MC Bookstore Chapter 84 What are you doing, Wanwanwan?!
Chapter 84 What are you doing, Wanwanwan?!
Chapter 84 Late Late Late, What Are You Doing?! (Two Chapters Combined)
"Hey, Dad, don't misunderstand!"
Jiang Yubai quickly explained, "They're just two girls my neighbors, the same age as me."
Jiang Pinglan immediately relaxed: "I knew it..."
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He was wondering why his own pigs had suddenly become so clever, not only rooting up cabbages but also rooting up two cabbages at a time.
"Two girls in the same grade...aren't they your classmates?" Qin Huiyi showed him no mercy. "You moved out in such a hurry, wasn't it all for their sake?"
"What?!"
Jiang Pinglan sat up abruptly.
"Mom, please don't frame me," Jiang Yubai argued. "I moved here to avoid starving to death."
Jiang Pinglan immediately relaxed: "Indeed, indeed..."
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"Really?" Qin Huiyi raised an eyebrow. "Then why wasn't you there when I went to your place, but instead that girl wearing an apron opened the door for me?"
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"What?!"
Jiang Pinglan sat up abruptly.
Jiang Yubai looked wronged: "That was something I negotiated with them. It was 1,200 a month for them to cook and clean for me. It was an employment relationship, completely clean. What are you thinking?"
Jiang Pinglan immediately relaxed: "Oh, the one who cooks..."
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"What were you and her younger sister whispering about while the older sister was cooking in your room?"
Qin Huiyi added unhurriedly, "I was keeping track of the time. You were in their room for at least twenty minutes—what, were you helping your sister cook?"
She started counting on her fingers: "Also, your homeroom teacher called me before, saying you got into a fight...it was because of that little girl, right?"
Jiang Pinglan sat up abruptly, finally unable to hold back any longer and said, "Can you two just get straight to the point? What exactly is going on?!"
Are these two, working together, trying to get him to do sit-ups on the sofa?
Jiang Yubai explained helplessly, "Dad, you know I'm a complete foodie."
"Not only is there no food in this godforsaken place, but my mom's cooking... well, that's why I've wanted to move somewhere else for a long time."
"Perfect timing. They're a great cook and their family is going through a bit of a financial struggle, so I'll have them come over and do some housework."
At this point, Jiang Yubai paused, then added, "When my mom came over, she happened to see that woman cooking for me, and she chatted with her for a long time."
As for why I'm with my sister...
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He said with a sincere expression, "We... are learning English."
Qin Huiyi: "?"
Jiang Pinglan: "?"
After a moment of silence, Jiang Yubai suddenly erupted in anger: "No way, what's with those expressions on your faces?! Don't you believe your son?"
Jiang Pinglan coughed lightly: "Son, actually I was on your side originally, but now..."
Qin Huiyi chimed in quietly, "Actually, I believe everything you said before, but if you're going to say you locked yourself in a room with a young girl to study English..."
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She clicked her tongue: "If you're going to make up a lie, at least make one that sounds plausible, okay?"
"What, you two don't trust your son's character?"
"No, that's not it," Qin Huiyi shrugged. "We just don't believe you can learn English."
Jiang Yubai: "?"
No, these days nobody believes you when you tell the truth?
Although he and Lin Tingwan didn't actually study English in bed...
But he and Lin Jianxia were genuinely memorizing vocabulary words!
"Son... I've met those two girls before. They're both nice girls. If you want to get to know them better, we have no objection."
Qin Huiyi paused, then softened her tone: "But they're about to take the college entrance exam, so you need to be aware of the priorities and know how to handle things appropriately."
Hearing this, Jiang Yubai's lips twitched: "Mom, I'm taking the college entrance exam too..."
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Qin Huiyi clicked her tongue: "Everyone has their strengths. If you really can't learn English, then so be it. Anyway, you're not planning to go abroad."
"My parents' attitude has always been very clear: you just need to do your best in your studies, but you absolutely cannot have any problems with your character."
She glanced at her son sideways and added slowly, "But you two locking yourselves in the room to study English... isn't that a bit insulting to your parents' intelligence?"
Jiang Yubai remained expressionless, his voice low and somber: "It's no longer a matter of character; it's a matter of your trust in your son."
Ok?
Seeing his self-righteous demeanor, Qin Huiyi blinked, feeling somewhat unsure of what to do.
She nudged Jiang Pinglan, who was happily eating beside her, and said irritably, "Stop eating and hurry up and make up your mind. Did your son lie or not?"
Jiang Pinglan didn't stop peeling the crayfish, but glanced at Jiang Yubai and casually said, "You've already said all this, and he still hasn't admitted it."
"I think... he might actually be telling the truth."
Qin Huiyi was taken aback, then turned to look at Jiang Yubai: "Really not?"
"Really, no!" Jiang Yubai said irritably. "Why would I lie to you here?"
"The school has set up a new scholarship for improvement, and we happen to be in the same study group. She tutors me in Chinese and English, and I tutor her in math and physics."
Qin Huiyi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly clapped her hands and beamed with joy: "Oh my, what a wonderful girl!"
"Son, you're really lucky. You have twin sisters, one helps you with the housework and the other tutors you."
Actually, these two are the same person...
However, Jiang Yubai couldn't directly mention treating the illness, so he could only let Lin Tingwan take credit for her sister's work.
He nodded, saying helplessly, "So, we really are just friends. Where did you go from what you said before, Mom?"
"Okay, okay, my friend," Qin Huiyi nodded. "By the way, is there anything you're lacking? Do you need any vegetables?"
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Jiang Yu waved his hand: "No need, no need, there's a vegetable market downstairs."
He paused, then suddenly seemed to remember something, stroking his chin and saying, "Oh right, it seems there's something Mom can really help with..."
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"Say it, say it, just say it!" Qin Huiyi waved her hand, "I'll even let them waive this year's rent."
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...No need for that.
Even if I asked, Lin Jianxia probably wouldn't agree.
He snapped out of his reverie and said, "It's just that—their room doesn't have air conditioning. Do you think it's possible to find someone to install one?"
"No air conditioning?" Qin Huiyi thought for a moment. "Right, Jinxiu New Village is an old neighborhood..."
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"No problem, I'll go and let them know, and they should be able to come and install it in the next day or two."
Jiang Yubai stroked his chin and added, "Well... just say it's a renovation project for the old residential area in the neighborhood. Don't mention that the landlord specially installed it for us."
Upon hearing this, Qin Huiyi looked him up and down as if he were an alien, and exclaimed, "So you know how to be shy now?"
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What does it mean to be shy?
Jiang Pinglan, who was eating crayfish and listening silently, raised an eyebrow and chuckled, saying, "Son, your style of doing things is quite like your old man's back in the day."
Jiang Yubai turned his head away helplessly: "Why are you joining in the fun again?"
"You know what," Jiang Pinglan waved his hand, "Don't let your mother's fortune collecting rent fool you, I'm just sitting here like a nobody..."
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He took off his gloves, a hint of elation in his eyes: "Back then, your mother was so poor she could barely afford food, and I was the one who helped her in every way I could."
Qin Huiyi glared at him: "Why bring up such old, trivial matters!"
"Hey, I'm just passing on some experience to my son," Jiang Pinglan chuckled, leaning back on the sofa. "Back then, what excuse didn't I use?"
"Win another bottle in a lucky draw at some convenience store," "Get an extra gift with a purchase at some supermarket," "My classmate sent too much food from home and I can't finish it"...
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"Anyway, we just send things to her in different ways, while also taking your mother's feelings into account."
"She kept giving me gifts... and then she became my wife."
Qin Huiyi blushed and lightly patted his arm, saying, "Oh dear, what nonsense are you spouting in front of our son!"
Jiang Yubai watched his parents showing affection with a blank expression, and after a while, he finally spoke up: "Dad... since you're so enthusiastic, I do have a favor I'd like to ask you to do."
Jiang Pinglan was taken aback, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in her heart:
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"...What is it?"
"It's nothing," Jiang Yubai shrugged. "It's just that when I went to their house before, the tea there was absolutely awful."
"I remember you had tea in your room, Dad, something like pre-Qingming Longjing..."
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"I'll take some over...you don't mind, do you?"
Jiang Pinglan:
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Before leaving, Jiang Yubai looked down at the spoils in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.
In his left hand he was carrying a jar of pre-Qingming Longjing tea that he had taken from his father's collection, and in his right hand he was carrying several boxes of imported pastries that he had gotten from his mother.
The bag also contained some souvenirs the two of them had brought back from their trip—truly a case of taking advantage of every opportunity, reaping a rich harvest.
"Okay, all equipment is ready."
He weighed the contents in his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Jiang Pinglan stood at the door and urged, "Aren't you sure you don't want to stay for a meal before you leave?"
"Dad, you can fool outsiders with that, but you're trying to drag me into this mess?"
Jiang Yubai turned around and teased.
"You should enjoy Mom's cooking all by yourself."
Upon hearing this, Qin Huiyi, who was standing to the side, laughed in exasperation: "Hey, you brat, how dare you talk like that?"
"Your mom raised you with so much hardship, and now that you're all grown up, you're starting to complain about my cooking, huh?"
Jiang Yu clicked his tongue and said sincerely, "Mom, you've tasted Lin Jianxia's cooking before. Honestly, how does your cooking compare to hers...?"
Qin Huiyi was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly glared at him: "Get out!"
"Alright!"
Jiang Yubai happily went out the door.
Watching her son's departing figure, Qin Huiyi stroked her chin and suddenly said, "Old Jiang, what do you think of our son..."
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"I want a little sister, I want a little sister."
Jiang Pinglan answered decisively.
Qin Huiyi gave him a look that was both funny and exasperating: "I said you've never even been there, how can you be so sure?"
"Just wait and see, they might still be stubborn even after they bring her home."
Jiang Pinglan shrugged.
"Oh, right," he said, as if remembering something, and asked curiously, "Wife, is that girl's cooking really that good?"
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"You don't want to eat, huh? Then you don't need to eat dinner!"
Qin Huiyi glared at him, then turned and went back to her room.
By the time Jiang Yubai stood at the entrance of Jinxiu New Village again, it was nearly 5 p.m.
The night market street was gradually waking up, with vendors setting up their stalls one after another, and the smoke rising from the ovens carrying the aroma of cumin and grease wafting through the air.
Jiang Yubai felt his stomach growling and quickly went upstairs carrying his bags.
He climbed all the way to the fifth floor, panting heavily, his lips twitching.
I should have asked my mom to install an elevator in this crappy apartment building too...
He dismissed the thought and moved to his front door, looked around, but ultimately couldn't be bothered to take out his keys. He gently kicked the security door with his toe.
Footsteps approached from inside the door, stopping behind it, but the door remained closed for a long time.
They were probably looking through the peephole...
Jiang Yubai understood immediately. He shook his head in the direction of the cat's eye while holding the bag, and then raised the bag in his hand.
With a click, the door was pulled open.
Lin Jianxia, dressed in casual home clothes, stood inside the door, her pretty face full of astonishment: "You...why are you back so early?"
"Is it still early?" Jiang Yubai asked curiously. "Didn't you say you'd be back this afternoon?"
He sniffed, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "I'm starving—the food should be ready by now, right?"
For some reason, Lin Jianxia's expression suddenly became somewhat awkward: "I... I did it well..."
Jiang Yubai, however, paid no attention to these details, his mind only focused on the dry rice.
He walked excitedly to the dining table, then suddenly froze.
The meal was indeed prepared, but only a simple plate of stir-fried vegetables and a small bowl of tomato and egg soup were placed on the table.
Lin Tingwan was halfway through her meal, biting her chopsticks, and tilting her head to look at him.
Lin Jianxia's ears turned red as she slowly moved closer to him, her voice tinged with embarrassment: "I... I thought you'd eat at home before coming over... so I didn't cook much... and not much rice either..."
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Jiang Yubai stared at the two simple, even frugal, dishes for a while, then suddenly put on a resentful expression: "I was telling you two... I raved about you to my parents, and they loved it so much."
As he spoke, he placed the plastic bag on the table and began taking things out one by one: "Here, this is tea that my dad specially gave you two, this is nuts and snacks that my mom put in, and these local specialties... They repeatedly told me to give these to you."
He sighed deeply: "So I didn't even have time to eat, and rushed back just to bring you these."
"But what about you? Not only did you not wait for me to come back to eat together, but you also only cooked such a small amount of food... How can you face my sincere heart?"
Lin Jianxia's face grew increasingly bitter as she listened, her head hanging low, feeling more and more that what she had done was indeed unkind.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Jiang Yubai was about to speak when he saw Lin Tingwan at the table suddenly make a move.
The girl picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks, tilted her body slightly back, and earnestly offered it to his mouth.
Jiang Yubai stared at the chopsticks that had just been in her bowl, and froze on the spot.
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"Wanwan, what are you doing?!"
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