Chapter 42: Going Crazy
Total Assistant 42
After setting the goal of taking the civil service exam, Xu Xiaonian began to lead a regular and healthy life of going to bed early and getting up early.
She got up and prepared to go to Aunt Fengjuan's house for breakfast.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Nangong Lie standing outside and was stunned.
When she moved out of the main villa and into the annex, she and Nangong Lie were arguing. At her request, Aunt Fengjuan arranged for them to live separately. Back then, even if they argued furiously, they wouldn't have thought much of living across the street. But now that Xu Xiaonian had established her goals and begun to learn about socialism, she felt her former self was insane.
Especially when she saw Nangong Lie, the images of him pinching her neck, shaking his shoulders madly, and asking him if he loved her flooded into her mind, and Xu Xiaonian dug her toes into the ground in shame.
So these few days, she has been paying attention to what's happening outside to avoid running into Nangong Lie.
I didn't expect to run into him again today.
Nangong Lie heard the noise behind him and turned around to look over. The moment their eyes met, Xu Xiaonian retreated back to the room and closed the door.
Nangong Lie, who was about to speak, said: ...
Xu Xiaonian leaned against the door, patting her chest. "Thank goodness, thank goodness." She closed the door before digging her toes into the ground.
Nangong Lie sighed, walked to Xu Xiaonian's door and patted it, "Xiao Nian, do you still love me?"
Xu Xiaonian: ...very good, start digging your toes into the ground
She frowned and said, "Can you please stop talking about love before I dig out the castle, Nangong Lie? We are all good young people of socialism. Our beautiful youth should be spent striving for our respective careers, not love."
Nangong Lie was stunned and suddenly speechless.
His heart was filled with bitterness. He had originally thought that if he failed in business, he would seek comfort from Xu Xiaonian in love.
But the other party seemed to reject him.
Nangong Lie: "Xiao Nian, you are speaking with a sense of justice now."
"Of course," Xu Xiaonian said seriously, "I'm already reading books for the civil service exam! It's not in vain. I advise you to read more when you have time, improve your thinking, and make progress with me."
Nangong Lie said, "But your brother has a criminal record and has been to jail before. How can you take the civil service exam?"
Xu Xiaonian: ???!!!
Damn, it’s true.
In the main building of the villa, Aunt Fengjuan and Master Gao had already prepared breakfast and were waiting for everyone to come and eat.
Master Gao came in carrying a large pot of eight-treasure porridge. "I saw Nangong Lie just now and asked him to come for breakfast, but he ignored me and left. What's wrong with him?"
Lin Yu bit the bun and said vaguely, "Let him be. I'm very sad."
Hearing a sound at the stairs, Lin Yu tilted his head back and saw that it was Tan Mo, so he called her to have breakfast.
Tan Mo went down the last step, revealing Lu Xingjian following behind her, limping.
Lin Yu whistled and jokingly said, "Assistant Lu worked very hard last night."
Tan Mo raised an eyebrow and looked at Assistant Lu. "It was already past ten o'clock when we finished moving yesterday. Why were you still working so hard?"
Lu Xingjian frowned, not wanting to let Tan Mo know that he had fallen off the bed because he heard her voice that morning. He lied and said, "I pressed my leg while sleeping."
"Then you should pay attention to your sleep next time." Tan Mo said with concern.
What sleeping position can prevent legs from being pressed?
Lin Yu thought about it for a while, and finally shook her head: It turns out that the fastest shortcut to wealth is marriage, and Lu Xingjian's throne as the Crown Princess is secure.
Too bad she's not a man.
After taking their seats, Lu Xingjian served Tan Mo eight-treasure porridge.
This is Tan Mo’s favorite breakfast.
Knowing that Tan Mo liked it, Master Gao got up early in the morning to make the porridge, which was thick and soft, just the right texture. After it cooled, he put it in the refrigerator for half an hour. Having a bowl of it on a hot day was so comforting.
At this time, Xu Xiaonian also came in from outside.
"Sit next to me." Lin Yu moved the stool next to her. She glanced at Xu Xiaonian and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Why are your eyes red? Who did you quarrel with?"
This attracted the attention of others.
Tan Mo took a sip of porridge and asked, "Are you playing the game of 'get back together, then quarrel, then get back together' with Nangong Lie again?"
Xu Xiaonian shook her head and said, "I suddenly realized that I might not be able to pass the civil service exam."
"It's like a bird about to fly but its wings are broken, or a car about to run but its gas is out..."
Tan Mo and the others were choking as they listened to Xu Xiaonian's parallel sentences.
“…about to…”
"You're out of toilet paper when you go to the bathroom." Lin Yu couldn't stand it and said first.
Xu Xiaonian: ...
Tan Mo touched the goose bumps on her arm and said, "Okay, if you have something to say, just say it. If you have nothing to say, don't recite parallel sentences."
Xu Xiaonian sighed, "My brother has a criminal record. There are regulations for civil service exams. If a direct relative has committed a crime, you can't take the exam."
It seems to be true.
This is the setting of the heroine in the book "The Priceless Little Wife". Her original family is dragged down by her lazy brother.
"Your brother isn't considered an immediate family member," Master Gao said. He felt a little sorry for Xu Xiaonian, as he saw her studying hard for the exams these past two days.
Xu Xiaonian: "That's what they say, but when I look at the comments online, some say it has an impact, some say it doesn't, and they're not quite sure."
After listening to this, Lu Xingjian analyzed, "You should still give it a try. I remember that other than the public security, procuratorial and judicial positions, the requirements for other types of positions are not so strict. Besides, the exams for other public institutions are similar to those for civil servants. You can give it a try."
"Thank you, Assistant Lu."
Tan Mo asked a few more questions, "When is the civil service exam?"
Xu Xiaonian: "The national civil service exam is in December, and the provincial exam is in March of next year. I plan to try my luck in both."
Tan Mo nodded. "So you don't plan to work during this period, so you can study for the exam full-time? Do you have enough money?"
Xu Xiaonian listened and became dejected again. "I only have less than 2,000 yuan left, and I'm worried too. I didn't have to worry about money before."
Tan Mo choked. It was the first time she had seen such a down-to-earth heroine.
Is this the transformation of old romance novels into reality and fiction?
"It's only July now. So, I don't plan to prepare for the exam full-time. I'll work for a few months first and save some money. I'll make a final sprint in the last two months." Xu Xiaonian concluded his speech.
"Then do you want to come to Longsheng to work for a while? Be an assistant or something?" Tan Mo asked.
Lu Xingjian turned his head and looked at Tan Mo.
Xu Xiaonian asked, "Will they be paid the same salary as normal employees?"
"certainly."
Xu Xiaonian hesitated: "It's good, it's great. But I don't know how to do the work that Assistant Lu does. I can only do some writing work at most. How can I get the same salary as Assistant Lu? And if it's done this way, then what's the difference between me following you and following Nangong Lie? Aren't I just relying on other people's help?"
Tan Mo:?
I'm a little uncomfortable with how normal she has become.
"You provide me with a house to live in without charging rent. I am already very grateful to you," said Xu Xiaonian.
It turned out that she was Nangong Lie's girlfriend, and it was reasonable for her to live in Rose Manor for free; but now Tan Mo was the owner here, and Xu Xiaonian had no relationship with her.
"I'll take care of the work. You don't have to worry about it. Of course, if you really have a suitable position for me, I will accept it."
Tan Mo suddenly looked at Xu Xiaonian with admiration. She actually began to grow and gradually deviated from the setting of the original book.
She said, "I respect you, so I'll do as you say."
Xu Xiaonian smiled brightly, looked around and asked, "Where's Aunt Fengjuan? Has she finished eating?"
"No, she went out for a stroll early in the morning. Even the chickens and ducks in the countryside are not as good at strolling as her." Master Gao muttered, "It's okay, let's eat, she will come back soon."
Just as she finished speaking, Aunt Fengjuan, who was better at strolling than the chickens and ducks in the countryside, came back strolling.
"You guys don't even wait for me to eat!" She said with a smile on her face, pretending to be angry.
Master Gao took out his phone and clicked on the voice chat on WeChat, "Fengjuan! Oh Lolo, oh Lolo, come back for dinner."
Tan Mo and others burst into laughter when they heard this.
Feng Juan slapped Master Gao on the back and said, "Are you chasing chickens or ducks?"
Master Gao was beaten so hard that he cried out, "I sent you a message half an hour ago, and you didn't reply. I have to call you like this every day when we eat."
Aunt Fengjuan rolled her eyes, pulled out a stool and sat down.
"What do you do outside every day?" Tan Mo couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Listen to the gossip!"
Tan Mo: Oh, isn’t this her career?
"What do you mean?" Tan Mo immediately started gossiping.
"I was just about to tell you." Aunt Fengjuan covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "You know the Fang family who live in District C, Boss Fang's family, right?"
"I know," Lin Yu said, "He's the one with a slightly bald head but is tall and thin?"
Aunt Fengjuan: "That's right, the crazy one."
In this way, Tan Mo already knew who Aunt Fengjuan was talking about. She had met this Boss Fang before.
It wasn't because he had business dealings with Longsheng, but when he was still working as an assistant, Tan Mo had occasionally run into him a few times when she came to Rose Manor. It was always Boss Fang taking a walk with his young wife, who was about the same age as his daughter.
At that time, my concubine's belly was already bulging. I don't know if she has given birth now.
"Boss Fang made his fortune in real estate around the turn of the millennium. He was arguably the richest man in City C and one of the first wealthy people in all of China."
"So he was arrogant in everything he said and did, looking down on everyone and never considering other people's opinions. And when he was young, he was quite good-looking, considered quite handsome among the bosses. One time, while inspecting a project in the countryside, he fell in love with a very pretty, uneducated waitress from a small town. It was love at first sight, and they got married not long after."
"This is Boss Fang's first marriage. Both are handsome and beautiful, and they were in love freely, so at first it was sweet and sweet, and they gave birth to a boy and a girl in quick succession."
"But, when a man has money and status, he won't be devoted to one woman, so he soon starts having affairs outside. The waitress, on the other hand, came from the mountains and only graduated from elementary school. She has no knowledge, no ability, no scheming, only beauty."
"When she first knew Boss Fang was being dishonest, she often argued with him, either crying or threatening to hang herself. Later, someone from her family gave her some advice, saying that doing so would only drive men further away. A smart woman would be humble and keep her man's money the most important thing."
"Ah! How could that be?" Lin Yu curled her lips when she heard Aunt Feng Juan's story. "When you discover a man is cheating, isn't the best solution to divorce him and start your own business?"
Aunt Feng Juan said indifferently, "Are you sure a waiter at a small restaurant with no skills or knowledge can earn hundreds of millions of dollars on his own by the year 2000?"
Lin Yu took a breath and said, "Okay, I'm shallow. I'll shut up."
Looking at the large table of people waiting to hear her gossip, Aunt Fengjuan was particularly passionate. "How can I say that the waitress is incompetent? Her relatives all taught her to hold back and try not to confront Boss Fang. She did so, but then turned around and confronted Boss Fang's parents."
"Ah!" Everyone including Tan Mo exclaimed in surprise.
"Boss Fang is a man of few moral principles when it comes to relationships, but he's incredibly filial to his parents. When he found out the waitress was constantly scolding his parents, he threatened to divorce her the next day."
Tan Mo scooped up the eight-treasure porridge and said, "It's really hard to judge Boss Fang. I guess she's been fed up with the waitress for a long time and wants a divorce. The waitress scolding her in-laws was just the trigger."
Xu Xiaonian nodded, "I think so too."
Lu Xingjian asked, "Did Boss Fang divide his property during the divorce?"
Aunt Feng Juan: "It was the millennium, after all, and people were more honest and simple. There were no asset transfers or prenuptial agreements. Although the waitress didn't get half of the assets, she still got 10 or 20 million."
"For a waitress from the mountains, it can be considered a social leap through beauty and marriage."
Tan Mo: "That's not bad."
"What's good?" Aunt Fengjuan interrupted her immediately, "Do you know how the waiter's money is distributed?"
"She used all the money to support her brothers, nephews, and nieces. Her two children got nothing!"
"I'll go." Everyone was surprised.
Lin Yu: "So at the end of this story, the ones who suffered the most were her two children."
"Who says it's not true?" Aunt Fengjuan sighed, "Later, Boss Fang married five times and had three children with different mothers."
"The Miss Han next to you now is the seventh one. You should know her, right?"
Everyone nodded as if they were pounding garlic.
Lin Yu raised a question, "I really doubt that for someone like Boss Fang, who is almost 60 years old, can the quality still be excellent?"
After all, there were gay men present. After Lin Yu finished speaking, his eyes moved around vigilantly.
Xu Xiaonian raised her hand weakly, "Actually, I have the same doubts."
Tan Mo looked at Lu Xingjian, "Where's Assistant Lu? Do you have it?"
Lu Xingjian: ...It feels weird. Should he have it?
"Never mind him." Aunt Fengjuan said anxiously, "Don't change the subject yet. I haven't finished speaking yet."
"The reason I'm so happy today is because when I strolled over this morning, my sister told me that the waiter's son is getting married next month and starting his own family."
"The woman is very beautiful, and of course the son is not bad looking either."
Tan Mo asked, "Is your sister a nanny in the Fang family?"
"Yes, I used to run into her often when I went to buy groceries, and we became familiar with each other." Aunt Feng Juan took out her phone, "Let me show you photos, I'm not exaggerating."
She opened the album and showed the photo. "This man's name is Fang Yihang. Am I kidding?"
Although Fang Yihang in the photo couldn't match the striking features of a celebrity, he was at least a standout among ordinary people. He wore glasses, a sky-blue shirt, and a couple's bracelet. His demeanor was gentle and refined, and he was a perfect match for the dignified woman.
Lin Yu and Xu Xiaonian nodded in agreement.
Master Gao asked, "Then how did they know each other?"
"They were classmates and knew each other before," Aunt Fengjuan said. "This year, the girl returned from studying abroad and worked in the same company. She liked him very much, and after a few months together, Fang Yihang proposed."
Aunt Fengjuan thought for a moment and said, "I think it's three months."
"Is it so hasty?" Tan Mo was surprised.
Aunt Fengjuan: "It's normal. That's what happens when love is strong. I can't wait to get married!"
"This guy also knows that he needs to act quickly on a good girl."
Xu Xiaonian: "That makes some sense."
Lin Yu also nodded.
Tan Mo: ...She is worthy of being the heroine of a romance novel.
Tan Mo looked at Lu Xingjian and gave him a look that said, "Am I the only one who thinks this is too hasty?"
Lu Xingjian responded to her with a look that said, "No, no, I think so too."
Lin Yu asked, "Where's your sister? Didn't they say the waitress gave birth to a son and a daughter?"
Aunt Feng Juan: "This child's name is Fang Yixin. She just graduated from college last year, I think. She's two years younger than her brother. When they were young, Boss Fang was busy with work and playing with women, and the waitress was busy collecting money and keeping in touch with her family. No one cared about them. Now that they've grown up, they can finally have a happy ending after all the hardship they've endured."
"That's okay," Tan Mo said, "not all the characters in this story are villains."
"Yeah, so I was happy for Fang Yihang when I knew he was getting engaged." Aunt Feng Juan concluded her speech. "Okay, enough gossip. Let's get on with breakfast."
"We've finished eating!" Lin Yu said with a smile, "Aunt Fengjuan, you're so good at gossiping. It feels like I'm listening to a storyteller."
"Yeah, yeah, it's like going back home and listening to my parents chat. It's really interesting and relaxing."
Aunt Fengjuan breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad you don't mind. I was afraid you'd think I was nagging."
"How could that be?" Tan Mo glanced at the balance on the system and smiled.
This is the first time that Tan Mo has earned money from gossip since the emotional stability of the two romance novel heroines.
A full fifty thousand plus.
Tan Mo couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
She said to Aunt Fengjuan seriously, "From now on, your focus should shift to collecting all kinds of gossip and then reporting it to me. I'll find someone else to do the housekeeper job and double the salary."
"Wow! There's such a job." Aunt Fengjuan's eyes lit up. "Thank you, Mo."
Lin Yu sighed, "That's great! Everyone has found their direction in life, but I still don't know what I want to do in the future. I have no idea. I wish my job was just like gossiping."
Tan Mo, who makes a living by gossiping, couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. She really felt that she was a lucky person.
It was not yet time to go to work, and Lin Yu, who had finished breakfast, sat there and continued to chat with Aunt Fengjuan.
Lu Xingjian remembered something at this time and asked Tan Mo, "Mr. Tan, when you said this morning that you had an idea of what you wanted to do, what did you mean?"
When talking about this, Tan Mo became excited.
She woke up very early this morning and stared at the ceiling, trying to sort out her thoughts.
Obviously, her previous method of making money by conquering crazy men and women encountered some obstacles, because the protagonists of old romance novels represented by Nangong Lie, Xu Xiaonian, and Lin Yu are no longer crazy, and she can no longer make money through tasks or their mood swings.
In other words, her gossip system is useless.
Isn't this just watching your own precious sword rust?
Tan Mo felt a little depressed.
She felt she had to do something and not just sit there and wait for death. But it was obvious that this matter could not be rushed.
At the same time, she also thought, since she couldn't make any money from gossip back in the real world, what about the money she could only use in the book world? Wouldn't she make any more money?
The answer is of course no. She needs to be more proactive in making money, cast a wider net, and create opportunities for herself. Maybe she can even make money from gossiping.
And it would be best if this money has nothing to do with the Nangong family.
Nangong Xiong left a bad impression on Tan Mo, and she didn't really want to have anything to do with the Nangong family.
So after thinking for a while, Tan Mo came up with a great idea.
She smiled and asked, "Assistant Lu, what do you think about us opening a paternity testing company?"
Lu Xingjian: "Mr. Tan, what do you mean?"
"Think about it, we're surrounded by wealthy families. The thing they have the most is not knowing if their sons, daughters, or grandchildren are their own. Take me, Nangong Lie, and Boss Song Yuanqiao for example. What does this mean?"
Lu Xingjian shook his head.
"This shows that paternity testing has great potential among wealthy families and has a bright future. Furthermore, wealthy families value privacy the most, so we can charge high fees and ensure privacy!"
Lu Xingjian said, "If I understand correctly, Director Nangong Xiong already owns a similar paternity testing agency. Do we need to repeat this?"
It turns out that Nangong Xiong had this awareness so early.
Tan Mo felt more and more that her idea was correct and there must be something behind it.
"This can't be called a repetition. He is him, and I am me. I should create my own business empire instead of relying on him. I'll plan it out with you in detail when we get back to the company, and then we'll implement it after a while."
Lu Xingjian: "I understand."
Lin Yu couldn't help but applaud, "You, my sister, when can I put my ideas into action like you? These days I'm still hesitating whether to be an idol or an actor."
Tan Mo's gaze fell on Lin Yu, and she suddenly had a new idea!
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