To please others? It's better to please yourself.

Class hadn't ended yet, so Xu Jing'an quickly put most of her things into her spatial storage and turned to go to Teacher Tang's office.

Looking through the window, I saw that only Teacher Tang was in the office.

"Tap-tap-tap"

"Come in"

As soon as Xu Jing'an entered, she saw Teacher Tang preparing lessons. There were also many questions that the teachers had created themselves on the table.

"Jing'an, what's up?" A student who had taken leave to go home has returned to school; something must have happened!

Xu Jing'an asked softly, "Teacher Tang, have the people from the sports school arrived?"

Teacher Tang: "You're here. You just arrived today. Does anyone in your family want to register?"

Xu Jing'an smiled and said, "My younger brother is a freshman at our school. He's all height and build, but he's usually very mischievous."

"He's the youngest in the family, and everyone protects him! He might as well go out and get some training; even if he doesn't succeed, it'll be better than what he is now."

Teacher Tang nodded: "Then let's go as soon as possible!"

Xu Jing'an: "Teacher, I've found a job, so I won't be coming anymore. I came here today specifically to say goodbye."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Tang quickly offered her congratulations in a low voice: "That's wonderful! Jing'an, if you need any help from the teacher, just come back to school!"

Xu Jing'an said gratefully, "Thank you, Teacher Tang, for taking care of me all this time."

Even though no one was in the office at the moment, the two of them would still subconsciously control their volume when they spoke.

Teacher Tang didn't even ask where Xu Jing'an worked or what her job was!

Teacher Tang urged, "Go and get all the paperwork done first, then get to work quickly. You'll have plenty of time to talk later!"

After saying goodbye to her homeroom teacher, Xu Jing'an went to the principal's office to greet Principal Liang.

Looking at the girl in front of him, the principal didn't say anything, but readily signed the papers and transferred the files out.

After all, Principal Liang personally issued our graduation certificates back then.

Unexpectedly, Principal Liang even wrote a letter of recommendation. "I don't know if it will be useful to your work, and you may not even need it. But this is the school's recognition of your work over the past few years, and it's also a token of our appreciation," Principal Liang said gently.

This was truly unexpected for Xu Jing'an. Whatever the reason the principal wrote this letter, she was extremely grateful.

After accepting the gift, Xu Jing'an bowed deeply to Principal Liang before leaving.

With the formalities completed, only the most crucial step remains—transferring Xu Jianshe.

When they went to the cafeteria for lunch, Xu Jing'an took the opportunity to stop Xu Jianshe and pulled him to a secluded place.

"Third Sister, what is it?"

Looking at Xu Jianshe, who is already 1.75 meters tall at the age of 16, I asked, "I heard that the sports school is recruiting recently, and it requires four months of closed training. Our school can recommend two people. Do you want to go?"

Every year around this time, sports schools go to various junior and senior high schools to find promising young talents. Compared to many people who are struggling to get enough to eat, everyone who sees Xu Jianshe's physique has to praise him!

"Why go there? It's tiring!"

"stupid!"

"Third Sister, why do you say that?"

"Going to a sports school for training is a way out no matter what. Isn't it better to find a good job then?" Xu Jing'an said with exasperation.

"Now we don't have to pay anything ourselves; we can have them teach us for free for a few months, and we're even benefiting! If we're physically fit by then and don't get selected for the provincial team, we can still apply to join the army!"

"Besides, if this doesn't work out or you find it too tiring, just come back. With Mom's job as a safety net, what are you afraid of?"

"Won't that be better than you sleeping in class every day now?"

After listening to his third sister Xu Jing'an's words, Xu Jianshe found them increasingly reasonable. He skipped his afternoon classes and went to his parents' workplace to tell them about it.

The elderly couple agreed with their son's reasoning and, fearing someone else would take their spot, quickly asked for leave from work. Xu's mother went home to pack her things, and Xu's father went to the school and strongly insisted that their son be admitted to the sports school. The next morning, they left with a sports school teacher.

Xu Jing'an was finally completely relieved. She stayed in the dormitory that night. Her roommates whispered among themselves when they saw her. Xu Jing'an was increasingly annoyed that Kim Sam-soon had disrupted her peaceful life.

She could only try to avoid seeing it, and gradually drifted off to sleep by slowing her breathing.

The next day, April 1st, was payday for the workers, as usual. Xu Jing'an got up early, packed up the remaining items, and put them into her spatial storage while it was dark and no one was around. After her mother collected all the receipts for this month's share, she quietly went back to the office director to get a letter of introduction, and hurriedly went to the government office. Only after her job was officially approved and she received her work permit did Xu Jing'an breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Zhang, do we have dormitories here?" Xu Jing'an quietly asked the clerk, Xiao Zhang, while casually handing him a pack of cigarettes from her pocket.

With a flick of his wrist, Xiao Zhang's items disappeared. "Yes, there are a few left. I'll take you to see them."

Xu Jing'an smiled sheepishly, "You flatter me, don't you? I just need a place to stay, there's no need to trouble you." What a joke! How could she have such a big face!

Xiao Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, then go to room 305 in the dormitory building. There's still an empty bed there."

Xu Jing'an replied readily, "Thank you for your help, Brother Zhang. I'll treat you to dinner later."

"Okay," Xiao Zhang said without hesitation.

Xu Jing'an took the key to 305 and opened it, immediately realizing that Brother Zhang was taking care of her.

The room was roughly 4 meters by 5 meters, with two single beds on either side of the wall and a 1-meter by 0.5-meter desk by the window. There was a layer of dust on the floor and the desk. It was clear that this place wasn't frequented, so it was essentially like having a private room all to yourself!

Xu Jing'an hurriedly cleaned the dormitory, making the bed and hanging up the curtains several times. She also prepared the thermos, washbasin, and other necessities. It was lunchtime by then.

Xu Jing'an went to the state-run restaurant and packed a serving of braised pork in a newly bought lunchbox, then secretly gave it to Zhang, the clerk.

Xiao Zhang's smile became even more genuine.

In the afternoon, I returned to the Xu family home and gave the household registration book back to Xu's mother.

"Mom, I put the household registration book in your room."

Xu's mother: "I understand. Why didn't you have fourth son bring the household registration book back yesterday?"

Xu Jing'an: "I'm not worried that he'll take too much stuff and lose it because he's making such a fuss about construction."

Mrs. Xu nodded: "That's true, he's never been steady!"

Since Xu Jianshe left, the house has become much quieter. Xu Jianguo definitely felt this most keenly!

Because no one compares him to others or competes with him in everything!

Saturday, April 2nd, was another day for the whole family to line up to buy things.

This weekend, school had a two-day break. Xu Jing'an was going to work on Monday the 4th. With the whole family busy at work, she became the main shopper.

After a tiring morning, Xu Jing'an finally managed to buy everything. By the time she got home, her feet were aching from being trampled, and her back felt like it was about to break!