Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 195: Middle School Entrance Exam Results Are Out! (Two Chapters Combined)

Shen Qingqing didn't say much, but poured another glass of water, took a pack of tissues and placed them in front of Mrs. Ye, then pulled the trash can over and placed it under the table where it was easy to see, quietly waiting for Mrs. Ye to calm down.

Mrs. Ye's trembling gradually subsided and eventually stopped. Half of the tissues in front of her were taken away, each one soaked through with tears.

As Shen Qingqing watched, she sighed inwardly.

Happiness and unhappiness in marriage are truly a Schrödinger's cat state; you can never know whether you'll be alive or dead after marriage before you get married.

Mrs. Ye took out a few more tissues and finally finished getting herself ready. The lemon water that had cooled down next to her was just what she needed to hydrate.

After finishing her water, Mrs. Ye looked up and smiled at Shen Qingqing: "Little Shen, thank you. I'll think about it carefully."

"Everything will be alright," Shen Qingqing said, and that was all.

After a three-day trial period, Chen Kangqi faced his first test.

Based on Chen Kangqi's final exam paper, Chen Jiaxin created a test paper that was slightly more difficult than the original exam paper.

There were two papers each for Chinese and Math, one for the morning exam and one for the afternoon exam, and then Chen Jiaxin graded the papers on the spot.

The final result certainly did not disappoint Shen Qingqing and Chen Jiaxin's hard work over the past few days. After seeing the comparison between the two sets of test papers, Mrs. Ye readily transferred all the fees for the formal courses.

Shen Qingqing was stunned when she saw the text message showing the amount deposited into the company account: "Aunt Ye, the money was transferred to the wrong account. The first payment was for half the amount..."

“No mistake, I’ve transferred all the money in advance. I have some things to take care of next. Kang Qi is still taking classes here, so I’ll come over occasionally.” Mrs. Ye pressed down on Shen Qingqing’s hand, which was about to return the money.

Shen Qingqing understood the implied meaning in those words. She glanced at Chen Kangqi standing next to her and, seeing that his expression was normal, looked back at Mrs. Ye: "Okay, Aunt Ye! Let's continue. The contract is in triplicate. One copy for you, one for the studio, and one for the law firm we often work with. After you've read it, sign here at the end, along with this power of attorney."

The rest of the matter will be handled by Xunqing's legal department.

"Youqiantu" Education Studio successfully signed its first contract upon opening!

After Chen Kangqi successfully signed this deal, it was as if he had turned on a switch for good luck. The other two tutors who he had been unable to book before also signed contracts and cooperated smoothly. Wu Fangyi opened four more tutoring classes for daily tutoring, which were assigned to the other two people, two classes each. In terms of time, they were very flexible, because the daily tutoring time was not long. Except for one class which was three hours, the other three classes were two hours each.

At the same time, Shen Qingqing also stipulated a price promotion system for tutors, but the promotion was not based on the tutor's tutoring performance. Instead, there was a price for elementary school students and a price for junior and senior high school students.

After three consecutive days of meetings with the studio staff, Shen Qingqing was so exhausted that she went home and fell asleep immediately after the meetings, sleeping soundly for days. When Li Xunli came home and found her lying motionless on the bed, she was so frightened that she almost called 120 (emergency services).

Fortunately, Shen Qingqing was woken up by hunger in time. She saw her mother standing at the head of the bed and called out to her, which put Li Xunli at ease.

It was during a family meal that Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli finally learned what Shen Qingqing had been busy with since the middle school entrance exam.

Li Xunli looked at Shen Qingqing with a mixture of relief and complicated emotions. She didn't say much, only telling her to take better care of her health.

Then they asked about the high school entrance exam results: "When will the high school entrance exam results be released?"

Shen Qingqing racked her brains, which were filled with official business, and answered somewhat uncertainly, "I think it was around July 20th."

"So, where did you fill in your college application? Are you confident about it?" Li Xunli scooped a spoonful of chestnuts for her.

"Jinzhong, well, I've applied to all three key high schools in the city, and Jinzhong is my first choice. I think I should be able to get in." Shen Qingqing loves chestnuts, so she can accept chestnuts with their drizzling broth being poured into her bowl. "My aunt knows which school I applied to. She also teaches me history, and she's the homeroom teacher for my regular class. She'll definitely know when the results come out and will call home."

Li Xunli nodded, but privately she was wondering if she should find some time to talk to her sister-in-law.

Unexpectedly, that very evening, Li Xunli was summoned away by a phone call.

He hurriedly left with his suitcase, leaving Shen Rongzhou and his daughter and son with only the words, "Going on a business trip, call me back when you're done."

The remaining three children were at home, looking at each other blankly.

Then, Li Xunli got so busy that she lost contact for almost half a month. Fortunately, there were two master chefs in Xunqing to oversee things, so nothing serious happened.

The Shen family did remember the words Li Xunli hurriedly left before she left, so they weren't too worried about Li Xunli, whom they hadn't contacted for almost half a month.

Ever since Li Xunli's set of works fetched a good price at the art exhibition, Li Xunli would always go on a short-term business trip every year or two and then disappear without a trace. They had all gotten used to it.

In those two weeks, Shen Qingqing also found three high school students from Jinzhong to do summer jobs, and recruited two college graduates who had just graduated from university but had not found jobs. Both of them were from 211 universities and came back directly after graduation because they wanted to develop their careers back home. They did not expect it to be so difficult to find a job at home.

Then Shen Qingqing took advantage of the situation.

The wages for part-time jobs are different from those for full-time jobs. Part-time jobs are paid based on a share of the teaching hours and there is no base salary, while full-time jobs are paid based on a base salary plus a share of the teaching hours.

Of course, with a professional human resources team, Shen Qingqing no longer needs to arrange these things herself. She only needs to review the plan written by the human resources team and make the final decision.

Shen Qingqing finally experienced the joys of being a boss.

Shen Qingqing shared the news with Wu Fangyi, and thanks to Wu Fangyi's efforts in spreading the word among many families in the community, quite a few parents who heard about the name 211 actually called the number on the business card.

After clarifying their tutoring needs for both short-term and long-term purposes, Shen Qingqing introduced them to the part-time tutors from Jinzhong High School and the two full-time teachers from 211 universities.

Only one parent insisted on tutoring from a teacher from a 211 university, and after unsuccessful negotiations, they did not choose to continue signing a tutoring agreement with Youqiantu. The remaining five parents successfully signed agreements.

Two of them were willing to pay extra for the venue and conduct their studies in the tutoring room.

The reason is that parents know their children are prone to laziness and lack of concentration at home, and there is no learning atmosphere, so they are willing to pay more to send their children to study.

After finishing tutoring the last student, Shen Qingqing went home after get off work.

As soon as I got home, I received a call from Li Xunli, who had been out of contact for almost half a month.

Shen Qingqing had Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong come over one by one to call her "Mom" before she could properly talk to Li Xunli. She then learned that Li Xunli had left in a hurry that night because a master in the porcelain collecting world was commissioning a large set of porcelain ornaments and was looking for someone with a similar style to collaborate with. Li Xunli had studied under this master for a year when she was honing her porcelain skills, and her style was somewhat similar, which was why the master had approached her.

This past two weeks has been part of the initial planning and arrangements. I expect this business trip to last quite a while, but I can come back in two or three months and then go again.

Shen Qingqing clicked her tongue: "Then wouldn't you be too late to get my acceptance letter and too late to send me to school?"

Li Xunli said apologetically to Shen Qingqing, "I'm sorry, Dabao, Mom really can't get away."

"Okay, okay, I know, but you can only come back once every two or three months. I might have to live at school then. What will happen to Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong?" Shen Qingqing was helpless, but she knew there was no way to deal with it.

Li Xunli had obviously already thought about this issue. "I'll have your aunt take them to your uncle's place first, then give the housekeeper who cooks at home a break, let your dad eat out, and let Yangyang and Xiaohong eat at your uncle's house before going back."

Shen Qingqing: "Have you discussed this with your aunt yet?"

"I told you, don't worry. Okay, I have to go now. When your dad gets back, please tell him for me." Li Xunli said hurriedly, as if someone was calling her, and then hung up.

Shen Qingqing didn't even have time to say "goodbye" before the phone was ruthlessly hung up on her.

Putting away her phone, Shen Qingqing met Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong's big eyes, paused for a moment, and then told them about Li Xunli's arrangements over the phone.

After hearing this, Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong both pouted in disappointment.

Shen Qingqing patted each of their heads and then urged them to take a bath.

When Shen Rongzhou returned home that evening, Shen Qingqing finished telling him what Li Xunli had asked her during dinner. Then she saw Shen Rongzhou looking apologetic as he said to the three of them, "Dabao, Erbao, Xiaobao, Daddy has to go on a business trip to Europe for three months. During this time, you can stay at your uncle's house, okay?"

Shen Qingqing said in disbelief, "Then you won't make it in time for me to get my acceptance letter or to send me off to school?"

Shen Rongzhou said helplessly, "Yes, because Dad really can't turn down this deal; it's very important to the company."

Shen Qingqing fell silent. She never imagined that one day she would experience the situation where both her parents were working hard to earn money while she, as a "left-behind child," lived a life of "only money, no companionship."

But she had lived two lives, so although she was disappointed, she could still accept reality. Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong, however, could not.

The two were already in a bad mood because Li Xunli would be away from home for two or three months. They were going to their uncle's house for dinner after school started, and they wouldn't be able to see their mother or sister. Now, they heard that their father wouldn't be there either, and things got really heated.

Shen Rongzhou spent almost twenty minutes coaxing Shen Qingqing before finally calming them down.

Seeing that they had stopped making a fuss, Shen Qingqing asked Shen Rongzhou, "Dad, when are you going?"

"I'm going in a couple of days. I just bought the plane ticket today," Shen Rongzhou replied.

"Okay, I'll call my uncle and grandma later to let them know." Shen Qingqing nodded to indicate that she understood.

After dinner, Shen Yangyang went to wash the dishes, while Shen Qingqing called Li Xunjin to explain that one of the two adults in the Shen family was on a business trip and the other was about to go on a business trip, so they were entrusting the three children to the Li family.

Li Xunjin chuckled upon hearing this, "That's quite a coincidence. I just got back from a business trip. Why don't you come over? When are you coming?"

“My dad’s leaving in a couple of days,” Shen Qingqing said with a smile.

“Okay, there aren’t many rooms in the house, but the living room is big enough. Anyway, it’s summer, so you can sleep in the living room. It’ll be cool at night, and you won’t need to turn on the air conditioner,” Li Xunjin said.

Although Li Xunjin did not buy a high-floor apartment without an elevator on Shen Qingqing's advice, he also did not manage to buy a five-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom apartment.

At most, there was only one four-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom apartment, but because that apartment had a bad orientation, I ended up buying a three-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom apartment, just like in my previous life.

Two days later, Shen Rongzhou went on a business trip. Shen Qingqing and the others got up in the morning, packed their clothes and things, and obediently waited at home for Li Shuyun to drive and pick them up.

After all, Li Xunjin still has to go to work at the company, while Li Shuyun is currently on summer vacation with the children.

Shen Qingqing was originally going to the studio, but because she had to take her younger siblings to the Li family first, she didn't leave early in the morning.

After settling Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong at the Li family's house, Shen Qingqing called Youqiantu's administrator to pick her up and take her to the studio.
Of course, the fuel cost will be reimbursed.

Time flies when you have something to do, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day the high school entrance exam results were released.

Shen Qingqing was planning to go to the studio early that morning, but Li Shuyun caught her and forced her to stay at home.

After listening to Li Shuyun, Shen Qingqing belatedly realized that today was the day the high school entrance exam results were released.

Although Shen Qingqing was very confident in herself, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this moment.

The time to check the scores was 10:20 a.m. Li Shuyun called at that time, but she didn't expect to be too late. As soon as she got in, she was told that all the lines were busy.

It wasn't until after 11 o'clock that Li Shuyun finally got through on the phone.

At the same time, Shen Qingqing's phone rang.

The caller ID showed Fang Chengying, her homeroom teacher.

As mentioned before, the homeroom teachers of the elite classes have been with the students since the first year of junior high school.

Shen Qingqing pressed the answer button, and the excited voice on the other end of the phone almost overlapped with Li Shuyun's voice—

"Qingqing! You got the top score in our city's high school entrance exam! Out of a total score of 760, you got 752!"

"Really? Shen Qingqing ranked first in the city?!"

See you tomorrow night~