What's the man's name in Chapter 22?
Su Niannian strolled back to her bedroom and heard the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.
oh.
Turns out she was upset because milk got on her legs and she was in a hurry to come back and take a shower.
I never expected Gu Yuheng to be such a germaphobe; he takes so long to wash even a tiny bit of milk.
Even after Su Niannian fell asleep, the "germaphobe" had not yet come out of the bathroom.
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The following afternoon, after having lunch, Su Niannian said goodbye to Aunt Chen and went out.
She arrived at an upscale residential complex by car. The security guard at the gate recognized her and knew she was a tutor hired by a resident. He let her in without saying anything.
Su Niannian has a strong sense of time. When she makes an appointment with someone, she always arrives early and never makes others wait for her.
So when she arrived at Mrs. Zhang's house, she was a little late for the appointed time.
The Zhang family owns a large single-level house of over 200 square meters. The child's father does business in another city and is away from home most of the year. Before, when Su Niannian came to tutor, Mrs. Zhang took care of the child by herself.
Mrs. Zhang has a very easygoing personality. When she saw Su Niannian arrive, she warmly invited her into the house.
"Teacher Su, come inside quickly."
Su Niannian smiled and nodded. After entering the house, she found a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Mrs. Zhang introduced with a smile: "This is Xinrui's father. He used to work in another city."
Zhang Hongming is of medium height, a bit overweight due to middle age, wears glasses, and looks honest and kind.
Upon seeing Su Niannian, he quickly stood up from the sofa, nodded, and greeted her, saying, "Teacher Su, I'll be relying on you to take care of Xinrui from now on."
The other party was polite and courteous, so Su Niannian quickly said, "Mr. Zhang, please don't worry."
Previously, Mrs. Zhang paid by the hour, two hundred yuan per hour. Although the market price for tutoring was not high, Su Niannian felt that she had only guided Zhang Xinrui in her writing direction and it was not difficult, so she thought the price was acceptable.
Zhang Hongming asked his wife about the price she had given him, thought for a moment, and then said, "Xinrui's writing grades have improved so much thanks to Teacher Su's hard work and guidance. Let's raise Teacher Su's price to four hundred yuan."
Mrs. Zhang felt it was a bit too high, but since her husband had already said that in front of Su Niannian, she couldn't say anything more.
"Of course."
Su Niannian could tell that Mrs. Zhang was somewhat unwilling.
"Mr. Zhang, let's just go with the original price."
She also felt that 400 yuan was indeed high in the tutoring market.
Zhang Hongming looked at Su Niannian with a smile, his tone unusually polite.
"Teacher Su, please don't be so polite. Your contribution is well worth the four hundred yuan."
Since the other party had said so, Su Niannian had no choice but to accept it. In order to make the four hundred yuan worthwhile, she deliberately extended the time.
She was tutoring Zhang Xinrui in her room when Zhang Hongming knocked on the door and came in, placing the washed Sunshine Rose tea and two cups of milk tea on the desk.
He said to his daughter, "Study hard from Teacher Su."
Zhang Xinrui will be starting junior high school this fall. The tall, thin girl, biting her pen, said, "Dad, I know."
Zhang Hongming nodded, then smiled and said to Su Niannian, "Teacher Su, don't work too hard. Have some milk tea and fruit with Xinrui and rest for a while."
Su Niannian is somewhat socially anxious, and she doesn't quite know how to deal with outgoing and enthusiastic people.
All I could say was, "Thank you."
Upon seeing the food, Zhang Xinrui immediately forgot about studying and handed Su Niannian a cup of milk tea.
"Teacher, this milk tea is really delicious."
Zhang Hongming patted his daughter on the head and left the room.
Before leaving, Zhang Hongming asked his wife to pay Su Niannian four hundred yuan and said that he would come back every other day.
"Teacher Su, let me drive you home," Zhang Hongming said politely, picking up his car keys.
"No need, I have to meet a friend later, so I won't trouble you."
Su Niannian politely declined the offer and then left the residential area.
Even in the sweltering summer heat, there are quite a few customers in a mala tang (spicy hot pot) restaurant located deep in an alley.
As soon as Su Niannian sat down, she immediately transferred four hundred yuan to Yu'ebao (Alipay's money market fund) so she could earn a little extra interest every day.
Shu Wei sat at the table, watching the little money-grubber not even let go of such a small amount of money, and couldn't help but twitch her lips.
"Niannian, you're too greedy! How much interest can you get from 400 yuan? Can you even earn 10 cents a day?"
Su Niannian put her phone away and looked up at her good friend sitting across from her.
"Weiwei, don't you know the story of how little you have to add up?"
Shu Wei was impressed by Su Niannian; it would take several lifetimes to accumulate such wealth.
She and Su Niannian were college roommates, but they were in different departments. Su Niannian was in Chinese Literature, while Shu Wei was in Medicine.
Because of her outgoing personality, Shu Wei encountered Su Niannian, who couldn't find her dorm room when she checked in for her freshman year. Shu Wei, who has always been outgoing, pulled Su Niannian along to find her way there and discovered that the two were destined to be in the same dorm room. Soon, she became friends with the somewhat introverted Su Niannian.
“Niannian, I went to your family’s shop to look for you yesterday, but your dad said you went to work as a nanny. Is your mom up to her again? Is she forcing you to work as a nanny to earn money?”
Su Niannian felt it was necessary to tell her best friend about the matter.
"Actually, I didn't become a nanny; I went to marry someone else."
Shu Wei's eyes widened in surprise. "What? Su Niannian, you're married? You don't even have a boyfriend, who are you going to marry?"
Su Niannian noticed the stares from others and gestured for her to keep her voice down; she didn't want to become the center of attention.
"It's not a real marriage."
Shu Wei was even more puzzled: "Could it be a fake marriage?"
Su Niannian didn't know what to say.
"It's not fake, we really did get the marriage certificate, but it's just a delaying tactic to fool my in-laws. We'll get a divorce in a year..."
Shu Wei knew a lot about her family's situation.
He pinched his forehead and said, "Is it because your parents refused to pay for Grandma Su's surgery, and you only agreed to that person's offer for money?"
She guessed correctly every time.
Su Niannian nodded weakly.
Shu Wei couldn't help but scold, "Your dad is such a useless piece of trash. He lets your mom control all the money in the house, and he can't even afford his own mother's surgery. Does he even know that the money in the shop is marital property? He doesn't even dare to ask for it. Is he even a man?"
Shu Wei couldn't stand the slightest thing; her temper was so bad she felt like she could tear the roof off.
He had never met Su Guowei, such a spineless man.
He could remain indifferent to his own mother's daily suffering from illness, and instead of taking her to the hospital for surgery, he listened to his wife.
Su Niannian lowered her head and remained silent. What Shu Wei said was true; her father did indeed listen to her mother in everything.
Otherwise, Grandma's surgery wouldn't have taken so long.
Shu Wei stopped eating the spicy hot pot and started cursing and swearing at Su Guowei and his wife.
The mala tang restaurant is run by a husband and wife.
The male boss, while scooping noodles, said to his wife, "Did you hear that? A man who's too weak will be looked down upon. You can't cut back on my cigarette money anymore."
The proprietress glanced at him and said, "When have we ever stopped you from taking money from the shop? Stopping you from buying cigarettes is for your own good."
The boss chuckled as he listened to his wife's words: "I was just kidding."
Shu Wei knew that Su Niannian had a soft personality and was afraid that she would be deceived by bad people, so she asked with concern.
"What's that man's name? And what does he do?"
She made a note first.
If she senses something is wrong, or if the other party is about to do something inappropriate, she immediately calls the police.
Su Niannian: "His name is Gu Yuheng, and he works in the finance department of Gu's Group."
However, these days, Gu Yuheng has been working in his study until very late every day.
Do even a wage earner have to work this hard?
I'm not the boss!
When Shu Wei heard Gu Yuheng's name, her eyes widened instantly like saucers.
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