Also, brothers fighting was really brutal.
Fu Si Heng had beaten Fu Zheng viciously… that face was almost disfigured.
Thinking of this, Tao Zhi felt a bit worried for Fu Zheng. Before getting out of the car, he couldn’t hold back and asked: “Fu Zheng won’t be in trouble, right?”
“That face of his…” Tao Zhi gestured: “It looks pretty serious.”
“He won’t.” Fu Si Heng didn’t care: “Don’t worry about him. And from now on, he won’t appear in front of you.”
“Huh?” Tao Zhi was stunned: “Won’t appear means…”
Fu Si Heng: “He won’t be staying in the dorm lately, nor will he come looking for you. You don’t need to worry about awkward encounters.”
“Once he figures things out someday.”
Once he stops coveting his little sister-in-law.
Fu Si Heng said: “He’ll be free.”
Oh.
That made sense.
Tao Zhi understood.
Tao Zhi nodded, thinking that was pretty good.
He had just been a bit worried if Fu Si Heng really planned to make Fu Zheng drop out and go farm. Now knowing it was just not staying in the dorm, he was relieved.
Tao Zhi wasn’t good at handling persistent entanglements from others. He was grateful that Fu Si Heng could help.
Besides, maybe Fu Zheng’s feelings were just a whim.
Hadn’t Fu Zheng whimed last year telling him to seduce Fu Si Heng?
Liking him was the same.
It might pass in a few months.
With that thought, Tao Zhi felt enlightened and even smiled at Fu Si Heng: “Okay, thank you for the trouble.”
Fu Si Heng ruffled his hair.
This time, he held back from kissing and leaned over to unbuckle his seatbelt: “Alright, I should go.”
Tao Zhi nodded and said goodbye: “Mm-hmm, see you next time.”
With that, things became much easier to handle.
No contact with Fu Zheng’s side, just save money on Fu Si Heng’s side.
If worst came to worst, he could change dorms later.
Take it one step at a time; everything could be resolved perfectly.
He wouldn’t end up like that dog owner on the street, dragged until she fell.
Tao Zhi regained his confidence.
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After that, Fu Zheng indeed didn’t appear at the dorm anymore.
Tao Zhi didn’t know what method Fu Si Heng used, but Fu Zheng was clearly still at school yet no longer sought him out.
Though Tao Zhi was puzzled, he ultimately breathed a sigh of relief, and life became peaceful.
No longer following Fu Zheng around as a lackey, and without using Fu Si Heng’s card, Tao Zhi started looking for part-time jobs during the week.
But it was hard to find steady work at this time.
The convenience store and parcel station had already hired people, so Tao Zhi could only take scattered gigs like substitute teaching, picking up packages, or running errands.
They paid daily, were convenient, but not available every day.
For example, today, Friday afternoon, his phone was completely quiet. Used to being busy, Tao Zhi had nothing to do and simply went to Rong Huai’s shop.
Last week, when he had gone to see Fu Si Heng in women’s clothing, the pearl earrings he wore were Rong Huai’s.
But since Fu Si Heng had licked them, Tao Zhi felt too embarrassed to return them casually and planned to buy them.
Luckily, they weren’t expensive—just 300 yuan.
“…”
Well, actually, pretty expensive.
After transferring the money to Rong Huai with heartache, Tao Zhi prepared to head back to school.
“Wait.” Rong Huai suddenly called out to him.
Tao Zhi turned back puzzled, only to have Rong Huai press down on his shoulders.
“?”
Tao Zhi jumped at the action: “Brother Rong Huai, what’s up?”
“I suddenly remembered something. Tsk.” Rong Huai looked like he had discovered treasure, his eyes glinting with a mischievous light: “Good thing you came to find me today. How could I have forgotten about you?”
“It’s like this.” Rong Huai told Tao Zhi: “I’ve started my own design brand. I had lined up a model, but his husband is too possessive and won’t let him help me. So, I got ditched.”
“Tao Zhi, would you help me? I’ll pay the same rate I negotiated with Xi Xi. For shooting detail photos and videos, it’s about 1,500 to 3,000 per set.”
“You know how hard it is to find a suitable model these days.” Rong Huai said: “I really need someone now. Or if you have ideas on the pay, we can negotiate. Help me out?”
“Uh, modeling?” It was so sudden. Tao Zhi thought about it.
The pay was no issue—that rate was very tempting to him.
But.
“I’ve never done it before, Brother Rong Huai. I might not be suitable.” Tao Zhi shook his head.
“Don’t reject me so quickly.” Rong Huai wasn’t worried.
Because he had recently heard some gossip.
Like brothers fighting over someone.
Or Fu Zheng desperately needing 200,000 and asking around how to make money.
Rong Huai had heard these from Wei Yu.
The clever Boss Rong pieced together the truth and, being the type who loved drama, said: “You’ve run into some trouble lately, right? I can prepay. We just sign the contract.”
At this, the mischievous light in his eyes intensified: “200,000—how about it? I can pay you 200,000 in advance.”
