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Chapter 41

I Am a Poet, So I Dodge the Wine-Poem Spear

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Xu Yi thought it over for a moment, then shook his head.

"Forget it. After graduation, I have things I want to do myself. Selling cars isn't really suitable for me."

"Okay."

Huang Lu was a little disappointed, but quickly added, "Brother, if you want it, you can take it anytime."

"Okay."

The two of them chatted throughout the night.

In the end, Huang Lu finally couldn't hold on any longer and reluctantly parted with Xu Yi.

Now, Xu Yi's mind was filled with nothing but the need to catch up on sleep, and he returned to the dorm in a daze.

Negative Emotion Points +50 Negative Emotion Points +50

Listening to the system's unending notification sounds, Xu Yi found them more grating than ever before.

He forced his eyes open and looked at Wang Liang and the other man.

"Seriously, what's wrong with you two?"

Negative Emotion Points +50

Wang Liang said, "Young Master Xu, did you really go out to eat with the campus belle yesterday?"

"Yeah."

Negative Emotion Points +50*4

Damn it!

The two wore expressions of utter grief, jealous tears trickling from the corners of their mouths.

"I'm not talking anymore. I didn't sleep at all last night. I'm exhausted."

Negative Emotion Points +200*2

How could he be so shameless?!

The two men's moonlight and goddess... had been treated so miserably by Xu Yi.

Just thinking about it made their hearts ache.

That saying really was true: the bicycle you couldn't bear to kick away was being pedaled standing up by someone else.

Inside a luxury hotel~

Ai Xiaoxing stretched lazily. Her fair little feet poked out from beneath the covers, and she abruptly sat up with an incredulous expression.

Ah! Ah!

What had I done yesterday?!

Although she had drunk herself senseless, a few fragments still lingered in her mind.

She had almost sworn brotherhood with Xu Yi~

Cried that she didn't want to be human~

Complained about Iceberg Yu to her face.

This was so socially mortifying!!

The abstract girl had reached the darkest moment of her life.

Elsewhere, Xu Yi's alarm began to ring.

Although he had gained another powerful background, he couldn't quit his part-time jobs.

The purpose of his part-time work wasn't to make money, but to earn Emotion Points.

Opportunities always went to the diligent.

He took the car keys from the box, grabbed a quick bite, and then left campus.

But unexpectedly, he ran into Bingbing's team.

Bingbing still wore that sweet smile. "Student Xu Yi, there's something our production team would like to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

"Often, our team can't keep up with the filming in time, and some locations are inconvenient to film at all. You've noticed that over the past two days."

Xu Yi nodded. That was true... He hadn't seen them at all these past two days.

But what did that have to do with him?

"So our team would like you to livestream, and then have the television station broadcast it."

Xu Yi frowned unhappily. He already had enough part-time jobs. Did they want to turn him into a workhorse too?

"We'll pay you four million for the broadcast rights, and all the gifts from the livestream will belong to you."

"How much?!"

"Four million."

"I'm willing to be that workhorse." Xu Yi answered decisively.

As if she had expected his response, Bingbing took out a valuable set of livestreaming equipment.

"This is a gift from the television station."

Xu Yi looked at Bingbing in surprise. "Wait, I have a question... At most, I'm just an ordinary person. Why is the television station treating me so well?"

Four million for showing off... and I get all the gifts too.

What kind of money is so difficult to launder?

Bingbing shook her head blankly. "I don't know the specific reason either. But I heard it was a request from higher-ups to the television station."

Xu Yi understood at once. The higher-ups had probably noticed him long ago.

This could also be considered indirect compensation for Xu Fan and for him.

Because of this, the last trace of guilt Xu Fan felt disappeared.

After getting into the car, Xu Yi immediately started the livestream.

Because several clips from his livestream had gone viral online, the room had already reached more than five thousand viewers in less than half an hour.

Xu Yi was really getting popular. He had even started livestreaming.

Before long, Xu Yi would probably start selling products.

Someone's eating at this hour?

What's the streamer going to do?

Xu Yi said, "This is another one of my part-time jobs: ride-hailing driver. No more nonsense, brothers—get in the car."

How many part-time jobs did Xu Yi have?

I thought I was already enough of a workhorse, until I saw the streamer.

Just two minutes after he started accepting orders, Xu Yi received his first order of the day.

When he arrived at the pickup location, he found a female office worker dressed in professional attire. She looked to be around thirty.

When she saw Xu Yi's Santana, the female office worker very clearly rolled her eyes several times and said sarcastically, "Why is it a Santana?"

"You have the nerve to accept orders driving this kind of car?"

Xu Yi said, "Here, here, here, here..."

The female office worker froze. "What are you doing?"

"Don't you understand your native language?"

Negative Emotion Points +50

The female office worker was just about to curse back, but after seeing Xu Yi's looks, she hesitated slightly and got into the car anyway.

"He's kind of handsome, but what a shame..."

"Driver, hurry up. I'm in a rush."

"Don't start rushing me the moment you get in. What are the last digits of your phone number?"

"137."

Xu Yi fell silent. "I said the last digits of your phone number."

"137."

"The last four digits of your phone."

"I don't have last digits. Stop asking."

Xu Yi silently clenched his fists. Calm down, calm down.

Society still had to show some tolerance toward disabled people.

"The last digits of your phone number are the final four digits of your number."

The female office worker sounded extremely impatient. "There wasn't a text message just now. Where would those four digits come from?"

Xu Yi: "..."

"I mean your phone number, ma'am."

"What's a phone number?"

"What's a phone number?"

His fists were hard now. Very hard.

Xu Yi took another deep breath. "Just tell me your phone number."

"137**...9657."

Case closed. It was 9657.

"Ma'am, next time you take a car, when someone asks for the last digits of your phone number, just tell them 9657." Xu Yi kindly reminded her.

Unexpectedly, the female office worker rolled her eyes at him. "It's that simple... and you took so long?"

He was breaking down...

All this time, Xu Yi had been the one making others lose their composure. This was the first time someone had made him lose his.

The boomerang from back then had hit him with perfect accuracy.

I am a poet; this halberd makes me dodge the wine poem.

I am an architect; this is the pillar.

At that moment, Xu Yi stepped on the accelerator and started the car, but the female office worker clearly had no intention of letting him off.

"Why did you go on and on with me just now?"

Xu Yi produced a Black man question mark. Ma'am, do you want to hear yourself?

"I have a boyfriend."

Xu Yi: "???"

"What are you looking at?"

"What exactly are you looking at?"

"Have you never seen a woman before?"

Xu Yi was completely speechless. He slammed on the brakes and shouted sternly,

"Get out! Get out of my car!"

"Getting impatient? Did I hit a nerve? You're driving, so how many times have you looked in the rearview mirror? I already told you I have a boyfriend."

Xu Yi laughed in exasperation. "I was checking the road conditions. Have you ever driven a car?"

"Hmph, my boyfriend has always driven his fine steed to pick me up and drop me off. Why would I need to drive?"

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