I’m not falling for this crap anymore

She had a dedicated study in her previous life, with two walls lined with bookshelves filled with books, some her own, and some belonging to others.

Zhou Yining sighed, not knowing when she would be able to afford her previous house in this life.

She had to continue working hard.

After the two of them rested for a while, Zhou Yining pulled Jiang Xizhi to continue the lesson.

In the morning, Zhou Yining reviewed three knowledge points for her.

Although the progress was slow, Zhou Yining explained it in detail, and Jiang Xizhi was basically able to digest it.

When it was almost 12 o’clock, a servant came up to call the two down for lunch.

Only then did Zhou Yining stop her teaching.

In her previous life, she was very harsh on herself, the type who studied like her life depended on it.

She looked at Jiang Xizhi, who had been studying all morning under her instruction.

Zhou Yining smiled and asked, “Are you tired? Was I going too fast?”

“No, it’s just right, I understood everything you explained.”

Jiang Xizhi wasn’t too tired, but she could still handle it.

After all, Zhou Yining, who had been teaching her all morning, was even more exhausted.

Jiang Xizhi tugged at Zhou Yining’s wrist,

“Let’s go wash our hands and go down for lunch.”

“Okay.”

Zhou Yining nodded and followed Jiang Xizhi to the bathroom in her room.

Jiang Xizhi’s room was decorated like a princess room, with everything exquisite.

Zhou Yining went to wash her hands, and then followed Jiang Xizhi downstairs.

Jiang Xizhi’s parents were very busy and never came back for lunch.

Usually, Jiang Yueyi ate at the company or outside, rarely returning home, but today she wanted to observe Zhou Yining, so she had stayed at home until now.

Zhou Yining followed Jiang Xizhi downstairs and smiled at Jiang Yueyi, “Thank you for your trouble.”

“It’s no trouble at all. You’re Zhizhi’s friend, so treat this place like your own home.”

Jiang Yueyi said, instructing the servants around her, who then began to serve the dishes.

Zhou Yining sat next to Jiang Xizhi, while Jiang Yueyi sat opposite Jiang Xizhi.

Soon, the dishes were brought up.

Zhou Yining ate with proper manners, occasionally chatting with Jiang Xizhi in a low voice, without any of the timidity or unease one might expect.

This made Jiang Yueyi look at her in a new light.

After all, Zhou Yining’s clothes were very ordinary, and it was obvious that her family’s conditions were probably just average.

However, Zhou Yining had not shown any stage fright since arriving here.

Jiang Yueyi found her sister’s friend quite interesting.

After finishing lunch here, Zhou Yining got up to say goodbye.

When she reached the door, Zhou Yining didn’t forget to urge Jiang Xizhi to study hard.

“I have things to do this afternoon, so I’ll leave first.

Remember to do the questions I circled for you.

I’ll find time to explain them to you when school starts next week.”

Jiang Xizhi pursed her lips slightly.

She reached out and gently shook Zhou Yining’s wrist,

“Do you have to leave now? Do you have something very important to do?”

Zhou Yining looked at Jiang Xizhi.

The girl’s bright fox-like eyes were fixed on her.

Zhou Yining’s lips curved into a smile,

“Yes, I do have something important to do. I’ll come again next Sunday morning.”

“Okay.” Jiang Xizhi replied with a bit of disappointment.

She and Zhou Yining were just ordinary friends and not very close yet.

She didn’t want to act spoiled and ask Zhou Yining to stay with her, and what if Zhou Yining really had something important to do?

“Okay, rest for a while before doing the questions. I’m leaving now.”

Zhou Yining waved at her and walked out of the villa.

Jiang Xizhi stood at the door and stared at Zhou Yining’s back for a while before looking away.

Jiang Yueyi frowned as she looked at her sister.

She had never seen her sister so clingy.

Why did she feel like something was off?

Jiang Yueyi got up and walked to Jiang Xizhi’s side, “What’s wrong? You don’t want her to leave?”

“No, Sis, go to the company. Don’t talk nonsense.”

Jiang Xizhi walked towards her room.

She planned to take a nap, and after waking up in the afternoon, she would continue to do the questions.

After Zhou Yining came out, she found an internet cafe and started writing.

She had already written seven or eight outlines.

At this stage, submitting short stories was a faster way to earn money, so Zhou Yining wrote short stories all afternoon.

However, due to limited time, she spent four hours writing two short stories of six thousand words each, and then submitted them as usual.

She glanced at the time.

It was already five o’clock in the afternoon.

Waiting for royalties would definitely take a long time again.

Zhou Yining only had sixty yuan left on her.

She planned to go to the milk tea shop near the school to see if she could find a part-time job.

Thinking this, Zhou Yining took a bus to the vicinity of the school and really found a shop that was hiring.

Zhou Yining went in and asked, “Hello, are you hiring part-time workers here?”

“Yes, it’s 15 yuan an hour. We’re short of people right now.

If you want to, you can come and try it.

It’s very simple.

The recipes for all kinds of drinks are written on the board, and we pay daily.

You’ll get your money before you get off work.”

The older woman explained with a smile.

“Okay, I want to try it, but I can’t stay too late. It’s six o’clock now, so I can probably only work until 8 o’clock.”

Zhou Yining said.

She had to leave some time to go home to shower and wash clothes, but earning thirty was still better than nothing, or she would soon not even have money to go to the internet cafe.

“Okay, come in, put on this apron, and wear our uniform hat, and you’re good to go.”

The older woman led Zhou Yining in to change her clothes.

At six o’clock, the small shop gradually became crowded, and Zhou Yining soon got the hang of it.

She was quick and efficient.

“Hello, two lattes with one-third sweetness, please.”

Zhou Yining looked up and saw that it was Zhong Yimeng.

She had seen her at the class gathering, so Zhou Yining remembered her.

Zhong Yimeng also saw Zhou Yining.

She smiled at Zhou Yining, “Are you working here?”

“Yeah, earning some pocket money.”

Zhou Yining nodded.

Zhong Yimeng looked at Zhou Yining again, “Are you interested in tutoring me in math? I’ll pay you the market price for tutoring.”

Zhou Yining mixed the drinks as she asked, “What’s your math score?”

“I got 132 this time. My score is usually around that, hovering around 130.”

Zhong Yimeng said.

“With that score, the points deducted must be on the difficult problems, right?”

“Yes, I rarely get the last big problem right, except for the first part.

How about it? Want to consider it? Tutoring me pays three hundred yuan an hour, which is more than you earn working here.”

Zhong Yimeng smiled at Zhou Yining.

She was originally the type of girl who looked well-behaved, and her smile was quite pretty.

Zhou Yining pondered for a moment and nodded, “Deal, but I only have time on Sunday afternoons.”

“Okay, I’ll add your contact information so it’s easier to contact you when the time comes.”

Zhong Yimeng took out her phone, opened the QR code, and waited for Zhou Yining to scan it.

Zhou Yining also took out her phone and scanned Zhong Yimeng, “Okay, I’ll contact you then.”

“Okay, you go ahead and get busy. I won’t bother you.”

Zhong Yimeng waved at her with a smile and left.

Zhou Yining was busy until 8 p.m.

Because there were more people during these two hours, the older woman gave Zhou Yining an extra 10 yuan, giving her a total of forty yuan in wages.

Adding the sixty yuan she had left, Zhou Yining had a hundred yuan in her pocket.

She sighed, she was as poor as ever.

After going home in the evening, Zhou Yuanfei and Zhao Xiuna were sitting in the living room watching TV, while Zhou Jiaming was lying on the sofa playing games.

After Zhou Yining entered the door, she didn’t greet them and went straight to the bathroom.

She put the clothes she needed to wash in the washing machine, and then went out to get her pajamas.

Seeing that Zhou Yining didn’t even call him, Zhou Yuanfei’s face turned green with anger.

He deliberately said, “Some people are just shameless.

They don’t earn money themselves, and they don’t know how to save money.

Using the washing machine is a waste of water?

Can’t they wash by hand?”

Zhou Yining looked at him with a sneer, and at the same time, she took out her phone and pretended to tap a few times casually, turning on the recording function,

“That’s right, living is too hard. Why don’t you go die?”

“Zhou Yining, don’t act crazy. Just because you know the police doesn’t mean I won’t dare to touch you.”

Zhou Yuanfei was almost dying of anger that she was cursing him to die.

“Who started acting crazy first? If you can’t afford to raise a daughter, don’t give birth.

Don’t just give birth and not raise her, and can’t even afford the water bill. You’re really useless.”

Zhou Yining directly retorted.

None of the people in this family were normal, and she couldn’t be bothered to deal with them.

“Zhou Yining, if you have the guts, get out of here.

Eating my food, drinking my water, and still arguing with me.

I don’t have a daughter like you!”

Zhou Yuanfei was furious.

Zhou Yining nodded, “Don’t worry, when I have money, even if you beg me, I won’t come back.”

“You dare? You think you can eat and drink here for free.

I’m telling you, when you graduate from high school, you’re going to work to support the family, and then quickly find someone to marry.

When you hand over the 200,000 yuan in betrothal money to me, that’s when you can get lost.”

Zhou Yining curled her lips into a cold smile, “So you’re waiting for me here?

So you’re raising a daughter for the betrothal money? Well, I can tell you now, keep dreaming. I won’t give you a single cent.”

After saying this, Zhou Yining didn’t care how angry Zhou Yuanfei was and took her clothes to the bathroom to shower.

Her attitude infuriated Zhou Yuanfei, but Zhou Yining had already left, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he had to slam the cup on the coffee table.

Zhao Xiuna looked at Zhou Yuanfei’s face and cautiously advised,

“Yining is probably under too much pressure recently. Don’t be angry with her. You’re father and daughter. Will she really not care about you in the future?”

“She’d better die outside. Tell me, were the things she said just now human words?”

Zhou Yuanfei was about to explode with anger.

“Okay, okay, it’s not easy to rest for a day, so don’t be angry. Go back to your room and sleep early.”

Zhao Xiuna advised.

Zhou Yuanfei snorted coldly, turned off the TV, and slammed the door as he went back to his room.

Seeing that Zhou Yining had been scolded again, Zhou Jiaming went back to his room to play games in a good mood.

Only Zhao Xiuna was left sitting in the living room, sighing.

If it were in the past, her daughter would have stayed at home on Sundays to help her with housework, washing all the clothes and bedding for the whole family, and tidying up the house, saving her a lot of trouble.

But today, her daughter had been out all day, so she would have to do all these things herself.

Zhao Xiuna still wanted to have a good talk with her daughter. She didn’t want things to be like this with her daughter.

When Zhou Yining came out after showering, she saw that Zhao Xiuna was still in the living room.

She ignored Zhao Xiuna and went to hang her clothes on the balcony.

Zhao Xiuna approached her, her tone slightly ingratiating, “Yining, Mom will help you hang them.”

“No need. Say what you need to say. Don’t act.”

Zhou Yining didn’t want to see any more of this family’s ridiculous antics.

Anyway, the original owner’s parents essentially only loved their precious son.

The original owner, this daughter, was simply like a bonus gift with purchase.

The emotions that Zhao Xiuna had just been brewing were blocked by Zhou Yining, almost suffocating her.

She looked at Zhou Yining in surprise, “Yining, what do you mean?”

“What I said. Ms. Zhao, things were so ugly last time. There’s no need to act like a loving mother and daughter anymore.

I won’t play along.”

Zhou Yining continued to hang her clothes without stopping her hands.

“How can you say that to Mom? Hasn’t Mom been good to you?

Yes, your father and I may have favored your brother a little, but you don’t have to say such hurtful things because of that.”

As Zhao Xiuna spoke, she was observing Zhou Yining’s expression.

Seeing that Zhou Yining’s expression was indifferent and there was no change on her face, she continued,

“You weren’t like this before. Do you remember? You used to help me with work at home when you were resting.

You said you didn’t want me to work too hard and wanted to support our family with me…”

“Okay, stop reminiscing about the past. I was too stupid before, and I won’t be like that in the future.

Ms. Zhao, it’s your choice to suffer, but there’s no need to drag me down with you. I don’t fall for that anymore.”

Saying this, Zhou Yining went past Zhao Xiuna and continued to the balcony to hang clothes.

Zhao Xiuna was stunned in place, looking at Zhou Yining’s back, her eyes red.

But that was how things had always been, so why had her daughter suddenly changed?

No, she had to go to school to see if her daughter had been led astray by someone unsavory.

Zhou Yining completely ignored Zhao Xiuna.

Some people in this family were rotten to the core, and some used moral kidnapping to make you compromise for the sake of this family.

Anyway, they were all equally disgusting.

Zhou Yining now admired the original owner a little.

It wasn’t easy to have lived in this kind of family for so many years.

No wonder she was so insecure and sensitive.

After hanging the clothes, she went back to dry her hair before returning to her small bed.

She saved the recording of the argument again.

These things would all be her bargaining chips for leaving this family in the future.

Zhou Yining opened WeChat and saw that Jiang Xizhi’s chat box had a red dot.

Zhou Yining clicked on it.

Jiang Xizhi: [I’ve finished all the homework that Little Zhou Teacher left, is there a reward?]

The message was sent at six o’clock.

It was almost ten o’clock now.

Zhou Yining had been busy and hadn’t looked at her phone.

She quickly typed a reply.

Zhou Yining: [Yes, is it okay if I buy you snacks tomorrow morning?]

Jiang Xizhi on the other side seemed to have been waiting for her message and replied almost instantly.

Jiang Xizhi: [Yes, then I’ll be waiting for Little Zhou Teacher tomorrow morning, hehe.]

Zhou Yining: [Okay, rest early, don’t study too late.]

Jiang Xizhi: [You too, see you tomorrow.]

Zhou Yining: [See you tomorrow.]

Jiang Xizhi sent a message at six o’clock, and Zhou Yining hadn’t replied for a long time.

She really wanted to call Zhou Yining, but she was afraid that Zhou Yining would think she was clingy, so Jiang Xizhi held back and didn’t call.

But even without calling, she would look at her phone every few minutes.

She almost stared at the phone screen until it was blurry before she received Zhou Yining’s reply.

Jiang Xizhi rolled around on the bed happily, feeling extremely comfortable.

She hugged her quilt and hummed for a while, wondering if she was being too clingy to Zhou Yining.

After rolling around twice more, Jiang Xizhi was a little thirsty.

She was used to drinking a glass of warm milk before going to bed at night.

Now that she had received Zhou Yining’s reply, Jiang Xizhi was preparing to sleep in a while.

She went downstairs in a good mood and saw her mother sitting in the living room talking to her sister.

Jiang Xizhi ran over with a smile on her face, “Mom, Sis, you’re not asleep yet?”

“Yeah, we’re going to sleep in a while. It’s good that you’re down here, drink the milk.”

Liang Jing pushed a glass of milk in front of Jiang Xizhi.

Jiang Xizhi reached out and took the milk, taking a few sips with a smile on her face.

Seeing her daughter happy, Liang Jing smiled and asked,

“What’s wrong? Did you encounter something happy?”

“No, just chatting with a classmate.”

Jiang Xizhi shook the hand holding the cup.

Liang Jing’s heart skipped a beat.

She was afraid that her daughter was really getting close to Zhang Ye, so she quickly asked,

“Who is it? I don’t remember you mentioning that you made a new friend.”

“It’s the classmate I brought home this morning to tutor me.

Her name is Zhou Yining, and she’s very nice and studies very well. Even Zhang Ye can’t compare to her.”

Jiang Xizhi said proudly.

“Oh, is that the girl who came to explain questions to you?”

Liang Jing breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She really didn’t like Zhang Ye very much, always feeling that Zhang Ye was too arrogant and not a good match for her daughter.

But because her daughter liked him, she couldn’t stop her.

However, since her daughter wasn’t talking about Zhang Ye, she could naturally relax a little.

“Yes, yes, it’s her. Zhou Yining is very nice. To help me review math, she even wrote a notebook specifically for me, which is full of high school math test points.

Before she left, she also left me homework, but there are a few questions that I still don’t quite understand.

I’ll ask her again when I go to school tomorrow.”

Liang Jing smiled in agreement, but she felt that her daughter looked a little strange now.

Her daughter used to have this expression when she praised Zhang Ye.

Liang Jing thought that Zhou Yining was a girl and just assumed that her daughter was happy to have made a new friend, so she didn’t take it to heart.

“That’s good. Next time she comes home, I’ll have your Aunt Zhang prepare more delicious food.”

“Okay, thank you Mom. I’m done drinking, I’m going back to sleep.”

Jiang Xizhi said goodbye to Liang Jing and Jiang Yueyi and went upstairs happily.

After her daughter had walked far away, Liang Jing asked, “Have you met that child? What’s she like?”

Jiang Yueyi looked at her mother, “I’ve met her. She looks very calm and has a deep mind, but she’s quite reliable.

She spent all morning tutoring Zhizhi in math.”

“Okay, I’ll have someone investigate her later.

It’s always better to be prepared, and don’t let a bad person harm Zhizhi.”

Liang Jing instructed.

“Don’t worry, Mom, I’ve already had someone investigate her.”

“Okay, that’s good.”

The next morning, Zhou Yining was still sitting in the living room eating breakfast as if nothing had happened.

Zhou Yuanfei was making faces at the dining table, but Zhou Yining pretended not to see him.

After she had deliciously eaten a bowl of noodles, she said,

“Zhou Yuanfei, are you sick? Why is your face twitching? Did you have a stroke or paralysis?”

“Zhou Yining, how dare you curse me?”

Zhou Yuanfei was so angry that he slammed his chopsticks down.

Zhou Yining didn’t bother to pay attention to him and just grabbed her schoolbag and left.

Anyway, she had eaten her fill, and it was better if Zhou Yuanfei couldn’t eat.

She left the house in a good mood and went to a nearby supermarket.

She had promised to buy Jiang Xizhi snacks, so of course she had to do what she said.

After entering the supermarket, Zhou Yining began to choose.

She bought some snacks like potato chips and french fries, and also bought yogurt, milk candy, etc.

In the end, it cost her a total of seventy-odd yuan.

After Zhou Yining paid, she only had twenty-odd yuan left.

She laughed at herself for being so poor.

In her previous life, she had become popular by writing books when she was in college.

Later, everything she wrote became a hit, and she became a well-known best-selling author.

She didn’t lack money, but now, she was really poor.

But it was good that she had already agreed with Zhong Yimeng about the tutoring.

This Sunday, she would be able to earn back some money.

Zhou Yining walked towards the school carrying the snack bag.

When she was near the school gate, she saw the people she had seen in the cafeteria that day.

Zhou Yining had a bad feeling in her heart.

She took out her phone in advance, turned on the recording function, and put her phone back in her pocket.

Lin Shaohui had also seen Zhou Yining.

He and two other boys walked towards Zhou Yining.

Seeing that Zhou Yining was carrying a bag of snacks, Lin Shaohui teased,

“Oh, so many good things to eat. Are they all for Zhang Ye?”

“What’s it to you? Is it any of your business?”

Zhou Yining looked over with a cold face.

Lin Shaohui whistled, “You’re quite fierce. You’re really different from before.

I remember that you used to just cry, or you would humbly beg people. Now you’re more interesting.”

“Speak human language.”

Zhou Yining looked at him coldly, without moving her gaze at all.

“Heh, you really think that incident is over, don’t you? To be honest, I was planning to let you guys off.

After all, you’re quite boring, but I heard that you suddenly became better at studying and became prettier, so I think you’re quite interesting again.”

Lin Shaohui said in a cynical tone.

“If you’re sick, go get treatment early. Don’t talk riddles with me here. I won’t play along.”

Zhou Yining walked past Lin Shaohui with a cold face.

Just as she was about to walk towards the school, she heard what Lin Shaohui said behind her.

“Have you really forgotten about the video, or are you pretending not to remember?”

Lin Shaohui stared at Zhou Yining, wanting to see what her reaction would be.

“What video?”

Zhou Yining turned around and asked coldly.

Lin Shaohui raised a mocking smile.

He looked Zhou Yining up and down wantonly, “Nothing?”

Saying this, he called out to his two followers, “Let’s go, brothers.”

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

The other two also smiled at Zhou Yining with ill intentions.

Zhou Yining’s face completely darkened.

It seemed that the original owner had probably suffered other forms of bullying.

Just now, Lin Shaohui said “you guys,” so it was likely that the bullied person wasn’t just the original owner.

Zhou Yining kept this matter in her heart.

She had to find out about this, and what was the video?