SWG Chapter 43

Chapter 43

The uneventful days passed by without much commotion. The two of them maintained their “co-rental” life with unspoken understanding. The lingering charm remained, but they both exercised a tacit restraint regarding further developments.

After all, they rarely ate at home together, and their schedules differed greatly. Often, Xiao Wenyu was already sound asleep when Ruan Shengyi had just arrived home.

Until this issue was effectively resolved, Ruan Shengyi didn’t plan to break the silence or deliberately adjust her schedule to accommodate Xiao Wenyu’s, as she had done before, to avoid putting any pressure or imbalance on their relationship.

Before taking the final step, she needed to be fully prepared without compromising herself. In this regard, Chen Yuexin was the most suitable person to ask among her acquaintances.

“Oh, you found time to come here?”

Chen Yuexin put away the shaker and looked at the woman in a long coat with a shoulder bag. Her dark tea long hair was casually tied into two small bunches at the temples, revealing her elegant neckline. She raised her eyebrows and said, “Tone down your coldness. Be careful not to get locked out after someone invites you for drinks.”

Ruan Shengyi pushed up her glasses and frowned. “Don’t talk nonsense. We’re just co-renting.”

“Oh really~ She’s co-renting your house and staying in the master bedroom that I’m not even allowed into. Tsk tsk tsk, Xie Yu told me everything.”

Ruan Shengyi threw her bag on the bar, pulled over a stool, and sat down. Hearing this, her voice turned cold, “She’s quite active, isn’t she? Not afraid of you anymore?”

“She’s long stopped being afraid.” Chen Yuexin shrugged, picked up her shoulder bag, “Did you bring me anything this time? Notebook, pen?”

Ruan Shengyi expressionlessly took it, opened a page, and asked in a flat voice, “How can I adjust the business hours with the least loss? I want to fix my schedule.”

Chen Yuexin frowned in disgust, “Starting from scratch? No honorifics? Hey, are you like this in front of Xiao?”

Ruan Shengyi frowned and started to rephrase: “Excuse me…”

Chen Yuexin quickly raised her hand to stop her.

“Save my life! Listening to this Buddha speak with a dead face really makes my heart skip a beat. I don’t know how Xiao Wenyu can stand this person.”

She patted her chest and said, “Just adjust it. First, put up a sign at the door saying you’re changing business hours. If you want to retain those who come late, give them a small favor with a half-price or free deal. But are you still thinking of doing this business? Your location isn’t far from the school; wouldn’t it be better to change to something else?”

Ruan Shengyi quickly recorded her words, then said in a deep voice, “Business hasn’t been good lately. It’s best not to move if we don’t have to. Students’ spending power only looks like a lot, but it’s already been swallowed up by the old stores. There’s no need for me to compete.”

“Well, it’s good that you have your own plans.”

“Not exactly, but the next period will be very expensive. Even if we want to move, we have to wait until the year after next.”

Chen Yuexin pinched her brow and lowered her voice, “Are you really determined to pursue her? That child is…”

“Is her own.” Ruan Shengyi was calm and composed, her eyes flickering slightly as she met the other woman’s gaze. “I believe her.”

“…Okay, okay, if you’ve thought it through. But, are you two planning to have another one later? I know there are assisted means to ensure it’s one person’s, this…”

“I don’t want one.” Ruan Shengyi casually flipped a page, “Half of my genes are crazy, and half are unsatisfied. Is there any need to pass that on?”

“…Does she know?”

“A little bit. She should have noticed something when I lost control of my emotions.”

“What about the rest? How do you plan to tell her? Aren’t you worried that you two are just having platonic conversations under the covers?”

The person flipping through the notes paused and was silent for a moment, said, “Afraid. But now…”

She frowned, hesitatingly said, “Her current situation is a little more urgent than this matter.”

Chen Yuexin looked at her, her eyes suddenly a little hot.

She knew this student’s character best. Seeming extremely indifferent, but in her heart, she remembered everyone clearly. But she remembered everyone equally and ordinarily. Once someone touched that reverse scale in her heart, she would withdraw faster than a water pump.

This was the first time someone had touched that scale, not only did it not drive her away, but it made her say this sentence.

Chen Yuexin had only one sentence in her heart: This little one really likes that Xiao Wenyu.

However, the remaining part is not half, but a complete iceberg hidden in the deep sea. If not handled properly, I am afraid that it will crash and the boat will break, and both sides will be hurt.

Chen Yuexin thought, gently smoothing Ruan Shengyi’s hair, said, “Then you have to think carefully and care about yourself more. You are also mortal, not an immortal vajra.”

“…Yeah, I know. I have a few more questions, let’s hurry up, I’ll pick her up in a while.”

“? Doesn’t she have a loft there, why are you so eager to go home?”

“No, she has a big outdoor shoot today, she’ll be very tired. I’ll pick her up, and she’ll go with me to dye my hair.”

“…She’s already very tired.”

“She said it, I said change the time, she didn’t want to.”

Chen Yuexin was moving her finger joints, hearing this, click sound.

Wuwuwu, who doesn’t have a wife? She can go home and cry in her wife’s arms!

*

Xiao Wenyu’s outdoor shoot was a job from a nearby school, taking uniform blue background photos for the students. It was very urgent, so the school simply contacted her. Seeing that it was the child of a former teacher’s family, they discussed it briefly and settled on it.

The person in charge held her hand and said, “If the final result is good, I guess we’ll have to find you for these kinds of jobs in the future. The photography teacher at our school has taken a long leave, you see what this has done.”

Xiao Wenyu calmly withdrew her hand, adjusted the machine and lighting, tilted her head and glanced at the children who were already lined up outside waiting to take pictures, smiled gently, straightened her hair, and said, “How many times a year is this kind of job approximately?”

“You see, every year in October we take photos of the freshmen, in December we take photos of the seniors, and next year in March and June there are some jobs that need to leave a lot of photos, it’s definitely worth it.”

Xiao Wenyu thought to herself and pointed to Li Wan to set up the light board, then said softly, “Then if there are such jobs in the future, contact me, you can contact my Ah Ma or my mother.”

“Of course, of course, Teacher Xiao and Teacher Zhao are both excellent retired teachers from our school. If I had known you were in this business, I would have contacted you from the start! Then should I let them start coming in?”

Xiao Wenyu nodded.

The first to come in was a little girl who had secretly put on light makeup and tidied her hair. She looked like a child who liked to dress herself up. Seeing the set up reflector, her eyes lit up for a moment. After sitting down, seeing that the person taking the pictures was not the usual fierce photography teacher, but the gentle photographer who had been a minor internet sensation recently, her eyes lit up even more.

Xiao Wenyu said warmly, “Well, just keep this smile, look at the camera, don’t blink.”

This county high school carries high school students from the entire county and the towns below. Every year, more or less, hundreds of people enroll. Even a normal person can’t stand taking pictures for an afternoon, let alone Xiao Wenyu.

While the students from the next class hadn’t come over yet, she stood up and wandered around the room, moving her waist and slightly tightening stomach.

She stroked her stomach, thinking secretly: This fellow, your mom is earning milk powder money for you, can’t you be sensible?

Li Wan came over with a heating waist belt, slightly worried and said, “Why don’t we split it into two days?”

Xiao Wenyu shook her head, “This time is very important. I won’t be able to shoot those two times in the first half of next year. If I want to stably take school orders, these two times must be shot well.”

“Traffic is temporary, these stable large orders are the foundation for you to persist in opening a store in a small city, and also the foundation to support you to pursue your photography dream.”

Li Wan smiled shyly, “Understood, then teacher, do you want to wear this waist belt?”

“No, there’s not much left, keep working hard.”

After shooting a few more classes, it was a little noisy outside. Xiao Wenyu leaned back, tilted her head and looked out, “What’s the noise outside? Is it still noisy in the teaching building…”

She held her waist and leaned out to look, it was two adults arguing. The one on the left looked not young, pointing and scolding the woman on the right who was leaning against the wall indifferently.

From Xiao Wenyu’s point of view, the woman had a thin, pale and stern face, silver-rimmed glasses loosely on her face, a little sliding, black shirt on the upper body and black suit pants on the lower body, leaning against the wall, but still hard to hide the superiority of the body, but it was too cold.

The students watching the show also stood three feet away.

Xiao Wenyu didn’t like to watch the show, and didn’t want to hear adults arguing in the teaching building, disturbing the students’ studies, cleared her throat, and said loudly, “Students stand in line properly, you can go back to class as soon as you finish taking pictures.”

Whether it was too unappealing to go back to class, or the scene in front of them was too good to watch, no one paid attention to Xiao Wenyu.

She frowned and sighed, and was about to speak again, when a pair of hands suddenly fell on her shoulders, conveying the familiar reassuring warmth.

She looked up in surprise, it was wearing a baseball cap and mask, only a pair of eyes and glasses were exposed, and made a shush gesture before she could speak.

Yes, the boss still doesn’t like to appear in places where public opinion is uncontrollable.

Ruan Shengyi gently patted her shoulder, signaled her to be calm, and then said coldly, “Stand up, line up, take pictures.”

Her voice was not loud, but it was cold and serious enough, and with a fierce look, even the couple who were arguing stopped.

Ruan Shengyi: “You two can continue, of course, this is a school, I think it’s better to say something back.”

The older person was discouraged, and the person standing against the wall straightened up, turned around, put one hand in his pocket, and followed Ruan Shengyi’s words, said, “Everyone, stand up, take new student photos.”

The class teacher’s words are more effective than everyone else’s.

Ruan Shengyi patted Xiao Wenyu’s shoulder, “Go take pictures, you can get off work after taking pictures.”

“Then wait for me.”

“Of course, I came in as your little sister, I can’t go out without following you.”

Xiao Wenyu smiled gently, “Okay, little sister wait for me.”

Ruan Shengyi: … Crap, how did I set myself up.