Chapter 83 Lin Chaoying
"Is this all right?" The dormitory head floated around happily, feeling the pleasure of finishing all the summer homework in advance, or filling in all the blank spaces before handing in the test paper.
Qin Mengmeng said: "Ah, this won't work. You have to apply the putty powder three times. Wait until this is dry before applying it again."
Dormitory head: “!”
"Okay, I knew it wouldn't be that simple, and my guess turned out to be correct."
Qin Mengmeng: “…”
Surprisingly, he is quite motivated.
"We have two choices now." Qin Mengmeng looked at the dormitory head and said, "Do you remember the elementary school math problem? The one about making three pancakes in two pans, which is about time management."
The head of the dormitory said unhappily, "I'm not stupid, of course I remember."
"Now we have to wait for the first coat of putty in your house to dry before applying the second coat. During this time, we can sit down or continue working in another room."
The dormitory head was silent for a moment, then reluctantly said, "Well, the more scientific way of managing time is of course to do other things at this time, but you have to promise me that my room will be the first to be decorated and the best."
Qin Mengmeng said: "No problem."
So I continued to work.
This time, Qin Mengmeng didn't expect the dormitory head to come and help again. After all, there is a big difference between worrying about your own family and worrying about other people's families.
But the dormitory head still followed and helped silently.
This surprised Qin Mengmeng very much.
"They are all reading novels or playing together. If you don't want to play with them, why don't you go read a book? I think I bought all the books you asked for yesterday."
It's normal that the dormitory head is arrogant and self-admiring and doesn't like to participate in group activities, but there are always many ways to entertain oneself, and it's not necessary to be with Qin Mengmeng.
The dormitory head said lightly: "Because we are friends."
As she spoke, she used a spatula to scrape out two big Xs on the ceiling, and then drew a small X under the two Xs. Powder rustled down, making the already dirty bed and other things below look ugly.
Qin Mengmeng: “…”
Just have fun.
After that, the two of them worked silently without saying anything more. Time passed quickly. When Qin Mengmeng finished cleaning up the two rooms and clearing out the things inside, it was time to end the broadcast.
Before the broadcast ended, the dormitory head suddenly asked, "Can you do me a favor?"
Qin Mengmeng's clothes were already very dirty. She didn't care whether the ground was clean or not. She just sat on the ground to rest. Hearing this, she asked, "What can I help you with?"
She quite liked the dorm leader and didn't mind helping within her ability, but the problem lay in the scope of her ability.
Many adults themselves are not clear about the capabilities of another person, not to mention that the dormitory head is still a minor. Although she is very smart, a person who has never worked will not be clear about some very subtle dividing lines.
For example, even if Qin Chuan is a programmer, he can't repair computers. Qin Mengmeng is a professional construction worker, but it is impossible for him to sell the scrap steel bars from the construction site to anyone.
The dormitory head said, "I want you to help look after my father."
Qin Mengmeng thought, Oh, so that’s how it is.
“It’s a piece of cake.”
The dormitory head looked at Qin Mengmeng, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "You must keep your word."
Qin Mengmeng said: "I always keep my word."
Although she has changed a lot since entering college, she always keeps her word.
Although Confucius said that one must keep one's word and fulfill one's promise, which is really a mean person, Shang Yang's act of moving a tree to establish his credibility made everyone support his later reforms. Therefore, Qin Mengmeng always believed that credibility is the foundation of one's life.
"If I don't go today for any reason, and I come here tomorrow, you will kill me."
Qin Mengmeng didn't even blink when she said this.
She is serious.
It is despicable to deceive even a child, but it is both despicable and stupid to deceive a child who has the power to execute you.
The dormitory head said, "Uh...don't do that! Adults are all liars anyway. I'm used to it. Even if you don't keep your word, I won't do anything to you. When you are free during the day, just help me check if my dad is still alive."
Qin Mengmeng: "...then give me the address."
She picked up her phone, glanced at the live broadcast room, and said, "Just write it down and give it to me."
The camera cleverly avoids private information.
The address the dormitory head gave Qin Mengmeng was very close, just three blocks away from Qin Mengmeng's home. It takes 25 minutes to walk there and only five minutes to ride a bike.
No. 84, Guimian Street, a middle unit on the first floor, living in an old house that is more than 40 years old. When Qin Mengmeng knocked on the door, a middle-aged man wearing a torn white sweatshirt, gray shorts and slippers came out of the house.
Summer wasn't over yet, but it was definitely time to wear clothes like this and feel a little cold. He was wearing clothes like this...
Qin Mengmeng frowned, smelling the damp, rancid smell coming from the house behind the man.
The living conditions in old houses are already bad. If the person does not like to keep them clean and does not ventilate them regularly, the sanitary conditions will be appalling.
She picked up her phone, held it in front of her, and started recording. She said, "Hello, I'm in the media business. I wonder if I can interview you?"
The man frowned, and before he could say no, Qin Mengmeng took out a small plate of red hundred-dollar bills from his trouser pocket.
With a flick of her fingers, she rolled the ten beautiful new bills in the small dish into a semicircle.
"Whether or not the interview material is ultimately used in the news, it's all yours."
One thousand yuan may not sound like a lot. In this day and age, it is not even enough for a college student’s monthly food expenses. But it is enough to change the attitude of the man in front of her.
A smile quickly appeared on his face: "What do you want to ask?"
Qin Mengmeng asked: "Are you happy?"
"Ah!" The man looked dazed and said hesitantly, "My last name is... Lin?"
Qin Mengmeng smiled.
About half an hour later, she left here and finally found out everything about the dormitory head Lin Chaoying.
Her family is relatively poor, but she is a good student. She has always been among the top 50 in her grade in junior high school. If nothing unexpected happens, she should be able to be admitted to a key high school.
If I maintain my grades in high school, I should be able to get into a top university.
But she handed in blank papers for two subjects in the high school entrance examination, so she went to Xincheng High School. She said it was because she was late, but her father said it was because the family had no money, and Xincheng High School gave scholarships to students with good academic performance.
If a student takes the college entrance examination at Xincheng High School and is finally admitted to a key university, he or she will be rewarded 100,000 yuan and the teacher will be rewarded 10,000 yuan.
This was the promise made by Xincheng High School when they went to the school to give a presentation before the high school entrance examination.
Father Lin was very regretful and said that if he had known she would do this, he would never do it even if he had to sell his house.
Qin Mengmeng objectively commented at the time that with the current housing prices in Xincheng, this house could not be sold for 100,000 yuan...
Father Lin said half dead: "Our family is not that poor."
In a single-parent family, only one person can earn money, so there are always times when they are short of money financially. When Lin Chaoying was a child, he would have no money to eat after buying clothes, and no money to buy clothes after eating. But later, as the economy developed, Lin's father went out to work with others and saved some money.
Although it wasn't much, after paying for Lin Chaoying's tuition, Lin's father had little money left for daily expenses, but that's how life is, and everyone lives like this.
"Who doesn't have some debt behind their butt?" Lin's father said. "Borrowing money is normal. You lend me money and I lend you money. Everyone has times when they are short of money. We just make ends meet."
"Our family is not that poor," Lin's father emphasized repeatedly.
Qin Mengmeng sighed and comforted him, "Actually, you don't have to feel too burdened and think that the child has made a great sacrifice."
Although this is true.
But... Qin Mengmeng could almost be said to be 70% sure that when the dormitory head chose to do this, his heart was definitely not filled with the selfless spirit of sacrifice and dedication. He would think, "I am so sensible and a good child."
Instead, she was thinking at that time: "It makes me so awesome. It doesn't matter whether I go to a technical secondary school or a regular high school, I can still take the college entrance exam. It's good to have money in a technical secondary school. When I can get into college from a technical secondary school, I will look even more awesome."... This possibility is more likely.
Anyway, if it were Qin Mengmeng herself, she would definitely think so.
It’s like even Ma Chaoji, who is much gentler than Xiao Gui, would raise his head and say proudly: "I’m not being bullied, I just couldn’t win because I was outnumbered."
Minors also have their own arrogance.
The phrase "ignorant of the immaturity of heaven and earth" itself refers to a child.
After hearing this, Father Lin just sighed with a sad face.
As an adult, I am still very clear about the huge difference between general high schools and technical secondary schools.
Qin Mengmeng didn't dwell on this matter too much and asked some more questions about Lin's father's own situation.
Putting aside the fact that Mr. Lin suffered a severe mental blow from his daughter, he is in good health. What worries him most recently is that it is difficult to find a job. Because of his age, no one wants him. If he wants to drive a taxi or deliver food, he needs to invest upfront, which is quite difficult. He has been asking people to find a job.
The local job salaries in Xincheng are very low. Cashiers and the like only get more than 2,000 yuan a month and they only hire women, not men. There are basically no suitable jobs for men locally except delivering food and driving taxis.
The security guards didn't want him because he was too old to work on a construction site and too young to be a security guard.
But because his daughter goes to New Town High School and is a day student, she has to go home every day to eat and sleep, so he cannot go out of town to work before Lin Chaoying graduates.
In short, I'm looking for a job.
Before Qin Mengmeng knocked on the door early in the morning, he was about to go out to contact relatives and friends to see if he could find someone to introduce him to a job such as a security guard or courier.
This was completely beyond Qin Mengmeng's ability. She comforted Lin's father and provided some completely useless spiritual support, then ended the interview, left one thousand yuan in cash and left his home.
Afterwards, she wanted to go to Xincheng High School again to see her living classmate Lin Chaoying and teacher Wang, but the school hours for Xincheng High School had already passed and she could not enter the school now.
She went to the hospital again to visit Yang Kaixuan, bought some food at the hospital gate and went home.
When they returned home, Qin Chuan opened the door for her with red eyes.
"This app is completely on the dark web and is a black industry!" He was very excited and said loudly: "It's not even a gray industry, it's a black industry!"
“You can’t continue live streaming.”
Qin Mengmeng: “?”
Qin Mengmeng glanced at Qin Chuan and said calmly, "Why don't you go to bed first and then we can talk after you wake up? I don't talk to people who just stayed up all night."
After a night of pulling an all-nighter, there is a high probability that the brain is offline, logic explodes, and emotions collapse.
Qin Mengmeng is too experienced.
People who have just stayed up all night will easily lose control of their emotions, unless they have a magic medicine to prolong their lives like her.
Qin Chuan wiped his face and said, "You don't know what live broadcast the app pushed to me when I watched it yesterday."
Qin Mengmeng had already guessed: "That kind of live broadcast room for hacking and slashing? Tsk, killing people is the most unskilled thing."
Qin Chuan said: "No, that anchor bought people from abroad to feed ghosts, and then the ghosts ate them and became stronger, and then he killed the ghosts to make himself stronger. Do you know what this is equivalent to? This is essentially cannibalism!"
Qin Mengmeng sneered: "That's it?"
When she knew that ghosts could grow stronger by devouring each other, and that the host advanced through the resentment that made up the ghosts, she already knew that someone would do this.
The nature of the app has always encouraged this.
"This has some meaning." Qin Mengmeng said with a contemptuous smile.
Qin Chuan looked at her blankly.
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