From some casual conversations with her classmates at the cram school, Meng Chuyue learned that Meng Yajun had also been admitted to Imperial University while Meng Yuzhu got into a second-tier university in Imperial.
In this era, second-tier universities were also quite respectable.
Or rather, getting into any university was considered a huge joy; it was said that the Meng Yinhua family was extremely happy, and Meng Yuzhu was also satisfied.
What Meng Chuyue hadn’t expected was that Meng Yinhua would actually call her.
She had initially thought that Meng Yinhua was going to ask her to arrange a job for Meng Yuzhu.
This was not forcing Meng Yinhua to make an unreasonable request, but because Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci had promised to arrange summer jobs for students from the cram school who got into Imperial University, saying that even non-cram school students, as long as they were recent high school graduates from Hai City and were willing, they could help find jobs.
Of course, they were only responsible for finding a job once, and performance thereafter would determine any further assistance.
Those students then came over in groups.
Those from poorer families wanted to earn money; those from good families wanted to learn skills from Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue.
It was only about introducing Meng Yuzhu, who seemed to have improved her character somewhat, to a job for the first time; Meng Chuyue didn’t think Meng Yinhua was being unreasonable and wasn’t planning to refuse.
However, it turned out that Meng Yinhua only briefly mentioned Meng Yuzhu, saying she had already come to Imperial with classmates to find Meng Chuyue, but what he truly wanted to discuss was about Meng Yajun.
"Chuyue, I really didn’t want to bother you, but you... but Yajun’s parents came to my house crying and refused to leave, asking me to call you and have you send a message to Yajun, just tell him he got into Imperial University."
It turned out that after Meng Yajun arrived in Imperial, he only called home once to confirm his safety, saying that Meng Chuyue helped him arrange a job, and then he never contacted his family again.
Meng Jinhua and Fu Hongfang were too embarrassed to call Meng Chuyue, so they had to ask Meng Yinhua.
How could Meng Yinhua refuse such a significant matter?
He had to swallow his pride and call Meng Chuyue, thankfully, the students from the cram school already knew Meng Chuyue’s current phone number.
Meng Chuyue was somewhat surprised; it seemed that Meng Yajun had not only not kept in touch with his family, but he might not have even contacted his classmates or friends, otherwise he might not have cared about his admission letter.
She knew that when she and Shen Ci had arranged a job for Meng Yajun, he had asked for a long-term position because Meng Jingfen had committed a crime, and even if he performed well, he couldn’t attend university.
Shen Ci immediately enlightened this legally ignorant man, telling him that while his situation might impose some restrictions, he could still attend university, and had even asked about his college entrance examination preferences. Seeing that he had chosen majors in engineering and technology, he told him that Meng Jingfen’s past wouldn’t significantly impact his future.
So, Meng Yajun happily chose a short-term summer job.
Meng Chuyue didn’t say anything, and Meng Yinhua, thinking she didn’t want to help, quickly said, "If it’s convenient for you, forget it, just give his address to Yuzhu so she can go talk to him."
Meng Chuyue faintly replied, "I’ll go talk to him myself. It’s her first time here, and she’s not suited to go around. Do you need anything else? If not, I’ve got to get busy."
Meng Chuyue still didn’t want to interact much with the Meng family.
She would only treat them as ordinary acquaintances in the future.
For Meng Yuzhu, she would treat her like any other fellow villager, not singling her out or giving her special treatment.
Meng Yinhua, hearing her cool tone but kind words, gently said, "Thank you, you go get busy then, goodbye."
He hung up the phone and softly told Meng Jinhua and Fu Hongfang, "You should have heard that. Go back and wait for Yajun’s call."
Meng Yinhua felt a deep gratitude towards Meng Chuyue.
It wasn’t just that she had saved Meng Yuzhu that time, but also that she didn’t refuse Meng Yajun attending the cram school and advised Meng Yuzhu to buy study guides. This time she provided Meng Yuzhu, Meng Yajun, and other students the same help... not oppressing them but showing kindness.