She Only Cares About Cultivation
Chapter 138: 【138】90s Cook 138 (First update)

Chapter 138: 【138】90s Cook 138 (First update)

By the year ’08, before the 5/12 earthquake, the restaurant’s income was almost twenty thousand yuan a month, which had basically stabilized. At most, it wouldn’t exceed thirty thousand, and at least it wouldn’t fall below twenty thousand, so on average, it was twenty thousand yuan. With these twenty thousand, plus the annual rent of 114,000 yuan, and a few thousand yuan in song royalties, it was indeed not easy, but somehow they managed to save up one hundred thousand yuan.

When the earthquake called for donations, she donated two hundred thousand yuan within half a year, because she needed to ensure all income was turning over. Therefore, the money was donated over six months. If Meng Xiuying hadn’t given her around one hundred thousand, she probably wouldn’t have managed to make it work!

In the autumn of ’08, Xiao Hai formally joined the ZJ Provincial Swimming Team for professional training. Since he started swimming at the age of four, he had participated in various children’s competitions within three years and had won quite a few championships. At the young age of seven, his height had already shot up to one hundred and sixty centimeters.

At this rate of growth, he might well exceed one hundred and ninety centimeters.

Xiao Xiao also moved up to a key high school from junior high. She passed the highest level of piano when she graduated from elementary school and continued to practice two hours a day in junior high. It looked like she didn’t want to give up her interest.

In junior high, Xiao Xiao’s academic performance ranked in the top twenty of her grade and top five of her class, which was already very impressive.

After completing his undergraduate studies, Cao Yang was admitted to a master’s program and is now in his first year of studying physics. Originally, he wanted to study computer science, but later, he was persuaded to apply for the physics department because of his excellent grades. After all, he had once received awards in physics and was directly admitted to the university, so there was no reason to choose another major.

Unless there was an unexpected turn, under the positive assessment of Xiao Hai’s coach, he was definitely heading towards a career as a professional athlete. They had now reached the point of concentrated training and learning; they no longer attended regular schools because the provincial team had a specialized team of professional course teachers.

This child had been exceptionally independent since learning how to swim at the age of four, rarely coming home and seeming closer to his coach than to her, his mother.

Previously, she had hoped that two of her children would become soldiers, but who would have thought that the younger one would make it into the provincial team. With two more national championships, he could join the National Team. However, given the vast population of Hua Country, winning a national championship was easier said than done.

The year ’08 was tough for Hua Country, and Gong Mingxia found it no less challenging. The pressure came not only from the mortgage but also from the bad luck courtesy of Zhang Liang.

In her past life, Xiao Xiao had met with misfortune before graduating high school. This time around, just after she had started high school, Cao Yuan received news from a comrade-in-arms.

Zhang Liang was spending a lot of money on county television, broadcasting advertisements and talk shows in search of the mother and daughter.

If that didn’t work, he might use his family’s influence to look for ways through the household registration office. If it came to that, her current address might be exposed.

His comrade-in-arms’ reach was limited, and it was unclear who Zhang Liang might find to pull strings. Thus, if it came to that, nobody could prevent it.

Her best move was to take down the Gong Family before Zhang Liang could find someone. Without the support of a financial chain, how could he make any bold moves?

Over the past few years, Cao Yuan had gone through a lot of trouble for her, even hiring private investigators to collect criminal evidence on the Gong Family. Just the money spent on acquiring this information amounted to several tens of thousands of yuan.

Fortunately, the private investigator was reliable, and the information they acquired was authentic and valid.

She had always been looking for an opportunity to expose this matter. Since Zhang Liang had presented himself, she wouldn’t hold back.