Chapter 1188 - 1248

Chapter 1188: Chapter 1248

These past few days, Qiao Qiqi had been accompanying her old classmates on a carefree tour around the Capital City. She carved out time for them every day, so all the things she needed to deal with and her assignments were pushed to the evenings, and she couldn’t get to bed until very late every night.

Gu Shili felt bad for her, so he found someone to take care of Jiang Yibo and Fu Xinjing, and forcibly ordered Qiao Qiqi to take a day off.

Jiang Yibo and Fu Xinjing also knew Qiao Qiqi had been working hard lately, so they just grabbed their things and headed to the airport. Before boarding, they called Qiao Qiqi to tell her they were leaving that day and to thank her for her hospitality.

Qiao Qiqi had just woken up and it was too late to see them off, so all she could do was say she was looking forward to them coming again next time so they could meet up.

After seeing off Fu Xinjing and Jiang Yibo, Qiao Qiqi’s life went back to being quiet. She went to the hospital every day to check in on Zhou Zhou, encouraging her and asking the doctors about her condition.

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On the weekend, Jiang Meng was going over to the Gu Family as a guest. She originally didn’t want to go, but she really couldn’t withstand Mrs. Gu’s enthusiastic invitations. Mrs. Gu said if she didn’t agree, she’d personally come to the school to pick her up.

So Jiang Meng had no choice but to agree.

However, she was short on cash lately, so the money for buying gifts for the Gu Family member all came out of Gu Shilin’s pocket.

She was not going to be as stupid as Zhou Zhou, ruining herself so badly over a bit of money, practically destroying half her life.

Anyway, Gu Shilin wasn’t short of money. Worst case, she’d just pay him back after she started working and earning her own salary.

Seeing that Jiang Meng was willing to use "his" money, Gu Shilin was even happier, grinning like a big idiot. If his old classmates saw what he was like now, they simply wouldn’t believe he was the same person.

"Meng Meng, there’s something I want to talk to you about." Gu Shilin scratched his head awkwardly, like there was something hard to bring up.

"Go ahead." Jiang Meng was picking things out. At this point she was already dating him with a "whatever happens, happens" mentality. She felt she could handle anything.

"I don’t plan on staying on as a teacher at your school. I’m going to change jobs." Gu Shilin felt that what he was doing was pretty awful, like he really owed her.

"Oh, that. I already figured you would. What kind of job are you planning to switch to?" Jiang Meng finished choosing and looked up at him, asking.

Gu Shilin stared at her in surprise. "You’re not mad?"

"Why would I be mad? What’s there for me to be mad about? It’s not like I don’t know you became a teacher at our school with other intentions in mind. Now that you’ve achieved your goal, isn’t leaving perfectly normal?" Jiang Meng was someone who could see things pretty clearly.

"Don’t say it like that. I... I’m just changing jobs. I’ll still come running whenever you call. Whatever you say, I’ll listen." Gu Shilin looked completely dejected. "If you don’t agree, I’ll just keep being a teacher."

"Please don’t. Everyone has their own path. Whatever you want to do, go do it." Jiang Meng knew he didn’t genuinely want to be a teacher. Keeping him at the school all this time had been a kind of grievance for him.

"Actually, it’s not really what I want to do. My parents are the ones pushing for it, telling me to go to the company and take on a project. They say I’ve been too decadent before and wasted what I learned, and that I’m already thirty with nothing to show for it." Gu Shilin said awkwardly.

Exposing his shortcomings in front of someone he liked made him feel really embarrassed.

"So what do you think yourself? Do you also want to do this, or do you just not want to disappoint your parents?" Jiang Meng was a bit surprised—how was Gu Shilin still such a mama’s boy, actually listening to his mom and dad about everything?