-time job as a night clerk at 7-Eleven is 30 yuan an hour, I write for self-media for 200 yuan an hour, and I tutor for 300 yuan an hour, but I have to split the pay with the agency 50-50. I also have some sporadic part-time jobs, and the hourly wage is about 50 yuan. My compulsory classes add up to 23 hours a week. Excluding my normal rest time, I have 82 hours to utilize. If there are no unexpected events, my weekly income is 4,100 yuan," she said skillfully and calmly, looking at Guan Weizhi. "4,100 yuan is my monthly living expenses plus rent. So taking public basic courses is meaningless except for wasting my time."
If she wants to be independent, she must be able to support herself.
This is also the reason why she opened a hotel in the game world even though she was not short of money.
It is better to rely on yourself than on others.
Guan Weizi looked at her in a daze, feeling as if his heart was being gripped by someone's hand, causing a sharp pain.
That meal just now cost thirty thousand yuan for a bottle of wine. If it were any other ordinary girl like Qiao Suisui, who hadn't yet entered society, and wanted to take shortcuts, she would definitely have started to flatter herself by now. Even those with a bit of backbone would become restrained and uncomfortable, revealing nervousness and inferiority in their every move.
But Qiao Susu settled the accounts with him in a calm and composed manner, without hiding her situation at all, and without any embarrassment or awkwardness, as if she was just answering his questions without any excessive thoughts or emotions.
If Guan Weizhi still had a hint of subconscious "disdain" for her original family before, Qiao Susu's attitude at this moment made his unintentional sense of superiority disappear, and made his elite attributes of calculating everything nowhere to hide, and even made him feel ashamed.
The man completely understood her attitude. To Qiao Suisui, no matter how rich Guan Weizhi was, it had nothing to do with her. She interacted with him with a maturity beyond her years, even telling him in a sincere way: I respect you, not because of your status, but because you helped me, and I am very grateful.
Guan Weizhi suddenly realized that the only way to win Qiao Susu's respect and love was to show his true heart.
He was silent for a long time, then gently pinched the back of her neck, and then withdrew his hand. There was no ambiguity in his action as last time, as if he was expressing his reward.
"Are you busy enough? Isn't your internship coming up soon?"
Qiao Suisui smiled and said, "I'll manage my time properly. I don't plan on taking any other part-time jobs. The self-media outlet really likes my articles, so they increased my hourly rate to 400."
Guan Weizhi patted her head, his tone gentle, even though he himself was unaware of it. "Your idea is quite right. When I was your age, I wasn't as smart as you. I thought making money meant constantly increasing my income, so I worked myself to death. But in fact, making money is a process of constantly raising your price. Originally, you made 50 yuan an hour, but with endorsements, experience, qualifications, connections, and even packaging, you can turn that into 400 yuan an hour. That's how you get twice the result with half the effort."
Qiao Suisui tilted her head to look at him and said, "Teacher Guan, you are suitable for teaching finance."
Guan Weizi's hands froze.
Old Tang glanced nervously at the rearview mirror and moved his butt nervously.
Guan Weizhi coughed and said, "That's not my ambition."
Qiao Suisui didn't ask any further questions. Guan Weizhi patted her head, silently withdrew his hand, and remained silent for a while. Old Tang also breathed a sigh of relief.
The car stopped steadily at the destination. Guan Wei got out of the car and drove her to the hotel entrance. He watched her walk in, watched her back disappear in the elevator, and stood motionless at the door.
Old Tang got off the bus and stood by the door waiting. He stood there for more than ten minutes. When he saw Guan Weizi turning around with a lot on his mind, he immediately stepped forward and opened the door for him.
"Mr. Guan, where are you going?"
Guan Weizi looked out the window, then turned to look at the seat where Qiao Susu had sat, with a rare hint of loss in his eyes.
"Hua Ting Imperial Mansion."
Hua Ting Yufu is where he usually lives, near the company, and he goes there when he is not back at Guan's house. Although it is a familiar home, Guan Weizhi always feels an inexplicable loneliness lingering in his heart at this moment.
Old Tang had just started driving when he heard a cold, low voice from the back seat: "Wait, go back and get my things and bring them up to me later."
"Ah?" Before Old Tang could react, he saw Guan Weizi had already gotten off the car.
With a look of astonishment on his face, he watched Guan Weizi walk with his long legs into a somewhat old fast-food chain hotel.
This hotel looks old from the outside, but the facilities and services inside are pretty good. However, even so, when has his boss ever lived in such an environment? Old Tang looked at Guan Weizi's steps and seemed to be slightly excited.
He shook his head and sighed: "Love makes people blind."
It’s not that Guan Weizi was blinded by love, but he realized tonight that there was no way for him to get close to her except by appearing beside her as a teacher.
The two people's identities, status, economic foundations, circles, and classes are completely different, and the worlds they see are also completely different. Guan Weizhi is not wrong. Everything he showed tonight is the most normal world for him. Qiao Suisui is also wrong. She speaks frankly and sincerely about the world she sees in her daily life. Guan Weizhi has never felt the malice from the world since he was growing up, while Qiao Suisui has experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature at a young age. The very different parts of each of them may be attractive when love is budding, but after love fades, it is an indelible difference.
Thinking of this, Guan Weizi could no longer sit still and wait for death.
Before tonight, he thought Qiao Susu was a flower he carefully nurtured, but now he was seriously considering their future.
(End of this chapter)
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