After she asked, Qi Muyang suddenly became quiet. Chu Qing skillfully took a book to defend himself. Sure enough, he exploded the next second: "Are you educated? Have you ever seen anyone use these two words to name their own child?!"
Chu Qing laughed awkwardly, "I thought the style close to nature was popular now..." Seeing that he was about to get angry, she quickly diverted his attention, "Well, I really didn't mean it. Write your name down and I'll remember it and I promise I won't make the same mistake again."
Qi Muyang was a little annoyed at first, but after seeing that her attitude was quite sincere, he said coldly, sat down and scribbled a few words, and his name appeared on the test paper unrestrainedly.
"Qi Muyang..." Chu Qing stared at the test paper and read it once, then looked up at him curiously, "What does it mean?"
"Of course," Qi Muyang was most proud of his name, so he had such a big reaction to her spelling mistake, "My mother's name means sunshine, so my father gave me this name."
Chu Qing repeated it twice thoughtfully and laughed: "Your father is so romantic. I can tell from what he said that he loves your mother very much. Your mother must be very happy."
Qi Muyang was about to say yes, but suddenly remembered that the person next to him was a half-sister, and the one in front of him was a half-brother, so it might not be appropriate to talk about the relationship between his parents. He coughed, mumbled "not bad", and sat down.
Chu Qing noticed his sudden silence and raised her eyebrows, wanting to ask him what was wrong. But before she opened her mouth, she noticed that Qi Weichen in front of him seemed a little tense, with his ears red.
"What's wrong with you?" Chu Qing tried to hold back, but couldn't help but poked him with a pen and asked.
Qi Weichen paused, turned around to look at her, and said stiffly: "I'm fine."
Chu Qing: "…It doesn't look like everything is alright."
As soon as she finished speaking, the redness on Qi Weichen's ears seemed to become more obvious.
Chu Qing looked at him in confusion. Just as she was about to ask more questions, the class bell rang. After a class period, Qi Weichen had returned to normal and she forgot to ask again.
After the sudden cancellation of the opening ceremony, Qi Muyang behaved himself for a few days, but that was only a few days, and then he started skipping classes to go to the Internet cafe again.
It has been a week since the start of the school, and Chengde High School has welcomed its first weekend. Being able to rest on time for two days every week is probably Chu Qing's favorite thing about 2042, except for the dormitory environment.
After the last class on Friday, everyone else in the class had left, leaving only Qi Muyang and his group and Chu Qing. The treacherous ministers and others were discussing where to go, and Qi Muyang sat lazily, waiting for them to come to a conclusion. After discussing for a long time, they decided to go to the Internet cafe.
"Hey, are you going?" Qi Muyang looked at Chu Qing, "I'll treat you."
Chu Qing's heart was moved for a second, but when she thought about her important work, she shook her head and said, "No, I'm going to find a part-time job." One thousand yuan was not enough, and she was not one who would save money. In just one week, she had already spent one third of it.
"Why are you looking for a part-time job? Didn't I tell you that if you don't have enough living expenses, just come to me." Qi Muyang said impatiently.
Chu Qing chuckled: "No need."
"I'm not kidding you." Qi Muyang glared.
Chu Qing was speechless: "I'm not kidding you either." Putting aside other things, with the little money he had, even if he spent it on treating her to meals and internet use all day, it probably wouldn't be enough to last a month. How could she have the nerve to keep taking advantage of him
Seeing that she insisted, Qi Muyang could only ask the others to leave, and the classroom instantly became quiet. Chu Qing took a look at Qi Muyang's messy desk, and helped him tidy it up with disdain before leaving.
The weather forecast said it would rain tomorrow, and the air tonight was particularly hot and humid. As soon as Chu Qing came out of the air-conditioned classroom, she felt a layer of sticky sweat on her body, which made her feel very uncomfortable. She came out too late, and everyone in the teaching building had left. The lights in the corridor were also off, and she could only walk down with the help of the light from her mobile phone.
As she was walking, she noticed someone following her. She paused for a moment and then continued walking forward, but her pace was slower. When she was almost downstairs, she turned around and punched, but someone gently grabbed her wrist.
"It's me." Qi Weichen spoke lightly in the darkness, and then let her go.
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment: "Why haven't you returned to the dormitory yet?"
Qi Weichen remained silent, but Chu Qing understood: "Waiting for me?"
Qi Weichen didn't speak for a long time in the darkness. When she was almost impatient, he responded softly.
"Is there something wrong?" Chu Qing asked as she walked downstairs. When she reached where there were street lights, the feeling of being secretly watched disappeared.
Qi Weichen followed her quietly and asked after a while, "Do you have anything to do tomorrow?"
"What's wrong?" Chu Qing asked.
Qi Weichen paused and said, "Let's go out for dinner together."
Chu Qing stopped and looked into Qi Weichen's eyes thoughtfully. After looking at her for a moment, his fingertips slightly tensed, but his expression was as calm as ever: "What's wrong?"
"Why did you ask me out?" Chu Qing frowned.
There was genuine confusion in her eyes, and she didn't have the joy she had every time she was going out. Qi Weichen lowered his eyes and said, "The school cafeteria only has one rice bowl window open on weekends. I don't like it, and I don't want to go out alone."
Chu Qing understood: "Is that so? But I have something to do tomorrow and can't go with you. You can find someone else or order takeout."
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment: "Yeah."
Chu Qing nodded. Seeing that there was nothing more to say, she turned around and went to her dormitory building. After taking a few steps, she heard him call her: "Chu Qing."
"Huh?" She turned around.
The moon was blocked by a large patch of dark clouds, and the street lights divided the world into two. Qi Weichen stood in the light and looked at her quietly. It was not until the doubt in her eyes became more serious that he asked in a flat voice: "Do you really like the meaning of Qi Muyang's name?"
"I like it, what's wrong?" Chu Qing didn't understand why he asked this, but after answering, she clearly felt the joy emanating from his body, which made her even more confused. However, before she could ask further, Qi Weichen had already turned and left.
Chu Qing: “…”
The next morning, Chu Qing took the part-time job information she had collected and set out to look for a job. Although she had never worked before, she felt that she was healthy and capable, and she would definitely be able to find a part-time job that suited her.
With this optimistic idea, she began to look for part-time jobs one by one, but no one wanted her. The reason they gave was the same: high school students have too little time and they would not consider her.
She had been walking outside all day and was exhausted, but she didn't get a job. The rain, which had not stopped all day, finally fell when she was about to go back to school.
Chu Qing was standing alone at the bus stop, hiding from the rain. She was so hungry that her stomach growled, and she looked extremely pitiful. While she was waiting for the bus, she suddenly heard someone calling her. She was stunned for a moment and looked up. She saw a fat boy waving at her at the entrance of the alley across the street.
"Master Chu! This way!"
Five minutes later, Chu Qing took the noodles from the fat boy, thanked him and started eating. Qi Muyang looked at her with disdain: "You're like a starving ghost, can you eat slower?"
"I haven't eaten for a whole day..." Chu Qing muttered.
Qi Muyang paused, looked up and ordered the little fat boy: "Buy her two more grilled sausages."
"Okay!" The little fat boy immediately ran to find the network administrator.
Chu Qing gulped down a bowl of instant noodles, and then slowly ate the freshly-baked sausages. While eating, she talked about her job search today.
Qi Muyang had no sympathy for her at all, and even got a little angry when he saw her in such a state of embarrassment: "I've already told you to come to me if you don't have enough money, who can you blame for not listening?"
"What's the point of eating your food all the time? I'll keep looking and I'll find a suitable job eventually." Chu Qing said indifferently.
Seeing that she was so stubborn, Qi Muyang sneered. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the little fat man: "When I was buying grilled sausages just now, I heard the network administrator say that they seem to be recruiting people to keep the place in check. The working hours are short and the salary is high. How about you give it a try, Mr. Chu?"
"No!" Qi Muyang refused with a straight face. Although he had been playing in this internet cafe, he looked down upon the environment here. If it weren't for the fact that some of them were minors, they wouldn't have come to this kind of black internet cafe in the alley.
There is absolutely no need for regular Internet cafes to hire people to keep the place under control. Only places like this one, which specialize in making money from minors and ruffians, would have a bunch of people hanging around every day to prevent trouble.
Seeing Qi Muyang's firm opposition, the little fat man immediately dared not say a word, but Chu Qing's eyes lit up: "I'll go ask."
"I said no, didn't you hear me?" Qi Muyang held him down impatiently.
Chu Qing looked at him inexplicably: "Why not?"
"No means no, you don't understand what I'm saying, right?" Qi Muyang became more and more angry. "What are you, a girl, doing hanging around in a place like this?"
Chu Qing paused for a moment: "You invited me to go online a few times before, wasn't it here?"
Qi Muyang: “…”
"You can come and play, but you can't work here," Chu Qing narrowed her eyes, "Do you look down on this job?"
Qi Muyang choked, and angrily slammed the table after a while: "Anyway, I won't agree. Let's see if the boss dares to agree to you without my permission!"
Seeing him being so arrogant, Chu Qing narrowed her eyes. This guy is a frequent visitor to the Internet cafe, and he always brings a large group of friends with him. If he doesn't let her stay, even if she is capable, the boss won't want her. Qi Muyang calculated this point, so he dared to be so arrogant.
He sneered and looked at her arrogantly. For a moment, the atmosphere was extremely tense.
Seeing that they were on the verge of a fight because of his talkativeness, the little fat boy huddled beside them, trembling, as obedient as a quail.
Just when they thought the two were going to fight, Chu Qing's aura suddenly changed. She bit her lip and looked at Qi Muyang pitifully: "Muyangyang, please, help me, okay?"
Qi Muyang: “…”
The young men who had seen her kill the bad monkey with their own eyes: "..."
Although her personality has nothing to do with the word pitiful, Chu Qing looks harmless. Her slightly drooping eyes look innocent and pitiful. When she looks at you with her eyes wide open, she looks like a bullied child, making it impossible to refuse her.
The air suddenly became deathly silent. After a moment, Qi Muyang squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "...Fuck."
In the end, he compromised. When he took Chu Qing to see the network administrator with a sour face, the network administrator thought they were there to cause trouble, but he was relieved when he heard that they wanted to apply for the job.
Qi Muyang often comes here to play, and the network administrator is already very familiar with him, so he said casually: "The boss is outside now and will be back soon. Are you the only one applying for the job? I think your group of friends are not bad, come along, and you can have some company."
When Chu Qing heard that he had misunderstood, she quickly raised her hand and said, "It wasn't him who applied for the job, it was me."
“… Hmm?” The network administrator was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she meant.
Chu Qing chuckled: "You heard it right, it's me. I applied for the job."
Qi Muyang snorted coldly, which was considered as agreement. The network administrator stared at them for a moment, his eyes became strange: "What a joke, you lost the game and came to take a risk with me?"
"It's not a game, nor is it a dare. I'm serious." Chu Qing said to him seriously.
The network administrator looked at her for a moment, and after realizing that she was not joking, he couldn't help but laugh: "Little sister, do you know who we are recruiting?"
"I know. I'm just here to keep the peace. If anyone causes trouble, I'll kick them out. I'm good at this." Chu Qing was quite confident.
With such a clean and harmless face, she said that she was good at dealing with people. The network administrator was amused by her and almost cried: "Stop it, sister. Do you know who are the troublemakers? You think you are good? Are your thighs as thick as my arms?"
"Hey." Qi Muyang gave him a warning look. He really didn't like his contemptuous tone.
The network administrator coughed, calmed down a bit, and said, "Alright, stop making trouble. Just continue playing and don't cause trouble for me."
"You're not the boss, so you have no right to reject my application, right?" Chu Qing raised her eyebrows.
The network administrator paused, and said to her sincerely: "It will be the same result even if the boss comes. Little sister, go and ask around to find out which Internet cafe will hire a young girl to manage the place?" After saying that, he couldn't help but chuckled.
"How do you know the result will be the same?" Qi Muyang asked impatiently, "Let's wait until the boss comes. If he also refuses, I will take the person away immediately."
Originally, he didn't want Chu Qing to work in such a place, but after being looked down upon and rejected time and time again, he became stubborn and brought Chu Qing to confront him.
Chu Qing was a little surprised at his change of attitude, but after thinking about it, she could understand it. This guy was quite similar to her in some ways. They were both generous, loyal and protective of their children. He was probably aroused to rebel because he heard others laughing at him.
She smiled and said to the network piper who was shaking his head: "Let's wait until the boss comes and talk about it. If he doesn't want me either, then forget it."
Seeing that they insisted, the network administrator had no choice but to let them go. When the boss came, he simply explained the matter. The boss paused when he saw Chu Qing's small figure, and was a little speechless, but he was a smooth businessman after all, and did not say anything final like the network administrator.
"We have certain requirements for recruiting. At least you have to be in good health and have strong hands-on skills. Are you sure you can do it?" The boss looked at Chu Qing gently.
The little fat man and the others had finished a game and gathered around. When they heard what the boss said, they immediately shouted, "Our Master Chu is strong and healthy. Don't worry about this, boss. He will definitely not let you down."
"That's right, Master Chu is the best, Master Chu is awesome!"
"Collect!" Chu Qing looked at them with a helpless look, then turned to look at the boss, "How do you want me to prove it? Just tell me."
The boss hesitated for a moment, then pointed at the network pipe and said, "Why don't you practice with him? If you can beat him, I'll let you stay."
"Me?" The network administrator looked puzzled when his name was suddenly called.
The boss nodded: "Yes, it's you."
As he was talking, other people in the Internet cafe also came over, and the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger. Even though the network administrator was a thick-skinned person, he felt a little embarrassed at this moment: "Boss, she's just a little girl, what if I hurt her?"
"Who told you to really do that?" The boss glared at him.
The network administrator rubbed his head in distress. Another ruffian working in the Internet cafe said with a smile: "Can you do it? If not, I'll have sex with you. Don't let someone else get such a pretty girl."
This was a bit frivolous. Qi Muyang frowned unhappily. Just as he was about to speak, Chu Qing took the lead and said to the man, "Are you the one who keeps the peace here?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" The man looked at her maliciously, "Are you attracted to my brother?"
Chu Qing laughed: "That's all."
The smile on the man's face froze: "What do you mean?"
"It's okay. Since you want to practice with me so much, why don't you come? Although..." Chu Qing smiled sweetly, but her words were not so sweet, "You look like a very weak chicken."
She was calm but arrogant, and if you looked closely, you could see a hint of disdain and contempt. Her eyes were gleaming with tiny lights, which made her look dazzling and attractive. Even though her tone was very annoying, many people in the Internet cafe were shocked by her superior appearance.
"Okay, then I'll do it. If I accidentally touch you while I'm hitting you, don't blame me." The man became angry at her contempt. He sneered and looked her up and down in a wretched manner, which made Qi Muyang furious. If Chu Qing hadn't stopped him in time, he would have attacked her directly.
The man glanced at Qi Muyang with disdain, then turned and walked into the alley.
Chu Qing was about to follow him, but the network administrator said hastily, "Sister, when he gets angry, he won't care about anything. You should just forget it."
"It's okay, don't worry." Knowing that this guy meant well, Chu Qing said with a smile, then turned around and left.
The network administrator didn't expect her to smile at him. He was stunned for a moment before his face turned red. Qi Muyang looked at him unhappily and followed Chu Qing into the alley. As soon as they left, most of the people in the Internet cafe followed them out and stood at the gate looking into the alley.
When the network administrator came out, he happened to be standing next to Qi Muyang and others, and then he heard them chatting.
"I'm a little worried." The treacherous minister said anxiously.
The little fat boy sighed: "Me too, what about you, Boss?"
"A little bit." Qi Muyang said lazily.
The network administrator's mouth twitched, but he couldn't help but say, "Since you are so worried, why don't you let her get beaten? It would be embarrassing for a little girl to get beaten."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Internet cafe owner spoke up: "Since you insist on sparring, let's make it clear first, don't be impatient. If you accidentally bump into something, you can handle it yourself. It has nothing to do with the Internet cafe."
The boss was about to get himself out of trouble. The network administrator's eyelids jumped. Just as he was about to persuade Qi Muyang again, he heard the fat man next to him sigh with relief: "If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about."
network management:"?"
Just as he was about to ask why, he felt a figure flash before his eyes. By the time he reacted, Chu Qing had already punched the man on the left ribs. The man subconsciously bent over in pain. She jumped up and elbowed him in the back, knocking him down with two moves.
However, she did not stop, but kicked the other person in the stomach, hitting him where it hurt, cursing: "Who the hell do you think you are, nagging Master Chu here? Look! Don't you like looking at Master Chu? I'll let you look enough! Why don't you open your fucking eyes!"
Network administrator: “…”
Others present: “…”
In the silence, the little fat man said unsatisfactorily: "What's wrong with Master Chu? Didn't you eat?"
Everyone: “…”
"She was tired after a whole day and just ate a bucket of instant noodles and two sausages. How do you expect her to have the strength?" Qi Muyang said casually.
The little fat boy felt distressed immediately: "Master Chu is really working so hard."
"Take her to eat something good later to replenish her body." The treacherous minister added.
Others: “…” Do you still have any humanity?! The guy on the ground is about to be beaten to death, and you still want to replenish the body of the murderer?!
The Internet cafe owner was the first to come to his senses, but he didn't dare to provoke Chu Qing who was in berserk mode. He looked around and saw Qi Muyang and hurried over: "Well, well... ask her to stop. It would be bad if she gets sick."
Qi Muyang glanced at him and said slowly, "Didn't you say that you can deal with the bumps and bruises yourself? It's okay if you get hurt, right?"
"Yes, boss. Wasn't this agreed upon in advance? Everyone here can testify. You can't ask us to pay for the medical expenses!" the little fat man said vigilantly.
The treacherous minister also frowned: "Yes, we have no money!"
The network administrator's mouth twitched, and he suddenly understood what they were worried about just now -
These high school students are really worried about having to pay compensation if they hurt someone!