Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 388 - 388 383 Partnership

Chapter 388: Chapter 383 Partnership Chapter 388: Chapter 383 Partnership Yang Dan wore a bitter smile. If her family could have ensured her a monthly living allowance of four hundred from the start, she wouldn’t have rushed to find a part-time job as soon as she entered university. Now she seemed impressive in the eyes of others, but who understood the hardships she had gone through?

“Ding Yamin’s family is quite well-off, aren’t they, Guan Jiao?” she said. “Since you’ve just started university, I suggest you take it easy and wait until your second year to look for part-time opportunities. It won’t be too late then.”

Ding Yamin’s grandfather was a retired teacher, whose pension was several thousand a month. Because he was admitted to Luyang Normal University, his grandfather had voluntarily offered to cover his university expenses. In addition to tuition fees, he also received six hundred in monthly living allowance.

Although it was only two hundred more than Guan Jiao, it was enough for half a month’s food, which could buy a lot of things.

Of course, she didn’t mean for Guan Jiao to spend Ding Yamin’s money. It was just that the two were at the same school and in a romantic relationship. Sometimes when they ate together, it was obvious that Ding Yamin would spend more, which went without saying.

Yet, Ding Yamin helplessly said, “You guys don’t know. She keeps things very separate with me. If I treat her to a meal, she’ll definitely pay for the next one. If I buy her fruit once, next time she’ll buy some for me. Tell me, what kind of relationship is this?”

Being too meticulous made him uncomfortable at times, feeling as though they weren’t close lovers but rather ordinary friends and classmates.

Guan Jiao glanced at him and explained, “Didn’t I tell you why? It’s my mom’s wish. She said that even if you’re dating at school, you shouldn’t take advantage of the other person. It’s different if you’re talking about marriage after graduation. Then, it wouldn’t matter if you spend the other person’s money or take their salary card. But we are both students now, and your money isn’t earned by you; it’s given by your family. I can’t spend it.”

Guan Jiao listened to her mother’s advice and agreed with this perspective, so no matter what Ding Yamin did, she was firm in not spending a penny of his money.

Mu Jiawen looked at Guan Jiao with surprise. It wasn’t that she disagreed with Guan Jiao’s point of view—she actually did agree—but it still seemed a bit odd. It made sense not to let Ding Yamin spend a lot of money, but to return every cent… This kind of love was something Mu Jiawen couldn’t quite understand.

However, regarding working part-time as a freshman, her view was the same as Yang Dan’s. “Since you are attending Normal University, wouldn’t tutoring be more suitable for part-time work?”

But Guan Jiao lacked confidence in teaching students and wasn’t eager to deal with parents. Instead, she was interested in the milk tea shop that Yang Dan had mentioned.

Mu Jiawen had a sudden inspiration. “Why don’t you look for a shop for sale near your school’s gate? If there is one, I can pay for it, then have Yang Dan teach you and Ding Yamin how to manage and make milk tea. We four could collaborate, how about that?”

She now had a monthly income of several hundred thousand, making her a small but wealthy asset owner. Buying a shop in Luyang wouldn’t pose a problem.

As for Yang Dan, she had some experience in making milk tea and managing a business. Luyang was not far from Beijing, just an hour away by train. If she didn’t mind the trouble, going there once every two weeks to guide and teach new products was entirely feasible.

Trouble?

For Yang Dan, this was like a pie falling from the sky. How could she possibly find making money troublesome? That was simply out of the question.

Ding Yamin and Guan Jiao, on the other hand, were shocked. Buying a shop? Was Mu Jiawen that wealthy?

Regarding this, Mu Jiawen didn’t say much, only explaining, “My mom saved quite a bit of money for me. She said I could use it freely. But I don’t know much about doing business. You three should discuss it and see if it’s feasible.”

Despite her usual penchant for saving money, she really didn’t have much ambition when it came to making money. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have recently focused on studying, with her painting becoming less frequent.

But a lack of ambition didn’t stop her from wanting to make some money with classmates. After all, as Jiang Yan had said, no matter where you buy property in the next few years, it’s going to be a huge profit.

Including shops.

To avoid trouble, she could no longer buy in Beijing, as owning too much would raise suspicions. In North City, Jiang Yan had already asked Xiao Qi to look into it, planning to buy a small one for his dad to live in later. That way, he would not seem neglectful and also wouldn’t have to be too close to him.

Buying a shop in Luyang and starting a business with classmates sounded good to her. Later on, if she stopped working in it, she could just rent it out. In any case, it was a win-win situation.

After confirming repeatedly with Mu Jiawen, Ding Yamin and Guan Jiao were both excited. They hadn’t expected that a trip to Beijing would result in them returning to do business and earn money on the side. Just the thought of it thrilled them, and they even wanted to rush back to school to see which shop they could buy.

Yang Dan threw cold water on their enthusiasm, “It’s going to be very tough, you should be mentally prepared.”

Guan Jiao gave her a look, “Forgot where we come from? Us country kids are not afraid of hard work, don’t worry Yang Dan, I will learn diligently from you and make sure our milk tea shop thrives and earns a lot of money.”

The business wasn’t even set up yet, and she was already fantasizing about the shop making money.

The others couldn’t help but laugh.

After dinner, Mu Jiawen took them to a computer specialty store. Now that the school was on holiday, there weren’t many people in the store, but the gaming computers on the second floor were still packed. Even with school out, neighborhood kids would line up to make reservations.

Ding Yamin went up for a look and then asked Mu Jiawen, “Are all the games upstairs developed by Jiang Yan’s company? Like ‘Extreme Survival’!”

Mu Jiawen nodded, “Yes, have you played ‘Plants vs. Zombies’? I like playing it. Right now, only the first version has been developed; the second is still in development.”

Of course Ding Yamin knew about it; his dorm mates enjoyed playing it, but he had never imagined the originals of such things could be related to a classmate. For a moment, he opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.

After Mu Jiawen took them around Beijing University and came out, Jiang Yan had just returned.

Seeing Ding Yamin, he wasn’t too surprised. The guy often sent him mini-essays via Penguin, making him wonder if the kid had a crush on him.

Otherwise, why would a guy send messages to another guy? Not unless they were bored out of their minds.

But hearing that Ding Yamin was with Guan Jiao, Jiang Yan felt relieved.

He took them to Xinyu’s repair shop. Walking on the street, Jiang Yan would sometimes unconsciously pull Mu Jiawen’s hand or pat her head. Small gestures they were used to doing, which they hardly minded, even in front of others.

However, Ding Yamin and Guan Jiao were still unaware of their relationship, so they were quite surprised to see it.

Especially Guan Jiao, who was walking at the back with Yang Dan, asked quietly, “When did they get together? How come you never mentioned it?”

“What’s there to talk about?” Yang Dan looked at her as if she were foolish, “Have you forgotten how Jiang Yan transferred to our class in high school and nagged Teacher Yu for so long before finally getting to sit behind Jiajia? Then they went to the city’s Number One High School together and got into Beijing University together. Can’t you see what his intentions were?

But come to think of it, isn’t Ding Yamin doing the same as Jiang Yan?”