Fifty-four, your sister is a little silly.
A year after taking over Li Wei's hair accessory business, Cheng Fei officially opened a clothing company and, through Ding Anping's connections, rented a three-story building with a warehouse in the city's commercial center.
Due to the rapid development of the business, a considerable number of office staff have been gradually added to each department. After more than a year of hard work, it has become quite large.
Don't let Li Wei's appearance as an ordinary middle school student fool you; she's actually quite powerful at 'Feifei Clothing Company,' though nobody knows she's the chairman behind the company.
No one dared to underestimate Li Wei, who appeared to be an innocent young woman. Partly, this was because she was the niece of Cheng Fei, the boss known for her stern and unyielding demeanor. However, the main reason was that when the iron-faced Cheng Fei was in a rage, Li Wei was the go-to savior. Countless employees had used her connections to get their jobs. Li Wei was generally easy to talk to; of course, whether her aunt would give her face was beyond her control. Someone always had to smooth things over. Otherwise, with her aunt's fiery temper, who could she possibly work with?
The two departments that Li Wei oversees, the finance department and the design department, are the most envied departments in the entire company. Not only are they full of beautiful women, but they also have high-end living facilities. The design and finance departments, located on the third floor above the boss Cheng Fei, occupy the entire third floor of the company. They are fully equipped with refrigerators, color TVs, karaoke machines, DVD players, books, newspapers, magazines, and snacks. The decoration is exquisite and elegant, and the office environment makes everyone who has visited Fei Fei drool with envy.
When Li Wei was renovating the third floor despite her aunt's criticism, her aunt Cheng Fei was very skeptical. Cheng Fei argued that since they were in a trendy business, they needed to stimulate their employees' fashion sense in every way. Making the office environment like a residential house would only limit the inspiration they could generate. Cheng Fei also wanted to inspire their sense of honor.
Li Wei used this as bait to lure in many elites, including Rosa from the second grandfather's family, who was the finance director, and Li Na, the head designer of the design department at the city's garment factory, who felt she couldn't fully utilize her talents.
Of course, the high salary that surpasses that of its peers is also a very important factor.
Outsiders only see the luxury of the third floor, but most of our employees have witnessed firsthand the relentless work ethic of the beautiful women there. There's a saying within the company that three types of people are unsuitable for working on the third floor: married, have children, and lack intelligence. So, the third floor isn't just for pretty faces; it's a place where beauty and brains go hand in hand. The reason everyone works like a workaholic is primarily due to the rapid pace of business development, the scarcity of talent, and Li Wei's strict requirements.
Li Wei usually attends school and only goes to the company on weekends or holidays, so both departments have to prepare the report designs they need when she comes. No one dares to joke about work. The big boss, Cheng Fei, has a bad temper, but she's kind-hearted despite her sharp tongue. Li Wei may seem easy to talk to, but if she doesn't perform well here, she'll be fired for real, and no one will plead for her.
However, since Li Wei and Cheng Fei promoted Rosa and Li Na, Li Wei's workload has been significantly reduced, and she no longer needs to go to the company every week.
Therefore, Li Wei spent more time at home and school.
Ms. Liu Suqin, the homeroom teacher of Class 6, Grade 7, is 38 years old. Unmarried, with long, flowing hair, she always has a worried and troubled expression. On the first day of school, she declared: "As long as you study well, everything else is secondary."
Li Wei and Wu Feng both ranked in the top three in their junior high school exams. Luo Da ranked twelfth. Therefore, Teacher Liu always had a smile on her face towards Li Wei and Wu Feng, especially Li Wei. Her daily beauty regimen hadn't been in vain; she exuded a youthful charm from head to toe, inside and out. What was rare was that she wasn't arrogant at all. She respected teachers and was friendly to classmates. Teacher Liu liked her from the bottom of her heart and wanted to make Li Wei the class monitor.
Li Wei was so frightened that she secretly pleaded with the teacher, saying that she didn't have enough time to study each day, and she also had a lot of housework to do. "Please don't make me the class monitor. I'll be the subject representative instead." "Huh?"
That's a joke. With Luo Da, Xiao Hei, Xiao Huang, and several others in the class, who can keep them in check? She doesn't want to make things difficult for herself. I suggest the teacher appoint the biggest boy in the class as class monitor.
After a moment's thought, Ms. Liu decided that Li Wei, with her delicate and spoiled appearance, was indeed unsuitable to be class monitor. These junior high students, gradually entering puberty, were notoriously difficult to manage. Therefore, she approved Li Wei as the English class representative.
Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that she was unwilling to serve the people; it was just that her small frame had limited energy. If the boys really started fighting, she wouldn't even be good enough to be cannon fodder, let alone break up the fight.
Since entering junior high school and being out of Li Wei's sight, Li Lin and Li Lianhui have been free. Every day, the two of them ride bicycles with their close classmates, and they no longer do their homework with Li Wei.
Li Wei was too lazy to run around like them. At noon, she felt it was too hot, so she would just eat a simple meal at school and then take a nap on her desk. The first year of junior high school wasn't too demanding, so life was quite pleasant.
That noon, Li Wei was dozing off at her desk when she vaguely heard an unusual commotion in the classroom. She looked up, rubbed her eyes, and saw a group of people gathered around Luo Da's table not far away, discussing and watching something animatedly.
Li Wei couldn't sleep either, so she squeezed through a crack to peek and was startled. She saw Xiao Hei, who sat next to Luo Da, fiddling with a small, grayish-brown snake on his desk, and some of the bolder classmates were even tentatively touching it.
Li Wei had seen snakes many times, but she had never seen someone handle one like a toy so closely. She looked at the snake's head but couldn't tell whether it was more triangular or oval. She asked Xiao Hei uncertainly, "Is this snake poisonous? Will it bite?"
Some people disagreed: "Such a small snake can't be poisonous. It's as timid as a mouse."
It seems that whether a snake is venomous or not has nothing to do with its size.
Xiao Hei seemed to think that what his classmate said was not quite right, and explained, "This snake is not poisonous, that's what my dad said."
The students all thought it was quite fun, especially the girls. They heard that it wasn't poisonous and that the little snake looked docile and harmless, so they were all eager to touch it. Xiao Hei simply held the snake's head and let everyone touch it as they pleased.
Li Wei, who had lived a lifetime longer than most people, had never touched a snake before, and was itching to try it, but was also afraid. Seeing that everyone else had touched one, she mustered her courage and said to Xiao Hei, "I... I want to touch one too? Hold me tight, don't bite me."
Xiao Hei felt a strange sense of pleasure watching the girls chattering timidly, asking him to keep an eye on the snake. He confidently assured them, "It's okay, I'm watching, hehe."
Li Wei slowly extended her right hand. Just as she was about to approach the small snake, fearing something might happen, she curled up her other four fingers, extending only her longest middle finger, and slowly approached the snake.
Li Wei's skin was so fair and delicate, almost translucent, thanks to bathing in goat milk, skincare products, and minimizing sun exposure. Her exposed arms and hands, along with her pink, pearly fingernails, all displayed a refined beauty that these middle school students had never seen before, set against the backdrop of the gray-brown desks and the boys' dark hands.
So, the students' attention quickly shifted from the snake to Li Wei's outstretched arm. Some girls secretly glanced at their own arms to compare, only to be disappointed. The boys, on the other hand, seemed to be drooling over the sight of homemade steamed buns or bean buns.
Especially the little black boy sitting there holding the snake. He was older than Li Wei and the others, and his skin was darker, hence the name "Little Black." The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy was in a hazy, half-understanding stage. Watching Li Wei's soft, white arm slowly approaching, he subconsciously raised his right hand, which was holding the snake's tail, and put two fingers on Li Wei's arm, as if to touch it and see how it felt.
Li Wei was terrified and hurriedly pulled her arm back: "You... why aren't you holding it down? You... you need to hold it down quickly." She felt a chill run down her spine just looking at reptiles.
But Xiao Hei wouldn't let go of Li Wei's arm: "It's okay, it's okay, touch it and see, it doesn't bite, really, really, touch it and see..."
"Hurry up and hold it down..." Li Wei was furious and tried to pull her arm back, but Xiao Hei held on tightly, and the two were locked in a stalemate.
Luo Er, who had also come to watch the commotion, whispered to Li Lianhui beside him, "I think your sister is a bit silly." He couldn't help but think that the guy's hand on Li Wei's arm was a bad thing.
Li Lianhui wasn't as cunning as Luo Ergui. After Luo Ergui reminded him, he suddenly realized that someone had taken advantage of his little arm. Just as he was about to go up and swat away the annoying black hand, Luo Da, who sat next to Xiao Hei, suddenly pushed aside the two hands that were locked in a stalemate, picked up the small snake on the desk and threw it out the window, saying impatiently, "Alright, alright, class is about to start. What are you doing circling around? Move away!"
When Xiao Hei saw that the snake was gone, he cried out and ran out to look for it.
Li Wei felt both relieved and disappointed. She had almost touched the snake. She had never been so close to such a terrifying creature before, and she probably wouldn't dare touch it next time. She glared at Luo Da. It was so close! If it weren't for Xiao Hei's antics, she would have been able to experience what a snake felt like to touch. Was it cool to the touch, as they say? Was it soft? Slippery? What a pity. She wondered if Xiao Hei could find the snake again.
The classroom window overlooked a flowerbed. Xiao Hei searched for the snake for ages but couldn't find it; class had already started, so he had to come back. He complained about Luo Da for a while, but Luo Da just gave him a cold look and fell silent. Luo Da was now a prominent figure among the town's boys; even the most notorious and belligerent boy from Hedong didn't dare mess with him easily. Besides, he hadn't been afraid of Luo Da even when Luo Da was younger than him, and now he was no match for him.
Among boys, the strongest fist always wins. Little Black wasn't as strong as the others, so he didn't dare to speak.
Li Wei and Wu Feng usually leave school together, but now Li Lin has her own little gang. Besides, each class leaves school at different times, so they all go their separate ways.
After returning home, Li Wei did her homework with Wu Feng and then went to the old house to visit her grandmother and check on the newly planted flowers. The sheep had all been given to Grandpa Wu; Li Wei would milk them whenever she wanted, and sometimes Grandpa Wu would milk them and bring them to her grandmother.
The study group disbanded, and the martial arts group disbanded as well. Only Luo Da occasionally went to spar with Grandpa Cheng, and usually practiced at home every day. Luo Er and Li Lianhui were not so diligent. They would come to Luo Da's house two or three days a week to wrestle and fight together. It was only because Li Wei asked Grandpa to urge them that they were able to learn the skills. Otherwise, they would have given them back to Grandpa.
As Li Wei leisurely watered the flowers, she pondered her thoughts. Suddenly, she realized that the children had all grown up, and it seemed she, the nanny, could finally be free. She could just wait for them to study hard, get married, and start their own families… Thinking about getting married…
Li Wei suddenly remembered her aunt. When were she and Ding Anping getting married?
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