The restaurant's business suddenly boomed after a customer revealed that one of its temporary staff members was the top science student in the province this year. Although the restaurant is usually busy, it is extremely rare for it to be so popular that reservations are booked up to seven days in advance.
So what Song Xia said about the manager giving her a raise wasn't a lie; she genuinely received the same salary as regular employees, and all the tips from customers were counted as hers, with the restaurant no longer taking a cut.
Most of the customers who give tips are those who bring their children. Don't think that children from wealthy families don't care about grades; that's a very small minority. Who doesn't want their child to excel academically? Just talking about it makes them proud, and sometimes it can even boost their company's stock price. After all, a reliable heir is very important.
Therefore, after these guests let their children eat the dishes served by Song Xia, they would give a generous tip, something Song Xia had never earned in his previous life, even after working there for ten years. This shows how important the title of "top scholar" was.
With the halo of being the top scorer, Song Xia finally finished her two-month summer job. Despite the manager's repeated attempts to persuade her to stay, she declined the offer to work again during the winter break.
Studying medicine is not an easy thing. Once she enters the school, she will devote most of her energy to it. After two months, Song Jiao finally finished filming the online short film. At the strong request of Zhou Qianqian and others, she and Song Jun went to pick up Song Jiao in person.
"You've finally arrived! Perfect timing, we're about to film the final scene of the movie." Zhou Qianqian warmly greeted Song Xia and Song Jun.
After greeting Song Xia, Song Jun, Xu Lei, and Yang Qin, they sat down on a small stool. Generally, in order to bring good luck, the crew would choose scenes with relatively low difficulty for the first scene and the final scene. In the past two months, Song Jiao had grown very quickly, so the important task of filming the final scene was entrusted to her.
This scene depicts a summer street scene where the young female protagonist, amidst the beautiful scenery of interwoven shadows and light, opens her arms and laughs heartily at her best friend, talking about her future dreams.
The girl, dressed in jeans and a white shirt, with a backpack and her hair tied in a high ponytail, had a bright smile on her face that drew approving glances from passersby, as if she were the purest and most beautiful thing in time.
For a moment, Song Xia was in a daze. This scene was so touching. She thought that the short drama that had gone unnoticed in her previous life might have a different ending in this life.
"Cut! Absolutely perfect!" Zhou Qianqian praised Song Jiao without reservation. "Believe me, you'll definitely become a huge star!"
"Thank you, director! I will persevere." After two months of filming, Song Jiao was like a different person. Before, she was proud, but she also had a gloomy and calculating side, making it difficult for people to get close to her. But now, she is sunny and bright, and her smile is just right. She walks over and greets everyone. When she sees Song Xia, she even runs over happily to hug her.
"Sister, you're here. I've missed you so much."
Song Xia was somewhat surprised, even at a loss. Although her relationship with Song Jun and Song Jiao had improved a lot recently, she never thought they would be this close.
However, Song Jiao genuinely missed Song Xia. After coming out, she realized how fortunate she was to have her older sister take care of her at home. Although Sister Zhou and the others were very kind, there were many things to do on set, and she still had to solve many problems on her own. Although her older sister was aloof before, she always arranged everything very well, so she never felt lost about what to do next.
Song Xia tried to reach out and gently pat Song Jiao. She was also reflecting on whether she was being too rational. After all, Song Jiao and Song Jun in this life were completely different from those in the previous life. Should she still bring up the grudges from the previous life?
So Song Jiao hugged her even tighter and raised her eyebrows at Song Jun provocatively, while Song Jun gave a silent sneer.
How have you been feeling these past two months?
"It's very interesting." Song Jiao changed from hugging to holding Song Xia's hand. Song Xia was not used to being held like this, and her expression was a little unnatural, but Song Jiao pretended not to notice.
"Sister, our film is a modern drama. Apart from changing locations on the way, it's not too hard, and everyone takes good care of me."
Song Xia already knew that Song Jiao was the youngest in the show, and because she was beautiful, she naturally received more attention from everyone.
“Actually, we didn’t take care of her much. Xiao Jiao is so young, but she can already do a lot of things. At this age, we are far less sensible than her,” Zhou Qianqian interjected while packing up the equipment, successfully making Song Jiao blush with embarrassment.
A year ago, she would never have been able to take care of herself; she couldn't even wash her own socks.
In fact, how could anyone not know how to do something so simple? The only thing that's not good enough is that she was spoiled too much before. Fortunately, her older sister taught her basic life skills strictly, so she wouldn't be clueless when she went out into the world.
She couldn't even imagine how outsiders would treat her if she remained the same as before. After all, outsiders had no responsibility towards her, so why would they be tolerant? Only then did she understand her sister's good intentions.
"Sister, I heard that your second aunt and uncle are causing you trouble again?" Song Jiao wrinkled her nose when she heard this. "Just ignore them and pretend you don't have this family relationship."
"I didn't really pay attention to her."
"They're so annoying. They weren't like this when Dad was alive."
Song Xia remained silent. She hadn't felt these things before. One possibility was that her father had borne all the blame, and another was that after her father passed away, he felt that the three of them, as children, had no one to rely on and no confidence, so his attitude became even worse. After all, that's human nature; the easier someone is to bully, the more they will be bullied.
Wasn't she the same way in her past life? Her repeated concessions only emboldened Song Jiao and Song Jun to take advantage of her.
Perhaps startled by her sudden chill, Song Jiao asked cautiously, "Sister, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Song Xia didn't want to talk about anything more. She just suddenly didn't want to get any closer to the two of them. It was fine as it was, maintaining boundaries and being true to herself from her previous life, until Song Jiao and Song Jun came of age.
The colder she became, the more panicked Song Jiao and Song Jun felt. They didn't know what they had done wrong, and from then on, they could only keep testing her.
"Let's go celebrate together." Zhou Qianqian rushed over and put her arm around Song Xia's shoulder. "You're going to university soon, and you'll be a medical student. You'll be very busy. I doubt you'll have time to go out and have fun again. I'll treat you to some good food and drinks these next few days."
Song Xia smiled warmly. The selfless concern from strangers always touched her deeply. Even though they were not related, she said, "Thank you, Sister Zhou."
"You're welcome. It's just fate that brought us together."
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