How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s
Chapter 237 - 239: Money Enthusiast_1

Chapter 237: Chapter 239: Money Enthusiast_1

Heavy rain fell in the middle of the night, and by morning, long icicles hung from the eaves, reflecting a cold light under the sun.

The ground was slippery, and one could easily fall if not careful while walking on it.

The wind howled through the alley, making it hard to keep one’s eyes open. Qin Jin was worried that Li Qiao might get blown into a ditch by the wind, so he accompanied her to school.

At the school gates, Li Qiao said, "Since you’re here, you might as well wait for me in the library."

"Not going." Qin Jin walked away.

Li Qiao stamped her foot: "Fine, ignore me then!"

She said this, but after the exam, she still went into the library to look for materials, and borrowed two basic introductory books related to accounting, intending to continue teaching him after school.

After half a month of teaching, Qin Jin’s exam time finally came.

By this time, Li Qiao had started her winter vacation. She had finished the semester with the top grade in her major, earning a 300-yuan scholarship from the school, and had successfully passed an acceleration test to become a junior.

The translation of a long novel she had worked on had also passed review, and Editor Wei personally delivered the manuscript fee to her door.

Now a little rich girl, she planned to invite Old Mr. Xue’s family out for a simple meal to thank them for their care.

Taking advantage of Qin Jin’s exam time, she booked a lavishly decorated restaurant not far from home.

After paying the deposit and returning to the outside of the examination hall, students gradually began to come out. When Qin Jin’s figure entered her line of sight, she approached him and asked, "How did it go?"

Qin Jin confidently said, "No problem." With the Top Scholar’s heartfelt guidance, how could he not pass?

Li Qiao: "Then we can start learning English next."

Qin Jin: "..." Now? What if he forgot it after learning since he wasn’t involved in big business? He said, "I’m afraid I might forget if it’s not used."

"We can speak it regularly."

Qin Jin thought to himself, this is crazy, why would two native speakers learn to jabber in a foreign tongue every day? But he didn’t dare to object, fearing she would not let him into the bed: "Oh."

Li Qiao: "I just booked a restaurant, and I’d like to invite Sir Xue and his family out for a meal tomorrow. You go ask them." It seemed Madam Xue didn’t like her very much. Just last month, when she had a question for Professor Xue and visited his home, he took her into the study while Madam Xue frequently pushed the door open, either to clean or to bring tea and water.

She even spilled water on her book.

It seemed unintentional, but Li Qiao could tell it was deliberate.

As if she would take the chance to seduce Professor Xue when no one was watching.

Baffling.

"Okay," Qin Jin said.

.....

In the afternoon, Qin Jin went to the Qin family to invite Old Mr. Xue’s family for the meal.

Old Mr. Xue readily agreed and asked about his accounting grade: "How did it go?"

"I think it went well," Qin Jin said.

"That’s good to hear," Sir Xue said. "The New Year is coming up, when are you going back to your hometown? Have you got your tickets sorted? Can you get sleeper tickets? If not, I can have someone buy them for you."

"We’ve got them, we’re leaving the day after tomorrow in the morning," Qin Jin said. He had made enough contacts in Beijing to get tickets easily. "We have a dog and a cat at home, could you possibly feed them for us?"

Jiang Wanqiu butted in, "Speaking of dogs, it reminds me of something. About a month ago, when you weren’t home, I saw three young men come to your house, and the dog didn’t even bark. One of them was particularly handsome, and your wife was laughing and talking with him, without any reservation."

Qin Jin immediately understood it was Li Jianguo and the others. The dog recognized them and wouldn’t bark unless they took something from the house. "Those are my brothers from back home who happened to come to Beijing for some work and brought something for Qiaoqiao along the way."

Jiang Wanqiu: "Even so, she shouldn’t be laughing like a flower, it’s indecent."

Qin Jin: "My wife is beautiful, and she laughs like a flower no matter what. What can I do? I can’t tell her not to laugh, can I?" Like a hen brooding over duck eggs, always meddling in others’ affairs.

Sir Xue: "Your Madam Xue is suspicious by nature. Whatever she says is like a fart, ignore her."

She constantly frets that both her son and grandson have been seduced by Qiaoqiao.

To him, she was just jealous of Xiangjun, feeling miserable inside and unable to outdo her, picking on the younger generation for her own satisfaction.

That damn old woman, full of nothing but malice.

He was too old and frail to fight back.

If he were twenty years younger, he would have beaten her three times a day.

"You’re the one talking nonsense!" Jiang Wanqiu retorted.

The two started arguing again.

Qin Jin tried to break up the fight on the side, but unable to reconcile them, he helped Sir Xue take refuge in his own home until late afternoon when Sufen came looking for him to take him away.

.....

The next day in the afternoon, Li Qiao and Qin Jin arrived at the Xue Family’s home together.

Old Mr. Xue and Xue Lingqing were already prepared.

Jiang Wanqiu dilly-dallied, along with a just-awoken Sufen, "Grandpa, I won’t go for the meal, okay?" Seeing Qin Jin reminded her of the nearly half tooth she was missing, and she really wanted to slap him twice.

Old Mr. Xue said, "Hurry up, it’s a good opportunity to learn from Qiaoqiao how to skip grades."

"What’s there to learn about skipping grades? One should move one step at a time to be steady. As far as I know, the courses in the third year are much harder than in the first year. She has two years less of learning than we do, so whether she can graduate smoothly is still an open question," Sufen said disdainfully.

Lingqing retorted, "You’re underestimating her. The department is planning to use Li Qiao’s homework as teaching material for the freshmen. If she can’t graduate, then who can? Maybe she’ll graduate early and end up being your teacher. Instead of questioning Li Qiao, you’d better spend more time thinking about your own thesis. You’ve revised it seven or eight times without any progress. You’re such a blockhead!"

Sufen: "..."

Li Qiao was extremely surprised, no wonder her class teacher had confiscated her notes at the end of the semester.

So they intended to turn her homework into teaching materials.

Oh my!

"Do I get any royalties?" That’s what she was most concerned about.

Xue Lingqing was baffled, "This..... I’m not quite sure."

Qin Jin shook his head subtly at her, turning homework into teaching material was a great honor, yet she wanted royalties?

Were it him, he would have paid them for the privilege.

Li Qiao looked at Qin Jin with suspicion, hinting at her to ask for more money? Indeed, she should ask for more since it was about intellectual property, which is priceless. "I’ll ask Mr. Che later. Without royalties, I won’t agree to let them turn my book into teaching material."

Qin Jin silently facepalmed, what a money-grubber! Even greedier than him.

Lingqing cracked a smile, "I’ll help you ask about it later."

"Deal!" Li Qiao was in an exceptionally good mood, ready to rake in some more cash.

....

Once Jiang Wanqiu and Sufen were ready, the group headed to the restaurant.

Qin Jin discreetly asked Xue Lingqing, "If the school finds out Qiaoqiao wants royalties, might they not publish her book?"

Lingqing responded, "No, even if there are no royalties, they would probably issue it in the form of a scholarship."

Only then did Qin Jin feel relieved. He would rather not take the money, but he wanted to have a book published.

With the fame, money would come sooner or later, right?

...

The restaurant was a kilometer away from their home. Upon arrival, Li Qiao took out the receipt and was led to a private room by the staff.

Sufen looked around and admired the quiet atmosphere and grand decor. "Li Qiao, your boyfriend must be raking it in, bringing us here to dine."

Li Qiao replied, "I have my own allowance and manuscript fees, why would I need someone else to treat me?"

Jiang Wanqiu inquired, "How much money can you make from manuscript fees? I remember Lingqing wrote quite a lot too, but I never saw you spending manuscript fees. Keeping money for yourself, in case you get swindled by a woman, could lead to losing everything. Better hand it over to me."

Saying this, Li Qiao distinctly noticed Jiang Wanqiu giving her a glare.

She thought to herself, I haven’t swindled Professor Xue’s money, why is she glaring at me?