The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

Upon hearing that he would be working as a food deliveryman on campus, Gu Shuchang lowered his head in disappointment.

This job is not one he is capable of doing.

"Xu Xi, could you explain the specific work process? And how much do we get paid for each meal delivered?"

"Also, will they provide us with bicycles, or will we have to bring our own?"

Yoon Ji-hyung asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

The second point is particularly important: bicycles or electric bikes are essential tools for food delivery workers, and a bicycle is quite valuable to them.

Xu Xi shook her head; this question had already been on her mind for a while.

Making delivery drivers provide their own bicycles would discourage many people from doing so.

People come here to make money. If they have to spend money before they've even made any, it will deter a large number of them.

If she were to provide the bicycle, it would be a considerable investment.

Xu Xi doesn't have much money on hand right now, so she has to be careful with every expense.

So she came up with a compromise.

"The entire food delivery process consists of three steps."

"First, off-campus meal collection staff will go to various restaurants to collect meals and deliver them to the school gate."

"Next, the sorting staff stationed at the school gate sorted and grouped the meals from each building and delivered them to the dormitory buildings."

"All you need to do is the final step: deliver the meals from the first floor of the dormitory to each room."

"If you deliver less than 50 meals a day, you get 70 cents per order; if you deliver more than 50 but less than 100 meals, you get 80 cents per order; and if you deliver more than 100 meals, you get 1 yuan per order."

Upon hearing this, all the students present gasped in shock.

Keep in mind that a single dormitory building houses over a thousand students, resulting in a massive number of orders for three meals a day.

At this rate, earning 100 to 200 yuan a day is not a problem at all.

Most of the students present did not have two hundred yuan for living expenses per week.

"I did it!"

"Count me in, I'll do it too!"

"Can we start work today?"

...

Xu Xi wrote down the names and phone numbers of the classmates who were interested in working as food delivery drivers and added them to a group chat.

This temporarily solved the manpower problem.

She noticed Gu Shuchang pacing hesitantly at the entrance of the activity room.

"Excuse me, would you like some food delivered?"

Xu Xi took the notebook and came to Gu Shuchang.

She noticed that the male classmate in front of her seemed to have some difficulty with his left leg.

"Uh...sorry, I don't think I'm suited for this job."

Gu Shuchang scratched his head awkwardly and turned to leave.

A hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

Watching his limping figure, Xu Xi hesitated for a moment before calling out to him.

"Perhaps I have a position here that would suit you."

......

At nine o'clock, Xu Nian slowly woke up from her dream.

It feels like ages since I last slept until I naturally woke up...

He yawned and instinctively reached out to rub the little girl's head in his arms.

But I touched nothing but air.

"Oh right, Xiaoxi went to school early today."

Xu Nian muttered to herself as she got up and began washing up.

At his sister's insistence, he suspended the operation of the dumpling restaurant and instead became a deliveryman for meals collected from students outside the school.

This way, he no longer has to get up at three or four in the morning to prepare the filling and knead the dough.

After changing into a relaxed casual outfit, Xu Nian pushed out the electric scooter that had been gathering dust for a long time.

He gently wiped the dust off the seat and shook his head, both amused and exasperated.

Unexpectedly, not long after saying goodbye to the job of a food delivery driver, I became a food delivery driver again.

It's just that we don't have to wear yellow vests anymore.

"Little Fatty Ma, three servings of rice noodles, are they ready yet?"

"Almost there, almost there!"

"I've taken five servings of bibimbap."

"Min Ding Meat Skewers, I'll take these two orders first. I'll come back to pick up the other two orders that you haven't prepared yet."

"Hey bro, wait a minute! I have one more!"

...

Xu Nian rode her electric bike, weaving through the alleyways.

He looked at the real-time order pickup schedule his sister had prepared for him on his phone and stopped in front of various shops.

Soon, his insulated box was full.

Xu Nian closed the lid of the box and drove towards the school gate.

There is a pavilion on the east side of the school gate, which is separated from the road outside the school by only a fence.

"All I need to do here is sort the takeout orders by dorm building, right?"

Gu Shuchang sat on the bench in the pavilion, looking at Xu Xi's peaceful profile, his eyes filled with gratitude.

He didn't have enough money in his pocket to eat next week.

Xu Xi didn't mind his leg problems and even provided him with a part-time job that he could manage, with a very good income.

"Yes, they will come every half hour starting at 10 o'clock. Please be careful not to sort them incorrectly."

Xu Xi didn't look up; her slender fingers tapped on the screen, compiling a list of restaurants that needed to pick up meals next.

Originally, she wanted to hand over the task of serving the meals to Qi Yu.

Seeing the numerous stitches on Gu Shuchang's clothes and the worn-out cloth shoes, Xu Xi understood that Gu Shuchang's family was in dire straits and that he needed to rely on part-time jobs to make a living.

But his leg ailment means it's difficult for him to find work.

So, Xu Xi decided to help him.

Two beeping sounds came from outside the fence.

Xu Nian's electric scooter came to a steady stop in front of the two of them.

"Brother, the next trip includes fifteen stores and thirty-two takeout orders. I've sent them to your phone."

"Okay, got it."

Xu Nian handed the takeout meals from the insulated box over the fence one by one, and Xu Xi and Gu Shuchang received them steadily.

After Xu Nian left, Gu Shuchang, following Xu Xi's instructions, began to categorize all the lunch boxes according to their building numbers.

"Xu Xi, I'm not late, am I?"

Qi Yu rode his electric bike and hurried to the pavilion, placing the takeout orders, numbered according to building number, into the insulated box in order.

"No, Brother Qi Yu, you've come at just the right time."

Xu Xi handed a stack of papers to Qi Yu.

"Please give these flyers to the students in charge of each dormitory building."

"Okay, leave it to me."

Qi Yu quickly took the flyer, got on his electric scooter, and headed towards dormitory building number one.

Xu Xi assigned him the task of acting as a liaison between the meal pick-up point and the various dormitory buildings.

Driving only on school roads without motor vehicles is not only safe, but also avoids navigating the maze-like neighborhood, climbing up and down stairs, and enduring the wrath of customers.

This job is much easier than delivering food off-campus.

"Embrace this oasis, its passionate tenderness~"

"I abandon the entire forest, leaving behind only longing and sorrow."

Qi Yu hummed a little tune and soon arrived at the foot of dormitory building number one.

Building No. 1 is the girls' dormitory. Zhao Lin and another female classmate whom Xu Xi had recruited that morning had been waiting there for a long time.

"It's very hot, remember to drink plenty of water."

Zhao Lin wiped the sweat from Qi Yu's forehead and put a bottle of chilled drink in his bicycle basket.

"Haha, it's okay, it's only 38.6 degrees Celsius."

Qi Yu handed the takeout and flyers from Building 1 to Zhao Lin from the insulated box, and then drove towards Building 2.

"I'll deliver to the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors; you can deliver to the first, second, and third floors."

Zhao Lin and her female classmate assigned tasks and headed to their respective floors.

"The takeout has arrived."

"My goodness! They really deliver food to dorms!"

"Great! Finally, I don't have to eat at that awful cafeteria anymore!"

(Please take a day off, brothers. My family member is having surgery tomorrow, December 27th, and I'll be at the hospital with them. Updates will resume the day after tomorrow.)