Chapter 103: Chapter 103: I Shouldn’t Disturb You with Her Matters Chapter 103: Chapter 103: I Shouldn’t Disturb You with Her Matters Lu Zhenguo still had to hurry to save money to pay back debts, so he had no money to give the Lu Family’s elders.
“Youxi, while you’re there, study hard and don’t worry about home,” Liu Yushu said. “Also, don’t feel too much pressure to get us to the Imperial Capital sooner. Focus on your studies. We’ll figure out the money for going to the Imperial Capital.”
“You’ve already done so well, saving so much money for the family, even covering your tuition and living expenses without us having to contribute. As parents, we can’t just do nothing,” Liu Yushu added.
“Sis, don’t worry about me, I’ll definitely study hard. Whether I’m here or waiting to go to the Imperial Capital, I’ll keep studying hard,” Lu Youxue followed, “I take you as my role model!”
Lu Youxi couldn’t help but smile, “Okay.”
“You should hang up now, the phone call is quite expensive too. Save some money,” Lu Zhenguo said as he noticed the longer Lu Youxi talked, the more he worried about the phone bill.
“Okay.”
After Lu Youxi hung up the phone, Liu Yushu scolded Lu Zhenguo, “It’s rare for Youxi to call, and you rushed her to hang up.”
“The phone call costs a lot,” Lu Zhenguo said empathetically, “Youxi can’t bear to let us pay for the call, it’s her own money, isn’t it?”
“Then let’s earn more money, save more, and give the money to Youxi,” Liu Yushu suggested. “If Youxi refuses, we insist on giving it.”
“Okay,” Lu Zhenguo nodded, persuaded by Liu Yushu, he also felt some regret for urging Lu Youxi to hang up.
He originally wanted to tell Lu Youxi to eat well at school and not to save money.
But then he thought, why should he make such demands of Lu Youxi?
He hadn’t given Lu Youxi much money. Lu Youxi might want to eat well, but where would the money come from?
So, in the end, he didn’t have the face to say it.
“And, the tuition should ideally be paid by us. It’s not sensible that we pay for Lu Youbang’s tuition and living expenses but ignore our own daughter, right? People would criticize us if they knew. Youxi doesn’t make a fuss, but that doesn’t mean we can play dumb. Now that Youxi has taken a loan, it is only right that we pay it back,” said Liu Yushu.
“Yes,” Lu Zhenguo agreed, shamed by Liu Yushu’s accusation, simply nodding.
“So, we are also in debt now. From now on, whoever asks you for money, you have none, understand?” Liu Yushu said firmly, “We cannot let Youxi, who will just have started working with a low salary and has been saving for over twenty years, continue to live frugally and pay back loans. It’s about time Youxi had some good days.”
“I understand. From now on… even if it’s Mom and Dad asking for money, I won’t give,” Lu Zhenguo made it clear openly.
Lu Youxue looked from Liu Yushu to Lu Zhenguo.
He noticed that ever since the division of the family, Liu Yushu’s temperament visibly grew stronger.
Now, she dares to raise her voice and stare down Lu Zhenguo at home.
And Lu Zhenguo, perhaps out of a sense of debt and guilt, never talked back; whatever Liu Yushu said was the rule.
However, Lu Youxue liked this change.
*
Zhou Family.
After seeing off Old Master Zhou, Xu Jingmin, although having several questions about Zhou Shuyan’s life in the past while, restrained herself considering that Zhou Shuyan had just come back and must be exhausted.
There would be more time in the future to ask these questions.
Zhou Shuyan was indeed tired.
Living in Xing Village, he couldn’t relax completely,
because he still had to keep up with the situation in the Imperial Capital.
Today, after coming back, he dealt with many of the issues that had accumulated over time at the company.
Including the things Zhou Xueyi had done in the company these two months, and his little group’s activities, Zhou Shuyan couldn’t completely grasp them in just half an afternoon.
Let alone, he had sat in a car all day today, he was indeed tired.
After talking briefly with Xu Jingmin, she urged him to go back to his room to rest, and Zhou Shuyan willingly agreed.
After getting back to his room, Zhou Shuyan took a shower, his hair still dripping under the towel, and then he came out.
He picked up his phone, hesitating whether to call Lu Youxi or send a message to ask how she was doing and if she was adjusting to university life.
He was somewhat concerned about Lu Youxi’s transition from the simple and somewhat remote Xing Village to Jing University.
One didn’t even need to mention the Imperial Capital, even Jing University was dozens of times more bustling than Xing Village.
His finger hovered over the touchscreen, the bright screen displaying the contacts.
At the very top, pinned there, was Lu Youxi’s name, with her name written again above it.
Just as Zhou Shuyan was about to enter the contact, Yu Zeqin called.
Zhou Shuyan picked up Yu Zeqin’s call, “What is it?”
“CEO, this afternoon when we took Miss Lu to Jing University, you couldn’t accompany her into the school because of time constraints,” Yu Zeqin explained over the phone. “But since it’s Miss Lu’s first time in the Imperial Capital, I was worried and had someone keep an eye on her.”
Zhou Shuyan: “…”
After two months, he had almost forgotten how thorough and comprehensive Yu Zeqin was as an assistant.
Zhou Shuyan pinched the bridge of his nose, saying, “There’s no need to monitor her.”
“It wasn’t surveillance; I just casually asked some classmates who work at Jing University,” Yu Zeqin clarified.
Zhou Shuyan: “…”
Those classmates of yours who work at Jing University, either teach there or they are involved in administrative tasks.
How could they know so clearly?
It must have been through questioning the students.
Without getting a response from Zhou Shuyan, Yu Zeqin, with a stoic face, said, “It seems you are not interested in knowing that as soon as Miss Lu entered the campus, she received a lot of attention from male students, and one even approached her to strike up a conversation. Another student, a junior in the same department and also the most popular guy of their faculty, has been particularly attentive.”
Zhou Shuyan: “!!!”
Yu Zeqin paused momentarily, then said, “Since you’re not interested in these matters, I won’t disturb your rest further. Besides, today you’ve been through a lot traveling and working hard at the company; indeed, you might not have the mood to listen to these. Moreover, Miss Lu from now on probably won’t have much to do with you, I shouldn’t have brought up her business to disturb you. Clearly, you have many other important matters to handle.”
Zhou Shuyan pinched the bridge of his nose, having forgotten that apart from being thorough and comprehensive, Yu Zeqin was also a poker-faced chatterbox.
Normally, with his stoic face and no expression, giving off a ‘do not disturb’ vibe.
Those who don’t know Yu Zeqin well might get the first impression that he is too serious and not easy to get along with.
But those who have known him longer would understand how dichotomous he can be.
An expressionless poker face yet a chatterbox when he starts.
If not stopped, he might just keep going endlessly.
Hearing this, Zhou Shuyan opened his mouth, ready to inquire about the details, “Well…”