As soon as Li Jia finished speaking, Yu Lan happily hooked her little finger with Li Jia's, saying, "Pinky promise! Never to change for a hundred years! You have to keep your word, Brother Guobao!" After saying that, Yu Lan, who kept glancing back at Li Jia, returned to her seat. At this moment, the teacher pushed open the door and entered, "Class, today we are going to learn about..."
Li Jia barely listened to the lesson; instead, she chatted with Wang Xiao next to her about this and that. Wang Xiao, on the other hand, listened to the teacher's lecture with a serious expression and even took out a thick notebook to carefully record the key points the teacher mentioned.
"Hey Xiao! I'll treat you to dinner after class! How about Quanjude?" Li Jia was a little annoyed by Wang Xiao's attitude, so she reluctantly used her best trick on Wang Xiao: "Quanjude roast duck." As soon as she said that, Wang Xiao immediately turned to Li Jia and smiled, "You said it! Want to pinky swear?"
"No need for pinky promises, that's for kids. We're adults now, and besides, I always keep my word, you know that best!" After saying that, Li Jia picked up her pen and paper from her desk. The teacher had already announced the end of get out of class, so Li Jia pulled Wang Xiao out of the training center and walked and talked until they reached the parking lot.
"Uh... is being a teacher really that lucrative?" Li Jia asked, somewhat annoyed, looking at Wang Xiao who was driving a silver-gray BMW 320 today, and then at her own Passat next to him.
"This car belongs to my mom. She's going to a meeting at the Municipal Bureau today, and she has a car to pick her up, so I'm temporarily using this car." Wang Xiao said, opening the car door and getting in. "Quanjude. There aren't many people here right now, so see you later!" Wang Xiao then started the car and drove away from the front of the Little White Building.
Watching the BMW speed into the traffic, Li Jia smiled and shook her head, then followed in her own car. However, she changed direction at the first intersection, as there was a more convenient route to Quanjude.
Twenty minutes later, after Li Jia had found a seat and ordered her food, Wang Xiao called: "Guobao, where are you? I've arrived."
"Table seventeen in the lobby, everything's ordered, just waiting for you." Li Jia hung up the phone after saying that. Wang Xiao walked in with a surprised look on his face. "When did you get here? You got here even faster than me!" He sat down next to Li Jia, took out a wet wipe to wipe his hands, and started eating without saying a word.
"Don't worry about that, let's eat!" Li Jia smiled and picked up her chopsticks. Wang Xiao and Li Jia were used to not talking while eating, so they only started chatting after they had finished eating half an hour later.
"You invited me to dinner this time, what do you want from me? Just say it!" Wang Xiao wiped his mouth and looked at Li Jia as if he already knew she had something to ask.
"Let me be frank with you, I want to work as a physical education teacher at No. 9 Middle School, part-time is fine too. I wonder if you can help me with this?" Li Jia and Wang Xiao always spoke concisely and directly.
After listening to Li Jia's words, Wang Xiao looked at Li Jia carefully, then held up three fingers: "Three meals at Quanjude!"
"Deal!" Li Jia smiled. If she could really become Xiao Yan's PE teacher, she would be willing to eat thirty meals a day, let alone three.
"At the end of this month, No. 9 Middle School will be undergoing a staff reshuffle before the end of this semester. Because the teachers there are paid significantly less than those at other schools, many teachers are staying because of their contracts. At least three out of the four physical education teachers will be leaving. So, prepare your resume and other materials, especially your academic credentials, and then just wait for news!" Wang Xiao chuckled inwardly, "I've found a sucker this time. That school is already severely short of physical education teachers. If my mom hadn't insisted, I wouldn't have gone. Now I have Guobao accompanying me; I'm so lucky!"
Li Jia had no idea what Wang Xiao was thinking, but not wanting to have any further contact with his past, he proactively increased the number of times he would treat Wang Xiao to meals: "Six times! You take care of it all!"
Wang Xiao smiled when she heard Li Jia's words, "Six times? Okay! I'll help you out since we're good friends!" Wang Xiao understood what Li Jia meant; she also had a way to make Li Jia a physical education teacher at No. 9 Middle School.
"So, you got through this by using connections?" Li Jia smiled, picked up his water glass, and clinked it with Wang Xiao's. He hadn't expected the special significance of this favoritism; it would save him a lot of minor troubles in the near future. It wasn't until someone completely angered Li Jia that an elderly man who had been silently watching Li Jia stepped forward…
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