Chapter 2: The Winning Day of Popularity
After a lot of effort, Ji Yiming finally convinced the little Ran girl that she had just put the barbell on the shelf, because the visual borrowing caused the illusion of "lifting".
The little girl was in a trance for a long time, and at last she left with a puzzled frown. Although intellectually felt that the situation was not reasonable at all, Ji Yiming was always hovering in his mind as if he was holding more than 100 kilograms of barbells with one hand, and he was a little nervous when he even walked: "Oh! By the way, the manager has something to do with you." β
Ji Yiming wiped off the last sweat stain and walked towards the manager's office with palpitations.
Although I don't know how the practitioner world defines the "right to know" of ordinary people, revealing one's identity in the gym where I work is obviously not a suitable choice.
The health club is not a branded franchise and the investment is not large. The so-called "manager" is actually the boss himself, and he is also a strong fitness enthusiast, no more than thirty or forty years old, with a kind face and enthusiasm for others, even to Ji Yiming, a part-time student who gets eight yuan an hourly salary, is quite polite.
"Xiao Ming is here, sit down, drink tea. β
"Nice owner. Ji Yiming took the teacup with both hands and sat down in front of the gym owner.
"Call me Manager Zhou, it sounds like a professional manager, not so stingy. Boss Zhou laughed and said gently: "How have you been doing recently, isn't it hard?"
"Everyone is fine and the work is not tiring. Ji Yiming also smiled: "Thank you Manager Zhou for the opportunity, otherwise this kind of daily job is really not easy to find." It's like, I'm probably going to have to go out in a while......"
"It's okay, just say hello in advance if you want to go. Temporarily ask the coaches to do some cleaning and wait for them to come back and continue. Manager Zhou waved his hand and pondered for a moment before finally saying the purpose of this time: "I remember that you are a student of the history department of Hanzhong University, right?
"Senior year, almost graduating. β
"Senior year is good. Manager Zhou unconsciously pinched a rubber grip ring, and the forearm muscles and triceps muscles bulged high: "Is there a student named Ying Xingtian in your senior school?"
Ji Yiming raised his eyebrows slightly, he didn't expect to hear Ying Xingtian's name here, and he couldn't help but be a little vigilant in his heart.
Although the time of knowing each other is not too short, he still subconsciously sensed Manager Next Week, and did not find any aura belonging to a cultivator: "Yes, it is in the class next door to me." β
"I guess so, your history department is not big, you can always get to know each other when you go around, right?"
"Count...... Let's get acquainted. Ji Yiming's mind flashed Ying Xingtian's handsome face that exploded on the spot, and nodded: "Do you have something to do with him?"
"That's it. Manager Zhou's face was a little pale, and the grip ring in his hand was almost pinched like plasticine: "My daughter is also studying at your university, but she is only a sophomore this year than you and Na Yingxingtian." β
A strange feeling rose in Ji Yiming's heart: "You mean, let me introduce them to each other?"
As a school grass, Ying Xingtian should have received countless love letters in four years of college, but this kind of detour to his side is probably unique.
"No, no, no. Manager Zhou waved his hand again and again, his face was a little ugly: "My family is not afraid of saying ugly things, my daughter basically looks exactly like me, even if she has that kind of thought, she will not be stupid enough to ask me to pull the coal strings." β
The gym owner is a stout man, with a face barely indistinguishable from the far side of the moon β not only is it pitted, but it's also as black as carbon. If his daughter inherits this classic look, there may be no market for her as a girl.
"Here's the thing, some time ago, I had a female boss who had a good relationship with me who happened to go to Hanzhong University to run errands and met Ying Xingtian. Speaking of this, Manager Zhou's face was even more embarrassed, obviously feeling quite ashamed of the disgraceful role he played: "What did the boss say, middle-aged widower...... I've always liked young boys. I also heard that my daughter was studying at Han University, so she wanted me to bring a message...... The price is open casually...... That's just one time. β
Ji Yiming was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect the conversation to come in this direction at all.
The dignified "Qianlong Yuan" senior leader, known as the top martial arts master who overwhelmed an entire era, entered and exited luxury cars and sat on incalculable terrifying wealth.
This kind of character, a middle-aged female boss in Hanzhong City, actually wants to spend money...... Buy him for a spring supper?
Am I crazy, or is the world crazy?
"How about it? Let me bring a sentence, okay, I'll thank you for 2,000 yuan. After saying that, Manager Zhou didn't continue to hide: "That female boss is stuck with a lot of things, not only has money but also resources, and there is no harm in having a good relationship with others." When she graduates, she wants to find a good job, and she can make a statement better than anything else. β
Ji Yiming hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but not tell Manager Zhou how much Win Xingtian was worth - of course he didn't know - just nodded slightly: "Classmate Ying doesn't seem to be in school recently, if I come back to see him, I will try to mention it to him once." β
As for whether Ying Xingtian listened to it as a joke after mentioning it, or whether he was angry and went to destroy the female boss's family, it was not something he needed to care about.
But then again, he never understood why characters like Ying Xingtian and Jiang Zhiyou had to come to Hanzhong University to be a teacher and a student.
For yourself......
His mind flashed through the words that Du Lingyang had said to Ying Xingtian in Shanglin Ancient Kiln City a few days ago.
"The child is not sensible, you should know the importance of the Ji family's inheritance, do you really want him to die here?"
Even after that, Ying Xingtian persuaded himself to compromise and surrender to Du Lingyang in order to continue the bloodline of the Ji family.
The bloodline of the ancient Yellow Emperor is really that important?
While he was thinking about it, Manager Zhou on the other side of the table finally ended this conversation that made both of them feel uncomfortable, got up and patted Ji Yiming on the shoulder: "Then first, I will say hello to Sister Wang, and I will pay you an extra 2,000 yuan when I settle my salary later." β
2,000 yuan, basically enough high-speed rail tickets to any place in China.
I never thought that the problem of travel expenses that had plagued me for a long time would be solved in this strange way. Ji Yiming couldn't help but thank Manager Zhou with some smiles, and then went back to the equipment area to continue to do the cleaning work of eight hours an hour.
During the period, a group of male and female coaches went in and out, and occasionally there were members who had a card and began to masturbate iron every day, and a few coaches who thought they were witty made fun of Ji Yiming at first, and when there were more guests, they stared at their respective goals like vultures, and seized the time to sell personal training courses.
It was about the same time, Ji Yiming took the bucket mop and rag, and went to the financial sister Wang to receive today's salary of thirty-two yuan and the extra two thousand yuan. Luo Jing's WeChat message arrived as scheduled at this time: "A good cup of tea outside the east gate, we have all arrived, come quickly!"
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It was still just a few minutes, and I ran about four or five kilometers.
In addition to watching a few movies when I was in love with Jiang Zhiyou, I went to a few high-end restaurants. Ji Yiming has never been to "A Good Cup of Tea", the favorite meeting place of Han University students - in his spare time, he either goes to work or studies historical materials in the library, and does not have many leisure and entertainment opportunities.
Of course, this store is familiar to him, right next to the bookstore he usually visits occasionally.
The store is not large, and the interior space is only about 20 square meters. Put a water bar and a few simple tables and chairs, and the rest of the space is barely passable.
After he entered the door, he raised his eyes and quickly found Luo Jing and the others sitting in the innermost. Not only Luo Jing, but the ball-headed girl "Zhu Qianqian" who helped her a little favor before was also there, and when she saw herself first, she stood up excitedly and raised her hand and waved wildly: "Great God, here and here!"
A group of girls in the milk tea shop looked up at the "great god" together, but some people recognized Ji Yiming, a man of the year some time ago, and quietly whispered a few words to his companions and looked at him with a somewhat intriguing expression.
"I really can't believe it when I look at him, I don't know what Mr. Jiang likes about him. β
"Shhhhhh Not only is this guy ordinary-looking, but his family is also very poor...... It's a real-life version of Cinderella and ?well, the story of the Gray Man and the Princess. β
"What if I caught up with Mr. Jiang, I didn't run away, I heard that I was entangled by this guy before I left my job and left. β
The girls at the table thought they were chatting gossip in a whisper, and all kinds of speculations became more and more outrageous. Ji Yiming, who has the inner breath of "Taiyi Longevity", can hear every sentence clearly, but he is not interested in worrying with these girls, so he only squeezed over and sat down a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I'm a little late for my part-time job." β
"It's okay, do you want to drink something?" Luo Jing was anxious to listen to the gossip, and didn't care whether Ji Yiming was late or not: "Forget it, just sea salt oolong milk cover." I'm going to buy it, you can't start first!"
Ji Yiming scratched his nose and squeezed into the seat in embarrassment, and just opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped by Zhu Qianqian: "Shh, Ah Jing said to wait for her." You have to start early, she's really going crazy!"
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Are these girls taking gossip as their life?
As he spoke, Luo Jing rushed back with a roar: "It's ordered, you can start!"
"Tell me, how was the process of going to find Mr. Jiang? Have you seen the legendary wealthy family? Were you forced to retreat by your mother-in-law-to-be?"
"Did she pull out a check and tell you to 'leave my daughter'?"
The four girls chattered a lot of questions, but Ji Yiming's face turned black when he heard it, and he didn't know what dramas and books this group of guys usually watched, and their brains could be like this.
"I went to look for Jiang Zhiyou, but I didn't find it β and certainly didn't see her family. He thanked Luo Jing for the drink, and after taking a sip, he frowned slightly and put the cup down: "But it's really a bit of a problem to come to you." β
The four of them sighed at the same time: "Hey, I thought it was good gossip." β
"Okay, okay, that level of gossip is hard to come by. But as long as there is a pair of great gods and teacher Jiang, sooner or later we will be able to pursue a more high-end love, hate, hatred and gossip!" Luo Jing stroked her hair, and her eyes flashed with determination.
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Ji Yiming was speechless again, but he couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart:
(The real gossip behind the whole thing is far more bizarre and incredible than you can imagine.) οΌ
"Don't talk about this, I'm here for something I want you to refer to. He took out his mobile phone and clicked on the processed picture to show the four of themβthe first and third had been cut off, leaving only the words "rate, su, speed, shirt, and sui": "What can you think of in these words? Like a certain place, a historical event, or anything else." β
The four girls came over at the same time and read word by word: "What is this?"
"Does the password have anything to do with Mr. Jiang?"
"This is the routine of criminal investigation dramas, have we changed the set?" Liu Qianqian covered her mouth and smiled: "Great god, your shot is a big turning point, and even cryptography is involved." β
"It has nothing to do with Jiang Zhiyou, it's just a problem on my side. Ji Yiming arched his hand towards the four of them, and said with a wry smile: "The only thing that can be determined now is that it is related to a certain history or a certain monument, which has stumped me for many days, and I can't solve it - I have to trouble you to help a lot." β
"It's okay to help, but what's the benefit?" Liu Qianqian, the head of the pill, squeezed her eyes narrowly: "It's not beneficial, who wants to do it, the emperor is not a hungry soldier." β
Ji Yiming pressed the hot two thousand yuan in his pocket, and nodded without hesitation: "Please eat, no problem!"
"It's okay, it's not easy for other people's gods. Luo Jing waved his hand: "Forget about eating or something, as long as you guarantee that there will be first-hand gossip from Teacher Jiang in the future, you must report to us." β
Seeing Ji Yiming's speechless expression, the girls laughed and joked for a long time before they all leaned over and began to help study the five seemingly unrelated Chinese characters.