Chapter 79 Paying the money and settling it privately

Gu Xi tidied up the messy desktop, put all the live broadcast props into the storage box, and asked Li Siyuan who had just finished washing clothes.

"What happened? I feel that the pressure on you is not right. It's a little early to get off work today."

Li Siyuan came over and hugged Gu Xi, "I'm so angry. I'm really going to explode tonight."

Gu Xi patted her shoulder, "What's the matter with you? Tell me."

Li Siyuan, who had been a little bit impatient for a long time, told her what happened tonight. Gu Xi listened quietly and responded from time to time.

"That unreasonable old woman didn't like me later and said she would fire me, otherwise she would complain to the higher-ups."

Gu Xi pursed her lips and paused her hand patting her shoulder.

Reputation is very important in the catering industry, especially chain restaurants that pay much attention to service.

On one hand, there are temporary workers, and on the other hand, there are customer complaints.

The store manager wants to suppress the matter, and he may agree to the customer's request and fire the temporary workers.

Temporary workers, without a labor contract, do not need the store to pay extra.

"So you were fired just like that?" Gu Xi sighed, feeling sorry for his two roommates.

"No, the manager was a nice person. He didn't agree to the old woman's request, which made us feel better. But after working in the fast food restaurant for 5 days, I was very unhappy and took the initiative to quit. When I asked Xu Jingyan, she also said she didn't want to do it anymore. When we left, the manager gave us two days' salary."

Gu Xi nodded. Patience also has a corresponding value. A job that makes people physically and mentally exhausted, and the salary is not high. If you don't plan to stay in this industry, you can be bold and change to another one.

"What about that aunt in the end? Did you just leave after you asked for resignation?"

Li Siyuan: "No, I resigned in front of that old woman, so of course I wanted to put aside my burdens and fight with her, but unfortunately I didn't fight. Her daughter grabbed her mother and said that she had settled the matter privately with Xu Jingyan. At first I didn't recognize who she was, I just thought she was pretty. It was on the way back that I remembered who she was."

"Who? From our school?"

"Yes, Cai Muqing, a sophomore in the dance performance department of our school, the campus belle of the previous year, she is really beautiful, but how could she get involved with such an unreasonable mother."

Gu Xi raised his eyebrows: "Did she pay money to settle the matter privately?"

"Yes, I transferred 500 yuan to Jingyan to settle the matter privately."

Li Siyuan complained in a low voice: "It's only 500 yuan. I don't understand. She was given 500 yuan for a slap in the face. Such a big grievance is only worth 500 yuan. I really want to say that she is disappointing."

Gu Xi pushed her away, "This shows that Xu Jingyan is not a greedy person. She doesn't want much. This is also related to the environment she grew up in. No one told her how much pride is worth, how much face is worth. When she is wronged, as long as the other party has a compromising attitude and enough money for her to live for a month, she can reach a settlement with him."

"I can understand her behavior. In fact, many college students are like this. They are easy to talk to and easy to bully. If they are wronged, as long as the other party says sorry, they will immediately choose to forgive. In this matter, the one who should be looked down upon is always the perpetrator, not the victim."

"You are right." Li Siyuan's face was complicated. She sighed: "Oh, I regret saying soft words to her on the road. She must be very sad."

Gu Xi looked at the bathroom. Xu Jingyan stayed there for a long time without coming out, but there was still the sound of water inside.

She gestured to Li Siyuan: "Go and call her out."

Li Siyuan nodded and went to the bathroom door to call someone. The tall man bent over and spoke softly into the bathroom, which looked a bit funny.

After a while, a response came from the bathroom.

"Yeah."

With a heavy nasal tone.

......

Gu Xi sat back at her desk and started drawing.

She had a list in her hand, which had already taken her five days to complete, and she had to hand it in before tomorrow morning.

Li Siyuan wandered behind her, looking at the colorful and lifelike portrait of two people, and marveled at the versatility of the people around him. Looking at the flexible hands, he couldn't help but sigh: "If I were a man, I would definitely become your licking dog."

The sudden words made Gu Xi's hands tremble slightly. She sighed, "What are you crazy about again?"

"Am I crazy? I know that if I were a man, I would definitely not be able to catch up with you. I can only be a licking dog. It is enough to prove that I am rational and sober."

"Yeah."

"Hey, does talking to me affect your painting?"

"Just say what you want to say. I may not listen to you when I am painting."

"......Okay."

Even if she couldn't listen, Li Siyuan wanted to say it, especially what happened today made her unable to hold it back.

"Then I will say mine, and you paint yours."

"Yeah."

"It's nothing, but after working part-time for a while, I have some feelings. I found that it's easy to be unhappy in a job without a threshold. I feel like I'm wasting my time. I clearly feel that I am a cheap laborer. Even if this incident didn't happen, I would have left soon. You were right at the beginning. People should still have a skill to improve the value of their time. People have foresight. You can support yourself by painting, not to mention live streaming... I can't keep doing this for a little money, it's embarrassing for a 985 university student!"

Gu Xi stopped writing: "It's only been a month since the start of school, it's not too late for you to learn a specialty now, in fact, there is nothing to be ashamed of, working in a fast food restaurant not only pays, but also hones your character, it's worth it to treat it as a practice."

Li Siyuan hummed.

It is indeed a good practice, and it feels like my patience has improved a lot.

For example, Ren Chan, looking at her now, sometimes she is quite cute.

At this time, Xu Jingyan came in from outside, Gu Xi looked up, frowned, walked over and looked at her slightly red and swollen cheeks.

"You need to apply ice to this injury, otherwise it may get more swollen tomorrow."

Xu Jingyan smiled embarrassedly and said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay, I don't plan to leave the dormitory these days, just rest."

"Don't delay if the pain can be relieved sooner. I'll go borrow some ice from the building manager. You wait."

There is a refrigerator in the building manager's dormitory. Although it is a private refrigerator, there are always ice packs. During the military training before, someone went downstairs and sprained his leg, and he bought an ice pack from the building manager to relieve the injury.

When Gu Xi went to buy ice packs, the building manager asked enthusiastically if she was injured and planned to come up to see her, but was stopped by Gu Xi politely.

When he returned to the dormitory, he saw Li Siyuan sitting next to Xu Jingyan, and the two were talking on their phones.

"I told you that you were going to pay less. She's going to participate in an online variety show soon, and she's definitely afraid that you'll call the police..."

"Forget it, I think she's pretty easy to talk to..."

Gu Xi walked over and saw a poster posted on the account of 'Cai Muqing' on Tomato, which was a promotion for participating in the Kiwi homemade online love variety show.

Being able to participate in variety shows in the sophomore year, the resources are really good.

Love variety shows have always been very popular. If she becomes popular, she can smoothly enter the entertainment industry and her future is limitless.

However, Gu Xi shook his head and said, "If she was really easy to talk to, she would have asked her mother to beat and scold you."

Xu Jingyan, who was startled by the cold touch, hissed softly, quickly took the ice pack from Gu Xi's hand, and sighed.

"She is pretty and speaks politely, so people don't think badly of her. Anyway, I thought this girl was pretty good at the time."

"Wait a minute, take a picture."

Li Siyuan quickly picked up her phone and took several pictures of Xu Jingyan's injuries. After taking the pictures, she suggested: "Send the pictures to her and say that the injury is very serious and you need to go to the hospital to see what she says."

Xu Jingyan: "Huh?"

"What? Just see if she will reply to you and see what her attitude is."

"Oh."

Gu Xi did not intervene. She got up to get clothes and take a shower.

When she came out of the bathroom, she soon knew the answer.

Cai Muqing blocked Xu Jingyan's WeChat account.

Without saying a word.

"The first message I sent showed that it was sent successfully, but then I saw no reply for a long time, and when I sent another emoticon, it showed that I was blocked."

Li Siyuan had a strange smile on her face, not surprised at all.

She just wanted to poke Cai Muqing, even if it was only uncomfortable for a few seconds, it would be good.

Gu Xi: "We are from the same school, maybe we will meet one day."

"Then my first sentence will definitely be to greet her mother."

.......

At night, Gu Xi sat at the desk and painted with the desk lamp on.

Li Siyuan fell asleep after playing with his mobile phone for a while, snoring softly, and there was a faint light in Xu Jingyan's bed curtains that had not been turned off.

The quiet atmosphere greatly improved Gu Xi's painting efficiency.

When she felt sleepy, she applied some cooling oil and finally finished the draft at 2 o'clock in the morning.

Although it was late, she still sent the draft, because the other party was a night owl writer and probably hadn't rested at this time.

[Seven Stars Piaodeng: Got it! ]

[Xi: If you have any questions, you can contact me.]

After a long time, the other party replied:

[Seven Stars Piaodeng: I just finished looking at the wife's painting! Wow, every detail is beautiful, I love it so much! (Screaming) This is the hero and heroine in my mind! ]

[Xi: [Send you a small flower] The novel written by the wife is also amazing, I look forward to the physical book selling well.]

[Seven Stars Piaodeng: I will bring a beautiful cover to make my daughter famous! [Fist]]

[Seven Stars Piaodeng: Transfer 3666]

[Xi: Hmm? Didn't we agree on 3,000? How can you give so much?】

【Qixingpiaodeng: I love that painting so much, my lady deserves the price increase! 】

【Xi: [happy] Thank you】

At 2 a.m., I earned 3666, because my wallet, which had been shrunk by giving out treasure chests during the live broadcast, was bulging again.

Gu Xi put a watermark on the picture and posted it on Weibo. Qixingpiaodeng was the big author she met on Weibo. She wrote ancient Chinese novels on the most popular novel website in China. In just two years, she had 70,000 loyal fans.

All three of her novels have been published as physical books, and one of them even signed the copyright for a TV series. When she first approached Gu Xi to buy the cover, she saw her drawings on Weibo. She admired the delicate and layered story in her paintings, so she tried to make an appointment for the cover of the new book.

The cover cost only 300 yuan, and Qixingpiaodeng commissioned the work with a try-it attitude.

But she was pleasantly surprised.

It happened that the third book needed a brand new cover, so she boldly commissioned the work. The requirements for the cover of this kind of publication would be higher. Qixingpiaodeng did not lower the price because she was a newcomer, but directly gave the normal market price.

Now the facts have proved that her vision was not wrong.

The cover of the third lady is so beautiful!

Can't wait to see how it will look when it is printed!

.......

Gu Xi has accumulated more than a thousand fans on wb because she has been publishing works, and most of them are young people who love painting.

Because she rarely manages wb, the fans are not very active, so she put the watermarked drawings on it and didn't care about it anymore.

There are updates for mutual friends.

When I clicked in, I found out that it was Mrs. Qixingpiaodeng. She couldn't help showing off the fresh cover and @Guxi's account. Qixingpiaodeng

v: Thanks to the painter @Guxi for the beautiful cover. Book fans are so lucky~

Guxi liked it, hid the post just now, and reposted Qixingpiaodeng's Weibo. After

that, she privately thanked Qixingpiaodeng for the free advertising space, and then yawned and prepared to go to bed.

But seeing that there was still light on Xu Jingyan's bed opposite, she walked over and pulled open a corner of the bed curtain, and whispered: "Can't sleep?"

Xu Jingyan was slightly startled, turned around and said: "A little."

Now it was late at night, and another person in the dormitory was sleeping, so Gu Xi didn't say much. She

just said: "Go to bed early, I'll tell you a good news tomorrow."

Xu Jingyan: "..."

This is simply not wanting her to sleep!

"What, Xiaoxi, can you say it now?"