LWDC Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Life is a Piece of Cake

Chapter 53: Life is a Piece of Cake

Chapter 53: Life is a Piece of Cake

“Report!”

After school, Lin Shengjia honestly came to Ning Fei’s office.

As soon as he entered, he spoke first, apologizing to Ning Fei, “Teacher, I’m sorry, I was late this morning. I will definitely get up earlier and leave earlier in the future.”

He wanted to preemptively gloss over the matter with Ning Fei. In his opinion, Ning Fei was just a nosy young new teacher trying to use his so-called “educational knowledge” on him. As long as he showed his willingness to correct his behavior and let this teacher see “the result he wanted to see,” he should be able to quickly end this detention education.

However, Ning Fei remained noncommittal about his apology, simply stood up, and smiled, “There are a lot of people here, let’s go for a walk.”

There were indeed several teachers in the office, and Ning Fei’s behavior of going out for a private chat sounded quite considerate. Lin Shengjia didn’t want to go, but couldn’t think of a legitimate reason to refuse, so he had no choice but to follow along.

Teacher and student strolled through the campus.

Most students were either going home or to the cafeteria, while some were exercising, on duty, or just hanging out together. After all, there was still evening self-study, so even after school in the afternoon, the campus was still very lively. However, Ning Fei and Lin Shengjia just passed them by from a distance, so no one could hear their conversation.

And the conversation began with Lin Shengjia’s desire to go to Shenzhen.

“Why exactly do you want to go to Shenzhen with your uncle?” Before revealing his identity, Ning Fei wanted to test the waters first. Mainly, he wanted to know what kind of explanation Lin Shengjia had prepared for his adoptive parents.

“You want to go to Shenzhen, have you already decided not to study?”

“Ha… how is that possible?” Lin Shengjia didn’t dare to reveal his true intentions to this teacher. This teacher looked like he would report to his adoptive parents at the slightest provocation, and if he revealed his desire to quit school, he definitely wouldn’t be able to go to Shenzhen!

“Teacher Ning, I really want to broaden my horizons.” Lin Shengjia wasn’t really a high school student, but facing this seemingly gentle teacher, his aura was inexplicably weaker. “I’m not thinking of completely giving up on studying. My parents value education so much, I will definitely at least take the college entrance examination. No matter what the results are, I will do my best.”

Ning Fei thought: “No matter what the results are,” this sounded like a prelude to “bad grades.”

He didn’t respond to Lin Shengjia’s words, but changed the subject, “By the way, is your uncle very rich? To go to Shenzhen to make a name for yourself, and also help you with your studies, is he that amazing?”

“He… he’s quite amazing.” Lin Shengjia hesitated for a moment, replying, “I believe he can handle these things.”

“Then does your uncle often take you to school?” Ning Fei asked again, “That motorcycle is very cool, is it his beloved car?”

“Yes, it’s his.” Lin Shengjia replied somewhat absentmindedly, “But today was the first time he took me, we just happened to meet on the road.”

Ning Fei: “Met on the road? He gave you a ride on a motorcycle and you were still late, then wouldn’t you usually be even later?”

Lin Shengjia: “Uh, this… I left on time! But I suddenly had a stomachache on the way and spent a lot of time in the bathroom, and when I came out I was late. Then I ran into my uncle on the road, and he gave me a ride.”

Ning Fei chuckled.

Lin Shengjia: ???

He was confused. Because Ning Fei’s smile had a very obvious mocking meaning, completely different from his previous gentle, professional smile.

Lin Shengjia couldn’t help but ask, “Teacher Ning, what are you laughing at?”

Ning Fei turned his head to look at him, the mocking look in his eyes not completely gone, “Laughing at you for not knowing how to act like a middle school student.”

Lin Shengjia: “… Huh?!”

He was stunned, unable to react to what Ning Fei was saying for a long time, and his steps involuntarily stopped.

“I asked you if Luo Chenghong was very rich, but you answered very strangely and vaguely. I asked you about the motorcycle, and you were also very perfunctory. You’re a high school sophomore, even if you’re not interested in motorcycles, you should still say a few more words when it comes to such boastful topics.”

Ning Fei also stopped, but he had already walked two steps ahead, so he turned around to look at Lin Shengjia, “Also, the reason you gave for being late today was also made up very readily, very casually. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll ask Luo Chenghong to confirm your story? You’re certain that Luo Chenghong will help you cover up this lie, probably because your being late was to do something else with him.”

The more Lin Shengjia listened, the more inexplicable it became, and his brows furrowed, “… Teacher Ning, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Ning Fei’s one hand was in his pocket, his gaze piercing through his glasses, directly at Lin Shengjia, “What did you use to persuade him to agree to take you to Shenzhen? Are you planning to completely abandon the original owner’s last wish?”

“You…” Lin Shengjia’s eyes widened, “Who exactly are you?!”

“A professional debt collector.” Ning Fei smiled, “But now, I’m ‘your’ English teacher.”

He emphasized the words “your” particularly heavily, and a gust of wind happened to blow in their faces, making Lin Shengjia’s back chill.

Lin Shengjia’s mind was a little blank, and his mouth was faster than his brain, “Debt collector…? What kind of debt?”

“Of course, the rotten debt you owe that’s about to go bad.” Ning Fei sneered, “I was wondering why even such a simple last wish was showing signs of becoming a bad debt, so it turns out that you have bad grades, are weak in certain subjects, and are just thinking about escaping.”

“I’m not escaping!” Lin Shengjia finally came back to his senses and retorted, “This world is clearly a novel, I’ve read it! I know that real estate in Shenzhen will increase tenfold, fiftyfold in a few years, no, even a thousandfold in twenty years! If I take the lead, won’t I be able to let my adoptive parents live a better life in the future? Won’t I be able to fight against the Ji family?”

“That sounds nice.” Ning Fei smiled calmly, “But the real estate doubling, seizing the opportunity, and even fighting against the Ji family in the future, what does that have to do with the original owner’s wish? Let me see the original text of the wish—”

He paused, slowly reading the information from “Three Days Guidance,” “‘Stay away from the Ji family, stay with my adoptive parents, study hard, get into a top university, and provide for my adoptive parents in their old age.’ Well, what you just said, only ‘provide for my adoptive parents in their old age’ is barely related.”

“But the original owner wanted to study hard and get into a famous university, isn’t the ultimate goal to live a good life? Only with money can you provide for your adoptive parents in their old age, right?” Lin Shengjia continued to retort, “And a wish like ‘stay away from the Ji family’, can you stay away without any ability? The original owner was taken back by the Ji family and then abandoned because he was powerless to resist them. I’m going to Shenzhen now to stay away from the Ji family physically first; when I become successful, I will have the power to completely avoid them. My plan is not wrong, right?”

“Don’t use consequentialism to argue with me.” Ning Fei sneered, “I’ve seen too many people like you who are deadbeats, their excuses are all ‘what I’m doing is better than the original owner’s wish.'”

“It is better!”

“But the original owner doesn’t agree.” Ning Fei responded calmly, “If the original owner agreed, I wouldn’t be here. And I’m standing in front of you now because the original Lin Shengjia still wants to fulfill his original last wish.”

Lin Shengjia was both angry and unconvinced, “Why is he so stubborn, so narrow-minded!”

“If the original owner didn’t have a strong obsession, it would have been impossible to make a deal with a transmigrator like you in the first place. You agreed to their conditions, took their reward, and now you’re complaining that the other party’s conditions are unreasonable?” Ning Fei sneered, “So, I advise you to give up the idea of dropping out of school to work in another city and study honestly. There’s still more than a year and a half left, work hard, you can cram back your weak subjects.”

“Ha, what if I don’t want to cooperate?” Lin Shengjia certainly couldn’t be convinced, “I just won’t fulfill his wish, what can you do to me? All he gave me was this rotten life, are you going to kill me? Wouldn’t he lose even the chance to turn things around, wouldn’t that be losing both the wife and the army?”

“‘Rotten life’? You’ve ruined the good hand you were dealt, and now you’re saying someone else’s life is rotten?” Ning Fei stared at Lin Shengjia and asked, “So, you’re not planning to honestly cooperate with me to complete this task? Let me say this first, this task is very simple for me. Helping you improve your grades, helping you guess the questions, and even helping you take advantage of the known information to get ahead is not difficult at all – as long as you listen. You can almost just sit back and enjoy the success, and you’re not willing to continue to abide by your promise?”

He didn’t mention luck for the time being. Although this was a good way to get a handle on the transmigrator, Ning Fei felt that the environment around Lin Shengjia was a bit strange – mainly that Luo Chenghong needed further investigation – so Ning Fei decided to draw a big pie for the transmigrator to try.

“… What do you mean?” Lin Shengjia asked suspiciously, “Are you going to leak the questions to me?”

“If you want to take this kind of shortcut, you will die even more miserably in Ji Xingzhe’s hands.” Ning Fei replied lightly, “What I mean is, I will help you develop a plan to improve your grades. Tailor-made, 1V1 exclusive. You were a student in your previous life, right? You should know that an excellent tutor is expensive because they can lead students to break through their limits. And I will not only help you improve your grades and get you into a famous university; I will also pave the way for you, so that you have sufficient conditions to provide for your adoptive parents in their old age. Because these are all the original owner’s wishes, as long as they are his wishes, I will help you achieve your goals.”

Lin Shengjia was actually already tempted.

He didn’t plan to give up the original owner’s wish directly from the beginning, he had worked hard. But in his previous life, he was only a vocational college graduate, let alone English, he had basically forgotten all subjects. He had been desperately studying mathematics and other science subjects for more than a year, and with a little bit of inspiration, he had barely caught up. He didn’t have much energy left for the others. If he hadn’t been desperate about his grades, he wouldn’t have tried to instigate Luo Chenghong to take him to Shenzhen.

Now someone has come along, saying that he can lead Lin Shengjia to solve this matter, without Lin Shengjia having to rack his brains, as long as Lin Shengjia listens.

Although Lin Shengjia didn’t like being controlled by others, who could remain completely unmoved when hearing Ning Fei’s conditions?

“… It sounds simple, why should I believe you?” Lin Shengjia maintained that he was still an adult inside, so he had to be calm, and therefore continued to ask, “Why should I believe that you’re here to help me? Why should I believe that you can help me achieve these goals?”

“Because I could guess your difficulties before I came, and I got this identity that is relevant to your major. Because I have successfully collected hundreds and thousands of debts, I have seen all kinds of lives and despair, and I have helped them get through it.” Ning Fei’s tone was slow and steady, with a certain wonderful rhythm, “What you think are huge difficulties, tasks that are impossible to complete, when placed in other desperate situations, placed among the many goals I have completed, are not worth mentioning.”

He smiled slightly, “Your life is a piece of cake.”