Hiring Tang Wulin

Seeing Li Ang nod in direct agreement, Xie Xie's eyes flickered before he took out his Soul Guidance Communicator to send a message.

Less than two minutes later, a young boy walked in from the side, and Li Ang turned his gaze toward him.

The boy was holding a massive food basin in his hands, one that looked even larger than a human face.

At this moment, the boy held the basin in one hand and chopsticks in the other, looking at Xie Xie with a sense of confusion and bewilderment in his eyes.

Observing the handsome, porcelain-doll-like young boy before him, Li Ang glanced at Xie Xie.

"Tang Wulin, didn't you say you were short on money?"

"This is a friend of mine. You should recognize him; he is Li Ang. He wants to hire you to clean his room and handle tasks like bringing him meals."

Xie Xie spoke quite casually; in reality, this was essentially just running errands.

This was something many students couldn't accept, as they weren't lacking money at home and considered themselves genius youths.

However, Tang Wulin didn't have such concerns.

He was currently quite desperate for money.

Whether it was due to the century-old medicinal herbs he needed for his awakening or various other aspects, he had a significant financial deficit.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard Xie Xie say this, his gaze shifted directly to Li Ang, his eyes filled with inquiry.

"I do need someone to bring me meals. It's fine at noon since I don't need it as often, but for dinner, I need someone to bring it."

"I need you to bring me dinner every night, and sometimes I might ask you to run errands, like buying food or drinks."

Li Ang spoke nonchalantly, his gaze sweeping over Tang Wulin as he continued:

"You can name your own price. If you think it's reasonable, then we can do it."

Li Ang spoke casually, but Tang Wulin's expression froze for a moment. He looked at Li Ang carefully, a hint of contemplation in his eyes.

Delivering meals wasn't much, and the distance wasn't very far.

Although the cafeteria was about a ten-minute walk from the dormitory building, it was nothing to him.

As for delivering snacks and such, he didn't feel it would be much of a distraction.

Plus, this was a business opportunity introduced by Xie Xie, who he considered his first friend here.

"Uh, Brother Li Ang, how about this?"

"You pay me 500 Federal Credits a month, or 300 would also be fine, and I can handle these tasks for you."

Tang Wulin lowered his head slightly as he spoke, wondering if the price was too high.

However, upon hearing Tang Wulin's words, Li Ang was a bit stunned.

Three or five hundred—he hadn't even paid much attention to it; his base offer was three thousand.

After all, once he parted ways with these three, Ming Yue wouldn't be able to transfer that 3,000 credits to them anyway, so it was better to give the money to the next errand runner.

Still, looking at Tang Wulin with his head bowed, twisting his sleeves, and seeing the boy's tattered clothes, Li Ang felt neither affection nor resentment toward this protagonist, but he remained silent for a moment.

"I'll give you 4,000 Federal Credits a month."

"All you have to do is handle the tasks I assign you well."

"Now, give me your card number."

Li Ang looked at Tang Wulin as he spoke; 4,000 Federal Credits meant nothing to him.

After all, his monthly allowance was in the hundreds of thousands of Federal Credits.

Moreover, the Grade A meals here weren't cheap either; a single Grade A meal cost over 1,000 Federal Credits, so 4,000 Federal Credits really wasn't a large sum.

But hearing Li Ang's words, Tang Wulin's expression lit up instantly.

4,000 Federal Credits might not be much to Li Ang, but to him, it was absolutely a lifeline.

One had to know that the salary for an average person here was only around 1,000 to 1,500 Federal Credits.

A monthly salary of 4,000 Federal Credits could be considered a high income among the lower classes.

This amount was not small at all; it was only because Tang Wulin had a student subsidy.

Plus, he could earn some money through Forging, otherwise, he might not even be able to afford his tuition at this stage.

He still owed the money he had borrowed from Xie Xie earlier.

"Isn't that too expensive?"

"Alright, it's settled. Don't waste my time."

"Give me your card number now. I'll pay you this month's salary, and you'll be responsible for bringing me dinner and cleaning my dormitory."

After finishing his sentence, Li Ang stuffed the last two bites of food into his mouth and slowly stood up.

Tang Wulin was stunned. He didn't have paper or a pen on him, and it wasn't until Xie Xie handed him a pen that he wrote down his card number.

Glancing at the card number, Li Ang took a photo with his phone and sent it directly to Ming Yue via his Soul Guidance Communicator.

Seeing the 4,000 credits arrive in his bank account in less than three minutes, Tang Wulin's eyes lit up instantly.

Li Ang had no intention of lingering; he was still researching mecha design and didn't want to get too involved in these matters, so he returned to the dormitory with Xie Xie.

Returning to his single dormitory, Li Ang looked at the bed, which was much more spacious than before, especially now that it had been replaced with a soft, large mattress, and began to reflect on his own actions.

"Sigh, I really had nothing better to do."

"I could have been living in a single room, sleeping on a soft bed, and enjoying my own private space. Why on earth did I choose to go to those ordinary dorms just to experience life with roommates?"

Li Ang sighed at his own words, suddenly feeling that he had been quite brainless.

He had a perfectly good environment here, yet he insisted on going back to a worse one, only to end up in conflicts with others and getting into a fight.

The afternoon classes passed quickly; in truth, they didn't have that many courses to begin with.

Especially at the first-year level, once the simple lessons were finished, they were dismissed quite early.

Tang Wulin followed behind the two of them this time, his expression uncharacteristically nervous.

"Brother Li Ang, do you want me to bring some food back for you?"

"What would you like to eat? I can get it for you."

As Tang Wulin looked at Li Ang, Li Ang was just about to nod when Xie Xie intercepted them.

"I know a great place."

"There's a Beef Pot Shop outside."

"Why don't we go have some beef pot? Come to think of it, I haven't been there in a long time."

Xie Xie paused for a moment after saying this.

Ever since his mother passed away, he hadn't really visited that Beef Pot Shop much.

Now that he was at Eastsea Academy, it was quite close by, so it was a good opportunity to go.

"Let's go, let's head over. The beef pot there tastes amazing; I guarantee you guys will absolutely love it once you try it."

Xie Xie looked at Li Ang, speaking with sincerity.

Li Ang fell silent for a moment, calculating the time; it would probably waste about an hour of his day.

However, he was aware of that Beef Pot Shop; after all, in the original timeline, the descriptions of its flavor were quite intense.

Li Ang did have a certain level of curiosity about this legendary Beef Pot Shop.

"Fine, let's go. It shouldn't take up too much time, and having a meal there sounds good. As it happens, I've never tried this kind of beef pot before."