Chapter 470: [470] It turns out that Senior Cao knows her very well Chapter 470: [470] It turns out that Senior Cao knows her very well Ren Chongda seemed to have heard some rumors and asked the two of them, “Tell me, did you see my student doing anything?”
Zhu Huicang glanced at Cao Yong and said, “No.”
“Why did I hear that she saw someone hiding an envelope like a red packet? I originally wanted to ask her about it. But I think she’s not the kind of person to do that,” Ren Chongda said. “Her family’s financial situation isn’t good. But she has good character and isn’t greedy for money. She’s usually very frugal.”
“If you, as her counselor, believe in her, you shouldn’t say such things,” Cao Yong bluntly interrupted him.
“I also heard that she suddenly invited you out to eat, and now I’m worried. Where did she get the money to treat you to a meal!” Ren Chongda hurriedly said.
Zhu Huicang looked at the two of them, trying to figure out what was going on, and felt that both had valid points.
“You should know that she understands both English and Japanese, and could easily earn some money by translating stuff for others,” Cao Yong’s displeased eyes swept directly over Ren Chongda’s face.
Truly, in this day and age, university students proficient in foreign languages could earn quite a bit of money by picking up private work, such as translating papers for others.
Ren Chongda was stupefied: “I never heard her mention that.”
“Because she’s afraid you, her counselor, would worry about her neglecting her studies and forbid her from doing so, and then you’d go and top up her meal card again,” Cao Yong said. In fact, he knew about this because he had taken her to Teacher Zhuang’s home last time. Later on, while on the car ride, he asked about it, and the little junior, being a straight shooter and very honest, was easily coaxed into spilling the beans. The small subsidy and scholarship amounts for impoverished students provided by the school were far from enough for her expenses.
You should know that her biggest expense now is her mobile phone bill. More and more patients who trusted her in the hospital, and the mentor teachers who were aware of her capabilities, liked to call her to assign tasks, her phone bills soared to an unimaginable extent for an impoverish student.
Could Teacher Zhuang, who could find her a German language instructor, not help her find opportunities to earn some supplementary income for her university life earlier? It’s said that Teacher Zhuang is a teacher who is most enthusiastic about helping impoverished students. Knowing the pride of these students, he wouldn’t act like Ren Chongda and just give money; instead, he would create job opportunities for them to earn money.
In comparison, Ren Chongda was only taking on the role of a counselor for the first time, and there were many aspects of being a teacher he didn’t quite understand. That’s why he was almost scared to death when a student had an emergency last time.
“Tell me, why did she invite you to eat?” Ren Chongda persisted, still not convinced.
He had someone inquire about this: Huang Zhilei learned from Officer Hu, because Officer Hu and Lau Jingyun were in a romantic relationship. Lau Jingyun had said she was going to accompany the little junior to buy handkerchiefs over the weekend.
“Has she never returned that handkerchief you gave her a few years ago?” Zhu Huicang was amused by their affairs, pointing at Cao Yong and laughed heartily.
“When she saw me, she said she wanted to return it, and of course, I told her not to,” recalling the incident, Cao Yong’s handsome face was full of genuine smiles. After all, he later learned through Lau Jingyun’s revelations that the little junior suspected she had ruined his handkerchief and that’s why he refused to accept it, not knowing that he had intentionally left his handkerchief with her in the hopes that she would keep him in her thoughts.
Understanding the situation, Ren Chongda was still a bit uneasy and asked Cao Yong, “Are you not going to ask her about seeing someone hide the envelope?”
“If she wants to talk about it, she will. If she doesn’t, she must have her reasons,” Cao Yong said decisively, “I won’t force her to speak.”
“Aren’t you worried at all about this matter?” Ren Chongda asked, not believing that he was completely free of concern.