Chapter 111 Is She Really the Heroine?
Cheng Yuntian had an impression of Song Zhenzhen. She was the first person to approach him and express her desire to come to Beijing. Because of her bravery, Cheng Yuntian also had a favorable impression of her. She stopped and said gently, "What? Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"I want to ask you for Jiang Lili's home phone number." Song Zhenzhen looked at her nervously after saying this. She was not sure whether she would give it to her. She even began to think in her mind where she should go to ask for Jiang Lili's phone number if she was unwilling to give it to her.
"You want Lili's phone number?" Cheng Yuntian was a little surprised.
"Yes, I want to ask her something." Song Zhenzhen said vaguely.
"I'll ask Lili first. If she's willing, I'll give it to you." Cheng Yuntian made a decision quickly.
Song Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, then I'll go to the workshop to work first." She was not sure whether Cheng Yuntian's answer was perfunctory, but she had no other choice.
Cheng Yuntian didn't care about the Jiang family's private affairs, so she didn't know what kind of private relationship Song Zhenzhen and Jiang Lili had. She called directly, but unfortunately it was Jiang Lili's aunt who answered the phone and said that Lili hadn't come yet.
"Okay, please ask her to call me back after you see her." Cheng Yuntian said, his eyes falling on the desk calendar in front of him. Today was the last day of August, and school should start tomorrow. The factory had also decided to implement a double shift system starting next month, so they wouldn't have to worry about over-accumulating orders. Should I start thinking about new products? Cheng Yuntian fell into deep thought.
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Last night was more of a party than a dinner. After dinner, everyone went to Jiang Aiguo's house to chat and eat watermelon. We didn't go home to sleep until almost dawn, so Jiang Lili slept until ten o'clock the next day.
She rubbed her eyes and turned around to see Jiang Qitong, who was still sound asleep. She couldn't help but chuckle. It was the first time the little one had slept so late. She yawned and sat up in bed, about to get up. Her movement startled Jiang Qitong, who rubbed her eyes and said, "Sister Lili, are you going to get up?"
"Yes, the sun is shining on our butts, we should get up." Jiang Lili said as she smoothed the hair that had fallen on her face.
"I want to lie down again." It was a rare occasion for Jiang Qitong to want to stay in bed. Jiang Lili chuckled and quickly threw out the bait: "Hurry up and get up. School starts tomorrow. Let's go to eat at Grandpa Ken's for lunch."
"What if my mother doesn't allow me to go?" She couldn't help but frowning at the thought that Zhou Qingfen might not allow her to go.
"Leave it to me, I'll convince your aunt. All you have to do now is get up and change your clothes." Jiang Lili said as she went to the closet to get the clothes she was going to wear today.
"I'll get up right away." Hearing this, Jiang Qitong instantly became energetic. She knew that Jiang Lili could do it.
When the two came out of the room, they saw the money and note that Jiang Yulan had left on the table, asking them to wake up and go out for breakfast. Jiang Lili put the note away and said with a smile, "We can have brunch directly. Let's go to my aunt first and ask her not to cook our lunch."
It was at this time that Jiang Lili learned that Cheng Yuntian had called her. After she dialed the number, she was a little surprised to know the reason. Then she said, "Give it to her. Ask her to call back after six o'clock. I have to go out now."
"Okay, I'll tell her later, is school starting tomorrow?" After stating the purpose of the call, Cheng Yuntian asked casually.
"Yes, school starts tomorrow. Has the night shift at the factory started?" Jiang Lili asked with concern.
"It will also start tomorrow. With the night shift, the backlog of orders will probably be cleared soon. I plan to sell the second-generation cross-dressing dolls on New Year's Day. Should we produce some in advance and reserve them in the warehouse?" Cheng Yuntian was still hesitating about this question. He asked her at this time because he wanted a sense of recognition.
"We can start production in advance, but not now. Let's start in December. Now it's still due to the advertising effect. We have to produce the toys in the commercials as much as possible. We can't let the advertising costs go to waste." Jiang Lili said in a relaxed tone.
"That makes sense. The director of the advertising company told me the other day that if we want to continue filming the commercial, we can get a discount. Of course, the prerequisite is that you still write the script." Cheng Yuntian shared the good news with her.
"Then he probably has to wait a while. Conservatively speaking, it will take at least a year to collect all the toys for the next advertisement," Jiang Lili reminded.
"I was still considering whether to produce blind boxes here yesterday, but now there are too many orders accumulated, so I will decide on this matter later." Cheng Yuntian regretted not giving the blind box a shot at the time.
"Blind boxes will have a fixed customer base. We may consider changing the way of selling blind boxes in Beijing." Jiang Lili thought of the hunger marketing in later generations. Maybe they could also try it. This is the human psychology. What you can't get is always the best.
"For example?" Cheng Yuntian asked. She knew that Jiang Lili always had a lot of ideas.
"I can't explain it in a few words. The factory has no shortage of orders right now. Let's talk in detail next time we meet." Jiang Lili glanced at Jiang Qitong who was looking eagerly at the other side and planned to end the call first.
"Okay, let's talk about it when we meet. We can talk about it next time when we have time." Cheng Yuntian quickly understood what she meant and took the initiative to end the call.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Lili walked up to Zhou Qingfen under Jiang Qitong's expectant gaze and said, "Aunt, I'll take Tongtong out for lunch. You don't have to cook for us."
"Why do we have to go out to eat again?" Zhou Qingfen was a little puzzled.
"Isn't school about to start? I promised Tongtong that I would take her to eat at Grandpa Ken's before school starts. Aunt, you won't let me break my promise to Tongtong, right?" Jiang Lili looked at Zhou Qingfen with a smile.
"You, I can't argue with you. Go ahead." Zhou Qingfen said as she took out ten yuan from her pocket and handed it to Jiang Qitong, saying, "Your sister Lili is treating you to a meal at Ken's, so you can treat her to a popsicle or a soda. Go ahead."
"Thank you, Mom." Jiang Qitong didn't expect this unexpected gain. She danced with joy and smiled happily at Jiang Lili.
The two sisters went out happily. As soon as they walked out of the cotton mill gate, Jiang Qitong took Jiang Lili to a nearby store and said, "Sister Lili, let's have a popsicle first."
"No, don't eat ice on an empty stomach, otherwise you will have a stomachache." Jiang Lili directly rejected her.
"Okay then." Jiang Qitong felt a little disappointed, but soon became happy again when she thought about going to eat at Grandpa Ken's.
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At noon, Song Zhenzhen got some food and found a seat by the window. In Yuncheng, she had always worked the night shift, and now in Jingshi, she would rotate between day and night shifts. She thought this was fine. After taking a bite of her food, she thought of Ye Qiuju at home. She should be able to solve the problem of eating by herself. While she was lost in thought, someone sat down across from her. She looked up and realized that the person opposite her was Cheng Yuntian: "Director Cheng."
"This is Lili's number. Call her after get off work in the evening. She's not here during the day." Cheng Yuntian handed her a note.
"Okay, thank you Director Cheng." Song Zhenzhen was a little flattered after taking the note. She had already prepared to think of other ways to inquire, but she didn't expect that her previous words were not an excuse.
"It's just a small favor." Cheng Yuntian shook her head and quickly lowered her head to eat. Sure enough, the food prepared by the chef brought by Yuncheng was to her liking.
Upon hearing this, Song Zhenzhen also began to eat quietly and did not disturb her again. For the whole afternoon, Song Zhenzhen's mind was full of thoughts about how she should tell Jiang Lili. Would she believe her words? This doubt lasted until the end of the day. Song Zhenzhen did not go to the cafeteria, but went to the phone booth instead. The beeping sound eased her tension, and the call was quickly connected: "Hello, this is Jiang Lili."
"I'm Song Zhenzhen." It was rare for Song Zhenzhen to be nervous.
"I know. Sister Cheng said you have something to talk to me about, right?" Jiang Lili didn't know why she was looking for her. It couldn't be that she wanted to tell her that Ye Qiuju went to Jing City, right?
"Yes, I wanted to tell you, be careful of Ji Mingyue. I used to live with Ji Mingyue and slept in the same room with her. I accidentally saw her diary. She said she wanted to take everything from you, so be careful of her." Song Zhenzhen found her heart beating faster, pounding, as if it was about to jump out. Would she believe me? Would she blame me for telling her now?
Jiang Lili was stunned. She obviously didn't expect that this was what she was going to tell her. After two seconds of silence, she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you telling me this suddenly?"
"Because I think you are a good person, I should go to the cafeteria to eat." Song Zhenzhen hung up the phone directly after she said that. She couldn't tell her that after weighing the pros and cons, she found that it would be best to remind her.
The person on the other end of the phone hung up in a hurry. Jiang Lili was a little confused for a moment, but soon she found that she seemed to understand Song Zhenzhen's actions at this time. Ye Qiuju abandoned Ji Mingyue and her sister to join her. Now they are on the opposite side of Ji Mingyue, so is she trying to please herself?
"Did Xiao Cheng call again?" Jiang Yulan, who had just returned, asked casually when she saw her sitting next to the phone.
"No, just sit here." Jiang Lili shook her head, then got up and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes. They could start eating when Jiang Yulan came back.
Tomorrow is the first day of school. Jiang Yulan has to go to work. She originally arranged for Jiang Jianyi to take her to register, but she flatly refused: "I can do it myself."
Nowadays, many junior high and high schools pay their tuition fees and register on their own. Jiang Yulan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then go by yourself."
"You really don't want me to go?" Jiang Jianyi confirmed with her.
"No need, grandpa. I'm an adult now and I can handle it on my own." Jiang Lili emphasized.
"Okay, I met Lao Yang when I went out today. He asked me to go fishing with him this weekend." The Lao Yang that Jiang Jianyi mentioned was Director Yang of Factory 1.
"Didn't they say that Factory 1 received a lot of orders? They don't work overtime on weekends?" Jiang Lili asked.
"Eighty percent of the production lines in Factory 1 are now producing cross-dressing dolls, and we can still catch up without having to work overtime on weekends." Jiang Jianyi learned all this from Factory Director Yang.
"Dad, if Director Yang asks about the second-generation dolls, you can say that Beijing won't start making the patterns until December, so it's still too early." Jiang Yulan felt that Director Yang asked him to go fishing, and he still had the intention of finding out the news about the second-generation dolls.
"Why bother with that? I'll just tell him I know nothing about these things." Jiang Jianyi waved his hand. He wouldn't get involved in these things, otherwise he would have to ask him every time.
"Grandpa, this is a good trick. It solves the problem once and for all." Jiang Lili praised.
"Just go fishing. What I hate most are those who keep talking while fishing." Jiang Jianyi has his own principles.
"By the way, I heard that Ji Yushu's new wife ran away. Do you know about this?" Jiang Jianyi almost forgot about it.
"This matter has spread to the cotton mill?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised. It turned out that hatred lasted longer than love. After all, there were more people in the cotton mill who hated him than those who liked him.
"It seems that you know. Now everyone knows what kind of person he is. He has two children. Who would dare to live with him again?" Jiang Jianyi snorted after he said this. If he were to say, Ji Yushu's end was still a little light.
"Ye Qiuju and he got a marriage certificate. Although she ran away, they didn't divorce. Who would be willing to come and be a stepmother? He doesn't make much money now." In the plot, the idea that Ji Yushu would eventually become the richest man has become a bubble. She thinks that he is no better than the first loser.
"This guy should have some self-knowledge. Now he and his family should understand that my sister is his benefactor." Zhou Qingfen, like Jiang Aiguo, has never liked Ji Yushu, but for the sake of her and her mother, she is always polite to him. She didn't expect that he would have the nerve to despise them.
"Then let's not do that. I'm afraid they will come back to bother us again. I have to say that Ye Qiuju is really unlucky for their family to some extent. I only found out about this when we got divorced. The old couple tried their best to prevent him from taking Ye Qiuju back to the city, and they used this excuse. I didn't expect that Ye Qiuju was really unlucky for them." Jiang Yulan was surprised.
"I guess it was just talk back then, but I didn't expect it to become true. Can they say it's their own fault?" Jiang Lili found it a little funny.
"I guess that's the case. The old couple must be regretting it so much now." Jiang Yulan will always remember the old couple's faces that favored boys over girls.
"Fortunately, Yulan cut the Gordian knot back then, otherwise it would be our family that would be ridiculed by others now." Jiang Jianyi thought, it was a good thing that they got divorced back then.
"That's right. My sister and Lili are living a good life now. It's a good thing they got divorced." Zhou Qingfen also nodded.
Everyone didn't stay on this topic for too long. After a while of complaining, they turned to Jiang Jianyi's trip to Jincheng. Zhou Qingfen said, "Dad was completely entertained by Uncle Lu and his family this time. I plan to send them some Yuncheng specialties in a few days. What do you think, sister?"
"That's great. Although Brother Lu and his family moved to Jincheng, Yuncheng is where they grew up. I'll go buy it when I have time." Jiang Yulan said.
"You buy yours, I buy mine, and it's enough for each of us to express our own feelings." Zhou Qingfen knew that she wanted to save money for them.
"That's fine." Jiang Yulan nodded.
Jiang Lili didn't express any opinion. She was still savoring the last days of summer vacation. School would start tomorrow and she would be a sophomore in high school. She still remembered what her high school class teacher in her previous life told them: don't think that only the third year of high school is important. The second year of high school is just as important as the third year. So there is no stage in high school where they can slack off. Jiang Lili felt that this sentence was particularly right.
It was September 1st again, and the school was always the busiest. Jiang Lili went to school by herself with her schoolbag, which was full of summer homework. She found the location of her new class classroom. The head teacher Jian Hongmei was sitting on the podium filling out the registration book. She was at the end of the line.
The second year of high school had been reassigned to classes. Jiang Lili was now in Class 1, Grade 2, also the Science Class. There were many familiar faces in the class. After a while, someone else lined up, and soon, it was Ke Sisi's excited voice: "Lili."
Ke Sisi came with her father. She glanced around and didn't see Jiang Lili's parents. She couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Lili, are you signing up on your own?"
"Yes, I signed up myself." Jiang Lili nodded.
"Dad, see, I told you that many students now come to register by themselves, but you didn't believe it. Now you know I didn't lie to you." After saying this, Ke Sisi looked at her father proudly. She had originally planned to register by herself, but her father disagreed.
Mr. Ke seemed to be a good-tempered man. Hearing this, he smiled and discussed with her, "Then I'll let you sign up by yourself for next semester, okay?"
"Then you must remember what you said." After achieving her goal, Ke Sisi immediately smiled.
"Of course." The father and daughter quickly reached an agreement, and Jiang Lili's turn soon arrived. She handed her tuition to Jian Hongmei, filled out the registration form, and went to find a seat with her schoolbag on her back. Ke Sisi, who was behind her, tugged at her sleeve and said, "Lili, save a seat for me."
"Okay." Jiang Lili found a seat at random. Anyway, the teacher would have to rearrange the seats tomorrow at the latest, so it didn't matter where she sat now.
Ke Sisi quickly signed up and sat down next to her. As soon as she sat down, she couldn't wait to complain to her, "Lili, I'm at a loss."
"What kind of loss?" Jiang Lili was a little confused.
"Homework, have you finished all your homework?" Ke Sisi asked.
"Yes." Jiang Lili didn't understand what was wrong with this.
"I found that many classmates only did summer vacation activities and did not do other homework. They all said that since the classes were re-divided, their work would definitely not be checked." Ke Sisi's tone was a little annoyed. Why didn't she think of this at the time?
"Do you want to see who our current head teacher is?" Jiang Lili said, nodding towards the podium.
"Except for the ones assigned by Teacher Pu, we don't need to do the ones assigned by other teachers. But we have already finished them, so it seems there is no point in talking about these things." Ke Sisi said as she sorted the homework in her schoolbag.
"Yeah, there's no point in thinking about it now that you've already written it." Jiang Lili signaled her not to think about it anymore.
"Well, I don't know whether a new book will be released today." Ke Sisi asked casually.
Soon, another classmate came to the front row. It was Huang Xiaoxia. She greeted them happily. Seeing this, Ke Sisi couldn't help but say, "It seems that there are actually quite a lot of old classmates in our current class."
"Yes, there are quite a lot." Most of the students in their class chose science, and most of them were assigned to this class, so there are quite a lot of old classmates.
The people who registered arrived one after another. At ten o'clock, almost everyone in the class was there. Jian Hongmei arranged for the boys to follow her to move the new books back to the classroom. As soon as she left, the classroom became very lively and everyone was getting to know each other.
It was almost noon when we received the new books. Everyone could go home after cleaning the classroom. Classes would officially start tomorrow. Jiang Lili and her group's task was to clean the windows and tables. Jiang Lili and Ke Sisi went to the back door to get a basin of water and brought it back to the classroom. The whole class cleaned together, and their efficiency was much higher than usual. After Jiang Lili wiped the last piece of glass, Ke Sisi wiped it again with a dry towel and they were done.
When she came, her schoolbag only had homework in it. When she left, it had new books for this semester. Ke Sisi was still complaining, "Do I still need to bring homework tomorrow? It doesn't look like Teacher Pu is going to check it like this."
"Bring it with you. It will probably be checked. It's just a routine matter." Jiang Lili suggested.
"That's right, Lili. Let's go to Xinhua Bookstore this afternoon." Ke Sisi wanted to buy some tutorial books. Now that the textbooks have been distributed, he can buy them according to the textbooks.
"Okay." Jiang Lili agreed without much hesitation. Two days ago, she heard Zhou Qingfen say that she wanted to buy some composition reference books for Jiang Qitong, and she could buy them together later.
"Can I go with you?" Huang Xiaoxia, who was following behind them, asked hurriedly.
"Of course, then how about we meet at the entrance of Xinhua Bookstore at 2 o'clock?" Ke Sisi asked for their opinions.
As the three of them were discussing, Ji Mingyue happened to see this scene from the classroom. She glanced over Ke Sisi and Huang Xiaoxia's heads and saw no captureable symbols. She was puzzled. Wasn't the capture system supposed to capture Jiang Lili's close friends and family, causing her to lose them? And then she saw her sobbing, but why were there no new targets after the first group? Ji Mingyue was confused. She had understood the capture system to mean that it would snatch away all her friends, family, and loved ones, leaving her isolated and helpless. But the reality seemed different from her imagination.
"Mingyue, what are you looking at?" Wu Juyue's voice interrupted Ji Mingyue's thoughts.
"Nothing, I'm going back first." Ji Mingyue carried her schoolbag and walked towards the carport. Wu Juyue quickly followed and nudged her with her elbow: "Mingyue, someone is watching you."
"Never mind him. I'm going back to take care of my sister." Ji Mingyue has found a pattern. Only when she plays the victim will the strategy value above Wu Juyue's head increase.
As expected, Wu Juyue looked at her sympathetically: "Okay, see you tomorrow."
"Okay." After successfully getting rid of her, Ji Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief.
After separating from Wu Juyue, Ji Mingyue slowed down. She didn't really want to go home so soon. She had originally planned to move out and live on her own, but Ji Yushu refused, saying he needed her to go home and help take care of Ji Xingyue. She couldn't break up with Ji Yushu yet. All her targets were at school. For a moment, Ji Mingyue didn't know what this system meant to her. She thought a little irritably that it was no longer a cheat code, but rather a burden. Unfortunately, she had no way to untie it. For the first time, Ji Mingyue began to doubt herself: was she really the heroine?
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